European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 15, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Thursday May 15. 1966 the stars and stripes Page 3 Mainz Eto Mentar school pupils watch Jason Ciales 10, thro a pet fit Dan Robinson $8.5 Onorat Linda a a. S in u Jujj across America Hummer pupils form Ink Whf hands across America Fly Wendy Dourland stuff writer main Jer Nuny rain kept Mainz Elcome Ninov school pupils Frani linking hands outside wednesday but it did t Dampen the enthusiasm indoors As they threw Pira ill. Their principal to raise Money for hands across America. Organizers Hope 5,5 million people will stand hand in hand front new York to los Angeles May 25 in the hands across America fund Raiser for the hungry and homeless in the United slates. Over the past two week Mainz pupils have raised about $1,500 for inc National Campaign through a cake walk ruffle two run a thongs and by Selling pretzels pop Corn cookies and ice Cream one fifth Grade class pledged its lunch Money for iwo Days trading hot cafeteria meals for raw vegetables in their classroom wednesday. Chi Wren were running about some waving paint smeared hands in the air. They lined up ill table to put hand prints on six Yard sections of Muslin. When finished the sections will be sewn into a Banner Aad mailed to the Charity s Headquarters in los angles said Ivan Mehosky chief of the Mainz recreation division and the project s coordinator for Mainz. Shrieking and shouting filled the schoo cafeteria no noon As principal Dan Robinson was the target for a donation of n Pic throwing contest. Each Lime n pie pan filled with shaving Cream connected with his face there was Good natured cheering and Yelling. across America activities hold a special attraction for the Mainz children said Jammy Roy who administers tests for gifted and exceptional students. They Haven t been Able to Lake Field trips due to the terrorism scare she said and morale was Low. Then this came along.". Schosky Sigild Mainz involvement with hands across America began with a suggestion from Ruth Winlker an employee at the main. Cafes shopping arc ii. Inspired by the american fund Raiser. Walker s original plan was to link the Mainz comm Aily by hand holding but Security considerations prevented that. Mainz organizers then decided to create a Banner with Han prints to symbolize the holding of hands. Wiesbaden High school will hold a fund Raiser Friday. Vitock High school has planned a hands across America support event for May 23. The students will surround the school in a human Chain and unused lunch Money will be collected and donated to the Campaign. Poland retaliating for . Rules on distribution of powdered milk Warsaw Poland a piqued by conditions imposed by the . Senate on distribution of pow dered Milic to poles affected by the soviet nuclear Acci Dent Poland says it is giving 5,000 sleeping bags and blankets Lone Yurk City so homeless. And the communist government in us retaliatory move stipulated tuesday that Given the antipathy of president Ronald Reagan s administration toward helping the poor the blankets and sleeping bags arc to be distributed by a non governmental Charity. In new York. Mayor Edward 1. Koch called the polish offer foolish and said the City s homeless Are provided with shelter food and medical service. Koch suggested that the steeping bags be donated in Stead to the boy scouts and girl scouts. The Senate passed a Resolution May 6 calling for the powdered milk to be shipped to help Poland replace milk tainted by radiation from the april 26 nuclear Accident at chernobyl in he soviet Ukraine. In passing the Resolution the . Lawmakers stipulated that the Aid be routed through Church and other charitable groups to assure that it was distributed without regard to political considerations. Jerzy Urban a spokesman for the polish government said the Aid could have been a gesture of Friendship but unfortunately. It was contaminated with unfriendly he accused the Senate of questioning the Good intention and honesty of polish authorities and said the Resolution treated Poland As a whipping Bay saying that poles were shocked to read about the Many thousands of homeless people who sleep in the streets of new York City Urban said the polish Side out of humanitarian motives has decided to give the homeless of new York City 5,000 blankets and sleeping a sponsor of inc Senate Resolution. Sen Paul Simon d iii., said thai the lawmakers had meant to help the polish people rather than Ern Burress their government. David Carle Simon s press spokesman said that when Simon first suggested to the polish embassy that Emer gency milk supplies could be sent to the government for distribution embassy officials seemed to be enthusiastic about he idea. Bui Carle said hut just before the Senate Rote Trie polish government s position nip flopped. He said Simon was contacted by in embassy official who suggested thai the Resolution was an Effort to Embarrass the communist government. Carle said the wording of the Resolution then was changed to keep the government out of the distribution network in he Hope that would eliminate opposition from polish authorities to the donation. Urban said the polish government did not request any Aid from the West after the nuclear Accident that sent a Cloud of radiation Over much of Europe tainting some milk and other fresh foods. Palish Farmers have been prohibited from allowing their Dairy cows to Graze outdoors because of the radioactive fallout. Urban said that Poland has arranged to buy pow dered milk from Western Europe because of a Tempo Rary shortage caused by increased demand and that the government appreciates the shipments of powdered milk sent by private agencies in the United states and Western Europe. The roman Catholic Church in Poland on monday began distributing so tons of powdered milk airlifted to Warsaw by americ arcs a private . Relief Agency As Well As 56 tons donated by West German Catholic groups. Skeleton Crew protest demons non pour milk onto the Street in Athens Greece protesting nuclear Energy and the scanty information the soviet Union prodded after the chernobyl reactor Accident. About 10,000 nun dressed in Skeleton costumes look pan in the tuesday prot it
