European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 3, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 2 the stars and stripes wednesday july 3, 1991 for medal of Honor recipient Gino Murli and thousands of others july fourth will be special this year. See Story on Page 14. Agent Orange benefits oked the department of veterans affairs says Vietnam veterans exposed to the herbicide agent Orange could receive disability benefits for a nerve disease. A Page 5 actress Remick Dies Lee Remick the Cool sensual leading lady who was one of the last of a Long line of screen aristocrats has died of cancer at the age of 55. A Page 6 new soviet party planned former foreign minister Eduard Shevardnadze and other soviet reformers plan to create a political rival to the communist party. A Page 8 use of iraqi planes reported airliners that Iraq sent to Iran for safekeeping during the persian Gulf War Are being flown by Iran air sources say. A a Page 9 an to conduct Survey an Europe will Survey its audience this fall to gauge its likes and dislikes. A Page 17 to Index Abby Ann Landers .19 action line .16 comics. 19-21 commentary. .13 crossword. .19 letters. .12 Money matters .17 sports. 22-28 to listings. .22 weather. .11 to Star Michael London succumbs to cancer at 54 Malibu Calif. A Michael Landon lost a Battle with cancer three. Months after he was diagnosed with the disease saddening millions who knew him As Little Joe on Bonanza and an Angel on Highway to heaven. He was 54. Landon succumbed to liver and pancreatic cancer monday at his ranch while his wife Cindy was at his Side said publicist Harry Flynn. A i think he fought the fight about As Well and courageously As it could be fought a said Brandon Tartikoff former Abc entertainment president. The boys Fly handsome actor with a luxurious mane he regarded As a Samso Nian source of strength called Abc Home for 28 years a 14 with Bonanza nine with Little House on the Prairie and five with Highway to heaven. Karen Grassle who played Landon a wife on Little House said he was blessed with a sense of humor and 3n ability to defuse trouble. A the believed in miracles a she said. A and in some ways that was his message his legacy.�?�. His determination to fight the disease Drew admiration. Landon received More than 50,000 pieces of mail after announcing april 8 that he had been diagnosed with inoperable cancer. Liver and pancreas cancer is almost always fatal in his last to appearance on the tonight show starring Johnny Carson on May 9, he exuded optimism and joked about his cancer treatments which included Coffee enemas and injections of drug dispensing fat bubbles. He asked the studio audience if anyone had Ever taken a Coffee enema and someone said yes. Landon replied a you must be fun to have breakfast with a a Landon Carson a longtime Friend lost a son in an Auto Accident june 21. He said in. A statement monday that Landon called him to express his sympathy. A the courage and sensitivity he showed in our. Conversation in comforting me while he was in great pain attests to the Quality of this Man and his character a Carson said. Landon also wrote produced and directed to shows. He said he favored non violent humanistic dramas that looked at life death family and calamity because he had a miserable childhood including enduring anti semitic taunts from other children. Born Eugene Maurice Orowitz to show business parents Eli Orowitz and Peggy of Neill in new York he selected his stage name from a phone was a National Champion javelin thrower in High school setting a record with a 211-foot-7-Inch toss. He attended the University of Southern California on a scholarship. After several fellow College athletes gave him an unsolicited haircut he claimed his javelin tosses slipped 50 feet. Landon a acting career began when an aspiring actor co worker at a Job unloading freight cars asked for his help in preparing for an audition. Landon a not the co worker a was successful in the audition being invited to enrol in the Warner Bros acting school. Landon made his movie debut in 1957 in i was a teen age Werewolf. He got the role of a Little Joe Cartwright two years later. Trust fund set up for youth 19, who lost feet after Accident by Rosemary Sawyer staff writer Heidelberg Germany a a Trust fund has been established for a recent High school graduate and recruit maimed in an electrical Accident. Bryan Harrison 19, a june graduate of Heidelberg High school was climbing Over a wet Railroad Boxcar june 20 when electricity from a High voltage Power line went through his body. Harrison a feet and one were amputated As a result of the Accident near Tompkins Barracks in Schwet Zingen. Harrison who was to enter Active duty this month apparently was returning Home from a karate class at the Cavern when the Accident occurred. He was initially taken to a German Burn Center in Ludwigshafen. Harrison was then moved to the land Stuhl regional medical Center where his condition was described tuesday As a serious but he is scheduled to be flown to the Brooke medical Center in san Antonio today a 7th medical come in a spokeswoman said. The teen Ager was Active in Junior Roth while in Middle school and High school. During his senior year he served As staff officer and commanded a company of about 35 other student cadets said Junior Roth in _. Struc Tor Paul Lasker. Lasker said part of Harrison a enlistment contract with the was that he become an airborne Ranger. A Bryan lived and breathed airborne Ranger special forces Navy seals a Lasker said. _ a the was into Tae Kwon do and karate Harrison pretty heavy. I can to imagine a worse person for something like this to happen he said that underneath Harrison a rigid Range like exterior and Black Beret is a Nice outgoing courteous kid. The senior class president John Tay Lor echoed Lasker a description of Harrison noting Harrison was often seen Reading Soldier of Fortune Magazine and even walked with a stiff military gait. A Bryan Harrison was probably the most focused person at has a Taylor said. A the was probably the Only one who knew exactly what he wanted to do a go into the and be a Harrison smother Lola Harrison Johnson and Stepfather Leon Johnson work at the 266th theater finance come. Both the senior class and Harrison a former Roth unit donated Money to the Trust fund. A when the Accident happened we just figured we should give something a Taylor said. The graduating class made a $2,500 gift. People wishing to donate to the fund at merchants National Bank can make checks payable to a Trust fund for Bryan Harrison or merchants National Bank account number 54869930. Girl 2, found dead in Bathtub after father ends police standoff correction because of a typographical error the crypt quip clue was missing yesterday. The clue was t equals m. Gundelsheime Germany a amps a 2-year-old girl was found dead in a water filled Bathtub monday following a confrontation Between her father and German police at the family a Home. The father an american infantryman stationed in the Bamberg area and a Veteran of the persian Gulf War had taken the girl hostage earlier in the Day and had been seen by neighbors holding a knife to her Throat authorities said. He had threatened to kill the girl if his wife did not return to him German police said. Police found the child a body after the Soldier came out of his apartment unarmed and turned himself in to police a German police press release stated. The Soldier whose 27th birthday was monday is in american custody. No charges had been filed As of tuesday afternoon. His name is being withheld until the investigation is Complete a spokesman for the Bamberg military Community said. The incident followed an argument police said. The wife a 21-year-old american fled the House and went to the military police. At 9 50 ., Bamberg police were summoned by the maps to go to the soldiers Garten Strasse apartment in Gundelsheime about two Miles North of Bamberg. Police said the Soldier gave them a 20-minute deadline at 11 ., but his demands were unclear. Authorities negotiating through a barricaded door said they heard the child cry at 11 30 The blinds were Down on All the windows and a wardrobe had been pushed in front of the door to the apartment. The soldiers unit Leader his Best Friend his wife and a German police psychologist talked with him. He gave up at 12 39 . A physician tried to revive the girl and took her to the Bamberg a Linimum where she was declared dead at 2 10
