European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 10, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Sunday june 10, 1990 the stars and stripes a a a Page 7 parents raise $60,000 on to to Ransom son Peoria 111 apr Roy Marge Heimdal marched into a Peona Bank Friday clutching Coffee cans Duffel with Money a Ransom for their son held in South America. In less than four Days the Heimdall raised $60,000 demanded As Ransom by maoist guerrillas who ambushed 27-ycar.old Scott Heimdal in a Jungle in Ecuador on april 28. Mrs Heimdal 47, said the Kidnap Nurs reportedly members of a colombian group known As the popular liberation army have threatened to a show us where his body is. The attack left one Man dead and another seriously injured. A a shiver went Down my spine when they told me we had $60,000,�?� Roy Heimdal said Friday about 80 hours after the financially strapped family went on to to seek Public help in raising Money. A a in a stunned a said Heimdal who Sells cabinets. A if there had been any other Way to handle this we would have. But a Public Appeal was the Only Avenue we even As the Heimdall fought their Way through a crowd of reporters into the Bank strangers approached with Dollar Bills for their overflowing Coffee cans and offered encouragement. A for the first few weeks we Felt so helpless a mrs. Heimdal said. A at least these past few Days we be Felt like we were helping Scott. We were doing something and that Felt the $60,000 was wired to a Bank in Ecuador where it will be taken by an intermediary into the Jungle along the Ecuador Colombia Border this weekend to meet the kidnappers. A the funds will be handled by professional negotiators who have been handling this situation for us a Heimdal said Friday. A it will be their responsibility to get some of the funds to the kidnappers although probably not All of the Money at first and make a Deal to get him out of he said he did no to expect any further major developments until sometime next week. In Quito a . Embassy official who spoke on condition of anonymity said . Diplomats were not involved in the negotiations with the guerrillas. A the negotiations Are Between the police and the terrorists a the official said. The Money was to be accompanied by a videotaped plea from his Mother. A i pleaded for my songs life a she said. A i begged. I said a please give me my son Back. He a my Only in be never begged before. I done to know if i did it but the family a work is far from Over. There Are passports to get and the family must find a Way to get from Miami to Quito. Midway airlines has provided free airline tickets to Miami. The family Hopes it will All be capped this week by a Welcome Home Celebration for their son. Heimdal and four others were travelling by Motorboat on the Bermejo River about six Miles from the Border when they were ambushed by armed guerrillas. The guerrillas killed the Pilot injured another person and kidnapped Heimdal. Heimdal has worked the past two years at a dredging operation for Imin co co., a Gold mining company near lady reads to children on her 65th birthday Washington apr Barbara Bush devoted part of her 65th birthday Friday to a favorite task a Reading to children. At the same time president Bush a who will celebrate his 66th birthday tuesday a was touring the Midwest and saluting his wife As As a the hero of mrs. Bush appeared on Abc tvs a Good morning american and read to a dozen children seated around her. The Story was a Leo the late Bloomer a about a lion who was slow to learn to read and write. The children responded with a chorus of a Happy birthday mrs. a ooh How a you know a she asked. A who told you that secret thank you very very a Day earlier she had said she could not care less about her birthday. She was bom june 8, 1925, in new York City. Though mrs. Bush and the president were Miles apart she was much in his thoughts As he gave political speeches on a fund raising trip to several Midwest states. A i wish that Barbara were Here on her birthday the hero of Wellesley a he said at a luncheon in Omaha neb. He was referring to the much praised speech she gave last weekend at Wellesley College where she had been the subject of complaints that she had been invited As commencement speaker Only because of her husbands achievements. A a in a very very proud of her a Bush said to applause. Earlier he said he had called her in the morning and a she seemed in excited about turning 65. In her television appearance the first lady recalled that she and her husband often read to their children when they were Young. A it was a Chance for us to put an Arm around a child and have a special time a she said. A it does a Jot for bonding with your children and it pays off the National pork producers Council gave the president a Box of pork chops and several bags of pork rinds a favorite snack and he quipped a maybe that a what ill give to Barbara for her birthday mrs. Bush who made literacy a personal in Sade said on the to program that a about the most important thing that parents can do for their children is to get them excited about and Start them that she said is because parents Are the first teachers. A my first memories of my Mother and father Are my Mother curled up on a Couch Reading and my dad hostess Beth Ruyak joins children in the fan As first lady Barbara Bush appears on a Good morning America Reading a she said. A a it a a proven fact now that children who Are read to do better in mrs. Bush recommended letting children pick the books they Are interested in then Reading to them. A a we re not talking about hours a she said. A a we re talking a Little bit about a Way of life. Have books out. Have books available. Have them there so the child can pick up a Book not just storybooks but books about science or whatever you think your child might be interested in. A it is Quality time maybe its 15 minutes a night maybe its allowing your children to pick a Book they want to read themselves to sleep to. Its just a Way of life and its very easy to Barry ponders re election bid of trial continues. Quot i in wry a Ltd no n librarian at a Law firm said. Washington apr jury selection in the trial of mayor Marion Barry continued Friday amid speculation that Barry May decide this weekend whether to seek re election. The mayor is charged with drug Possession and perjury. Jury selection is expected to last through this week. Barrys spokeswoman reiterated that the mayor has not decided whether to run for re election. However others close to Barry said he would discuss his political future with Jesse Jackson during a weekend break from his trial. The possibility of a plea bargain involving an announcement that Barry run for a fourth term has been grand jury about drug use. Plea talks have stalled with . Attorney Jay b. Stephens wanting Barry to plead guilty to a felony charge while much discussed especially after Jackson Barry is willing to consider pleading Only. A a a in. 4a 4y-v mir Lama narc the 15 up began publicly encouraging Barry to make such an announcement As a Way to restart stalled talks Between prosecutors and the mayors attorney. Barry has pleaded innocent to a ten Misdemeanour counts of cocaine Possession. A one Misdemeanour cocaine conspiracy charge. A three felony counts of lying to a to misdemeanours according to Law enforcement and City government sources. Under Federal sentencing guidelines pleading guilty to a perjury charge would guarantee that Barry would spend time behind bars. Once he entered jail he would be forced to give up the Job he has held since 1979. In the fifth Day of questioning of prospective jurors Friday a woman who works As a librarian at a Law firm said she believes a race and politics played a part in prosecutors bringing the Case against Barry. But she also said a i think its Likely that Barry had used cocaine on several occasions including Jan. 18 at a Washington hotel where he was arrested and charged with smoking crack cocaine in an Fri sting operation. The jury Pool for barrys trial now stands at 48. Twelve additional jurors were sent into the Pool Friday and one already in the Pool was excused
