European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 18, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday november 18, 1990 the stars and stripes a pages taxes pledge wins Bush yet another Honor Atlanta apr president Bush who pledged a no new taxes then called for a tax Revenue increases a Friday won the 1990 Doublespeak award from the National Council of teachers of English. The annual award Calls attention to statements by officials that Are a grossly deceptive evasive euphemistic confusing or self contradictory a said William Lutz chairman of the groups committee on Public Doublespeak. Second place went to Mobil corp. For calling one of its trash bags a photo de tradable a even while buried in landfills. And third place went to rep. Newt Gingrich r-ga., the House minority whip for supporting and then opposing tax increases. Gingrich before opposing Bush on the tax increase defended the presidents stand by saying a the very explicitly did no to say a raise  he said a seek new  Bush a Doublespeak included statements about maternity leave according to the teachers group which is holding its convention in Atlanta. During his Campaign Bush said a we. Need to assure that women do not have to worry about getting their jobs Back after having a child or caring for a child during a serious  but after his election Bush vetoed the Bill for parental and medical leave. A White House statement said the president a has always been opposed to the Federal government mandating what every business in this country should  Lutz of Rutgers University also cited two examples of foreign policy from last year the . Response to the massacre in and around Tiana men Square in Beijing and the invasion of Panama. After Tiana men Square Bush announced suspension of . A participation in All High level exchanges of government officials with China. Two weeks later Bush a secretly sent National Security adviser Brent scowcroft and Deputy Secretary of state Lawrence Eagleburger to China a Lutz said. Bush called the trip a a Contact a not an a Exchange a but then resumed negotiations for arms sales to China. Lutz also said Bush refused to refer to the . Mission in Panama As an invasion saying he a deployed forces in operation just cause. But at a dec. 21 press conference Bush said a you could say a How come you did no to Tell me that you were going to invade the a Send in those troops Down into Panama a a the committee gave Charlotte Baecher author of a Selling americans kids commercial pressures on kids of the �?T90s,�?� its 1990 George Orwell award for honesty and clarity in Public  train school bus collision kills 2 Miltona Minn. Apr two people died and 21 were injured Friday morning when a school bus collided with a train in this Small Minnesota town of 170 people. A it is just horrendous a said Sheila Olson principal at the Miltona science Magnet school. The Accident happened around 7 30 . Friday in Miltona about 100 Miles Northwest of Minneapolis. The cause was not immediately known but Douglas county sheriff Terry Eilers said preliminary interviews with witnesses indicated the Driver May have rolled the vehicle into the train. Olson said Many students wanted to Rush to the Accident scene near the school because they had just gotten off the bus and some had older Brothers and Sisters still on it. A i still can to believe it happened a Olson said. A a it a just not real. And the kids Many were crying wanting their parents and you just feel so helpless. You just done to know what to  the Douglas county sheriffs department identified the victims As bus Driver Fred Beman 66, of Alexandria and 9-year-old Kristian Rindahl of Rural Carlos who attended Zion lutheran school in Alexandria. Five of the injured were in stable condition at Douglas county Hospital in Alexandria with a variety of fractures and internal injuries said Hospital spokeswoman Verna Pauley. Fourteen people were treated and released and two others were waiting to be discharged late Friday she said. Deanna Schultz Secretary for the Miltona school said the bus had just dropped off some children at the school and was on its Way to the High school in Alexandria. Bob Stier transportation supervisor for the Alexandria school system which owns the bus said about 25 students were aboard when the Accident happened. A the front end of the bus got hit a Stier said. A it was a Flat nosed bus and the train hit the Side where the Driver was. Rescue workers help an injured victim of train school bus collision that killed two people in Minnesota. A the bus got spun around then the front end of the bus hit a Light pole a Stier said adding that the train did not derail. There were no injuries on the train officials said. Alexandria school superintendent George Cassell said Beman had been with the school District 10 years and had an excellent driving record. A we Are in Shock. We re just having a hard time understanding what happened today a he said. The school District brought in a team of Counselor to help Comfort the children Olson said. A i just simply stood in the Halls As students were walking Back and Forth Between their rooms and just shared hugs with some of the children who were in tears and very frightened by it a said Nancy Larson a lutheran minister from Carlos. . Will help children of gis born overseas find their fathers Washington a the government has agreed to help children fathered and left overseas by american servicemen Contact their fathers. A 2 National archives and a British group called War babes announced a settlement Friday in a two year old lawsuit to Force the archives and the detente department to assist children separated from a and in some cases unknown to a their american fathers. War babes based in Birmingham England has about 300 British born offspring of american fathers. The settlement signed thursday and filed in . District court could unite grown children born in Europe and elsewhere during world War ii the korean War and later wars with fathers willing to meet them. It a begins to redress the wrongs that started during world War ii when the army encouraged men to have a Good time and then prevented them from marrying the mothers of their children and whisked them away so they could not be found a said Joan Meier Washington based attorney for War babes. In the lawsuit War babes sought to establish that the right of children under the . Freedom of information act took priority Over the privacy act. The privacy act was used by the Pentagon to refuse requests for Contact with servicemen or veterans even in cases where the names and service numbers were provided. The government agreed to foward by certified mail a letter from a son or daughter to the father at the last known address listed in the . National personnel records Center operated by the archives under Pentagon direction. In cases where the Parent has died the government agreed to disclose the address in returning the letter. In other cases the City and state but not the Street address will be provided Meier said. Shirley Mcglade the founder of War babes said in her court affidavit that several fathers have been traced and con train to the . Government position a in almost every Case the father welcomed his child often with great  Sands of time in the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. Nov. 18, 1950 a . Armoured column hammered its Way through stubborn resistance and advanced to within five Miles of Kapsan in Northeast korea.30 years ago today. Nov. 18, 1960 a actor Clark Gable died at Hollywood presbyterian Hospital of a heart ailment that first struck Nim on nov. 6. He was 59.20 years ago today. Nov. 18,1970 a the soviet Union sent an eight wheeled lunar cart shaped like a Kettle rolling Over the Moons sea of rains.10 years ago today. Nov. 18, 1980 a Iran sent diplomatic missions to Europe the Middle East and Asia in an evident Effort to break out of its International isolation