European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 30, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes saturday. April 30.1988 Reagan awards medal to lady Bird Johnson Washington  the setting matched the Miuji it As president  honoured the beautification cd tons of lady Laird Johnson awarding the former first laity 3 congressional Gold medal at a glittering White House ceremony. Tinder chandeliers Llinat East prisms of Light across incl Isi Kong Keagan hailed mrs. Johnson for an impressive career in her own  her concern for inc poor and underprivileged helped inspire a nation her efforts to beautify America continuing up to today still Blossom in our nation s capital and beside our highways he said. Mrs. Johnson said Lylial 20 years ago when her Hus band. Lyndon b. Johnson decided not to seek re elec Tion and lire family Eft inc while House saw never imagined she would be Back in the capital under such circumstance i. It was she said the furthest thought from her mind. Ital thursday the wealthy the powerful and the famous turned out in Force to Honor the 75-Ycar-Ojd texan for tilling the capital s traffic circles with tulips Ami lining ribbons of Concrete Highway with evening primroses. Indian paintbrushes and other  wild Flowers. Far All of us Here at the while House and on Capi Tol Hill Welcome Back. Lidy Bird it s Good to have a a in my Reagan said. In the audience were executives and politicians and men who once were Mem Bers of Lyndon Johnson s inner Circle. Earlier in the Day the Senate paid tribute and the House overflowed with Well wishers As both presented mrs. Johnson Wilh resolutions honouring her Good works. Speeches recalled her lifelong love of nature Antl her ability to inspire the rest of the nation to treasure its natural heritage. Mrs. Johnson has painted the landscape with daffodils tulips and Wilu Flowers but she has also beautified Amenta Wilh the magic of her presence the gentleness of her touch and her compassion for our pwple.t1 said sen. Lloyd Bentsen. 4i fellow texan and Democrat. Surrounded by her daughters their husband and children mrs. Johnson a Tow kisses from the Senate gallery after passage of the Resolution honouring her mrs. Johnson had a few thanks herself for the president for inking Lime out of a Busy schedule and for the country. The Honor she said was a great Day for her but also a Salute to All those people All Over this grail land who arc working to preserve and to enhance the natural Beauty of  a couple of swingers Amanda Murphy 7 Rols a Felt tit helping hands Frimi her dad drink. While Shing no. The Bat during the opening tame of inc special nerds Little league program in Brockton mass the program is reputedly the first in the nation far children who suffer from menial and physical handicaps stateside 2 men will face charges of fish napping giant Trout Steamboat Springs Colo. A Goldic. A 23-Pound Albino Troal thai Drew tourists to a Federal fish hatchery hat been found dead after 3 tour month fish napping investigation. Two men who toll Federal agents they used a net to lift the huge Trout out of a visitor display Pond will face charges in Federal court in Montana officials raid. Or Nadir s disappearance around Christmas last year from the notional fish hatchery in Ennis mont., prompted l mul Listati search and an alter of a s 2,500 Reward for the Safe Clurn of the fish. News stories produced tips thai led to suspects according to Terry Grosz. Assistant regional director for Law enforce incl in the Denver office of the , fish and wildlife service. Her abductors apparently showed Gold in off at a bar in Boz Man mont., about 55 Miles from Ennis and weighed the fish at a store in Milner Colo., near Steamboat Springs officials said. Pros said when the abductors were near Steamboat Springs they realized inc juror the disappearance had caused put the fish in a plastic bag Ana tossed i in a Pil along . Route 40. Tavern s horse of steel rustled by Urban cowboys Pittsburgh a when horse rustlers rustic in the City of steel they steal steel horses. Mary Dower owner of Dower s tavern in Pittsburgh s South Side neighbourhood says thieves stole the tavern s Mascot a j-by-6-fool winged horse made of steel. The pc Isis which once graced a Mobil service Sta Tion stood guide the tavern far years until two men in a Chevrolet Blazer made off Wilh him Tail week. The horse was anchored by pipes into a Cement foundation it infuriates you Dower said. People would drop by Over the years and ask to buy him but i never thought someone would just steal him .,., after All this time to Gether. I be grown kind of attached to  car thefts linked to students using tools made in shop Peoria la. A police and school officials can t explain what triggered a three month spree of car thefts now linked to 10 teen agers who Are accused of using tools made in a High school shop class. Normally you Don t find that kind of operation in a Small town like ours Mclamore i of inc chief Mike Walters said. Walters said most of the 2,500 residents of Mclamo a about 15 Miles Northeast of Peoria were stunned by the allegations against the teens who were arrested at Rural melamora1 High school. The students face felony charges that include vehicle burglary and conspiracy to commit vehicle burglary police said. Their names were withheld because the two girls and eight boys who have no previous police records arc juveniles ranging in age from 15 to 17. Two of the youths face 27 counts each of burglary and conspiracy. The group has been linked to 33 burglaries in Peoria and 14 in Tazewell and Woodford counties. In add Ion. Police said the group is responsible for a residential theft in talc will county police estimated the value of the three month crime spree exceeds $10,000. 2 killed 8 Hurt As car plows into crowd at school Chicago a a h Amin who. Car shimmer into an after school crowd at an elementary school killing a 4-year old girl and 3 woman and injuring eight others has been charged with negligent driving police say. Witnesses said the two door Sedan crashed through a Chain link Fence and careened across an Asphalt playground before running up a Short flight of stairs to where the crowd was gathered thurs Day afternoon in an entry Way of Cyrus h. Mccormick Elc Mcnary school. There Ere mothers screaming looking for their  said Araceli Hernandez whose Niece lives Wilh her Anil attends the school. Almost every child that was on inc floor had his Mother  in  principal Jim Crowe and teachers helped lift die car which was lodged in the two Blory building to free some Vic Tims i rapped beneath the wheels. I called for 10 ambulances Crowe said. I told them there were bodies All Over the playground two of the injured youngsters remained in critical condition Friday. Marcella t Iai. 30, was waiting for her 5-year-old son. Roger and her 12-year old daughter Lynne when the Accident happened. " was picking up my son when i turned my head and the car com ing she Wye i just screamed and picked up my son with my hands and ran away. The car missed us by a Yard and a  Isabel Fuentes 37, was charged with leaving the unc of an Accident and negligent driving officer Terry 1 Ickens said. She was arrested near the school and freed after posting sick Cash Bond and her Driver License. Reuben Fuentes. & student Al the school said his Mother apparently had come to the school to pick him up. Of i opinion is that she was driving Lou fast for conditions said sol. Thom As Reynolds of the police department s major accidents unit. He did t know a badly How fasl she was javelins but said mrs. Fucles who suffered a bloody nose in the Accident was going Over inc Camph Speed limit there was no evidence of intoxication or use of drugs Reynolds said adding that authorities were investigating the possibility thai the car s brain failed or the accelerator malfunctioned. A police spokeswoman who declined to give her name said Friday she was unsure whether mrs. Fuentes honked her Horn or tried to warn those in her car s paid. Alma Cordero mrs. Fuel is Niece said she had been told the car needed a Spain. She is a real Good driver.1 said Cordero 28. She never got into an Acci  authorities identified the dead ave Ronica Marquez 4, who suffered head and abdominal injuries and Dot Ora Torres Between go and 65. She wails in arc every Day faithfully to make sure her acids gel Home safely Crowe said of Torres who grandchildren attend the school. Author tics decided to open the school Friday because i think the teachers can help the children overcome this trag