European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 23, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 4 a a the stars and stripes thursday August 23, 1990 a ugly weeds nothing to sneeze St. Louis apr its As irritating As ragweed and nearly As common in some parts of the South but the Nasty Little Weed called Feverfew has been making allergy sufferers miserable without getting. Any of the blame. Quot its a scrub Plant that grows in the cracks in pavement. Its basically just ugly Quot said or. H. James. Widner who has found the Plant s pollen causes problems for an estimated 2 million people in the Gulf coast states. Pollen from the Plant also called the Santa Clara Feverfew makes noses itch and run and eyes water just like the ragweed that so Many sufferers know so Well. But unlike ragweed there s no cure yet for fever few induced allergy. Even worse the allergy is often misdiagnosed As that of ragweed meaning Many patients pay Lor treatments that done to do them any Good. A it grows in the same areas As ragweed at the same time of year and the symptoms arc basically the same a very unpleasant Quot said wearer whose findings were published recently in the journal of allergy and clinical immunology. In the late summer and Early fall the Feverfew spreads misery from Southeastern Texas across the Gull states to Southern Florida doctors said. The Plant has been found up to 300 Miles Inland across that Belt. Widner said his research indicates the Plant Origi. Natad in Mexico and spread northward and eastward in the harm moist climate of the deep South. Tic Plant was identified As an allergen in the Early 1900sf Widner said but the conventional Wisdom then was that Feverfew pollen Quot was too Sticky and dumpy Quot to become widely scattered in the that Assumption was wrong or the Plant itself May be changing. Quot there Are plants and Feverfew May be one or them that Are evolving Quot said or. Jean Chapman co chairman of the Aero biology committee of the american Academy of allergy and immunology Quot Feverfew was thought to be insect pollinated and now we know it is in memo As new York apr White House chief of staff John Sununu assured a conservative activist that supreme court nominee David Souter would become a conservative Force if approved according to a memo acquired by the Village voice the memo was written by activist Pat Mcguigan after a july 24 meeting with Sununu vice president Dan Quayle and White House counsel c. Boyden Gray the voice reported wednesday. The voice said the memo was sent around to Quot a handful of the conservative according to the memo Sununu asked Mcguigan a How arc we doing Quot a i replied a Well John you Guys could have hit a Home run if you a picked Edith Jones. Instead you be hit a Blooper single which has barely cleared the Mitt of the first baseman who a Backie Daling furiously and almost caught the Ball a Quot Mcguigan wrote. A a Sununu smiled and replied a Pat you re wrong. This is a Home run a and the Ball is still ascending. In fact it s just about to leave Earth orbit a a the memo said. Jones 41, a Federal judge in Houston was one of the finalists for the Job. The memo indicated that she would Likely be the next Bush administration nominee if there a another supreme court opening a the final Cut was his bus hand it was a political Call one wed be most Likely to get through Quot Sununu is quoted As saying in the memo. A this decision was for Souter but i can Tell you Edith starts next time at the top of the Mcguigan is an oklahoman who studies ballot propositions for the conservative free Congress foundation Hyatte a new look president Darryl Flartley la Onard surrounded by plaques bearing the Hyatt hotels new logo introduces the new design at corporate Headquarters monday in Chicago. T he logo will he used at All Hyatt hotels and resorts throughout the world. New Atlanta Atlanta apr the City a new police chief has two unresolved departmental charges against him according to a Georgia Bureau report. Atlanta police department records on Eldrin a. Bel show that the departments internal affairs unit recommended charges against him in 1989 for allegedly operating a Security business in the City a a conflict of interest a and doing it without departmental permission. The records were contained in the Bureau report Given to mayor Maynard Jackson before Bell s nomination for police chief which the Atlanta City Council approved monday. Bell refused to speak with reporters tuesday and denied there were open charges against him he also has maintained he no longer has an interest in a Security business. The mayor said monday the Bureau report contained nothing new. Then on tuesday he said there were no open charges but later criticized former chief Morris g. Redding for not resolving the open charges before retiring last month. Quot the first time i found out the former chief did not do his duty was Over the past few Days Quot said Jackson who has asked acting City attorney Joe Harris to look into tie matter. The charges allege that Bell who will oversee a Force of 1,590 officers operated a Security business based in the zone he commanded in 1988 and that he hired off duty zone officers to work for his firm taking care of business inc. The allegations against Bell were made by the International brotherhood of police officers Union. Deputy chief . Taylor who was acting chief and a finalist for the Job said he was aware of the unresolved charges against Bell but did not act. Quot i thought it inappropriate to adjudicate disciplinary action against another candidate Quot he said. He said the file was still sitting on the desk where Redding left it when he retired. A i did no to read the file a Taylor said. Sex Thornburgh aide enters drug plea Scranton a. Apr a former Tup aide to attorney general Dick Thorn Bugh pleaded Noi guilty wednesday to drug related charges. A Henry Barr 37, a former Justice department lawyer was indicted earlier this month by grand jury in Harrisburg. He is charged with two counts of lying to Federal officials about drug use and one count each of cocaine Possession and who lives in suburban Harrisburg first worked with Thornburgh during the 1970s when Thornburgh was a Federal prosecutor in Pittsburgh. He followed Thornburgh to the Justice Depar Meium 988 and left in May 1989. The indictment accuses Barr of using cocaine at a suburban Harrisburg Home on april 8, 1989, it also alleges that he lied about drug use on a Federal fort the Fri uses to Check the background of people in sensitive jobs and repeated the lie in an interview with Federal agents. If convicted on All counts he could face up to 12 years in a jail and fines of $510,000. Barr would not answer reporters questions before or after his Brief appearance wednesday in . District court. His indictment stems from an investigation that has resulted in guilty pleas from two former Deputy stale prosecutors. Kens walk on the wild Side gets toy Derk fired i am a. I la. Apr a Ken doll dressed in bar Bice a clothing was t a manufacturing mistake alter All. It was a Stock clerk a a prank. A clerk at a toys r us store acknowledged tuesday that he redressed the doll one night while goofing Oil. The store fired him when he confessed. Quot we always did crazy things like that a Ron octo said of the antics of Lii mine s late night stockers. Quot we d hang dolls in the aisle or put Ken and Barbie in the Barbie House with Barbie spanking Gannus Guilloz bought the1 Ken doll in the Lumpa store last month while \ visiting from new Jersey. A was dissed in a pm pie tank lop and a Luce co. Ered purple and Turquoise skirt. I he doll quickly became a National by Arsenio 1 la featured of. Quot the Joan rivets Khz spouse Low. Eau Jineru fur Rei Kuleel m Newsweek and Fortune magazines Quot of Well it generated a lot while a a Guillot said. The director of the store said he us and Mattel the doll s maker said n w As a indicate i Quot Ken dolls in women a clothes. He resealed the writ it dear glue. _ me said that he does no to know what happened Tea the first one and that store managers have the third. The managers denied it. Zero said he laughed when he saw news Stone about the doll War the store clerk said lie dressed it was a kid clowning around a store director 1-11 a Dws had one fellow with quite a sense i Tufuor. My one hut tin Barren said Zero was fired for tampering i dolls and several other toys. Ith to
