European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 6, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 6 the stars and stripes monday March 6,19s9 Many in Survey Don t want Tower to direct Pentagon by the ims Angeles times Many americans do not think the Senate should confirm John Tower As Secretary of defense and they overwhelmingly reject the argument that a president should be allowed to fill his cab incl with anybody he chooses a nationwide Survey has found. Whal bothers people most about Tower far More alleged history of and worn Anding is the suspicion that he May have a conflict of interest Over consulting fees he received from de sense contractors after he left the Senate said the sur vey by the los angst is times poll. And on the alcohol Issue nearly two thirds of those surveyed or 64 per cell. Said they do not Trust Tower to abide by his pledge to forsake All liquor while serving As defense Secretary. Only 22 percent believe he can keep the pledge. Resident Bush s nomination of Tower was approved by Only 18 percent of those interviewed. Forty four percent disapproved of it. And 38 percent were not sure. Not even Bush s Core constituency republicans and conservatives favored the nomination. Fashionable feline in s it special Day for "frnnkie,1" Whu gets Star treatment from Jace Polcaro of teak sumo. Mass. The Himalayan Rotor pointed persian was an entrant at inc recent cats Plain and Juicy show in Boston but now that Tower has been nominated republicans believe he should be confirmed the poll showed. Democrats meanwhile Are adamantly opposed to his confirmation. The Overall result is that 44 percent of the Public think Tower should be Cje Rcd by the sen ate and 35 percent believe he should be confirmed. The rest 21 percent Aren t sure. So far the Public s negative opinion of Tower seems not to have Hurt Bush s Job rating. He received a relatively High level of 59 percent approval to 13 percent disapproval. But there Are danger signs ahead for the new presi Dent As he continues his no Retreat Uphill fight for Tower the poll also indicated. Many americans 28 percent arc still forming an opinion about Bush and these people oppose Tower s nomination 4 to i. The times poll directed by . Lewis interviewed 1.046 adults by Telephone wednesday and thursday just As the full Senate was beginning to debate Tower s nomination before a Vole this week. The margin of error for the Survey was four percentage Points in i incr direction. 4,000 mourn slain drug agent Parsippany , a a Federal dig agent whose murder touched off a nationwide manhunt was. Eulogized saturday As a Teddy Bear of a Man who fell victim to the violence he sought to prevent. About 4,000 mourners turned out for the funeral of drug enforcement Agency agent Evyrell Hatcher of Boonton. Marcher was unarmed when he was shot to death tuesday by a Man whom officials say has lies to organized crime. ,. ",-., thousands of Dea and Fri a cols and police offi cers from As far away As Canada lined up in the Park ing lot outside St. Christopher s Church when the Hearse pulled up. The strains of a single bagpipe from he new York police department s Emerald society pipe band Cut through the Chilly air while the hag draped coffin was carried up the Steps. Also present at the heavily guarded \ i hour serv ice were Fri head William sessions Dea chief John Lawn new York mayor Edward i Koch and sen Alfonse d Avalo r.y. A former Dea agent and close Friend of Hatcher a Joseph Degenaro recalled the slain agent As a Teddy Bear of a Man who loved to make people laugh and whom he remembered grinning from ear to at the service were inc slain agent s wife Maryjane a ichor and inc couple s to children Joshua 3, ,9. Hatcher Sage was nol reported. He was a physical education teacher and basketball coach Al Karlsruhe. High school in Wesl Germany from 1971-75. Hatcher and his wife then returned to inc United slates where he switched careers Vatican issues new Fidelity oath for theology teachers officials b the new York times in a move Hal could provoke a Sharp reaction from roman Catholic colleges and universities a Vatican. Department has published an oath of Fidelity to ail official Church teachings that will be required of Cath Olic theology teachers As Well As Church officials. Although Church Law already contains a provision for such an oath it has never been applied to univer sity theology professors. One theologian said the Mea sure issued last month by this Vatican s co Grega lion for the doctrine of the Faith tipped the Ante considerably in the Vatican s efforts 10 obtain strict adherence 10 papal leaching. The new oath and a companion profession of Faith require Assem not Only to mailers thai the Church solemnly proclaims As truths such As the transformation of bread and wine into the body and blood of Jesus during mess but also to Many less solemn papal declarations. Expressing an unofficial View on Vatican radio an adviser to the Vatican congregation said the leaching covered by the oath includes humane Vitae the 1968 papal encyclical thai rejected . I suspect that Many professors would object to any oath As unnecessary and overbearing smacking of a loyalty oath and creating a mood of suspicion said the Rev Richard a. Mccormick who leaches moral theology ail he in i varsity of Noire Dame. He had not seen the document but said he wanted to Sec what interpretation the Vatican will put on like Mccormick american Catholic officials and experts in Church Law voiced uncertainty about the exact meaning of he new requirement and the likelihood that it would be strictly applied. Mast said they had not seen inc texts of the oath and a companion profession of Faith that were published in Lalin in inc feb. 25 Issue of l Osscar Vatore Romano the Vatican s sem official newspaper. Stateside relocated sea lion swims Back to Seattle Good life. Seattle a a sea icon relocated la inc Pacific Ocean in a Campaign to Stop the Mam Mals from feasting on local fish travelled nearly 300 mitts to return 10 its Seattle Hunting grounds a wildlife official said saturday. The California sea lion was spotted near the ship locks in Seattle s Ballard District on Friday afternoon it was the first relocated animal to return he obviously likes in Here said Bob Byrne of inc stale department of wildlife he knows a Good life when he finds one the sea Lions wait by he locks to pick off Sec Chead a seagoing Trout and Salmon thai arc. In Rouks 1o i hair spawning grounds. Officials have rapped 18 sea Lions so far using a floating Cage. Two died after being sedated for tagging and five More were released at the locks because of cold weather. To return inc sea lion had to swim about 150 Miles up the coast turn right swim another 100 Miles through inc Strait of Juan do Fuca turn right again Anil paddle the remaining 35 Miles Down Higel sound to the locks. Drought warning issued in Eastern Pennsylvania h Arris Burg. A a p the state disaster Agency has declared a drought warning for 16 Eastern Pennsylvania counties in inc Delaware River Basin and asked people la Cut water con sumption. . Mark singe the chairman of the slate emergency management Agency said be shortfall in precipitation and seriously Low reservoirs forced the action. In s Good and prude no water Man age mint Saniei isaid. Luwill go a Long Way to relieving a Silita iian ital May be critical in july.". / people in Caliern Pennsylvania Are urged tout water consumption 10 percent by taking such Steps As checking for water leaks in their Homes and curbing inc use of washing machines and dishwashers. Rainfall in the River s Basin during inc past six months has averaged 4 to 6 inches below nor Mal. Sincl said. More than 20 million people in Pennsylvania new York. New Jersey and Dela Ware depend on inc Delaware River for water he said. Home garage come free if you haul them away Indianapolis a there s Only one catch to inc free Home Robert a Stirling is of Fering in Central Indiana inc new owner has to cart away the 1,100-Squarc-foot House and two car garage v. / Stirling boil Gnu the. Bouse and property for about �26,000 so he could enlarge the medical offices of his parents Robert arid Frarie Stirling and his sister. Nancy Stirling. They practice podiatry in a building next door. For us Locust demolish it and throw it away would Cost-12,000." before 1 do thai i should see if it will work out for someone else the younger Robert Stirling said. He admitted How Eyck Hal the House needs alot of work. The sagging roof needs shoring up and new shingles and the Interior of the build ing has been stripped Stirling said. Meeting issues warning on greenhouse effect new York Cap every car should yield 42 mics per gallon and Carbon dioxide emis Sions should be Cut 20 percent to fight the greenhouse effect thai May threaten Anh j Crim at and people s health a conference recommended. Four Hundred scientists and Public officials from i3 countries attended the four Day global Simale change conference lha t focused on the warming of the atmosphere and damage to Earth s protective Ozone layer. The participants called for measures to Stem gaseous by products thai May be causing atmospheric if Mir auras to Rise resulting in Holie Summers droughts More violent storms rising sea Levels and More disease
