European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 8, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and Stripe thursday August 8, 1991longtime to newsman Reasoner Dies new York apr Harry Reasoner the Snow haired newsman who Lent dry wit to 60 minutes and was paired unhappily with Barbara Walters in the 1970s in network televisions first male female evening Anchor team has died at 68. Reasoner died tuesday at Norwalk Hospital in Norwalk Conn., where he had been hospitalized since june 11. Doctors had removed a blood clot from his brain and he also suffered from pneumonia. Reasoner joined lbs in new York in 1956 and became known for his Light touch with the news and a warm self effacing style. He was a three time emmy Winner and in 1968 became an original member of the 60 minutes lineup along with Mike Wallace. A Reasoner was a journalist who we All envied a Anchorman Dan rather said. A this style his ability to see through what the real Story is. All of us at lbs will miss  Reasoner left lbs in 1970 to be co Anchor of the Abc evening news with Howard k. Smith. In 1975, Walters was hired for $1 million a year As his co Anchor and an angry Reasoner reportedly threatened to quit. He returned to lbs in 1978. During the three year collaboration there often were signs of hat viewers took As tension Between Walters and Reasoner. One evening after a piece on Henry Kissinger Walters commentedty011 now it Harry Kissinger did no to do too badly As a sex Symbol in  a Well you a know More about that than i would a Reasoner replied. Walters said tuesday a Harry and i had our differences Many Many years ago but they were never personal and they never lingered. His death saddens us All. He was a Superb journalist and a gentle and humorous  on May 19, during his 15th season with 60 min utes Reasoner whose White hair Broad nose and jowly Grin were Well known to viewers stepped Down to become Quot editor  60 minutes newsman Morley safer said Reasoner demonstrated to journalists a that it is possible to Excel while not being an egotistical  Howard Stringer president of the lbs broadcast group said a Harry Reasoner was one of the gentle giants of broadcast  #. A native of Dakota City Iowa Reasoner studied journalism at Stanford University and the University of Minnesota. He was drafted into the army in 1942 and served until 1946. Also in the 1940s, he worked As a rewrite Man and drama critic for the now defunct Minneapolis times. After two years As a Northwest airlines publicist he returned to news writing in 1950 at radio station Waco in Minneapolis a lbs affiliate. In 1951, he joined the . Information service and worked in Manila Philippines for three years. He asked lbs for a Job and was told to get some to experience so he returned to Minneapolis in 1954 As news director for key later Kosp until the network hired him in new York. As a reporter he covered Radai strife in Little Rock ark., in 1958, the . Tour of soviet Leader Nikita Khrushchev in 1959 and president Eisenhower a far East tour in 1960. He also was co Host of the networks morning show Calendar from 1961 to 1963, Anchor of the lbs sunday news from 1963 to 1970, and worked on the networks lbs reports documentaries and marry news specials. Survivors include his wife Lois of Westport Conn. And two sons and five daughters from his first marriage to Kathleen Carroll Reasoner who died in 1986. Mike Wallace kisses Harry Reasoner after Reasoner taped his last sign off for 60 minutes in  Crew gets medals for disobeying orders Eglin fab Fla. Apr members of an air Force Reserve gunship Crew were awarded medals for refusing to follow orders a decision that saved american lives during the december 1989 invasion of Panama. The medals were presented saturday to the 14-member ac-130u spectre Crew and 30 other airmen of the 919th special operations group the first reservists to enter combat without a presidential Call up. The gunship Crew commanded by Reserve maj. Clay t. Mccutchan an air Force historian had been sent to Panama for its annual training Mission before the invasion. The Crew however found itself pressed into real combat the night that Panama was invaded. Flying Low Over Panama City through a Stream of anti aircraft fire the Crew was ordered to blast an enemy position with its airborne artillery. However maj. Jim strength the planets fire control officer told Mccutchan that he saw what he thought were . Troops near the target Mccutchan agreed to hold his fire. A we trusted each other because we be been flying together for years a Mccutchan said. A when Jim strength tells me he a not going to fire on a target i Trust his  two More times ground commanders ordered Mccutchan to fire on the target and twice More he refused. Officials later discovered that had he followed those orders the gunship could have killed about 40 american soldiers who had captured the position minutes earlier. Mccutchan strength and two captains Jon Wilson and Michael Wilson received the distinguished flying Cross. Chief master sgt. Roger a. Hea Rin received a Bronze Star. Other air and ground Crew members received air medals air Force commendation medals and air Force achievement  oks poll of chances in new Hampshire Washington apr Virginia gov. I Douglas Wilder has approved a poll testing his potential strength in next years new Hampshire democratic presidential primary an adviser said tuesday. A whether the timing is right for governor Wilder a message is something we be been wrestling with and i think a poll is a prudent thing to do a said Paul Goldman chairman of the Virginia democratic party and a Wilder adviser. Goldman said the poll would be conducted in new Hampshire within the next week or so. Wilder plans to decide around labor Day whether he will enter the 1992 race. The poll will assess Wilder a name recognition in the state and Likely contain a horse race questions involving other potential candidates Goldman said. But he said Wilder and his supporters were More concerned with gauging the reaction of new Hampshire voters to Wilder a theme of fiscal responsibility. Professor s Nephew gets probation Fine for firebombing at University Hartford Conn. A the Nephew of a Wesleyan University professor was spared a Anson sentence tuesday and Given probation instead for his role in last years firebombing of the University presidents office. . District judge Peter c. Dorsey placed Sud Hama Ranganathan 19, of Middletown on probation for 36 months and ordered him to pay $7,500 in restitution to the University. The firebombing caused More than $20,000 in damages. Ranganathan was ordered confined at his Home for the first 12 months of his probation. He will be allowed to leave to attend school or go to work. If he is admitted full Lime to College and is Able to live on Campus the judge said the terms of the House arrest could be adjusted. Ranganathan admitted helping student radicals make the firebombs in the basement of his Home and delivering the homemade explosives to the Wesleyan Campus in Middletown. The radicals wanted to damage the College because of its position on minority issues he said. Ranganathan said he realized he chose the wrong method to achieve his goals. The firebombing which occurred Early april 7, 1990, caused extensive damage to the office of William m. Chace. No one was injured. Ranganathan pleaded guilty March 25 to Federal court to one count of arson. He is also facing sentencing in state court on charges of conspiracy manufacture of bombs and third degree arson where a is also set to receive probation said its attorney Edward j. Peters or. Ranganathan was a Friend of the 1 Nicholas Haddad a Wesleyan student activist identified try police As a suspect in the firebombing. Haddad was killed july 6,1990. Another Wesleyan student Kofi Taha 20, of new York City is the Only other person charged in the firebombing. Vice crackdown nets officials 37 others Providence . Apr police arrested 39 people including two assistant state attorneys general in a sweep of suspected drug and gambling bases tuesday. David Dugan and Barbara Grady had been suspended in May when they were implicated in a drug trafficking investigation. They had since cooperated with authorities who have been conducting the probe since last summer attorney Gen eral James e. Of Neil said. Of Neil said the arrest of two members of his staff was a one of the Saddest moments that in be experienced in my 19 years in the  Dugan and Grady were arraigned on drug conspiracy charges. They were accused of purchasing cocaine for their personal use of Neil said. The two worked in the offices civil division and did no to handle criminal cases a spokesman for the attorney general s of fice said. Police in several communities rounded up 32 suspects on drug conspiracy and distribution charges and seven for gambling offences. Arrest warrants were issued after authorities monitored four wiretaps obtained by the attorney general a office Between september and May of Neil said