European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 28, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse Tuesday december 28, 1993 the stars and stripes Page 5lighting up for kwanzaa Maya Adepoju of Fairbanks Alaska lights the first of seven candles marking the Start of kwanzaa a seven Day african american Celebration that traditionally begins the Day after Christmas. Adepoju owner of the of stranded russian rican shop in Fairbanks is one of an estimated 18 million people around the world expected to observe the cultural Holiday the Celebration got its Start in 1966, based on african Winter Harvest festivities. To Fly the Coop for Holiday party Tacoma Wash. Apr Christmas came after All to a group of russian sailors stuck aboard their cargo ship while they await a Long overdue shipment of Frozen chickens a on sunday night about 20 sailors from the Klara Zetkin were allowed to leave the ship on Tacoma a Blair waterway to attend a hastily arranged Christmas party at the Seaman Scenter. There they met seven other russian sailors also in port and were entertained by a choir from Tacoma a slavic pentecostal Church. The three dozen or so Crew members aboard the 270-foot Klara Zetkin have been confined to the ship since dec. 9, 29 Days after the vessel arrived in Tacoma to pick up 2,500 tons of Frozen chickens. Shore passes granted by the immigration and naturalization service to most of the Crew expired dec. 9, and the ins refused to Grant extensions. But immigration officials did allow a few hours of Shore Lime for the sunday party put on by volunteers at the Seaman Scenter and by members of Tacoma a russian Community. Tables were filled with cakes pics hours do oeuvres punch and treats. The sailors received plastic bags filled with toiletries wrapped presents and lots of chocolates. A when people and businesses heard the news about the party they called saying a what can we do a said Sherry Johnson of the Seaman Scenter. The choir Sang Christmas carols in russian and members of the Church prayed that the sailors would have a Safe journey Home. A in a very glad and this is very interesting a a first mate Igor Zakharchenko said. A i enjoy talking to some of the the Crew May be Able to leave Tacoma before the end of the year. Agents for the ship say the Frozen Birds Are now expected to arrive sometime this goes Duck Hunting As animal defenders picket from wire reports Washington a president Clinton a Strong gun control advocate went Duck Hunting monday with . Lawmakers in a Post Christmas Outing on Maryland s Eastern Shore. Before he departed animal rights advocates staged a picket near the White i Louse 1 it was Clinton a first Hunting trip since he became president although he has participated in the sport since his boyhood. He has called it an aspect of the National culture and Quot an important part of life of millions Quot of americans. He planned to Fly 10 Arkansas to Start a week Long new years Holiday monday afternoon. Clinton Clad in a yellow shirt camouflage Hunting hat and dungarees stoic away from the White House before Dawn to go Hunting on the grounds of a Maryland sports club with rep. Bill Brewster d-okla., and rep. John d. Dingell a Michigan Democrat Ana chairman of the powerful House Energy and Commerce committee kids watch parents tragedy los Angeles a two children watched their father kill their Mother before turning the weapon on himself on Christmas Day police said. The woman died of a Shotgun blast to the face. The Man was in critical condition sunday after surgery for a head wound at county us medical Center set. . Johnson said. A relative at the Home said the couple had been quarrelling before the afternoon shooting which was witnessed Bra boy about 6 years old Ana a girl about 3, sgt. Carl Tomlinson said. A they were devastated a Tomlinson said. A it looked like they a been playing with their Christmas last february the couples 16-year-old daughter committed suicide in the same House using a Small Caliper Rifle Tomlinson said.$70 piano $140,000 tune Medford wis. A the old piano Jake Thielke bought for $70 at an estate Sale turned out to have $140,000 stashed inside. Thielke and his wife Diane wanted to know if the piano was Worth repairing so they asked piano technician Dan Shereda to Check actor Jeff Morrow Dies los Angeles apr Broadway and Hollywood Veteran Jeff Morrow whose roles ranged from the stately to the silly has died. He was 86. Morrow died sunday evening at a nursing Home in suburban Canoga Park after a Long illness said his son in Law Darrell Christian. His acting roots were on Broadway and he appeared in 23 productions including Billy Budd Macbeth and Romeo and Juliet. The actor is perhaps Best known for his performances in several science films that have achieved cult status. He played the alien in this Island Earth in 1955 and starred in the 1956 cult classic the creature walks among us a the third in the creature from the Black Lagoon trilogy. Morrow also had a Busy to career making guest appearances in series such As the Twilight zone and Bonanza. In 1958, he starred in Union Pacific which ran for three years. He is survived by his wife Anna Karen and daughter Lissa Morrow Christian of new York. Author s manuscripts All lost in Blaze grand View . A award winning author Toni Morrison said monday that All her manuscripts from her earliest writings were destroyed in a fire that ravaged her country Home on the Hudson River. Her son Slade Kevin Morrison told firefighters that he thought the Christmas Day Blaze could have been sparked by an Ember from a fireplace near a sofa. It took 100-plus firefighters More than five hours to put it out. Reached at her Princeton n.j., Home Morrison was asked which manuscripts of her works were taken by the fire. A fall a she said. The Winner of the Nobel and pulitzer prizes for literature was in Princeton when the fire began. She surveyed the damage saturday. Then they watched As Shereda began pulling out 1 neatly wrapped moldy smelly bundles of $5, $10 and $20 Bills from the Back of the turn of the Century instrument. Jake Thielke consulted a lawyer who said the Cash still belonged to the estate of Harley Stimm a Medford Barber who also stashed Money in a mattress and books before his death in october the thick is said they had no regrets about giving up the morally we believe we did the right thing a Thielke , 3 children slain Federal Way Wash. A 24-year-old woman and her three Young children were found shot to death in her Boyfriend s Home King county police said. The Man discovered the bodies in two upstairs bedrooms when he returned Home from work sunday afternoon police spokesman Rick Chubb said. The woman and children apparently did not live at the House in this suburb South of Seattle officers said. Killed were a woman her two sons Ages 4 and 6 and her 1 i month old daughter. Identities of the dead and the Boyfriend were not immediately released. The 33-year-old Boyfriend who is the father of the baby girl was questioned and released Chubb said a a lies a not really a suspect a he said. A police have made no arrests in the shot kills Deputy la la Forest Calif a sheriffs Deputy Arenfly shot and killed a colleague during an informal training exercise sheriff s officials said. Orange county Deputy Darryn Leroy Robbins was in a group of deputies acting out car stops behind a shopping mall theater when he was mortally wounded by a Bullet from one of their weapons Deputy Daniel Martini said. Robbins an eight year Veteran with a wife and 17 month old daughter was pronounced dead at Saddleback Hospital. The District attorney s office was investigating
