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Show t, The Sail It Was Supposed to Be Hitlers Death, But Plotter Died Instead By Edward Roby United Press International BEUERBERG, West Germany It was toward midnight 40 years ago July 20 when they shot the man who failed to kill Adolf Hitler Long live our sacred Germany, cried Col. Klaus Schenk von Stauffenberg just before he and three died in the courtyard of the command ing m the in war-ravage- d Berlin Less than hours 12 earlier his mo- the pushed briefcase away from Hitler. booby-tr- apped briefcase nearly killed Hitler Stauffenberg swiftly bluffed his way out of Theirs was the By Nancy Shuhns Associated Press Writer NEW YORK From the streets of Queens, you see the Manhattan skyline shimmering like a mirage the Manhattan that the people of Astoria refer to as "The City, a lot more remote to their lives than geography suggests. Queens is conservative It s iamily-oriente- d Its blue collar. And this week, it s proud. Despite its reputation as Archie Bunker Country, the 9th Congressional District responded, for the most part, with admiration and pride to news that its representative, Geraldine Ferraro, would become the first major party female candidate On the sultry sidewalks of graffiti-scarre- d Jackson Heights, alongside boxy apartment complexes in Long Island City, and in the cool of the riverside parks in Astoria, it did not go unnoticed by the people of Queens that history was being made in their midst Headlines in Newspapers The headlines on the newspapers n being hawked outside the tunnel read. Geraldine Ferraro Does It! A local girl who rose from the ranks, from teacher to lawyer to prosecutor to congresswoman, had made good. And so, in the Greek beauty shops along the mam drags of Queens, women raised lipstick-rimme- d coffee Irish cups. In the bars, workingmen hoisted their glasses to drink a toast to one of their own Even the ones whod never met her Even the ones who had no intention of voting for her. House-prou- d Astoria is a place. Red brick and aluminum-side- d houses line the streets like middle-clas- s fortresses, with religious statues standing sentry in the neatly fenced yards. There is little in the way of trendiness here. Building and plumbing supply houses share main drags with Korean groceries, working class clothing stores, Greek diners and, especially, Irish pubs. Archie could be parked on a bar stool in any of them. Flowers, Broken Glass Neighborhoods In the 9th District, with a population of 516,000, turn abruptly from industrial to residential to business, then back again. Graffiti appears and disappears as you drive through the streets. Up one street, you see flowers; down the ment Then another officer, simply trying to obtain more leg room, Bend-lerstras- last orga- the barracks compound and nized German conspiracy to overthrow the Nazi dictator Stauffenbergs son Franz, who experienced Hitlers savage revenge as a prisoner and now sits in the West German parliament, said two elements made it clear from the start that the coup was doomed if Hitler survived. One was the charisma that this man radiated, a charisma that is entirely incomprehensible to the succeeding generation. The second was the loyalty oath taken by German officers an oath so mystically powerful it might be likened to medieval fealty. Stauffenberg, who lost an eye, a forearm and two fingers of his hand at Kassenne Pass with Rommels Afnka Korps, came from an illustrious military family. He had a reputation as a brilliant staff officer. But he could not abide Nazi mistreatment of Jews and the people of conquered Eastern lands. Stauffenberg fooled a fanatical Nazi colleague into helping him smuggle the lethal briefcast through the most stringent SS se- curity checks. He carefully placed the bomb 6 feet from Hitler under a heavy oak table in the Fuehrers conference barracks. Fellow conspirators summoned him from the room for a bogus telephone call in the nick of time. The 12 42 pm. explosion that sent bodies hurtling through windows and left the building a smoking rum convinced Stauffenberg he had succeeded. flew to Berlin. His arrival with the news of Hit- lers death in the Bendlerstrasse now renamed Stauffenberg Strasse was the signal for fellow Queens-Midtow- plot- ters to activate Plan Valkyrie, the seizure of government officers and arrest of high Nazi officials. My Julv 13, R.4 All Archie Bunker Country Likes Ferraro tries including two by Stauffenberg Hitler had been scheduled to hold a war briefing in an underground bunker where the blast would have been devastating It was shifted at the last sundav 5 several previous assassination build- ake tribune Blue Collar and Proud But astonishing luck saved Hitlers life that July 20 in the East Prussian forest, just as it had in military high 1 father tried feverishly among his friends in the Bendlerstrasse to put Valkyrie into effect, his son recalled. But a large number of key people delayed and wavered at the decisive moment, especially when tne report came over the radio that Hitler had survived. Revenge was swift and terrible. An enraged Hitler, emerging from the demolished room blackened and in tatters, first celebrated his luck with his guest, Italian dictator Benito Mussolini. Then he ordered mass arrests, trials and several thousand executions. Even the widely popular Field Marshal Erwin Rommel, on the fringe of the plot, was forced to take poison. Stauffenbergs body, hastily buried after his execution, was ordered exhumed and hung on meat hooks, the son recounted. Then it was burned and the ashes scattered in a Berlin field. Behind this Irrational and unbridled lust for vengeance lurked, of course, something very rational, he said. Namely, one wouldnt want to create a place for martyrs but rather to make them disappear without a trace. next, broken glass Just acroa. the East River, framed by the Triboro Bridge, Manhattan s skyscrapcrsshlmmer in the heat The skyline popi into view at odd moments, looking strangely cut of place as seen from this squat, sturdy workaday world. Its fabu'ous, Mary Errico, a dentist, was saying of Mondales choice, as she sat on a blanket in a riverside park built ky local Democrats With Mike and Conher were her nie Rispoli.both lifelong Democrats Mike Risoli, an unemployed meat department manager, was hoping Ms. Ferraro would lead the Democrats to victory in November The Republicans are cutting back, he said Theyre trying to take things away from the people instead of giving things back Ms Ferraro will get the ERA and a lot of the women's votes With her, Mondale 0 will have a chance Before, I would havt said Reagan had a chance Heard the News? s, 50-5- 55-4- 5 yads away, on a park bench, Matthew Resnick was studying for an economics test between bites of ice A few cream Ha4 he heard the news Resmck smacked his hand to his Don t tell me I heard forehead something somewhere Wait Mondale picked a woman' la that it "Well, he did it just to appease women There are so many men better qualified He would have been better off with Gary Hart 'Maybe it will get women out of the house to vote It s going to be a lot of fun just to see these two together The Democratic Convention will be worker Jack Davey tai-in- g a beer glass with one beefy fist As far as it going anywhere, that remains to be seen But it s a bit of history Shes very god I voted tor i.er, Davey said 'che was endorsed by the hoisting engirn ers You don t get that - I do for nothing, y know But Davev had a problem I dont like Mondale like Reagan He talks like an American president and he looks like one If Gerry won, I d still have to get up tomorrow morning and go to work and it wouldn t mean "Its nothing 1 fun think it s nice, Resmck adda big step up for women If Margaret Thatcher can be prime minister of Great Britain, 1 11 be damned if Geraldine Ferraro can t be vice president and do a good job of it Robert Haas, tending bar at J C Horgan s in Astoria, paused thoughtfully to sum up Ms Ferraro's odds I don't think she has a snowballs chance in hell, he said finally Reagan will be Haas stopped drawing beer long enough at midday to listen to news broadcasts History, after all It's the first time a woman has been nominated, said construction ed But some of the women will do better than some of the sleazeballs weve had Some of them guys are real clowns This has been coming a longtime Look at Elizabeth Dole and that woman on the Supreme Court Davey glanced up and down the bar then leaned forward confidentially Let me tell you something about this neighboihood Its like an Archie Bunker neighborhood here Really conservative His voice di opped to a conspiratorial whisper If Archie were real and he lived here," said Davey, hed be the PORTRAIT PACKAGE SPECIAL ONLY er includes 95 deposit three 5x7 s and twelve wallets two 8x10 s 95 deposit at time ol sitting Poses our selection 1 00 tor each additional subject in portrait Choose from a variety of scenic and traditional backgrounds variety of specialty portraits available in addition to package Charge it on VISA or MasterCard A M0THERCHILD PORTRAIT TAKEN AT NO EXTRA CHARGE yi Fashion Place Murray Tt fR (kit tpttial (Aw Mai IM atf kiyw miimI IMtitato Nftn(t 268-199- 2 6241 So. 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