European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 9, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Pm the stars and stripes monday. March 9.1007 it s. Gopher., no Grandy in a new role  Fred Gurndy  Washington a a rep. Fred Grandy of Iowa chatted with his colleagues before a recent House hearing a Man in the audience turned to another an whispered there he is. That s  told the Story a few Days later Grandy laughs. Evenin his congressional uniform of Blue suit and red tie he had been recognized As Gopher Smith the affable bumbling character that Grandy portrayed for a dec Ade on to s love boat Grandy is living another role now tha of or. Smith goes to Washington the freshman politician trying to learn the ways and byways of Congress but he does mind if Gopher comes along convinced that his celeb Rity status is an asset at the Bottom of a 433-Persontotcrapolc, "1 always took the position that if i could just get people s attention i d be line. If i did t abuse my celebrity status rely on it too heavily it d be a tremendous aunt he said. The new Republican Congo Conan from Nort Westlow has immersed himself in the matters of concern to his constituent catastrophic illness parental leave and problems of american agriculture Burn ing Issue tin his District. Mow Doe his new life in Washington differ from the glitter and Slitz of Hollywood we did t have As Many conversations on oat he Deadpan there weren t Many Guys on love boat who were concerned about the com  Grandy was sworn in As a member of the 100thcongress in january one of a freshman class of 50, mis Fame made him stand out from the freshman crowd along with Joseph p. Kennedy i of Massachusetts and Washington bullets Forward Tom Mcmillen of Maryland. Gopher Smith has gotten Fred Grandy a few Breaks. He was one of six freshmen invited to the annual Salute to Congress dinner a quintessential insider Washington roast that is the journalists answer to the emmy awards ceremony you look out and there s attorney general Demeese and columnist George will and a lot of people who arc Ibe equivalent of the first night crowd in Newyork. That la make you quake he said. Politically it was a Chance to see House speaker Jim Wright in a setting that probably would not be afforded to me for Yean. He s a very Busy Guy. He does t have time for freshmen democrats let alone freshmen republicans. I got a Chance to visit with  Grandy won the two committees of his Choice Agri culture As Well As education and labor. But these Are hardly the glamorous posts on Capitol Hill when remade his preferences known to the gop Leaden one was incredulous that be want seeking the Plum for eign affairs committee of course you know foreign affairs is the real love boat of congas Grandy said it deals with these global issues. There s travel involved. It s Newt week and tune and you Don t have to worry about the Mason City Globe Gazette. But i said gosh i be really got to get on agriculture it s my interest it i my constituents interest " love boat Baa Given other congressmen a Chanceton lightly tease Grandy. Agriculture committee chair Man Kika de la Garza of Texas acknowledged grand Yat a hearing last week laying this is your Maiden voyage. Good luck/1 As the laughter died Down Grandy replied thank you sir. I la shove off As is the Case with Many freshmen however Grandy has an office that s a tiny closet on the top floor of the Rayburn office building. It is adorned with banners from Small Iowa colleges. On his desk Are two ribbon tied loaves of Swee potato bread the sort of girls congressmen get from Back Home. He spent a lot of Lime in the Rural villages that Dottie Iowa landscape last year overcoming the Gopher stereotype. Born in Sioux City educated at Exeter and Harvard he gained an appetite for politics on the staff of former rep. Wiley maybe. Then he turned to acting first the theater and the television where for 10 years he was the love boat Purser Gopher. Roberts says persecution will bring in scholarship funds fort Mill , up1 television evangelist Oral Roberts says Media persecution will prompt supporters to donate the remainder of the j8 million god told him to raise for a medical scholarship fund by the end of March. Still 11.3 million Short of his goal Roberts re minded about 2,000 people at a Church conference at the pal heritage Usa religious Retreat that god will kill him if he fails to raise the Money by the deadline. I m Happy to Tell you i m alive tonight and i expect to be alive at the end of March he said. Suggesting that members of the Media were on the Side of the Devil in attempting to prevent christians from taking control of the world Roberts said criticism would rally support for his fund raising Effort it t Jesus coming in and Lucifer saying i m no going to let you in " Roberts said. But it s Jesus saying Lucifer i m coming in " god requested the Money during a conversation the two had last March Roberts said. I looked up from my Book and immediately i Newil was the lord Roberts said of the voice he heard that night. Because when he Speaks to me his Bod comes up in my head and it s like a roaring that shuts out the whole world. And he said you be not done what i be told youth do. I told you to put my medical presence in the Earth " Roberts said. The evangelist said he told cod he had tried to do that Wilh the medical school at his University but the students did not become missionaries when they graduated because they needed to repay Loans. God then told him to raise the scholarship Money Roberts said. He said he believes his planned trip to the prayer Tower at oru March 22 to begin a hunger slake would succeed in raising the remaining Money. He god is going to Lake me Home or he s going to scholarship these medical students Roberts said and he s going to put us in his Reward system. I expecting god to turn things around to win this Victory for  Small rocket explodes after Takeoff in Alaska Washington a a  carrying i University of California brie Ley Experiment exploded after Takeoff Friday night Titan a launch site in poker Flats Alaska. The Mission failed when t Black Brandt rocket blew up Eihl to 10 second liter ignition of the second Mage Goddard spice cooler new chief Jim Elliott mid saturday. The explosion came 20 to 22 seconds after Lif Tolt from a re search Range operated by the National aeronautics and space  Milliner Public affairs officer for the Pace Agency s Wallops right facility in Virginia Laid the 250-300 Pound payload of the rocket was in tended to study particles and Energy Fields associated with the Aurora boreal is or Northern lights. Sand buries workers in silo.3 suffocate Reedsburg wis. Up three worker were suffocated saturday by tons of Sand that fed from the sides of a silo and buried them n the cleaned inside the storage Tower authorities said. Firefighters and other workers uncovered the bodies of Ron Fronk Mike Herritz and Jot Din beneath about 2 feet of Sand inside the four Story High silo at Grade foundry fire chief Don Wuchte  fourth worker escaped the Sand that fell about 5 15 . And reported the  officials met saturday to try to find out How the Sand was loosened. Teen killed in gang Brawl at Disneyland parking lot Anaheim Calif. Up youth gang sem Bers crawled at a Disneyland parking lot and shots killed a 16-year-old, boy and wounded a  killing u the second slaying in the amusement Park s Al year history  17-year-old Gong member was arrested and booked on suspicion of murder leu than two hours after the saturday shooting Long Beach police it Jim Reed  troopers stopped several cars carrying the suspect and 13 other youths on the Sandiego freeway Reed  youths were identified As samoan gang members and a shot gun was found in one of their cars. The name of the 17-year-old being held has not been released because he is a juvenile an Aheim police set. Chet Barry  name of the 16-year-old who was killed. Also believed to be samoan was being withheld until relatives could be notified Barry said. Amy Carter Given Boot for unpaid tickets fines Providence . A Amy Carter the Denver  court officials say Carter s car was booted late last month because the daughter of Fanner president Carter owes 130$ in parking tickets and  court cleric Thomas d. Tesla said car Ter has not paid 10 tickets dating Back to feb. 3,1986. The car registered in Carter s native Georgia was towed to an Auto body shop wherein remains. To get it Back she will have to pay the City $305plus a 130 Boot fee. Towing fees and storage costs 28 injured when trolley jumps track strikes car Philadelphia a a commuter trolley jumped us tracks while crossing a Bridge and Hil a car injuring 28 people authorities  Accident happened on a Bridge Over the Schuylkill River said Joaquin Bowman spokesman for the Southeastern Pennsylvania transp nation authority. The trolley s front wheels apparently struck a Metal plate that is pan of the Roadway police  passenger was hospitalized in stable Condi Tion saturday while 26 passengers and the trolley operator were treated for minor injuries