European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 28, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse Tuesday january 28, 1992 the stars and stripes a Page 5lure for tourists planned Juk s Bunker Palm Beach Fla. Up John f. Kennedy a vacation bomb shelter on tiny Peanut Island off the Northern tip of Palm Beach is being turned Over to the Palm Beach maritime museum. The three room underground fort Complete with a decontamination area is located 26 feet below the surface of the Island which can be reached Only by boat. The shelter has fallen into disrepair said John Sansbury chairman of the port of Palm Beach commission which is responsible for the Bunker. Australian Pines above the shelter have fallen knocking Down fences latches have disappeared and the cover of an open air Shaft is gone. A a it a a very dangerous situation. Someone could just fall straight Down a said John Grant president of the museum. He told the Miami Herald that the port commission plans to replace the cover soon. The Bunker was the idea of Rose Kennedy the late presidents Mother. She did t want to have to leave Palm Beach if there were a nuclear attack. It was built As a presidential command Center in 1%2 during the height of the tension Between the United states and the soviet Union. Sansbury said the Bunker would not have withstood a direct hit but it would have protected Kennedy his family and staff from nuclear radiation. It was once stocked with fallout proof suits and canned goods. Peanut Island is also the site of a coast guard station which is expected to be moved to the Mainland. The Island would then be turned into a Public Park. A we Are scheduled to be custodian of the coast guard station and the bunk or which we anticipate being a major attraction to the Public when its restored and re equipped a a Grant said. A it can teach the whole store of the cold Grant also wants to obtain a surplus Navy it boat like i -109. Which Kennedy commanded in world War 11. But Grant said the Bunker would be the biggest draw especially because of rumours that Kennedy brought civilians to the shelter. A ooh yes. There a a lot of rumours about his trusting Over there Quot Grant award Winner Jose Ferrer Dies at 80 Miami apr Jose Ferrer a Veteran stage and screen actor who won an Academy award in 1950 for his role As Cyrano de Bergerac died sunday after a Short illness. He was 80. Ferrer who made his reputation As a classical actor with his 1946 Broadway Triumph in the title role of Cyrano died at doctors Hospital in suburban Coral Gables said his fourth wife Stella. The cause of death was not disclosed. A i shared the most important part of my life with him and i will miss him very much a Rosemary Clooney Ferrers third wife said sunday. She was married to him from 1953-1967. During a theater career Ferrer that spanned More than 50 years Ferrer won two Tony awards for acting a in Cyrano de Bergerac in 1947, and the Shrike in 1952 a and a Tony award for his direction of the four poster stalag 17 and the Shrike All done in the 1951-52 Broadway season. Ferrer made his Broadway debut in 1935 and had his first major role in a revival of Charley s aunt shortly thereafter. He appeared As Lago opposite Paul Robeson s Othello in 1943, with his then wife Uta Hagen As Desdemona. Other Broadway credits include revivals of the Silver whistle and twentieth Century As Well As the Noel Coward musical the girl who came to supper. In the 1951-52 season he directed Hume Cronyn and Jessica Tandy in the two character comedy the four poster and produced and directed stalag 17, a play set in a world War ii prison Camp. He also produced directed and starred As Jim Downs in the pulitzer prize winning the Shrike. Ferrer played the Dauphin opposite Ingrid Bergman in the film Joan of arc in 1948 and received his first Oscar nomination. In addition to his Academy award winning performance in Cyrano de Bergerac he was nominated for a third Oscar for his portrayal of Toulouse Lautrec in Moulin Rouge. His other screen appearances included miss Sadie Thompson the Caine Mutiny deep in my heart the Cockle Shell heroes i accuse nine hours to Rama Lawrence of Arabia the greatest Story Over told ship of fools enter laughing l unc and a Midsummer night s sex comedy. Ferrers last stage appearance was in 199 1 in a musical version of Ionesco a Rhinoceros which he did in England with Mandy Patinkin. The actor was to have appeared on Broadway in March co starring with Judd lairs he in Herb Gardner a new play on creations with my father. He withdrew from the production last month. In 1985, Ferrer received the National medal of the arts from president Reagan. Until recently he was president of the players tub an organization founded by Edwin Booth. On television Ferrer starred in two productions of Rano de Bergerac the original Kojak Pilot Many original television dramas and played Arthur Vander Killen on Newhart. Born in Santurce puerto Rico Ferrer earned a bachelors degree at Princeton University and began his career As an assistant stage manager in 1935. Ferrer also produced for the theater and served As artistic adviser to Miami a Coconut Grove playhouse in the 1980s for a $ 1 salary. In the stars and stripes 10 years ago Jan. 28,1982 a in his first state of the Union address president Reagan ruled out any tax increases in the coming year but called on Congress to help him a change the face of government by shifting the responsibility for $47 billion in social programs to the states. 20 years ago Jan. 28,1972 a Mahalia Jackson world famous gospel Singer and recording artist died of a heart seizure at the age of 60. Jackson a Only music education was As a child listening to records of blues Singer Bessie Smith. Among Jackson s records that sold a million copies were he a got the whole world in his hands and i can put my Trust in Jesus. 30 years ago Jan. 28, 1962 a heavy Cloud cover in the launching area around Cape canaveral Fla., forced the National aeronautics and space administration to postpone the United states first attempt to rocket astronaut John Glenn or. Into round the world orbit. 40 years ago Jan. 28,1952 egyptian troops were ordered to shoot on sight anyone found in the streets of Cairo Between 6 . And 6 . Following a wave of anti British rioting gunfire and arson in the recounts Accident that severed arms new York a the North Dakota teen Ager whose arms were torn off in a farm machinery Accident said he remained clearheaded enough to remind ambulance workers to pack his severed arms in ice so they could be reattached. John Thompson 18, recounted his Story from a Hospital bed for the feb. 3 edition of people Magazine. The High school senior was injured after he became entangled in machinery while working alone at his family a farm Jan. 11. A i was lying on the ground a Thompson said. A i feel my left . I see my right . I thought it was Bent Back but i went to pick myself up and my arms were gone. A i thought i was going to the teen Ager said he reacted without thinking. A i got up i done to know How and sort of ran to the House Quot he said. A i had a Bone sticking out of my left and i was Gonna try and open the sliding door. I got the Bone into the lock but 1 get it open. I went to the front used my Bone to open the screen door then my Mouth to turn the once inside he called his uncles Home for help using a pen in his Mouth to dial the Telephone. A this is John. Call an ambulance immediately because in a bleeding very bad and i done to have any arms a he repeated Over and Over. He went to wait in a Bathtub so he get blood stains on the Carpel. When the ambulance arrived John reminded workers to gather his arms and directed them to plastic bags and ice in the Kitchen to pack them in. A if John Hadnot kept his head the out come would have been different Quot said Rescue worker Joan Rodacker. Or. Allen Van Beek reattached the teens arms in a six hour operation at North memorial medical Center near Minneapolis. T Hompson faces years of grueling physical therapy and doctors Are unsure whether he will regain full use of his arms and hands. Thompson is taking a wait and see attitude. A a in a trying to figure out what i la he Able to do with my hands How ill finish High school if i can drive again Quot he said. The Accident gained wide Media attention and Drew an outpouring of support from across the United states. Thompson said he was thankful but a bit embarrassed by All the Praise. A a in a grateful for everyone sprayers and everything Quot he said Quot but anyone would have done what i world War ii 50 years ago today 28 Jan. 19 4 2 r american and filipino troops unsuccessfully attack the japanese beachhead at Anas an and Quina uan but the main . Defensive line across Bataan holds. The japanese land on Rossei Island East of new Guinea adding to the threat to Australia in North Africa British forces abandon the port of Benghazi and the 7th Indian brigade has to fight its Way through the afrika Korps to escape. World almanac Book of world War ii. Bison books corp ,1981 a a year ago Day 12 Jan.28 More than 80 iraqi lighter bombers have found Refuge in Iran the military says iraqis say captured pilots have been injured in air attacks Ori civilian targets in Iraq. Iraq fires More scuds at saudi Arabia and Israel. Patriot defense missiles Knock out an incoming scud Over the saudi capital Riyadh. Navy attack planes bomb iraqi naval vessels in Northern Kuwait s Babiyan Channel in Kuwait Harbor and at an iraqi naval base a
