European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 12, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes thursday january 12,1989 texans hearing some tall tales before Bush gala Dallas a with George Bush heading to the White House some residents of his adopted state Are doing strange things to get tick ets to the Black tie and boots Ball a washing ton inaugural Bash organized by texans. One Houston socialite called rep. Charle Stenholm demanding tickets to the Ball because she had bought a $6,000 gown for the evening and intended to come. When she was told that no tickets to the Jan. 21 event were available the woman burst into tears and proclaimed she would come anyway. Stenholm president of the Texas state society a group of texans who live in Washington said such behaviour is not uncommon As his of fice prepares to throw a party that s become a hot inaugural event even though it in t on the official schedule of events surrounding Bush s inauguration. One texan who did t get tickets called Sten Holm s office in a snit because he had heard that non texans were going to the Ball. He demanded that guests be required to show Texas birth certificates at the door to be admitted said Chino Chapa Stenholm s press Secretary. That request was turned Down Chapa said because our guest of Honor would t have qua  gop fund of d to help Quayle pay for vacation Washington a an aide to Dan Quayle asked the Republican National committee for a very Large amount to help defray the Cost of his can Somas week vacation in Vail colo., and the party authorized $25,000 for non personal expenses party officials said  Beckwith a spokesman for the vice president elect said the aide had made an unauthorized estimate of vacation expenses of $65,000. All of the Quayle family s direct expenses including airline tickets and hotel and food Bills were paid from their personal funds Beckwith told the associated press. A party source confirmed that Republican chairman Frank Fahrenkopf had told the Washington Post that the original request was for a very Large amount and was not something i thought we could  in a statement wednesday Fahrenkopf said the re publican National c9mmittee is glad it can help out the Republican vice president elect with what i and the Bud get committee consider to be reasonable  the chairman added that we Are proud to provide the$25,000 funding during Dan Quayle s transition now that he is elected and we will be proud to continue to provide the substantial support the inc traditionally provides the president and vice president after they take  the statement said Fahrenkopf and the budget com Mittee authorized on dec. 15 the use of $25,000 to Cove expenses incurred by the vice president elect that he would not otherwise incur As a private citizen Between dec. 15 and Jan. 20." no Money has been paid out but the statement said Bills Are anticipated covering Only non personal expenses such As an additional phone line the Cost of staff travel and other expenses that result from his status As vice  Quayle family s vacation plans were scaled Back and Beckwith said tuesday evening that the final Cost to the inc would be about $ 15,000. He said that amount would cover the expenses of two aides their accommodations air fare per diem pay ment rental of a four wheel drive vehicle extra Telephone lines and facsimile and reproduction machines during the 10  said an unidentified aide planning the Vail trip had estimated the Cost at $65,000, including a charter air plane hotel and other expenses of the Quayle family Advance men personal aides and others. The trip was to have included a Stopover at the Jan. 2 fiesta bowl football game in Tempe Ariz. Beckwith said Quayle considered the $65,000 proposal totally out of line and chose to go by commercial air lines skipping the fiesta bowl reducing the size of his entourage and paying All his personal expenses. He never asked for a specific amount the spokesman said. The inc came up with $25,000." Beckwith said Fred f. Fielding the former White House counsel who is the transition Liaison Between the Quayle operation and that of president elect George Bush approached the inc to Aid Quayle financially out of an abundance of  he approached the inc because he did not think Public funds should be used he said. Olympic diver pleads guilty to manslaughter Tampa Fla. A olympic diver Bruce Kimball pleaded guilty wednesday to Drunken driving Man Slaughter in the deaths of two teen agers aug. 1 and could receive up to 22 years in prison. Prosecutors said the 25-year-old athlete had a blood alcohol Reading of 0.2 percent twice the Legal limit the night his speeding car slowed into a group of teen agers outside a hangout in Brandon killing two and injuring four. Kimball pleaded guilty an hour into his trial wednesday to two counts of manslaughter while driving under the influence and three counts of causing great bodily injury while driving under the influence. Sentencing was set for Jan. 30. He did it for the right reasons. He did not want to put the parents of the families through a horrible trial. Or our family Kimball s father University of Michigan diving coach Dick Kimball said through Bruce Kimbal enters court wednesday for his trial. Sobs. At the 1984 olympics in los Angeles Kimball won a Silver medal. Despite the Accident he competed in the olympic trials for the Seoul games bringing protests from those demanding greater limits on Drunken driving. His scores were not High enough however and he failed to make the team. Assistant state attorney John Skye said a witness at the Accident saw Kimball get out of the car beat his fist on the ground and say there go the  killed in the Accident were Robbie Bedell 19, and Kevin Gossic 16. During opening arguments defense attorney Lee Fugate said Kimball acknowledged that he had been drinking and driving. But he said that it was dark and that the crowd he hit was in the Road. Skye said Kimball was going an estimated 75 Mph at the time of the Accident. Repellent kills wrong Birds by hundreds by the Cox news service Atlanta when workers at fort Mcpherson spread a repellent pesticide around a base Park last weekend their targets were a few pigeons who liked to feed on newly seeded grass. But by 10 . Saturday As soldiers and residents looked on with astonishment hundreds of red winged blackbirds were literally falling from the sky. About400 died after eating the repellent. We use pesticides very sparingly and anytime we use a pesticide of this Type in the future it will be used Only under direct supervision of a trained expert said col. Gerald lord commander of the base. Robert Bolia Public affairs officer for the base con ceded the attack on the pigeons did not go As planned. What went wrong is that the wrong Birds got the feed Bolia said. We did t have somebody supervising the stuff to make sure it got to the intended group of Birds. If it had been observed that other Birds Flewin we could have shooed them  on Friday evening Grain laced with Avit Rol a highly toxic chemical often used As a Bird repellent was spread around the ground of a Small Park on the base Bolia said. The Assumption was that a few pigeons would eat the Poison and the base s problems with the newly seeded grass would be Over. Avit Rol is designed to excite Birds that ingest it which then sound an alarm to other Birds. Under nor Mal usage Only a few Birds die and the others take flight said Timothy Closs with the National pesticide hot line a 24-hour answering service funded by the environmental Protection Agency Epa and Texas tech University. The pesticide causes hype excitability salivation tremors problems in muscular coordination and convulsions followed by heart or respiratory failure an death Closs said. Avit Rol is listed under the Epa s most toxic of four possible categories of chemicals carrying the cautionary Label of danger Poison he said. The following warning about Avit Rol appears in agricultural chemicals by . Thomson do not overdose or killing of Birds will occur. Do not use in any manner to endanger desirable and protected Bird species. Toxic to Birds when eaten insufficient  Bolia said he does not believe too much pesticide was used on the base. The dead Birds were quickly gathered by military and Post police who wore protective gloves and Surgi Cal masks Bolia said. The Birds were then taken to the Fulton county sanitary Landfill for disposal he said. Although the military police told residents around the base to keep children and pets away from the Bird carcasses some residents were concerned about the incident. It bothers me a lot that they put out this Poison at All said one Mother of preschool age children who asked not to be named. It concerns me that any of our children could have been playing Over there by that  a Soldier who also asked to remain Anonymous said the incident was unfortunate but that he was not worried. The maps handled it Well and by that evening twas All cleaned  sex marines to help vietnamese Clear mines left from War Chicago a a group of former marines is leaving for Vietnam on a humanitarian Mission to help remove . Mines planted 20years ago. Gene Spanos a 40-year-old police lieutenant from suburban Rosemont and retired it. Col. Robert Dalton the group s translator who went to Vietnam last year to arrange the trip left Chi Cago for Seattle on wednesday to meet four other sex marines said Spanos wife Michelle. She said the group will leave thursday for Thailand then go on to Vietnam. The Vietnam veterans of America say Man vietnamese including children have been killed by . Mines and other previously unexploded weapons since the end of the War in 1975. As a Parent it bothers me that children were being maimed or killed by what we did Over there Spanos had said after learning about the situation 1 /2 years ago. As an 18-year-old squad Leader Spanos helped Lay a mine Field near Gio Linh in the demilitarized zone. The former marines will spend 2 /2 weeks in Vietnam helping officials there locate and re move the mines