European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 25, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse Tuesday. April 25, 1989 the stars and stripes Page 7 Bush s Kinder gentler9 has some kind of Appeal Bubil Skole associated press writer when George Bush coined he phrase Kinder gentler nation he Likely did t know it would catch on. And on and on and on. In Detroit new Road signs admonish motorists to be Kinder gentler safer in Windsor on Tario a strip joint advertises itself us a Kinder Gen Tler adult entertainment two weeks ago in Phoenix one year after he was impeached for misusing funds and obstructing jul Isicc former gov. Evan Mecham vowed to run again and Lead a Kindler gentler and in South Carolina plumber Curt whisennant has erected a billboard on . I in Columbia Adver Tising his Abco plumbing co. As a Kinder gentler plumbing that May not have been what now president Bush had in mind when candidate Bush first used the phrase in Bis acceptance speech at the Republican National convention last August. Bush s Kinder and gentler and thousand Points of Light remarks frequently have been lampooned by cartoonists and others who have poked fun at the attempt at presidential poetry but the phrase in t without its tans i think it s probably going to be More successful than where s the beef?"1 said Charlie Clag gym chief creative officer for he advertising Agency d Arcy Masius Benton & Bowles tit St. Louis. Where s the Beer was the Wendy s hamburger restaurant slogan co opted during a 1984 democratic presidential candidate debate by eventual Nomi Nee Waller Mon Klc against sen. Gary Hart. The trend today is toward no traditional values. When Bush made that speech 1 though my god this Man is Reading the same research we arc and of course he is Clag Gitl said. Even so Taggett said "1 would t dare go Over to Anheuser Busch and suggest they advertise a Kinder gentler Beer How Kin and Gentte can we be any Way the phrase meets a desperate human need at a Lime when you can step out of your House in Washington d.c., and get shot Down by cocaine setters said Ray Browne head of the popular culture department at Bowling Green state University in Ohio. We re looking for something to save us from our selves 1 Browne said. It s a Madison Avenue phrase.11 Don t know who looked it up but it s tre it was Bush s idea said by. Cooper Deputy White. House press Secretary. It seemed to capture the kind of tone he wanted for his presidency Cooper said he s often joked about it. But he s also very Well defined what those two phrases Are supposed to that s nonsense said Browne. This is More than a rhetorical honeymoon it s a deliberate attempt to grab an element of human emotion and exploit it , conceding i Don t know what. In Jack in Riutcel executive creative director for de Necdham worldwide in new York City agreed slogans like this arc like chinese food. They re Good but they leave you hungry for some thing with More substance hungry or not the phrase is finding varying de Grees of usage in serious matters. In february is. Attorney general Thorn Burgh vowed to take a rougher tougher attitude toward violent drug traffickers to achieve Bush s goal of a Kinder gentler America and in new Orleans this month students at to Lanc and Loyola universities wrote Bush thai their Aizic mils to Rescue nine monkeys from a primate research Center were their contributions to a Kinder gentler when Arizona s Republican party passed a Resolution last year declaring the United Stales a Christian nation House minority Leader Art Hamilton said republicans probably misunderstood Bush and thought he had called for a Kinder More gentle nation. Others however insist that Kinder and gentler is completely overworked and should be avoided As the worst of cliches. The phrase has been nominated for next year s Dishonour list of words banished from the English language compiled annually at Lake Superior slate University in Saull sic. Marie mich., spokesman Bill Crawford said. Bush s read my lips quote made the 1989 list i d say it s got a Good shot at making the list because one of the criteria is overuse Crawford said. Psychics used to search for Bundy victim s body Bundy Salt Lake City a after fruit less searches for the remains of an apparent victim of serial killer Ted Bundy a sheriff is rely flu on two psychics to Lead him to the site where Bundy claimed he buried her body. It s a Long shot but really that s All we be got left said Wayne county Sher Iff Kerry Ekker. I m not prepared to Rule them out because once in a while they have Success in an eleventh hour confession before execution in Florida s electric chair Jan. 24, Bundy said he had buried Nancy Wilcox near capita reef National Park in Wayne county some 200 mites South of Salt Lake City. Bones and bits of clothing were recovered in March just outside the boundaries of the Park but they turned out to be animal Boncil Ekker a search is also on for the bodies of two other teen agers Bundy said he buried Deb Kent and sue Curtis in isolated areas about 150 Miles South of Salt Lake City. Frustrated in their searches for the bodies of the three Ekker and officials in two other Southern Utah counties arc be ginning to wonder if Bundy was getting in a last morbid laugh. Kent disappeared from the Salt Lake City area in 1974. Both were 17 Al the Lime. Curtis was 15 when she disappeared in 1975 from a conference Al Brig Nam Young University in Provo we be dug up All kinds of animal Borl a but we Haven t found anything human said acting Carbon county sheriff Jim Robertson who is searching for Curtis remains in san Pete county sheriff Wallace Buchanan said officials were ready to look for the body of Kent in an area that previous had been covered in Snow. Buchanan said his office also had received Many Calls regarding Bundy Trees carved with Bundy s name or initials. Some May have been carved by Jok ing hikers Buchanan said. Bundy. Executed for the 1978 murder of 12-year-old Kimberly Leach in Florida confessed to dozens of killings in several Western states including eight in Utah. Planes approaching Kennedy prison population involved in two near collisions up 7-4% m j988 doubles in 8 years s new York a a jumbo Jet approaching John f. Kennedy Airport missed a commuter plane by 100 feet sunday while in another incident a commercial Jet reported coming within 400 Yards of a Pri Vajc plane near a suburban Airport. In the first near hit Atwa 747 jumbo Jet on a flight from London came within 100 feet of a Turboprop commuter plane said Kathleen Bergen a spokeswoman for the Federal aviation administration. Both planes were being monitored by air traffic con trollers and preparing to land Al Kennedy she said. About 45 minutes later a pan american Jelen route from Laguardia Airport to Boston experienced a near hit with a Small Cessna plane near the Westchester country Airport she said. No injuries were reported in either incident and Bergen said they were totally unrelated and happened Miles and Miles pair she said investigators did not know How the planes Drew so close to each other. Westchester county Airport is about 35 Miles North of Kennedy Airport in the earlier incident Twa right 701 from Lon Don s Heathrow Airport was flying at 1,900 feet about live Miles Southeast of Kennedy when the Captain re ported that Pocono flight 7636 passed him about Ion feet above and to the right Bergen said. A nearby air France Jet also was preparing to land at the same Lime Bergen said. The i Ocono Craft was instructed to land after the Twa plane which was scheduled behind air France she said. The air France Jet had just landed when the Pocono plane flew by the Twa Jet Bergen said. She declined comment on whether inc i Ocono Pilot May have confused the Twa and the air France jets. The commuter Craft was a Merlin sw-4, a Turbo prop that carries about 16 passengers she said Bergen did not know where the Pocono flight originated and there was no answer at the airline s Queens office. Bergen said the Twa Pilot did not take any Eva Sive action. The Pocono flight was ordered to abort its Landing so the Twa flight you Fol land first this is very unusual for the new York area Aid Burgin the second incident occurred about 10 mites Soui Casl of West Chester county Airport at an Elevation of 10,500 feet Bergen said ii involved pan am shuttle flight s
