European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 26, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday. October is 1987 the stars and stripes Page 7 official goes out on o limb against Trees Charleston . A West Virginia treasurer a. James March in who last year walked into a tree planted in Charleston s downtown Busi Ness District is organizing a Campaign to get the Urban forests cleared. Bui Manchin who say cod would have made for ests Oul of Concrete if he wanted Trees to grow in cities but say s the object is not to prevent personal bumps and bruises but rather to prevent tree  Manchin whose antics have prompted politicians and editorial writers to Call him everything from a diverting Buffoon to a state embarrassment has formed the society for the prevention of cruelly to Trees to Stop cities and towns in West Virginia from planting Trees on downtown sidewalks. His position is Al Odds with gov. Arch Moore who urged local government officials last week to Plant More Trees in heir downtown areas. Moore who made his request at the governor s conference on economic development said every body teemed to like having Trees in downtown areas except Manchin who apparently was having some difficulty telling around them Manchin. Who is considering running for Gover nor said Moore has missed the Point completely. I m not opposed to Trees being planted Down town As a Hazard to pedestrians although they can be a nuisance. What i m worried about is the life of the tree itself he said. Planting Trees on a downtown sidewalk exposes hem to discarded cigarette bulls car fumes and people bumping into them. It s hard on the Trees and in Many eases it will ruin  would you like to have a cigarette butt thrown at your feet Trees Don t like it either. But no one wants to speak up forthe 1 rfcs which Musl  he raid. The governor in t going to Lite it. But we re going to put a Stop to his Trees being planted on sidewalks. The car fumes stunt i hair growth. They look terrible. These arc sick Trees. We cannot allow this to go on any longer. We have child abuse. This is tree abuse he said. Manchin who once headed a state Cauti Kation program in which he went All Over the state spouting purple prow about abandoned cars said he knows a fair amount about Trees since he also used to go around the stale planting them since october ims do you know How Many Trees 1 have planted throughout West Virginia he asked. Docs anyone know the answer is 4,001," he answered himself. This makes me somewhat of an expert on Trees. And i say that the governor s program for sick Trees has got to  Manchin has made headlines in he past at such acts As slipping Moonshine liquor to the ambassador from Taiwan and holding a funeral on the Hanks of a Creek for a Brood of dead ducklings. Al one time he was known to Start his Day with a game of pinball and wind it Down chatting with Street derelicts. As West Virginia s Secretary of stale he lived in a shabby hotel situated Between an adult Book store and a Peep show. He admits he s a showman but has said. There Are no pickles missing from my  Bush takes 60 percent in Maryland Straw poll candidate Baltimore vice presi Dent George Bush swept 60 percent of the vote in a Straw poll of Maryland re publicans saturday winning by a 4-to-l margin Over no. 2 finisher. Sen. Robert Dole of Kansas. Maryland republicans gathering for their annual convention cast 64 votes for Bush 164 for Dole and 68 for Newyork rep. Jack Kemp former television evangelist Pat Robertson finished with 42 votes former Secretary of slate Alexander Haig had three and former Delaware gov Pierre Pete do dont in had one vote. Former . Ambassador Jeane Kiev Patrick received live write in votes after the Mainland party s Central committee overwhelmingly passed a Resolution urging Kirtpatrick. Of Chevy Chase md., not to seek the 1988 Republican nomination. The los Angeles times on saturday quoted friends of Kirkpatick As saying she plans to officially announce her candidacy. Maryland republicans who had talked of Kirkpatrick As a favorite daughter candidate said her stands on economic and social issues would get Little support in the party said rep. Jim Wright of Texas who offered the Resolution to the party s Central committee. We Are telling her Mcane we love you for Secretary of state but please not president said Wright. She s great on foreign policy and disastrous on economic and social  results of saturday s Straw poll were hailed by George Bush jr., the vice presi Dent son As proof the Bush Campaign is Well organized and has a Broad base of support in Maryland asked if the results were significant Bush replied did Ames Iowa matter it is As significant As Ames Iowa where the vice president finished third in a Straw poll. Organizers for inc Dole and Kemp campaigns said the poll Only proved that Bush Campaign workers were Able to sell More tickets for the convention alluding to Pony members who arrived on Bush Campaign buses or cast Absentee Voles. Tickets sold for 130 each and each ticket Holder got a vote. Nelson War held executive director of the state party said As Many of 20 percent of the Voles cast were Absentee ballots. Voles could be cast by anyone who bought a $30 ticket even if they did not attend the convention and even if they did not live in Maryland. Those who did not attend could give their tickets to peo ple who did to cast the votes for them the state party said 919 votes were cast while attendance at the convention was placed at about too. Black hispanic students lag in tests study finds by the new York times a study of nearly 450 Public High schools in metropolitan los Angeles has found Black and hispanic students lagging further behind while High school students in rending writing and mathematics. The study by the University of Chi Cago found Large disparities in the test results of City and suburban High schools sir orighly Rel Ald to the racial background and income of the students families. It also reported that the Gap Between test performances at schools where most students Are from minority groups and those where most students arc White hoi grown significantly in the last six years the very Lime the report said when performance standards were being tight ened both in California and across the nation and when Federal and state Aid to education was declining. As a result said Gary Orfield. A University of Chicago professor who helped develop the study most Low income minority High school students will continue to be denied a Chance for Success. Eva Hains a spokeswoman for the los Angeles Public schools said that while school officials did not dispute the test re sults they fell that the report should have discussed in greater detail the difficulties los Angeles schools confront. She said these include the poverty of its students families and the fact that Many Are first generation immigrants. Students come to the school system speaking More than so languages. The study conducted in 100 school districts in or near los Angeles exam ined scores from a statewide test Given All students four limes in their Elemen tary and secondary careers and included racial and ethnic statistics of the City of los Angeles and of los angles. Orange san Bernadino and Riverside counties for the school years 1975-76 to 1985-86. More than one third of the area s pub Lic school students arc of hispanic origin 42 percent Are non hispanic while and 11 percent Are non hispanic Black. According to data cited in the study High schools in los Angeles and los an a Clos county most of which arc predominantly Black and hispanic lag behind outer suburban schools in All three test areas. For example mathematics scores declined slightly for Al metropolitan High schools. But those of the High schools in los Angeles City and county schools fell More sharply than those of he suburban schools. A similar pattern occurred in the scores for the Reading and writing tests. The report concluded that there is a very Strong relationship Between he pro portion onion White and the proportion of poor students in a school and that both race and income Are strongly re lated to differences in educational  this Means it continued that the schools must struggle not Only to overcome the effects of racial discrimination on minority children and their families but All the other difficulties that Corr from poverty particularly in communities where Pov erty is everywhere and few families Nave personal Success and resources or real Hope for obtaining  drought in Northwest May cause Christmas tree crunch Seattle a a summer Long drought in the Pacific Northwest May mean a shortage of Christmas Trees this december As tinder dry conditions keep loggers from their work the Trees Aren t themselves seriously damaged by the drought but the lock of rainfall has created such a fire danger thai officials have closed almost 19 million acres of stale and private land a washing Ion and Oregon two  country s lop five yuletide tree producers. Christmas tree growers Many of whom usually Start shipping Trees to places such Hong Kong and Japan by nov. I have been left High and dry. We have some real  Duane Kaiser legislative commissioner for the Washington stale Christmas tree growers said Friday. If these Guys can t get Oul in the Woods this will be a real  slate officials say the Bone dry forests will slay closed until significant rainfall arrives. An estimated 7,000 people mainly loggers and other Limber Industry employees Are out of work until then. Kaiser believes Christmas tree growers will suffer even More. This is going to Hurt the loggers too but they can work year round. There s nothing More useless than a Cut Christmas tree on the 26th of Decem Ber Kaiser said