European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 24, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 12 races w places the stars and stripes april 1985 Houston fire chief quits on five minutes notice Houston fire chief Robert Swartout quit after months on the Job by Leav ing the mayor a note giving five minutes an action the mayor says was by Swartout says he didst think he owed the City any More than Swartout quit on april leaving the note on mayor Kathy Whitmire desk at it said he would effective at the Day was a City officials tried unsuccessfully Over that weekend to find Swartout for an explanation of his but could not reach him at his Houston and on the following monday he began the drive Back to where he had been fire chief before taking the Houston in a copyright Story in the Houston Swartout said he quit because the City administration did not understand the Workings of the theres so much ill feeling Between the administration and the department it amazes he the newspaper interviewed him at his Seattle Whitmire said she was surprised by the resignation and that Swartout departure was there Are a lot of ways to handle what i Swartout if i was going to Call i would have gone by and talked to her before i but i dont think i owe her or the City of Houston they got their dollars Worth out of me while i was Whitmire has refused to release the contents of Swartout but the Post published a copy obtained from the sex fire the letter said that during his term As fire Swartout realized that having a firs class fire department is not a High priority in the Whitmire letter perfect furniture photo Swiss inventor Zdenek Navratil shows some of his patterns of furniture design easy chairs for the living room made in letter the new chair designs Are among the exhibits at the International Geneva inventors fair through april More than inventions from 22 countries Are on Reagan ties Jackson president Reagan and pop superstar Michael Jackson have tied As the celebrities most people Magazine readers would be Happy not to hear another word about in according to the magazines seventh annual Reagan and Jackson each polled 16 percent of the polls trailed by pop phenomenon with 5 and Joan Collins and Elizabeth but the unscientific Survey also tapped Reagan As the Man most readers 14 percent would choose As the next vice president George Bush and Edward d placed with 8 percent Fol Lowed by Gary Hart 6 percent and Chrys Ler chairman Lee Iacocca 5 in the presidents footsteps thirty three percent of the French in a Public opinion poll said they would vote in any election for actor Yves who reportedly wants to Fol Low Enactor Ronald Reagan into a Survey of people by the polling firm published in the newspaper be journal do showed 47 percent voting against Montand was compared to the american president by news Media after he hosted a controversial program on a possible conventional War in among personalities mentioned in the Itsos entrepreneur Bernard Tapie Drew the highest Marks with 44 percent for and 35 percent underwater explorer Jacques Cousteau scored 38 percent for and 43 percent vets give 7 ambulances to Nicaragua survivors of the Abraham Lincoln volunteers who fought fascism in the Spanish civil War a half Century have Given seven ambulances to the leftist government of in William a brigade Veteran of the 19361939 Spanish there is a lot of talk in this City today about so called humanitarian a reference to president reagans bid to win congressional approval of million in Aid for the Contra rebels fighting Nicaragua humanitarian Aid is needed in Sussman and it is needed by the victims of the if Reagan is using tax dollars to buy bullets and we proposed to use Ordinary citizens dollars to save he joined by some of the roughly 350 surviving volunteers who fought in Spain on the Side of the Loy Alist Republican held a news conference to present the keys to the seven ambulances to Carlos Tun Nicaragua ambassador to the when delivered to the Central american will Bear signs in Spanish from the veterans of the Abraham Lincoln brigade to the people of accepting the praised the Brave history of your truly great and we believe that it represents the determination of the peo ple of the United states to stand up against a militaristic policy that is not Only but also unjust and the brigade members raised for the ambulances in a Campaign in by who in october defended private citizens fighting with the contras by invoking the Lincoln brigade As part of a honorable 8yearold runs 30 Miles to repay March of dimes an 8yearold boy who has had extensive surgery to Correct birth defects ran More than 30 Miles to repay a longstanding personal debt to the March of my Stepdad and i were thinking they had spent on said Billy Holder of Why dont i pay them Back it was sort of a thank who has set his sights on becoming an olympic completed the Solo run in 5 hours and 20 minutes under sunny skies last he collected in pledges for the March of a Charity that focuses on birth the boy was born with a hernia in his diaphragm and a slight heart defect that required extensive the March of dimes contributed to his medical wearing red a March of dimes shirt and Tennis Billy ran from the West end of the Bay of Louis Bridge in Bay Louis to the Biloxi Ocean Springs Bridge in a total of when the run was he ran a Quarter mile Victory Lap around a parking Billy has run in More than 20 but this was his first Solo some people didst think i could do he Dallas 40 Friday double thursdays we offer the Best