European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 14, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday july 14, 1988 the stars and stripes Page 5 Congress takes up drought Relief package by the associated press heavy rain deluged some drought hit areas As con Gress began working on a package of Relief for Ameri Ca s Farmers and Farmers in Kentucky wednesday awaited the first shipment of Hay airlifted from Ore gon. Everything looks so Good with a bit of rain Over the past 24 hours Farmer Herman Krone said tuesday at his 2,800-acre farm in Southern Illinois which presi Dent Reagan plans to visit thursday during a tour of the drought stricken area. However Krone said almost one third of his 1,200acres of Corn already have been lost. The agriculture department meanwhile issued report predicting severe damage to the Harvest from the drought. It estimated for example that Corn out put this year would shrivel to 5.2 billion bushels Down from 7.06 billion last year. The dry weather is the largest drought that our nation has Ever experienced agriculture Secretary Richard e. Lyng told legislators. I think history will show that it s truly More Mammoth 4han any of us has Ever  in Washington the House and Senate agriculture committees began working on wide ranging legislation that would provide payments of up to $ 100,000 each to Farmers whose crops have been wiped out by the dry spell. House agriculture committee chairman e. Kika de la Garza a Texas called for final action on the measure by mid August. Extremely heavy rain fell tuesday in sections of Texas Louisiana Oklahoma and Arkansas. In Mesquite Texas More than 6 /2 inches fell in 75minutes, washing a pickup truck and several cars into a Creek and leaving some Homes 8 inches deep i water. In other parts of Texas water was up to the tops oscars in Garland and Street flooding was reported in Heath. Showers and thunderstorms were widespread Over the Middle Atlantic states the Tennessee Valley and the Gulf coast states. The drought has dried up pastures forcing livestock Farmers to go far afield for Hay. The first of 15 20-ton air shipments of Hay to Ken Tucky from Oregon was to arrive wednesday but Figur ing out a Way to distribute it fairly will take at least a week said state department of agriculture spokesman Roger Nesbitt. The delay angered some Farmers such As Berntt Nasmith who expects to run out of Hay for her 147 beef cows in one or two Days. I Don t see any sense i storing it because people need this Hay. I Don t under stand it she said. The drought has had a Silver lining for anglers in thereto nev., area. The state Board of wildlife commissioners removed the limit on catches at Rye Patch and Lahonta reservoirs because reservoirs Are expected to be dry by the end of summer leaving fish High and dry. Stage film director Joshua Logan Dies at 79 new York a Joshua Logan who directed some of Broadway s biggest hits including South Pacific Annie get your gun and mister Roberts died tuesday at the age of 79 in his Man Hattan Home after a Long illness. His wife actress Nedda Harrigan said Logan had suffered a rare progressive neurological disease called Supra nuclear palsy. Logan was known particularly for the Story heavy musicals that were popular after world War ii. Although his Broadway career began in1932 and continued for More than 40 years Logan s biggest stage successes Casein the late 1940s and Early 1950s and included such hits As Happy birthday John loves Mary wish you were Here picnic kind sir and  when Logan got out of the army in 1945, he was asked by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein to direct Joshua Logan a file photo Annie get your gun the Story of Annie Oakley which opened on May 16,1946, and ran for 1,147 performances. Logan continued his association with Rodgers and Hammerstein directing Happy birthday in 1946 and John loves Mary the following year. Both had Long runs. In 1948, Logan directed mister Rob erts which ran for nearly three years. South Pacific which opened in1949, starred Mary Martin and Ezio Pinza and was the biggest hit of Logan stage career. It ran for 1,925 performances and won the 1950 pulitzer prize for drama. Logan had two big musical successes and a dramatic hit in the Early 1950s wish you were Here in 1952 Pic Nic in 1953 and Fanny in 1954. Although Logan was known primarily As a stage director he also directed films including bus Stop which starred Marilyn Monroe. Among his other movies mostly film versions of Broadway successes were picnic 1955 Sayonara 1957 South Pacific 1958 tall Story 1960 Fanny 1961 Camelot 1967 and paint your Wagon 1969. Logan was born in Texarkana Texas on oct. 5, 1908. He attended Princeton University and also studied at the mos cow Art theater under Constantin Stanislavsky. He made his new York stage debut in 1932 in Carrie nation and his Broad Way directorial debut three years later with the comedy to see  Logan was married twice. His first marriage to actress Barbara o Neill ended in divorce in 1941. He married Harrigan in 1945. Logan is survived by his wife a Daugh Ter Harrigan Logan of los Angeles and a son Thomas Logan of Manhattan. Blue Angels crash photo caused Sailor s Transfer Pensacola Fla. A a former Navy photographer said he was transferred from the Blue Angels after he entered photographs of a fatal collision be tween two jets in a photo contest. Wayne Singleton said the photographs were pulled from the 1986 military photographer of the year con test because they were embarrassing to the Navy. Blue Angels spokesman it. Cmdr. Doug Hocking however said Singleton was made available for trans Fer because of his failure to obtain authorization be fore entering them in the contest and the photograph were removed because of their graphic Content. The pictures showed a 1985 collision during an airshow Over Niagara Falls . One Pilot was killed and the other parachuted to safety after the collision. Two photos of the crash by Singleton were published monday in the Pensacola news journal which said it received them anonymously. The Blue Angel Sare based at Pensacola Nas. Singleton now a civilian free Lance photographer living in Arizona said he was scheduled for Transfer to Security guard school on the Remote Island of Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean but managed to get sent instead to Lakehurst n.j., and continue in photography until his discharge. The Blue Angels commanding officer cmdr. Gil Rud accused Singleton of failing to turn the photos Over for use by investigators immediately after the Accident and lying when he claimed the film had Bee lost until after the probe was concluded. Survey shows attitude of americans shifting away from illegal drug use new York not the attitudes of Many americans appear to have shifted sharply against the use of illegal drugs in the last year according to a new study. The findings also suggest that Public advertising can be highly effective in accelerating such attitude changes and in convincing Young people that experimenting with drugs is a bad idea. Several drug abuse experts said the regarded the findings As highly significant As they tend to confirm narrower Federal studies that suggested the Peak has been passed in America s 25-year affair with illegal drugs. In addition they said the findings provide evidence that at least one for of drug prevention Campaign Adver Tising on television and radio and i newspapers and magazines could bring fairly dramatic results. The study of More than 7,000 people in Early 1987 and again in Early 1988 was part of a National anti drug Campaign by members of the advertising Industry with the assistance of Federal officials and academic experts. As part of the program the partnership conducted an Anonymous study of 7,000 people at 89 shopping malls or Central Sites around the United states and on 130 College campuses. The study asked different questions of four groups children 9 to 12 years old teen agers College students and adults. The people questioned were selected to generally approximate the nation As whole but the study was not a strictly random Survey and cannot be Rega Dedas scientifically precise. The study conducted by the Media advertising partnership for a drug free America found that nearly one in five Chil Dren Are being approached to use drugs. The non profit group was formed in1985 by executives of Large advertising agencies and Media companies to begin an advertising Campaign designed to shift Public acceptance away from fro the use of illegal drugs As Normal. So far 28 advertising agencies have donated 32 television commercials 80 print advertisements and 25 radio commercials to the Campaign the group said and television radio Magazine and newspaper companies have donated the equivalent of $150 million in advertising time and space. While the study found an increase in anti drug attitudes in All groups it was most pronounced among College students the same group which led the change to pro drug attitudes in the 1960s. The study found a slower Chang among the attitudes of teen agers and a disturbing tendency among parents to underestimate the exposure of their Chil Dren to the offers of drugs said Gordons. Black the president of the Gordon s. Black corp., a private research concern that conducted the study. But the study found a far greater risen anti drug attitudes in the to markets where the anti drug advertising Campaign had been particularly heavy. Black cautioned however that to re Duce the massive problems of drug abuse in the nation Public attitudes Wouldhave to change for Many years to come. Sands of time in the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. July 14, 1948 in a dramatic per Sonal appearance United nations mediator count Folke Bernadette called on the Security Council for Quick and Force Ful intervention to end the Palestine War. 30 years ago today. July 14, 1958 cuban army fighter planes forced a . Marine flying Box car with a Crew of nine to land at Santia go de Cuba. The plane and its Crew were released a few hours later. 20 years ago today. July 14, 1968 Secretary of de sense Clark m. Clifford leaving Forsooth Vietnam accused North Vietnam of going to the other extreme rather than showing restraint in response to . Limitation of bombing in the North. 10 years ago today. July 14, 1978 president carte arrived for a four Day visit to West Ger Many and almost immediately began conferring with Chancellor Helmut Schmidt