European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 07, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes . Wednesday september 7,1994 record $47.1 million raised during Jerry Lewis telethon Las vegas a Jerry Lewis annual labor Day telethon raised a record $47.1 million for the Bat the against muscular dystrophy As the Host promised his nationwide audience that a cure is closer than Ever. The 29th annual muscular dystrophy association telethon which ended monday surpassed last year s record take of $46 million. To viewers pledged $47.1 million to the Nada while corporate sponsors gave Lewis checks for an additional $36.4 million. The telethon which began sunday night was Broad cast live from the Sahara hotel and Sites in new York Hollywood Calif. And Branson to. Lewis 68, kicked off the show by praising mad re searchers and saying scientists at association funded clinics need More Money to continue their work. They have the key to the lock Lewis said. But Marta Russell of los Angeles a spokeswoman for americans disabled for attendant programs said the mad has failed to find anything close to a  she led a two hour demonstration monday outside Kola to in los Angeles. Everyone should have what they need to function in society without this pity mongering that Jerry Lewis perpetuates year after year said Russell who has cerebral palsy. Lewis bristled at the suggestion he uses pity saying the telethon showcases How people with muscular Dys trophy can be productive citizens. Anchored by de Mcmahon the telethon featured live and taped performances by Tony Bennett Billy Ray Cyrus Neil Sedaka Pat Boone Charo and Boyz ii men among others. Leeza Gibbons was co Host. In the stars and stripes 10 years ago sept. 7,1984 unless Congress decides otherwise by the end of the month service members and other Federal workers will get a 3.5 per cent pay raise effective Jan. 1 under a proposal made by the Reagan administration. 20 years ago sept. 7,1974 about 90 anti tank missiles have disappeared from a Bunker at the Miessau army depot in Germany . Army Europe Headquarters revealed. 30 years ago sept. 7,1964 West German police pressed a nationwide search fora 19-month-old american girl and a German woman suspected of having kidnapped her from the . Army s Vorfeld housing area in Neu Ulm a. 40 years ago sept. 7,1954 a the United states denounced As Wanton and unprovoked an attack by two soviet fighter planes on a . Navy patrol bomber off Siberia. 50 years ago sept. 7,1944 official word that american troops have for the first time crossed the German Border withdrawing after a Quick reconnaissance came sept. 6 from the . 3rd army Headquarters. World War ii 50 years ago today sept. 7 f american Ana British troops Cross the Albert canal East of Antwerp and other . Units close in on Liege in Belgium. American soldiers capture Besancon in Eastern France. In Italy German troops Retreat from the Hills North and Northeast of Florence. Soviet forces advancing in the Eastern carpathians nearly reach Hungary s Border. Bulgaria declares War on Germany. Source 2194 Days of War. W h Smitn publishers inc. The world atm Annc of world War ii Bison books Corn. 1381 teens taken to islands for tribal punishment Klawock Alaska a two teen agers banished by a tribal court were taken by a fishing boat monday to separate uninhabited is lands where they will spend at least one year alone. As relatives watched waved and quietly cried Adrian Guthrie and Simon Roberts left the Klawock Cannery Dock aboard the Wolf chief the boat that had served As their jail for the past week. A tribal Coli t Friday ordered the 17-year-old tlingit youths to spend a year to 18 months on unidentified islands for robbing and severely beating a pizza deliveryman in Everett Wash last year it marked the first time that a criminal Case had been referred by a state court to a tribal panel for punishment. After the boat was loaded with hundreds of pounds of Frozen Salmon halibut and groceries the boys hugged friends and relatives said their goodbyes and posed for photos. During an interview Mon Day Roberts admitted that he was a bit scared about living alone on an Island. But he said the Prospect of getting through an Alaska Winter by himself was preferable to the certain jail term he would have faced in washing ton state. It will be a lot better than going to prison and being some Guy s Girlfriend said Roberts who has a Man s voice but a boy s face. The hardest people you meet Are in prison.". Though tribal officials said More than a week ago that banishment was the Only Likely punishment for the boys under tribal Law they had made Little Advance preparation for enforcing the order. Tribal elders spent much of the weekend debating How to Supply the teens. They decided each will be Given Wood and help in building a Small one room House. Each will have a Wood stove sleeping bag tools and fishing poles. Culprit in cruise illness identified Klawock. Print of Walt mind Atlanta a the germ responsible for a deadly outbreak of illness aboard a cruise ship has been identified officials said monday. About 600 passengers and nearly 40 Crew members aboard the Viking serenade fear ill with Shi gel Losis said Bob Howard a spokesman for the National Cen ters for disease control and prevention one person died. Shigel Losis which causes Diar Rhea vomiting and fever strikes about 15,000 people a year. It was caused by the bacterium shigella Flexner Howard said. The culprit was identified three Days after cd investigators re turned to Atlanta with samples from san Pedro Calif., where the ship docked thursday after can celing its scheduled Baja califor Nia cruise when people fell ill. The cd now must determine How the bacterium was spread and has recommended that the ship s owner Royal Caribbean cruise lines remove All prepared and handled food from the ship test All food handlers and Check and Monitor water systems. Royal Caribbean s chairman Richard Fain said the company was cooperating to ensure that the bacterium is eradicated before the ship s next scheduled voyage Fri Day. Woman killed Man Hurt by son s two pit bulls from the associated press new York two pit Bull terriers attacked a couple who were taking care of the dogs for their son killing the woman and putting the Man in the Hospital. The dogs mauled the couple sometime sunday night said detective Luis Llanes a police spokesman. Police found the husband Manuel Claudia 66, sprawled in an Alley near the couple s apartment in the Bronx Borough Llanes said. Wounds covered his arms and Chest and he was hospitalized in stable condition. Inside the apartment the officers found the pit bulls and the body of Anna Claudio who was in her 50s, Llanes said. The dogs were Tranquili Zed and turned Over to the american society for the prevention of cruelty to  was t immediately known. Lobster nearly pinched Seaside Ore. Victor the 25-Pound lobster has been rescued once again. The prize crustacean avoided a dunking in boiling water when an Alert staffer at the Seaside aquarium foiled the lobster napping. Becky Bierly was taking tickets sunday when the abduction began. _ she. Noticed a Guy who had come in earlier walking out with our 25-Pound lobster under his Arm aquarium manager Keith Chandler said. Bierly called Chandler who gave Chase. Despite the labor Day crowds thronging the oceanfront town Chandler quickly located Victor and the alleged Abductor. It was t too difficult to spot the Guy Chandler said. He had a lobster under his  when Chandler confronted the Man he dropped the lobster and walked  Chandler took Victor Back to his tank and police arrested Terry Lutz 35, of Estacada on a theft charge. \ a l Victor has lived at Seaside since 1993, when he was rescued from a supermarket tank. The unusually Large creature who was caught off Maine is an estimated 80 to 100 years old. Victor appeared to be in pretty Good shape except for cracks in both pincers probably received when he hit the pavement Chandler said. 7 die in Florida crash Plant City Fla. A car swerved into a oncoming Lane around a curve and crashed head on into a pickup truck killing All seven people involved. The fiery wreck sunday night on a Rural two Lane Road in West Central Florida killed the five men and one woman in the car Ages 17 to 24 and the 53-year-old Driver of the truck. The Impact Cut the car in half and the halves were found 300 feet apart police said. The crash occurred near Plant City about 20 Miles East of Tampa. -. Or. _ /. -. Collision kills newlyweds Visalia Calif. Frances and John Magill had known each other casually for years and fell in love after their first spouses died. Eight Days after their wedding their car was struck after John Magill ran a red Light in this South Central California City police said. Frances Magill died at the scene. John Magill died three Days later. The other Driver was not seriously injured. The couple got married aug. 20. He was 77 she was 74. Between them they had six children and 18 grandchildren from their first marriages. Their families had welcomed the marriage. She was like a kid again said Frances daughter Lauralee Harrington. She was just Sohappy and glowing and looking Forward to a Good 20 years of marriage. Photographer Dies in fall Cortland . A teen Ager taking pictures of the Scenic Hudson River Valley from a Cliff plunged 75 feet and was killed. Agnes Popek 16, of new York City s Brooklyn Borough fell from the Bear Mountain Bridge Overlook sunday state police said