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i Riverboat casino told to surrender its license Local models off to conquer the Big Apple Hall of Famer Mantle gets liver transplant Page A-12 DON MORRiSON MICRO FILMING ILL MEMORIAL LIBRARY LOUISIANA STATE UNIV BATON ROUGE LA 7003 JBaik iMCT 3SHMF 1 The Rescue of 'Basher 52' Marines grab downed pilot in daring rescue under attack and missile fire from Serbs AP Photo "I'm ()K. Get me out of here." ('apt. O'Grady's first words to his Marine rescuers Downed pilot put his training to use and kept two things in mind staying alive and returning home. Air Force Capt. Scott F.

O'Grady. U.S. pilot recovered U.S. Marines flew a helicopter into hostile Serb territory and rescued an American F-16 fighter pilot shot down six days ago by rebel Serbs. Capt.

Scott F. O'Grady of Spokane, was found alive and well. CH-53D Sea Stallion Government-Bosnian Croat federation Croat-Serb and Bosnian-Serb See the story, page D-7. While fighting rages throughout Bosnia, especially around Sarajevo, the British defense minister said the U.N. should pull its forces out of the troubled country.

See the story, page D-6. SLOVENIA HUNGARY Zagreb CROATIA Length overall 88 ft 3 in (rotors turning) Height overall 24 ft. 11 in. Maximum range 257 miles Cruising speed 173 mph Service ceiling 21,000 ft. Accommodation 55 troops ROMANIA Belgrade Bihac angered by the disclosure, which they consider premature and possibly dangerous for the flier.

Alone on the ground O'Grady is in a mountainous, heavily forested area of northern Bosnia. Few people live nearby. He has bruises from the crash, and minor burns on his neck The weather takes a toll. It's cool and cloudy and rains intermittently. He is shivering and hypothermic when he's found.

Food Is another hardship. He eats the rations he had with him. Then he survives by eating plants and insects and drinking rainwater. During the days, he stays still. He moves only at night He draws on his survival training.

He has been on several survival courses, including resistance and escape training, honing skills gained growing up in the Pacific Northwest. Thursday, June 8: At 2:08 a.m., a pilot from O'Grady's own squadron, the 555th from Aviano Air Base, Italy, is flying over Bosnia. He hears and recognizes O'Grady's voice, calling on the battery-powered emergency radio. He notifies Aviano. Within minutes, a NATO AWACS surveillance aircraft picks up the pilot's signal.

His location is pinpointed, several miles from where he crashed. Please see Rescue, A ll BOSNIA- Tu'zla HERZEGOVINA Srebrenica ''fiouteofi rescue uss Kearsarge Sarajevo is scarce and often contradictory. On Saturday. Serb military leaders, perhaps to put NATO off the scent, tell Western officials they are holding the pilot. The information cannot be confirmed, however.

A spokesman for Serb leader Radovan Karadzic then declares that "we have no information about the pilot." Two days later, Gen. Ronald Fogelman. the U.S. Air Force chief of staff, menlioas to reporters at a Pentagon reception that intermittent signals have been received from what could be the airman's emergency locator beacon. The signals are "encouraging." a Pentagon official says.

But they were apparently too brief or too weak to be sure they came from O'Grady, much less to lead searchers to him. White House officials are Altitude: 20.000 feet. Time in Bosnia: 3 m. In Washington: 9 a.m. A Russian-made SAM-6 surface-to-air missile rises toward O'Grady's plane, slams into it and slices the plane in half.

The pilot of an accompanying NATO craft reports he saw no sign O'Grady managed to eject before the plane went down. The jet "exploded in midair." Bosnian Serb military officials say. Reported position: near Mrkonjic Grad, 25 miles south of Banja Luka in an area controlled by Serb rebels. But it is more than a day before the wreckage of the plane Ls shown on Bosnian Serb television, and the Serbs say nothing about what hap-iiened to the pilot. The hunt begins The hunt is on.

but information Gorazde SERBIA Two CH-53 helicopters landed 50 yards from where O'Grady was hiding in the woods, Brig. Gen. Marty Berndt hauled him aboard and returned the flyer to the USS Kearsarge. Adriatic Sea ALBANIA 50 miles MACEDONIA 50 km APWm J. Castello Source Jane's All theWorld's Aircraft Editor's note: The rescue Thursday of "Basher 52." the 29 year-old American flier shot down in Bosnia, is a tale of high tech equipment, survival in the wilder ness and luck.

This reconstruction of the young flier's story is based on U.S. and NATO military accounts and other reports from the region By Karin Davies and Susanne M. Schafer Associated Press Writers He hid in a pine forest for six long days and nights, hoarding the precious radio batteries that were his onlv hope of getting home. lb the U.S. and NATO airmen desperately hunting for him.

he was simply Basher 52, the radio call sign of an American pilot shot down by the Bosnian Serbs. His real identity was Air Force Capt. Scott F. O'Grady. 29.

But it was never breathed in public for fear of aiding Serbs trying to capture him. His comrades did not know if he was dead or alive. Just before dawn Thursday, they found each other. Friday, June 2. O'Grady's F-16C Flying Falcon streaks over the forests of Serb-controlled northern Bosnia.

Mission: routine monitoring of a U.N. ban on any Serb. Croat or Muslim air operations in Bosnia. U-of-L system is for real now Edwards signs name change into state law By Mike Hasten State Editor BATON ROUGE he University of Iouisiana System is now a reality but DSL students and faculty will have to wait several months before adopting a new name Gov. Kdwin Edwards Thursday signed into law Sen Cecil Pieard's legislation changing the name of the Board of Trustees to the University of Iouisiana System and also allowing universities under its governance to change their names to -University of Louisiana at" whatever eft) in which they're located 'We've dreamed about this for 11 said USL President Hay Authement just prior to the governor signing the bill "We are very pleased and we intend to petition the Board of Trustees and the Board of Kegents for a name change to the University of Ixiuisiana at Lafayette as soon as at least one other institu tion is ready to go with us." The law requires that at least two universities seek a name change before any action can be taken.

That protection was put into the legislation to combat Lot) supporters' contentions that it was only a USL name change bill. "We're ready to change." Authement said. UW'P "we have been through the process over the years." Northeast Louisiana University Monroe I also is pursuing a name Ex-LPCC employee indicted for theft By Dan McCaleb I HEflBwfi 'm. -Air i9 tm' IHHHBHeL I -t Staff Writer A former Lafayette Parish Correctional Center employee has been indicted on charges he bilked close to $20,000 from a prisoner's welfare fund. Gerald Arcement.

58, of 315 Amesbury Drive No. 384 in Lafayette, was charged by a Lafayette Parish grand jury with felony theft lover $500). according to a copy of the indictment. The grand jury investigation stems from the findings of a Lafayette Parish Sheriff's Office Internal Affairs inquiry into missing inmate funds, according to Lt.Col. George Armbruster, warden at the jail.

Arcement was an employee at the jail for about 10 years, but he resigned from his position this past Feb. 7 due to ill health. said. After he resigned, a supervisor who took over Arcement 's position noticed that there were funds missing from what is called the inmate's ironing fund. according to Inmates earn so much money for various work that they do inside the prison.

All of this money is sup posed to be eventually placed into the Inmate Welfare Fund This money is then used at the inmates' Please see Indicted, A-11 THE ADVERT I SERTerri H. Fensel The triggerman Brennon Fuqua, 7, has some fun at the Le Triomphe Golf Club's swimming pool on Thursday afternoon. Brennon like many other Acadiana residents, was looking for a way to stay cool as the region broiled under another hot, steamy day with a high temperature in the mid-90s and a heat index over 100. Brennon's method of shooting himself in the face ith a watergun was a little unorthodox, but effective. k1 toon's Weather Father's Day celebration Market 4.458.57 For convenient home delivery, call 235-8511 Please see of A ll Acadiana A-4 Acadiana Life B-l Business C-l Classified c-6-12 Comics B-6 Editorial C-2 Nation B-6-7 Obituaries A -6 Sports D-l Mostly Sunny High 95 Low 75 More Weather, B-8 Oil SWEET CRUDE 18.90 Father's Day is coming up quicker than you can imagine June 18 to be exact.

If you're wondering what to get Dad on his special day, look no further than your Sunday Advertiser. The Sunday Advertiser will carry a special section devoted to ways to show Dad how special he is on his day and gifts that might be the right thing for him this year. Look for this special section this Sunday. World ci Mostly sunny, hot and humid Today's forecast calls for partly cloudy to mostly sunny skies, warm temperatures with a high in the mid-90s and a heat index once again over 100. Stay cool Acadiana.

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