European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 30, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Pago 4 the stars and stripes sunday september 30, 1990 after 83 years last Stone of gothic Cathedral Laid Washington a one of the worlds last great gothic churches was formally completed saturday with president hush and thousands of others gathering to see the final Stone Laid for what hush called the Quot Symbol of our nation s spiritual hush said the completion of the Washington National Cathedral recalled to him the words spoken by the late Rev. Martin King from its pulpit just Days before the civil i rights Leader was assassinated in 1968. Quot lie said we will bring about a new Day of Justice and Luther lion and peace. And on that Day morning is us will sing together and the sons of god will shout tin Joy Quot hush said. Hush said the Cathedral in use during most of its construction years has been a place where the nation Lias come to understand to Grieve to celebrate and to cup less concern. It was a Long time coming. It was 83 years ago to the Day that president Theodore Roosevelt Rode to mount St. Albans the highest Point in the capital to see the inundation Stone Laid. A crowd of 10,000 braved threatening weather to join him. Cathedral spokeswoman Jean Grigsby said at least that Many were expected saturday sunny and warm weather was forecast. On sept. 29, 1907, it had been raining and he Sun burst through the Clouds just moments before the ceremony began. The Stone reserved for the last was a 1,000-Pound Liucc of Indiana Limestone carved in the shape of a Lodeil Leaf or Flower. It has been on display inside but was moved onto the grounds of the Cathedral and lifted into place by a Crane. The Stone rests on the Southwest Pinnacle of the Ca thedral a St. Paul Tower. The 873,021 Square foot building roughly 14th-Century English gothic in style is the sixth largest Cathedral in the world. St. Peters in Rome is the largest followed by one in Seville Spain the unfinished St. John the divine in new York and cathedrals in Liverpool England and Milan Italy. Richard t. Feller the Canon clerk of works at the Cathedral said in a recent interview that he believes it will be the last built in the gothic style. A there in t the craftsmanship available a lie said. Quot there Isnit the design the 150,000-ton Church was built in the traditional Stone on Stone method of the medieval Cathedral builders although with modern equipment. The bearing Walls have no steel reinforcement but Are supported by Stone buttresses. Construction began at the East end with the laying of the foundation Stone beneath what is now the Bethlehem Chapel. The twin towers at the West end a tenth of the Cathedral is the Headquarters of the episcopal diocese of Washington but Calls itself a a House of Pray idral is the head a mile away Are named for St. Peter and St. Paul inc if y or for All Pun Cral services for president Eisenhower were held in the Cathedral. President Wilson is buried there. As Bush recalled Martin Luther King or preached from its pulpit. So has the Rev. Desmond Tutu a leading anti apathy id activist in South Africa. Work on the Cathedral was halted during world War i and world War ii and stopped again in 1977 because of a shortage of funds. It was resumed in 1980. President Bush Points to the top of Washington National Cathedral where the last 1,000-Pound Stone was lifted into place Channel reopens after solvent leaks i Loiston a the Houston ship Channel reopened saturday after emergency Crews determined that Only a Small amount of cleaning solvent escaped from a Barge punctured by a norwegian Tanker in Galveston Hay. Quot it looks like it evaporated off a said Lynn Garner president of Garner envy Lon Inetal co. Of Houston. Quot there a no no injuries were reported in the latest Accident in the Houston ship Channel where 700,000 Gallons of Oil spilled from a greek Tanker in july. On Friday evening the 538-foot Tanker struck one of two barges pulled by a tugboat about three Miles offshore from Texas City the coast guard said. At least one of the 297-foot barges eight tanks each with a capacity of 134,400 Gallons leaked a substance known As reformat said Michael Lee a coast guard spokesman in Galveston. Reform ate is a volatile colourless Petroleum distillate used As a manufacturing solvent As a dry cleaning fluid and in blend ing gasoline. In june the norwegian Tanker Mega Borg was rocked by an explosion about 58 Miles offshore from Galveston spilling More than 3.9 million Gallons of Oil. In july about 700,000 Gallons of Oil spilled into the environmentally sensitive Bay when the greek Tanker Shin Oussa and two barges up with rising Oil prices Wood burning stoves arc rapidly rolling off the Assembly line at Vermont castings in Bethel it. Steven Booth left and Angel Emmons polish and give a final inspection to the stoves which the company expects to be hot Selling items this Winter. Eerie tales from Lake Erie give Loch s Nessie a rival Toledo Ohio apr docs a Nessie a Scotland a fabled Loch Ness monster have a Cousin a handful of sightings of huge screen like creatures in Lake Eric was recorded in 1985 and 1987. But things remained quiet until sept. 4. Thais when Harold Bricker and his family returned from a fishing trip with a new sighting and monster mania began spreading along lakefront communities. The Brieker said they saw a Large creature moving in the water about 1,000 feet from their boat. They described it As Black about 35 feet Long and with a snakelike head. It moved As fast As their boat. Quot i told my son that i wanted to get a look at it a the 67-Ycar-old Bricker said. A my son said a no Way that thing is bigger than we so we stayed where we Bricker his wife Cora and son Robert told rangers at East Harbor state Park about what they had seen. The creature has since been reported by five people on three separate occasions including a Huron firefighter and a 50-year-old woman from Pennsylvania vacationing at her Lake Erie cottage. John Schaffner editor of a weekly newspaper in port Clinton has set up a toll free phone line for people to report Serpent sightings. He also ran a contest to name it. A South Bay Bessel was chosen in part because of the location of the Davis Besse nuclear Power Plant near port Clinton a not to mention that Besse rhymes with the Story of the monster in Loch Ness in North Central Scotland dates Back centuries and is Worth tens of millions in tourist dollars to the Region each year. Three years ago a million Dollar scientific expedition to find the creature turned up Only vague sonar readings but the legend remains. Any similar Effort to find a creature in Lake Erie would be even More difficult a at 240 Miles its More than 10 times As Long As Loch Ness. Thomas Solberg owner of Huron Lagoon Marina has offered a $5,000 Reward to anyone who capture South Bay Besse alive. He also posted a sign at his Marina calling it the future Home of the Lake Erie sea ser pent. But while some people Are having fun with the Crea Ture Marine researchers remain sceptical. Fred Snyder a researcher with the Ohio sea Grant an organization that examines great lakes issues said it is highly unlikely that a monster is living in Lake Erie. He added that he so not trying to be the sour old Guj who throws a bucket of water on in fact he loves stories about the Loch Ness monster. But he noted that Loch Ness is old while Lake Erie is a youngster geologically speaking. A a lot of people kind of assume like most places in the world it must be millions and millions of years old a he said. A a it a not the Case. The glaciers receded and the area stabilized about 12,000 years ago which geologically is just yesterday. A so the monster really can to be anything left Over from the Dinosaur Days because its just too Snyder also noted that no sightings were reported before the mid-1980s. And he said he doubts a big sea creature could have made it in from the Atlantic Ocean because of the difficulties of navigating the St. Lawrence Seaway. Sturgeon Lake Erie a largest fish can grow to 300 pounds and 10 feet in length but it is a Bottom said an its Ste it As an in it angered species Snyder he speculated that monster fighters May have seen a school of fish and mistakenly thought it was a creature. A truthfully Don to know what people have been see s it it has hard for me to believe that there could be a monster out
