European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 2, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 12 a a a the stars and stripes monday april 2,1990 faces a no place Bush pins his Hopes on a Kinder gentle Roach from wire reports republicans have a hard time winning anything in Hawaii even a cockroach race. Undaunted by two previous defeats president Bush is hoping a Kinder gentler cockroach will reverse his fortunes in the Iolani schools annual Roach race. The White House has lost in the past with entries named the a yellow Roach of Texas and a Oval office Roach a but Bush has High Hopes for a Bug named a Kinder  Bush figures if the slogan was Good enough to beat Michael Dukakis it should be Good enough to win the april 20 race in Honolulu. A i know a lot of thoroughbred Roach lovers were disappointed that Oval office Roach did so badly Back in 1988, but lots has happened since then a Bush wrote in a letter to race founder Kimo Mcvay. Bush challenged the other competitors to submit their Roaches to tests for illegal chemicals saying he would submit his Roach a to an anti steroid test saliva test etc., and i Challenge All other Roach owners to do the  Money from the event goes to help fight multiple  High on the hog it is probably the most expensive meal he had Ever eaten. Kim Bowman 35, apparently swallowed a Diamond when confronted by police investigating the theft of three gems from two Eldridge Fine jewelry stores in Independence mo., in january. A store manager told police he saw Bowman replace a real Diamond with a fake and place the authentic Gem in his Mouth. Bowman who this week pleaded guilty to stealing the three diamonds tried to pass the Gem through his digestive system. But an a Ray revealed the do is do Square dancers promenade in front of the Ohio Senate economic development committee in an attempt to influence the passage of a Bill that would make the Square dance the official american Folk dance of Ohio. More than 300 dancers showed up for the lobbying Effort. Diamond was stuck in his Colon. A it would Cost us $50,000 in surgery to get a $5,000 Diamond a said Jackson county prosecutor Tim Dollar. A essentially he bought a  As part of his plea Bowman received a suspended prison sentence and was ordered to pay nearly $4,000 in restitution for the Cost of one of the  sues tabloid actor Clint Eastwood has filed a $20 million lawsuit against the Globe accusing the supermarket tabloid of fabricating a front Page Story headlined a pc lint a life threatened by nazi  Eastwood a lawsuit filed Friday in Superior court in los Angeles contends that the tabloids Jan. I Story featuring a photo of Eastwood holding a handgun has put the actors life in danger. The Globe Story says a group called the aryan nation had put a $100,000 Bounty on Eastwood a life because the actor refused to speak at the groups convention in Washington state. A by fabricating a sensational Public dispute Between Eastwood on the one hand and a group of people described by the Globe As members of the aryan nation and new nazis on the other defendants have knowingly placed the safety and Security of Eastwood and his family at risk a the lawsuit says. The suit names As defendants the tabloids owners Globe International inc. Of Montreal and Globe communications inc. Of Boca Raton fla., publisher Tony Miles editor Paul Levy and writers Tony Castro and Paul  mayor roasted its simply not True that Houston mayor Kathy Whitmire is aloof a Houston City councilor said at a political a a roast held in the mayors Honor. A i got her father an appointment with her in two weeks a said councilman John Goodner. A and she even waived the political contribution part. And she gave him the whole three  Whitmire so a roast Friday was held to Benefit the Houston area women Scenter and attracted about 500 people to a posh galleria hotel. A most people see Kathy Whitmire As a cold ruthless cutthroat hard Ball knee knocking politician a said state sen. Rodney Ellis a former councilman. A but that a not the Only Side to  comfortable director Spike Lee says films like a driving miss Daisy suggest that America May have found a Comfort ins zone in the portrayal of race re latin in the movies. Vuyo Lee dealt with racism in his   Mcd a a do the High js1 which was t Nomma cd for the picture Oscar Quot driving miss Daisy about a Southern widows Friend a with her Black chauffeur Wos Academy awards. Or r think Trica is a lot my comfortable with How racism is to Niiori that film than How it was treated m z the. Right thing Quot Lee said during visa to Duke University in a Durham a even though Morgan Freeman is i great actor one of our greatest actors he still plays a subservient role. I think a lot of White americans Are More comfortable with a Black Man who a a chauffeur who a really a second class citizen than cookie or the mayor or any of the characters in do the Richt thing a a he said. Pm a it tells me that we still have a lot farther to go a he said. A in a lot of areas the clock is being turned  do the right things was nominated in two categories Lee himself for Best original screenplay and Danny Aiello for Best supporting actor but did not  just says no even whales Are wary of the dentist. The College of dental surgeons of British Columbia kicked off dental health month Friday with an attempted demonstration of tooth brushing on Hyak a 7-ton killer whale at Vancouver aquarium. Photographers gathered at the Edge of the aquarium Pool As Trainer Doug Pemberton crouched with a 5-foot-Long red Toothbrush and a bucket of herring to get Hyak to open wide for a brushing. Hyak approached for a snack took one look at the Toothbrush and headed for the other Side of the Pool with a spurt from his blow Hole. The Black and White whale Isnit shy about performing in regular shows aquarium spokesman Stefani Hewlett said. But at age 24, Hyak is set in his ways. A a he a a very experienced animal in everything else but the Toothbrush is something new and he is highly suspicious of it obviously and he a giving it a very wide berth a Hewlett said. The responsibilities of dental health month fell to another of the aquariums three Orcas 12-year-old Finna after Hyak fizzled. Finna opened wide for a tooth brushing after a treat of herring. Dear Abby i go along with your answer to Jimmy Dunne president of . . People opposed to paddling students inc. I too am opposed to using Corporal punishment in order to discipline children in school a and at Home. I raised two children a boy and a girl. They arc in their 20s now. As Young children they were very hard to discipline. I got tired of spanking them until i came up with the idea of making them write a sentence such As a i must clean up my room  for the first offence they had to write the sentence until they had filled 25 pages. For the second offence 50 pages. Each Page was from a notebook that was 10 i by 8 inches a 31 lines to a Page a which meant writing that sentence 1,550 times. I assure you Abby that after spending three hours in their room writing instead of playing with the neighbourhood kids watching television and doing their Homework which had to be done anyway they did not forget the offence for which they were being Pun dear Abby shed and they never had to be punished for the same offence twice my children Are both married now and they told me that they respected my disciplinary measures. Instead of wearing out my hand with spanking i let them Wear out theirs writing. A Donald o. Curtis Houston dear or. Curtis my mail has been running 10-to-l in favor of paddling. Read on for a typical  paddling letter dear Abby since when is it not of to punish a child by paddling if All else fails to show the child that unruly behaviour will not be tolerated yes paddling does create a sense of fear. I was paddled Only twice in elementary school it was Legal in Michigan. I remember it Well and i never Felt abused. My self esteem was not lowered and it made me remember that what i did was wrong and i never did it again. You Are right Abby when you say that teachers and principals should not be expected to do the work of parents but we both know that Many parents do not discipline their children. Its a fact that most children spend More time with their teachers than they do with their parents. Most parents know what their children Are like yet they feel that they Are the teachers responsibility As soon As they walk out the front door  Home. If a teacher were to give a disobedient child a paddling that teacher would be slapped with a lawsuit from parents screaming a child abuser a How sad our society has come to consider a form of child abuse. Since capital punishment n been abolished in Many states our crime rate soared to an All time High. Why should the Young cons care they know they will either get probation or sentenced to a coup years depending on the crime and they 11 Robab 0 released in just a few years because our prisons a overcrowded that they can to keep them All. Perhaps if they had been paddled at school t by would have thought twice about committing a knowing that they would be punished. Pm Trout dear Abby inn Rev one of the biggest lies i Ever heard was father turned me Over his knee and gave me g a hard spanking. He said a this hurts me More hum you Tomin Maryville. Tenn. Universal press Syndicate