European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 31, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday August 31, 1991 the stars and stripes c Page 5swat team rescues hostages Talladega Ala. Apr a swat team stormed the High Security Cellblock where cuban inmates had held nine hostages rescuing them in a three minute strike before Dawn Friday. Warden Roger f. Scott of the Talladega Federal correctional institution said the cuban inmates had picked a hostage to kill prompting authorities to storm the building to end the standoff in its 10th Day. Scott said identification tags of the hostages had been placed in a Pillow Case. A name tag was drawn at random from it he said and the hostage whose name was picked was told that he would be killed. A the situation in the unit was deteriorating a Scott said. The strike by the Fri swat team and other Federal officers began at 3 43 . Cd. He indicated there was Little resistance. A fall of the hostages were rescued safely and they Are now receiving medical treatment a acting attorney general William Barr said in Washington at Fri Headquarters. A none were injured. We believe that one inmate received a minor  the action began with one explosion followed by another five minutes later that sent smoke Drifting through the air. About 20 officers in riot gear spread across the roof of the unit at the prison. Soon after about 10 officers were seen patrolling the . The authorities Tore Down the cuban Flag and banners that had been raised by the inmates during the 10-Day uprising. Fri agents leaving the prison about an hour later gave the thumbs up sign and a huge cheer was heard from a building housing the hostages families. The building is near the main prison Complex. The standoff began aug. 21, when the cuban inmates took 10 prison workers hostage. The High Security Cellblock houses 121 cuban prisoners who have been convicted of crimes since coming to the United states in the Mariel boat lift of 19s0 and now face deportation to Cuba. Late wednesday hostage Kitty Sudduth was released for treatment of an undisclosed but life threatening medical condition. She was in the prison Hospital in stable condition thursday. The hostages a seven men and two women a All worked at the prison three under the . Immigration and naturalization service according to prison officials. Also in the seized Talladega unit were 18 american inmates considered by some family members to have been hostages along with the seized prison workers. The Warden said that during a medical Check thursday night the hostages had sent messages to loved ones saying they might not have another Chance to communicate with  s new business venture is child s play this drawing shows Mcdonald a leaps amp Bounds play Center for children. Chicago apr Mcdonald a corp. Is growing by leaps amp Bounds an experimental indoor playground business for children and parents that takes the fast food Chain into a radically different Market. A 11,000-Square-foot prototype a emphasizing physical fitness not Mcdonald a food a is expected to open by the end of september in the Chicago suburb of Naperville company spokeswoman Terri Capatosto said thursday. A a it a a very natural evolution in our business a Capatosto said from the company a suburban Oak Brook Headquarters. A it takes the same business elements and puts a different focus on them. Instead of a food folks and fun a with the emphasis on food it la be a fun folks and food a with the emphasis on the fun part of  the indoor playgrounds will offer slides ropes for climbing crawl tunnels cushioned Walls air mattresses and Ball crawls where kids can Romp in an area full of colourful plastic balls. Children from toddlers to adolescents will pay $4.95 to enter leaps amp Bounds for the Day and must be accompanied by a Parent. Parents will enter free and will be encouraged to play with the children. The company did no to say How Long it will try the Experiment before deciding whether to expand. With the government estimating there will be about 47 million children younger than 12 by 2000, Mcdonald a appears to be trying to get in on a potentially lucrative Market now in its infancy. Mcdonald a chief competitor will be discovery zone inc., a Kansas City mo., concern that pioneered indoor playgrounds and physical fitness centers in january 1990. A a it a a very lucrative business with virtually no Competition a said Jack Gunion discovery zones president. Children who go to discovery zone Are charged $5.75 for the first hour and $1.75 for each additional hour. Parents get in 1 free and Are encouraged to stay with their child. But there also Are some drop off programs Gunion said. A discovery zone Center which costs about $400,000 to build draws an average of 100,000 children yearly he said. Capatosto declined to reveal the Startup costs for leaps amp Bounds calling it a a modest  c both leaps amp Bounds and discovery zone have Concession stands that sell health foods. The stars and stripes10 years ago aug. 31,1981 a a bomb ripped through the prime ministers office in Central Tehran Iran wounding president Mohammed Ali Rajai and prime minister Mohammed Javad Bah Onar and killing five other people.20 years ago aug. 31,1971 a West and East Berlin officials met to discuss opening the Wall so that West berliners can have Access to the Eastern sector of the city.30 years ago aug. 31,1961 a in spite of last minute efforts by racial extremists to promote a Boycott four Atlanta High schools integrated without any major disturbance ending a Century of school segregation in the city.40 year Sago _ aug. 31,1951 a the director of the . Mint encouraged every family in the United states to put 10 pennies Back into circulation saying it would save the government 1,260 tons of scarce Copper. Kennedy testifies As witness before jury probing possible obstruction of Justice West Palm Beach Fla. Up1 sen. Edward Kennedy testified Friday before a county grand jury investigating possible obstruction of Justice in the alleged rape of a woman at the Kennedy family a Palm Beach estate easter weekend. The Massachusetts Democrat whose Nephew William Kennedy Smith is charged with raping the 30-year-old woman testified for an hour and 20 minutes said Jack Freese a spokesman for the Palm Beach county state attorneys office. A a he a Only a witness a Freese said. A a he a not a target in the  after the hearing Kennedy said a i was contacted by the grand jury and i indicated that id be glad to do it and that we follow the usual procedure which does in clude a  the senator said he hoped the investigation a gets to an Early timely  Freese said that the grand jury recessed after the Kennedy interview and that the investigation would continue. A Date for the panels next meeting was not set. Palm Beach police said two officers visited the Kennedy Home March 31, the Day after the alleged rape and were told by William Barry a former Fri agent and Kennedy Friend that the senator was not there. Police said they later Learned that Kennedy had been inside the Home when the officers called. State attorney David Bludworth has said he is investigating whether Kennedy should be charged with obstructing the police investigation. In the alleged rape a Jupiter woman claims she met Smith 30 Kennedy and the senators son Rhode Island state rep. Patrick Kennedy at a fashionable Palm Beach bar. She drove Smith to the Kennedy mansion and went for a walk with him on the Beach. But the woman said when she tried to leave Smith tackled her and raped her by the Pool. Smith acknowledges having sex with the woman but claims she consented. The Georgetown University medical school graduate is free on $10,000 Bond and is scheduled to go on trial Jan. 13 on one count of sexual Battery a the Florida equivalent of rape a and a Misdemeanour charge of Battery. If convicted he would face a maximum prison term of 15 years. Airline agrees to revise weight rules fort Worth Texas apr american airlines has agreed to rehire about a dozen flight attendants fired for weighing too much and has set new standards that allow for a Little Middle age spread. The agreement approved by a Federal judge wednesday settles discrimination lawsuits filed by the association of professional flight attendants and the equal employment Opportunity commission. Americans previous court approved weight standards a in effect since 1977 a made no allowances for age. Under the new rules older flight attendants will be allowed to weigh More than younger ones. For example under the old rules a 5 foot-5 female attendant had to weigh 129 pounds or less. Under the new rules an attendant of that height age 20 to 24, can weigh 133 or less Ana 145 or less if she is age 40 to 44. Andrea Rader a spokeswoman for the fort Worth based airline said about 12 attendants fired since 1985 under the old rules will get their jobs Back