European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 2, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday december 2,1900 the stars and stripes Page 5who knows what evil lurks the Burner Dravosburg a. Apr a mischievous Man dubbed a the Bur per by police interrupts police radio broadcasts with Kazoo renditions of Christmas carols whistling and loud intermittent burping. Quot he does everything from sneezing to playing his Kazoo to whistling to making body Type noises a Lincoln police chief Ted Hazard said Friday. A the speculation is that he could be anything from someone who knows radio equipment to someone with an old police radio a he said. The interruptions on the frequency used by police officers Tow trucks and constables in 11 communities in the Monongahela Valley have been going on for a year or two authorities said. Recent interruptions have included Kazoo renditions of a Jingle  the bumper broke in two weeks ago when Mckeesport police and Utility workers were requesting assistance at a House fire. A and this Jerk was on the line a said Mckeesport police chief Dan Kochman. A it started out being cute and he got cuter to get attention. Its become almost a game to  although the tunes and burps Haven to created major problems yet Elizabeth township police chief George Brkovich said the lives of police of citizens a old be threatened if urgent communications were interrupted. A Federal communications commission engineers have tried to pinpoint the signal twice this year but he either was not on or not on Long enough for them to track the location Gertrude Anderson an acc spokeswoman in Philadelphia said. If he s Ever caught and convicted the bumper would have to do his Kazoo playing and belching behind bars. Anderson said he could face a maximum penalty of 10 years in jail and a $100,000 Fine. _3,000 . Arts groups mourn aids victims new York a arts groups around the country saturday planned to dramatize the loss of life to aids and mourn artists who have died from the disease. Quot a a a a a. A a after Nightfall saturday the skylines in Manhattan and san Francisco were to dim for 15 minutes when the decorative floodlighting at the Golden Gate Bridge the Empire state building and other major structures was turned off. At least 3,000 arts organizations in the United states a from the smithsonian institution in Washington to Small Ait galleries in lower Manhattan a were to participate in the second annual Day without Art on saturday. Several dozen arts groups in Canada and a few from England France and the Netherlands also planned to participate. The purpose of Day without Art is to increase awareness of aids and to mourn those who have died from the disease according to visual aids a group of new York City artists coordinating the event the Observance by the Art world is being held in conjunction with the world health organizations third annual aids awareness Day. A the museum of Modem Art and other cultural institutions want to use their Power and prestige to try and remind people of something they Are not hearing often enough a that aids is a disease that we believe science can find a Way to cure and halt and that people struggling with the disease need More care than they Are getting a said Philip Yenawine director of the museums education department and a member of visual aids. The museums first Observance of Day without Art began Friday night with a including a self portrait of Rembrandt Renoir so two girls at the piano a a Gilbert Stuart portrait of George Washington and Matisse so nasturtiums and dance a have been removed from Dis play. A More than merely a symbolic gesture withdrawing a cherished work of Art from visibility and thus nullifying totally its Public accessibility brings Home in the strongest possible terms the magnitude of the loss of life and the tragedy of unrealized Promise a said Philippe de Montebello the museums director. Workers drape a Black cloth Over a Henry Moore sculpture at Lincoln Center. In Washington the Corcoran gallery of Art was to observe Day without Art by darkening three of its contemporary Art galleries and donating admission fees to aids charities. The Detroit Institute of Art will place a Bench and table of hot rolled Metal and lacquer in its lobby in remembrance of the Alabama born artist Scott Burton who died of aids in 1989. In Atlanta the High museum of Art will set up an installation of Glass panels of the aids virus and mirrors in which museum goers will Sec the virus reflected on themselves. At the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia pop artist Claes Oldenburg a statue a split Button will be memorial service featuring stockard Channing and John Cunningham who Are starring in a six degrees of separation at Lincoln Center. A collective loss is hard to personalize a Cunningham said explaining a that Day without Art provided an outlet for the arts Community to mourn together about 300 people took part in the me Morial service which included a concert by the new York City Gay menus chorus. On Friday workers prepared for Day without Art by draping Black cloth Over a Henry Moore sculpture at Lincoln Center. The metropolitan museum of Art held a week without Art front tuesday to saturday. Some of its great Art works a Illinois supreme court flunks Chicago s school Reform plan Springfield 111. Up the Illinois supreme court Friday threw out a Reform plan for Chicago a Public schools that has attracted the attention of educators nationwide saying it gives too much Power to parents at the expense of other members of the Community. The plan was approved by the legislature in 1988 and implemented last year. The court in its ruling acknowledged the sorry state of the City a schools and offered to delay the effect of the decision. School officials said they would seek a rehearing and ask for a stay Long enough to give the general Assembly time to change the voting procedures. Chicago schools described by former education Secretary William Bennett As the nations worst have been struggling for years under a Burden of a growing poor and minority population. Test scores have Slid and administration has been Hamstrung by a rapid succession of superintendents the controversial Reform plan which As _ been widely discussed by policymakers in Washington As Well As educators through out America essentially handed Over most decision making a including the Power to hire and fire principals a to new local councils elected by teachers parents and other Community members. The court said that system gives too much Power to parents. A the trial court erred in finding that the local school councils did not exercise general governmental Powers the High court ruled in overturning a Cook county court decision upholding the act. A it is Clear that citizens falling into a number of categories Are either denied a vote or Are denied an equal vote in local school Council election a Justice Daniel Ward wrote for the majority. He said the fact parents have a disproportionate interest in schools operation does not constitutionally permit them a greater voice in electing the members of the Council. The opinion did uphold the stripping of tenure Protection for principals a the original reason the suit was first filed a and recognized the problems of the states largest school District a the inadequacies of the City a educational system run deep but lasting remedies will require the equal participation of All qualified voters a Ward wrote. Later in the Day dozens of politicians school officials and local school Council members gathered in the state of Illinois Center to reassure parents and students that a everything is ,1�?T mayor Richard Daley began the news conference by saying the spirit of the Law would continue. A the Bottom line is we can to and wont give upon school Reform Quot Daley said a Rev i thing from the tax rate to the crime rate is Basea on the Quality of  the decision a did not and i repeat did not mean the death of school Reform a Board of education attorney Patricia Whitten said the school District and City would file a request for a rehearing before the High court and would also seek a stay to extend beyond the january session of the general Assembly to give lawmakers a Chance to change the voting procedures. Shrouded in Black drapery twelve panels of the aids memorial quilt will be on display at the Boston museum of Fine arts the world health organization last week estimated the number of aids cases worldwide at More than 307,000, an increase of More than 8,000 Over october. It estimated that of the 9 million to 11 million adults and children now carrying the his virus 3 million arc women most live in the third world. Sands of time in the stars and stripes 40 years ago today dec. 2, 1950 a British prime minister Clement r. Attlee was flying to Washington where he was expected to urge president Truman to avoid War with red China at All costs. �?z30 years ago today. Dec. 2,1960 a the soviet Union broke official silence to announce for the first time that a meeting of 81 communist parties had been held in Moscow in novem her. A. A a �20 years ago today. Dec 2,1970 As divorce became Legal in Italy the first person to file for one was a 75-year-old Retiree in Bari who said his wife had left him in 1932,10 years ago today. Dec. 2, 1980 a paratroopers helicopter gunships and artillery gunners from Iran and Iraq battled in the Northern and Southern Heaters of the persian Gulf War following a heavy sea Battle both claimed to have won. L