European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 18, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday october 18, 1990 the stars and stripes a a Page 5 Blake jazz legend Blakey Dies in . At 71 new York apr Art Blakey a drummer whose band nurtured generations of leading jazz players died tuesday. He was 71. He died of lung cancer at St. Vincent a Hospital Hospital spokeswoman Barbara Cron said. A a in be got to go make a record now feeling like this a trumpeter Freddie Hubbard said when he heard about Blakey a death. A part Blakey was the first one who gave me a big  for the major part of his career Blakey did his drumming for the jazz messengers the band that came together under his leadership in the Early 1950s. Dizzy Gillespie the giant of be Bop once described Blakey As a the Volcano of be Bop drummers. He was considered in the top Echelon that included such drummers As Max Roach and buddy Rich. The 1981 Newport jazz festival gave Over an evening to a a the Blakey legacy a in which the drummer was joined by the players who had been with his band during the previous Quarter Century. Hubbard described Blakey As a Mentor for Young musicians guiding them through life As Well As music. Blakey was born in Pittsburgh in 1919, escaping the steel Mills As a 15-year-old by playing piano at a nightclub. Then a 14-year-old Hotshot named Erroll Garner showed up and a i was told to go to the Drums by the club owner a Blakey recalled. Blakey a jazz drummer son Art jr., died in 1988 at age 47. Survivors include nine children and five grandchildren. Quot Security beefed up on Alaska pipeline Anchorage Alaska up the persian Gulf crisis has prompted tighter Security along the 800-mile trans Alaska Oil pipeline source of one fourth of the nations Domestic crude. Alyeska pipeline service co., which operates the pipeline for seven Oil company owners took the action because of a information from intelligence agencies As Well As military information a said Marnie Isaacs spokeswoman for Alyeska. She said the Security was intensified following the iraqi invasion of Kuwait on aug. 2, and the tighter measures will continue a until the situation improves in the Middle  increased surveillance along the pipeline a reflects heightened tensions and an increased state of alertness a Isaacs  time a a sons of Confederate veterans Honor guard escorts the casket containing Daisy caves  widow of rebel Soldier honoured at funeral service Sumter . Apr the last widow of a Confederate Soldier was buried on tuesday closing a chapter in civil War history. Daisy Wilson Cave was in her 20s when she married 75-year-old Henry Benjamin Cave previously a Soldier with the third regiment of the South Carolina cavalry. About 75 people gathered at Evergreen memorial Park cemetery for the funeral and burial of Cave whose age was believed to have been Between 97 and 105. She died saturday at a health care Center. Robert l. Brown commander of the South Carolina division of the sons of Confederate veterans said he and leaders of other groups dedicated to Confederate heritage believed Cave was the last woman whose husband fought for the South during the civil War. Local and National newspapers in recent years had described Cave As the last surviving Confederate widow. More than a dozen United daughters of the confederacy attended caves service. Members of the South Carolina sons of Confederate veterans dressed in Confederate uniforms and carrying the Confederate and . Flags led the funeral processional and fired a Salute. After the Salute the Confederate sons stood at attention As a a taps was sounded on a trumpet. Each then placed a Button from their uniforms on the simple Gray casket decorated with a Confederate Flag a Spray Fred roses and a Black ribbon. Brown said Cave had been a living Symbol of proud Southern history. A she would be the first to remind us of our duty to defend the Confederate soldiers Good name and to guard his history from those who would slander it today or Tell us to hide it away in some Dusty museum out of  the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. Oct. 18,1950 a president Truman told the soviet Union that the United states would not hesitate to go to War to resist aggression and defend a your liberties.�?�30 years ago today. Oct. 18,1960 a vice president Richard Nixon and sen. John f. Kennedy d-mass., moved into the last three weeks of the presidential Campaign with heated attacks against each other. Kennedy lashed out at the Money policies of the Eisenhower administration while Nixon said americans did not want a a crash immature Many changing policies.20 years ago today. Oct. 18, 1970 a the turkish government informed the world health organization that an epidemic of cholera was sweeping parts of Turkey and asked the United states for 5 million doses of anti cholera vaccine. Joint anti drug operation nets $80 million in cocaine10 years ago today. Oct. 18,1980 a Ronald Reagan reversed his position and agr debate with president Carter telling reporters he Nad instructed in preparations for the contest. Reed to a head to head is staff to begin making los Angeles up authorities announced tuesday the seizure of nearly $80 million in cocaine and the arrests of seven cuban nationals involved in a nationwide drug shipping operation. The ring was believed to have smuggled cocaine across the mexican Border by trucks that dropped their cargo in los Angeles before the drugs were subsequently shipped to other areas in the United states. Only two of the suspects were american citizens. All the men were being held on $5 million bail each. About 1,400 pounds of cocaine with a Street value of about $79.5 million were seized by authorities. Authorities said they believe the ring had been smuggling cocaine a for some  they gave no estimates of How much of the drug the group brought into the United states. Police made the seizure following a joint investigation involving the los Angeles police department the . Drug enforcement administration and the California Highway patrol. The investigation began in the summer after a cup officer became suspicious of a tractor trailor Rig owned by Moonlight trucking co. Of Alma ark., police chief Daryl Gates said. The same officer made a traffic Stop of a Moonlight Rig in Burbank on oct. 8 and discovered nearly 700 pounds of cocaine stuffed into a hidden compartment within the Sleeper berth of the tractor. Two men were arrested