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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 16, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page b the stars and stripes . N wednesday february 16,1994 Packwood wants court to keep diaries from panel from wire reports Washington a sen. Bob Packwood is still trying to keep his diaries from the Senate ethics committee. Packwood r-ore., asked a Federal appeals court monday to withhold the diaries until it rules on the legality of the committees subpoena. At the same time Packwood asked the . Court of appeals for the District of Columbia circuit to expedite its own ruling on the subpoena. Under orders issued by . District judge Thomas Penfield Jackson the committee could get the diaries next tuesday. Jackson rejected Packwood a bid last week to keep the diaries private until the appeals court acts. Jacob Stein Packwood a attorney said next weeks deadline a gives insufficient time to obtain a ruling on  Packwood gave the diaries and tapes of his diary dictations to the District court dec. 16 and a has not had Access to or custody or control of these materials since then a Stein wrote. Kidnapped baby found Miami a an abducted Newborn boy was found Safe Early monday at the Home of a nurse who police say wanted a replacement for the baby she miscarried just weeks ago. Carol Einhart Jordan 45, of South Dade county was charged with false imprisonment. Other charges Are pending said metro Dade police detective Patrick Brickman. The Mother whose name was not released handed Over her 2-Day-old son to a woman dressed As a nurse in her maternity Ward at Jackson memorial Hospital Brickman said. The child was supposed to spend the night in the Hospital Nursery so the Mother did not realize anything was wrong until the real nurse came for the baby minutes  a nurse who is on leave from her Job at Cedars medical Center was turned in to police by an adult daughter who thought her Mother had psychiatric problems Brickman said. To s Boss Hogg Dies los Angeles a Sorrell Booke who played the corpulent blustery Jefferson Davis a a Bossy Hogg on televisions the Dukes  Friday of cancer. He was 64. Booke had roles on or. Kildare and All in the family. But it was the Dukes of hazzard series from january 1979 to August 1985 that made Booke v character a a Bossy Hogg a household name. Books a a movie credits included gone Are the Days 1963 purlie victorious 1963 Black like me 1964 fail Safe 1964 up the Down staircase 1967 Bye Bye braver Nan 1968 what a up Doc 1972 the iceman cometh 1973 and the other Side of Midnight 1977. Moonstruck firm my to put you in Driver s seat by Harry f. Rosenthal the associated press Washington Many uses have been proposed for the Moon and space putting human ashes into eternal orbit advertising on giant signs seen from All of Earth and using an forming sunlight collector to beam Down enough Energy to electrify whole cities. Add the newest idea an unmanned vehicle on the Moon steered by a theme Park visitor on Earth. You pay your Money and drive on Tranquillity base. Luna corp a maker of space oriented cd rooms a compact disks on which computer data can be stored and accessed said monday that it will try to raise $110 million to launch such a vehicle to the Moon on a russian rocket. It would land at the same place where Neil a. Armstrong and Edwin a a Buzz Aldrin or. Put the first footsteps on the Moon in 1969. Instead of one Small step for a Man it would become a giant leap for commercialism. A your goal is to provide the worlds first interactive space exploration event by giving the Public the Opportunity to drive the Rover on the Moon via Tel presence a said David Gump president of the company based in Arlington a. The earlier schemes came to naught. The ashes idea involved the celestis group of funeral directors who wanted to charge $3,990 a about the Price of an upscale funeral and casket a to put ashes into orbit. The ashes would stay up there presumably for eternity. Luna corp Hopes to raise the Cash from theme Park operators television networks corporate sponsors and advertising agencies. About 25 percent of the rovers work will be devoted to science Gump said and the company is hoping for a Little financial help from the National aeronautics and space administration. The United states spent $24 billion to put 12 astronauts on the Moon Between july 1969 and december 1972, but there has been no program to return. The company has enlisted William Whittaker of Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh an inventor of robotic vehicles to design its lunar Rover. He told a news conference that the technology for a Rover has Iff  been developed by Nasa and is there for the taking. A a thousand1 Days from now the technology Challenge will be Over a Whittaker said. He added that the Moon offers significant advantages you can get there quickly an abundance of solar Power is available and communication with Earth is Good. Luna corp Hopes to finance two rovers and has plans for a third if something goes wrong. Arrangements for carrying the robot to the Moon will user Columbia to. Apr a Man who police said needed Money to buy crack cocaine was charged monday with beating to death three convenience store employees. Ernest Lee Johnson 33, was charged with three counts of first degree murder armed criminal action and first degree robbery. Police said they found Cash receipts and checks taken from Casey a general store in Johnson a House which is nearby. They said they also found bloody clothing and Tennis shoes belonging to Johnson. The sneakers match prints that the killer left in the blood an artists Conception of the Remote operated Rover that Luna corp is proposing to Send to the Moon. Be made by International space enterprises of san Diego which will pay Russia $50. Million for use of a phobos rocket. Each primary customer will pay $6 million to $18 million Gump said. The vision does no to Stop with the Moon. On Earth an automotive company could have a replica visit dealerships some firm could sponsor a computer Mailbox on the Moon and a relay could be set up so Long distance Telephone customers could have their Calls routed via another planet. And Gump sees the grandest stunt of All a contest to find the first person to steer the vehicle on the Moon. A i can just see it a he said. A Billy Smith from Peoria at the  in on the stores floor police said. A we done to have the weapon yet a said Deputy police chief Carroll Highbarger. A we Are hoping Well have that before Long. Earlier reports said the three had been shot to death. Authorities said Johnson robbed Casey a to get Money for drugs. They did not know How much Money was taken. Killed were store manager Mary Bratcher 46 Fred Jones 58, an employee trainee and Mabel a. Scruggs 57. A a Jackson puts on court show by sue Lindsay Scripps Howard news service Denver a Michael Jackson Sang snapped his fingers and pounded rhythms on the witness stand in . District court on monday. The pop superstar insisted he had never heard of Denver songwriter Crystal Cartier or her song dangerous until she sued him. A never in my life a Jackson said. A a in a More than positive. A a it a the honest  Jackson testified for about an hour to a packed courtroom of fans masquerading As attorneys and court staff. They let out a collective gasp when he walked into the courtroom. A ooh my god a one woman whispered. Addressing Cartier a claim that she sent several tapes of her song to Jackson and his associates before he recorded his song Jackson told the jury monday that he never accepts unsolicited tapes. A everybody knows that a he said. A it s the no. 1 Rule. I done to have to take unsolicited tapes. If i do a song of someone else a they have a whole track record and a whole history of Success to show they Are a real  Cartier is seeking $40 million from Jackson for allegedly stealing her song. Jackson grinning boys Fly and examining his fingernails told the jury his song dangerous was developed from a a Bass lick he wrote for an unreleased song called streetwalker. He said he does not read or write music instead singing parts of songs into a tape recorder As they develop. A the lyrics the Melody the chords a it All comes like a gift that is put right in my head a he said. He recalled the first time he recorded dangerous. A it was a funny Day Quot he said. A i like to sing in the dark. I done to want people looking at me unless in Mon stage. Anyway this huge Wall i think it was 7 feet tall a fell on my head. I did no to realize How much it Hurt until the next Day. I was Kinda  the song was revised further after the session. A i like to dance when i sing and when i heard the first version it did no to move me enough a Jackson said. A i wanted More fire and More action and More depth so we put More anger in the snare so it would have More feeling and emotion a Jackson thrilled the courtroom audience by singing parts of his songs to illustrate his Points clapping his hands and shimmying in his seat. Cartier attorney Gretchen Eberhardt played choruses from Cartier a and Jackson a versions of dangerous and asked him whether he detected any similarities. A yes a he said biting his lip. A a we re both saying a dangerous a that a what it sounds like to me a a do they have any notes in common a she asked. A not that i can think of a he replied  
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