European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 20, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday february 20. 1986 the stars and stripes Page 3 Grenac ans prepare to we come Reagan St. Georges Grenada up i of sirs of a Smil ing president Reagan lined the so reels of the capital tues Day As Grenada prepared to Welcome the american Leader on a visit to commemorate the 1983 . Invasion Reagan will Start his first visit to the tiny Caribbean Island by flying into port Salines Airport thursday which the United states spent $20 million to help finish last year. At the time of the invasion the Cugan administration charged that the Airport was built in the Early 1980s b cubans to help spread communism in the Eastern Caribbean. The grenadian government of prime minister Maurice Bishop a close ally of cuban president Fidel Castro con tended that the facility was constructed to boost tourism. In october 1983, after a Radical faction assassinated Bishop several of his ministers and scores of his followers. Reagan sent in some 7,000 soldiers to overthrow the government. The invasion Cost the lives of 19 . Soldiers and 70 other people and ushered in a pro american government. Many people in Grenada say they welcomed the move. A National Holiday was declared for Reagan s visit. Pos ters of the president were Hung Long Many streets in St. Georges an old town of pastel Green Pink and Blue build Ings that line the quiet Sailboat filled Harbor and climb into the Hills surrounding the volcanic Island. Come Welcome president Reagan to Grenada the posters say inviting or canadians to a rally Reagan will attend in Queen s Park to conclude his five hour visit. It was difficult to find anyone who opposed the trip from prime minister Herbert Blazic to fish Sellers along the Harbor in the country that still suffers from serious economic problems including an unemployment Rale that runs Between 25 percent and 33 percent. Or canadians just like to say thanks Blaie told a news conference tuesday. Our no. 1 Friend is now the United  los syn Joan 51, dressed in a tattered dress enthusiastically talked of Reagan s visit As she Cut slices from a 10 foot Long tuna she was Selling at the pier. We Welcome him Here she said. At Queen s Park intense preparations were under Way to Spruce up the facility for Reagan s visit. Shop owner Ethel Phillip stands in the midst of some of the to shirts she is Selling to promote president Reagan s Tisil. Stallone proves he can take a Yolk hairy hug Cambridge mass. A actor p to Ducor Sylvester Stallone endured protes ters a drink of raw eggs and the embrace of two hefty men in women s clothing tuesday night before receiving the 1986 Man of the year award from the Hasty pudding Thea Ter. Stallone Star of the movies Rocky and rambo first blood part ii gulped Down the eggs As he was toasted by members of the theater s company then raised a clenched fist As the audience cheered. However after being hugged by a couple of cast members in the theater s production Between the sheiks Stallone told the gathering ill take the eggs any  before the awards ceremony about 100 asian americans and Vietnam War Veter ans picketed in front of the theater protest ing Stallone s depiction of asians and of War in his movies. The rambo character was a Vietnam Veteran who returns to Southeast Asia seeking american prisoners of War. Police said there were no arrests but during a press conference later three Young men were escorted out after they waved a Syl Tesler Stallone is sandwiched Between two hirsute Hartard men. Homemade Flag with a Swastika and shouted that Stallone deserved the nazi of the year  they too were not arrested. Before he received the traditional pud Ding pot Stallone was outfitted with a bras Siere made of army camouflage material with fake Golden grenades As tassels. An other gag gift included four make believe books marked Gandhi i ii Iii and in a spoof contrasting the pacifist Indian Leader and Stallone s Rocky series. Before joining his new wife actress Brig Itic Nielsen 22, in the audience to watch Between the sheiks Stallone said now that i be been thoroughly humiliated words Don t come easy to me. The eggs you know. I really appreciate being part of your dream your sense of humor and your Over All theatricality he said. Hasty pudding which began in i79s, is the oldest theatrical group in the country. We Are protesting the award and by implication Stallone s work said former Marine pfc. Paul Alwood one of the pro testers. We think that rough Tough rambo would have puked his guts out if he had to face what we  former sen. James Eastland Dies at 81 Greenwood miss. A for Mer sen. James of Eastland who served As chairman of the Senate judiciary com Mittee for a record 22 years died wednesday. He was 81. The Mississippi Democrat died just after 4 . At Greenwood Leflore county Hospital of multiple medical problems complicated at the end by pneumonia said Hospital spokeswoman Liz Hare. The senator s wife and children were at his Side at his death Hare said. Eastland held a unique place in Mississippi politics after ruling As the state s top Power broker for three decades and the nation s ranking senator under three presidents. The Cigar smoking Eastland was known by his Senate colleagues As the chair Man during his 22 years As head of the influential judiciary committee. To much of the country he became a Symbol of Southern resistance to desegregation in the 1960s because of his opposition to civil rights legislation but his state reputation thrived on it. At Home they called him big Jim and he wielded a major influence some times shaping the course of politics through frequent behind the scenes endorsement of gubernatorial candidates. Observers say he played key roles in the elections of goes. Ross Barnett i960 64paul Johnson or. 1964-68 and Bill Waller 1972-76. Eastland retired in 1978 after 36 continuous years in the Senate. As chairman of the judiciary commit tee Eastland was widely criticized for his segregationist views. Most of the 1960s landmark civil rights measures got through the Senate by parliamentary a Nevers bypassing his committee which had been a graveyard for such legislation. Eastland regarded the Battle Over How to treat the nation s world War ii ene Mies As his most exciting fight. His efforts helped turn the tide for the Marshall plan to rebuild Europe. A lot of southerners were not for it. But we had to have somebody in Europe to buy our goods to keep our factories run Ning he said