European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 6, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Monday m a 6, 1991the stars and. Stripes Pago 5 a by the new York times Bangor Maine a approximately 50 men women and children had waited in the Bangor inter National Airport terminal since Long before Dawn for the next plane Lod of troops due in from the persian Gulf. Like any other group of adoring fans they came with a Welcome Home a posters and offering homemade cookies Beers and cheers. A a you re Back you re Back a called 42-year-old Valerie Bellomy to the 201 bleary eyed members of the army a 62nd and 223rd trans companies who tramped into the terminal. A a i done to know any of them a a she said. A but we want them to know How grateful we Are for what they did for our most of the country s Small towns have been involved in such Homecoming celebrations once or twice since the persian Gulf War ended. But Bangor the closest american Airport to Europe and offering the lowest Landing and refuelling fees is an unusual Case. Each Day it has been a stopping Point for Jet loads of soldiers on their Way Home. The Airport Homecoming scene has taken on special flavor. Day after Day and often in the Middle of the night As Many As 1,500 greeters have crowded into the tiny terminal to offer hugs and backs laps to the troops. High school bands and Rock groups have shown up to play patriotic music. Children scramble for autographs and souvenirs. And in recent weeks local sorority girls from the University of Maine joined the crowd to cheer the soldiers. Like Many others in the crowd Bellomy and her two daughters Marv Jane and Adrian have greeted All but a few of the flights. That Means crazy sleeping schedules missed classes and hours of waiting in the Airport lounge. More than 50,000 troops have stopped Here on their Way Home from the Gulf. That makes Bangor a City of 35,0 x people the country a busies port of entry for Homecoming soldiers. A this is Beautiful a said spec. Thomas Gay who grabbed a rambunctious handshake from a flannel shirted Man v. Ith Long Blond hair. A they Man Welcome Back Welcome Back a said James p. Sargent 43, of . Not far away spec. Rene Ely whose unit was in route to fort Bliss Texas autographed a souvenir shirt. A a in a just so Happy to Sec these people Here a said the 21-year-old Soldier who was returning from six months in the desert. �?o1 figured wed be forgotten about because you done to hear that much about us a she said blinking Back tears. For Maine a sparsely populated Rural state the big Welcome has seemed a bit out of step. Maine Bills itself As a hospitable place a a a vacationland but one sticker often seen on truck bumpers reads a Welcome to Maine now go , in a state with a smal Utown state of mind neighbourliness is a Way of life residents say. The air port celebrations which began with a Small group of patriotic Bangor residents offer the Best of both worlds. A a a a a a a. The celebrations Are a Way to experience the Hap witless Oxer the Gulf Victory and to show support for the troops without Long term involvement. The troop layovers last Only an hour or so. A it s kind of to the tradition of a barn raising Quot Stid a Tom Sawyer a Bangor City councilor. A and its not like they Are going to stay its More like having a guest or a neighbor who needs your help for a Little a so far enthusiasm for the homecomings has Contin cd to mount. At a time when most other news revolves depressed regional Economy and rising unemployment the euphoria of the Homecoming celebrations has been a Welcome Relief residents say daily updates on arrivals Are broadcast on local radio stations and printed in the Bangor daily news. A special Telephone recording was set up to give round the clock troop flight information. Military officials say news of the greetings Here has been passed on to other troops soon to embark prompting numerous requests from soldiers to return through Bangor. Americans from As far away As Connecticut and Prince Edward Island have driven to Bangor to Greet the planes. A i m Here because i just wanted to Welcome them Home a said Linda Graham who Rode a bus five hours from Boston. �?o1 lost my Job recently and i heard about this and just wanted to come a she said As the troops re boarded their Jet after of celebrating. A this is meat for the won t be charged for identifying victim urges Public service White House chief of staff John Sununu right applauded during the Miami Dade Community College commencement ceremonies at which he was the featured speaker. Beside him is College trustee John Schmitz. Sununu urged graduates to make an Impact through Public service. A i can Promise you there is nothing More satisfying or More Gratifying than to have the Opportunity to do something that gets leverage through the influence of local state or Federal governments a he said. Palm Beach Fla. Up1 a state attorney has decided not to prosecute news organizations that violated Florida Law by identifying the woman who said she was raped in Palm Beach by a Nelv new of sen. Edward Kennedy. Circuit judge Richard Burk had Given state attorney David Bludworth until monday to make his Case for prosecuting the news agencies. But Bludworth had not yet filed his argument with the court and abandoned at least temporarily his quest for clarification of the Law. Bludworth was unavailable for comment but his spokesman Jack Freese was quoted saturday in the Miami 1 Ler Aid As saying a nothing will be filed v. Monday on Are to present evidence of their investigation to Bludworth in a few Days. The woman a 29-year-old Jupiter resident told police she met William Kenny by Smith a 31-year-old Georgetown University medical student at the fashionable a bar in Palm Beach and drove with him to the Kennedy compound. She said he raped her at the compound at about 4 . On March 30. Press coverage of the Case has been intense. During the week of april 15 sever Al news organizations including Abc news and the new York times reported the woman a name prompting Bludworth lotto sours divorced couple s truce Palm Beach Fla. Up a divorced couple was on affectionate terms until buying a winning lottery ticket three years ago. Now the two have settled a lawsuit Over the $,31.5 million and their Romance is in tatters. A a in be had happier Days. In a just glad its Over a said welder Lewis Snipes after fridays settlement which gives him $5,4 million. The Battle Between Snipes and Mary Ellen Burke began four Days after Burke realized she had the winning ticket for one of the largest lotto jackpots in Florida a history. Snipes picked up the winning ticket for which his sex wife had picked the num Bers and paid for on oct 22, 1988. He claimed the two had an agreement to split any winnings Down the Middle. Burke said she had a 50-50 agreement with her sister Maxine Johnson but none with Snipes. Complicating the matter was the couples unusual relationship. They wed in 1980 but divorced two years later. But they continued to live together. Snipes accompanied Burke and Maxine and Bill Johnson to Tallahassee to claim the prize on oct. 24, 1988. He asked Burke to marry him again but she refused. Two Days later Burke and Johnson offered Snipes $1 million plus $50,000 for each of his three children and a new Home. Snipes declined and filed suit for All of the Money claiming Burke had stolen the ticket. The squabble wound up in court and in april 1990 a Marion county jury decided the winning ticket a 4-8-24-34-4345 a belonged to Burke but that she had agreed to share with Snipes and he deserved 25 percent or about $8 million. Snipes wanted More and appealed the decision prompting an appeals judge to turn the whole matter Over to a mediator. Under the present settlement Snipes will get $325,000 annually Over 14 years for a total of $5.4 million. Out of that he must pay taxes and attorneys fees. To request the judicial Riding on the Law. In 1989, the supreme court ruled in a Jacksonville Case based on the same statute that it is not a crime to publish rape victims names As Long As the information was legally obtained. In the stars and stripes 10years ago May 6, 1981 a British troops and police fired live ammunition and plastic bullets to quell rioters in roman Catholic districts of Belfast Northern Ireland hours after imprisoned Ira guerilla Bobby Sands died in the 66th Day of his hunger strike. 20years ago May 6, 1971 a seven Western european nations stopped buying american dollars in the continents worst monetary crises in nearly two years. West German monetary officials declared that the Dollar which closed the Day at 3.57 on the open Market would remain at its current rate of 3.66 when the Market reopened probably in three Days. 30years ago a May 6,1961 a Alan b. Shephard or. Became americans first spaceman in a 15-minute flight 302 Miles Down the Atlantic missile Range. He reached an Altitude of 115 Miles and a Peak Speed exceeding 5,000 Mph. \ 40years ago May 6, 1951 a Gen. Douglas Macarthur testifying before a sen ate committee investigating his removal As the . Commander in the far East said that the . Is Quot doomed to destruction unless it brings a this War in Korea to a successful
