European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 2, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                It age 4 a a the stars and stripes saturday june 2,1990first ladies speak of women a roles Wellesley mass. Apr Barbara Bush in a commencement speech clouded by controversy Over women a roles in modern american life exhorted Wellesley College graduates on Friday to put friends and family first in their lives whatever careers they pursue. She was joined at the women a College graduation by Raisa Gorbachev who delivered her own words of advice to the 575 graduates and nearly 5,000 other guests gathered inside a White tent on this Sylvan Campus. A always even in the most cruel and troubled times women have had the Mission of peacemaking humanism mercy and kindness a mrs. Gorbachev told the graduates. Even As the first ladies arrived some of the seniors who protested the Choice of president Bush a homemaker wife As their commencement speaker fired off a new letter urging mrs. Bush to a take a definitive and vocal stand on abortion rights and other issues. Mrs. Bush in her prepared text sounded the same themes she usually discusses at commencements but acknowledged with a joke the controversy Over her appearance. A i know your first Choice for today was author Alice Walker known for a the color  instead you got me known for the color of my hair a said the woman Bush affectionately Calls the Silver Fox. First lady Barbara Bush and her soviet guest first lady Raisa Gorbachev clasp hands before speaking Friday at Wellesley colleges 112th commencement exercises. Mrs. Bush urged the women to a cherish your human connections your relationships with friends and  a you will never regret not having passed one More test not winning one More verdict or not closing one More Deal. You will regret time not spent with a husband a Friend a child or a Parent a she said. Closing with a device she has used before mrs. Bush said a somewhere out in this audience May even be someone who will one Day follow in my footsteps and preside Over the White House As the presidents spouse. I wish him  some 150 students signed a petition in april questioning whether the presidents homemaker wife was a suitable Model of female accomplishment. Mrs. Bush tendered her invitation to mrs. Gorbachev a who holds a doctorate of philosophy and is a former University lecturer a before the Wellesley students mounted their protest. Mrs. Bush who turns 65 on june 12, dropped out of Smith College in 1944 in her second year to marry her teen age sweetheart George Bush then a torpedo bomber Pilot for the Navy. Before returning to Washington in Midas Lemoon the first ladies were expected to take a driving tour of downtown Boston with a Stop at the Boston Public gardens and a meeting with about 30 students from the Mathers  flooding swamps miss subdivisions Vicksburg miss. Apr fire trucks pumped High pressure streams into Homes Friday to Wash away mud and debris left by Flash flooding that sent several feet of water into subdivisions along the Mississippi River town. A a in be been Back to my Home and everything is turned Over and destroyed a said Hope Williams who spent thursday night with her six children at an emergency shelter. A that was my first year in the subdivision and i Hope it was my last year a i mean water was 6 feet deep in that  Williams whose children Range in age from 2 to 17, said that a the Only thing we can do now is put together what we be got left and try to move from Down  about 200 people were evacuated from Low lying Homes during thursdays flooding. Vicksburg Warren county civil defense chief Luther Warnock or. Said Friday that 187 Homes and two businesses were flooded before water receded late thursday. The National weather service said the area was hit with about 7 inches of rain. No injuries were reported said War Ren county sheriff Paul Barrett. A we were Lucky a he said. A we packed some people out on our backs and some out in boats but we did no to lose  Barrett said some residents would have to wait through the weekend to return to their houses. Warnock said he had been in Vicksburg for 30 years and a while a lot of the areas flooded thursday had flooded before this was the worst flooding we be had in a Flash flood. People in be talked to say they be never seen anything like this  City and county officials met Friday to Issue formal disaster declarations the first step in seeking state and Federal disaster funds. Warnock said officials were still estimating damage a and we expect quite a  he said the water also damaged Bridges and roadways in the county of 50,000 people. Gov. Ray Mabus declared a state of emergency in Warren county late thursday. The Mississippi National guard was placed on standby but Warnock said the guardsmen were not needed. Priv no boo Boos Here a dozens of Yogi bears line up for instructions in preparation for the summer season at More than 70 Yogi Bear Jelly Stone Park Camp resorts in the United states and Canada. Each of the family resorts will have its own picnic Basket toting Yogi a cartoon character who is the resorts official  doubt coeds claims of racial threats Atlanta apr a Black Emoiy University freshman who claimed that she was the victim of racist threats apparently made up the incidents herself state investigators believe. A threatening letter purportedly sent to Sabrina Collins contained a grammatical error that she commonly makes was typed on the sort of typewriter used where she works and had no identifiable fingerprints on it but hers said a file on the Case made Public Friday by the Georgia Bureau of investigation. A based on the circumstances Chain of events Case facts evidence in the Case and the interview with Collins conducted by the reporting agent in All probability Sabrina Collins was responsible for writing these racial remarks and threats herself a said an interview summary contained in the file. On thursday Dekalb county prosecutors said there was no evidence that anyone had harassed Collins. However they stopped Short of saying outright that she had fabricated the threats. One official said the gb1 report showed evidence that Collins suffered from a emotional  the report issued Friday which had been provided to county prosecutors earlier comes to no formal conclusions but contains the findings of investigators. Collins attorney James Howard said thursday that he still believes someone harassed his client. Collins a 19-year-old premedical student at the predominantly White school was hospitalized after she collapsed and became mute april 10. Her family said she had lifted a Rug in her room and found the words a die Nigger die scribbled in Nail polish on the floor