European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 6, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 a a a the stars and stripes tuesday March 6,1990 is it a landmark or just a hangout the Blue Moon in Seattle could be torn Down. Inset former Patron Dylan Thomas. States Decarter s last sibling Dies of pancreatic cancer Americus a. Apr Gloria Carter Spann the last surviving sibling of former president Carter died Early monday. She was 63. Spann had been diagnosed in december As having pancreatic cancer the same disease that killed her father James Earl Carter her sister Ruth Carter Stapleton and her other brother Billy Carter. Her Mother Lillian Carter had breast cancer that spread to other organs including her pancreas when she died in 1983. Spann who had been treated at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta in december died about 1 . At Sumter regional Hospital in Americus said her husband Walter Spann. In addition to her husband and brother she is survived by a son William c. Spann. The sister of the former president was an avid motorcyclist and belonged to the Georgia motorcycle rights organization. At the time her cancer was diagnosed she said through a spokeswoman that she and her husband planned to ride their motorcycles to Florida for the weekend. Tavern supporters trying to save hawaiian hotels flying in _ i. _ i a a r i replacements for strikers Seattle s Blue Moon from eclipse Seattle apr the spirit of the Blue Moon is evident before you enter the tavern a hangout for artists poets writers and other specimens of High and Low life for More than half a Century. The atmosphere is special a Northwest Bohemian a but is it enough to designate the tavern a cultural landmark and save it from the wrecking Ball that a the question facing the landmarks preservation Board on wednesday. The owner of the Dingy Brick tavern wants to tear it Down along with a strip joint and a House to make Way for a residential and retail Complex. Quot its a unique tavern and its a fun tavern but its not a historic landmark a said Robert Hannah president of Westlake capital corp., which bought the building last september. A fall this stuff about cultural landmark 1 think is stretching the  supporters and the owners of the tavern concede it is architecturally insignificant. They focus on its past patronage. Blue Moon historians count writers Jack Kerouac and and Dylan Thomas among its former customers. Prize winning poet David Wagoner is said to have written verse in a Back Booth another poet Allen Ginsberg abstract Graffiti in the restroom and Jack Leahy the outlines for Short stories on a wobbly table. In january the landmarks preservation Board nominated the Blue Moon but late last month the Agency a staff recommended that landmark status be denied. The staff report agreed with Hannah who said the tavern failed to meet structural requirements mostly because of remodelling in the last 25 years. Landmark status would prevent the owners from tearing Down the tavern and any remodelling would be subject to restrictions. The building housing the Blue Moon was built As a garage in i 923 and converted into one of the City a first Post prohibition taverns 11 years later. Its location was close to the Boundary of an area around the University of Washington where sales of alcoholic beverages were banned. Inside the clacking billiard balls raucous laughter animated conversation and gurgling taps drown out the bump and grind sounds from fan Tan follies a strip joint next door. Its a scene of scruffy sociability among working stiffs bar Stool leftists lawyers professors and  a new Republic Magazine article after her first visit Carolyn Kizer described the Blue Moon As a a Grubby Oasis just outside the University a one mile Sahara. Here the Jukebox roars Audrey the waitress slaps Down schooners of Beer and poets pedants painters and other assorted wildlife make overtures to each  Hannah said it would be too costly to build around the existing tavern but head like to incorporate the Blue Moon in the $3 million project. Blue Moon backers said that would be impossible. A we would look at it Only As a last ditch resort a said Walt Crowley a television commentator political activist and former mayoral aide who helped organize the 1,500-member forever Blue Moon committee. He bemoaned the Fate of other Gritty taverns reopened in newer quarters. A they had their tummies tucked and their pushes taken up to the Point that they became virtually unrecognizable a Crowley said. A their integrity has been essentially  Blue Moon supporters include Ray Oldenburg a University of West Florida sociology professor and the author of a the great Good  he wrote that in the last 40 years the number of taverns in the United states has dropped from 152,000 to fewer than 50,000. A what we re really talking about is an endangered species Here a Oldenburg said by Telephone. A there is a cultural tradition Here. An interesting rather Dingy but Worth keeping kind of  some types of Rock music Spur satanism Cardinal says new York apr Cardinal John of Connor said sunday that some kinds of Rock music help trap teenagers into Devil worship and he disclosed that two exorcisms have been performed in the new York area within the past year. A diabolically instigated violence is on the Rise a of Connor said in his Sermon at St. Patrick a Cathedral. Divorce and abortion Are two examples he told parishioners. Of Connor said heavy Metal Rock music in particular a can help trap people especially teen agers a into Devil worship. He singled out the song a suicide solutions by Ozzy Osbourne As an example. The parents of a teen Ager who killed himself while listening to the song sued Osbourne in 1986. The lawsuit later was dismissed. A i think the Industry had better police itself a of Connor told reporters after the Sermon. He avoided calling for music censorship. Of Connor described How Young Devil worshippers gather in cemeteries for a a disgraceful a satanic ceremonies. Such a ceremony could end in suicide he said. He said the roman Catholic archdiocese a vicar general monsignor Patrick Sheridan approved the use of exorcism a ritual to cast out an evil spirit in two recent cases of demonic Possession. A was far As we know they have been successful a the Cardinal said. Possession Quot seems to be very rare. Psychological medical and other causes of what appears to be Possession must be ruled out a of Connor said. He said the novel Quot the exorcist is a Quot gruesomely authentic portrayal of demonic Possession. Honolulu a a strike at 11 major Hawaii hotels is expected to drag on for at least a week and replacement workers Are being flown to the islands to make Beds and meals for thousands of tourists. A a we re prepared to operate for weeks if need be Quot said William Crawford executive director of the Council of Hawaii hotels. Contract talks Between the Council and the hotel employees and restaurant employees Union broke off saturday. About 7,500 workers Are on strike in the dispute Over a wage and Benefit package. The walkout affects 9,300 rooms in Waikiki and at three hotels on other islands about 16 percent of the states total hotel inventory. It is the first major strike in 24 years at Waikiki. Room service was suspended at most hotels some restaurants were closed and supervisors scrambled to Check in guests and clean  state lawmaker Richard Webster Dies Columbia to. Apr state sen. Richard m. Webster a lawmaker since 1948, died sunday of cardiac arrest. He was 67. Webster underwent triple bypass surgery wednesday and his condition had been up traded to stable when complications occurred unday morning said Mary Becker a spokeswoman for Boone medical Center. The Republican first won a seat in the state House in 1948. He made unsuccessful bids for attorney general and lieutenant governor in the 1950s before his election to the state Senate in 1962. He represented Carthage in Southwest Missouri. A Missouri has lost a Wise and devoted servant of the people a gov. John Ashcroft said. A Dick Webster helped forge legislation that made Missouri a better place to work live and raise a . May curb Asylum for nicaraguan refugees Miami apr the United states May sharply curtail the granting of Asylum to nicaraguan refugees because of their nations switch to democracy but there is Little Chance political exiles already Here will be forced to return. In theory people granted Asylum Are subject to review each year and could have that status revoked said Duke Austin spokesman for the immigration and naturalization service in Washington . A but i know of no single Case since political Asylum has become an Avenue in the United states when we have involuntarily returned someone because conditions in their Homeland improved a Austin said. A a it a in the Law but it s never been done.�?�. It is More Likely that new applicants will get tougher scrutiny of their applications