European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 27, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Strait Black take top honors at 25th country music show t a a to it cd i a Nur a. A _ Friday april 27, 1990 the stars and stripes a a a Page 7 los Angeles apr a gentleman Cowboy George Strait was named entertainer of the year wednesday and former ironworker Clint Black dominated the 25th Academy of country music awards with four trophies. Kathy Mattea who won Best song last year for �?o18 wheels and a dozen. Roses a got the same Honor this year for a a where be you been and won top female vocalist. The meticulously dressed soft spoken Strait got the top Honor after winning top male vocalist three times and top album once in past years. A it feels great and i really appreciate it. I sound surprised but i thought i had a Good shot. To be chosen entertainer of the year is very special a Strait said backstage at the pantages theater in Hollywood. But the big Surprise was newcomer Black 28, who burst onto the country music scene by picking up the singles award for a better Man a his first single and the album of the year for a a killing time a his debut record. He also won for male vocalist and new male vocalist. He lost Only to Mattea for Best song. A what a thrill this is a Black said. Black who has been writing songs for 13 years said a better Many details the end of an affair that left him Mattea drug appears effective for cystic fibrosis by the Washington Post medical researchers have developed what appears to be the first effective treatment for cystic fibrosis the most common fatal inherited disease among White americans according to a report being published thursday. While not a cure the drug appears in a preliminary study to slow the lung damage caused by the disease. Previous treatments dealt Only with complications such As lung infections. The treatment announced in the new England journal of Medicine is a form of a High blood pressure drug that is inhaled As an aerosol Spray. The study which involved just 14 adults must be confirmed by a larger study said Michael r. Knowles the reports principal author. The drug am Loride May eventually be Able to prevent much lung damage if it is found Safe and effective for children with the disease said Knowles an associate professor of pulmonary Medicine at the University of North Carolina medical school. In the one year Pilot study of patients with moderately severe cystic fibrosis lung function declined Only about half As much in a group treated with am Loride As in a group receiving a Placebo. The drug appears to work by thinning bronchial mucus so that patients can cough it up More easily. Cystic fibrosis affects about one in every 2,500 babies bom in the United states. In people with the disorder cells lining the Windpipe lungs intestines and other organs respond abnormally to sodium and Chloride atoms in blood mucus and other body fluids. About half of cystic fibrosis patients die by their mid-20s, with 95 percent of the deaths caused by lung disease according to the National heart lung and blood Institute. Researchers said am Loride should not be Given to people with cystic fibrosis until additional studies confirm t the find Ings. A better Man. A a it a very special to me because its a tribute to someone very special to me a a Girlfriend of Many years Black said backstage. The winning song a a where be you been a is also a deeply personal work especially for co writer Jon Vezner who is Matteas husband. The song also written by Don Henry is about a couple who grow old in a nursing Home. A it was basically a True Story about my grandparents a said Vezner. A it sat around for about a year and a half. We tried to write songs that come from our  Hank Williams jr., nominated for six awards picked up one for Best video. In accepting he read a sentimental letter to his legendary father Hank Williams sr., who died in 1953. A dear daddy we finally got to sing together and you left me such a big hit. There a another place you la always be and that s right Here in All our hearts a he read. An old demo tape of a a there a a tear in my Beer was found in the attic of songwriter a big Bill Lister. Hank Williams or. Used Modem technology to record it As a duet with his father and to appear with his father in the video. The judds the Mother daughter singing duo won Best vocal duet trophy for the sixth consecutive year. A you see there really Are guardian Angels a said Naomi Judd As daughter Wynona beamed nearby. The 4-year-old Nashville band restless heart won Best group while Mary Chapin Carpenter of Washington was voted new female vocalist. Top new group honors went to Kentucky headhunters a wild Long haired band that sports leather and suspenders. Asked if anyone had discussed the groups image member Richard Yong said a a nobody Ever Clint Black with singles award for a better Man. Asked us to change anything. We just be ourselves. What you see is what you have. We arc on a Campaign for ugly people. But we re very  the Academy a 2,500 members voted for the winners except for the video of the year award which is decided by a vote of the Academy a Board of directors. Winners in instrumentalist categories announced before the show included Michael Rhodes Bass Steve Duncan Drums Mark of Connor fiddle Brent Rowan guitar skip Edwards keyboard Jerry Douglas specially instrument Dobro Jay Dee Maness steel guitar Nashville now band non touring band and desert Rose band touring band. Maness won the steel guitar Honor for the 12th time. An Xv-15 tilt Rotor aircraft that takes Oft and lands vertically and hovers like a helicopter sits on the Capitol a East Plaza a Congress applauds tilt Rotor plane Washington apr an experimental aircraft the Pentagon wants to abandon is being touted As the passenger plane of the future. A Welcome to the Dawn of a new age in aviation a said House aviation subcommittee chairman rep. James Oberstar d-minn., after he arranged for a Xv-15 tilt Rotor aircraft to swoop Down and land alongside the . Capitol on wednesday sending spectators scurrying up the Steps. The defense department has spent $2 billion to develop the Xv-15 and its successor the v-22 Osprey for military use. But defense Secretary Dick Cheney wants to end funding in favor of conventional helicopter development. The Xv-15 and the Osprey land like helicopters but Fly at up to 340 Mph a much faster than a helicopter a As fixed Wing air planes. Large rotors on the ends of the wings tilt up for vertical flight and rotate Forward for the Long haul. Two Xv-15s were made. Pentagon contracts Call for six ospreys two of which have been delivered by a partnership Between Bell helicopter text Ron inc. And Boeing helicopter. Looking like a giant insect out of a Sci acc fiction movie the 12-year-old Xv-15 went through a series of Maneu vers a few Yards from the Capitol. A this is the most significant contribution to civilian aviation since the Dawn of the Jet age Quot Oberstar told reporters. Of 14 committee members at the hearing Only rep. John j. Duncan r-tenn., raised a negative note asking Why if the plane has such great potential Isnit private Industry funding its development. Supporters said it often is necessary for expensive new aircraft to begin As military hardware