European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 3, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 4 a a the stars and stripes saturday november 3,1990 hoping for a clean sweep in Ohio president Bush and gop colleagues from left in left photo Hamilton county commissioner Robert Taft candidates Ken last Lap on Campaign Trail Blackwell and George Voinovich and rep. Mike de wine grasp a Broom at a Cincinnati fund Raiser Friday. Meanwhile in Vermont right photo socialist Bernie Sanders hoping to unseat gop rep. Peter Smith hits the Campaign Highway. Smith Waves to Drivers in of vehicles collide on foggy Highway Canton . Up Between 40 and so cars and at least a dozen tractor trailers slammed into each other during foggy weather on North Carolinas interstate 40 on Friday morning. At least 47 people were taken to area hospitals although none suffered life threatening injuries. State troopers had to Call for three buses to take the rest of the Drivers and passengers to a nearby High school where they were asked to wait until police could sort the Accident out said Elaine Cowan a North Carolina Highway patrol dispatcher. A there was some fog. I done to know if that was the culprit a Cowan said. A a we be had a lot of pileup due to the fog in that area. This is the biggest one recently in the last three or four years. A the collisions occurred a few Miles East of Canton about 8 . Traffic was blocked for Miles in both directions Cowan said. By noon troopers finally cleared one eastbound Lane but another Accident a few Miles away quickly blocked it again. Among those taken to Haywood county Hospital were 22 elementary school students Hospital spokeswoman Janet Burnham said. One person was admitted to Haywood with a broken leg. Canton police also reported heavy traffic problems in the downtown area As detoured Drivers made their Way through City streets. Atwater says he s found lord seeks peace with old enemies Columbia . Apr Lee Atwater who was accused of negative campaigning As head of George Bush a presidential Campaign says he has turned to the lord since being diagnosed with cancer. A i have found Jesus Christ. Its that simple. He a made a difference and in a glad in be found him while there a still time a the Republican National committee chairman said in an interview published Friday in the state newspaper. Atwater who was diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumor in March said he wants the world to know about his spiritual conversion. A i done to hate anybody anymore a he said. Quot for the first time in my life i done to hate somebody. I have nothing but Good feelings toward people. Its just no Point in fighting and As part of the negative campaigning in 1988, Atwater turned the pledge of allegiance into an attack on democratic presidential candidate Michael Dukakis. A since i have been ill i have found More honest decent people who have gotten in touch with me that have held values that i never knew existed a said Atwater a South Carolina native. He said he has been making peace with former foes democrats and republicans. He has written letters of repentance and asked people for forgiveness. In a letter this summer to Columbia lawyer Tom Turnipseed Atwater said one of the a flow Points in his political career was a a jumper cables comment he made regarding Tulip seed a Shock treatment for depression. A my Hope is that you will Grant a sick Man a favor and try to forget it. There Are a very few people i need to get Square with and you re one of them a Atwater wrote. A Tom this is very sincere Quot he said he added As a postscript. Gop ticket in Minnesota settled St. Paul Minn. Apr the Minnesota supreme court has settled a dispute Over the Republican gubernatorial ticket that arose when Jon Grunseth withdrew from the race amid allegations of sexual misconduct. The court voted 5-2 thursday to reject Sharon Clarks claim that she should be the candidate for lieutenant governor on the ballot with primary runner up Arne Carlson. Clarks attorney had argued that Clark was legally entitled to the lieutenant governors candidacy because she won the sept. 11 primary As Grunseth a running mate. Grunseth withdrew last sunday after reports that he swam nude with teen age girls nine years ago and had a mistress during both of his marriages. But the court said Secretary of state Joan Growe did not err in deciding Joanell Dyrstad a Carlson a primary running mate a should join him on supplementary ballots for the nov. 6 election. The dispute began after the Minnesota Independent Republican party a executive committee on tuesday decided the party had no committee empowered to fill the vacancy created by Grunseth a withdrawal. Given the party a conclusion Growe said state Law requires that the runner up in the primary become the gop nominee. Party officials said the committee decided to leave the running mate decision to the court. Clark thanked the court for hearing the Case and pledged �?o100 percent support to Carlson and Dyrstad. A i had to do what i Felt was right and what i owed the in May voters a she scouts want dough for cookies Baltimore apr some Maryland girl scouts got stuck with almost $24,000 in bad checks last year so when they deliver cookies this week be demanding Cash. A i guess girl scouts Are just an easy Mark a said troop Leader Suzie Weiss. A your girls done task to see ids or credit cards or Drivers licenses. They just Trust that the Money a not anymore. Bad checks and Money never forwarded from individual troops Cost the Central Maryland girl scout Council about $40,000 last year. A a that san awful lot of beanies an awful lot of girl scout handbooks a Council spokeswoman Sandy Mclhinney said thursday. The councils 23,000 girl scouts took orders for 1.25 million boxes of thin mints Trefoil and Samoa Worth about $2.8 million. Cookie sales Are the girl scouts primary fundraising activity. Cookie Money makes up More than half of the Central Maryland councils annual budget Mclhinney said. Several troop leaders criticized the councils decision saying it could Force Young girls to carry around Large amounts of Cash while making their deliveries. Troop Leader Susan Donkar who has two Young daughters in the girl scouts said she would not allow them to collect Money by themselves. A they would just be too easy targets a she said. Mclhinney said she did no to know How Many bounced checks the Council received last year but she said most of the bounced checks were for Small amounts. Spokeswoman for councils in Washington and los Angeles said thursday they would continue to accept checks because their problems with bad checks were negligible. But a spokeswoman in Philadelphia said the Council there has had a longstanding policy of refusing checks. ,. A a
