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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 25, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes wednesday december 25, 1985 Anne Frank might have become writer new York a if Anne Frank had survived the bar gun bal san concentration Camp in Germany she met probably would have grown up to be a journalist or writer but i bet she would be a social worker,too." a Cousin says. Buddy , a 60-year-old German actor. Recalls his Cousin As a Friendly Happy girl. As far As i was concerned there Wax nothing special about Anne none of the Genius we associate with her  in an article in the january Issue of Mccall s Magazine others who knew the famous diarist also  what Frank would be doing today if she had survived Bergen Belsen. She would be 56 years old. "1 think she would be a feminist but not to the extreme said he Fricda Markovits Frank who knew Anne Frank and married her father. Otto after the War. She definitely wanted children but she vowed she d never be Only a Mother and a wife. She would probably be a writer  Marion la an a 51-year-old medical assistant in new York recalls Anne Frank As a fellow inmate at the concentration Camp. She told jokes and made up funny stories to keep Margot Anne Frank s sister and the others entertained and to help them forget some of their troubles Laran said she could always manage a smile even in the worst  a collection of 800 photographs and documents re lating to Anne Frank will travel to 30 cities in the next three years. Anne Frank $5 million donated for Harvard school on Media politics Cambridge mass. A Harvard University using $5 million Given in memory of a former lbs eve Ning news producer will establish a Center where politicians and journalists can figure out the Impact they Hare on each other. The University announced it received the j5 million a t gift o establish a Center for the study of the news Media politics and Public policy. San Francisco real estate agent Walter h. Shorenstein and his wife Phyllis made the donation in memory of their daughter Joan Shornstein Barone who died in March and for whom the school will be named. Barone worked for the Washington Post and face the nation and was a producer for the lbs evening news when she died. The Center s Mission is the better understanding of the interrelationships of journalists and Public officials and of the Impact of the communications Media and government on each other s performance said Graham Allison Dean of the John f. Kennedy school of government. The Center will offer courses for reporters editors and news executives about government processes and policy issues and provide a place for research on the relationship Between the press and the government officials said. The Center which will officially open As part of the Kennedy school in 1986, will pursue four Basic purposes More understanding by government officials about the role and value of the Media better coverage of government and politics increased ability to anticipate consequences of Public policies that affect the Media and the first Amend ment and More knowledge of How the press affects the political process and government institutions. Bomb seeks cutback in Federal publications . Budget office wants to bar duplication of commercial literature Washington a an Lusle Rily minded while House budget office is moving to impose new restrictions on the distribution of government publications and other information stepping up a War on paper work it Fuis been waging for five years. Although the move was not characterized specifically As a budget cutting step it could result in the elimination of a vast array of government pamphlets booklets and re ports officials said. The new Rule written by the office of management and budget was expected to be published in the next few Days. It generally would bar Federal agencies from publishing information if a commercial Enterprise is distributing or willing to distribute the same material. The . Government is the largest single source of publications in the United states. Despite recent cutbacks in the number of publications in still publishes a wide Range of books and pamphlets from regional cookbooks to satellite maps to consumer buying tips and advice on Home construction. How Many of these publications might be affected by the new directive was not immediately Clear. In comes at a time when the budget office is scrutinizing the Federal budget in Hopes of coming up with s50 billion in spending cuts needed to meet targets of the Gramm Rudman budget balancing legislation. The final version of the new guidelines was circulated among Federal agencies thursday. A copy was obtained bythe associated press. Agency Heads were told under the directive to disseminate Only information that is specifically required by Law or is necessary for the proper performance of Agency functions provided that the latter do not duplicate similar products or services that arc or would otherwise be provided by other government or private sector  the action was taken by bomb under the paperwork reduction act of 1980 and requires no further congressional approval. Bomb spokesman Edwin Dale confirmed the new directive and said in represented just another step in the screening out of unnecessary publications that has been going on since Day one of the Reagan  but Shannon Ferguson a spokesman for bomb watch a private watchdog Agency that monitors the budget of fice said the new directive represents a major tightening of Federal rules on publications. Poisons blamed for thousands of deaths our Reading is that if it s not in the statutes you better find a private business to distribute it Ferguson said. In the Long run it s Likely to make Access to govern ment information More expensive and less  the new directive also codifies a number of current practices including the requirement that agencies prove that the benefits of producing a certain document out weigh the costs. The order management of Federal information re sources not Only covers government documents but Abo sets standards on How agencies collect and use All forms of data. Agencies shall create or collect Only that information necessary for the proper performance of Agency functions and that has practical Utility the directive states. The department of agriculture May publish More Book scr Lac sacral a by c than any other Agency. John Mcclung a department spokesman said he did not know How Many of these publications might have to be ended. But he noted a number of them including acc Klu warning Consumers about food hazards and the depart ment s annual Glossy paged yearbook Are specifically required by Law. 3rd world encourages pesticide overuse panel finds Washington up heavy government subsidies have encouraged Farmers in developing nations to use chemical pesticides that Are blamed for the deaths of 10,000 people each year a private research group said. The world resources Institute said a study of nine developing nations showed their pesticide subsidies Range As High As 89 percent of the full Cost of the chemicals. These subsidies encourage Farmers to use More chemicals than they would if they had to pay the full costs said the report paying the Price pesticide subsidies in developing countries by Institute economist Robert Rupetto. The pesticides have caused accidental poisoning the report said estimating that 10,000 people die of pesticide poisoning each year in developing nations. The substances also Are blamed for contaminating food and water supplies and destroying commercial fisheries bees and some species of Birds the report said. Individual Farmers Are most unlikely to consider these broader consequences or weigh adequately the costs to others when they decide to apply pesticides to their own Fields the report said. Neither can the manufacturers and distributors be counted on to attend to risks that Don t affect their returns or the direct welfare of their work ers and  government regulation is needed the document concluded. Bui in Many devel Oping nations it said regulation is usually ineffective. The document criticized the world Bank the i. Agency for International development and other International assistance groups singling out Aid for loosening Regula Lions on free pesticide supplies and complaining thai the world Bank has never investigated the consequences of the subsidies. If Aid supplies pesticides free for distribution through commercial channels to countries Hal maintain heavy subsidies then Aid will undermine rather than con tribute to sound pest management the report said. According to rape to s Survey China spends More than any of the other eight countries on pesticide subsidies $285 million a year or 19 percent of the retail Cost of the chemicals. Senegal pays the highest percentage subsidy of 89 percent or54 million the report said. Of the nine nations Only Pakistan has Discon Linurd subsidies the report said not t8 "w1ilndra l of the subsidy has mad Etc pakistani Farmers More judicious in the Choice and use of pesticides. Only effective and less expensive chemicals Are find ing favor with  rep to recommended a reduction in pesticide subsidies As a Means of reducing eco nomic losses environmental damage and i nerd world government expenses  
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