European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 2, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes sunday april 2,1989 Black vets protest portrayal of unit in prize winning Book by the i Mangeles times los an Celes one Day after author Neil Shechan won a Pulit or Pruc for non fiction for his Book about Vietnam two combat veterans denounced him for portraying the army s last Black infantry regiment in the korean War As a Force thai repeatedly ran from the enemy. ,. Retired it. Col. Charles m. Bussey and former capt. David k. Carlisle both of los Angeles urged shut ban to return his prize and to ask the pulitzer Board to re award it to him once this scurrilous mis representation of the . Soldier has been remove from his Book.". They charged on Friday that a reference to the 24ih inf reel s record in Korea qualified his Book a origin shining lie John Paul Vann and America  More As a work of fiction than As the nation s most outstanding work of non fiction in 1988. They cited a paragraph on Page 44s, which said that for decades Blacks had been forced into quartermaster and transportation units to fetch and carry for White  the Section concluded -. The troops of the i4lh. Believed the myth of inferiority and  ran before the North koreans. The regiment was finally disbanded in 1951. Black soldiers were to have to wait for the Pride engendered by the civil rights movement to prove in Vietnam that courage has no   Scy and Carlisle served in 1950-sl with a regi mental combat team that included the 24lh regt in Korea. They questioned Shechan s sources suggesting. Int the author had taken the words of others for something he knew nothing  Shiehan was unavailable to comment. Contrary to Shechan s assessment the two Black veterans pointed out that the 24lh inf regt organized in 1869 after the civil War arrived in Korea in july 1950 and fought until the unit was disbanded in octo Ber 1951.during that time they said the 24th won the United states first korean War Victory at Sechon on july 20 and 21, 1950, held a vital portion of the Pusan Penic tar in August and september and advanced to within seven mites of the Yalu River before withdrawing i excellent order when the chinese communists entered the War in november. Otherl oops fled in disorder. The regiment also crossed the Han Tan River North East of Seoul on april 11, 1951. In the face of deter mined resistance from a Superior enemy Force occupy ing commanding terrain the two veterans said. The unit s exploits have been distorted and disparaged in the first volume of the army s official history of the korean War Bussey and Carlisle said. Of the volume s 21 references to the 24th regt from june to november 1950, they said 19 were unfavourable and insulting it is a Gross injustice that has been Aff cd to these. People Bussey said. If there were problems in the regiment they were caused by poor leadership from misfit White officers who were assigned to the regimen i As a form of punish ment and who left As soon As possible Bussey said. During the first three months that the regiment was in Korea he said there were 13 changes in battalion commanders and even More turnover in inc company commander  f you could rate it leadership from 1 to 10, you d have to give is a minus 6 or minus 8," said Bussey. Planes crash workers look Over the crumpled remains if inn Plant s Siler the aircraft collided on a taxiway Early Friday. The collision at Hancock International air port in so racist n.y., sent 300 Gallons of fad spill ing onto the la Way forcing the Airport s main run to be shut Down. The crash Mohed a Piedmont cum Muter plane right find an auf Reighl cargo plane. Stateside children without marriage of 50% of women agree los Angeles a half of the women polled for an annual Urcla Survey said they would consider having children without marrying if hey were Sill childless near the end of their a Hilda Canna year. Only 10 percent of the respondents who were child less said they do not want children according to the Survey by the Institute for social science research Al University of California Al los Angeles. The Majol cited Lack of Money and time As the main reasons they have postponed  results reflect some Esrang Cmunt of men from family and a notion that it is acceptable to do without men 1 said social psychologist Belinda Tucker who oversaw he marital questions on the Survey. Minneapolis passes ban on some plastic containers Minneapolis a the City Council on Fri Day unanimously passed an ordinance Banning plastic containers that can t be recycled or burned. -,.-the ordinance which takes effect in july 1990, was approved despite a Public relations Campaign by Groc ers and plastics producers. The Industry opposes the outright Banning of plastics said William Toms vice president of plastics inc Tom said that in thend the consumer will pay higher costs. Council member Dennis Schulstad said he had received hundreds of phone Calls in support of the partial ban. Schulstad and other Council members said the Issue received More Public interest than any other since they joined the  member Carol Johnson jolted that the opposition s publicity Campaign which included full Page newspaper Aas backfired and  support for the ordinance. Advocates of the ordinance said plastic packaging takes up too much Landfill space does t decompose and might be a source of harmful emissions when burned. Bush invites Mitterrand for visit at summer Home Washington Impi president Bush has invited French president Francois Mitterrand to his summer Home Al . Maine on May 20, a while House spokesman announced Friday. Press Secretary Martin Fitz Walcer said Rusli and Mitterrand Wilt discuss International and bilateral issues. Mitterrand will be in  Al that time 10 accept an honorary degree from Loston  extended the invitation to the French Leader when they met in Tokyo last february at the funeral for emperor h Ira Hito. Town throws Book at Man for not paying Library fines Roselle . A this town takes literature seriously. " " " Alfonso Grundy 68, found out How seriously when he was arrested and jailed overnight for failing to pay $ 156 in overdue Library Book fees. Grundy failed to appear to pay the fines and was charged with contempt of court said . Richard Connal he was arrested in the Union county courthouse in Elizabeth where he was assisting a relative in an unrelated court matter. -.-. .,."if you take a Book out of the Library and if you Don t bring it Back by a certain time,.they assess a mitc fee Connallon said. If you ignore them and the ignore a court summons you re in contempt of court. Grundy was held on s3qo Cash bail overnight he was released after friends and relatives paid his tines. Mirror Mirror on the Wall will they Settle after All a r.i.ji.,. Inot univ have  for Gnu " she Catt. Declined to comment because Ollos Angeles a Walt Disney co. And the Academy of motion picture arts and sciences Are trying to amicably resolve a dispute Over a Snow Whitelow Kralick s appearance at the opening of the Oscar awards Shou the two sides met Friday but there was no indication that Disney was read to drop its Federal trademark infringe ment lawsuit against the Academy we arc in talks with Disney and we won t have any comment until they arc completed Academy spokesman Nice Davis said. Fiercely protective of its image and copyrights Disney filed the lawsuit in . District court on thursday Alleg ing that Oscar producers did not Hue permission to use Disney s copyrighted fairy tale character. The broadcast seen in an estimated 27 million american Homes began wednesday night with actress Eileen Bowman dressed As Snow White follow ing a chorus line of dancing stars into the shrine auditorium in a squeaky voice like that of the car Toon character Betty Boop voice Bow Man then launched into a rendition of we Only have stars for you to the tune of to Only have eyes for you " she also Sang a rendition of proud Mary with actor Rob Lowe Disney spokesman Erwim Okun said the performance was unflattering to the Snow White character. Disney president Frank Wells said the matter could have been settled without litigation if the Academy had publicly apologized. For its own reasons however the Academy unfortunately did not accede to our request Wells said. The Oscar show s producer Allan Catt f the pending  Media queries were referred to Davis who said it was Odd that the use of the character had not been cleared with  rights in one of the things we do routinely Davis said. Every Little i rec seconds of music or a film clip has to get cleared. Yes it is very puzzling. We Are exploring the reasons for  White and the seven dwarfs released by Disney in 1937, was the Stu Dios first feature length animated car Toon. Critics called the film a Milestone in movie history