European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 12, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes saturday. August 12. 1s89 Book takes comical View of Bushes vacation Portland. Maine a the stale s most famous tourists. George and Barbara Bush Are lampooned in a new comic Book that features them travelling incognito through Maine to escape the pressures of the White House. We thought this was too Good not to do cartoonist Jeff pert said thurs Day after the comic he and Thomas Wilson created on the Road with George & Barbara in vacationland had been on the stands in Maine and Washington just two Days. We just thought in was a perfect Market for a humorous perspective of the president since he has a summer Home Here pert said. We saw it As a vehicle that would Appeal to both the tourists visiting Maine and the  the Story begins with Bush and the so Calico first dog. Millie being invaded by a Herd of journalists while they re lighting Over a bar of soap in the White House bathroom. To gel away from it All. Bush and the first lady disguise themselves As tourists. They realize they have everybody fooled when the secret sen ice does t even recognize them As they take off for  As Maine Calls itself on Auto License plates. Their adventures take them through numerous scenes peppered with inside humor such As references to real estate developers who arc hated by thousands of Mamers and Stephen ring the famous horror writer who lives in bang or. In one Frame the Bushes find that the first Lighthouse they run into has been turned into a condominium an the first lobster Man they meet docs not live in a quaint fishing Village As they expected. Quaint fishermen Ain t lived in quaint fishing villages Ever since quaint Oul of Sta Lars bought every quaint Damn Yard of quaint Shore property the lobster Man says. The Bushes them selves have been accused by some of spoiling the atmosphere of Kennebunk port As secret service agents and Mem Bers of the National press corps pour into the tiny fishing town whenever the president visits his estate on walkers Point. Pert 30, a warehouse worker who draws cartoons for the weekly Maine times and the times record in Bruns Wick and Wilson 29, a graphic designer who draws cartoons for the journal Tribune in Biddeford decided they d collaborate on the Book after they met at a Trade convention in april. They said they could t resist taking a few digs at Bush hitting on the wimp Factor that dogged him on the Campaign Trail but they insist they Are much Kinder and gentler than the doonesbury strips that portray Bush As invisible. When we oat Down to do it i Don t think we said we re going to be very hard on him or very  pert said. What we be come up with Here is a lot softer than say doonesbury " still the two arc unsure How the president will react if and when he sees Chebook during an extended vacation to  that begins next week. I m sure when he gets Here for Vaca Tion pert pauses. Well be marked men Wilson an Swers. War vets Start Vigil in Cage to Mark plight of mias Milwaukee a Vietnam War veterans plan to spend More than a month in a Bamboo Cage to draw Public attention to . Soldiers still reported missing in action in Southeast Asia. The group began its 37-Day Vigil Adja cent to the City s lakefront War memorial Center on thursday. The Vigil is to end sept. Is which has been designated As National pow Mia Day. Forty eight members of Wisconsin Vietnam veterans chapter one Are to Lake turns around the clock in the Cage for 37 Days said Gary Witzel a medal of Honor recipient who spoke on Friday from inside the Cage covered with barbed wire. The Cage 5 feet in length and Width and a a feet in height is nearly the same size of cages used to imprison american prisoners of War during the Vietnam War Witzel said. Participants Are allowed to leave the Cage to go the bathroom and All have agreed to try to reduce their food intake As a symbolic sacrifice. Organizers said the length of the Vigil was selected to Honor the 37 Wisconsin soldiers still listed As missing in action during the Vietnam War. The Cage is set up alongside a reflect ing Pool at the Center where the names of Milwaukee s War dead Are listed. Those who visit the location Are urged to write and ask their congressmen senators and the president for an accounting of americans missing in the War ,41, said. When the Day comes that one Ameri can is not Worth the time and the Effort to be found we As americans have lost Wetzl said adding that More than 2,300 americans still have not been accounted for in Southeast Asia. Pegasus unveiled at Edwards aka calif., the Public gels its first look at the Pegasus a winged rocket developed by the private firms of Orbital sciences corp. And Hercules aerospace co. The 50-foot winged rocket is based on old technology and will be used to put Small satellites into Low Earth orbits at a Price of $6 million to $8 million. Pegasus is to be test launched from a b-52 bomber in october. Lucas assigned to Liaison Job in Justice department Washington a William c. Lucas whose nomination As the government s civil rights chief was rejected this month by the Senate Friday was named to a Justice department Post that docs not require confirmation by lawmakers. Attorney general Richard Thornburgh named Lucas a former Fri agent and sheriff of Wayne county. Mich., As director of the department s office of Liaison services. The appointment eliminates a potential source of friction Between the Bush administration and the democratic majority of the Senate. The Senate Judic iary committee killed Lucas selection As assistant at Torney general fur civil rights on a tic vote and also refused to permit the full Senate to vote on it. Bush had been urged by some republicans to Nam Lucas a Black to the High ranking Post during the current congressional recess a move that would have allowed him to serve until the end of next year without confirmation. Democratic leaders expressed Strong opposition to such a move in a White House session with the president. Opponents to his earlier nomination said Lucas lacked a Strong commitment to civil rights concerns and said he did t have the experience needed for such an important administrative  new Job will make him coordinator of Justice department activities with stale and local govern ments and civil rights organizations storm knocks out Power Toulon France a an electrical storm knocked out Power to the train line along France s Mediterranean coast stranding about 12,000 Passen Gers overnight Railroad officials said Friday. Doctors think Root was shot in last 2 hours of flight by the the Washington Post Washington three doctors who reviewed Washington Pilot and Law yer Thomas l. Root s medical records have told Federal investigators that they believe Root was shot in the last two hours of his six hour flight last month from Washington to the Bahama islands. The doctors some of whom initially treated Root july 13 after he was pulled from the Atlantic Ocean confirmed Early speculation that the symptoms of peritonitis on Root s stomach wound indicated he May have been shot a few hours before the plane splashed  is an inflammation of the stomach caused by an infection Andrew a. Alston a National transportation safety Board investigator said thursday that the doctors concluded Root was shot Between two and four hours before he first was examined at 3 1s . By coast guard surgeon James Rahman the plane hit the water at 12 27 . Alston cautioned that the findings were preliminary and that other doctors would review the records. Don t go jumping to conclusions yet. Well have All the facts  but some of the facts May be hard to come by since Root s Cessna 210 is atthe Bottom of the Ocean. The doctors findings did not Clear up the Central mys Tery of Root s flight How and Why he was shot. Nor did the doctors shed Light on whether Root indeed was unconscious during the flight s final four hours