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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 4, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes sunday september 4,1988 name booze brands easy. Presidents hmm Washington a the nation s past presidents May need More advertising judging from a Survey that found youngsters Able to name More brands of alcoholic beverages than for Mer chief executives. The children Ages b to 11, were reachable to name an average of 5.2 alcoholic beverages but just however forced to by being in the first class of men admitted to new eng Katf he in hand  of toiletries distr coed in year old Dan to o Asai hard t being in the first class of men admitted to be eng land s oldest women s College. Until he received a letter from an  she wrote me saying. I Hope you bring a stuffed animal because everyone has one " recalled Wolotsky of hit Alstown . Thai s when it dawned on me what was doing. My Uncle Lold me to bring a Bullfrog he said Tharl scare.  Wheaton is welcoming male students this fall for theim time in its 15-4 years a decision reached after a bitter struggle with alumnae who opposed the  year s freshman dais of 402 will include 75 men. School officials said the decision to admit men to Wheaton is part of the trend to make single sex col Leges coeducational because newer generations of Stu dents demand it. The interest in going to a women s College has  said Gail Weaver director of admissions and student Aid. Ninety five percent of our women come from coeducational settings where they be had the Opportunity to bi1 editor of the school paper or class president and they be never Felt discriminated against. They feel there s no reason to buy into the argument that they need to go to school with just women to  Weaver said fewer than 100 women s colleges re main in the country. Almost half arc Small Church related schools she said. The transformation of Wheaton which is 35 mile South of Boston to a coeducational school was Rocky. Some alumnae walked when they Learned of the Jan uary 1987 decision to admit men. They claimed that Many alumnae donated to the school in recent year without knowing of the plans to eventually admit men. The matter went to court where a probate judge ruled in june that Wheaton must notify All donors that a &. A i up Erin Haywood walks with her Boyfriend Chugh Vonmiller who s moving into a wheat College Domi. It will return their donations if requested. I s a very sad Day said Mary Anne Marsh 31, a1979 graduate and one of the alumnae who protested. It s diminishing what Little opportunities Are left to women who want to attend Small Liberal arts  administrators said Little has been changed to accommodate men on the idyllic 378-acre Campus of Brick buildings and a while Chapel. The were buy longer Beds. And packages of toiletries distributed to incoming freshmen on orientation Day now include a karate package for men which several women noted does not contain the laundry detergent Given women and has better razor  the people most excited about men coming to Wheaton were not surprisingly incoming women. I would t be Here if it was t coed said Susa Howland in of Lincoln. R.i., As she unpacked in her dormitory room thursday. I think it s going to Befun. Maybe a Little Odd because there Aren t that Many  i came basically because it was going coed Sai Nadja Drazien 18, of Montreal. "1 think our society Means that women have to learn How to work along Side  school officials also had reason to be ? said enrolment has increased 30 per cent since they decided to admit men. The College will House 1,150 students this year. Tuition is 116,700 a year. Like other men Wolotsky is a Little concerned that Only one sport will be available to men this fait Crow country running. Officials Are building a new athletic facility that eventually will mean a bigger sports pro Gram for men. Mark Sweet 19, standing in line to Register mid he wanted to come to Wheaton because his two aunts an grandmother Are alumnae. He said he has endured some leasing from friends about being sought after by women on Campus. My Firel response is to Tell them to shut up said Sweet. I m paying a lot to study and gel a Good Educa Tion. My social life is important but that s not what i m paying $17,000 a year  Fri seeks Landers writer who married con Man Elpaso. Tas a the Fri is looking for the woman who wrote Ann Landers that she married a con Man who could make you feel like a  Fri agents say they May Hare the Man. The Fri said it wants to Contact the woman to Sec if she can identify him As the tall handsome military Man who wooed her with his smooth talk. The letter signed slow learner of Elpaso appeared in Landers advice column in the stars and stripes on aug. 30. The woman told Landers she realized the Man had other wives and probably was out to get her posses Sions so she annulled the  said she wrote to warn other would be victims. I married a con Man the woman wrote. After the shame and guilt sub sided i began to think a Little More rationally. I wonder How Many others have had this experience. I m sure there armany but they arc too embarrassed to admit it. He s a fabulous dancer smooth talker and will make you feel like a million. His line is irresistible and his ultimate goal is to move in " she wrote. Agent Terry Kincaid of the Fri office in Elpaso said that agents in new or leans arrested Byron Clovis Brant an that the Man sounds like the one in the letter. The Fri reported that Brant use Many aliases and May have victimized women from California Hawaii and the Midwest. Usually he impersonates a military officer but he also has impersonated a doctor the Fri said. He s a very accomplished dancer Kincaid said Friday. He Hal. Trav eled throughout the country preying on vulnerable women the Fri called the Chicago office of the advice columnist but the staff said the letter had no return address. Kinc Idsaid the identity of the woman would be protected. The Bureau knows of at least three women in their 40s who were victimized and suspects there May be More the Fri said. Cleveland s air show starts safety rules stiffened Cleveland api the Clevelan National air show opened saturday with stricter safely rules in effect to protect spectators in the aftermath of the Ramstein West Germany air show disaster. The Federal aviation administration required High Speed aircraft including the Navy s Blue Angels precision flying team to operate at least 1,500 feel from spectators along the Lake Erie Skori put Ting aircraft several Hundred feet out Over the take. The coast guard also banned boat from the Lake from area during the performances that run through Laborda. Organizers gathered an array of Vin Tage and late Model aircraft for the City s s9ih air show including the British supersonic concorde the b-1b bomber Asail plane the harrier vertical Takeoff Jel fighter radio controlled models and the12-fool-Long bd-5 Jel the world s Small est. A spokesman for the Blue Angels whose performances highlight each afternoon of the show said there had not been unusual Public interest in the team s appearance despite the West Ger Many disaster. In that disaster three italian Jet collided during a High Speed stunt aug. 21, sending one flaming aircraft Plung. Ing into the crowd of 300,000. Fifty one people died and scores remain hospitalized. One of the newest members of the Blue Angels la. Cmdr Mark Ziegler prepared for the weekend performances with two Days of practice flights across the lakefront Ziegler an 11-year Navy Veteran who joined the Blue Angels in october said the Blue Angels Manuel cars with a maximum of six planes in the air at a time Are breathtaking but less risky than the 10-plane, i rec Dirc Clion Man Uever that ended in disaster at Ramstein. There s no risk i perceive in this at  he said noting that the Blue Ange shave Clear air space for every Maneu ver allowing pilots room to operate if one of their Fa-1b hornets or a Pilot has b problem. Even a Man Uever designed to appears though two aircraft Are lying straight Al one another at twice in Speed of sound actually has them 200 feet apart on opposite sides of a run Way he said. Such tactical approaches intended tomake a Man Euver look risky without Tak ing a major risk Are called cheats among the unit s 16 officers and 95 enlisted personnel who Are based at Pensa cola Fla  
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