European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 9, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 6 the stars and stripes monday december 9, 1985 singers perform in telethon to Aid . Flood victims Ston. . A West Virginia s i Wiki Relief Tel Clun was broadcast on i or to is ution in inc state saturday in an attempt to raise is million with the help of a live performance by John Denver of an unofficial lie Anthem. A Bank if 40 telephone1-, sonic answered by Sens Rob Enil re and Lay Rockefeller both West Virginia democrats staved Busy As $726,005 in pledges came in. Very in Jar River in the Eastern half of the state Fixx cd nov. 4-5, killing at least 39 people and officials estimated damage at More than my million More thank a a families Here left homeless in in Ijuro nods and bridge1-" were washed away. Denver who took the stage in the show s final half hour began his acoustic set with Geeky Mountain High and Good to be Hack Home he then teamed with Dill Danoff and Taffy Nivert. Co authors of take me Home country roads for a hymn like version of the 1970s hit then brought on the res of the night s entertainers for a rousing version to close the show. We have a feeling from a song we wrote a Lime ago that West Virginia is family Denver said referring to country throughout his performance Many in inc packed cultural Center stood tapped their toes and shed a tear. A standing ovation followed each song Denver originally had struck an emotional chord in the Mountain stale when take me Home country roads was first released. The song s line almost heaven West Virginia became a slate slogan about win Ltd Hills and sheltering valleys. The telethon first went on the air with videotape of flooded residents watching the Waters Roll past their Homes. In the final sequence a flood victim looked into the camera and said we re proud. We hate to ask but we have the West Virginia University percussion ensemble opened the entertainment followed by blues Singer Richie havens performing Here comes the guiding Light actress Kim Immer then Sang on my Denver was the last major performer to confirm an appearance on the saturday fund raising show agreeing to Fly to Charleston after a Washington concert to help the flood Relief Effort. Other stars who agreed to perform were Folk Singer Tom Chapin Larry Groce of West Virginia Public radio s Mountain stage program country artist and Cross lanes native Kathy Matt a Poco and actors Chris Sarandon for Merly of Duckley and David Selby formerly of Morgantown. We be got on such a Short notice a great lineup of artists there is a wide Range of Talent that will draw a wide Range audience said show promoter Andy Ridenour of West Lia Public radio. With 4 to and about 50 radio stations we expect to reach a potential audience of 1 million people Ridenour said. Before noon More than $800 had been raised from people who wanted to got their pledges in Early Ridenour said. Our first Call came from Prosperity . I took the Call. It was from a family that was not going to be Able to watch the telethon Ridenour said. Sonic of the 300 Crew members got additional Calls from Florida Virginia and other parts of West Virginia and called in Pic National guard to staff the phones until All operators could arrive. Ridenour said. The National guard had volunteers at the cultural Center to help with the show. It was t Denver s first appearance in the stale. Coun try roads is 10 popular Here that he was brought in for a free concert on inc Capitol Steps shortly after it climbed the charts and in 1980 he was brought in to sing it for the dedication of West Virginia University s new stadium in Morgantown. During a break in the entertainment co Host Jim Reader read a list of physical damage caused by the flooding. There were 429 highways damaged or destroyed 103 Bridges washed out and 800 businesses destroyed he said. Dut those Are just numbers. We Are talking about people. People thai need an awful lot of John Virginia is family mayor thinks City employees should be tested for drug use West i rank Ort Iii. Up Moony eyed employees mho come to work late and go Home Early have prompted mayor Onille Nolan to propose drug and alcohol testing Tor All City employees including City councilman. If they re nol guilty they should be willing to Lake the tests the mayor of the Southern Illinois town said Friday. Bui if they d rather have i hair dope than Shtir Job then that s their decision Nolan said he would propose an ordinance monday to allow the City to periodically require employees to submit blood and urine samples. His proposal has raised some eyebrows As Well As questions about inc constitutionality or such an ordinance. Nolen acknowledged thai he knew of no reported cases of drug or alcohol abuse among the 75 employees in West Frankfort a City of 9,500, about 100 Miles Southeast of St. Louis. But Nolan said he wan is the ordinance simply As a preventive measure. Nolen also said he had observed be Havior that he thinks May indicate drug or alcohol use. Some of them Are Moony eyed and you can look at them and Tell they re on something Nolen said. They come to work late and go Home Early. They take sick Days i Don l know if they re calling in sick because icy re on dope or if they re going Union officials representing West Frankfort employees said they would rather Reserve judgment on the measure until it is proposed to the City Council. We Don t want to cry Wolf unless there really is a Wolf. To cry about said Warren Stark business manager of labourers local 529. The Union represents employed Niec police Dupar Mcm. I -j?.u Jay Cutic director of the american civil liberties Union of Illinois said Nolen s proposal sounded dearly unconstitutional and May be in violation of the4th amendment to the.s. Constitution. Earlier this year the Acle testified against a similar proposal a that would have mandated drag an alcohol testing for All c to employees thu a i1 been shelved. Several a d 1p the a legislature mandating testing of polio officers food ice workers and others have also fail cd will Alaska s next project be a traffic Light for bullwinkle Anchorage Alaska a i because too Many ii Kisu get hit by car Alung a seven mile so Rulch of Highway North of Anchorage inc state plans to construct a Moose underpass a lion it widens the Road next summer. A second phase of the Highway widening project Calls for building an overpass for the Minise. Regin Tiivi game supervisor Dan Timm said the purpose of the Crossings is in prevent inc Highway Slaughter of animals when the Road is widened. Timm said the Crossings would also prevent injuries. People arc often Hurt in Moose car collisions and one Man was killed in an Accident with a Moose earlier this year. Cars often suffer at least $1,000 damage when they hit a Moose. The two Moose Crossings will be the world s first Timm said. Both Crossings will be built largely with Federal Highway funds. Proposed Bill would require aids test before marriage Boston a All couples seeking to get married in Massachusetts would have to submit to a blood test to screen for aids exposure under the terms of a Bill filed for consideration in the Sale legislature. State sen. Edward p. Kirby said he filed the measure out of concern Over the alarming increase of aids among heterosexual couples and the Bill would add an examination for aids to the blood tests now required of men and women for venereal disease before marriage. The stale also requires women to be tested for measles. If passed into Law Kirby s proposal would require the examining Doelbor to inform both parties of the aids test outcome. The test would have to be con ducted nol More than 60 Days before the issuance of a marriage certificate. Similar legislation has been introduced in new York Sutic. Kirby said he was not trying to Start a Witch Hunt but hoped to halt the spread of acquired immune deficiency syndrome which is transmitted through inti mate sexual Contact. Contaminated blood products and dirty Needles. San Francisco supervisor charged with Drunken driving san Rafael Calif. A san Francisco supervisor Richard Hongslo was arrested near Sausalito and booked for investigation of Drunken driving. Llo Gisto who has been sheriff of san Francisco police chief of Cleveland and acting head of the new York state prison system spent about four hours in a holding cell before being released on his own recognizance said Marin county sheriffs Deputy Larry Bolstad. A Braih lest indicated that the 48-year-old supers or i blood alcohol ratio was i. Just above the state limit of 0.10, according to police reports. Hongisto s Black Lincoln Continental was weaving and straddling lanes the reports said. Hongisto failed a Roadside sobriety test and was taken to the Mill Valley police department for the breath Lert. He later went to the county jail. Hongisto is scheduled to appear in court dec. 19. 80-year-old . Man Dies putting Flowers on grave of wife Buchanan . A an 80-year-old Man suffered a heart attack and died As he placed Flowers at Hii wife s grave a Coroner said. John Guzi was found by a police officer slumped Over the grave in St. Mary s cemetery said West Chester county Deputy medical examiner or. Darly Jeanty. Jeasty said the cold weather May have been a Factor in Guzi Ideath. Guzi had been dead about two hours before he Whf discovered Jeanty said. Guzi s wife died in 1966. Mcanly said authorities told him the Man was often seen putting Flowers on he grave. 6
