European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 18, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday february 18, 1986 the stars and stripes Page 7 Lincoln Washington have 2,700 namesakes by Randolph e. Schmid washingt9n a when it comes to Nam my things americans always have kept George Washington and Abraham Lincoln in mind with govern ment records showing that More than 2,700 towns lakes counties schools and other places Bear the names of the two presidents honoured monday on presi Dent s Day. Nationwide there Are no fewer than 1,346  graphical features named Washington with 1,361 places called Lincoln. Washington of course has an entire state named after him As Well As the nation s capital while Lin Coln s most prominent namesake is probably the Capi Tal of Nebraska. A massive compendium of place names maintained by the . Geological Survey reveals that Illinois the land of Lincoln has the most potential for celebrations of the birthdays of Washington and Lin Coln some 128 spots in Illinois Are named Lincoln. Illinois also has 94 Washington to give it 222 spots named for those two presidents. Close behind with 209 such locations is California which boasts 106 lincolns and 103 Washington. While not All presidents could be surveyed in a Brief Check of the uses s geographic names information system Lincoln and Washington were As expected most common among those checked. Thomas Jefferson placed a Distant third with 710 listings led by 56 in California and 44 in Illinois two states that apparently greatly appreciate past presi dents. Virginia the Home stale of Washington and Jeffer son has 41 places named for Washington and 27 for Jefferson the third president. Two other presidents from Virginia James mad Ison and James Monroe also figure prominently in place names in the United states. The Survey found 404 Madison and 335 Monroe. Ohio lopped the Madison list with 38, and has 27 Monroe to place second in this category behind Cali fornia which has 28 Monroe. Virginia has 23 mad Isons and 16 Monroe. There Are some 511 places across the nation named Roosevelt some for Theodore and some for Franklin  Roosevelt Island in Alaska is named for Franklin d., for example but Roosevelt Lagoon in the Naha River in the same state is named for Theodore. A National breakdown of which places were named for which Roosevelt was not available. California has the most Roosevelt a 52, followed by 34 each in new Jersey and the Home state of both men. New York. Officials at the uses s National cartographic in formation Center pointed out that in most cases their records do not show definitively for whom a place was named Only its name. For example a Check of Texas disclosed that Many places named Washington were named for Booker t. Washington and the same is Likely True of other states. In addition Many features could be named for some person prominent in local or state affairs who merely happened to have the same name As a president. For example there Are 42 places across the nation named Reagan 16 in Texas alone most named before president Reagan took office. Spots named Nixon total 84 nationally topped by 13 in Texas. The . Board of geographic names a part of the geological Survey rules on proposed new names and generally declines to name places after people who Are still alive indicating that the Reagan  Nixon place names stemmed from other people. The geographic names information system includes More than 2 million place names in the 50 states the District of Columbia and . Territories. Animal hers new York Union Boss Van Arsdale Dies in bloody Coats protest fur Sale Boston up demonstrators in fur Coats splattered with simulated blood and adorned Vith animal traps protested a $5 million Benefit fur coat Sale at a Saks fifth Avenue store. These traps Are a very Barbaric Way to trap 15 to 20 million fur bearing animals a year in this country alone Evelyn Kimber said sunday. She represented the Boston animal rights group Califon to end Ani Mal suffering and exploitation or cease. Some 25 Nickels marched in front of the exclusive downtown department store where men s and women s coals by Revil Lon an exclusive Paris based furrier have been marked Down by at least half of their regular prices with some of the proceeds to go to children s Hospital medical Center. We want to say thai raising Money for children should be done through humane Means and not through contributions to the brutal fur Industry said  an attempt by two private guards to dissuade them six protesters including Kimber All wearing fur Coats hats or stoics smeared with simulated blood entered the store and stayed Aboul an hour. New York a Harry Van Arsdale the Lough talking president of inc new York Central labor Council and one of the last of the City s powerful old time Union leaders has died at the age of 80. Union spokesman Harry Avrutin re fused t o say what time or where Van Arsdale died sunday. The Union Leader was known to have been suffering from a Long illness. Head of the Council of 500 Al Cio unions representing about 900,000 work ers since 1957, Van Arsdale was consid ered one of the most powerful men in the City for Many years. His passing Marks the end of an Era said Sandra Feldman president of the United federation of teachers in a statement issued at an Al Cio Conven Tion in bal Harbour Fla. Van Arsdale who in 1981 organized the City s first labor Day Parade in 13 years was a True Pioneer in the labor movement said Albert Shanker presi Dent of the american federation of teachers in a statement also issued in  have Harry to thank for organizing teachers taxi Drivers and Hospital workers to name a few said Shanker. Harry Vin Arsdale genetic a originally suspected Mother charged after 9th child Dies Schenectady . A authorities say they began to suspect wrong doing five years ago in the successive deaths of eight children but  not until a ninth child died in december that they charged the children s Mother. After forensic experts conducted Exten Sive tests on the infant s body. 43-year-old Mary Beth tinning was charged with Mur Dering her. Authorities say Slie smothered the baby with a Pillow. Initially the deaths of the tinning Chil Dren which began in 1972, were considered to be from natural causes. Doctors began looking for a genetic Haw. Authorities became suspicious however when a youngster the tinning were in the process of adopting also died. Most physicians and  to think in terms of natural death Saidi or. Robert Oram the chief Patho Gist Al Al s Hospital where three of the tinning Chil Dren were pronounced dead. Oram said doctors were racking our mind of Tor number of years Loiry to find out the answer in this  after the last death Oram working with a new stale police team of experts found evidence of possible smothering that had not been looked for in the autopsies of the earlier deals. Exhuming the other bodies May provide the answers that eluded Doc Ion for 14 years he said. The first child to die was 7-Day-old Jen Nifer Lewis tinning who died in a Hospital on Jan. 3, 1972. Death was attributed to respiratory failure. Two More tinning children died within two months of Jennifer. Doctors looked for natural causes never suspecting a member of the family because there was no evidence of abuse Oram said. Four More children died. The search was still for hereditary defects though and deals were attributed to natural causes. There was something about this family which we were not picking up. The Mother was totally cooperative and she never said  to an autopsy Oram said. When the eighth child 2-year-old Michael died March 2, 1981, the cause of death was listed As viral pneumonia. Michael was being adopted and thus could not have inherited any fatal physical defect from the innings. I carefully examined the face and neck and took sections to see if there was any possible Way thai this child could be Smoth ered Oram said. Bui he said he found no evidence. Then on dec. 20, 1985, 3 i Moth Oid Tami Lynne tinning died. When Tami Lynne s body was brought in for an autopsy doctors tried everything you can think of everything in the Book to find the cause of death Oram said. We came out with a total  then with the help of a team of stale police forensic experts that had been formed just a year ago Oram uncovered a clue. He would not reveal what it is. On feb. 4, Mary Beth tinning was arrested on a murder charge. She was indicted last week and is being held without bail. To Harry s credit he helped bring about the first collective bargaining agreements for teachers anywhere in the . Here in new York. He knew the pulse of this City. In every crisis Harry s involvement was  Van Arsdale was born in the rough hell s Kitchen Section of Manhattan. His father was an electrician and Van Arsdale followed his father s career path. Among his Early Union cohorts was George Meany then a Bronx plumber and later National president of the Al Cio. Van Arsdale remembered Meany As just another fellow in the  in 1933, Van Arsdale was convicted of assaulting two dissident Union members in a fight at the Headquarters of local 3 of the International brotherhood of electrical workers. The conviction was re versed on Appeal. He lived in a housing project in the elec Chester Section of Queens built by local 3 of inc electrical workers. His son Thomas is now business manager of that local and was named acting president of the labor Council when his father took a two month leave of absence last year. Van Arsdale married twice and had four children. Funeral services will be held thursday at St. Patrick s Cathedral. Mysterious faze causes a stink in West Virginia Nitro . A a smelly Blue Haze drifted through the Kanawha Valley but none of the area s chemical plants accepted responsibility for it and authorities could not say what it was. There is something coming from Nitro but nobody will admit to anything Carl Beard said sunday. He is director of the air pollution control commission. They say there s a problem but they won t admit to it. That stuff is stinking said Warren Ferguson a resident of nearby Institute. It s one of the worst i be Ever  Monsanto co. Responded to the Haze by halting the burning of a chemical residue used to incinerate other material because it sometimes will Emit a Blue color when it hits the air said a spokeswoman. But she said company officials do not believe the process created the Haze. Union Carbide corp. Officials at the com Pany s Institute Plant said the Haze came from the direction of Nitro St. Albans plants that include Fike chemical inc., Allied chemical co., fac corp. And Monsanto