European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 28, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Saturday. November 28, 1987 the stars and stripes Page 7 ? 2th hour is the trickiest time on the clock Washington a there s no Lime like the present unless in s 12 . Or 12 ., when some experts say there s no time at All. Those two hours arc the trickiest times on the clock. No one not even Uncle Sam seems certain whether 12 . Means midday or Midnight or if 12 Is lunchtime or bedtime. At the government printing office the nation s publisher. 12 Is acknowledged to mean Moi Ai least most of the avoid the Issue by using schedule times like 12 01 . Or 11 59 Blinking it tank clocks generally ice passers by figure out for themselves what "12 00" Means. And according to the nation s official timekeeper the naval Observatory in Washington there is no 12 . Or 12 ., Only noon and "Midnight.""technically, there is no such thing As 12 . Or 12 .," Joanne Petrie a department of transportation lawyer who oversees matters of Lime zones and Stan Dard time said in a recent with the timeless question ear Lier this year judges in new Jersey threw out a $15 parking ticket Given a Man who parked at a meter posted with the hours "8 . To 12 .arriving at the Wildwood n.j., meter at 1 30 ., the Driver assumed he could Park free any time after noon. Was fined by a judge who ruled that while the meter read "12 .," town officials actually wanted paid parking from morning until mid Piont the slate s second highest Tuluii Dis agreed saying bewildered motorists had to be Given the Benefit of the doubt from the wording on the meter. It is inherently ambiguous said or. Gernot Winkler director of the naval Observatory s time service division. But even the Observatory which Relys on sophisticated chronometers to keep exact time can t seem to straighten out the matter to everyone s satisfaction. We have Calls All the said Winkler. He explained that the abbreviations "." and "." by definition arc not suited to differentiate midday from Midnight. They refer to Ante Merid Iem and Post Meridies or the times before and after the Sun passes directly Vuci hcs. As such. Winkler explained neither can be used to exactly describe the mid dle of the Day itself. The noon moment i an exact moment in time he said. The confusion mirrors the Overall misunderstanding about whether mid night ends or begins the Day. Scientists in understand each other usually agree the Day begins at mid nigh. But. Wink it noted the internal Revenue service gives taxpayers until the end of april is. Or Midnight to get their tax returns postmarked. At the transportation department lawyer Cirie said she s concerned about Standard and Daylight time a jurisdiction the Jot inherited from the Early Days of confusing Cross coun try Railroad schedules but As a government official with jurisdiction in Lime matters. Pc Ric said she also gets plenty of Calls on the 12 ? debate. Many questions come from lawyer trying to sort out Legal time inquiries come from doctors try ing to figure out what time to put on birth Curti Ticatch. The naval Observatory prepared pamphlet on the Issue with the advice to the time conscious not to use either 12 . Or 12 The Observatory recommends using noon or Midnight Jacobsen says things getting worse for hostages former hostage David Jacobsen los Angeles a former Beirut Lebanon hostage David Jacobsen says things arc getting worse for the eight americans who remain captive in Leb anon. Jacobsen. 56, told a news conference thursday that he received his information from sources in govern ment and the Middle East which he did not identify. The Huntington Beach. Calif., Man who headed american University Hospital in Beirut before his 17 months of Captivity urged americans not to forget the hostages on thanksgiving Day. We just wanted people to remember when they sit Down and eat thanksgiving dinner with their families that there arc eight decent americans being held hos Tage for no apparent Jacobsen said. They Are sitting with chains on their wrists and blindfolded eating pita bread and a couple of ounces of cheese. If the guards arc in a Good mood they got a piece of to dramatize his Point Jacobsen displayed the Mea Ger meal As Well As chains similar to the ones his moslem captors used on him before he was freed on nov. 2, 1986. It s my understanding that Terry Anderson and Tom Sutherland Are Back in chains blindfolded 24 hours a Day he said of two of the hostages. They Are chained wrist and ankle to the floor almost in a fetal position. The chains can be so tight it could Cut the circulation of your Jacobsen called on president i Agan to appoint a special envoy to work for the hostages release. During she congressional Irun Contra hearings in july. Jacobsen praised the Reagan administration for taking risks to free him. He has consistently called for the United states to initiate talks with the extremists. Next month. Terry Anderson will have spent 1.000 Days As a hostage. This is his third thanksgiving in Captivity Jacobsen said. He has seen the Sun once and the Moon once in 1,000 Days. He s probably Only seen the distance of 12 feet in front of him. It s Anderson chief Middle East correspondent for the associated press has been held the longest. Other americans still held in Lebanon Are Suther land and Joseph James Cicippio of the american University of Beirut Jesse j. Turner. Alann so can and Robert pol i l of Beirut University College Frank Herbert Reed director of the lebanese International school and Edward Austin Tracy a writer. David Coll Cal 29, of North Hollywood whose father Alee Collett was taken hostage in Beirut i March 1985 and is presumed dead also attended the news conference. A picture of Alee Collett has been released depicting him hanged. In june Collett formed the United International hostages association which offers emotional Finan Cial and psychological support to families of hostages. It s something that people have to be reminded of that people arc suffering Collett said. Burger King franchiser finds Way to keep his employees on the of Detroit a when Herb Schervish a Burger King franchise owner found that his employees were Over almost As fast As the burgers on his Grill he thought of a Way to gel them to stay pay their College tuition. Since then turnover at his two Detroit area restau rants has dropped Frum 300 percent in 1986 to 40 percent in the six months ending last june. So far Schervish said 30 of his 100 employees have taken him up on the offer costing him a total of about $9.000 a semester. The workers attend two area Community colleges with the option of transferring to a four year school. We be found other problems such As tardiness or absenteeism have dropped off As said Robert Kopecky of Henry Ford Community College s management development division who helped create the program. Participants must be High school graduates main Tain at least a c average and continue to work at the restaurant. Each employee also is required to take five manage ment courses. Tony Garcel for Anizan a spokesman for Burger King in Miami said Schervish is the Only franchise owner he knows of with such a program although Crew Mem Bers at All company owned restaurants Are eligible for tuition reimbursement. There s great Competition in terms of starting wage but there is Only so much you can pay to stay profitable. So you find other ways to maintain employees Garel Frauen said. Otherwise he said the company offers guidelines to individual franchise owners on providing education assistance programs for restaurant workers including worker scholarships or tuition reimbursement. Wendy s and Mcdonald s said they offer owners similar guidelines and give them the option of taking part. Wisconsin state lottery Bill signed into Law Madison wis. A a Bill establishing a wis Consin state lottery was signed into Law wednesday by gov. Tommy Thompson who said he Hopes the first lottery tickets will be on Sale by april. Anyone who runs for Public office is a Gambler at Hcan. I think i will buy a couple of lottery tickets but not too Many the governor said. Probation violator poses As Sophomore Martinez Calif. A a 23-year-old Man wanted for violating probation was arrested at a High school where he had posed As a soph Omore since september according to officials. He enrolled fictitious by As a student just like in the movie said Contra Costa county chief probation officer Jerry Buck. In hiding out a Young adult poses As a student. Eric lament Peoples known to students and school officials As Eric Jau Rittue. Was escorted from class at Alhambra High school on wednes Day and arrested on three charges of violating probation. He was on probation for Petty theft forgery and Possession of stolen property said sheriff s sgt. Steve Fuqua. An official said Peoples of Rodeo had t checked in with his probation officer for several months. Principal 1 Atrick Gemma said be sulcs looked and acted older than 15. We were in a Calch-22. " Gemma said. If we kicked him out and his Story was True. Redid not want to throw him Back out on the Gemma said Peoples was working very hard in some of his
