European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 24, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday april 24, 1991 the stars and stripes b Page 7 dealer Joe Irmen left shakes hands with 13-year-old Bryan Wrzesinski after settling their dispute Over baseball card of Pitcher Nolan Ryan. Looking on with approval is Bryan a father Joseph Wrzesinski. Card dispute settled with free agent Compromise Wheaton 111. Apr a baseball card dispute was settled monday when a Schoolboy and a card dealer declared a valuable 1968 picture of Pitcher Nolan Ryan a free agent a sort of. Thirteen year old Bryan Wrzesinski and Joe Irmen said the card will be auctioned off and the proceeds split Between two charities. The Deal reached sunday night was announced minutes before a judge was to Rule on the Case. The Addison teen Ager and Irmen had for months battled Over the card in the courts. Wrzesinski bought the card last year for $12. Irmen owner of Ball Mart baseball in Itasca claimed the card was Worth $1,200 and was sold by an inexperienced clerk who did no to understand the �?o1200�?� marking. Irmen had sued for return of the card or the $1,188 difference Between what the boy paid and the marked Price. Lawyer Karen Delveaux says Irmen will take a loss because he sold the card on consignment and owes $1,000 to the previous owner. The Junior High school student said the disagreement was educational. A a in be Learned a lesson that maybe people should Settle their disputes themselves rather than let other people take them to court and Settle them for them a he  settlement was announced with a handshake. Irmen said Bryan is Welcome to shop in his store again. But Bryan is not committing himself. Afterwards Dupage county circuit court associate judge Ann Jorgensen dismissed the Case and said she was pleased with the outcome. 21st birthday of Earth Day by the associated press. A University observed the 21st annual Earth Day by saying it would banish polystyrene packaging from Campus while at environmentally conscious events across the country people planted Trees cleaned beaches or demonstrated against big business. \ in Delaware the governor flapped his arms with schoolchildren imitating a Bird v Chilly wet weather in new York City did no to Stop tree plantings and efforts to persuade motorists to give up their cars for mass transit. In Southern California an a a environmental report card released monday found that Many care about saving the planet As Long As they Don t have to curb their cars or use less water. West Virginia University will begin an immediate phaseout of polystyrene food containers and products packed in the plastic foam material. A red Maple from George Washington a mount Vernon estate and a Sycamore from the Gettysburg Battlefield were planted monday at a National historic Forest being established near pcs Moines Iowa. At Stanton del., gov. Michael n. Castle imitated his favorite Bird a the great Blue Heron. Unfortunately he was supposed to be a delicate piping Plover. Residents of Southern California deserve an environmental a a a for concern but Only a a a cd for their response said University of California los Angeles re searchers who released a Survey of 316. People. The Urcla a environmental report card Survey funded by the save the Earth foundation found that Many residents willingly Recycle and arc eager to accept. Quick technological fixes like Low flow Shower Heads and toilets said Urcla professor Richard Berk new York City transportation commissioner Lucius Riccio said motorists at Cei Tain entry Points into Manhattan would be sold subway tokens at a discount to persuade them to leave their cars behind. It demonstrators on Wall Street said new York already is a a Green City a with Green standing for dollars and blamed corporate greed and general Public selfishness for everything from racism to homelessness to the continuing spread of aids. In Newport Beach calif., the surf rider foundation led schoolchildren on a a Beach sweep cleanup. Engi scering students at California state University los Angeles displayed their Sun powered car solar Eagle during festivities at the downtown automobile club of Southern California. Thousands of children went to the Oklahoma state Capitol in Oklahoma City to celebrate Earth Day. But they left behind a Sticky Messy mass of garbage and trash. Providence . Up a highly trained army commando was sentenced to 26 years in jail monday for raping two Rhode Island women at knife Point and pulling off a daring daytime escape after his arrest. Master sgt. Marshall Brown 37, of Spring Lake a cd a reported to be a member of the army a elite Delta Force was also Given 34 years supervised probation after his release from the adult correctional institutions Brown also is accused of three rapes in North Carolina and suspected of sex crimes in Texas and Arizona. A a Many times in my life in be been very convicted for rapes escape close to death Quot Brown said in apologizing to his victims before sentencing. A sitting up in that cell. I prayed to god. I done to know Why he let me live to commit something like  both rape victims also made statements before Superior court judge Vincent Ragosta. One feared Brown would be freed from prison in 12 or 13 years and was convinced that he would rape again. The second said that Brown a Small thin balding Man looking Little like a highly trained Soldier raped her on the first weekend she had moved away from Home and into a new apartment. A Marshall Brown May have to serve at least half of his 25-year sentence a said the 22-year-old woman. A i will have to carry the Impact of his violence for the rest of my  a Brown raped the women in june 1989 while serving on temporary assignment to the Newport naval Complex. His Perm a nent station at the time was in North Carolina. Both rapes occurred in Cranston and in both cases Brown broke into the dwellings through a window. Brown was arrested on june 11, 1989, shortly after the second rape. On july 30, 1990, he escaped while being taken to the judicial Complex in Providence for a pretrial hearing. Brown broke free of state marshals when they removed him from the rear of their . He apparently had managed to pick the lock on his Handcuffs during the ride to the courthouse. Once out of the  Brown bolted two blocks to a waiting car driven by an former inmate Brown hired to help him escape. The prisoner drove him to the Northwest part of the state where Brown asked to be let out. He was captured four Days later in a restaurant parking lot. Annapolis my. A the naval Academy is investigating the sinking of a $1.25 million training Sloop that went Down in Chesapeake Bay after a collision with a Coal Barge. A your current plans Are to attempt to Salvage the vessel a said Noel Milan Deputy Public affairs officer. A a lot will depend on the condition of the  the 60-foot Sailboat american Promise which once set a world record for circumnavigating the Globe Sank sunday morning four hours after the collision occurred near the Mouth of the a Tuxen River. A Crew member a Junior at the Academy was Throwr into the 50-degree water and treated for hypothermia. No one else aboard the Sloop the Barge or a tugboat pulling the Barge was injured said it. Cmdr. Mike John Academy Public affairs officer. Milan said Academy officials did not know what caused the Accident or which vessel hit the other. Other details will not be known until the investigation is completed he said. A the Barge owned by Baltimore Gas amp electric co., was being towed from Newport news va., to a Power Plant in Northern Anne Arundel county. By amp a spokesman Art Slusark said the coast guard allowed the tugboat and Barge to continue their journey following a preliminary investigation. The Sailboat May have had a problem with its rigging when it ran into the Bow of the 365-foot Barge said coast guard it. Gary Merrick. After the collision the Sloop s Mast became jangled with the 78-foot tugboat. A we have no idea of what the exact problem was Quot Merrick said. The Sailboat was donated to the Academy by millionaire Dodge Morgan of Cape Elizabeth Maine. In 1985-86, Morgan and his Crew sailed it around the world in a Little Over 150 Days cutting the record for Solo non Stop circumnavigation of the Globe nearly in half. That record has since been broken by a Frenchman who made the trip in less than 130 Days