European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 4, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes tuesday March 4, 1986 3-whee/ed to Ter skates May cure traffic headaches inventor says Boston a Joe wheelright believes his three wheeled commuter roller skates Are the Ideal Way to move through automobile clogged cities such As bos ton. "1 Haven t decided what the Market will be but the most intriguing thing is the transportation Angle said wheelright. It seems to me that the automobile has become so incompatible with the Urban  his patented wheel right skate was one of 50 new gizmos and gadgets unveiled at the eighth annual museum of science inventors weekend. Wheelright 38, said he came up with the idea six years ago after watching roller skaters along the Charles River Esplanade in Boston. The Small rollers under the feet of tall skaters seemed incongruous said the Boston inventor. I was thinking there must be a better Way to move on wheeled shoes " five prototypes and $10,000 later wheelright s invention resembles a mini three wheeled tricycle with a Broad wheelbase and Low Center of Gravity. Three Large urethane tires support a fiber reinforced plastic Chassis and adjustable suspension system. Wheelright said that before the skates Are marketed hell probably add a step out binding that would work much like the binding that holds ski boots on skis. That would let commuters pop off the wheels and Chassis once they reach their destination without having to take off the Boot and change shoes. A simpler invention was the Hanlon air conditioner a 3-Inch plastic device containing an internal heat exchanger that warms the air an athlete breathes while training in cold weather by 14 degrees. The aluminium medium inside the Airway stores the heat that is generated from the friction of exhaled air said Raymond j. Hanlon who developed the device. The moisture Content in the air that has been warmed is the  Hanlon a track coach in both the United states and Europe for More than 30 years said he noticed that athletes often suffered severe coughing episodes after training in cold weather. He said his concerns about this upper respiratory irritation were shared by or. O. Schaffer of Canada who had studied trappers suffering from so called Eskimo lung disease a form of lung deterioration caused when trappers breathe extremely cold air while working. After reviewing Schaffer s findings and Experiment a photo Joseph wheelright demonstrates his invention. Ing on his own Hanlon had his invention tested and evaluated at the . Pierce foundation at Yale University s medical school. Among other inventions displayed were solar win Dow shutters a space exploration game a full size tent that can be carried As a Backpack and a platform designed to generate electricity As it is tossed by Ocean Waves. A special feature of this year s exhibits was a fake perpetual motion machine designed by scientist David Jones of Newcastle upon Tyne England who offered a Reward for anyone who could figure out the device s True source of Power. All that was visible was a bicycle wheel rotating at 22 revolutions per minute while surrounded by mag nets and attached to an alternating pair of push rods. Without the Alamo. No Texas Bush tells anniversary observers Lubbock Texas a vice president George Bush helped thousands of fellow texans remember the Alamo on the 150th anniversary of Texas declaration of Independence saying the defenders of the old Mission did t die in vain. Without the Alamo there would have been no Texas Bush told 4,000 people at the shrine in san Antonio on sunday after Riding in a covered Wagon to Lead a Parade. The 188 Texas defenders killed by mexican troops Dur ing the 13-Day siege of the Alamo fought for Freedom and democracy he said. The sesquicentennial is a Salute to those who died build ing the state and those who have made Texas a special place said Bush who spent sunday in san Antonio dal Las and Lubbock. Today we Salute the spirits of the men who drilled the Oil Wells and the cowboys who gave America some of its most enduring legends Bush said. All Over the Globe i be found people to know what it Means to be from Texas Bush said. Today Texas is the world s legend its dream. Texas symbolizes the glory of America s past and the Hope of America s  Bush a Connecticut native who made his Fortune in Oil during 12 years in Midland after world War ii told More than 500 people at the Lubbock memorial civic Center that Many of the heroes in Texas history were not born inthe state. In Texas it never mattered where you were from. It mattered where you stood said Bush who keeps a Home in Houston where he is registered to vote. Lubbock mayor Alan Henry gave Bush a Belt buckle and a framed poster showing a red White and Blue map of the state with a birthday Candle in the Center of the Texas Panhandle. The vice president started his tour in san Antonio where mayor Henry Cisneros called on the crowd at the Alamo to imagine the scene in March 1836, when the defenders led by col. William b. Travis were attacked by an army about 4,000 Strong led by mexican Gen. Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna. Picture what happened on this piece of real estate the thundering Hoo beats the deafening Cannon blasts. They defenders could not know their deaths would Lead to san Jacinto where the texans Defeated Santa Anna Cisneros said. They had no Way to know what Texas would become  gov. Mark White went to Washington on the Brazos where More than 20,000 people jammed into a 150-acre Park marking the site on the Brazos River where 59 men assembled on March 2, 1836, to adopt the Texas Declara Tion of Independence. Here in 1836, the signers of the Texas declaration were of the same moral stature and bold Frame of mind As signers of the american declaration of Independence White said. When they encountered tyranny in a new territory revolution was their natural response. Texas was shaped by heroism and sacrifice of people who refused to be  stateside la. Harbor area evacuated when observation Tower sways los Angeles a a 300-foot-tall Obser vation Tower at los Angeles Harbor began wobbling in the wind and tourists were evacuated from the ports o Call Village shops beneath it for fear it might topple authorities said. The closed Tower was in the process of being dismantled which apparently weakened it slightly said fire depart ment dispatcher Jim Williamson. The Tower which had a cylindrical observation car that spiralled up to the top arises from the ports o Call Park ing lot and overlooks the collection of shops and restau rants alongside the Harbor s main Channel. The Harbor is 25 Miles South of downtown los Angeles. Justices reportedly abusing use of government vehicles Washington a the supreme court has gone beyond congressional authorization in using its Fleet of luxury cars for personal errands including picking up laundry for chief Justice. Warren e. Burger s daughter according to a published report. The Washington Post quoting knowledgeable sources said the court also has used government owned vehicles to take Justice Sandra Day o Connor to a play pick up Justice Harry a. Blackmun at Washington National Airport ferry friends of justices around town and take Justice Byron r. White from Baltimore Washington International Airport to his Home in Northern Virginia. Congress last year authorized the court s car Pool to ferry justices Between their Homes and the court using court police As Drivers. The court s Fleet includes Burger s Cadillac limousine six Lincoln town cars a station Wagon and a Van. 1 Pilot Dies 2nd hospitalized in collision of 2 Light planes Pontiac Mich. A the Pilot of a Light plane involved in a collision with another plane during a Landing approach has died and the other Pilot remained hospitalized authorities said. The aircraft were approaching Oakland Pontiac Airport when one dropped on top of the other sending both planes plunging 200 to 500 feet to the ground within 100 feet of a residential area police and witnesses said. No one on the ground was injured. John Kirchgessner 39, of Davisburg who was at the controls of a single engine Cessna 172 when its Tail was clipped died in Pontiac general Hospital said Waterford township police sgt. Ron West. The other plane was a Cessna 152 flown by Patrick Gorrie 19, of Ortonville West said. Gorrie who told witnesses who helped him from the plane that he was a student Pilot was listed in serious condition at St. Joseph mercy Hospital in Pontiac. Couple sentenced for refusing to reveal farm financial records Belvidere 111. Up a farm couple trying to save their property from foreclosure have been sentenced to six months in jail for refusing to turn Over financial records to creditors. Judge Robert French ordered Dennis and Bonita an Dersen both in their 60s, to jail for contempt of court. They were ordered to account for their finances two weeks ago. The records were sought by metropolitan life insurance co., which holds the mortgage on the couple s two farms and is trying to foreclose on them. Evangelist Robertson accuses democratic chairman of bigotry Nashville Tenn. A television evangelist Pat Robertson has accused the chairman of the demo cratic party of virulent anti Christian bigotry and demanded an apology for comments made in a fund raising letter. Robertson speaking at a three Day meeting of 1,500 Southern gop leaders referred to a letter signed by chairman Paul g. Kirk or. That described the evangelist As a Radical right Leader trying to seize control of the Republican party. In the letter Kirk said Robertson has the most powerful political organization in America. But his greatest threat is not his powerful organization. It is the enormous political muscle of the religious