European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 17, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes tuesday March 17,1992 Navy flier ditches Hornet in Indiana Farmland from wire reports Mccoy Burg ind. A a Navy Pilot safely ejected from his Fa-18 Hornet on sunday after the aircraft went out of control during a flight Over Indiana the Navy said. The plane was flying with another Hornet in a Cross country training Mission from naval air station Glenview 111., to Cecil Field in Jacksonville fla., when problems developed. The two plane flight had been diverted to Grissom fab in Indiana when the Pilot decided he could no longer handle the Craft and ejected the Navy said. The plane came Down in what appeared to be a slowed Field while the Pilot was Able to walk to a Road where he was picked up by a civilian and taken to a local Hospital for observation. The Navy was investigating the incident. Man shoots family self Mulvane Kan. A a Man fatally shot his wife and two children then made an audio tape blaming a infidelity in the marriage before killing himself with the same gun police said. Don Brady 39, used a .32-caliber handgun Friday to shoot his 22-year-old wife Fredricka their 15-month-old son Clarence Joseph and Mary Kathleen his 13-year-Otd daughter from a previous marriage. Police were alerted Friday night when Bradys wife failed to show up for work at a prison. Brady had been living on a disability pension since he was injured in a motorcycle Accident 10 years ago. Police capt. Wayne Brown said Brady killed his family then made the tape containing a statements to the effect that there was infidelity in the marriage a before shooting himself. Friends said the Bradys had been married for More than two years. Pigeons multiply in Hawaii Honolulu a on Waikiki Beach its perpetual mating season for pigeons and health officials alarmed by the mathematics of procreation want to put an end to it. Officials recently counted 31,000 pigeons in the Waikiki area. Each pair can produce 20 offspring a year a which works out to at least 4.5 trillion pigeons by the year 2000, assuming none of hem die Between now and then Quot its a staggering statistic a said Steven Arashiro a City Parks official who is chairman of the state health departments and hoc pest Ferous Bird committee. The committee wants to feed the Birds Corn laced with a sterilizing agent twice a year for three years. The plan would Cost $1.2 million. Poisoning the pigeons would be cheaper but Arashiro said that could Cut into Waikiki a recreational Charm. A they say the pigeons done to feel any pain but they look like they Are in pain a Arashiro said. A you have dying pigeons flopping and flapping  retail gasoline prices fall los Angeles a retail gasoline prices fell about a half cent per gallon in the past three weeks an Industry analyst said sunday. The average Price for All grades at full and self service pumps was just Over $1.17 cents As of March 13, Down 0.44 cents from feb. 21, said Trilby Lundberg. In a Survey of 13,600 gasoline stations nationwide per gallon prices at self service pumps were $1.03 for regular unleaded $1.21 for Premium unleaded and $1.03 for regular leaded. At full service stations per gallon prices were $1.32 for regular unleaded $1.49 for Premium unleaded and $1.36 for regular leaded. A Boston police officer Handcuffs one of six people arrested at a St. Patrick a Parade in which homosexuals marched. Gays in Boston St. Pat Parade showered with jeers Beer cans Boston apr some spectators lobbed smoke bombs and Beer cans at two dozen Irish american Gay activists sunday As they marched draped in Green and armed with a court order in a St. Patrick a Day Parade a you can to keep an irishman Down a said Brian Thomas Callahan who held one end of a Gay Pride roup a Shamrock adorned Banner. A Tell him no and less not going to  some spectators tossed tiny firecrackers known As a party snappers at the marchers but they were not powerful enough to harm anyone. Other spectators some holding children screamed obscenities and waved signs with such slogans As a aids cures Gays and a quarantine the  the Gay marchers who wore Pink triangles and Green carnations responded to the jeers by shouting a Happy St. Patrick a  a a it a a great amount of hate a said Dave of Connor Art of the Gay contingent. A a in a Irish. In a from Ireland should bloody Well be allowed to  last week a judge ordered organizers to admit Gays to the Parade through the heavily Irish american neighbourhood of South Boston. The Irish american Gay lesbian and bisexual Pride committee agreed to limit marchers to 25, use Only one Banner and refrain from distributing fliers. Mounted police acted As a Buffer Between marchers and the crowd of about 600,000. Motorcycle police cruised alongside and a police Van filled with officers followed behind. Police said at least six people were arrested including one Spectator arrested after a fistfight broke out in the crowd As the Gay contingent passed. R no injuries were reported. Spectator Paul Palombi 50, of Boston said the Gay marchers should have stayed Home because the event was a military Parade organized by a veterans organization ahead of today a Holiday. A we Don t want them anywhere near us that a for Damn sure a Palombi said. Claudia Vanputten 43, of Boston disagreed. A a everybody a the same a she said. A they  be treated any  it was the first time in the Boston parades 91-year history that an openly Gay group marched under its own Banner. Suffolk Superior court judge Hiller Zobl ruled wednesday that members of the organization had a constitutional right to join a Public Parade. Two Boston area radio stations withdrew their sponsorship to protest attempts to ban the Gays. At least one High school band pulled out of the Parade because of safety concerns. In new York a Gay group challenged its exclusion from marching As a unit in a St. Patrick a Day Parade but a judge for the City human rights commission said in an advisory ruling that the organizers had a constitutional right to exclude them. That leaves a Federal lawsuit As the Only Legal Avenue left for the group to get into today a Parade. Mayor David Dinkins said he would Boycott the Parade if Gays were excluded. No such disputes marred san Francisco a annual St. Patrick a Parade which Drew 20,000 spectators. A Gay people have no problem Here a said Parade director Renie Champagne of the United Irish societies of san Francisco. People flock to Hinckley for Buzzards Hinckley Ohio apr Mission san Juan Capistrano can have its cute Little swallows. Here it is the annual return of Buzzards that draws late Winter crowds. More than 100 Buzzard fans whooped to Welcome the first one Back sunday morning marking the tradition said to have begun in 1818. Spectators braving 35-degree temperatures gathered around drum fires at the Buzzard Roost at Cleveland metro Parks. Mark Wever of Indianapolis brought his Mother to celebrate her 57th birthday. A my son wanted one old Buzzard to meet another old Buzzard a Barbara Wever said. Ranger Roger Lutz the official Buzzard spotter confirmed the first sighting at 9 24 . Eight More of the scavenger Birds were seen by 9 47 . The Buzzards disappeared into their roosts where they will live until november. Last year the first Buzzard did no to show up until 2 30 . According to local lore Buzzards first came to Hinckley in 1818 after the great Varmint Hunt when the Cleveland suburbs residents killed animals that attacked farm Stock. The Birds gathered to feast on the carcasses when they thawed in March. Capistrano Swallow watchers meet in California every year on March 19. People began flocking to this Ohio Community of about 500 residents on March 15 in the late 1950s. A this is a special occasion. People All Over the world know Hinckley because of the Buzzards a said Jerry Harris a local veterinarian who wore plastic Buzzard feet and a Buzzard head hat. Joyce Lattimer of Cleveland says the nations much maligned City has a place in its heart for Buzzards. A Only Clev Elanders would have a sense of appreciation for such an ugly Bird and have enough of a sense of humor to celebrate their return a she said