European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 8, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 6 a a a the stars and stripes saturday september 8, 1990gop group unveils Arsenal of buzzwords Washington apr if you re an ambitious Republican a conservative group suggests using a children a Quot common sense Quot and a a Reform a when talking about yourself. Use a sick Quot a a permissive and a a traitor when referring to your opponent. Ropac a political action committee that boasts former president Ford As its honorary chairman and rep. Newt Gingrich r-ga., As its general chairman has put together a list of key words that could be helpful in campaigns. The list from the Washington based group was distributed this week to some 6,000 gop officeholders and candidates around the country. The recipients Arentt yet running for Congress. But Ropac Hopes they will. A this list is prepared so that you might have a directory of words to use in writing literature and mail a preparing speeches and in producing electronic Media a Ropac tells its Mem Bers in introducing the key words. A the words and phrases Are powerful. Read them. Memorize As Many As possible. And remember that like any tool these words will not help if they arc not in All there Are 131 selections to choose from. Half Are called a positive governing words that candidates can use to outline their vision of the future and of their own philosophy a Flag a a Prosperity a a hard work and the others Are called a contrasting words that attempt to identify and Label the democratic enemy in terms voters can understand words like a waste a a a corruption and democratic National committee spokeswoman Ginny Terzano used few buzzwords in responding to the Ropac circular. A while the democrats Are dealing with issues republicans Are playing scrabble a Terzano said Ropac offers a whole Host of a a anti words Handy for use against opponents a a anti Flag a a anti family a a anti child a in fact candidates Are invited to take anti and then just fill in the Blank with the Issue of their Choice. The word list is the product of months of research by Ropac staffers in focus groups across the country according to Gingrich. Not one to ignore his own preachings Gingrich is adept at incorporating the suggested words and phrases into his own speeches. In one paragraph of a speech Gingrich delivered aug. 22 to the heritage foundation Gingrich managed to work in four words from the Ropac list. They Are indicated in capital letters a Congress is a broken system. It is increasingly a system of corruption in which Money politics is defeating and driving out citizen politics. Congress is a sicker and sicker institution in an Imperial capital that wallows in the american Peoples tax Ropac chairman Howard a a boy Callaway said the group Hopes the vocabulary list instructional speaking tapes forums and other programs it offers will help Correct a flaw in the political system. Conservatism he said is popular but that Isnit being reflected in the results of local elections. Sometimes conservatives lose because they done to use the right buzzwords. A language really does matter a How you say things and the semantics a Callaway said. Other times conservatives lose because As Callaway puts it a while they swim the democrats steal their in other words democrats Are effectively borrowing some of these same phrases and concepts and using them to win family appeals for Justice after murder of son in new York Provo Utah not _ the family of Brian Watkins who was killed by muggers in a Manh fan subway station sunday night appealed thursday for Justice from new York City saying a please done to let Brian die in a while the family expressed no bitterness they called upon the City a transit authority to irn prove Security in the subways and on new yorkers to asses the authorities in solving violent crimes in the subway system. A we Challenge the people of new York City to get involved and we thank those who have come Forward a said Todd Watkins Briana a brother. A please take the after returning from new York on wednesday night family members had planned to answer questions at a news conference thursday in their Hometown. But at the urging of the new York City police department and the Manhattan District attorney they declined to discuss the Case and instead read a statement. The statement provided no details of the assault and robbery. The police say Watkins 22, was stabbed when he came to the defense of his Mother. Eight Young men said to be part of a gang a which muggings were an initiation rite have beef charged in the killing of Watkins who was in a jew York with his family to attend the . Open Tennis tournament. Appearing before reporters on thursday Todd Watkins who witnessed the slaying along with his wife Michelle and his parents Sherwin and Karen said a we demand Justice and we want Justice and we know god will give it to the parents held hands As their son read the statement. At one Point Todd fought Back tears As he explained How the killing had not altered the family a Faith in god or the judicial sys Teni. The family a close knit sports Rhyn be unit that had planned its annual summer vacations around a trip to new York and attendance at the u a open. Expressed no bitterness toward the City instead they thanked the new York Hilton hotel the distr a attorneys office and others in Manhattan for their help. A funeral service was planned for saturday in Provo. Karen and Sherwin Watkins clasp hands during a news conference about the death of their son Brian.3 congressional employees charged with drug dealing Washington apr three congressional employees were arrested on thursday and charged with narcotics distribution out of a House of representatives parking garage . Capitol p0hce said. Six people have been arrested since june for Selling drugs in the Capitol Complex which includes the Capitol building and the House and Senate office buildings police said. John Robine Mickens 27, of Landover md., and Charles Anthony Vinson 24, of p0rt Washington md., were arrested thursday and charged distribution of crack cocaine. William Robert Wood bum 33, of Leonardtown md., was arrested later and charged with distribution of cocaine. Wood bum is employed by the architect of the Capitol As a labor Leader and Mickens and Vinson Are employed by the architect of the Capitol As garage attendants. A i think its shocking and indeed hypocritical to allow the american people to believe that we have a handle on this very serious National Security problem a said rep. Charles Rangel d-n.y., chairman of the select committee of narcotics. A three month undercover investigation yielded the first arrest june 13 when a Man sold drugs to an agent officials said. Stateside wife gets pet Snake after Battle with sex husband Pontiac Mich. Apr Linda Mae Walker Wasny to interested in the car the House or the China during her divorce. She wanted her Snake and she got it after a judge threatened to jail her sex husband. Walker 42, was awarded Samson a 14-foot Indian Python in a property settlement from her july 18 divorce. But her former husband Terry d. Warren turn Over the Snake. On wednesday circuit judge Gene Schnelz told Warren to give Walker the Snake or go to jail. Warren initially picked jail but reconsidered when Schnelz told him head stay there until the Snake was returned to Walker. Walker picked up Samson later wednesday. A i just got my baby Home a said Walker who has two children and another smaller Snake. A i love him a lot. I missed him a Samson appeared Happy to be Home she said. A a he scrawling All teen Ager caught napping after alleged rape robbery Nashville Tenn. Apr a teen Ager who fell asleep on the bed of a woman he allegedly raped was arrested after the woman escaped with his clothes and called police a detective said. A the had been drinking prior to breaking into the House a said Nashville sex abuse detective Brad Worthington. He said the suspect broke in through a front window carried a knife and robbed and raped the woman. The woman in her late 20s, waited until her attacker fell asleep then ran from the room with his clothing Worthington said. A the was still sound asleep when patrol arrived a Worthington said. James e. Winston 18, who police said was from North Carolina was charged with aggravated rape aggravated robbery and aggravated burglary. He denied he was involved in the memories cling to House of Coal White Sulphur Springs . Apr forget Wood and Brick. Try a House built of Coal a 80 tons of it. When David Myles a former Coal operator retired in 1961, he did no to want to leave behind the Black Mineral entirely. A i just thought it would be pretty a Myles 84, said of his Coal House. Myles wife Quindora and others weren to sure it could be done. A everybody thought he was crazy when he started a she said. A but he put a White roof and White trim on it and it looked pretty Good. Everybody loves it on the inside the Home looks Tike any other dry walled and painted with carpeting and windows. But the outside is made of 8-Inch-thick blocks of Coal varnished every five years so it wont crumble from exposure to oxygen. The six room House started in 1961, took six months to build. Myles later added a three room addition for an elderly Uncle
