European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 23, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Page the stars and stripes sunday november 23,1986 Nasa contractors get Doublespeak award san Antonio Texas a an English teachers group on Friday named Nasa and two contractors for the space shuttle As uie winners of the 1986 Doublespeak award for the year s most Glar ing example of deceptive language. Attorney general Edwin Meese took second place and the department or defense third place. The citations were announced at the 76th annual convention of he National Council of teachers of English whose committee on Doublespeak Monitor statements for language that is grossly deceptive evasive euphemistic con fusing or the committee also named Neil postman the recipient of the George Orwell award Tor his Book amusing ourselves to death Public discourse in the age of show that award honors contributions 10 honesty and clarity in Public language. Committee chairman William Lulu in announcing the Doublespeak award Taid the language toed by officials of Nasa and the contractors in Dis cussing the challenger tragedy last Jan uary and die subsequent investigation was filled with the seven member shuttle Crew including Leache Chrisla Mcauliffe died when challenger exploded shortly after liftoff. Lutz quoted a Nasa official who said the Normal process during the countdown is that the countdown proceeds assuming we Are in a go posture and at various Points during the count Down we tag up the operational loops and face to face in the firing room to ascertain the facts that project elements that Are monitoring the data and that Are understanding the situation As we proceed Are Dill in the go Morion Thi Okol the maker of the Booster rocket and Rockwell International the main contractor to build the shuttle also were cited by the committee officials of Morton Thi Okol Luu said when asked Why they reversed earlier decisions not to launch the shuttle said the reversal was based on there evaluation of those discussions the presidential commission investigating the Accident suggested that this statement could be translated to mean that there was pressure from Lutz said Nasa also called the Accident an anomaly the bodies of the astronauts recovered components and the astronauts coffins Crew Transfer containers " Meese was named the second place Winner for language he used in criticizing the supreme court s Miranda Rul ing which gives suspects a right to counsel before police questioning. Asked whether people who Are innocent should have Protection Meese replied suspect who Are innocent of crime should. But the thing is you Don t have Many suspects who Are innocent of crime. That contradictory. If � Panon is innocent of crime then he is not suspect. The Miranda decision s practical effect is to prevent the police from talking to a person who knows toe most about the Crone namely the perpetrator. Miranda Only hips guilty defendants. Most innocent pfc Are glad to talk to the police. They Wurt establish their innocence to Hurt hey re no longer a suspect third place was awarded to the department of defense for calling Tempo Rary Coffini aluminium Transfer cases a Hammer a manually powered fas Tener driving Impact device and a sted nut a hex form mutable surface compression unit past winners of the Doublespeak award include president Reagan Alex Ander Haig the state department and the Cia. Reagan fakes Pride in renewal of notion s spirit of voluntarism to Braunt and fint Tady Leare for Camp Dart Washington president Reagan devoting his weekly radio address to a thanksgiving theme said sat Unity one of his proudest accomplishments has been stimulating voluntary giving instead of bureaucratic plans and Federal programs to help the needy the spirit of voluntarism is deeply ingrained in us As a nation the president said speaking from Camp David his weekend re local in the Cato tin mountains of Mary land maybe it has something to do with our history As a Frontier land. Those Early americans who gave us thanksgiving Day itself had to help each other in order to survive joining together to Plant crops build House Sand raise bams. Act perhaps they discovered that m helping others their own lives were our own Day Reagan said a poll showed most americans believed thai no matter How big government gets and no matter How Many services it provides it can never take the place of volunteers. We americans under stand that there Are no subs Lutes for gifts of service Given from the hear there was a time not Long ago when this spirit seemed endangered when philanthropy and personal involve ment were giving Way to bureaucratic plans and Federal programs the president added so when our administration took office we made it one of our main Aims to encourage private sector initiatives to reinvigorate the american tradition of voluntarism. And i have to admit our Success in this area is one of the accomplishments of which i am most proud he said adding that in recent years there has been an unprecedented outpouring of the Volunteer spirit a tremendous reassertion of Good will and neighbourliness. The president said that last year individuals corporations bequests and funds gave a record of nearly $80 . _ ,. The president and first lady will spend thanksgiving with family in Ember at their ranch in the Santa Inez mountains North of Santa Barbara Calif. Two of the president s children will join them the White House said. Ron Reagan will be there with his wife Doria and Maureen Reagan with her husband Dennis the president s son Michael and his daughter Patti Davis Are spending the Holiday with their in Laws. Steelworker stable after heart implant Milwaukee a a Steelworker we doing As Well As we could Hope after receiving an artificial heart implant to keep him Active until a human heart is available for transplant said one of his doctors. Ronald Smith 38, of Gary ind., remained in critical but stable condition saturday after the nearly a hour operation Friday the first use of the artificial heart in Wisconsin. It was obvious he would not be alive today if we did t implant the artificial heart said or. Alfred j. Telor who helped implant the Jarvik-7 heart at St. Luke s Hospital. Tector who Heads the Midwest heart surgery Institute told reporters afterwards that Smith was doing As we As we could Hope. The patient is Smith s wife Dorothy said her reaction waa in Stant panic when she was told of the decision to use an artificial heart. But the family is relieved that he is doing so Well she said. The two have one daughter. Mrs. Smith said her husband had rheumatic fever a disease that can affect the heart As youth but had no other problems until about six month ago. He suffers from a degenerative disorder of tie heart called cardiomyopathy. Originally Smith was scheduled to receive human heart As soon As one became available. Then because his condition was continuing to worse thursday night it was decided to use the J�Rvik-7 As an interim heart. 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