European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 6, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday july 6, 1988 the stars and stripes Page 5 coast to coast America Marks fourth pre Dawn fireworks display lights up the sky Over Santa Monica Calif. A photo by the associated press from the flutter of flags for the space shuttle discovery to the Thunder of fire works at Dawn Over a California Beach americans celebrated the fourth of july Holiday coast to coast with parades picnics concerts and festivals. The mood s definitely Good because instead of moaning about the drought we re celebrating a lot of Good things that have happened this year said Roy b. Schmidt of Brownsville ind. But the drought did leave its Mark on the festivities. Many communities across the Midwest and the great Plains can celeb fireworks displays because of the fire danger. On Chicago s North Side Ted Kambe Ros Rose with the Sun and planted 1,000 plastic . Flags in the strip of grass along the sidewalks in a six Block area near Depaul University. It s basically a patriotic gesture and a Way for me to say thank you to the neighbors said Kamberos 40, whose parents immigrated from Greece. It s a big Day said Coung Tran 23, a vietnamese refugee who was among about 300 people naturalized As . Citizens in St. Paul Minn. The celebrating started in the Middle of the night at Cape canaveral with a Flag waving Send off for the space shuttle discovery s move to its launch pad. America the dream is still alive astronaut Dave killers told a crowd of several Hundred engineers technicians and others at the Kennedy space Center. In Southern California Early risers in Santa Monica enjoyed a spectacular pre Dawn display of fireworks Over the Ocean. Officials estimated that 150,000 people gathered on the Beach next to the Santa Monica pier to watch the 5 . Show. Hundreds of residents of Coralville Iowa lined the streets for the Community s annual fourth of july Parade and applauded a very International procession. Along with fire trucks marching bands floats clowns and politicians citizens of the soviet Union taking part in the american soviet peace walk marched Down the 2-mile Parade route then joined residents at a pot Luck meal. About 220 soviets and 100 americans Are travelling across the country. They started june 17 in Washington. Several of the soviets compared the Holiday to their own Independence Day on nov. 7, in commemoration of the 1917 revolution. But i like it More Here discovery moved to launching pad Cape canaveral Fla. Not amid cheers and applause the winged spaceship discovery was moved to the launching pad monday in a Star spangled ceremony intended to boost the morale of space Agency employees and to show the world that the shuttle program was Back in business. The event Here at the Kennedy space Center marked the official end of a two year redesigning of the shuttle in the Wake of the challenger disaster and the Start of a two month countdown toward the discovery s first flight now scheduled for Early september. The towering Assembly of White spaceship Orange external fuel tank and twin solid fuel rocket boosters emerged from a 52-Story hangar at 12 50 . Into the Glare of powerful floodlights to begin a six hour journey to the launching pad. A member of the ship s five Man Crew and officials of the National aeronautics and space administration watched the spectacle from a grandstand bedecked in red White and Blue Bunting. Monday s upbeat event made Only passing reference to those terrifying seconds of Jan. 28, 1986, when the shuttle challenger exploded in an Orange Ball of flame a few Miles from Here killing All seven Crew members. Teachers endorse learning lab concept new Orleans a the nation s largest teachers Union endorsed overwhelmingly monday a proposal that each state name name at least one school District a learning Laboratory where teachers could Experiment and take the Lead in improving schools. Hot dog you did it said Mary hat Wood Futrell president of the National education association after the delegates gathered for their annual Conven Tion passed her pet proposal by voice vote. Futrell called the idea our most ambitious Reform Effort to  in a 45-minute keynote address before 8,227 delegates gathered for the Nea s annual convention Futrell had urged teachers to establish a National network of innovative school  such districts she said might do away with academic tracking finance schools by Means other than property taxes Experiment with More flexible scheduling or anything else it wanted to try in the name of Reform. In san Francisco 3,000 teachers Gath ered for the rival american federation of teachers annual convention adopted a similar program of school experimentation. The aft plan called for establish ment of thousands of schools within schools where groups of six or More teachers could try innovative education Al ideas free of bureaucratic meddling. Aft delegates heard monday from pulitzer prize winning sociologist Paul Starr who warned that education vouch ers that would allow parents to choose Between Public or private schools at tax payer expense Are a recipe for inflation that would destroy Public Educa Tion. Starr an authority on the economics of medical care said vouchers were an illusory tonic that would make the whole educational system. Far More Strati fied and ethnically fragmented. Because it s More cozy. Vice president George Bush left his summer Home at Kennebunkport Maine to Campaign in the Midwest. In a Stop at Wyandotte mich., he voiced regret Over the accidental destruction of an iranian jetliner but said the incident would not alter . Policy in the persian Gulf. Bush also attended a festival in the Chicago suburb of Elmwood Park where he threw darts at balloons to win a Little Blue elephant holding an american Flag. In Boston 250,000 people streamed to the Charles River Esplanade for a concert by the Boston pops and a half hour fire works display from a Barge on the River. They were joined by gov. Michael Dukakis his wife Kitty and Jesse Jack son and his wife Jackie. The Jacksons earlier dined at the Dukakis Home. At the Washington mall president Reagan played Host to hundreds of White House and secret service person Nel As the first family joined their guests in watching the annual fireworks display. The Union Rescue Mission and the Fred Jordan Mission in los Angeles skid Row organized traditional fourth of july meals including hot dogs baked Beans Watermelon and pie to feed thou Sands of homeless people. It s a Day to see our inner City neigh Bors relax have a Good meal and just enjoy themselves said George Cay Wood executive director of the Union Mission. In Saratoga Springs n.y., 18,000 peo ple jammed the Saratoga performing arts Center to hear Carlos Santana Miles Davis Mel Torme and a Host of others during 12 hours of jazz part of the Jevc jazz festival. More than 2,500 members of the Rainbow family Back to nature group gathered in Zavalla Texas for the group s 17th annual july fourth Cele bration where they Pray for peace love and Harmony. In Arkansas pass Texas officials held the 40th annual Blessing of the Fleet. Mayor Robert Watson said about 500 shrimping vessels of All shapes and sizes were in the Harbor. More than 580,000 people jammed Milwaukee s Lake Michigan Shore for a fireworks display. Traffic was so backed up that people driving into the area after 6 . Were just basically spinning their wheels said police sgt. Ken Romels. An estimated 1.2 million people filled Chicago s Grant Park for that City s fire works show Over Lake Michigan. In the stars and stripes 40 years ago foe a. July 6, 1948 police investigating the theft of three chests of Gold weighing More than 400 pounds from the customs office at Paris orly Airport termed it the most perfect robbery Ever carried out in France. 30 years ago foe a. July 6, 1958 French Premier Charles de Gaulle warned Secretary of state John Foster Dulles that France in tended to construct atomic weapons with or without Access to american nuclear secrets. 20 years ago today. July 6, 1968 former Alabama gov. George Wallace blamed anarchists led by College professors for setting off a wild protest at a rally and said a Good crease in the Skull would Stop  ? 0 years ago today. July 6, 1978 austrian Border roads remained nearly sealed off for the third Day As Drivers of Long distance trucks continued to Block the Border approaches with their vehicles in protest of a truck