European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 4, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                A tuesday. Juno 4, 1991 the stars and stripes a Page 5 by Mary Jordan the Washington Post Washington by the Dawn Early Light More than 6 military men and women gathered sunday on the mall to Plav Tii hns. March and ride imaginary tanks. Hundreds of them saluted George Bush As they passed a reviewing stand even though the president was nowhere in sight. Several shouted a Schwarzkopf step it up Quot to a Skinny a 6foot-10 staff sergeant leading a practice Parade with saturdays. Mammoth desert storm Victory Celebration just six Days away the detente department a never fond of Guesswork a held a 5 . Rehearsal and marched hundreds of people along the Parade route from downtown Washington to the Pentagon Plymouth substituted for. M1 tanks vans became make believe Patriot missile carriers spacing was allotted  .8,000 phantom troops and tour military bands kept time. A i thought i was dreaming when 1 started hearing a stars and stripes  Quot said a Middle age Man who had spent the night on a Bench at seventh Street and Constitution Avenue  the Man who said his name was Jack woke up about 5 30&Quot  surrounded by a sea of military personnel playing Drums clarinets and tubas. �?o1 would t have heard this it 1 staved in a  he joked. The run through was a a needed to Check the Speed of the. Marchers and Iron out any kinks said i Vetense department spokesman James i. Weiskopt. Radios were tested the reception was poor Between Var Gula and the District of columbian pre Parade Assembly at Robert 1-. Kennedy memorial stadium was staged and the mechanical breakdown of a tank in he Parade was simulated. A a we came pretty close said one of the Otticia timers Donald .  a his watch at the Pentagon s North parking lot. Pretty  1 he Parade beat its a schedule by 60 .seconds., the marchers stepped 116 paces per minute a computer Model a like the one used Tor m ovine a troops into Battle a estimated  in would take 54 Iii utes. Tor the troops w talking at that Pace to pass by the reviewing stand. On sunday it took 53. A to Lover of so warplanes will take an. Additional 111 minutes. Ecu Skopit said. As the bands placed a a a a anchors a Gigli and Semper Lutelis Quot while Marc lung past thousands of empty bleacher seats erected Tor saturday they to mall came upon an audience / two a if Niia men in the stands. �?~1 can l make it next saturday said Paul Omsler of Manassas w to cot up in the darkness and drove to wus lung ton to see the rehearsal. A die bands sound Good to me. But 1 thought there would be real tanks. To Olio. �?T14-year-Olctwith aids to marry neighbor 16 Sarasota. Fla. Apr the parents of three Haemophilia a boys infected with the aids virus say the oldest boy arc i w engaged to marry a 16-year-old neighbor. Ricky Ray plans to marry Wenonah Lindberg on dec. 13 with the Blessing of both sets of parents said Ricky s Mother Louise Ray. A it Ricky did t have aids 1 would probably kick his butt and Tell him to wait and her Parent would probably have done the same she told the Sarasota Herald Tribune. A but we re not talking about regular life  Ricky and Robert Ray 13, have full blown aids. Randy 11, has his the virus that causes the disease. For years the Brothers w Ere treated with blood plasma products Tor their Haemophilia and they were diagnosed with his Ini August 1986. The family moved to Sarasota in 1987when an arsonist destroyed their Home in Arcadia 40 Miles away. The1 Ianuly Drew National attention when the de Soto county school Board removed the boys from regular classes when Thev first tested positive for the virus. The wedding is planned for december to give the families time to plan a big ceremony and reception and invite entertainment and sports celebrities who have befriended the Brothers the Ray family said. Louise rav said she warned her future daughter in Law that people will speculate that the marriage was motivated by a 31.1 million settlement the Ray family won after suing the school Board i lie Herald-11 Bune said the brides family offered to sign a prenuptial agreement to show that she Wasny to interested in the my Oney but the rays declined. Ricky said he decided to propose last month because of his Uncertain future. �?o1 could have two Vears or two months or two weeks or 1 could live to be 140,�?� he said. A a. A a a a a a. A a Quot Wenonah said she decided to marry Ricky because they talk openly with one another and  each other s  i m just Happy to be with him for the time that i have with him a a she said. A Ulven a Little bit of time is Worth  a Wenona said she does t worry about contracting. Aids which is transmitted through the Exchange of body fluids because she and Ricky plan to take pie Cam Lions. She said that they May Start a family in a few years using artificial insemination. Wenonah smother. Debbie Lindberg said she was Happy with her daughter s Choice. The families live three blocks apart. A i feel i could Ira to do belter Lor a son a Law in we handpicked one a she said. Wenonah Lindberg hugs her Fiance Ricky  the. Stars and stripes10 years ago june 4, 1981 a commissary officials in Europe warned customers not to open certain mushroom cans or eat the contents after receiving information from the states that some of the mushrooms might be poisonous. A a a a a a a a.  a a a Quot.  20 year Sago june 4, 1971 Lew Alcindor the most valuable player in the National basketball association in 1971, announced that he wanted to be called Kareem Abdul Jabbar the islamic name he had chosen three years ago. A-30 year Sago a june 4, 1961 a after their first Day of talks in Vienna Austria president Kennedy and soviet Premier Nikita s. Khrushchev described their discussions on the laotian crisis As a Frank and courteous.�?�. .40 year Sago june 4, 1951 . Forces continued to make advances on the. Fighting for Ort approaching to less than 12 Miles from Chorion the a Western Anchor of the communist a Iron Triangle Assembly area in North Korea. Gacy launching Federal Appeal in grisly Chicago area Chicago up for More  11 years John Wayne Gacy has been awaiting execution for the slow deaths of 33 teen age boys and Young men. Some of whom were hogtied and choked themselves to death while he watched. A now with All avenues of appeals in state courts exhausted Gacy is turning to the Federal courts to Block his execution. A preliminary hearing was scheduled tuesday before . District judge John. F. Grady. A a a Gacy. 49.was. Convicted March 13. 1980, of the-33 murders the most murder convictions Ever returned against one person in a . Court. A Ulven though its been. Years the magnitude is still significant and it impacts on All of us. In various  said retired Des Plaines police chief Joseph Kozenczak. Whatever the judge s decision exhausting All Gacy s avenues of Appeal at 1he Federal level could take years. Kozenczak who was a lieutenant at. The time and is. Credited with breaking the Case said the .discovery1 of the murder victims was a a very very emotional a time for him. At the time his son was 15 and a classmate of Robert Piest. The last of Gacy s victims. The bodies were discovered alter Gacy invited an investigator who had been maintaining a surveillance on Gacy a House in for a cup of co fee. Kozenczak said. A.  Jurell Recavage Bors and Young men in their Early 20s to his Norwood Park Home where he tortured and sodomized most of them and killed them. He buried some of their bodies in the worm infested crawl space beneath the ranch style House. Other bodies were found in the garage and four were tossed into the nearby Des Plaines River Gacy was sentenced to death for 12 of the killings and to life in prison Lor the other 21. Police were led  while invest gating the disappearance of Piest. Who was reported missing dec. Ii iu7s. Alter he failed to meet his Mol her. At a Des Plaines pharmacy. Pies had worked Lor Jacv a a construe lion firm. His body was  in the Des Plaines River Mother 3 children in St. Louis St. Louis up a Mother and her three children died when fire raced through their Home Early sunday but seven other people including the husband escaped authorities said. The victims were identified As Paula Hedrick 37 Hal Hedrick jr., 7 Joseph Hedrick 3 and Sarah Hedrick 2. Hal Hedrick .31. Was Able to escape without injury said capt. Charles Proctor of the St. Louis fire department. In said the father did not require medical treatment. Six people living on the first floor also escaped w id nil injury. The tire was reported at my ., and firefighters found flames shooting through a third floor window of the three Story Brick Home. Proctor said. He said the fire was put out within minutes and the bodies of the woman and her children were found near a third Loloi it a w widow. _ a it looked like they Ocie thyme to eel out of the  he said it the Huil me did not have a smoke Detector. A violation of a City ordinance. Proctor said. I he Homes owner believed to lie 11 to 1 1 Ledi Isk. Could be issued a citation authorities said. The cause of the lire was under vesti eation. But there was speculation the children were playing with matches. Proctor said