European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 6, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 6 the stars and stripes wednesday july 6,1988 pizzeria painting panned up photo artist Eric Henn touches up a painting of his nods characters in Defiance of a Virginia Beach va., code inspector s order that the painting be removed from the Side of a pizza restaurant. The inspector ordered the removal after deciding Henn s mural was inappropriate for the City s image. Stateside teen age aids patient urges More education about disease new Orleans a Ryan White the teen age aids sufferer who captured National attention with his struggle to attend school urged teachers monday to us education to make his illness a disease not a dirty looking Small for his 16 years but relatively fit except for a sniffle White told some 8,000 delegates to the National education association s annual convention that de spite his 3 /2-year struggle wit the disease my life is better i m a Normal Happy teen age Ragain. I have a Driver s License and a 1987 Chevy. I attend sport functions and dances. My studies Are important to me. I made the Honor role recently with two a s and two b she said. I have lived 3 /2 years with aids. Now i stand before you to Ryan White ask for your help Ryan told the teachers. The Man people against me said they weren t against me but against my disease. Help me beat the Odds and together let s educate and save the children of the teachers can play an important role in helping an aids student be accepted and treated As Normal a possible by teaching the facts not the myths he said. By proper education aids can be a disease not dirty the Nea went on record last year in opposition to mandatory or involuntary aids testing of students. Union delegates will vote later this week on a Resolution in support of local policies to ensure free appropriate Public education for students with aids. A Haemophilia a since birth Ryan caught aids fro blood products he was Given to control his disease. Ryan s health has improved since last year when restarted taking the drug at which helps prolong the lives of aids victims but does t cure them. He now attends Hamilton Heights High school i Arcadia ind., and Hopes to graduate in 1991. He told reporters after his address that he s spending the sum Mer working at a skateboard shop in Indianapolis and would like to attend the University of Indiana. His Outlook was far bleaker 3 /2 years ago when his family lived in Kokomo ind., and he faced taunts and discrimination because of his illness. After he was diagnosed Kokomo school official banned him from classes. After nine months of court Battles he won the right to attend school. Pigeons have Field Day after Grain train derails la Grange 111. A a freight train derail ment in this West Chicago suburb was for the Birds police Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad train heading for Blue Island derailed at about 8 . Monday spewing tons of Corn across the tracks it. Loren Clark said. There s Corn All Over Clark said. The pigeons Are having a Field cranes and two bulldozers were working to right the six Railroad cars that tipped Over following the derailment police it. Fred Goss said. Each car carried about 40 tons of were no injuries in the Accident. Hollywood cemetery described As an eyesore los Angeles a Hollywood memorial Par cemetery the final resting place of such stars As Rudolph Valentino and Tyrone Power has become an eyesore of overgrown grass and damaged mausoleums critics charge. State officials say it has prompted More complaint sin the past five years than any other California Ceme Tery. Relatives of those buried at the 57-acre memorial Park complain of vandalism unkempt grounds and Leaky mausoleum be averaged about six to eight letters per year and More phone Calls than i d care to recall said John Gill executive Secretary of the state cemetery Board which oversees More than 200 cemeteries. Beverly Hills celebrates 75th birthday with show Beverly Hills Calif. A amid fanfare rivalling that of the olympics and super bowl this Cit gave itself a Star studded 75th birthday party capped with fireworks music and a Diamond encrusted cake Worth $20 million. Happy birthday Beverly Hills said Singer Dina Shore a 20-year resident who was master of ceremonies on an Academy awards like stage on the football Field of Beverly Hills High school. We have the Best of everything Here the bes schools the Best police department. The Best hotels and the Best restaurants Shore 90-minute show featured skits music and danc ing commemorating the City s history. More than1,000 singers dancers actors and non celebrity Resi dents recalled Beverly Hills transformation from Alima bean Field to 5.6 Square Miles of some of the world s most expensive property. Thousands flee Blaze caused by fireworks Duluth Minn. A an explosion of fire works on the ground monday night started a Small fire at a Park on Lake Superior forcing the evacuation of thousands of people attending a fourth of july display. A few people were injured slightly said Duluth assistant fire chief Lou Gerrard. A charge failed to lift one of the fireworks out of it canister setting off a Chain reaction that blew up 20 minutes Worth of fireworks within two minutes said Gus Gustafson of Arrowhead inc. Of Duluth the com Pany that put on the show at Bayfront Park. Commuting driving you nuts try zen buddhism san Francisco a if you Are frazzled by freeways maybe you should try zen. That s the advice two Brothers Are giving in zen driving a Book that explores How harried motorists can enjoy life in the not so fast Lane. No religious conversion is necessary for this moving meditation say Kevin and Todd Berger. In zen driving they say you simply accept a traffic Jam and become one with it. A master of the Art might even learn Tosee All the honking and crowding As a path to enlightenment a sort of nirvana on wheels. Zen driving is a heightened sense of awareness and mindfulness said Todd Berger 39, a psychotherapist from Marin county in a weekend Telephone interview. If somebody cuts you off you simply acknowledge your anger and then let it go he said. You re aware of what you experience and you experience what you re aware Todd and his brother Kevin the 31 year old editor of a Rock music Magazine in san Francisco Hope anyone whose mind stalls Over that concept will buy their newly released Book. It represents the culmination of a Dis covery that Todd who has been studying zen since the late 1960s, made a doze years ago. Spending three hours a Day commuting from Home to work near los Angeles he found he had Little time to do his zazen the technique of sitting meditation that is the Core of zen buddhism. Some decided to do it on the Road. Not Only did my driving ability improve but i got to work feeling a lot less uptight he said. Kevin also Learned the method or non method As his brother Calls it. A car enthusiast he too found it relaxing even though he is not a practising Buddhist. Zen is a philosophy not a religion said Kevin who drives a late Model pickup truck. To be a Buddha behind the wheel does t mean you have to take the plastic Jesus off your in the Book the Brothers Berger de scribe exercises on How to practice the method. They advise letting go of emotions and focusing on the feel of the wheel the car the Road. Soon they Promise the cursing fist shaking and heart pounding associated with car trips will be Only a memory. And you can Converse and meditate at the same time. Babe Ruth was a colourful personality off the Field but at the moment the Pitcher released the Ball you can be assured babe Ruth was nothing but experience and awareness they write. An that s How we want to be in Todd now professes to commute Al most effortlessly Over the Golden Gate Bridge to his office in san fact being a practising Buddhist he s virtually unflappable. But it does upset him that some have described zen driving As esoteric. He Hopes Chebook will be As useful for Lowans As it is for those cruising los Angeles freeways every Day. It Chagrin me that this is being la bleed As a new age Book in bookstores he said. It was really designed to be driving Book for the everyday Driver. I guess most stores Don t have a driving
