European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 16, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Tuesday june 16, 1967 the stars and stripes Page 7 counties rebel Over poor Safe of affairs Cumberland Gap Tern. A nine of the poorest most Remote counties in Tennessee Virginia and Kentucky Are tired of being ignored and Aren going to Lake it anymore. So they have seceded to form their own state of mind. We have More in common with each other him we do with our states said Virginia broadcast scr David Hartley who is credited with brainstorming he 51 is stale of Cumberland. Business leaders in the nooks and crannies of the Cumberland mountains say the attention grabbing gimmick May draw tourists to the Hilly Region s Parks lakes and historical Sites. We re not a Hollywood or a Gatlinburg but the whole area has the mountains and the history said Sandy Leonard executive director of the Claihorne county chamber of Commerce in Taze Well Tenn. The group contends the area is left out when the states Dole out dollars for tourism promotion and Road construction. We re removed by so Many Miles that we tend to gel the Short end of the Slick said Hartley who manages is we radio in Liny pm nning Lon va., an plans to run for we re All isolated to some degree. We Lack inter slaves. We have the economic problems. We re a Tonguc in Cheek outfit Wilh a gimmick Hartley said. A fledgling group of 30 Cumberland cars gathered in Early May at Duffield va., and wrote a proclamation of statehood. The current 50-slate configuration of the United slates in general and the state of Tennessee and the commonwealths of Kentucky and Virginia in partic ular have fallen Short of providing the level of sup port due our communities the proclamation says. After three meetings he group s ranks have grown to 70, said Jackie Eperson owner of n Motel in middy Shiro by a governor is to be elected this fall followed by a inaugural Ball in november to which he governors of the three Stales Are invited. The stale Flag sports three stripes and nine stars forming a there will be a legislature and congressional Mem Bers there is a state Constitution. There is a stale poem. Cumb colanders have even will in president Rea Gan just to Lei him know what s going on said Leonard who serves As Cumberland s press Secre tary. The nine counties dubbed colonies arc and Roll in Southeast Kentucky Wise Lee and Scott in South Wisl Virginia and and Hawkins in northeastern Tennessee. Hartley says Cumberland s message is simple we do Western delicacy featured at Idaho fund Raiser Eagle. Idaho up More than 1,000 people dined on a Western delicacy at the annual Rocky Mountain Oyster feed. The Eagle fire department which sponsors he annual fund Raiser believed 10 be he largest even of its Kinin the world served about 1.000 pounds of the delicacy at the event sat urday fire chief Dan Friend said. Rocky Mountain oysters also called ranch oysters Are cattle or sheep Testicles and arc highly prize by Many people in ranch country. Friend said they taste something like Turkey Gizzard and others have com pared their Lasic to that of beef Tongue. They re the Best things you can rattlers said rancher Melvin hic Shaw. A lot of people come Back for seconds Friend said but he admitted that some people try one or two and Call it Aday. It s kind of a psychological thing Friend said. If you re prepared to Dis like them you la dislike the event began in the 1950s As a Small fund raising dinner and has grown so Large that tents Are put up behind the Eagle Post office to accommodate the do. Mand. Reagan s son pitches for Federal aids help new York a Ron Reagan who dangles a condom before the camera in an upcoming aids documentary says the Federal government is not doing enough to Stop the spread of the fatal disease. The president s son told Newsweek in its current Issue that the right Wing views aids As a punishment for homosexuality and in a Public service announcement made to accompany the documentary decries the Lack of government Effort to Battle aids. The Federal government is not doing enough to Stop the spread of aids says Young Reagan who also narrates the documentary. Let somebody in Washington know you Don t think enough is being done. Write to your congressman or to someone higher up he says with a smile in the piece. In the documentary Reagan at one Point holds a prophylactic and announces. This is a the 30-minute film was produced by aids film a privately funded Organiza Tion that did a similar Safe sex documentary for the new York school system. The group is hoping to air the documentary on network television but be cause of its graphic nature it May not Ever Moke it Newsweek reports. Prop plane bumps 747 on Juk runway new York a an air India 747 involved in a minor Accident on a runway at Kennedy International air port with a powered . Space Agency plane took off sunday after it passed a safety inspection. The aircraft was kept to ensure there was no damage at All said on air India official who declined to give his name. No one was injured in the Accident. Air India flight 112 was taxiing for Takeoff at 9 50 . Saturday bound for London when its Tail Section was clipped by he Wing tip of the National aeronautics and space administration gulfs Tream 159, a Large propeller plane said it. Owen Hyde a spokesman for the port authority police. The 747 was evacuated Afler the Accident. The Wing of the Nasa plane was slightly scraped and there was some minor damage to the rudder Hyde said. After an inspection found the plane to be Safe the 747 look off Al 12 38 .sunday bound for London and Bombay the air India official said. Flight 112 was originally scheduled to depart new York at 8 15 . Saturday. Hyde said the Nasa aircraft had not yet left the Airport. Up it Emo Jesse s Day baby Jesse in Granddad Alfredo Seoul Tda s arms celebrates the first anniversary of Bis heart transplant done when he was Only 16 Days old. Baby Jesse s Case created Contra Ersy when doctors originally refused to perform the life twin t operation because his parents were untied. Magazine shows Alaska men As a Breed apart9 Anchorage Alaska up an Anchorage couple has begun National distribution of a Slick pictorial Magazine Alaska men in a Campaign to attract women to Alaska by depicting alaskan men As a Breed we be Goi such a response i can t believe it say publisher Susie Carter who produces the quarterly with her husband Dave and an All woman staff. Since the Lam of the Century when Gold i Rel lured men North Alaska has been unable to even inc gender balance and males still outnumber females in the 49lh slate. The first edition which came out this month Fea Tures or. Peter Hackell a High Altitude medical re searcher on the cover and inside Are Anchorage police l. Bill Casio Churach slate Park superintendent Bill Garry sled dog Nusher Rick Swenson fireman and Hunting guide Joe Ripczinske poet Larry Beck polish Seaman Darek Miklaszewski who jumped ship in alas a and construction workers outdoors men salesmen artists pilots mechanics even a magician 30 in All. Several men Tell Bear stories few Wear ties and most sport beards. Women love those beards Susie Carter Sayi. My Are clothed. We Don t want to be Alaska play girl " says Dave Carter the Magazine s photographer. We Are looking for average alaskan Guys who have the guts to live Here. Ii lakes a different kind of Guy to live Here said Susie Carter 44, who is from Laguna Beach calif., and came to Alaska six years ago with her 47-year-old husband a native of Mudford ore., and their children. She runs a Day care Center and since Alaska s sagging Oil Economy took her husband s welding Job he has helped. In addition to the men the Magazine Sells mystique. The first edition has articles on the Idi Zarod the Marathon dog sled race across Alaska. And there is a feature on a Wilder Ness but the meal of the Magazine is its men. Ads for Alaska men began appearing last week on a Cable television shopping Channel in Florida and ads Are scheduled in 22 magazines including Mccall a True Romance True confessions and More Ope guide and in newspapers in Iowa Massachusetts and new Jersey
