European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 29, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday april 29, 1988 the stare and stripes Paga 9 big voice says Oyez Oyez and the whole town listens no Nim stuff h Rifle in is Cring. At weddings. Gar la i1nim is. Engagements even i Iurii june. Don parties. Raro birth lev per Iris it s Mil Bluit i s i u re sensitive. It s his Job to oras lir in a m limn tier us Fairford England. When his repel air Tuur week As civilian Driver a Kay fair lord s Tomilio trans so. Is Over Jones 46. Spends his i eke non Furr Jiting Oil the centuries old custom of a Titi ill Public eng everything from Spring fur to a Katity vents walking and crying from the local Church  k i to town Center. A picture of sartorial splendor from the top of his my year old three cornered hat to Trie lips of his big buckle shoes he blends Well with the old Stone buildings of Eairl re. His deep Clear voice pen ctr aies throughout the Low it. Easily recognized h All who live and work there Oye orc hex on this Day it s my if Uty to declare that it s someone s birthday Over there so stand up Ami be noted so your health can he roasted from your friends from far and near i be a  for you to hear from Thelyn i and i Totice. A birthday wish 1 bring for on this Duy without a doubt they Goi me so i could shout Happy his Tiina  the Queen with firs Olly and Ron lie niiluri1. Crib us voice and a deep  Lor English history and tradition. Jones seems to be a natural for the Job. I craps his fondness for English history stems from the fact that he was Burn in an old Fairford House once lived in by the masons a in built Fairford s 15lhcentury, Norman is in Church at the Edge of town. His knowledge of the history of the House the Church and the town makes him an appropriate Teller of tales. Jones in Plains that Long before newspapers peo ple did t least about new bus and proclamation until the town crier strolled through the streets clanging his Bell shouling out the official tidings. William the conqueror is reputed to have been Lite first Monarch to use criers in iu66. To make his policies known throughout England. " nine o clock and All s Well was a familiar nightly sound in every Little Village in those Days Jones said. But Loday. Criers arc in Short Supply with less than Loo worldwide and the tradition of crying is kept alive by the ancient and honourable Guild of town criers of which a incs is a member. This year Fairford will sponsor Jones at a Competition held by the Guild in Hastings where the tradition was bom and that Means the town will buy him a. New costume for the event. But i m still going to keep my old  he said with a sly Grin As he ran his fingertips along the Edge of in fraying Gold braid Al s 200 years  town crier Maurice join in Callon. Japanese official angers China s. Korea Tokyo not a apr mesh Cabinet minister s declaration la a week that Japan was not an aggressor in world War ii has brought expressions of outrage from two of Japan s asian neighbors. The official. Seisuke Okuno director general of Japan s National land Agency in a press conference after a visit to the in Suekuni shrine on Friday said. Japan fought the War in order to secure its safety. The while Rice had turned Asia into a Colony he said. Japan was by no Means the aggressor  Okuno also Slid it a is Sud that Japan has been manipulated by the words and jeed4 of Deng Xiaoping the chinese Leader. He wus referring to Chin it s objections echoed by other asian nations Over japanese leaders visits to the Masukuni shrine. The shrine which honors Japan s War dead was once the Seal of slate Shimobe and is for Many japanese a Symbol of militarism. According to the Asahi i injun newspaper Okuno added he would like Japan to Scop faring pulled around by the ghost of the occupation forces which he said had ended official government support of the Masukuni shrine to insure that Japan could never stand up against the United  in reports appearing in Tokyo on monday. China s official new China news Agency described As completely preposterous of Cuno s statement that Japan was not the aggressor in world War ii. The Agency also Laid Okuno comments were counter to historical truth and intolerable to the chinese  on monday in Japan s parliament. Iuno said he had not intended to criticize China but in said that Japan should not blindly accept Deng s critic int of japanese leaders visits to Masukuni. He added that he did not intend to imply that Japan did not invade China and Korea but he also  11 is regret table that Only Japan is accused of being the  steeper for 35 Jun i this suite of hypnos god of sleep s on display at the St. Louis City an museum but its american visa pred suddenly when Sommer div Cumell hat the for ii Tell Bronit sculpture acquired by St Louis in 1953, had been stolen from French it must urn in 1914. Is on it h being returned to of Nuich. Official report blames fatal shooting of israeli girl on careless jewish settler Jerusalem