European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 17, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes thursday november 17,1988 literacy Campaign tribute overwhelms Barbara Bush Washington a president elect George Bush joined a tribute tuesday night to his wife Barbara for her crusade against illiteracy calling in one of the thousand Points of Light he talked about in his Campaign. The National literacy honors dinner was the Bush first social event since he captured the while House on nov. 8, such stars As singers Pearl Bailey lord la Lynn and Sherrill Milns of the metropolitan opera joined actor Dennis Weaver the . Naval Academy glee Clubland others in a performance that left mrs. Bush saying. "1 really am  the first lady to be received an engraved writing stand As Well As a Gold medallion. It was similar to the medallions Given to 18 adults who have overcome their Ilarue files with illiteracy As part of the project literacy ." Campaign or plus. The plus driveway launched three years ago by the Abc and pcs television networks. Mrs. Bush said the 1,200 people attending the Black tic dinner were shining examples of the thousand Points of Light we Veall been hearing so much  the fight against illiteracy signals an enormous collective willingness of the heart she said. Bush said that with his wife freed from campaigning now it s Back to her True love which is literacy. I did Lalk As Barbara said about a thousand Points flight during the Campaign he said. One wag said if he meant a thousand pints of Lite i m for it Bui that s not what 1 meant. You re it. All of Oisin his room All of the literacy programs represented by All of you All the dedication All the determination to help someone else. Barbara Bush s drive and commitment is High lighted tonight but it s simply one of the thousand Points of Light. Tonight 1 to feel Lucky to be Barbara Bush s Hus band and i Tec very fortunate to be in a room filled with Ove filled with men and women who share bar future first lady Barbara Bush smile after being awarded the literacy medallion during a tribute. Bara s commitment to  added that mrs. Bush will continue to help find 1 want to help  the Black lie event was organized by the plus Campaign and the National literacy coalition. It an sponsored by six corporations capital cities Abc inc., Bel South Chrysler corp., Rwjr Nabisco inc., theol ten corp. And Prudential insurance co. Senator maps ouf new territory in 30-minute class with students United nations up sen. Bill Bradley  became a geography teacher tuesday to 49 for eign and new Jersey students trying to Rescue a subject thai he said has slipped through the  the 30-minute lesson at . Headquarters com Polcic with maps was to highlight this week s National geography awareness week which was created by Bradley sponsored legislation passed last year. Bradley said geography is thought to be Dull but always remember it As fun. In was the capitals game and dreams of visiting foreign  Bradley told the group that a recent Survey showed25 percent of Dallas High school students could not name the country thai is their closes Southern neigh Bor.  a. One girl raised her Handis it Texas she asked wrong said Bradley. A student from Colombia guessed Mexico. / but Bradley said he was pleased Wilh his students tuesday. ,. ,. I think they were really pretty Good he said. It was an interesting interaction. I think these kids really Learned a few things.". During the lesson teens from various countries such us Singapore and the Southern african country of Leso Tho exchanged stories with students from new Jersey about he Quality of the environment in their Home town?."new Jersey is the Garden slate but i be often heard in colled the garbage slate because there is so much pollution and garbage washing up on our beaches said 12-year-old Russell Constan Linc one of25 Teaneck students from Thomas Jefferson Elemen tary school.  from there can Wash up in my country said sue Lynn Tea of Singapore. Bradley told the new Jersey students and the 24 from the . International school in Manhattan that environmental concerns transcend National boundaries and used issues such As Ocean pollution and acid rain in his geography lesson. What we re trying to show Here today is that we Al have a responsibility for our. Environment Bradley said. But if the United Stales Kempson making chemicals and in keeps gelling dumped in the water and children keep drinking in and dying what s the use of cleaning in up asked 13-year-old Pascale Ruspil. Vietnam veterans search firm swamped Wilkes Barre a. A More than 250 peo ple in three Days called a computer data base set up to help veterans find friends from the Vietnam War the program s coordinator said the answering service is threatening to quit be cause they re getting Loo Many Calls John Sepcoski  monday. The increased Calls to the find a Vel program Fol Lowed an associated press Story thai ran nationally i newspapers Friday and saturday. Pennsylvania television stations also have done stones on the program. Find a vet has More than 2,000 names in the data base and can search the veterans of the Vietnam War membership Rolls for More than 32,000 names said Michael Milne executive director of the Wilkes Barr based  a vet allows yes to search the data base eve if All they remember is a military unit or a nickname Sepcoski sends the person making the request a list of people who fit the description a $1 donation is asked. Find a vol s address is veterans of the Vietnam War 2090 Bald Mountain Road Wilkes Barre pa.,18702-9s09. The Telephone number is. 717 825 721s  -. Stateside candidate sentenced in Campaign Check forgery Santa Ana Calif a an Orange count congressional candidate was sentenced to a term of Community service for forging a $48,000 Check Lecover a Campaign dbl in the last Days of the 40th District Republican primary David Baker a former Irvine City councilman received a one year suspended jail term  one year s probation. Orange county Supe rior court judge Myron Brown also ordered a substantial term or Community service. Baker 35, needed fund fora lost minute Campaign Mailer and turned to funds controlled by the non profit Irvine medical foundation of which Hawas a director. On june 2, he forged the signature of the foundation s chairman on a 148,000 Check drawn from the foundation s account Ai the time his opponent Christopher Cox was gaining and Baker eventually lost. National geographic cover goes Holographic Washington a National geographic Magazine is producing a publishing first in its december Magazine an All Holographic  before has any Magazine published an entirely Holographic cover no Ink was used on the front spine or Back the Magazine reported it s the third time however the Magazine has included a Hologram a three dimensional photo produced by laser Light on its cover. Ii published an Eagle in March 1984 and the Skull of the prehistoric Tang child in november 1985. More than id million copies of the Magazine will be issued with the Gold tinted cover of the Globe being shattered. Cost of special vote to be paid by newspaper Gainesville a. A Gainesville daily newspaper has agreed o  the expected s 15,000 Cost of a special county referendum be cause its omission of a Legal advertisement made the special vote  referendum on nov. 29 will be on the establishment of an enhanced 911 emergency Telephone system. The and announcing the referendum was omitted from the oct. 11 Issue of the newspaper making it illegal for the county to place the ques Tion on the nov. 8 ballot. In the referendum voters will be asked whether they want to  $160,000 for the enhanced 911 system which proponents say would speedup the response to emergency Calls and allow faster tracing of victims who need help. Texas editor to take Over at two Atlanta papers Atlanta a Arnold Rosenfeld who has been picked As the next editor in chief of the Cox newspaper group will step in As editor of the Atlanta Constitution and the Atlanta Jour Nal publisher Jay Smith  is editor of the Austin Texas  s announcement tuesday did Noi refer to Rosenfeld As an interim editor but noted thai Rosenfeld will help him to find a permanent successor to Bill  resigned nov. 4 after a management disagreement partially Over control of the co newspaper Chain s Washington Bureau. Vietnam War memorial for women approved Washington a pics Ideal Reagan signed legislation tuesday authorizing construction of a statue of a  at the Viet Nam veterans memorial in Washington. White House spokesman Martin Atawal Essaid More than 10,000 women served in military and civilian capacities in South Vietnam during Huwar "11 is important thai we acknowledge their countless contributions sacrifices and achieve menu because they participated in one of the most heroic chapters in our nation s history Fitzwalter said