European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 14, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Shaking the former governor stigma William m. Welch associated pressm Ore than a third of the governor s offices in the us cd Stales will change hands alter this year the occupants leaving to pursue higher ambitions struggle with bankruptcy or maybe just look 01 a Way to shake the former governor stigma i have  says Tennessee gov Lamar Alexander that Iii be hauled to events around Tennessee and propped up to see if i can still sing the Tennesse Waltz or play the piano or whatever i want to go on to something else. One thing i m determined not to be is a former governor " he s in an unusually Large class of governors who will soon be just that former governors. The terms of 36 governors expire this yet eighteen of them Are giving up their offices 12 because of prohibitions against another term and the rest  More could find themselves out of work alter the november general elections when 18 incumbents seek re election. Alexander finishing a second lout year term is one of Lour Republican governors leaving Ollick. All because they can t run again. Of the 14 democrats retiring six could have run again but decided not to aside irom heading the Campaign of Howard Baker a former senator for the gop presidential nomination Alexander says he does t know what hell do in the Long run Alexander said he s taking his family to Australia Lor six months alter leaving office. It s to rest think and maybe write a Book about being governor. Some other governors Are in the midst of campaigns Lor other jobs democratic goes. Bob Graham of Florida who could t seek another term and John Evans of Idaho who could Are challenging Republican senators. Evans is trying to unseat Steve Symms and recent polls show a virtual dead heal in the big spending race. Graham after two terms is challenging first Erm sen. Paula Hawkins and has a substantial Lead in recent polls. A retiring governor. Republican William Janklow of South Dakota lost a primary Challenge for a Senate Seal Maine s democratic gov. Joseph e Brennan is running for Congress from Maine s 1st District after completing his second four year term. He s heavily favored o win in what could be a Job Swap the incumbent Republican rep John r. Mckernan jr., is running for governor. Democratic gov. Bruce Babbitt of Arizona after serving a Little More than two full terms is stepping Down to pursue what he first said was the darkest of dark horse races for president. He s been testing the Lamar Alexander of Tennessee determined not to be a former governor. Waters in Iowa and new Hampshire the two Early caucus and primary states and has since described himself As perhaps a Pinto not entirely dark. After three four year terms. Democratic gov. De Herschler of Wyoming is retiring while mired in debt like thousands of other Wyoming ranchers. To filed for bankruptcy last year listing More than $6 million in debts stemming from the failure of the sprawling Yellowstone ranch that he and three partners bought in 1977. He says he s leaving politics and in t optimistic about improvement in the state s troubled Economy whoever is elected in november is not going to have things settled by the next november he said Colorado gov. Richard Lamm is quitting after 12 years in office and will teach at Dartmouth for six months. A frequent author he has another Book in mind and May seek a permanent University teaching Job. He has rejected suggestions of a Senate bid. A Job in the Reagan administration May be in store Lor Pennsylvania gov Dick Thornburg a Republican who considered but rejected a Senate race. I be had conversations with the administration that assure me that would be one of the options open to me said Thornburg a Farmer Justice department official in the Ford administration who has been a Loyal Ronald Reagan supporter. Also among the outgoing governors is Long time Alabama gov. George Wallace who decided against seeking another term in the face of failing health. South Carolina gov. Dick Riley is retiring As the state s first two term governor lie pushed through the succession Law that allowed him to win a second term four years ago. A lawyer he is mentioned As a future Senate candidate. Others who will be looking for work after this year include Are the governors of Oregon. Kansas new Mexico Oklahoma Hawaii and Nebraska. Housing shortage adds to Domestic strife in Poland Esfi by Matthew c. Vita associated Pressw Hen one Warsaw couple divorced they were forced under court order to Divide their tiny two room apartment. The situation is not uncommon in this country where housing is in Short Supply and even people who d like to be at the ends of the Earth from each other Are forced to be roommates. Under the court order in this Case the Man received one room the woman the other. They were to share the bathroom Kitchen and front door. The Man has since remarried and now lives with a new wife in his half of the apartment. They share the bathroom Kitchen and front door with his former spouse who has resisted attempts to move her out. Another Warsaw couple happily married for 23 years faced the Prospect of having to turn Over their son s apartment to the state when he told them of plans to emigrate to Austria. A couple is allowed Only one apartment. Instead of losing the apartment they divorced enabling the woman to Register As a Legal resident at her son s Flat. The son has since left the country and the couple is renting the apartment until their daughter turns 18, when they will turn it Over to her. The stories of these two couples which were told by friends Are not unusual. They illustrate what May be the greatest problem faced by poles today a shortage of housing that forces Many people to wait from 10 to 20 years for their first apartment. In the scramble to get through a Maze of regulations designed to fairly Apo lion what space there is some couples resort to fictitious divorce to maintain an extra apartment for their children. Unable to get their own apartment Young couples Are forced to live for years with relatives. Marriages Are strained often broken. In my Case the conflicts were generational said one Warsaw Man who divorced after living for three years in a two room apartment with his wife child Mother in Law and grandmother in Law. I was always treated As a kind of stranger in the  his Mother in Law would get angry when he was late for dinner grew defensive when he and his wife bought their own television for their room and demanded More Money from him to help pay for family meals. We were dreaming All the time about getting our own  the Man said. In 1970, polish courts registered 34.574 divorces. By 1985 the number had swelled to More than 90,000. According to government statistics. More alarming is that most divorced couples Are forced to continue living together because they have nowhere else to go said Anna Lodziuk a Counselor at the family planning association in Warsaw. It is the greatest tragedy that after a divorce people cannot separate sometimes even for years " Dodzik unsaid. People have a lot of aggression when they get divorced and it is multiplied when they have to live  Zdizislaw Krzeminski a Veteran Warsaw divorce lawyer said the first thing i Tell people when they say they want a divorce is of a divorce is no problem but have you thought about housing?1" according to official press reporters there Are about Page 16 the stars and stripes sunday september 14,1986