European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 24, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page2 the stars and stripes sunday november 24, 1985 Suff Garf area fakes brain bowl honors by Dan Wollam Stuttgart Bureau Stuttgart the two Skull part arca american High schools dominated the Competition during the i9h5 Dodds Ger Many inter Scolas Lic brain bowl saturday. Stuttgart american High school this year s Host narrowly Defeated last year s Winner and across town rival Patch american High school. In the largest bowl of the Competition s four year existence. 21 of the re Gion s 28 High schools participated according to brain bowl sponsor Jayne Bockman. Three schools cancelled be cause of weather Bockman said. Last year Patch won and Stuttgart came in third behind Wuerzburg american High school. This year Stuttgart fought Back Tough Chal Lenges from the Patch. Mannheim and Bonn schools to win the double elimination Competition. Stuttgart team Captain Steven Hohn expected Patch and Bonn to be Tough but Mannheim s performance was a sur prise. I had t heard anything about them he said. In the last two rounds against Patch. Hohn accounted for 18 of the 19 Correct answers Given by the Stuttgart team. But the National Merit finalist who is rated scholastically in the lop half percent of All High school students in. America was Humble about his achievement. You might think i pulled something out Here but it was really my Lucky Eisenhower Dollar to. Said pulling the Good Luck Charm from his pocket. Bockman not Only sponsored the tournament she sponsored the winning team. We began practising right after labor  she said team member drilled three times a week on lunch hours. Bock Man said she Drew questions from refer ence books and encouraged Quick responses and spontaneity. She refused to practice with questions from the popular game trivial Pursuit. We did not in any Way want questions that were trivial she said. Que Lions for the Competition were submitted by teachers throughout the Dodds Germany Region. Subjects included math science literature sports music grammar current events and Gen eral knowledge. With two rounds remaining in the compaction Patch and Stuttgart were the Only undefeated teams. Stuttgart beat Patch in their first meeting by a score of 90 to 60, with Hohn answering for All nine of Stuttgart s Correct answers. But Patch bounced Back by defeating Mannheim 70 to 50 in a Consolation round. That set up the final bout be tween Stuttgart and Patch. As the 20th and final question was asked Stuttgart led 90 to 80. If Patch answered the final question correctly they would tic their rival but Hohn was too Quick for the kids from i com. What International organization was formed after the Battle of Solferino in 1859?" the Moderator asked. The response Light in front of Hohn lit immediately. The red  he said. Sruti Gart had won. The top six schools in the Competition received plaques for their efforts. Those schools were Stuttgart american High school. Patch american High school Mannheim american High school Bonn american High school Wuerz Burg american High school and wies Baden american High school. Kate subsides cold wave hits Plains Rockies by United pres International tropical storm Kate fizzled off the Atlantic coast sat urday leaving behind 24 deaths and smashed Homes and businesses while residents in the nation s Northern reaches shivered for a third Day in subzero temperatures. Residents along a 200-mile stretch of the Florida pan handle and across Georgia and South Carolina cleaned up from the deadly rampage of Hurricane Kate. Down graded to a tropical storm. Kale continued to spread rain across the Eastern Carolinas. Related photo. Page 3. Bitter cold and blowing Snow continued across the Northern Plains and the Northern and Central Rockies Early saturday. Temperatures in Montana were Well below Zero Early saturday. Havre mont., was Down to 20 below Zero and great Falls to 16 below Zero by late thursday and he Mercury was dropping. Another Winter storm was brewing in the Pacific and it promised heavy Snow Over the Sierra Nevada where trav Elers advisories were posted saturday. Up to 3 fee of Snow was expected in parts of the Sierra Nevada by sunday. Seattle was virtually closed Friday by 8 inches of Snow that forced most businesses and schools in the puget sound area to declare a Holiday and More was in store. A Winter storm watch was issued saturday for most of Washington state where More than 4 inches of new Snow was expected. Travellers advisories were also posted for Snow in Idaho Nevada Oregon and Michigan. Winds of 20 to 35 Mph Over the higher mountains of Colorado could drop wind chill temperatures to 40 de Grees below Zero in the High country of Colorado. A Light plane in route from Joplin mo., to the Denver area went Down in freezing rain near Cheyenne Wells colo., late Friday killing the Pilot. Kate the first november Hurricane to strike the . Mainland in 50 years killed 24 people 10 in Cuba seven in Jamaica and seven in the United states in a relentless 100-Inph March from the Caribbean through the Panhandle Georgia and the Carolinas. Florida gov. Bob Graham appealed Friday for Aid for oys Crmen whose livelihoods were wiped out by Kate and Hurricane Elena an August storm that ravaged fragile Oyster Beds. Kale was the fourth Hurricane 10 Hammer the Gulf coast in a season that already has left j3 billion damage from Florida to Louisiana. Friday night the Center of Kate downgraded to a trop ical storm was just South of Cape Hatteras n.c., moving toward the East Northeast at 25 Mph. I Don t see it regrouping or strengthening nor do i see it coming Back on the . Coast said National Hurri Cane Center forecaster Hal Gerrish. Druse shiites Call new cease fire Beirut Lebanon a druse and shiite moslem militias called another cease fire saturday night after four Days of Savage Street Battles in West Beirut in which nearly 300 people were killed or wounded. The truce the sixth declared since fight ing began wednesday took effect at 8 30 . Both sides ignored an earlier cease fire and continued battling with tanks and mortars throughout the moslem sector of the capital. The fighting died Down after Nightfall As militia commanders with syrian backing tried again to enforce a truce. They announced a tentative agreement that called for the withdrawal of All Mili Tiamen from the streets the immediate re lease of scores of civilians kidnapped by both sides reopening All roads and the for mation of a joint task Force to enforce Security. Earlier police and moslem radio stations reported several apartment buildings and a paper factory were burned As the rival factions clashed in a dozen districts. Cars were seen burning in the streets. They were the worst factional clashes in militia ruled West Beirut in nearly two years. The fighting trapped Terry Waite the archbishop of Canterbury s emissary seek ing to free american hostage in West Beirut s seven Story Commodore hotel. That stalled Wail s Mission. He had planned to Fly to new York thursday to meet with . Officials and Church Lead ers after at least three Clandestine meet Ings with the kidnappers holding the americans. He said saturday i m hoping to leave sunday. But my travel plans right now Are a Little Uncertain because of the situation  Waite said he slept through a lot of the fighting despite the Crescendo of explosions and gunfire in the Street below his top floor suite. I was just very very tired after the last few Days and i needed the sleep. I slept through quite a bit i believe said Waite. As localized gunfights flared at mid morning druse gunmen took up positions around the Bullet chipped hotel on streets layered with a carpet of broken Glass from shattered windows. 50,000 vow to fight Anglo Irish pact Belfast Northern Ireland a More than 50,000 protestants thronged Northern Ireland s capital saturday and pledged to oppose the Anglo Irish Accord giving the Catholic Irish Republic a role in governing the province. In one of the biggest demonstrations Northern Ireland has Ever seen the crowd roared approval As one of their leaders the Rev. Ian Paisley ripped to shreds a letter from British prime minister Margaret Thatcher aimed at calming their fears. The protest rally the first since Thatcher and Irish prime minister Garret Fitzgerald signed the historic Accord nov. Is brought thousands of armed police and soldiers into the streets in anticipation of possible clashes Between protestants and catholics. But other than one isolated incident in which youths threw rocks at police injuring an officer the demonstration was peaceful. Initial police estimates put the turnout at More than 50,000. Organizers said it topped 100,000. The rally under a Banner saying Ulster says no climaxed a week of verbal outcry and occasional violence in Northern ire land following the Anglo Irish agreement. The Accord Grants Ireland a formal consulting role in the governing of Northern Ireland while guaranteeing continued British sovereignty As Long As the majority wishes. The province s i million protes Tants outnumber roman catholics 2-1. Protestants generally deeply distrustful of the 95-percent Catholic Irish Republic Sec the Accord As a step toward unification of the Island and a dilution of their status As britons. The theatrical atmosphere was epitomized by Paisley the militant protestant Leader who brandished a letter from Thatcher to a Northern Ireland politician in which she wrote that the agreement gave Ireland no executive Powers Over the province. Paisley ripped the letter to pieces cheered by the crowd. He and 13 fellow Northern Ireland members of the British parliament then signed a pledge to resign their scats by Jan. I if the House of commons ratifies the agreement after a scheduled debate tuesday and wednesday. News update resignations offered Kansas City to. Up two St. Louis engineers found negligent in the 1981 collapse of the Hyatt Regency hotel sky walks which killed 114 people have offered their new employer their resignations. Jack d. Gillum former president of ice International inc., said he and Daniel Duncan the chief Engi Neer on the Hyatt project offered to resign their posts at Ketcham ",., Kon Austin a Kel Barrett Nichol & Denver engineering firm. Gillum said Michael h. Barrett chairman of the Board has made no nations. Gillum said Barrett Woupio await a Missouri regulatory Board s decision whether it will suspend or revoke the engineers licenses. Saturn welcomed Nashville Tenn. A sat urn,v2t president William hog Lund flanked by gov. Lamar Alex Ander and legislative leaders has announced Spring Hill will definitely a T the 0 i company covetedti.3 billion automotive Plant. The project had been tentative since a Spring Hill farm was chosen As to site 15 weeks ago. I m Here to Tell you that we re coming to  Hoglund said Younng a news conference. Saturn is n the governor officially welcomed Saturn. He also said that once the Plant is in operation the state will reap about $60 million in taxes annually mostly sales taxes