European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 13, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 a a a the stars and stripes Friday july 13,1990 a Safe after a scary ride Jim Case of Allentown pa., carries his daughter Ash ment ride in Denver during a hailstorm. More than two Ley after she was stranded wednesday on an amuse dozen children were injured at the Park in the storm. Culture dash has sheriff worried As Prairie dog shoot shapes up Nucla Colo. Apr a festival atmosphere is building for the first top dog world championship Prairie dog shoot this weekend. The sheriff is just hoping the combination of cowboys and animal rights activists does no to get someone killed. In this isolated southwestern Colorado town ravaged by drought and the closing of most of the uranium mines that were the Economy a Backbone residents Hope to have some fun and make a Little Money off the Competition. Stores arc Selling to shirts hats pins bandannas and whatever else they can get a Prairie dog logo on. All 52 rooms in the areas Only two motels have been booked for the first time in two years. The event has drawn 106 shooters from As far away As Texas and California. Some 50 protesters Many of whom plan to make a nine hour drive from Denver Are also expected to show up for the two Day Hunt that starts saturday. A those people Over there carry guns but if they done to like our Altitude Tough. We have a first amendment right to protest Quot said Robin Duxbury of the Rocky Mountain humane society. A a there a no Good reason to shoot Prairie  a it s shaping up As a clash of cultures a Urban Liberal animal rights advocates coming into a Rural conservative Valley where Many residents moved to avoid City hassles. The combined population of Nucla and nearby Naturita is about 1,500. Gov Roy Romer has refused protesters demand Washington apr Republican National committee chairman Lee Atwater was admitted to George Washington University Hospital on wednesday for tests in connection with a brain tumor discovered earlier this year. Atwater has been treated on an outpatient basis since undergoing surgery and radiation therapy at the Hospital to shrink the tumor. Atwaters press Secretary Leslie Goodman said he would remain in the Hospital overnight for a routine  she said doctors Are performing blood tests and that he protect them with the National guard. Local authorities Are concerned about the possibility of violence. Sheriff Tom Gilmore said he will have at least 25 officers on hand some from the slate and the . Bureau of land management. Quot if we can just keep the protesters away from the locals and the locals away from the protesters Well be of Quot he said. Animal rights activists Are demanding that Romer Issue an executive order to Stop the Hunt. At a rally last week cartoonist Berke breathed and author Cleveland Amory called the Prairie dog a Quot lovable innocent defenceless  Many Rural westerners however regard Prairie dogs As disease Ridden rats dangerous to livestock and children. Teen agers routinely spend summer mornings shooting the critters. Quot the problem is they re called Prairie dogs not rats or mice a said rancher Bob Dyer. A i got hassled in the Denver Airport last week but they quieted right Down when i told them id ship As Many Prairie dogs to Mem As they wanted. For $50 a pair ill even put them through sheep dip and get the fleas  Mike Mahew the shoots organizer said the Hunters competing for More than $7,000 in prizes will have to follow strict rules.  shoot from 7 . To 1 p.m., with Range masters along to supervise scoring. No spectators or booze will be allowed. Plan to scan Atwaters left leg. A this is nothing out of the Ordinary. Everything is great Quot said Goodman in a Telephone interview late wednesday. A there is a consensus among his doctors that the tumor is not  two weeks ago the gop chairman visited the party Headquarters in Washington for the first time since he collapsed during a political speech in March. Atwater re entered the Hospital As the Republican party prepared to Convene in Chicago on thursday for its midyear meeting. Coin operated phones being replaced at resort Saltaire . Apr a fire Island. The Sun the stiff the Sand the corroded telephones. New York Telephone is replacing All outdoor coi operated phones on the resort Island with phones that accept no Cash company spokesman Tom Pica said tuesday. Coins tend to carry Sand and Salt into the phones innards ruining the mechanisms he said. Collect Calls or those billed to a third party or a calling card can be made on the new phones. Those carry surcharges ranging from 30 cents to $1.48, he  said that on average 20 percent of the phones Are out of service. Getting repair workers to fire Island a Barrier Island off the South Shore of Long Island is expensive because of its remoteness he said. By August All 80 outdoor  phones should be replaced. Pica said 25 Coin operated phones inside restaurants and other stores will be . Californians to study sea water desalination los Angeles apr Southern California is looking at turning sea water into drinking water to meet future water demands. The metropolitan water District has approved a $500,000 study to determine potential Sites for a sea water desalination Plant. The study was prompted by projections that demand could exceed the Agency a water supplies by As much As 500,000 acre feet by the year 2000. The District supplies More than half the water used by 15 million people in Southern California. A previous studies by metropolitan have shown that turning Ocean water into drinking water is feasible but still several times More expensive than traditional supplies from californians lakes and Rivers a said Carlbo Ron Kay the districts general manager. While the $30 million Plant will provide fresh water its main purpose will be to develop information on operating costs and to gain experience in operating such a  rules revised for miss America entrants Atlantic City no. Apr miss America contestants will no longer pose for photographers in swimsuits but the swimsuit Competition will remain a part of the preliminary and final contests the pageant director said wednesday. A i personally find it difficult to rationalize putting a Young College woman in a swimsuit and High Heel shoes a said Leonard Horn who feels the photo sessions no longer fit in with a pageant he envisions As a scholarship contest. He noted however that pageant traditionalists oppose removing that segment adding a a it a such an integral and traditional part of the Competition that i would be loathe to change it without an  in years past photo sessions with bathing suit Clad contestants were held at Sites around Atlantic  asks $13 million in death of dog on plane Annapolis my. Apr a woman whose dog died during a four hour flight delay has sued two airlines for $13 million charging that the animal was left in the cargo hold on a hot summer Day. Mary Elizabeth of Brien of Mclean va., filed the lawsuit against Piedmont airlines and us air. The lawsuit claims her purebred Chow Chow Maxwell was kept in the cargo area of a Piedmont airlines plane at Baltimore Washington International Airport during part of a four hour delay for mechanical repairs july 12, 1987. The High temperature at the Airport that Day was 94 degrees. The woman contends she reminded Piedmont employees of the High temperature asked them repeatedly to be Siire the dog had water and sufficient ventilation the lawsuit said. Us air merged with Piedmont last year. Dave Shipley us air spokesman said that the company does not comment on lawsuits. Atwater in Hospital for cancer tests