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Show Wednesday, September 2, 1381, THE HERALD, Provo, Utah-P- age 5 Children Seeking U.S. Asylum Keep Vigil at Bridge - LAREDO, Texas (UPI) Three Nicaraguan children were stranded on the TexasMexico International Bridge early today awaiting word on whether they would be granted political asylum in the United States. Laredo News said in a copyright story published today. Their mother, a school teacher told the paper she was forced to flee Nicaragua last January when she refused to teach Communist doctrine in The two brothers, aged 15 and 17. and her classroom. their sister are seeking io Her husband joined her later that be rt.. :d with their parents in the month, leaving the children with United States and have been waiting relatives until money could be raised to since early Tuesday for U.S. bring them by bus through Mexico authorities to make a decision, the Authorities refused to release the names of the children or the parents. The children with the assistance of representatives from the Centre for the Independence of Judges and Lawyers of the United States Inc. a human rights organization, came across the bridge about 7:30 a m. Tuesday and made application for political asylum the newspaper reported. "We didn't expect for this to be such a hassle " said Dr. William R. Pabst, the organization's executive director. the newspaper said. "I was forced to flee the Nazis during World War II," said Staley. "and 1 know what it's like to be in a new Childs country and without friends. Those "I hope they'll be able to provide us children will be fed as long as I have with some of the clout necessary to get anything to do with it." the children spent the night in a halthrough this " she said. A local restaurant operator Renee lway in the INS offices at the base of Staley. brought food to the children the international bridge, an area Tuesday and Father Robert Bradley, described by one INS officer as "a not really Mexico and pastor of Laredo's St. Peter's Catholic sterile zone Church, brought beuding and clothing. not really the United States." "We were told to return to Mexico while the courts ruled on the applications for asylum. The children could not return because their visas have expired and they would run the risk of deportation to Nicaragua " he said. Another official of the organization, Diane Simons told the newspaper assistance was being sought from Sens. Llovd Bentsen and Henry He said a ruling was expected to be made by a federal court in Houston later today, "but if not we're prepared to stay here and live at the bridge until they're granted admittance to the United States." " Mom Loses Custody Battle, Tries Suicide U.S. Briefs - ' Doctors ordered brain HOUSTON (UPI) tests today for a woman who tried to kill herself hours after losing custody of her two sons in what was thought to be the first application of a federal parental kidnapping Bank Sues Estes prevent parents from kidnapping children from their Paramedics had been sent to Mrs. Berne's residence after an unidentified man called, saying he was at her home and that she had taken an overdose of prescription drugs, a Fire Department spokesman said. No suicide law. - DETROIT (UPI) Detroit's largest bank today sued Thomas P. Estes, seeking repayment of a $450,000 loan it made in June to the son of former General Motors President Elliott "Pete" Estes. The suit against Estes coincided with a published report that the amount of money he allegedly obtained from Detroit area banks and investors in an elaborate loan scam may top $2 million twice the figure originally believed. National Bank of Detroit said it filed suit in Oakland County Circuit Court, seeking repayment of a $450,000 demand promissory note signed by Estes on June 9. Fruit Fly Blame By United Press International California's top Mediterranean fruit fly fighter blamed the state's infestation on a shipment of "defective" Peruvian flies that was supposed to have wiped out the pest during the breeding cycle. Jerry Scribner, director of the Medfly eradication project, said Tuesday there was now ho doubt whatsoever" that the Peruvian flies were the major cause of the rapid spread of the pest in the Santa Clara Valley south of San Francisco. He said at least 95 percent of the infestation was "directly attributable to this Peruvian release." Harriet Berne who still faces trial for parental kidnapping was in critical condition after taking an overdose of prescription medicine. She will be tested to determine whether she had suffered brain damage. Mrs. Berne, 37, had lost custody of her sons earlier Tuesday in a case thought to be the first application of a federal law designed to note was found. "There's no way of knowing what she took. There was evidently a lot of medication around the house " said Dr. Charles Owens, who treated Mrs. Berne at Northshore Hospital. Hours before Mrs. Berne had sat stunned in Judge Bruce Wettman's courtroom after he had ordered her sons, Scott 11. and Mark. 7. be returned to their father. Dale Berne, a Rochester, N.Y., principal. She hugged a friend and hurried from the courtroom, making no comment to reporters as she left. The two boys burst into tears when they found out they were being returned to their father. "Why don't you let us be with our mom? We asked her to take us," Scott said. Berne and the boys left for Rochester soon after the ruling. Transplant Patient Given Orders To Do Anything - wonderful!" Mrs. Gohlke ex"Wonderful, claimed Tuesday after being welcomed home at the Phoenix airport by her husband Karl and their sons, Lucas, 14, and Christopher, 12, In nearby Mesa, where the family lives, Mayor Don Strauch even declared Tuesday "Mary Gohlke newDay" to celebrate the return of the spaper executive who checked into the Stanford Medical Center at Palo Alto, Calif., in February, suffering from pulmonary hypertension that smm mmim n 0 threatened her life. Although doctors said surgery would be too dangerous, Mrs. Gohlke insisted and on March 9 she received the heart and lungs of a bicycle accident victim from Southern California. The best way to describe the operation, Mrs. Gohlke said at her airport news conference, was "a second chance at life." "This time last year there was not a heck of a lot of hope," she said. "Stanford's doctors certainly gave me a second chance." Now that she is back home, Mrs. Gohlke said she is allowed to do "whatever I want to do and whatever I can do. I am only limited by strength. I can swim, bicycle, walk, whatever I feel like doing." She was also facing federal charges of lawful flight to avoid prosecution. nan Fl Heart-Lun- g PHOENIX, Ariz. (UPI) Mary Gohlke, the nation's longest surviving heart-lun- g transplant patient, was back home today with doctor's orders to do "whatever I want to do" even if it includes swimming or cycling. Berne, 43 charged his former wife stole the boys and turned them against him after moving to Texas in November 1979. Mrs. Berne who was to have started teaching in the Houston Independent School District this week, was free on $5,000 bond and facing extradition to New York where she was indicted on charges of custodial interference for allegedly stealing the boys after New York court had awarded them to Berne. 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"I'm so relieved. My baby is alive," said the child's mother, Theresa, 25, as she left her Philadelphia home Tuesday night for Cincinnati. t Actor Breaks Arm - Actor Donald PITTSBURG, Calif. (UPI) Sutherland was in good condition today at Los Medanos Hospital where he was treated for a broken arm suffered in a boating accident on Suisun Bay. A nurse at the hospital said it was not known when he would be released. ttc Texas Gets New Flood Warnings By United Press International Texans mopping' up floodwaters that killed five people braced today for more flash floods as new thunderstorms filled rivers already surging more than 20 feet over their banks. Hundreds of residents fled to higher ground. CARPET CLEANED I $34" THIS WEEK ONLY Any living town and Had gafdltu of loeni Sil FURNITURE Flash flood : (jxxj v' CD) rDCD W) srz :tt (!Zr ' ;r I - . 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