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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 15, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                D military assignment program helps married couples Page 9 d bigness is pleasing but thin is still in daily Magazine o today s Dollar buys 2.05 Marks rates Page 27 the stars   unofficial  Pom the . A wed 0cp� vol. 45. No. 119 Friday Augusus 1936 a d 8693 a Senate panel oks Rehnquist Washington up by a vote of i3-5 thursday. The Senate judiciary committee approved us Nomi nation of William Rich Nuisl to be the 16lh chief Justice fibr supreme court brushing aside health conc cams and charges thai he is insensitive to minority rights. After approving Rehnquist s nomination the com Mittee took up the nomination of Federal appeals court judge Antonin Scalia to be an associate Justice of the High court. Although criticized by civil rights groups and feminists Scalia named to replace Rehnquist on the Senate vote $100 million in Contra Jaid Washington not the. Dent Reagan a major foreign Day night by approving his r Aid to the Nicaragua rebels. The vote was 53-47, As of democrats of republicans in voting fora Republican leaders not successfully an thwart democratic attempts o Amend Theau which was attached of underlying Bill apr a Money for military com Duclion. " _ was Ihen adopted09-41. The Aid Deal approved wednesday night up identical to the one adopted by the House earlier Tif summer and Republican leaders Hope that a Hope Senate conference on the measure Wilt move Swift a a Day to Las p. O Neill jr., the 1 House and Bairn opponent of Aid to the has Ihre Alfred to Block a conference Oil Consoni Jpn Bill until late september acceding"1 sen. Jiniv Sasser a Tenn. If o Neill succeeds in doing that to paid package could still be trampled in the Rush As abates head Home for the november election. Oval of the Bill came after the Senate broke a Loi Klemming delay and cleared the Way for final a i on both the Aid package and legislation thai would we economic sanctions on the government of uth Africa. Car bomb blast kills 19 in Beirut Beirut Lebanon a a Blue Mercedes Benz Sedan packed with explosives blew up next to a Coffee shop thursday devastating a neighbourhood in Chris Tian East Beirut police said 19 people were kilted and90 were wounded. The Christian controlled voice of Lebanon radio station quoted unidentified witnesses As saying they Taw a Driver in the car moments before it blew up. Police said they could not confirm the report. The car bombing the fourth in the capital in 18 Days set two apartment buildings on fire including one owned by president Amin Gemayel s family police said. Rescuers used ladders to evacuate tenants trapped by the flames in the Gemayel seven Story building. No member of the president s family lived in the building police said. Bench is also expected so be approved by the commit tee and the full Senate when it votes in september. Five democrats voted against Rehnquist s Nomi nation. They included sen. Edward Kennedy of Massachusetts. Kennedy was vocal in his opposition to the Nomi nation of Rehnquist. Who first joined the supreme court As an associate Justice in 1972. Kennedy maintained that the record of or. Rehnquist in these hearings contains overwhelming and shocking evidence of his lifelong hostility to racial  during four Days of confirmation hearings some witnesses said Rehn qui a was racially insensitive. His accusers claimed that he harassed Black voters in the Early 1960s in Arizona. Along with this controversy Are questions about Rehnquist s past health and his dependence an a pow Erful sedative that he took for four years to help him sleep while he was suffering from severe Back pain. There appeared to be Little opposition to Scalia 50. Who has been a judge in Washington for four years and is a former Law professor. 813 Noui 6y Trey Bow Ruth Owens widow of olympic great Jesse Owens uses the traditional bottle of Champagne to Christen pin am Jet Nanod in Honor of her late husband during a ceremony thursday in Berlin. Widow olympic athletes Honor Jesse Owens in Berlin by Dan Wollam staff writer Berlin fifty years ago a 22-year-old poor Black Man from Alabama won one of the first ideological victories Over Adolf Hitler. But Jesse Owens Wisn out to make a Point when he won four Gold medals during the 1936 olympics in Hitler s town in Hitler s presence. Ruth Owens Jesse s wife said Jesse just came Torun. She is in Berlin accompanied by some of the men who allowed in her husband s tracks As win ners of the olympic 100-meter run earning them the right to be dubbed the world s fastest men. They came to Honor Jesse Harrison Uil Kird who took the Golf medal in the 1948 olympics Lindy Remigino in 195? Bobby Morrow 1956 Armin Hary the German who won in 1960 Bob Hayes 1964 and Hasley Crawford from Trinidad who won in 1976. Carl Lewis the Man who equated Owens performance by winning four Gold medals in the 1984 olympics arrived in Berlin late thursday to com Pete in a track meet held in the same stadium i which Owens won his medals the same place where he was reportedly snubbed by Hitler. Jesse never talked about that Loo much his widow said. There was a lot of talk about in fro Mother people. He came to run and run he did. He did t come Here to shake hands with  the stories about Hitler s snubbing Owens Aren necessarily True. Many accounts of the incident say Hitler was advised by the president of the International olympic committee not to congratulate an of the competitors including 38 germans. Owens Grealou snub May have been the one he received in America after resuming from the olym pics he is quoted As saying when i came Buck after All the stories about Hitler and his snub i came Back to my native country and 1 could t ride in the front of the  he became a Side show attraction. He once raced a horse in Cuba and he poured with he Harlem Globe Trotters. He had trouble finding work and supporting his wife and two children. It was decades Otter the olympics before Owens overcame the obstacles of his color and was Able to provide a comfortable life for his family. He died in 1980 of lung cancer. But Ruth Owens a soft spoken elegant woman. See Owens on Page 28to  a .".".--.". J. L. A  
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