European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 1, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Thursday August 1, 1991 the stars and stripes a b Page 5 amp new York a Joan Rivers Bill Cosby Cyndi Lauper and other friends of Paul Reubens pledged support tuesday for the pee weeks playhouse Star who faces an indecent exposure charge. In California Reubens publicist said his office received dozens of Calls from Arents whose children fans of the Reu ens character pee wee he Jinan want to Send letters of support. Reubens 38, is charged with exposing himself in an adult movie theater in his parents Hometown of Sarasota Fla., last Friday. He has denied wrongdoing. On monday lbs dropped a. Mailing episodes of his cancelled saturday morning children a show pee weeks playhouse and Disney Mem studios in Florida Vout a pee wee video from a theme Park tour. A a in be been his Friend for nine years. This is terribly terribly sad a Rivers said. A if it is True which i Hope it Isnit in a sure he a going to go for help because he a sensitive and he a a the was an adult and he was in an adult heterosexual movie theater at the _ i Lauper a pop Singer and another longtime Friend of Reubens was upset by the keen interest in the Story shown by the Media. A Paul has already been unfairly tried by the Media a Lauper said in a statement. A the alleged charge is a Petty victimless occurrence. I am disappointed by the unfair coverage and concerned that this incident took priority Over the Summit in Cosby also was worried Reubens is being tried by the Media. A i think they Are judging a Man on what he May have done without the right of due process a Cosby Star of no cd a Cosby show said in a statement. A whatever he May have done he Hasni to done that to the children a Cosby if Reubens is guilty and needs treatment Cosby added a the Cost to our society in taxes is going to be far far less Money than what will be required to clean up the banking Industry the Oil spills in Kuwait our nations homeless situation or the aids epidemic.�?�. In los Angeles Reuben a publicist said he was surprised by the reaction to Reubens troubles. _ a a we re getting deluged with Calls from parents who want an address for their children to write pee wee a Richard Grant said. He said his office had received about 85 Calls from parents none of them negative. A i know How Loyal the pee wee people can be but this is amazing a Grant said. Reubens who is in seclusion is free on $219 Bond. He faces an aug. 9 arraignment. Reubens developed the character of pee wee a manic adolescent with Cherry red lips Skinny Bow ties and. Underside �?T50s-style suits As a comedian with the los Angeles improvisational group the groundings in 1979.guilty in 1976 killing of envoy Washington apr after 12 years As a fugitive jiving in South Florida one of the five men implicated in the 1976 assassination of a former chilean ambassador to the United states pleaded guilty in Federal court tuesday to conspiring to murder a foreign official. Virgilio Paz Romero entered his plea before . District judge Aubrey Robinson becoming the third of the five alleged assassins to be brought to Justice in the United states. Prosecutors have recommended that Robinson impose a 12-year prison term when Paz is sentenced sept. 5. _ two chilean army officials Gen. Juan Manuel Contreras and col. Pedro Espinosa remain in Chile which has refused . Requests for their extradition. A this is another significant step in bringing to account in an american court of Law the individuals responsible for this act of International terrorism a . Attorney Jay a Stephens said after tuesdays hearing in Washington. Stephens added that recent developments in Chile particularly the appointment of a commission by the chilean supreme court to look into the alleged role of Contreras and Espinosa made him hopeful that they would eventually face charges. Two other men have been convicted and sentenced in the plot to kill Orlando letelier a Michael Townley served less than five years in prison. A Jose Dionisio Suarez y Esquival was caught after spending years As a fugitive and sentenced in september to 12 years in prison. Letelier and his Secretary Ronni Moffit were killed sept. 19, 1976, by a car bomb that exploded As letelier a car was on a stretch of Massachusetts Avenue known As. Embassy Row. The assassination was regarded As part of a plot by the chilean secret police to silence letelier who had been a critic of the military dictator running Chile at the time Gen. Augusto Pinochet. Letelier was Chile a ambassador to the United states from 1971 to 1973 under Pinochet a predecessor president Salvador Allende. In Exchange for Pazus guilty plea . Prosecutors said they agreed to dismiss other charges against him As Well As to refrain from bringing Federal charges of harbouring a fugitive against Pazus wife. She and the couples two children live in Lake Worth Fla. A Paz who had been working As a landscaper was arrested in april by Federal agents in West Palm Beach where he had been living under an assumed name. Stephens credited the television show americans most wanted with helping prosecutors find him. An Fri photo of Virgilio in the stars and stripes10 years ago aug. 1,19�?~81 a the major league baseball strike the longest walkout in professional sports history ended and the regular season resumed under its original schedule after almost two months of negotiations Between owners andplayers.20 years ago aug. 1,1971 a astronauts David r. Scott and James b. Irwin roamed the Moon in a Golf cart like buggy while Alfred m. Worden circled the Moon in the Apollo 15 command ship taking pictures and conducting data collecting experiments.30 years ago aug. 1,1961 a prime minister Harold Macmillan broke a British political tradition when he announced that the Island kingdom is applying for membership in the Continental european common market.40 years ago August 1,1951 a the atomic Energy commission announced that the production of atomic bombs hit an All time High during the first half of 1951. Progress was also reported in the development of atomic engines for planes and submarines. 90 miss Black America says Tyson made sexual Advance at pageant Indianapolis a the 1990 miss Black America alleged tuesday that formed heavyweight Champion Mike Tyson made sexual advances toward her during the opening of the Indiana Black expo festivities. Tyson already is under investigation because of an 18-year-old woman a allegation that he raped her july 19 in a downtown hotel. Tyson was in Indianapolis for Indiana Black expo festivities. A special Marion county grand jury is expected to be selected within two weeks to consider the rape allegations. County prosecutor Jeffrey Modisett said monday that he expects the grand jury to Complete its investigation by labor Day. Rosie Jones 27, of Bridgeport conn., told Mthr to tuesday that Tyson fond led and propositioned her during opening ceremonies for the miss Black american pageant july 18 at the Hoosier dome. R she said in an interview from her Home tuesday night that she was surprised by Tyson a actions. A the went to put his Arm around my Waist where i thought it was going but it went on my behind and he rubbed my behind a she said. A i said to him a you respect me. Ill respect he began swearing saying a you re a Fine woman a and Al those kind of things. I told him that its bad enough that other people disrespect women but to have someone of his stature to disrespect women is she said his reply was a a what a wrong done to you want to help out a Black Man Jones said it Wasny to a loud argument because she thought a miss Black America should handle it discreetly. She said it was Only heard by Tyson a bodyguards several other women and Jones Boyfriend Steven Clarke also of Bridgeport. Jones said Clarke tapped Tyson on his shoulder. She said Tyson asked Clarke a is this your woman a when Clarke replied yes Jones said Tyson responded of what a the matter you want to beat me up a Jones said Clarke just looked at Tyson. She said she thinks Tyson needs to be taught about manners. A a he a been taught How to fight but he Hasni to been taught How to act she said. A you done to just rub on me because you want to no matter who you Are whether its Mike Tyson or the president a Vintage . Carrier headed for Mothballs Washington up the aircraft Carrier Midway the last to be launched in world War ii and a vessel that saw action in the persian Gulf War will leave Japan next month headed for Mothballs. The Pentagon announced tuesday that its replacement the conventionally powered Carrier Independence will arrive in Yokosuka on sept. 11. The Midway is scheduled to leave Yokosuka on aug. 10, and much of the Midway a air Wing will be transferred to the Independence at Pearl Harbor Hawaii. The Midway which was Laid Down oct. 27, 1943, was launched in March 1945 and went into service the following september. The other world War 11-Vintage Carrier in the Fleet in recent years the Coral sea was taken out of service in 1990 and is being converted into scrap in Phila Delphia. It was Laid Down in 1944 but was not launched until the Middle of 1946 and did not go into service until a year later. During the persian Gulf War the Midway a air Wing was involved in attacks against iraqi targets the current training Carrier the Lexington will be taken out of service in november and its role in training naval i jots will be filled by the Forrestal
