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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Tuesday, June 23, 1987

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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 23, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday june 23, 1987 the stars and stripes Page 7 Japan of build Monument on Alaska Island Attu Island Alaska up japanese work in have landed on the westernmost of the Aleutian Island to erect a Monument of eternal peace to those who died in one of the few world War ii skirmishes fought on . Soil. Attu Wand about 1,600 Miles South Wisl of an chorale wat captured by Japan in 1942 and held As a strategic location american farces invaded to re capture the desolate outpost the next year in a tight that killed and wounded hundreds of japanese and american soldiers. On sunday an Alaska National guard c-130 cargo plane flew japanese architect Shipco Koja and eight workers to aim to prepare for a june 30 dedication of a peace Monument. La the request to erect the Monument on Attu Japan called it a Beacon of eternal peace on Earth to express Hope for the  National guard it. Mite Haller said the project was blessed at the state department  the woot titanium Monument will Overlook a Windy Tundra Silt of the 1943 Bailie. An inscription in English and japanese says in memory of All those who sacrificed their lives in the islands and seas of the North Pacific during world War ii and in dedication to world  when the japanese invaded Atli about 40 Aleu Tian Island natives lived there. Now about two dozen coast guard workers and flocks of sea Birds inhabit the Island closer to soviet and japanese territory than to the american Mainland. Months after the attack on Pearl Harbor Japan bombed dutch Harbor in the Eastern aleutians apparently to divert american attention to the far North. Then Japan seized the islands of Attu Andriska in the Western Aleutian archipelago the Only places in the United Stales where the japanese Flag flew during world War ii. Well after Japan recognized the strategic importance of Aleutian Island bases the United slates built key military installations along the 1,100-mile arc of 200 islands. Report suggests impropriety in Biden Campaign Washington a ten people working for the presidential Campaign of sen. Joseph Biden had been on sen ate payrolls controlled by the Dela Ware Democrat before moving to his Campaign the Washington Post re ported. Some of the people had been on those payrolls Only briefly before join ing the Campaign the newspaper said in a Story about the blurred distinctions Between political and legislative work done by congressional staff Mem Ben. Biden refused to be interviewed for the Story the Post said. Aides said they Law nothing wrong in Biden s use of the Senate suit the Post noted that political work by staff members i a Gray area in both the Senate and House. The rules re quire that congressional aides put in a full week on official business and save their political work for their free  the newspaper said similar overlap occur among current and past candidates but none comparable to candidate san. Joseph bin jr., 0., deju age 44 Birthplace Scranton a. June 19,1942 m formerly Law practice Wilmington Del. 1968-72 member new Castle Del county Council 1970-72 background elected to Senate in 1972 member Senate foreign relations committee chairman of the judiciary committee education a.b., University of Delaware j.o., Syracuse University. Sources Chicago Tribune news reports who s no in America those with Biden. The senator announced his candidacy june 9, but he officially formed a Campaign when documents were filed with the Federal election commission on March 3. He had begun assembling advisers and testing the political Waters More than a year ago. Concern about the overlapping of duties led Biden Campaign counsel William c. Of Drakef to write a memo june 2 saying it is important to avoid even the appearance of impropriety the Post said. The memo also said that any Senate aide who is substantially involved with the Campaign should take a salary Cut or leave of absence the newspaper reported. Failure to do so could Lead to questions by opponents and the press re Garding the appearance of improper use of Senate staff the memo did according to the Post. I think we were very scrupulous about keeping things separate said Mark h. Gitenstein. Chief counsel of the judiciary committee which Biden chairs. He said that anyone who remotely looked political was Lold in March to get off the committee payroll. We did More than we were required he said. Among the people mentioned in the Story were Patrick Bat Kettle a former executive director of the Tennessee democratic party who joined the judiciary committee payroll Jan. 20 As Astaff assistant. Baskette moved to the Campaign payroll in late March the newspaper said. Joseph a. Cari jr., general counsel of the Illinois democratic party was Given a 15-week assignment with the Senate narcotics caucus. Cari who will chair the Biden Campaign in Illi Nois said he received j13,000 to write 54-Page memo for Biden on crime legislation. Campaign manager Tim Ridley was hired last october As Biden s $64.000 a year administrative assistant but moved to the Campaign payroll april 16. While on the Senate Job however he was widely known As Biden Campaign manager the newspaper my. Father to More than 60 finds room for another p1ttsf1e1.d, mass. A mayor Charles Smith fed about so children grandchildren and other family members sunday at his annual father s Day cookout including the japanese boy Smith is adopting. But Smith who is adding Kazuo to n family of six children and five dozen Foster children downplayed the significance of the Barbecue whip was the child s first father s Day party. It s probably going exactly the Way it is every year he said in a Telephone interview from his mod est two Story Home near Pontoosuc Lake. We always have a Fine Lime. We enjoy each other. We re very family  the various family members including in Laws were in and out of the House throughout the course of the Day Smith said. Kazuo who will turn 7 in August seemed pleased with the event. I got a Nice Day he said. I played one two three red  Smith who has served As mayor of the Berkshire Hills City of 50,000 for the past eight years said his Job can fill your head with a lot of negative feelings. Children Clear your head out very  for 30 years his household has been a Refuge for children caught in he storm of parents separating dying or becoming too poor to care for them. Many eventually return Nom some Are adopted by other  comes from an orphanage the 54-year-old Smith helped build decades ago while he was with the Marine corp in Japan. Smith met Kazuo then almost 3, when the japanese government invited him to lecture there Kazuo was shunned by other children at the Orpha nage because of his dark skin which would consign him to life As a farm labourer said Smith. He offered to take the child Home with him immediately but it took j8,000 and three years delayed by red tape and a heart attack Smith suffered last year. He came Here in january and you have to wait six months before you can go to court for the final adoption. We expect to do it in july Smith said. Tribe s 1 St female chief facing Runoff election Tahlequah okla. A Wilma Man Kilter the first woman chief of a major Indian tribe has been forced into Runoff in her bid for a four year term As head of the 72,000-member Cherokee nation in , who was appointed chief in 1985, will face funeral director Perry Wheeler in the Runoff election july 1b. With the unofficial count of All 34 precincts completed sunday morning Mankil Ler had 5,392 votes or 45 percent Wheeler had 3,507, or 29 percent David while Kil Ler received 1,731, or 16 percent and Bill Mckee 1,278, or 10 percent. The Runoff is required because no Candi Date received a majority of the votes cast. Ami killer is a postal employee an member of the tribal Council and Mckee is Deputy administrator at . Hastings Indian Hospital. Mankiller who has been hospitalized in Tulsa with a kidney infection for the Pas week was appointed to fill the vacancy Cre ated when Ross swimmer was named to head the Federal Bureau of Indian affairs. The tribe will also have a Runoff for Deputy chief Between incumbent John Ketcher and Barbara Starr Scon. Ketcher received 5,027 votes or 43 percent followed by Starr Scott with 4,022 Voles 34 percent Don Crittenden with 1,663 Voles 14 percent and Joe Todd with 956 votes 8 percent. Starr Scon is a tribal Council member and former Indian health services employee who is president of Sequoyah industries Chillenden is a tribal Council member and Cherokee county superintendent of schools and Todd is president and chief executive officer of environmental Protection inspection and consulting inc. Women Bare breasts of profess nudity Law Rochester . A fifteen women who exposed their breasts in a City Park to protest a slate nudity Law called their demonstration a Success because hardly anyone look notice of  is As favourable an outcomes we could have hoped for said Mary Lou Schloss one of the organizers of Sun Day s demonstration. This is a Victory because it shows that nobody has a prob Lem Wilh it life is going on As  she said the next step is to get support from local legislators to repeal the Law. The women played softball canned in the Gericich River ate burgers and sat and talked for 2 a hours on the sunny s2-Dcgree Day without being arrested or bothered. The demonstration was a Continua Tion of past efforts to change the Law. The women who had not disclosed the location of the demonstration in and Vance or invite police to attend ended their protest when a Park Security guard came by. Rather than be arrested they put their shirts on and left. Al least one witness objected to the topless display. It disgusts  said Patrick France. I Don t want to see thai but i guess 1 Don t have to look at  one year ago Schloss and six other women held a similar protest thai ended when they were arrested for refusing to put shirts on  
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