European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 15, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 a a a stateside the stars and stripes monday october 15,1990mascot of Indian chief creates Lollini controversy Urbana 111. Not chief Uli Siwek still reigns As the Mascot of the University of Illinois. But the american indians and others who find the Symbol offensive say they will continue the fight despite a vote of Confidence in favor of the Symbol. The University a trustees have voted 7-1 to keep the chief. But one trustee who said she has favored the Mascot decided to abstain a shift in sentiment the chiefs opponents found encouraging. A i love the dance chief Illi Siwek does at halftime in a in tears half the time when he does it a said Judith Coler the trustee who abstained. A but i feel that its possible that we just done to understand How native americans  Gloria Jackson Bacon the Only trustee to vote against the Mascot said colerus action is a sign that the Board is moving toward the mascots abolition. Chief Illi Siwek who has been the subject of heated debate since last september appears on the Field in an Indian costume during halftime at Lollini football and basketball games. Indian groups on and off Campus have charged that the mascots character is offensive because the costume and dance Are taken from the Sioux nation whose Plains culture was very different from the now extinct Lollini Indian tribe which once occupied the Region around the University. Pair uses copter to land Whirlpool 20 floors up Houston up a helicopters Are used not Only for wars and rescues. They Are also Handy for installing a $6,000 Whirlpool on a 20th-floor outdoor deck. H. Grant and Sande Lappin have a ballroom size deck outside their Condo on the 20th floor of the Bayou Bend towers but the 8-by-8-foot Whirlpool they bought was too big to fit into the buildings elevators. Lappin decided it would Cost too much to install a Crane to hoist the spa and settled instead on using a helicopter for the Job. . Richard owner of Richards spas pools amp decks said never in the 12 years his company has been in business has it gone to such extremes to install a spa. Helicopter Pilot Bryan Cuddeback said lifting the 750-Pound spa was not a big Challenge but setting the spa into the confined area of the deck was another matter. As Cuddleback hovered above the High Rise a Crew scurried to position the spa which dangled from a Long rope. The spa was safely in place within a few  that aids Farmers in Gambia gets a boost Richmond a. Up the Christian children a fund has announced an Alliance with Virginia state University to help improve food production in the West african nation of Gambia. Omar Jallow Gambia a minister of agriculture said the involvement of the Richmond based fund will provide additional assistance to gambian children and their families in a  agricultural project that has already reaped benefits for his country. Virginia state University a historically Black land Grant institution has been involved since 1985 in the $19 million research project. Known As gambian agricultural research and diversification the project is designed to introduce new technologies to the Rural Economy and make Gambia a Farmers More self sufficient. That project funded by the . Agency for International development involves about 100,000 Farmers 50 percent of the agricultural population officials said. Gulf crisis Economy Hurt Bush s ratings poll finds by the new York times support for president Bush a commitment of . Troops in the persian Gulf has begun to erode in recent Days As americans grow frustrated with the standoff in the desert and increasingly worried about the sagging Economy at Home the latest new York times lbs news poll has found. The poll of 960 adults conducted by Telephone monday through wednesday found economic fears at their highest in a decade and Bush a Overall Job rating the worst of his presidency although it remains at a level that some recent presidents would have coveted. There was a dramatic defection from Bush among the nations older citizens those 65 and Over whose general economic fears have been deepened by talk from Washington of increases in taxes Ana medicare premiums. Overall 60 percent of those surveyed said they approved of the Way Bush is handling his Job Down from 76 percent in a not lbs poll soon after the iraqi invasion of Kuwait in August. Thirty percent expressed Overall disapproval up from 15 percent in August and the highest level of disapproval toward Bush so far in his presidency. Support for his handling of the Kuwait situation declined to 57 percent Down from the 75 percent who expressed approval soon after the invasion. From the beginning of the Gulf confrontation Public opinion analysts have noted a Strong undercurrent among americans against commitment of military Power. But until now this did not seem to undermine the overwhelming support for Bush a specific actions As americans rallied around the president. But in the last three weeks there has been a significant shift. In late september 75 percent of the Public told a Survey conducted for americans talk Security a bipartisan research group that the United states had done the right thing by sending troops to the Gulf. In the latest not lbs Survey 61 percent said Tea United states had done the right thing. Those who said the United states should have stayed out Rose to 3? percent from 20 percent. The latest surveys figures should generally be accurate according to statistical theory to within 3 percentage Points plus or minus of what would have been found if All adults in the country had answered the Survey. The margin of sampling error of the Security Survey was also plus or minus 3 percentage Points. Foreign policy and the Economy a performance Are generally the two key measures by which americans judge their presidents. Seven out of 10 americans think the Economy is getting worse the largest number to hold such a negative View since april 1980, seven months before president Carter lost his bid for re election. In the latest poll 52 percent expressed disapproval of Bush a handling of the Economy and 58 percent disapproved of his handling of the budget deficit. Analysts m both parties suggested that rising economic fears Are drag gig Down Overall support for Bush As Well As support for his most important foreign policy commitment. A if people Start disapproving on one thing they will tend to generalize that opinion to other things said Fred steeper a partner in Market strategies a re pub. Lican polling concern. The not lbs Survey was conducted during a period when the persian Gulf for the first time since the iraqi invasion was not dominating the news and Bush a policy in the Gulf was facing Little direct criticism. What was dominating the news was the great confusion and conflicting statements from Bush about exactly where he stood on taxes and the proposals Congress was wrestling with to lower the deficit. By a majority of 54 percent to 37 percent americans said Bush should have shown stronger leadership in trying to Settle the budget crisis. Fall is in the air a and on the ground Jamie Larson 6, relaxes in a wheelbarrow under a taking it easy now but his next Job is the Mammoth Maple tree in his front Yard in Pittsford it. Jamie is task of raking up All those leaves. College sets up annual prize in Ike s memory Gettysburg a. A Gettysburg College has created an annual award for encouraging leadership in memory of Dwight d. Eisenhower who was bom 100 years ago sunday. Another former president Gerald Ford announced the $25,000 Eisenhower leadership prize at a news conference saturday. It was attended by College officials and Eisenhower a grandson David who serves on the colleges Board of trustees. The prize will be Given not Only to political or military leaders but also to emerging leaders in science Medicine education and social work Ford said. Recipients will serve As guest lecturers at the College. A the prize is unique in that it is aimed at stimulating the kinds of leadership in a Broad Broad sense that would reflect what Ike thought was in the Best interest of our country a Ford said. Eisenhower bought a farm in Gettysburg in 1951 and used it As a Retreat during his presidency. He retired there after his second term ended in 1961. He also had an office at Gettysburg College. Eisenhower who was bom in Denison Texas died at Walter Reed army Hospital in Bethesda md., in March 1969. The first recipient of the award will be named oct. 14, 1991, by a 12-member Board including David Eisenhower Dallas industrialist h. Ross Perot and Drew Lewis chief executive officer of Union Pacific corp