European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 18, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday september 18, 1985 the stars and stripes Page 7 the Rose we propose will win by a nose Washington a roses arc red Marigold lovers Are Blue the Senate has spoken other Flowers won t do. Amid a flood of rhyming rhetoric that would make a poet Blush the Senate voted monday to make the Rose America s National Flower. Sen. How Ell Heflin d-ala., was the first member to break into verse unleashing a 12-Vcrsc poem that de scribed his personal route to approval of the joint Resolution. Sen. J. Bennett Johnston the Louisiana Democrat who sponsored the Resolution responded to Heflin in like spirit roses Are red. Violets ire Blue Helfin should be a co sponsor of this Bill too. Johnston also waxed poetic in his own Way in push ing the measure. America s infatuation with the Rose is at least As old As our Republic itself Johnston said on the Senate floor. In fact George Washington our first president was also our first Rose breeder. One of the varieties he developed the Mary Washington Rose is still enjoyed today in gardens across the  the Resolution was approved without dissent and now goes to the House for consideration. The legislation itself went on and on about the wide Range of features that make the Rose the natural Choice As inc nation s Floral  the Rose is the favorite Flower of the american  it is referred to in both the old and new Testa ments of the Bible. Fossil research shows the Rose has been .1 native Flower in America for 35 million years. The Rose grows in every state. The Bill Calls the Rose the National Floral  but Johnston press Secretary Tony Charr cell assured reporters that phrase is just another rendering of the National Flower. Monday s debate echoed an earlier Battle to adopt a Flora  the late Senate minority Leader Everett dirkson r-lll., sought to make the Marigold the Choice for the country. During one debate dirkson referred to the Rose As a  dirkson never succeeded in his bid which extended from 1959 through 1969 leaving the nation with out a National Flower. Here is the full text of Heflin s poem which he read on the Senate floor roses re red. Violets re blow. Why must i choose Between just these two marigolds and Dogwood. Camellias and More. All Flowers Are Beautiful and made to adore. But today there Are deficits. And farm Bills and Trade Aren t these the subjects on which decisions should he made still if on a nation s Flower a few moments we spend we might be refreshed and come Down to Earth n. Besides to select a Flower As America s might not be bad. Because i sure Don t want to make the Garden clubs mad. But All Flowers Are delicate each can refresh and amuse and that is the reason 1 feel no Flower should lose. Still the Rose is Universal. Its support has a Strong voice. So there should be no question that the Rose is the Choice. So let us raise our voice and proclaim with All our Power that the Rose is More than Beautiful it is America s  Oregon guru accuses 7 former sect leaders of crimes Rajnes Puram Ore. A Bhagwan Shree Rajnesh has accused seven former leaders of his sect of wiretap Ping attempted murder and arson and said they Weald have even killed me to keep the guru silent. Rajnesh at a news conference monday before 2,500 followers also accused the seven of mismanagement that has left the Central Oregon commune 155 million in debt and of involvement in a Salmonella outbreak. The seven who left with several other members Over the weekend also were connected with a fire that damaged the Wasco county planning office he said. It seems these people would have even killed me because my silence was favourable to them and my absence would have been More favourable Rajneesha said. They have at tempted to murder people in the  he did not give names or details of the attempted murders the arson or the Salm Onella poisoning incident but said he would give evidence to local police and Interpol an International police organization. Rajneesha 53, said a Anand Sheila the guru s former chief spokeswoman and a Anand Puja were leaders of the group. He teacher staffing nets $200 Fine $575,000 suit Covington Tenn. A a Man who was fined $200 for swatting a teacher who spanked his daughter says he s not sorry for what he did. I Shook my Finger in her face and told her i told you not to strike my child 1 took a paddle about the size of a yardstick and hit her once. A lick for a lick said Windsor , 51. Simmons was convicted thursday of As Sault and Battery for striking Lovie Pryor a fourth Grade teacher at Drummonds elementary school. He was fined $200 arid ordered to apologize. Pryor who has sued Simmons for $575000, said his daughter Amanda was spanked for misbehaving. She was running around the room with six other students the teacher said. Simmons said he had told school officials before the spanking last month that he did not want his daughter subjected to Cor poral punishment. Said they wiretapped houses in Rajnic Shpur ram including his own residence. The guru said a Anand Sheila has a Swiss Bank account and they must have been sending  a Anand Sheila was afraid so she escaped and escaped in a very cow Ardful Way. She was not even Brave enough to face me he said. The group of 10 to 15 disciples apparently had been planning to leave for several months and Many of them have followed a Anand Sheila to Europe a prom Sushma of the commune s press relations Bureau said earlier monday. As president of Rajneesha foundation International Sheila supervised the sect s worldwide religious affairs. A prom Sushma said Rajnesh now plans to spread Power among Many disciples. A Anand Sucela left saturday and May be in West Germany or Switzerland. She was followed sunday by others said a Prem Isabel. They include Rajnes Puram mayor Swami Krishna Deva municipal judge a prom homa Rajneesha investment corp. President a Anand us Rajneesha Neo Annyas International commune president a yoga Vidya Rajnesh medical corp. President a Anand p Juja and City Council member a diva Zralka. They have left the commune. They arc going to be doing things on their own a prom Isabel said. The sect claims worldwide membership of about 500,000, including several thou Sand disciples living at the commune City of Rajnes Puram. The Raunec Saccs moved their commune from Poona India in 1981 after purchasing a 64,000-Acrc Central Oregon ranch. Raj nees Puram s incorporation the following year prompted lawsuits still pending that challenged its legality on grounds of land use and Church and state separation. During a period of silence which ended last fall the guru had left the commune s business affairs in the hands of a Anand Sheila according to a prom Sushma. The commune is Headquarters for a num Ber of businesses operated by Raunec Saccs ranging from publishing to agriculture. The spokeswoman said she did t know whether the sudden exodus stemmed from fear of Rajnesh or authorities. Bhagwan Shree Rajneesha we just Don t give a dam go Bowling Washington a a Small Utah town that requested government assistance because Federal workers were causing a Drain on the local Economy is getting a Bowling Alley funded from the budget for a dam that is a decade behind schedule. The $450,000, six Lane Bowling Alley will be built in isolated Duchesne population 1,730, thanks to the us. Bureau of Recla mation and despite some congressional grumbling. You ask them for a atm and they give you a Bowling Alley groused rep. George Miller d-calif., chairman of the House Interior subcommittee on water and Power resources. The government s $375,000 for the town owned Bowling Alley will come from the Central Utah project or cup an irrigation project begun 20 years Ugo with a projected Cost of $332.5 million. The project is More than 10 years behind schedule its Cost now estimated at More than $2 billion. Bowlers will be rolling games at the Duchesne Bowling Alley Long before the cup project is finished. Miller said he was deeply disappointed that Federal officials have chosen to spend funds on a Bowling Alley for a project that is already mired in red  Duchesne City manager Alan Grindstaff has said the Bowling Alley idea followed a City request to the Bureau in the Early 1980s for Cash. Town officials said that some 200 Bureau employees working on the irrigation project were causing a Drain on the local Economy because the town had to provide municipal services such As police Protection and animal control from the $350,000 municipal budget. The Federal workers and their families made up 30 percent to 40 percent of Duchesne s population and lived in a Federal trailer Camp exempt from local property taxes. De Fowler acting regional director for the Bureau of reclamation said the Agency sympathized with Duchesne but legally could not make direct Cash payments to the town in lieu of taxes. A series of meetings and a Survey of Duchesne residents led to the Bowling Alley agreement with the town putting up $75,000, Fowler said. Scheduled to open oct. 1, the facility will be owned and operated by the town. Rep. Howard Nicolson a Utah said he appeared before a House appropriations subcommittee in 1983 to seek help for Duchesne. A subsequent committee report said the Bureau could use available funds to construct a Bowling Alley. A memo by Miller s staff noted the bowl ing Alley was not specifically authorized by an appropriations Bill saying this is an outrage even by Bureau of reclamation standards. It goes far beyond the authority Given by  Nicolson said he had been under the impression that the Bureau had the Money available in its budget and was not Happy to learn of the Bureau s proposal that people throughout Utah who eventually get cup water pay Back $281.250 of the $375,000 through water charges "1 would not have supported it had i known the Money was going to have to be repaid he said. It s Good for our area said mayor to inc Adley whose town Treasury could suf or if the Bowling Alley loses Money. I m hoping it Breaks even said City manager Grindstaff