European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 20, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 a a a the stars and stripes wednesday june 20, 1990 Fulbright voices dismay Over trends in politics Washington up a former sen. J. William Fulbright expressed disappointment with his successors in the government saying it is a a great tragedy that politicians have shifted their attention from world events to debate a constitutional amendment to ban Flag burning. The 85-year-old Democrat from Arkansas invited reporters to his Home monday to Call for greater funding for the scholarship program that bears his name and has helped nearly 180,000 students worldwide attend universities in other nations. But Fulbright the longest serving chairman of the Senate foreign relations committee and an Early congressional foe of the Vietnam War also surveyed the world scene and found much to his liking. A i feel More optimistic about the International situation than at any time i was in the Senate a he said adding that he believed even the chinese would a come around and join the world move toward democracy. But Fulbright was clearly troubled by the response of . Politicians faulting president Bush for refusing to Cut defense spending or raise taxes criticizing the invasion of Panama and the funding of the Contra rebels in Nicaragua and accusing democrats of timidity. Asked to comment on the Flag amendment he said a i think its a great trag Edy that in this time of very promising issues that we should be diverted by such an utterly emotional and unimportant  Fulbright said the United states remains an economic Power but Bush a refusal to raise taxes and thereby reduce. The Federal deficit has put the United states at risk. A we have a major problem now. We done to pay any taxes a he said. A i done to see any justification for no new  however Fulbright did not assign All the blame to Bush. Of democrats in Congress he said a i done to think they re doing a very Good Job. A they done to seem to say much or do much a Fulbright said adding a i think they re afraid to say much about  although Fulbright a member of Congress from 1932 to 1974, repeatedly referred to himself As an a old Man a he was set to leave this week on a trip overseas to receive honors in Britain and the soviet Union. On june 23, a quadrangle of Pembroke College at Oxford University where Fulbright studied As a Rhodes scholar will be named after him. On june 28, Fulbright will receive an honorary doctorate from Moscow state University. File j. William Fulbright tribute to Wii airmen former sen. John Tower of Texas silent Bush who flew a similar air climbs from a Grumman Avenger Tor Craft in world War ii As a Navy Pilot Pedo bomber at a museum at Britain a the plane is part of a tribute to . Duxford Airfield on monday. Tower airmen who served from British bases unveiled the bomber named after pre during the  Spud wins prize for Developer Des Moines Iowa apr a researcher was awarded this years world food prize for developing a Strain of potato resistant to the blight that caused Europe a great potato famine in the mid-19th Century. John s. Neiderhauser 74, dubbed a emr. Potato a was named the fourth Winner monday of the $200,000 prize designed to Reward research in production or distribution of food. He developed a Strain of potato resistant to late blight disease. The Strain is credited with at least doubling yields. A this achievements toward developing a blight resistant potato variety have affected countries from Mexico to Bangladesh a said Norman Borlaug founder of the prize. A without a doubt or. Neiderhauser a discoveries have had a dramatic Impact on the food deficient regions of the  a today the annual increase in world potato production is greater than that of any other crop a said Borlaug Winner of the 1970 Nobel peace prize for his research fostering the a Green revolution in developing nations. Neiderhauser an american with a doctorate from Cornell University in new York has done much of his work overseas. He founded the International potato Center in Lima Peru in 1971 and worked for agricultural research foundations in Mexico and Poland. Currently he is based in Phoenix where he works As a consultant for biosphere ii a research program attempting to develop a system in which food could be produced in a closed environment. Such technology could be useful on Long spaceflight he  rises in Florida massacre police say labourer shot 2 dead sunday Jacksonville Fla. Apr the silent gunman who killed eight people and seriously wounded five at an Auto loan Agency that had repossessed his car also killed two people on a Street the previous Day police said. James Edward Pough 42, shot himself to death after his rampage monday at a general motors acceptance corp. Office. The Day labourer from Jacksonville began firing a semiautomatic Rifle almost immediately after entering the Large one room office. He shot two customers one fatally then went desk to desk shooting at employees cowering underneath. A the shots kept coming closer and i kept hearing the moans of people i know a said Rick Langille a loan manager. A the Guy was pointing his gun under Peoples desks and killing them one by  sheriff James Mcmillan said Pough has also been identified by witnesses As the killer of a Man and woman in separate shootings on sunday. The victims Ages 39 and 30, were killed with the same .30-caliber Rifle used monday he said. The shootings sunday occurred near Poughes Home and at least one stemmed from arguments Over a services of a prostitute a Mcmillan said. He did not elaborate. Mac said it had repossessed Poughes 1988 Pontiac grand am in january. Whether the repossession was Poughes Only motive for the massacre a we just done to know a the sheriff said. The gunman never said a word Mac employees told police and Counselor called in after the two minute shooting rampage. A the just shot until he saw no one else to shoot a Mcmillan said. Pough then turned a revolver on himself. On monday Pough used a .30-caliber, clip fed semiautomatic Rifle for most of the shooting but also had a .38-Cal Iber revolver authorities said. Of the injured monday four were in critical condition and one was in serious condition. Some were shot seven Mthm i a it11# he a pm zip s j a Quot a r a a map sheriffs Deputy Mark Bozeman holds up the two weapons used during the shooting in Jacksonville Fla. Or eight times officials said. Poughes revolver was registered in 1979, Mcmillan said. Federal agents were checking whether the Rifle was registered. In 1971, Pough was arrested for killing a Man with a pistol. He pleaded guilty to aggravated assault and received five years probation according to court records