European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 3, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes monday april 3, 1989 Capitol Hill figures get singed at roast Washington a a washing inn s journalistic establishment at a while lie dinner saturday night lampooned president Bush As a pistol Packin poppy whose idea or a Kinder Gen Lucr nation is a cop ors try Corner and u gun in cd  Bush s wife. Barbara. Nearly stole the show with a grand Entrance her Snow 1 while hair was covered with a Golden Brown wig making the woman known As the Silver Fox almost unrecognizable. Hush and vice president Dan Quayle were the prime targets of the 104-Ycar Tild Gridiron club whose annual Din Ner is one of inc biggest social events in the  main business of the evening was to spoof the president and other prominent figures with humor designed to singe but never  by Ini Dillun the responses by Bush and Quayle to the club members Satiri Cal Harbs were off the record. Yet just As traditionally Ihal Rule is ignored. Bush cracked that people say i m. In decisive. I Don t know about  belittling his own skill at Sumnr. Bush said that if he had been funnier than Ronald  1980 when the two men competed for the Republican presidential nomination it would have been Rea Gan who was up Here tonight trying to laugh of Floc Rush  Quayle was the target of Many jokes about his inexperience however he said that Bush recently praised his maturity and sense of responsibility by saying would you like a Puppy from the Brood delivered by first dog Millie. The More than 600 invited guests included the journalists Bosses and a Cross Section of the Washington Power elite including supreme court justices Cabinet members members of con Gress governors and foreign ambassadors and their  the Gridiron president. Lawrence m. O Rourke of the St. Louis Post Dis Patch set the irreverent Lone Tor the evening. Commenting Good Nat redly. On accomplishments of the Bush presi Dency he asked in a prepared speech what previous administration could say after 100 Days that it had a new Horseshoe pit then club members. Portraying their victims in a series or satirical skits. Roasted Bush Quayle and other prominent figures including Massachusetts gov. Michael Dukakis former Texas sen. John Tower House speaker Jim Wright White House chief of staff John Sununu billionaire Developer Donald Trump and palestinian Leader Yasser Arafat a highlight of the prepared script was Barb Ira hush played by Cheryl Arvidson of the Dallas times Herald who chided her husband for his initial opposition to controls on semiautomatic assault weapons. Lay that a i Down George Lay that a i Down,"., Sang the on Slage mrs. Bush. Pistol Packin poppy Lay thai. A i Down.", utter i journalist posing  White House  Sang the Bush Baltic hymn with these words mine eyes have seen the glory of a Kinder gentler land. With a cop  by Corner and a gun in cry hand. -.-. Tiny tots in Public schools will pledge allegiance on command George Bush is in command then the Gridiron chorus Sang Sis Boom hah and hallelujah Eli Yale will  a. Read my lips so i can Rule a. You gotta read them  Quayle played by Richard Cooper of the los Angeles times took his lumps in a  former president Nixon portrayed by John Hall of Media general. To the tune of "1 believe in  the Nitim stand in Sang you re not the dim bulb i Isad been led to believe i would Sec arc you an air head dilettante Light weight you sure could fool me. " cause i believe in you. 1 believe in you. To think you re perfectly qualified. As the veep you re swell. A my concerns have been Molli fied if Bush stays  to which the chorus responds George slay Well Dukakis the democratic presiden tial candidate who lost the a love Ember election to Bush was portrayed As Elvis Presley arriving at St. No where hos Pital Lor 3 personality transplant. Joined by dancers in prison stripes Dukakis Sang a hip swinging version of Jailhouse Rock in which he lamented the Day he gave inmate Wiilie Morion a weekend furlough. Bush made the Massachusetts prison fur Lough program a major Campaign Issue against Dukakis. Two new Active members. James m. Perry of the Wall Street journal and Robert Adams of the St. Louis Post dispatch were initiated in to the 60 member club at saturday s dinner held in the capital , worshippers flogging to Church where Crucifix Miracle reported Ambridge. A. Adv the curious the devout and  Thomases Are being drawn by the hundreds to a roman Catholic Church to gaze at a life sin Crucifix whose once open eyes of Christ reportedly closed during a Pood Friday  brought everyone who could fit in my car said Lively i Orrellia 44. Of Glassport. Who drove about 40 Miles with two children and five other adults to this Ohio River Mill town i wanted to be As close As i could be and i wanted my children to experience it  she said. I truly believe it was a  since easier when the Good Friday occurrence was reported in inc Media More than 1,000 people from several slates have visited to Lola Trinity Church each Day Aid inc Rev. Vincent ont Covic the Church Pas Tor the parking lot has been continually full and there s a constant Stream of traffic on the narrow Brick Street in front of the while Church 15 Miles Northwest of Pittsburgh. A spokesman for Bishop Donald Wuerl head of the roman Catholic diocese of Pittsburgh said Church officials arc withholding judgment on the event until they can Complete an investigation hut Many of the worshippers say thai Miracle or not they feel better after gazing at the Luminescent statue suspended on a Cross 1s feel Abb c the altar. It s touching you feel cleansed said Joanne Smallwood 66, of nearby Aliquippa. To feel a Lii Ilc bit Calmer within myself said  Aliquippa it just made my Fatiha Halle bit  the downcast eyes of Christ which now appear As Ini ail sins that conceal the pupils were Aboul one third open when the plaster Crucifix was moved in january from a Corner of the Church where it Hung at Eye level it was suspended in a More prominent position a front of a modern stained Glass window depicting a resurrected Christ. Cml Kovic said he often pointed out the Crucifix to his congregation of 300 families saying that it was unusual in hat it depicted a Sull Ling Christ with open eyes and Mouth Domenic Leo of Beaver an Ortisi who helped re store the in car old statue in january and had touched up the Eves with car Lic Paul. Confirmed the  were open when the Crucifix was Hung Hui. During a three hour prayer meeting on Good Friday worshippers noticed that the eyes had almost closed. Crnkovic said it would be nearly impossible for someone 10 have tampered with the Crucila because the Church is locked w Hen scr ices Are not held. The Rev. Vincent Ilki in. Miracle Crucifix in background i Don l know How to explain  wid Don Otto of Coraopolis who at ended the Good Friday prayer service it was like electricity running through Yourl was an overwhelming experience. Tears came to me a member of the Queen of peace prayer group which studies the Virgin Mary s reported manifestations in the Small yugoslav Village of Mcdo Gorje Otto claimed he then received n spiritual message while praying Oil his Knees following the service. Those who have come  since the Good Friday service sit quietly hands folded and eyes fixed on the Crucifix. Some like Clare Paonessa who brought her 4-year old deaf daughter seek religious Healing. She ,All. The help1 she can gel through the blessed Mother said Paonessa of Sharpsburg. Some people Are clearly moved breaking into tears while others come Only out of curiosity. I m kind of sceptical said a Cluj o Donnell 50, of Pittsburgh. People want miracles because Orall the unhappy mess in the  stateside Washington state Senate oks presidential primary Olympia Wash a  has become America s 36th stale with a presidential primary setting up Hopes for a regional set of primaries that would attract candidates to the Pacific Northwest. The Senate voted 38 to 10 for an initiative ii ism it Ted by the people after the legislature had walked for years at the idea of eliminating the slate s much maligned caucus system of Choos ing National convention delegates. As drafted the legislation would enable Washingion to join Oregon Idaho and Montana on the Date Oregon uses the fourth tuesday in May supporters of the measure said evangelist Pat Robertson s Victory in last Spring s caucuses embarrassed the stale into accepting a primary Washington usually seen As a moderate Politi Cally progressive slate carried the nation s larg est Robertson delegation to the top s National convention in new Orleans last August. Soviets . Universities sign Exchange agreement Washington up the soviet ministry of foreign affairs and a group of . Universities have signed an agreement to allow for the Exchange of scholars and diplomats to study the history and discuss inc future of relations Between the two superpowers. Andrei Ivanovich St Panda a Folie ministry of foreign affairs and James Millar representing the association of. Professional schools of inter National affairs announced the Exchange which is to begin in 1990, this Exchange represents inc first Opportunity for americans to gain an up close look Ai the inner Workings of the ministry of foreign affaire and the personnel involved in the decision Mak ing process Millar said this is an expansion in Contact Between our two countries to carry out education programs slip nov said Al a news conference with Millar. The agreement will allow 13 . Universities with departments of International affairs to work with the foreign ministry in exchanging scholars diplomats and economists for the study of american soviet diplomatic relations it will include Mutual exchanges of lecturers and Politi Cal figures and joint research projects