European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 21, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday May 21. 1991 the stars and stripes a Page 5 marchers raise $4.2 million to fight aids front wire reports More than 26,000 people walked 6 2 Miles in new York City on sunday to raise nearly $4.2 million to fight aids. The sixth annual aids walk benefited Gay men s health crisis the nations largest aids service organization said co producer Craig Miller. Most supporters made the circuit a up Riverside drive and Down Central Park West a on foot. Some used crutches while a few were in wheelchairs and  ones were pushed in strollers by parents. A hundreds if not thousands of people with aids participated a a Miller said adding that a the aids epidemic remains seriously underfunded by government and this walk reflects the Community s efforts to till the Gap left by the  sme Ghent response to this Public health emergency.7�?T the estimated $4.2 million in contributions was collected by the 26.000 marchers from 275,000 individual contributors. Miller said. Tony Randall led opening ceremonies at Lincoln Center where actress Tyne Daly read a Dirge without music Quot a poem by Edna St. Vincent Milfay in san Francisco meanwhile thousands of people gathered or a candlelight March and rally to remember those killed by aids and to Call attention to the plight of those fighting the incurable deadly disease similar events were held in More than 200 cities in 47 nations As part of the eighth annual International aids candlelight memorial and mobilization organized by the group mobilization against aids a. A your goal is that wherever people Are lighting aids a a whether m Small towns or Large cities in developing or Developer nations a everyone on every continent should know Thev Are not  said Diew Siegel the san Francisco groups coordinator Tor the event. Quot  san Francisco marchers gathered downtown at Market and Castro  the heart of the City a Gay Community Tor the March to City Hall. In London about 1 .900 people attended a candlelight memorial in Trafalgar Square. Quot i he memorial is very important Given that Manv of the people who have died of aids Are so  London organizer Naomi  is important Tor their families lovers and partners to know that Thev arc not forgotten that they did not die in vain Quot fun and Frog lick Roggie leaps Way to Victory Denny Matadi supports his Frog on one of its leaps toward Victory Angels Camp Calif. Up an energetic Bullfrog named fun and Frog lick leaped his Way to Victory in the 64th annual Calaveras county fair and jumping Frog Jubilee. The ambitious amphibian jumped a total 18 feet 9 / inches to capture the top honors sunday and a $500 Cheek Tor his owner. Denny Matadi of Santa Clara Calit. The championships climaxed a four Day fair and Frog jump contest in the historic Gold Rush town made famous by Mark Twain in his 1865 Story a a i he celebrated jumping forgot Calaveras  for All his efforts fun and Frog lick tailed to shatter the 5-Ycar-old world trog jump record of 21 feel 5mt inches set in 1986 by Rosie the Ribier whose owner. Lee Giudici is Matacio a father in Law. Second prize went to Greg Spears whose trog croak a mania leaped is feet 1 Inch. His brother Glenn Spears won fourth place with croak and Dag Ger who jumped 17 feet 9 inches. Quot third prize went to night Rover owned by Bill Guzules with jumps totalling 17 feet la i inches. The Spears and Guzules also Are from Santa Clara. All in All some 2,000 frogs competed for one of the 74 spots in the finals. Sex hostage accepts Bush s denial but insists something happened fort Lauderdale Fla. A president Bush wrote to an american formerly held captive in Iran that he did no to know of or participate in any plan to delay the hostages release until after the 1980 election. The former hostage Moorhead Kennedy said he accepted Bush a denial but complained that the president sidestepped a the More Basic Issue that something probably  Bush a letter responded to a Story in the fort Lauderdale Sun Sentinel that quoted Kennedy a former Diplomat who now is a Republican party official in new York City calling the presidents previous denials a very Limp Quot a i am disappointed that you would feel i might have been a participant in a scheme to keep any american held hostage a Bush wrote. A i emphatically deny any such  Kennedy told the newspaper Friday that he planned to write the president and Tell him the allegations of a hostage Deal must be investigated for the Good of the country. He said he accepted Bush a denial. A i he president has Given a citizen his word a Kennedy said. A a citizen must accept  but Kennedy said the presidents letter a does not address what to me is the More Basic Issue and that is that something probably happened Quot even if Bush Wasny to involved. In 1980, Bush was Ronald Reagan a running mate on the Republican presidential ticket. Several people contend that Reagan advisers feared president Carter could win re election if Iran released the hostages before the election. Yet shot dead in altercation Oklahoma City a an Oklahoma City Sailor who survived the persian Gulf War w As shot to death after a parking lot altercation in Florida police said. Petty officer 3rd class Harold j. Mansfield jr., 22, was killed Friday after an argument with another Motorist in Neptune Beach a suburb of Jacksonville. A Quot i can to understand society today Quot said his Mother Connie Mansfield of Oklahoma City. A my son goes and sur Vives the War Over there and then he returns anti is shot dead in a traffic  Mansfield was assigned to the aircraft Carrier Saratoga which returned from the War March 28. He had been in the Gulf Region since aug. 7, five Days after Iraq invaded Kuwait. A Fie was going to get some fast food a his Mother said. A a in be been told he was driving into the parking lot when this other Guy almost caused an  witnesses told Neptune Beach police a heated argument followed in which the White Motorist used racial slurs against Mansfield who is Black. Mansfield went to get . Quot he talked to his Friend to get him to go Back with him Quot mrs. Mansfield said. A this  to talk him out of it but my son was not the kind of person to let someone run Over  they found the Man still at the parking lot police said. Witnesses told police the two men parked next to each other and exchanged More racial slurs. The shipmate whose name was not released told police Mansfield picked up a Brick and half raised it at the suspect when the Man shot him once in the Chest with a .25-caliber semiautomatic pistol. The gunman has not been captured. Which produced eight w Inners. Simov skies enticed a sizeable crowd on sunday but unseasonable Cool showery weather  and saturday discouraged the usual heavy attendance for the tamed event which Community merchants depend upon Tor an economic boost Quot we had hoped for around 40,000 people this year but w e had t planned on the rain a marketing director jewel Lucken said. Quot there was a tremendous cancellation of hotel rooms. Attendance tit hotels,-.restaurants and All the other tourist things were Down under Competition rules the Irons leap lion tin 8-Inch circular launching pad. T hey Aie allowed three jumps and their total distance is measured m a straight line irom the Start to the finish. I his Yeai s contest licked the controversy generated m 1990 when Seattle reptile importer Andy Kaufman entered giant african frogs that threatened to whip their american cousins but failed. Ail of this years contestants were regular american bullfrogs which Lucken pointed out Are of French descent. A a in he French brought them Here As a food Staple hut some of them jumped into the creeks and got  she  the stars and stripes 10yearsago May 21,1981 new York Beauty contestant Deborah Ann Fountain was disqualified from the miss Usa pageant after padding her swimsuit top with foam rubber to compensate for weight loss. 20years ago May 21,1971 a the Senate handed president Nixon a major foreign policy Victory by rejecting a series of proposals to Force cuts in the 300,000-Man . Military contingent in Europe including rejection of a plan by Senate majority Leader Mike Mansfield a motto reduce troops in Europe by half. 30years ago May 21, 1961 several persons were clubbed to the ground in Montgomery ala., when a mob of about 200 people met the arrival of a greyhound bus carrying a racially mixed group of a Freedom riders Quot testing bus station segregation. 40yearsago May 21, 1951 a american Tele. Phone and Telegraph co. Became the first business firm in history to be owned by As Many As 1 million. Stockholders