European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 15, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday february 15,1989 the stars and stripes Page 9 Bush finds Many still Don t get the Points Washington a six months after he first the boy scouts of America became the latest spread like stars in a Broad and peaceful  the catch phrase a thousand Points of group identified by Bush As a Point of Light during a the a grasp my Manv non nip 3nh ,n3rh r first catch phrase a of Light president Bush is still trying to explain exactly what he meant. Bush said monday that if he uses the expression often enough the nation May finally come to under stand what he was talking about. The phrase has sparked a flurry of jokes and Evena protest poster Campaign since Bush used it at the Republican National convention last summer to refer to Volunteer groups across the country. Thorou White House event on monday. He praised the group for its accomplishments and said if we do this enough and if i make the Point How strongly i feel about what you do i think the country will understand very clearly what i mean when i walkabout a thousand Points of Light he said. Bush first used the phrase in his acceptance speech last summer saying that the Many american Volunteer associations were like a thousand Points of Light spread i l the phrase baffled Many people and sparked flurry of Washington jokes As Well As a poster Campaign featuring protest posters that have appeared around the capital with the phrase "1,000 Sparks of  Bush has resurrected it off and on since the elec Tion on monday telling the boy scout group i think of what you All do to help others and it s Clear Bright Light Bright and shining and you re an inspiration to All of  governor pushes spaceport project in Florida Cape canaveral Fla. A Florida should move ahead with plans to develop the nation s first commercial spaceport on Florida s space coast and in the Panhandle gov. Bob Martinez said monday. Martinez told a news conference Hewill recommend legislation creating a spaceport authority to oversee the project and will include $10 million in his budget proposal for the Effort. When America enters the space com Merce Industry it should be from Flor Ida the governor said adding that the spaceport could make use of Many exist ing facilities at Cape canaveral and the Kennedy space Center. Here in Florida we Are uniquely positioned to serve As America s launching pad he said. We have the time behave the place we have the Talent and we have the  . Transportation Secretary Samuel Skinner appeared with Martinez and said the Federal government fully supports the Florida Effort As Well As similar efforts being pushed by Hawaii and Virginia. Florida is leading in Many aspects of the Competition Skinner said. The state that provides the Money and Effort to make this work will get the most government  a spaceport Florida study says that facility for launching Small rockets that carry instruments to take various scientific soundings should be built at Cape san Bias near port St. Joe in the pan handle s Gulf county. It also recommends two potential Sites near the Ken Nedy space Center Cape canaveral air Force station using three inactive launch pads once used for Atlas and Titan missiles and the abandoned town Shiloh. Martinez said he is directing the Flor Ida department of Commerce to take Steps to develop the facility at Cape san Bias and to determine which of the two Sites near the Kennedy space Cente would be Best for launching Large pay loads into orbit. The study estimated that the Cape san Bias site could be open in nine to 12 weeks. The air Force once launched sounding rockets there and Many facilities Are still available. According to the study development of Orbital launch facilities on the East coast would require about three years. Ralph Christi project Leader for unite engineers and construction the consultant that did the study for the state said a space port could be funded like an Airport through Revenue Bonds or corporate debt. Soviet journalist discovers it s o Small world after All Nashville . A Small town life in the .s.r. In t so differ ent from Rural life in North Carolina says a soviet journalist who is getting a taste of the South while reporting for Small newspaper. I come from a similar background from a smaller place in the Southern .s.r.," Alex Dodakin said. Seeing this kind of country the commodities is All very similar to that. Life like it is herein very familiar even though i left the Small town for Moscow 30 years  Dodakin the managing editor of the North american Section of the nov Sti press Agency in Moscow is spending two weeks As a reporter for the twice weekly Nashville graphic under an Exchange program through the National newspaper association. The graphic editor and publisher Hal Sharpe earlier spent two weeks in the soviet Union. In his first few Days in the unite states Dodakin got a Sampler of Small town life local government meetings civic clubs the chamber of Commerce and a Barbecue. That was a great experience sort of eat it or else " Dodakin said of his first taste of spicy Southern style barbecued pork. So far it has been of. We have something like it in the soviet Union it is like what you Call shish Kebab bits of meat on a stick with a  Dodakin s visit includes a whirl through civic clubs As a guest speaker town Council and school Board meetings radio talk shows and High school and College basketball games. I presume they might be puzzled about me being Here but All i have gotten Are smiles friendliness and a great Deal of in Terest said the 48-year-old Dodakin. He said he had Only one disturbing experience at a breakfast meeting with the fiercely anti communist John Birc society in Rocky mount last week. Society members he said blamed the soviet Union for everything from rain in the Jungles to Snow in  i had a Little Hope deep in my hear that maybe they had changed a Little bit since Peres Troicia but to my Surprise they Are still the same he said. It makes me wish i did t understand the language so Well. Then i could sit there and not know what is being  my Surprise there was they seemed Tobe proud of being narrow minded and keeping the rhetoric of the past he  was disappointed but it was important that i experience it. That is All Parton America too that is reality and there is no use to run from  medical helicopter crashes in Texas killing Pilot 2 nurses Tyler Texas a a medical helicopter crashed and burned after striking a High voltage line in rain and fog killing the Pilot and two nurses authorities said. The flight for life helicopter leased by Mother Francis Hospital of Tyler was in route to Pittsburg medical Center to pick up a patient for Transfer when it crashed monday night said Stacy Gill communications operator for the Texas department of Public safety. The wreckage was scattered Over Sev eral acres in a wooded area about three Miles North of Tyler in East Texas she said. The Pilot was identified As Gerald  sr., 46, of Houston said Hospi Tal spokeswoman Beverly Mason. The registered nurses were identified As Jeanne Lackey 29, of Lindale and Kathy Ohnheiser 31, of Haltom City Gill said. The helicopter left the Tyler Hospitalet 10 14 . And notified authorities four minutes later that it was returning because of bad weather Gill said. There was rain and fog in the area. At 10 23 ., a Smith county Resi Dent telephoned authorities to notify them of a fire and they discovered the crash. High ambition bicycle instructor Thomas Mauch top Are training for an ambitious project of Kiel West Germany gives Kiel lawyer scheduled to Start on March 7 scaling Reinhard Ziegenbein some tips on Nego mount Everest on a bicycle. They figure Tilting a Bike Over coastal mountainous knowing the ropes will help a lot when terrain near Danisch Nienhoff. The two they reach the Himalayas