European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 5, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 a a a the stars and stripes tuesday june 5,1990 stateside nurse accused of slashing in tubes of 7 patients Tamarac Fla. Apr the state of Florida has suspended the License of a practical nurse accused of slashing the intravenous tubes of seven Hospital patients officials said. The action was taken against Kenneth a. Closs 38, said Larry Gonzalez Secretary of the Florida department of professional regulation. Deputies say Closs admitted cutting the tubes two weeks ago saying he wanted to Embarrass University Hospital in this fort Lauderdale suburb for disciplining him. No one was injured. Detectives have expanded their investigation into allegations that Closs kept drugs intended for his  arrest three youths for throwing rocks at cars Oxon Hill my. Apr state police said they arrested three youths saturday who were believed responsible for throwing rocks and bricks from the shoulder of an interstate last weekend critically injuring a 15-year-old girl. John Burgess 18, of Forest Heights and Maurice Ford 18, of this District of Columbia suburb were arrested with a 17-year-old boy after the incident. Seven people were injured by the bricks and rocks some weighing up to 10 pounds that were hurled from a shoulder of the capital Beltway. The Beltway passes through the Maryland and Virginia suburbs of the nations capital. Among the victims was a 15-year-old Hagerstown md., girl who remained in critical condition at Maryland Hospital Center. She was Riding in one of the vehicles when a Rock crashed through the Windshield. Between 25 and 30 vehicles were struck by the objects.250-year-old log Canoe found after floods recede Paris Texas apr recent flooding along the red River unearthed a remarkably Well preserved Canoe buried for 250 years beneath tons of Silt. The nearly 25-foot-Long dugout is carved out of a single log of what appears to be a Cottonwood tree. It has a Square Hull and Only a part of the Bow and a Section of the Bottom Are missing. A this is a phenomenal find a said Bonnie Mckee a Board member of the archaeological conservancy in Dallas. Dale Moore a Farmer in this Community about 100 Miles Northeast of Dallas made the discovery during a picnic with his family. Moore and his daughter were fishing when they found the Canoe upside Down on a dried out Section of the River Bank he said. Ralph Forbes holding a . Flag reels from a punch by Robert a a say Mcintosh at an Arkansas to  supremacist slugged then endorsed by Black activist Little Rock Ark. Apr a Black activist punched a White supremacist in the face on camera at a television studio then endorsed him Over a Black candidate in the Republican primary for lieutenant governor. Little Rock activist Robert a a say Mcintosh said he wanted to get Back at gop Runoff candidate Ralph Forbes for preventing him from burning an american Flag during a demonstration on the Steps of the state Capitol last july. A a that a for stepping on my rights a Mcintosh said sunday after he had stopped hitting Forbes and the candidate got up off the floor of the Kark television studio. Mcintosh said the blows were not thrown for Forbes views on race. Forbes supports racial segregation. Forbes said later he would press charges. The station broadcast the fracas on its night newscast. Forbes faces a Black real estate Salesman Kenneth a a Muskie Harris in the june 12 Runoff for the gop nomination. Forbes got 46 percent of the vote and Harris 36 percent in last weeks primary. Mcintosh said he was going to vote for Forbes in the Runoff. A a in be always favored White people who will Tell you they done to like you a Mcintosh said. A if he prosecutes me in a still going to vote for him. In a going to vote for the Man for telling the truth of How he believes. A emr. Forbes can to do Black people no harm he Hasni to got any Money a Mcintosh said. He offered no other reasons for endorsing Forbes. Forbes went to the studio for an interview during the stations evening newscast and Mcintosh arrived afterwards. Forbes was about to present a stars and stripes folded military style to Mcintosh in a symbolic gesture when he was sent flying Kark Anchor Jack Martin said. Martin said Mcintosh showed up uninvited. A i did no to know what to expect a Forbes said. A i did no to know Why he was endorsing me and then he wanted to have the Media have the camera take a picture of or. Forbes presenting the american Flag to him and in a standing there holding the Flag and he comes up and the sucker punches me. A the came at me like a Windmill a Forbes said. A the got me Down on the floor. I did no to attack him Back. Newscast producer Melinda Dunston said police were called but officers refused to make an arrest because they had not witnessed what happened. After the incident she said the two men a calmed Down and talked some  ribbon fades but Hope remains fort Collins Colo. Apr the yellow ribbon on kit and Joan Sutherland a front door Knocker is now frayed and faded. But that does no to mean the Sisters have Given up waiting for their father held hostage five years in Lebanon. Thomas Sutherland a scottish born american abducted by shiite moslem extremists in Beirut on june 9, 1985, has been described by former hostage David Jacobsen As a one Strong Tough scottish  and pessimism is not a family trait. "1 think because dad is so Strong and really a Happy go Lucky wild ornery kind of person that its really difficult not to be that Way a kit Sutherland said. A and so sometimes you reach the frustrations but we Learned from the very beginning not to get on the roller coaster to watch what happens and Wail until you see  but Joan Sutherland said a i really think something a going to happen. Maybe not tomorrow but maybe by the end of the  kit 29, and Joan 25, share a House in this University town at the foot of the Rocky mountains. Sutherland a other child Ann 31, lives with her husband and daughter in California. Sutherland 59, was the Dean of agriculture and food science at the american University of Beirut and was on leave from Colorado state University in fort Collins when gunmen kidnapped him As he drove in a Convoy to Beirut Airport. Sutherland travelled from Scotland to the United states in the 1950s to continue his agriculture studies at Iowa state University. He met his wife Jean there and married. He became a . Citizen in 1963 but retained his love for his native land. A the knows Robert bums poems a recalled freed hostage the Rev. Lawrence Martin Jenco who shared a years Captivity with Sutherland. A and he would recite them with that wonderful scots  his daughters also credit the strength of their Mother Jean with keeping their Hopes High. Mrs. Sutherland 56, teaches English at american University and except for visits to see her daughters has remained in Beirut. She was in fort Collins finishing her doctoral thesis when her husband was kidnapped. Kit an animal sciences research assistant at Csc and Joan who works at a fort Collins lending company said the last five years have not exactly been a on  but they have Learned what it Means to be a hostage  a it a gone fast in some ways because you realize that life goes really fast and in that sense he a missed a lot. Kit said. A but in the other sense it just seems to because you want him to finally get out. Its Only oem every once in a while that its difficult to keep optimistic. The release of two american hostages in april Ana recent report in a Beirut Magazine saying that Sun Arian was ill and would be released soon Are encouraging sign she said. A dad has never been the one to be a the next one s said. A a we be never thought he was the one that was co ing out. So this is the first time that we be had any inaction that he might be freed. The Sisters plan to Mark the fifth anniversary of his Captivity at events in the fort Collins and Denver Aire a they admitted that anniversary dates can be stress Iii said the University Community and fort Collins re Sion have been very supportive. Throughout fort Collins yellow ribbons flutter in Trees houses offices schools and churches. Those ribbons routinely Are replaced with new o a but the ribbon tied on the Sutherland so door is weat beaten. A loan a a we re not taking it Down until he a released j said