European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 09, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 12 the stars and stripes monday september 9. 1985 Ces to places american crosses Atlantic in outboard from press dispatches american Al Gro or hns arrived in Lisbon Harbor to end the first crossing of the Atlantic Ocean in a boat powered by outboard engines portuguese press reports said it took him 34 Days. Gruver. 58, from Freeport . Completed the crossing in the transatlantic a 26-foot boat. He was accompanied by his son Al or. 28, until the Flores Island in the portuguese archipelago of the azores where he made a refuelling Slop. Grover completed the crossing to the azores in 2 Days he told a Lisbon newspaper. His other son. Dante. 24, joined him in the azores for the Tina leg of the crossing to Lisbon. The boat has two 65-horsepower outboard engines and a smaller 10-Horscpowcr motor and was equipped with tanks to carry 600 Gallons of fuel. Grover left St. Pierre in Newfoundland on aug. I. After five years of preparing for the voyage. Grover and his family now plan to rent a car and travel along tie portuguese coast to celebrate the crossing. Farm Aid sold out tickets for the hottest concert in the Midwest Are sold out in Champaign. 111., and organizers Tor farm Aid say they will now turn their attention to raising Money to assist struggling Farmers through donations. The 12-hour sept. 22 concert will feature sume of the nation s biggest talents including Willie Nelson Bob Dylan Billy Joel the Beach boys Joni Mitchell and Daryl Hall and John dates the show inspired by the highly successful live Aid concert that raised millions for the hungry in Africa will be held at the University of Illinois football stadium. Its organizers say they Hope their efforts will draw attention to the plight of America s Farmers. Spokesmen for ticketmaster and the Assembly Hall in Champaign said they sold Aboul 75.000 tickets forthe show. Tip tops bad manners fist president Reagan is not getting he respect he de serves from House speaker Thomas p. Tip o Neilland Abc White House correspondent Sam Don Aldson a politically conservative etiquette expert said in Kewanee Isi. It s scandalous he Way o Neill behaves Marja Bollt Stewart said in putting the  crat at the top of her developing list of the 10 most ill mannered americans. During Reagan s televised speeches she said o n Eill rattles papers yawns looks up at the ceiling and whispers jokes to vice president George  she maintains that Donaldson is rude and insulting american Al a Naff proudly dip last the i Landry outboard that Mode a fint afr Atlantic craning a Luck fat. To the president during news conferences. He s Tike a child trying to show off she said. Stewart a Republican is seeking gop endorse ment of her candidacy for the . House next year. Reagan led her list of the nation s 10 Best mannered people released last week. O Neill spokesman Chris Matthews dismissed the criticism As self promotion. We Don t take it seriously he said. I be never seen the speaker speak when the president is speak  Donaldson denied that he was rude to the presi Dent saying that at news conferences reporters try to hold the president to an explanation of policies. That is not disrespect he said. Stewart has written 15 books on etiquette. Her encyclopedia of etiquette is scheduled to be published next Spring. My computer died the computer age has spawned some new excuses among College students who hand in late assignments. Joel j. Gold a professor of English at the univer sity of Kansas says my students no longer explain their late papers with my grandmother was ill now it s my floppy disk was erased or the Ink Jet Printer was Down " the anecdote was part of a Back to school essay by Gold in the chronicle of higher education. Perot s in Good company millionaire h. Ross Perot named recipient of the Winston Churchill award shares the imagination boldness and vigor of the late British Leader the head of the group that bestows the Honor says. The award will be presented to Perot chairman of electronic data systems in Dallas in february Job i i a jr., president of the Winston Churchill foun Dation of the United states said in new York City. Perot founded his company in 1962 with ,000 and built it into one of the giants of the electronics Industry bought in 1984 by general motors corp. For j2.5 billion. In 1978. He authorized a daring Mission that res cued eds employees held by iranian revolutionaries. He recently purchased one of the original copies of the Magna Charta and presented it to the National archives As a gift to the nation. Or. Perot like Churchill is one of the remarkable men of his time Loeb said. In Public and in private life he has demonstrated the imagination boldness and vigor which characterized  your free season ticket. Tomorrow