European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 3, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Wednesday june 3, 19b7 the stars and stripes pages new Rescue net unveiled stut mra Adrian Blyth Halmon inside new Mutt of act Hitt Wai Sabawa monday to Frank tuft textile file. The norwegian made nets de to Rescue people from burning skyscrapers us drilling Reagan hails Constitution in essay contest ceremony Washington a president Reagan old a group of Younge Yiju Hal the . Constitution has liven the nation strength stability and unerring wis Dom Over the last two centuries. Standing before some 150 winners in the education department s essay Competition Reagan said monday that the Constitution guides his life As Well As theirs. The Constitution has blessed us with what i think is the Best government in history the president said in a Rose Garden ceremony o Honor the youngster who won the elementary essay project on the Bicentennial of the Constitution. The winning essays were selected from Over a Mil lion submitted across the United suites by youngsters in grades one through eight. The theme of the essay was what the Constitution Means to me and to As president i find that the Constitution is part of my daily life Reagan told the youngsters. It s the Constitution that established the office of the presi Dent. And it s the Constitution that sets Forth my responsibilities. At the same time the Constitution plays a part in guiding each of your lives he said. You see when founding fathers met in Philadelphia la draft hat document they were thinking of the. Kind of coun try they wanted to leave for their children and their children s in a separate ceremony earlier. Education Secretary William Bennett praised the winners saying these essays Are heartening. They show hat even our ration i youngest students re Cognac the importance of our two of he award winners read portions of their essays. To me the Constitution it like a Beautiful and talented lady. ,. She is rigid but flexible. Yet i am not afraid o face changes because she is there to guard my identity and human Worth Laid Wanda Nicols an eighth grader from West Bertie elementary school in Lewiston . Justin swipe a second grader front College Gar Dens elementary in Rockville md., said the Constitution leu me go to my Church. No one is allowed in my House without my permission. I can say anything i want when i get big. I even get to Vole for our leaders and maybe i la be Maine observes Samantha Smith Day Augusta Maine a several schools across Maine marked Samantha Smith Day on monday remembering her As someone who did something for world Jane Smith Samantha s Mother suggested that schoolchildren discuss the example her Laic daughter set thai individuals even children can make a differ ence in world politics if hey try. All kids can write letters and All kids can make a difference even if they Don t have the splashy kind of fun she had Smith said in an interview next to the statue of her daughter near Maine s state House. Several schools marked the Day with films and Dis Cus Spini despite Short notice that the commemoration was officially on. At Yarmouth intermediate school librarian Peggy Parker said she talked to children about who Saman tha was and read portions of the 1932 letter she sent to then soviet Leader Yuri a Andropov about her fear of nuclear War. Nea Field organizers striking Over pay comp time benefits Washington a the Field organizers of the National education association went on strike Mon Day in a contract dispute Over pay pensions and what sinkers contend is the Nea f attempt to take Bac existing benefits. The 63-Mcmber association of Field service employees began picketing the Nea s Headquarters after talks with a mediator sunday and Early monday failed to bring an agreement. The talks Are continuing. The Nea joins another Union the bricklayers in having its National Headquarters in Washington pick eted by its own employees. About 40 office and clerical workers on the staff of the bricklayers masons and plasterers International Union of America Are in the second week of a strike Over seniority and Job Security guarantees. Negotiations Between the office and professional employees Union which represents the bricklayers staff employees and the bricklayers arc continuing under the auspices of a Federal mediator. Barry Abel a spokesman for the Nea staff Union said one Issue is an attempted Tak Eback of comp time and work schedule he also accused management of deciding in Advance what the parameters of a new contract should be and refusing to go beyond that both positions he said Are things the Nea staff has spent a lifetime fighting he said the Field service workers Are paid front 141,000 to $39,000 and spend 100 to 220 nights on the Road each year. Robert e. Hannan Nea s director of communications said we Haven t reached agreement we re still working on Barman said the average salary of the strikers is , with fringes Worth 30 percent to 35 percent on top of that. Friday s fire Day Survey of firms says new York a if your Boss Calls you into his office on a Friday and it also happens to be late in the afternoon Waich out you May be about to get your waiting papers. A nationwide Survey conducted by the Independent research firm Maccou Temps found that 31 percent of All vice presidents and personnel directors who said they fire employees do so on a Friday. Twenty one percent said they Are most Likely to hand Down the a in the late afternoon. The Survey released monday questioned 100 executives from the nation s largest 1,000 corporations. It did not include a margin of error. The Survey said that besides Friday the next largest number of respondent 7 percent prefer to fire of monday while 2 percent named tuesday and 2 percent selected wednesday. Only i percent chose thursday. Forty percent however said there in t a particular Day they prefer. Thirteen percent also have no partic ular time of Day. Eighteen percent picked mid Oming 17 percent Early afternoon 11 percent Early morning 3 percent noon and 1 percent Early evening the Survey said. Andropov responded with a letter that said the Sovi ets also wanted peace and he invited Samantha to visit the soviet Union. Her trip to the Artel Pioneer youth Camp near the Black sea and then to Leningrad in july 1983 led to her becoming an International peace Symbol an sparked a fledgling acting career. She and her father Arthur died in a 1985 plane crash As she was returning to Maine from filming a to show in London. Parker said she wanted to remind the children that this ii i special Day not to have a Day off but to remember someone who did something for world several students from Maran Cook Community school which Samantha attended made a presenta Tion about their former classmate at a nearby Elemen tary school teacher Beth Ludwig said. They were trying to convey the message that the soviets Are very much people and we have a lot Morein common with them than we have differences especially among children she said. Adults spread news about favorite food Tifton of a Peanut butter s place is not just next to the Jelly inside a kid s Lunchbox Sandwich say adult aficionados of the High protein snack. Goober growers in Georgia Florida and Alabam have organized an adults Only Peanut butter Lovcan fan club that has grown to nearly 1s.ooq members in a Little More than a year. It s just been overwhelming said Marilyne Moore director of food and consumer services for the Georgia Peanut commission. The people writing in Are saying of we re so glad you started this. We be always been Peanut butter closet eaten " the club s quarterly newsletter features recipe a Irit ional information and interviews with celebrities like talk show Host Larry King who says to know Peanut butter is to know other celebrity fans listed As honorary members include Gerald Ford whose favorite presidential breakfast was Peanut Butler on an English muffin columnist William Buckley who devoted a chapter in one of his books to his love for it and actor Charlton Heston who likes to spread it on crackers. Chef Julia child comedian David Brenner to Weatherman Willard Scott and Singer Madonna also Are on the honorary member list. Madonna was once spotted at a health food store scooping Peanut butter from ajar with her fingers according to the club. Besides bringing adult Consumers out of the closet the club is changing the perception Hal Peanut Butteris strictly kids stuff Moore said. One woman said Peanut butter provides the Only cure for her daughter s chronic hiccups. A couple credited Peanut Butler with helping them to lose a total of 100 pounds. A Man who said be has snacked on it for 60 years said it provides virility and upscale spreaders can choose from gourmet Peanut Butters in flavors like Maple Walnut and banana crunch and one manufacturer is even advertising Gold plate knives for he Peanut Butler Lover who has
