European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 11, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes tuesday. April 11,1989 stateside Graffiti busters wage War on any scribbled phrases. An Arbor. Mich. A sociologists May Muju the inscriptions hut Graffiti scrawls Aren i Art to Graty Iti Bif trs a five member Crew Ai the University of Michigan. The University formed the custodial unit in 1986 to quickly rub out racist phrases that Kepi appearing on itu1 modern language building said Jim Kaufman Assim Ini manager for plan operations. The school spends 1350,000 a year to maintain the full-lime1 Crew equipped with two truck chemicals Paini. Water jct Sand a Sand blaster. Kii Cist and anti semitic statements draw the Quick Sci response from Graffiti busters but innocuous scribbles Aren t spared either Kaufman said. Crew members last week scaled inc Copper coated Spires of an engineering building to remove the initials Jaf. � Meucci backers Don t hear Bells when phones ring new York a to Hui Srjohn n. Lacorti Tell it. Some of the nation s phone companies should be called southwestern Meucci or Meucci Atlantic. In can l ring a Bell i will if Lacarte has i Way. He is certain Hal Antonio Meucci. Not Alexander Fri Ham Bell deserves recognition for inventing the Telephone. 1 Poorte and about 250 friends and supporters Gath ered in Htoo Myn on sunday 10 Honor a Recti an Leal inn american inventor. N 1871, Meucci filed notice of intent to Lake out a Patent for an invention thai transmitted speech by electricity Bui he lacked the Money to develop his Prnjai. And his document with the . Patent office lapsed. Lac orc said. Five Vears later Dell applied  own Patent and made his or. Watson Call on his new. Machine. His name became virtually synonymous with the . Tele phone Industry. Paramount s Parent firm to change name divest new York al1 Gulf & Western inc. Said sunday it would Bell its financial services Branch an change its name to i Aramouni communications inc. As part of a plan to concentrate on entertainment and publishing. Martin s. Davis Gulf Western s chairman and chief executive said the company decided 10 sell the Aliue Yalcs its consumer and financial unit because it1 was incompatible with the company s other in crests. Gulf & Western is the. Parent company of Par amount pictures As Well As other entertainment sub Sidi Ariesan several Book publishers. Proceeds from the Sale Wisi be used to expand the entertainment and publishing operations through product development and acquisitions the company said. In addition the company said ii will continue a program to buy Back. Gulf &. Western Stock on the open Market or through Lender offers. Navy Veteran ends fast Over . Aid to Salvador Cal Ford Calif us l Navy  Pence activist Scott Rutherford ended a 49-Day water Only Fasi aimed it protesting . Military Aid to Al Salvador. My car find the gracious  me in the beginning of this fan he said sunday in a Siai Emcil they Are now telling me Hal it ii time to end it.". The fast ended in a ceremony outside the gales of the Concord naval weapons station. Inc longtime Large of peace act Viii to charge hit it is an1 Mbarka. Nun Point for . Weapons headed for Central Ameri Ca. Rutherford a member of the Nuremberg actions anti War group began the fast feb. 20. I feel i have done so liitle for my salvadoran Roth cars and Sisters when so much is called for he said. Their Iii Ilion is very  the group has vowed o continue blocking trains bringing weapons in and out of the station. It charge thai fighting Between Whir .-backed Sal. Ladoran. Government and rebels cot the lives of 70,000 non cd Balanis through assassination and""massacre1 in the Early 1980s. California gets Cool Relief Kansas Colorado get Snow by inc associated press an april storm dumped nearly a Biol of Snow in parched Kansas and led to traffic tie  on icy Colo Rado roads including a 100-plus car pileup cooler weather also brought Relief from a record heat wave in California and cased flooding in the red River Valley. In Denver Snow on sunday night resulted in two hour flight delays at soap Oclon International Airport Deputy aviation director Richard Boulware said. The storm caused Highway tie  throughout South Ern Colorado but the worst was on interstate is near Colorado Springs where up to 200 cars Slid into each other in a Chain reaction on the icy Road police said. Iacre were no immediate reports of serious injuries police said. In dry Kansas Snow brought some much needed precipitation. It s not really a  said Kayla Campbell a police officer in Goodland where 11 inches fell Sun Day. The roads were icy earlier this morning but since in s warmed up. It s beginning to melt., we re glad for she moisture.". Southern California got a breath of fresh air when coastal breezes  plunging More than in degrees in Many areas ending the holiest april week on record. In Northern California an end was in sight of record temperatures that Biassed the Region for the tilth Day sunday sending crowds to beaches Seaside Board walks and Inland Waterways. San Francisco logged a High of 91, lying its All time Streak of four consecutive Days in which the tempera lure reached 90 degrees. Similar stretches were recorded in september 1904 and september 1939, \ it s like a summer Day. It s not typical of this Lime of the year at All said Jamie Boll Al the Bethel Islan Harbor about so Miles cast of san Francisco. A High pressure by sick was moving into the Pacific Northwest on monday the National Cal her service said adding that temperatures could drop by 10 de  in Moorhead minn., weary homeowners in the red River Valley received a reprieve from flooding that had them building dikes buying pumps and pulling sandbags in place for Days. The. River which forms the Boundary Between Minnesota and North Dakota Cresic at j5.15 Fel sunday night a fool lower and a Day earlier than had been expected. The River seems to be slowing Down arid Thal s Good news col. Roger Baldwin of the . Army corps of engineers said during a Lour of the flood ravaged area with Minnesota gov. Rudy in Rich. The governor later said he would ask for Federal disaster Relief greeks have their Day on 5th Avenue in Little Joliet of sunday s Dull Rainy anther As Mas Shaw to got.  a i tie ban " hit in Furer round refers to the bred tillage 01 m Lavylla famous for ils role in the nation first for Independence. Greek Nodi Tendance Day a relics make their Way up new York s 5th Avi nut Ullh Flag i full tons and co slim a sparkling grand in Unhul for the Parade 31 Hurt As blast rips Billings Motel a cos Mon. A an a Plo sinn apparently caused by natural Gas destroyed a to fall Sii Niiori of a Motel sunday. Thirty one people were injured Bui Only to were Hospital cd. We have   tire department co i. Marvin Jochems said after searchers accounted for inc last occupant of the super s Moiel. " Blaze by 4 . The Center of inc building is gone and Ihen there s fire damage both ways said Charlie Allen acting Bat Talion chief. The explosion appeared to be in a Central laundry area with natural Gas lines blew said. Individual rooms. � a Syric Cound to Jochums said. We " could of a  is s Ion acc to find any fatalities in the  _ _ Wenj. To Houghl somebody was trying in break in the room said one guest Willians Kart soms of Denver. Lot l for Jvn la injun in  Niv j i 1.1 i i i i  thirty one people were taken to the City s two major hospitals but 29 were rvs and after .  Tiv or Jan Man said -. ". " ". Ili Iii. In a. Tiv t of Frei a a ded by a  a. You think in sous a prank and Ihen Jou took out and Chimi continued to  through the rubble Sec the smoke it s a .  but Jochems said fire officials speck d to turn the site. Back to inc owners con Iron by the end of he. Day -. The Blasl occurred. Four minutes after someone phoned Montana Dakila utilities Al 1 97 . And1 reported a Strong smell of Naii iral Gas. Said Dick Bice the acting Billings fire chief. Firefight Cri controlled inc. E in smoke. N a j avu.it-1-""1one couple said the floor of their room seemed to , Bui the Carpel remained fastened around the edges so they were Able to walk to the door. Nearly All guess in the Moid in his South cd neral Montana City of 75,000 spent the rest of the night in the Holiday inn on the other Side of interstate 90. .