European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 30, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Tuesday october 30, 1990 the stars and stripes Page 5frustrated rep. Leath calling it quits Washington apr Marvin Leath came to Congress from the heart of Texas with a country musicians soul and a banker a sense. But after a dozen years in the House Leath is calling it quits a frustrated by the inability of an individual congressman to make a difference. A you see so much written in the Media and so Forth about people incumbents who get these jobs and they never leave and they re an institution a said the Waco Democrat. A people say nobody walks away from that Job. Well somebody did a he said. A and maybe that gives a Little bit of Faith to people who think the system is so totally corrupt and bad. It really in the Early 1980s, Leath was a part of the group of conservative democrats called the a Boll Weevils that supported a stronger defense and tax Reform. But he said defense spending ran amok under president Reagan and the deficits growth from $40 billion to More than $300 billion a deeply distresses him. A most of the things i hoped to do. The big issues we did something about but we did in excess a Leath said. A i really thought the 80s was going to be the decade that was the most critical in the country a history a he said. A perhaps it was. But i think if you look Back on that i have to think that As a government we blew Reagan did no to exert the leadership to make hard choices Leath said noting the government Wasny to designed for Congress to make Laws alone. The hundreds of interests reflected by Congress also frustrate its Power he said. A you can to expect Congress to develop National policy a Leath said. A a you be got to have a Strong president willing to take the political risks to solve the problems. Bush is much More prone to do that than Leath who made his Fortune As a banker in Marlin and Waco is known As a pretty fair country music crooner and Host of a popular annual Barbecue. A you done to see a whole lot of those kinds of parties around Here a said rep. Charles Stenholm a Texas who was elected in 1978 from a neighbouring District and was also a a Boll a this Guy has Star potential a congressional scholar Norm Ornstein said of Leathus singing. Leathus Friend Willie Nelson has encouraged him to Cut an album. But Leath said a a in a a Little bit old to go on the country music at 59, Leath is two years older than Nelson. In Congress Leath closely followed the problems of the budget and financial Industry from a seat on the House budget committee. He voted against Thrift deregulation in 1980 and argued that crisis in thrifts Banks and insurance companies was caused by lawmakers a foolish a those of us who understood what the banking system was understood Why we had some of the rules we had for 50 years. We Felt very reasonably assured when you destroyed those things that were necessary foundations this would happen a Leath said. A but you get anybody to listen to Leath will take about $484,000 in leftover Campaign funds with him when he leaves. Hell keep some for himself to repay expenses from that first Campaign he said. The rest will go to Charity and political candidates. A i think that gives me a Good Way to stay involved in the system a Leath said. He worried some about leaving constituents in the lurch particularly while fighting the army a decision to deactivate one of two armoured divisions at fort Hood in his District. A you can always say a in be just got to do another first thing you know you re a doddering old Man a Leath now to fans the divorce game los Angeles up in a bizarre new twist on game shows divorced couples will soon be facing off on syndicated television for fun and prizes. First there was a the dating then there was a the newlywed now a the divorce games is apparently the next logical step. The one time spouses will Square off before to cameras during segments of the syndicated game show a tic tac dough set to air nov. 19-23. Thirteen couples who once battled in court will compete for $2,500 in prize Money and the approval of a studio audience that presumably will include their children their former in Laws and even their current spouses. Dan Enright of Barry amp Enright productions the executive producer of the show insists that it is not quite As outlandish As it May seem at first Blush. Television viewers he said a will be intrigued by the Prospect of watching two former adversaries meet again in another Field of Enright and his colleague Chris Sohl the shows producer came up with the idea during a brainstorming session. They placed a classified and in the oct. 21 los Angeles times Reading a wanted divorced couples on speaking terms for new to show potential big by noon the next Day 30 divorced people had responded saying either that their sex mates would cooperate or could probably be talked into it. Most of the potential contestants now being interviewed for the shows Are Young or Middle aged. The producers said they Are especially hoping that an elderly divorced couple will turn up. A a in a like to find a couple around 75 or 80 years of age a Enright said. A that would be touching or poignant. Maybe a couple with seven children. It would be great to have the seven children in the like any other contestants the former spouses Are expected to be Good sports while competing. But the producers said they be surprised a or terribly disappointed a if old hostilities Are rekindled and old Battles re enacted. A that would be rather interesting a Enright said. A we certainly encourage it a but it would add another dimension to the 2nd teen Dies while staging Hangman stunt York . Apr a 15-year-old boy who was staging a haunted House Hangman stunt accidentally hanged himself at a private halloween party authorities said. The death of William Anthony Odom a ninth grader from Charlotte n.c., was similar to that of a 17-year-old who staged a halloween Hangman stunt in Lakewood n.j., a week earler. Odom was pronounced dead Friday night by York county Coroner Jim Chapman in the basement of the Home of his aunt Diane Boyd which Odom and several of his friends had decorated As a haunted House. Odom was inside a free standing wooden cupboard intending to fake a Hangman scene said his grandmother Hattie Carpenter who was at the party. He was dressed As a pirate and around his was a length of Nylon rope tied into a Hangman a knot hanging from a bar. A it was a slip knot Type noose the More pressure you apply the tighter it gets a Chapman said. A evidently it was tight enough to cause some problems with his breathing and he either passed out or Chapman said Odom was tall enough to stand up in the Cabinet but a group of children found him a sitting Down in the closet with the noose around his and his to the Chapman said he a unsure How the rope tightened. Possibly he said Odom slipped and lost his balance or was playing with the knot. He said its possible that the knot gradually tightened and reduced the amount of blood to Odom a brain causing him to faint and then suffocate. A rays saturday showed no serious injury to the indicating that the Wasny to snapped by a sudden action such As tripping. Odom a Grandfather Harvey Carpenter said he and Boyd tried to revive him but the boy was dead by the time an emergency medical team arrived. On oct. 20, a 17-year-old new Jersey youth accidentally hanged himself at a halloween haunted Hay ride. Brian Jewell had pretended to hang from a Gallows but his body was found hanging from the Gallows with his feet off the ground. Staples found in cookies California Man arrested Sands of time Orange Calif. Up a mrs. Fields cookies store employee has been arrested on suspicion of food tampering after Metal Staples were found in a cookie purchased at an Orange county mall police said sunday. No one was injured in the incident which the company said was the first in its 12-year history. The suspect Michael Steven Connors 20, described by police As a a disgruntled employee a was arrested saturday at his Anaheim Home after police determined that the adulterated cookie was baked Between 3 . And 5 . Friday when Connors was working. Police were called about 6 . Friday after a customer returned a cookie because it contained several Metal Staples. Company officials immediately closed the store and surrendered 48 cookies and three trays of brownies to investigators assigned to the Case. Connors was booked on suspicion of a felony charge of putting harmful matter into food and also on $2,700 in outstanding traffic warrants. In a prepared statement Debbi Fields president of the Utah based firm said she was a shocked and concerned about the incident and added that anyone who bought cookies at the store on Friday would be Given a refund if one was the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. Oct. 30,1950 Chancellor Konrad Adenauer declared that Western Germany would demand absolute Equality a for German troops if his country decided to contribute armed contingents to a european defense force.30 years ago today. Oct. 30 1960 president Eisenhower made a slashing attack on democratic presi Nelm candid cute John f. caviar a a a o and i Aan -,.11. It. M _ j -1. I a .1 a most powerful dental candidate John f. Kennedy saying at a Republican raliytn>1inaddp1ita7tltrhis of nations needed a Leader it who will think first and then act wisely.�?�20 years ago today. Oct. 30, 1970 Illinois state police issued an All Points bulletin for two men we presklenuon16 wan questioning about an alleged assassination plot agains10 years ago today. Oct. 30,1980 a president Carter and Republican challenger Ronald Reagan emerge it upbeat from their television debate and charged into the final six Days of the presidential Campaign. Each claimed the Edge from his performance
