European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 03, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 12 the stars and stripes sunday november 3, 1985 Cesir places it was a Beautiful Day in his neighbourhood from press dispatches mister Rogers neighbourhood wonder works and Faerie talc theater were among the ton to children s programs chosen by the american Chil Dren s television festival in Chicago. The Alpha awards for excellence in children s programming were announced after judges spent three Days screening the programs. The festival was founded by a Tow to in Chicago and the Central educational network. Peggy Charren said the festival was designed to celebrate the positive aspects of children s television programming.  a series of one hour dramas that Deal with various children s problems is produced in Pittsburgh mister Rogers neighbourhood features Fred Rogers As a soft spoken Man who welcomes children into his neighbourhood. The show is a Xiu cd by family communications inc. Of Pittsburgh. Fae Rie tale theater which uses celebrities As stars of Well known fairy tales is produced by Showtime the movie Channel inc. In los Angeles awards also were presented to the children s Tele vision workshop for its production of sesame Street and to Abc for its continuing series of after school  the festival cited ingenuity courage and Quality in the programs. Just pretty Good will do an 1897 Law requiring matrons in Michigan jails and police stations to be at least 25 years old and of Good standing has been repealed. Cot. Junes Blanchard has signed legislation repeal ing the archaic statute which also requires matrons to be recommended by 20 other women of Good  the repeal s sponsor state rep. Philip Hoffman said that he did t know what of Good standing meant but that the Law needed to be repealed because male wardens weren t subject to similar requirements. Tanks what tanks ten soviet tanks rolled into northeastern England but few people in Middlesbrough seemed to notice. A British arms dealer had imported them for Sale to museums. Until a month ago the 30-ton t-34 tanks of world War ii Vintage were used As training vehicles for the polish Reserve army and Are still in working order. Arms dealer Ian Mcgregor said he d had no trouble negotiating the Purchase with the soviet Union. He would not say what he paid for the tanks but Independent television news reported he has sold hem for almost $42,000 each. The t-34 was the Standard soviet Battle tank throughout world War ii and in the opinion of most experts probably the Best tank design of the a said British military historian John Keegan in his encyclopedia of world War  a guide though  Maze from the declaration of Independence to the code of Federal regulations the massive and Complex Federal government find itself detailed in a new Guidebook for peddling in the rain an inv Filer in plot hit Rumbf shoot by tit at la  hive non fair which began Friday in . Among a Hott of unusual Gow gait and Gamt Rattet shh on at Toast in t All wit. Americans. From Abms to Yva the acronyms encapsulating the agencies that regulate the nation Are listed and explained in the 933-Page United states government manual. And from Abaca production to the works Progress administration even those hundreds of Federal functions that have been dropped or transferred Over the years arc detailed. The 1985-86 edition of the government manual compiled by the National archives and sold by the government printing office for $15, gives americans a Chance to learn which Agency does what and who s in charge of those bureaus commissions administrations panels committees and sundry other arms of govern ment. Between the Abms american Battle monuments commission and the Yva Young volunteers in action the volume lists 405 acronyms in government use helping the confused find out what things such As Ostop  and jtc3a mean. For the record they Are the office of science and technology policy scientific event Alert network and joint tactical command control and comma n club  the 1985-86 edition of the United slates government manual May be obtained by or time superintendent of documents l a. Govern ment printing office Washington d.c., 20402. The Way we were silting two 10 a desk. 20 Jackson miss., pupils pored Over their my Gutter s Eclectic primers. Girls in Long dresses and bonnets and boys in Over alls battled the temptation to squirm in their desk it the world outside an open window beckoned. The Buzz of traffic speeding up and Down a nearby Highway was about the Only indicator that it Wai 191 and not 60 years ago when children Learned in the cramped quarters of a Small school Ouw in trial my  schoolhouse is the latest addition to a museum town of turn of the a Colury Mississippi said Mir get full Gerald teacher at the school. In the next couple of weeks 250 pupils from around the state Are expected to attend a Day of school in the Frame building. The readers colors and worksheets for the visiting second graders were provided by the museum. The school is designed for re enactments of a Typ ical Day. Each Day will begin with visiting students going through nature trails around the school and entering the building. The Day will end with lunch and games that children played decades ago the Laid. To learn How the old schoolhouses operated Fitzgerald interviewed about 15 people who either studied or taught at one. True love fasts a Long time it took 65 years for child sweethearts it Arlof a. Chastain and Mary Blaine Elliot to reach the altar. The two were joined in marriage last week to Akron Ohio after 62 years apart. It really is a fairy tale for me Chastain said on the eve of the wedding. I plan to take care of her and make sure we have a Good and Happy life  chaplain of Cuya hoga Falls Ohio and his Bride of Pard Law calif., both 80, rekindled their Romance when she stepped off a plane at Akron Canton air port. I was lonely out there especially on saturday so 1 decided to come Here Elliott said. They were 15 years old when they began courting in Blair Arlyle ca., where both grew up. A Baulo moved to Akron in 1923 to find work and Blaine stayed behind to finish school. She said the let twi stopped coming As  another Man had already proposed to her when Chastain mailed her an engagement ring in 1924, but she admits wearing the ring for a week before mailing it Back. She began writing to Chastain shortly after he wife died in april. Elliott s husband died in 1982. The couple hugged and kissed As they looked at the new Diamond ring he bought her. "1 had to get her this time before she got away Chastain said. Efergan s Day Sale total savings of 25% off or More on select military titles hurry while supplies last shopping Center bookstores