Discover Family, Famous People & Events, Throughout History!

Throughout History

Advanced Search

Publication: European Stars and Stripes Thursday, January 25, 1990

You are currently viewing page 8 of: European Stars and Stripes Thursday, January 25, 1990

   European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 25, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and stripes thursday. January 25, 1990 creator of new ongwae says it s Oil so Elezi Toronto a you spell it easy he spells in cedi. You want Quick results he wants Kwik a culls. If you want to Call the whole thing off. Language Buff and activist Ted w. Culp probably would Tell you to Wail he cuz Victon is Ingvi Tancl m this Ling Gwi Stic Ennevor. Culp is the president and founder of the Intima signal Union for the . Which campaigns for Reform ing English into Canadian he says Ca Nadzan As an International language. Half the Battle is already won be cause people know that reformation needs to be  he said. There s a Universal recognition that there s a problem with the English  Culp declined to say exactly How Many people belong to his admittedly Small organization but in insisted that he has members and contacts scattered around the . If you re wondering Why a re formed English should be called " a Nadean Well Why not All the other languages of the world Are linked to a  Culp said. When they re linked to a nation it removes any sense of fear. The world needs an International language but it needs one that s  talking Over Coffee at a neighbor Hood fast food restaurant Culp de tailed Why he thinks the soft a in English should be changed to Sas in  Why Czechoslovakia should have been changed Long ago to Heck Slovakia. Why " ast As Lilc on trucking slogans reads just Fine to him my Why the Large american toy store Cluin should change its name to Tois  he puts out regular no Cleller and h is started a Small no a paper. The times of Toronto that has made in through three four Page issues. We  All Owr red cars to abandon the obsolete annoying English Lan Wajc. Andin adopt the emerging. Rational Canadian  an editorial calling for Ling Gwi Stic Chan said. It i so  Culp. A Gray haired secondary school teacher said he always was interested in language and created his can Deanin l �87. The Centenary of the artificial language esperanto that had been touted As the Way to an International communication. There s no sense creating a Lan Guage thai no one  he said of esperanto and its late founder the pol ish philologist Ludwig Zamenhof. That s the fatal weakness from which it will never recover. It was just the wrong  Canadian. On the other hand would take advantage of the prominence of English As an International language but make in easier for foreigners learn ing English who often Are confused by its spelling and grammar. Using the world s no. I language Sou can read and understand  he said. In Canadian you must say what s  world Toda Canton put on Alert for chinese new year Beijing a hundreds of armed police have been standing 24-hour guard in the Southern City of Canton because thousands of chinese who live outside China arc expected to return this weekend for the chinese new year a local newspaper reported. The Yangcheng evening news said 400 armed police were mobilized Jan. 12 to stand guard round the clock at 26 trouble spots in Canton about 75.miles North of Hong Kong and the nearest Large City to the British Colony. One possible  of the increased Security is pre venting chinese from taking advantage of the crush of Holiday visitors to elude authorities and try to escape to Hong Kong. Several leaders of last year s pro democracy movement fled to the British Colony after the bloody military crackdown last june and chinese newspapers have reported the arrests in Canton of others trying to escape. Libyan Airliner detained in search for terrorists Frankfurt. West Germany a a libyan Airliner left Frankfurt International Airport wednes Day after West German authorities held the plane for several hours following a tip that terrorists May be aboard officials said the libyan airlines Boeing 727 left Frankfurt at 11 06 . And was heading to Tripoli. Libya Airport spokesman Wolfgang Schwalm said West German Border police detained and searched the plane shortly after it arrived in Frankfurt from Tripoli at 2 49 . Tuesday. Roland Bache Cir a spokesman for the West Ger Man Interior ministry said three men were detained for carry ing arms without permits. The men turned out to he the airline s Security guards and were later released. The search of the plane lasted until 4 45 . Bui the Captain refused to take off without the three guards who had been detained. Hachmeier said. Former norwegian Leader starts environmental fund Oslo. Norway i api former prime minister Iro Harlem Bruml Lland. Who headed a prestigious . Environment commission has founded an Environ mental fund with the Cash she has won from various International Prim its chairman said wednesday. I Brundtland. Who now Heads the opposition in parliament earmarked about si21. I i for the Ciro har Lem Brundtland environment foundation to support ecology projects in Norway and possibly elsewhere said foundation chairman Svein Roald . The first award will be made this autumn. The fund is based on awards from the third world prize which Brundtland received last year the Gandhi peace prize which she will accept later this year and donations. Brundtland led the in. World commission on the environment and development. Artist s sketch Shu a Japan s lunar probe headed out after  from the larger satellite at right. Japan launches first lunar probe Uchin Ouka Japan a Japan s first lunar Pioch lifted off wednesday billow ing Clouds of smoke and carrying japanese Hopes of becoming the third nation to teach the Earth s closest neighbor. The slender m3s-2 rocket disappeared into the night sky Over the Pacific Ocean from its launch pad nestled Between mountains on Japan s Southern coast. Launch officials said it would take several hours before they knew whether the launch was successful. The rocket blasted off on schedule at 8 46 . Originally set for tuesday the liftoff was postponed with Only is seconds to go. After an electrical switching problem Cut off Power to a Hydraulic pump used to  the Noz la of an auxiliary Booster rocket. Mission chief Ili Roki Matsuo said tuesday s delay was the first time in five launches of the solid fuel m3s-2 that the countdown had been stopped in the final 60 seconds. Aboard the three stage Mam rocket were two satellites one of which is to orbit the Earth and launch the other into lunar orbit. Overcast skies blanketed the Remote Ocean Side launch site in Southern Japan wednesday and Snow fell in nearby areas. Minorities fear racial Bias in British military report finds London a Blacks and other ethnic Minori ties Are under represented in the British military be cause they fear racial discrimination according to a government commissioned report released tuesday. I he researchers also said they encountered racially offensive language from armed forces personnel at All Levels during the investigation. Management consultants peal. Marwick Mclintock who conducted the study for the defense ministry said minorities comprised Only  percent of the Mili tary compared with Aboul 4 percent of the population. During interviews with All Levels views were expressed to us and phrases used which would be consid ered racially offensive the report said. We cannot be certain the use of racist language or stereotyping betrays underlying racist attitudes the report added. We do believe however that such views have no place in an organization committed to providing equal  armed forces minister Archie i la Nulton said minority recruitment w ill be stepped up follow ing the report. In a written statement to parliament he said the results of the report suggested Many attitudes of Young whiles and Blacks were similar. However they Blacks Are less Likely to consider a career in the armed forces for a number of reasons including in Many cases they fear that they will encounter racial  Hamilton said. In a test Case a government funded labor tribunal said monday it will hear allegations of racial discrimination against the defense ministry by a Black former member of the elite Grenadier guards. Winston Lindsay 25, one of Only two Black guardsmen went absent without leave in october 1988 after allegedly being ridiculed bullied and assaulted by White guardsmen. He was later discharged from the army for failing to disclose a previous assault conviction  
Browse Articles by Decade:
  • Decade