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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Tuesday, August 13, 1991

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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 13, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday August 13, 1991 the stars and stripes b Page 9husband-calling Champ gives last holler Springfield 111. Apr it Wasny to exactly a Swan song a Swan shriek would be closer to it. Whatever you Call it Paula Tyler says sundays winning performance in the state fairs husband calling contest was her last. The five time Champion said she plans to give her vocal cords a rest and become a judge in the annual event. Seven women hollered and shouted for husbands As hundreds of fair goers looked on. Most contestants called for their own husbands but the second place finisher issued a More general invitation a husband i need a husband a shouted Shayne Ayers of Springfield. A a in a 29,1 have a career i make a lot of Money i need a husband a Tyler a winning Call was an attempt to Wake up her husband a a napping in the Center of the show ring. With a mop in her hand and a Bandanna on her head the Chillicothe resident shrieked at her husband and even got the audience to chime in. But when the shouts of a Donald Doo Onnald a got her nowhere Tyler took a direct route a bucket of water. For her efforts Tyler got $325 in prize Money. A Tyler said Here husband calling abilities have brought her plenty of attention including a shot on the television game show to Tell the truth. Quot it s a lot of fun a she said. A the worst thing about this is about five of clock in the morning my phone will Start ringing from radio  the contest had a companion event hog calling. Stephen Spangler of Newark dressed in overalls and a battered Straw hat won his second straight championship and $75 by warbling an old Hank Williams song As he pretended to Slop the hogs then hitting them with a series of High pitched a so gooey Quot Calls. Other contestants alternated traditional a so gooey a shrieks with Sharp eries of a there pig pig pig. Here  Arab Sheik 60, arrested after marrying girl 10 saudi Sheik Yahya . Al Salish 60, is escorted by police in new Delhi India after he appeared in court sunday of charges of marrying a minor. New Delhi India apr a 60-year-old saudi arabian Sheik appeared in court sunday a Day after he was arrested for marrying a 10-year-old Indian girl and trying to take her Home with . The girls cries for help alerted passengers on a Domestic flight saturday and led to his arrest minutes after the plane touched Down in new Delhi. She had allegedly been it old by her impoverished family. The Case was unusual but not unheard of. Newspapers occasionally carry stories of Young poor girls being sold with a growing reported demand in the persian Gulf in recent years for Young Indian Muslim brides. Arranged marriages Between children Are More common but in most cases they stay at Home until puberty. The Legal age to marry in India is 18, although the Law is Only sporadically enforced. Macena Begum was married thursday to Sheik Yahya . Al Salish after he had paid $4,077 to Begum a father a Rickshaw Driver in the Southern City of Hyderabad the sunday times newspaper reported. The amount would be roughly equal to six years earnings for a Rickshaw Driver. The times said Ameena was the second oldest in a family of six daughters and two sons. Investigators said the Sheik was suspected of being part of a slave running gang. Police told magistrate . Maheshwari that the saudi had photographs of four Young girls in his Possession including one of Ameena. Along with a marriage certificate for begun Salish also was holding one for a 32-year-old woman whose whereabouts is unknown. Maheshwari ordered Salish a Stout Man with a stringy Beard to remain in police custody for two Days pending further investigation. Police said More time was needed for interrogation because Salish did not know much hindi or English and police needed an arabic speaking interpreter. During the hearing the Sheik said in broken hindi that he was ill and repeatedly asked to be allowed to remain seated. He was apprehended minutes after flying with Ameena from Hyderabad to new Delhi on saturday the times newspaper reported. They apparently were intending to change planes and Fly on to the Middle East. After boarding the plane Ameena began crying and said she had been forced to marry the saudi and wanted to get away from . Passengers complained to the Crew and a flight attendant helped inform the control Tower in new Delhi of the problem. Salish was charged with illegally marrying a minor. According to his lawyer Feroze Khan the saudi was told by Ameenah a family that the girl was old enough to be married. Ameena a fifth Grade student was sent to a woman a Home saturday. In an interview with the Indian express newspaper Ameena was quoted As saying a Mother told me never to leave this Man. She told me he had piles of Money a big House and enough cattle to make us All Rich. 1 done to want to go there. I also done to want to return  afghan rebels free soviet pow Islamabad Pakistan apr afghan guerrillas freed a soviet prisoner of War monday As Goodwill gesture then sat Down with a soviet official to talk about ending the country a 13-year-old civil War. The  guerrillas who had held Qurban Ali Tishri for since 1984 turned  Over to the russian republics foreign minister Nikolai Kozarev who was wrapping up a two Day visit aimed at finding a settlement to the War. In Exchange for his release the communist style government in Kabul has agreed to release 25 imprisoned guerrillas later this week said rebel spokesman Minhaj who like most afghans uses Only one name. A Qurban alias release leaves 310 soviet soldiers unaccounted for during the soviet military a nine year involvement in Afghanistan its Southern neighbor. The guerrillas say they Are holding no More than 75 soviet prisoners. Qurban Ali a 31-year-old native of Kadzhi Kristan was captured in northeastern Herat province three months after he was drafted into the red army. More than 115,000 soviet soldiers were sent to Afghanistan Between december 1979 and february 1989 to prop up successive communist style governments battling a Muslim insurgency. Qurban Ali made no comments at the news conference but sat quietly looking slightly bewildered. Afterwards he embraced Kozarev pakistani foreign Secretary Shaharyar m. Khan and his former captors. Kozarev thanked the guerrillas for freeing the Soldier and brushed aside criticism that Moscow had not done enough to end the War that has left More than 1.5 million afghans dead and another 6 million in exile. A its not up to the soviet Union to Stop the War. Its up to the afghans themselves a Kozarev said. Kozarev said imprisoned guerrillas would be released in two Days and taken to the pakistani City of Peshawar the Headquarters of the afghan resistance. Kozarev the most senior soviet official to meet  guerrillas since the withdrawal held talks with guerrilla leaders to discuss a settlement based on a . Peace proposal. The plan unveiled by . Secretary general Javier Perez de Cuellar in May Calls for outside Powers to Cut off arms supplies and for a cease fire and talks among afghan groups leading to a transitional government to oversee elections. The soviet Union continues to furnish its afghan allies $300 million in Aid monthly. Marine jailed for attacking taxi Driver Jerusalem up a . Marine Corporal will serve five months in jail and receive a bad conduct discharge for hitting an israeli taxi Driver with a Beer bottle in the port City of Haifa officials said monday. The stiff disciplinary action against Lance Cpl. Keith Franklin 20, is part of a new get Tough policy by the . Military against service members who get drunk while on Shore leave said the . Consul in Haifa Jonathan Friedland. A Franklin struck the taxi Driver in the face with a Beer bottle without provocation a the . Official said. A they done to have reasons for doing things when they Are  Friedland said the Marine Corporal admitted to the assault july 24, which broke the Drivers nose. After a court martial he was sentenced to five months in jail and Given a Large Fine. It was noted that the Marine never paid for his cab ride. The military judge also ordered that Franklin be demoted to private and then discharged for bad conduct. Three other . Service members Are also under investigation for assaulting a 70-year-old woman and causing property damage while they were drunk Friedland  sheep dog finds new Home Metz France up hundreds of animal lovers from France Germany Luxembourg Switzerland and Belgium vied to take Home a dog that travelled More than 620 Miles to rejoin his owner Only to be dumped again. A we even got Calls from Canada a an official for the French society for the Protection of animals said sunday. Despite the influx of offers the spa gave Rex to a family living in the country a few Miles from his first Home. The Black and White sheep Dot pm was passed off by his owner on a Nephew who lived near the French Mediterranean hundreds of Miles from the dogs Home in Metz Eastern France. When the boy tried to Force Rex into a Prissy training school the sheep dog took off on his Long trek Home near the Border of France Germany and Luxembourg. Seven months later he greeted his owner at the front door. But the Tail wagging dog received not a Reward for his loyalty but con tempt. Weeks later his owner asked an acquaintance to look after Rex a just for the weekend a but he never returned to take the animal Home  
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