European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 28, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday july 28, 1900 the stars and stripes Page 7padres apologize for Barr s Anthem rendition Cam is Angeles times accustomed to defending their ? l to play this Eason it san Diego padres offi a ski themselves facing an even bigger Public relations Nightmare Friday a a a flood of criticism Over comedian Roseanne Barros rendition of the National Anthem at a padres game wednesday night. Veterans groups radio talk show hosts baseball players and others loudly condemned Barr thursday to to. P screechy seemingly flippant rendition of the l he Star spangled banners at the game followed by a ass Jan a obscene gesture As she let the Field. A .1s 1s,a National disgrace a said opera Star Robert t is Sun a them in new Yorkus Yan the Flag �?�1ui or 18 years was 10 me like burning but Barros husband Tom Arnold said that while the actress is upset Oyer the reaction she feels she does no to have anything to be sorry for. Mvi Ted to sing the Anthem by Tom Cwm the padres new general Manao Iiron nit who when the invitation was announced earlier this month Barr said that she intended to sing the song seriously not jokingly. Her performance however left that pledge open to varying interpretations a most of them unflattering. In a rendition lasting slightly under one minute Barr screeched out the anthems lyrics. She plugged her ears with her fingers part of the time apparently trying to Block Barr a a Quot Ai t Tiwu in Jung univ it Cucut Wii yer i Jer the padres new general managing partner and it producer of Barros hit television show a a Roseanne executive n out the Boos that began before she had even completed a ooh say can you  the chorus of Boos had risen to a Crescendo of catcalls by songs end. After she finished singing Barr in what her husband and padres officials insisted was intended to be a parody of ballplayers sometimes indelicate mannerisms a grabbed her Crotch and spat on the ground As she walked off the Field. That gesture was interpreted by Many in the crowd As Barr s reaction to their reaction. A not needing to wait to see an a be a Flash on the scoreboard to realize that this one would go Down As a major error Werner huddled with top padres executives for about a half hour before declining comment. Other padres officials however defended Barros per Forman Cef blaming the trouble in part on a time Dclay and Echo in the stadium sound system. But in a statement released thursday padres president Dick Freeman was More contrite. Quot Skik Roseanne has indicated she did her Best under some very difficult circumstances it is apparent we did not do our part because Many fans were offended both by the rendition and Roseanne a a gestures Quot Freeman said. A to those fans we apologize and make the commitment that in the future we will strive to see that the Anthem is presented with the dignity it is  during �?T86 Miami apr the survivor of the 1986 plane crash in Nicaragua that helped unravel the Iran Contra affair tearfully recounted the crash As he Tes tired thursday in his damage suit against a retired air Force general and a Cia linked airline. Eugene Hasenfus who was a cargo handler aboard planes carrying Aid to the contras filed a Federal lawsuit along with the family of co Pilot Wallace Sawyer jr., who was among three killed when a sandinista rocket downed their plane. Hasenfus his voice cracking and tears in his eyes said he stood in the open cargo door As his c-i23 flew into Southern Nicaragua on oct. 5, 1986, with a Load of supplies for a Contra Force pinned Down by sandinista a there was a loud explosion from the right. I was astounded. The whole plane was on fire a Hasenfus said. A Sawyer yelled a what happened a it was the last thing he Ever said. Wearing a sky diving Parachute supplied by his brother in Wisconsin Hasenfus tried to jump but initially became entangled in a machine gun aimed out the door. Finally he freed himself and pulled his ripcord. Quot i was in a state of Shock a he said a i could see the aircraft in a spin a there was nothing but Black smoke and  Hasenfus and Sawyers family Are suing retired air Force maj. Gen. Richard Secord and Miami based Southern Mission to air transport alleging they misled the Crew and negligently used aircraft without adequate safety equipment. Following the crash president Reagan denied there was any . Government connection to the flight. But Hasenfus and documents in the wreckage of the plane told another Story linking the Crew to . Officials. And after the disclosure the following month that proceeds from the Reagan administrations secret arms sales to Iran had been diverted to the contras congressional investigations showed that the plane was part of White House aide Oliver North a secret Contra resupply network. The contras were seeking to overthrow Nicaragua a leftist sandinista government. On Cross examination Southern air attorney Robert Beckman focused on the role of corporate air services forcing Hasenfus to show that his pay drafts tax returns and even unemployment compensation claim All reflected that company a name rather than Southern air Secord a attorneys have said their client never had any Legal relationship with Hasenfus and Sawyer and had never met them. Secord pleaded guilty on nov. 8, 1989, to lying to congressional investigators when he said he Wasny to aware of any Money that went to North a Benefit from a a a a. A map Maze of companies he used in the Eugene Hasenfus leaves court after a Day Iran Contra affair. Secord was sentenced of giving testimony in his lawsuit. To two years probation. Rig crash Gassaway . Apr eight people were killed in a fiery crash on Thi reday As a big Rig truck loaded with a cargo of automobiles crashed into cars driving slowly through an interstate Highway construction site. The Carrier hauling eight vehicles came around a curve on interstate 79 near this Central West Virginia town roared past the Road Crew flagman bounced off the Side of the Bridge and chromed into the cars police and firefighters said. The Driver of the car Camer and Highway workers escaped injury. Truck Driver Manuel Cruzado jr., 25, of Buffalo n.y., initially was charged with six counts of negligent homicide. Braxton county jail officials said no additional charges had been filed against Cruzado Early Friday. One of the cars in which people died was pinned Between the Carrier and an Asphalt truck and burst into flames said Rob Brady of the Gassa Way Volunteer fire department. One of the vehicles atop the Carrier flew off and landed on another stopped car which also exploded in flames Brady said. Grateful dead member is found dead at Home san Francisco apr Brent mydland keyboard player for the Rock band grateful Deal was found dead in his Home of undetermined causes thursday. He was 37. A we lost a brother and we Are very devastated a said grateful dead spokesman Dennis Mcnally. A the 1960s counterculture band known for such hits As a Casey Jones a and a Ruckin a a retains a Loyal cult following. Fans known As a a deadheads follow the group from performance to performance. An autopsy was scheduled for Friday morning. Mydland wrote the Well known grateful dead tune a far from me a and More recently co wrote the environmental Ballad Quot we can run but we can to hide Quot which was used in an Audubon society video. He was also known among fans for his a i will take you Home a a Lullaby written for his two daughters. Mydland was born in Ger mydland Many to american parents stationed there with the military and grew up in the san Francisco area Mcnally said. Mydland who joined the grateful dead in april 1979, is survived by his wife Lisa and his daughters. Beating of Black clergy results in police firing Kansas City to. Apr one officer will be fired and another suspended because of separate beatings of two Black ministers police chief Steven Bishop announced wednesday. He said no officer May mete out Justice with nightsticks and Shotgun Butts. Bishop said he will fire a 28-year-old officer with one years experience for beating the Rev.  Okoye on june 4 after stopping him on suspicion of Drunken driving. In the other Case the police chief said a 35-year-old three year police Veteran will be suspended for six months without pay for Hilling the Rev. William Fountaine a Baptist minister in the head with a Shotgun on May 1 5 As he Lay on the ground. Police had slopped him and ordered him and a boy out of the car. Police said the juvenile matched the description of an armed robbery suspect but was not charged. The officer who hit Fountaine said he did so because he did no to lie Pom plemely face Down As ordered. Fountaine said he lifted his head to keep rain out of his face. Okoye a native of Nigeria said the beating that left him bloody was racially motivated. He said he was dissatisfied with the dismissal of just one of several White officers who were at the scene. A fall of them have to go Quot he said. A i done to think its enough to just fire the first