European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 5, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 a a a the stars and strikes sunday August 5,1990 arriving in Portland Maine on Friday aboard the soviet ship my Leonid Leonidov Are Cook Pantelis Potiris White shirt and others who survived the wreck of the freighter Cora Ion in a Huni Cane. Quot Praise after surviving Quot Portland Maine apr merchant sailors who bobbed in 30-foot seas after Hurricane Bertha splits lured their cargo ship stepped ashore with Praise for their soviet rescuers and acceptance of the Ocean s Wrath. Rolando Arellano an apprentice officer front Manila Philippines said Friday he would resume his oceangoing life and vowed not to give in to fear a no this is life at sea Quot Arellano said. Twenty one survivors of the wrecked freighter Cora Zon were brought ashore by a soviet fishing support ship that plucked them from churning seas m the Atlantic about 400 Miles East of new York. Six Crew members including most of the ships officers died Iri the wreck tuesday j survivors from the Cora on hugged their rescuers after the Rusty soviet ship pulled into port. Quot the russians arc Good Quot said one survivor giving a thumbs up sign. Quot what made the whole operation complicated was the wind and the height of the Waves As Well As the rainstorms a very Little visibility Quot said capt Vladimir Nushnoy skipper of the soviet ship my Leonid Leonidov old a news conference through an interpreter. One Man spent about 10 hours  water before he was hauled to safety Nushnoy said. The survivors were mostly greek or filipino sailors aboard the 593-foot freighter hauling tons of Cement from Greece to new York Quot we arc Verv Lucky Quot said the ship s Cook Pantelis Potiris of Athens Greece a it was very bad very  Arellano said he spent about five hours floating in i he water after his life raft capsized. "1 hoped Only to stay alive Quot Arellano said describing How he Felt then �?o1 always prayed to god we were thinking of our family and How to save  Many survivors had Only life jackets for flotation and the yellow vests were hard to Sec amid the foam and Spray of the rough water Nushnoy said. After the Corazon sent a distress signal tuesday afternoon the . And Canadian coast guards provided information to help the Leonid Leonidov and several other ships find the survivors two other ships in the area got close to Corazon Crew members but were unable to bring them on Board. Nushnoy said his ship was Able to pull Oft the Rescue because his 46-Membcr Crew is used to working on the open sea and tying up with other vessels under Adverse conditions. Peace corps worker was unhurt a but bored by marxist captors Cheyenne Wyo. Apr a peace corps worker freed by communist guerrillas in the Philippines was t harmed during 50 Days of Captivity but he had to endure droning marxist propaganda and tales of Jungle ambush his parents said Friday. Timothy Swanson 2b, was freed thursday by the new Peoples army. In a Telephone talk with parents i an y and Lynne Swanson he said he became led up with a guerrillas rebel yells and communist indoctrination. A the was questioned rather Beauty at first and then later. 1 think they tried to inducer us him a hit a Bis Mother said. A the said he got so sick of revolutionary music and stories of ambush lie started to complain. Is they  mis. Swanson said her son sounded a Little tired but of thew is was in Good spirits. A when he went into the peace corps he wanted a Little and sen lure. Well he got at a she said a a a s just so sad that the world is riot a place where people can help each Oiler and not be  president Bush who met briefly with the Swanson when he visited Cheyenne on july 2d, called to congratulate the family after their son s release. Quot we thought it was very Nice of him to Call Quot or. Swanson said. Mrs. Swanson said her son was expected to return to the United states on sunday or monday. Swanson was scheduled for a medical examination Friday and debriefing by philippine authorities. Swanson was abducted in the Middle of the night Lime 13 on Negros a philippine Island. Led by three armed rebels he hiked for several Days into the Back country before reaching Camp she said. A the said he was treated Well. He had no restraints. He said he was treated pretty much As one of them a she said. A apparently they wanted  to see what them life was like. They May har e been trying to indoctrinate him Quot toward the end of Swanson s Captivity the situation became tiresome his Mother said. A this Basic feeling at least during the latter part of his Eatn Ity. Was mainly boredom Quot she said. Quot he was sick to death of the  a Swanson was released by the rebels shortly after a japanese Aid worker who had been held since May 24 was deed. Stateside Florida says its won Battle against med files Miami apr Florida officials on Friday declared an end to a 3 / month Mcd Fly infest a lion with a slap at California for taking so Long to get rid of its pests. Helicopters sprayed up to 20 Square Miles of suburban Miami with malathion in eight Aerial treatments to kill Mediterranean fruit flies considered the most destructive farm pest because it can attack 250 fruits and vegetables California s year old infestation has spread to More than 900 Square Miles with limited Aerial pesticide spraying at a Cost of More than $38 million Florida agriculture commissioner Doyle Conner said. Quot it is absolutely vital to move quickly and aggressively which is exactly what we did Quot he said. Florida a $1.6 million Era Dica i too Effort began after a Fly was trapped near Miami International Airport on april 6. By May 21, 23 medal pcs were found at 21 locations. Quot the Bottom line is that we be turned Back a serious threat to our food Supply in an environmentally sound program involving a limited geographic area Quot Conner said. Unlike California where malathion spraying produced a Public outcry the spraying in Virginia gardens Miami Springs and parts of Hialeah went on with Little  who passed out Given 1 year jail sentence los Angeles apr a Drunken burglar who passed out while robbing a couple s Home was sentenced to a year in jail after pleading guilty to felony charges. William Spencer Castro 21, an undocumented alien from it Salvador was also sentenced to one year of House arrest placed on five years probation and ordered to attend alcoholics Anonymous meetings. Castro admitted he bad about 20 Beers before he broke into the Home in suburban Van Guys in March authorities said. Carrying a 7-Inch Kitchen knife Castro filled his pockets with jewelry Money and other items. He then passed out next to the couple s bed authorities said. Betty Beds 83, discovered Castro on the floor about 2 am. March 26 when she accidentally stepped on him As she got out of bed to help her husband Edward 84. Castro was still unconscious when police  of biplane killed in plunge during air show Oshkosh. Wis. Apr a biplane went into a 400-foot nose dive during an air show and crashed killing the Pilot on the final Day of the experimental aircraft association s annual convention. Witnesses said the Stearman biplane was making barrel Rolls when it crashed near a runway at Wittman regional Airport. The show was interrupted then resumed about a half hour later using other runways. Quot it got quiet. Everyone stood up and it got very very quiet a said Marge Kaepplinger of Chicago. Witnesses said the Pilot was about Halfway through his 15-Minule show when the plane crashed. No other planes were involved. Winnebago county Coroner Michael Steller identified the victim As John Lewkowitz of walled Lake Mich. He was pronounced dead a1 mercy medical Center wandering Wallaby found restored to Home in 200 Stoneham mass. Apr nearly two weeks after his great escape Aarau the Wallaby was Back Home at the Stone zoo Friday zoo keepers found Aarau thursday night according to Kim of Keefe a Secretary at the zoo. A the s Fine Quot said of Keefe Quot he should be Hack in his Cage today Quot it  immediately Clear where or How Aarau had been found. Aarau a male australian Wallaby leapt to Freedom from the Stone zoo in suburban Boston on july 23. A Wallaby is a Cousin of the Kangaroo