European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 4, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday february 4, 1989 the stars and stripes Page 7 Bush s illness recoils Harrison s Fata cold Washington a president Bush says heis much better thank you and so Al Washington can breathe a sigh of Relief and put William Henry Harri son out of mind. Bush caught a stubborn cold a few Days after Tak ing office two weeks ago and it was the sort of thing that Calls attention to itself in a new president. His voice turned Raspy and he apologized to an audience of sailors in Norfolk va., tuesday for just  on wednesday he lost his voice altogether to laryngitis and greeted guests at a diplomatic recep Tion that night in a Bare whisper. He cancelled a speech looked flushed said he was taking Antibiotic for an ear infection and kept saying it was Only a cold. But i m a totally new Man he reported thurs Day. All Well. Totally  Bush likes to compare himself to Martin Vanburen but it was  Buren s successor in the White House Harrison who came uneasily to mind. Harrison 68, gaunt malnourished and apparently suffering from ulcers delivered the longest inaugural address on record 1 hour and 45 minutes in cold wet weather on March 4, 1841. A month later he was dead in the White House. He refused to Wear a hat or coat when Riding horse to his inauguration and then despite the weather declined to shorten his 8,578-word  led a Parade Back to the White House and that night attended three inaugural balls. He caught cold. Harassed and fatigued from the demands of office seekers he was unable to shake it off. No help was offered by the environment of a poorly heated Whitehouse. According to medical cover ups in the Whitehouse by Edward b. Macmahon a doctor and Leonard Curry a journalist published in 1987, har Rison like Many presidents was Given inadequate care. American presidential history is filled with examples of medical treatment that has ranged from questionable to downright incompetent the authors say. By March 27, Harrison who had avoided Stan Dard medical treatment All his life was willing to submit to the doctors. He and they both knew that the diagnosis pneumonia of the right lower lobe of the lung with congestion of the liver constituted in those Days a fatal complication the Book says. The d9ctors first blistered the skin on the right Side of his Chest then applied suction cups to draw out what they considered to be the offensive sub stance making the president ill. That weakened him. Next they induced vomiting gave him Castor Oil to purge his bowels and finally gave him sedatives in the form of opium and Brandy. As a last resort the tried a Seneca Indian remedy Virginia Snake ced. It did t work either. Bush s treatment was presumably More medically relevant than Harrison a and presidential spokes Man Marlin Fitzwater was Able to pronounce his Boss fit thursday afternoon. His prognosis is excellent he said. He s i Good shape. His voice is getting stronger. He feels  so Washington relaxed. People Here laughed against what comedian Mark Russell said during an inauguration event that the five most feared words i Washington were Barbara i Don t feel  protesters mayor and homeless Greet Diana new York a Princess Diana s wide ranging Royal rounds thursday took her from women living in a homeless shelter to Fao Schwarz s treasure trove of toys topped by a night at the opera and the visit s first protesters. Cheering crowds turned out at each Stop to glimpse the Princess who thrilled some lower East siders by shaking hands and accepting Flowers. The protesters were a crowd of More than 400 Irish americans across from the Brooklyn Academy of music where the Princess attended the american debut of the Welsh National opera. When Diana wearing a White evening gown arrived by limousine with a police escort she was cheered by a smattering of local residents while the protesters Loudl chanted Ira Ira referring to the Irish Republican army fighting British Rule of Northern Ireland. Mayor Edward i. Koch spoke with her in a receiving line telling reporters Diana told him she hoped her motorcade was t tying up traffic. As for the protes ters Koch said she did t mention it. I did t men Tion it. It s part of the new York City  at the upscale fifth Avenue toy store Fao Schwarz Diana attended a luncheon to promote British made toys and toured its floors with store president Peter Harris. Harris said Diana stopped frequently to Admire items saying of this is cute and commenting that her Chil Dren princes Harry and William would enjoy them. He favorite appeared to be a Large White Teddy Bear. Earlier thursday Diana visited the Henry Street settlement a Community Center in Manhattan that has helped the disadvantaged for nearly a Century. There she met Linda Correa a homeless woman who lives in an apartment supplied by the shelter and other women who were once homeless. At the settlement s Day care Center Diana visited group of 11 children Ages 2 to 5, crouching Low to Admire the Valentines they were making and chatting softly with them. She tied the shoe of one boy. Hundreds of residents of an adjacent housing project filled the sidewalks hoping for a glimpse of the Princess who twice during her tour came As close tothe crowds As police barricades allowed. We can hold our head up High and say Princess Diana came to the lower East Side " said Wanda Morales who Shook Diana s hand. Princess Diana jokes with two unidentified women at new York s Henry Street settlement thursday. Alaska indians get $5.35 million for radar Sites Elmendorf fab Alaska up the air Force handed Over million Dol Lar checks thursday to three Alaska Indi an groups in a land Purchase for a sophisticated radar system designed to detect soviet planes coming from Siberia Over the curve of the Earth. The $5.35 million 11,245-acre Deal represented the final hurdle for the air Force s $450 million Alaska Over the horizon Backstatter radar system set for ground breaking this fall. Alaska is dotted with coastal radar Sites that can detect soviet aircraft flying within several Hundred Miles of the Periphery of the state but col. Bob Price said conventional radar leaves a big Gap. The Over the horizon system . Radar coverage out 1,800 Miles and is critical for strategic defense said . Thomas g. Mclnerney commander of alaskan air come at Elmendorf. Concerns that the massive radar Tow ers and nets would Snag migratory Birds out of flight have prompted new designs said maj. Carol Randall. Mesh nets More than 75 feet tall have been done away with to avoid netting waterfowl. Randall said the new design satisfied Environ mental concerns. The Jand bought by the air Force is deepen the Interior of Alaska but will cast an Eye up toward the North pole put Over the Arctic Ocean and toward Siberia. In All three cases Athabasca Indian owned the land through Village corporations established when Alaska native settled their land claims with the United states in 1971, the air Force paid $1.5 million for2,935 acres belonging to 160 indians from Tanacross on the Alaska Highway near the Canadian Border. Indians in smaller nearby Tetlin sold 2,901 acres to the air Force for $1.38 million. These areas will be used for receiver Sites. The air Force bought 5,409 acres Nea Gulkana Northeast of Anchorage from the Aetna corp. For $2.47 million. Thailand will be used for a transmitter. The lands represent a portion of lands owned by the tribal corporations. Headquarters for a new radar Battal Ion will be at Elmendorf fab. Price said the $235 million construction project will begin this fall and he said the air Force promised the Indiana certain percentage of the jobs. He said indians also May continue to use certain non fenced lands at the Sites for Hunting. And he said the Tanacross and Tetlin lands will be returned if the radar site i abandoned. Soviet military planes routinely train around the Periphery of Alaska and existing radar stations detect their pres ence triggering the launch of Jet interceptors from air bases in Alaska