European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 2, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday december 2, 198h the stars and stripes Quayle won t be right s Point Man Washington a vice president elect Dan Quayle wooed by members of his party s right Wing since the election said wednesday lie won t be their so called Spear Carrier in the Bush administration. In a wide ranging Intel ice with the associated press Quayle also hinted hat he May spend More Lime flan his predecessors in presiding Over he Senate i which is controlled by the demo Cirals on a personal note he said he had Learned from the verbal gaffes he committed during the Campaign to curb a tendency to Ward talking too much. Verbosity leads to unclear inarticulate things he said. Quayle also said he would make no recommendation As to who should replace him in the Senate but he did not reject suggestions that he favors rep. Dan Coats the former aide who represents his old congressional District. His comments about the conservatives who have beaten a path to his transition office were his strongest Public rejection of the notion that he would become a link Between the Republican party s far right and the new administration. Quayle himself is an ardent conservative who has largely supported Reagan administration positions during his eight years in the Senate. I be worked with a number of conservatives in the past a lot of Good friends arc conservatives but i m not the Point Man Tor the conservatives in this administration. You won1 see me being the so called Spear Carrier for All the so called conservative issues Quay said. He said there s not a Penny s Worth  in philosophy Between him and president elect George Bush who in the past has been perceived As More moderate. Quayle also hinted thai he May take a More Active role in his official capacity As president of the Senate presiding Over the democratic controlled chamber More frequently. "1 know my strengths better than when i started. I also know probably some of the weaknesses and errors that i la have to work  Dan Quayle it s certainly an option he said. The presiding officer has substantial discretion As to which senator to recognize for the purpose of offering amendments Bills and motions. Normally the chair is occupied by a member of the majority party. A Republican in charge could spell Contention Between democrats and the administration. Early the constitutional Rote of being president of the Senate is something i be got to sit Down and decide on How i m going to allocate my Lime. There have been suggestions to me by Many that i consider spend ing More Lime in the Senate than my predecessors have i have not made a decision on that Quayle said. Quayle said he and Bush have not spoken subs Tanii Cly about his role in the administration but he added that he would t mind if he has to spend Lime fulfilling largely ceremonial duties such us going to slate Fune rals. There is ceremony for the funerals but you can also do a lot of work. You can meet a lot of people. You can have some meetings and you d be surprised at the kind of information and Contact that is made beyond the ceremonial requirements he said. He met wednesday with retiring Indiana Cov. Rob Ert d. Orr a Republican who will appoint Quayle s replacement in the Senate. Quayle intends to resign effective Jan. 2 so his replacement can have seniority Over other incoming senators. Orr has not said whom he will appoint and Quayle said he made no recommendation to the governor. But he did not reject a reporter s suggestion that he favors coals who was Quayle s District representative in fort Wayne ind., White Quayle was in the House from 1976lol980. Obviously i think a lot of Dan Coats. He worked for me for four Yean. He s been a very Good Congress Man from my old congressional District. He took my scat. We be had a Long and Strong personal and professional relationship Quayle said. He said the presidential Campaign during which he made a number of celebrated gaffes and was besieged with questions about his military service academic record and personal life made him a stronger  i know my strengths better than when i started. 1 also know probably some of the weaknesses and errors that i la have to work on he said. He said that he is far More careful of what i say today than is months ago.". I also try to discipline myself when i get into a situation. And i m trying to think of the answer instead of being verbose which is a tendency that i have to be concise. Because verbosity leads to unclear inarticulate  recovered painting William Titus my of the flecks her museum in Huntington , and detective pct Burkjr examine i painting by impressionist edourd Manet that they recovered in new York City three Days alter it was stolen from the museum. A tearful tipster told police he bouquet of ponies valued at More than $1 million was in the bus Tameni of on apartment Complex. Ii was turned Over by the building superintendent who had discovered it and moved it to a Stor age room instead of his roam because he did t find it attractive. Stalled Cookbook project swamped by new orders Chicopee mass a Money has been rolling in since word got out that a Smalt Catholic College was stuck with 94,000 cookbooks and a Printer s Bill for 1400,000 after a fund raising project went awry. "1 Call it clix culpa it s a latin expression meaning Happy fault that is used frequently in monastic circles said sister Judith o Connell. Assistant development director for our lady of the elms College. Sister Judith said wednesday hundreds of mail orders have been arriving daily at the women s College since to the Sisters Chagrin their plight was publicized in mid november. People do care she said. Those in Topeka kan., and Houston Texas have been particularly kind but we be gotten orders from 20 Stales although too swamped to give an exact number she said More than 5,000 orders have already been filled and some companies have approached the Sisters about distributing the Book. If it keeps up we could sell All the  she said. We really do be Lieve in miracles. And the response to that Story has become part of our Mira   Sisters of St. Joseph who run the 750-Studcnt College had hoped to raise $1 million for scholarships through sales of the 350-Rccipc Hook in Cood taste it 110 a copy. Bui a year later they had sold Only 6,000 copies. Sister Mary Dooley College president acknowledged that the 100.000-copy printing May have been Over optimistic. Gulifor Nidus Dir King less Sacramento Calif. Up for the first Lime in three decades californians have reduced their annual con sumption in All three categories of Alco Holic beverages Beer wine and hard liquor researchers reported. Statistics compiled by the stale Board of equalization showed that per capita consumption of Beer in 1987-88 declined by 4.4 percent. Use of wine decreased by 3.8 percent and of liquor by 4,9 percent. For the last 30 years for most of that period they were to up in per capita con sumption said Boaro researcher Mark Lauchli. Then distilled spirits started to drop then wine and now Beer.". However Laucht said despite the de Clines Calico Means on the average still arc drinking almost 60 percent More Beer than they did 30 years ago twice As much wine and slightly More liquor. V for example per capita consumption of Beer was 14.92 Gallons compared with 23.21 Gallons for flip past fiscal year of wine 2.05 Gallons compared with 4.5 Gal Lons and of liquor.1.58 Gallons com pared with 1,74 Gallons. Before the 1987-88 fiscal year liquor consumption declined for eight straight year while wine and Beer use increased helped along by the popularity of wine coolers Lauchli said. But wine consumption declined by 4.7 percent in 1986-87, then again in the Nam fiscal year. ,. Responding to the declines director Donald Bowman of the California coun cil on alcohol problems observed thai National figures indicate a similar but smaller downward trend in All three major  diminished usag reflects society s changing attitude toward alcohol suffer Drunken driving Laws an emphasis on health and physical fitness More vigor Ous policing of licensees. And effective educational programs in both Public an private schools. Bowman said