European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 8, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Saturday december 8, 1990 to Pearl the stars and stripes Page 7 by Robert Borns associated press writer Washington the attack on Peari Harbor 49 years ago Friday has been linked More closely than commonly believed to Japan a thirst for secure Oil supplies according to a new Book that draws haunting parallels to the persian Gulf crisis. In a the prize the epic quest for Oil Money and Power a author Daniel yer Gin called Oil the a a Linchpin of Japan a strategy for asian Conquest and the trigger for its attack on Peart Harbor on dec. 7,1941. The assault on the . Pacific Fleet killed 2,335 american servicemen and 68 civilians. Yer Girth a Book cites the Pacific Campaign As one of Many examples from Lac 20th Century of oils crucial and painful role in global and regional conflict. It draws parallels to the iraqi invasion of Kuwait calling it a High stakes Gamble by a militaristic ruler Bent on capturing new Oil wealth in order to Widen his regional domination. Saddam Hussein like Japan s leaders 50 years earlier coveted Oil and gave in to a the inevitable and irresistible temptation to grasp for its rewards a Yergin writes. A they went to War Over Oil a Yergin an International Oil specialist and president of the consulting firm Cambridge Energy research associates said in an interview. He concludes that Japan a main focus in the Asia campaigns was to secure Access to the Oil Fields of Borneo and the dutch East indies How Indonesia. At the time Japan got 80 percent of its Oil from the United states and it feared the consequences of a possible american cutoff. In july 1941, president Roosevelt did sever the Oil lifeline a move that Yergin says hardened the japanese leadership a resolve to strike at the . Pacific Fleet. Strangely considering the important role that Oil played in Japan a decision to attack Pearl Harbor the japanese Navy failed to understand the importance of the Oil supplies on the hawaiian Island of Oahu Yergin says. They did not strike at the More than 4 million barrels of Oil stored on the Island for the /ships. A if the japanese planes had knocked out the Pacific Fleet s fuel reserves and the tanks in which they were stored at Pearl Harbor they would have immobilized Evely ship of the am Ricaut Pacific Fleet and not just those they actually destroyed a he writes r m poor Chicago apr a chair that Madonna once sat in brought $225 at an auction of furniture linked to the famous to raise Money to feed the hungry. However the big Bucks went for celebrity seating from City Hall and the White sex a sold stadium. In All 32 chairs fetched $5,085 for the greater Chicago food depository which distributes 20 million pounds of food a year throughout Northeast Illinois and Northwest Indiana. A i was amazed. I did no to think wed do so Well a said auctioneer Leslie Hindman whose antique Center gallery was the site of the event. A you can never Tell How it will go with a Charity a the highest bid was for a folding chair from old Comiskey Park that Carlton Fisk the Chicago White sox a Veteran Catcher used. That chair fetched $1,150 a $100 More than a chair from City Hall dating Back to the administration of late mayor Richard j. Daley. A a in be always had a great admiration for the mayors office regardless of who was in there a said Ron Onesti 28 a sporting goods store owner who bought the Light Green upholstered chair. The woman who won the bidding War for Fisk a White leather padded chair left immediately afterwards and be reached for comment. V a rocking chair used by first lady Barbara Bush when she read to children during a Stop on her literacy Campaign brought $60 at thursdays auction. An Orange plastic stadium seat thrown in by Indiana basketball coach Bob Knight sold for $150. Diego Eastis who bought the chair Madonna sat in during a 1988 dinner at a Chicago restaurant said he wanted something connected to the pop Star. A a in a a big fan a said Deastis 34, an office equipment Salesman. He said he would keep the chair with a Turquoise leather seat in his bedroom a where nobody Ean get near it except Many of the chairs were donated by restaurants where celebrities dined. Restaurateurs had recorded the historic moments in the Bottom of the seats said Mary Mccall a publicist for one of the auction celebrities including Playboy Boss Christie Hefner donated their own chairs. Hefner a leather and Chrome boardroom seat a along with a years subscription to Playboy a fetched $120. The holy family roman Catholic churches Bench Leslie Hindman sits in Rocker used by Barbara Bush that sold for $60, while John costello holds a chair donated by Bobby Knight that brought $150.which survived the great Chicago fire of 1871 sold for $225,. A a a a a. The Chicago literacy Council provided the chair used by the first lady while Knight a who has been known to throw a chair in the heat of a basketball game a turned Over one of his own. A tips going to live for a million years a Mccall said of Knight s chair which the coach autographed a a it a going to outlast me and probably you too. A by the Washington Post a Washington a the american University Board of trustees thursday rescinded its $ i million Severance offer to Richard e. Berendzen Clearing the Way for the schools former president to return As a physics proves Sorin 1992. A. A =. A a ,. The boards reversal at an emergency meeting ended a monthlong juror Oyer the proposed settlement for Berendzen who had resigned last Spring and pleaded guilty to making obscene Telephone Calls from his office. But the boards unanimous vote does not end the controversy on Campus Over whether Berendzen who maintained a High profile during his 10 years As the schools president should come Back to Leach. Before thursdays vote the president of the schools alumni association told the trustees that a should a sever All tics with or Berendzen As expeditiously As possible.�?�. A. A. And a week ago As details of his return were being negotiated four faculty leaders who considered themselves his friends met with Berendzen for 3w hours at his Home urging him not to come Back according to a participant. A a you will find people who say he should never Ever step within 10 Miles of the Campus and people who say he should be president again a said Matt Ward president of the student confederation the undergraduate government. V. V. A. \ a on thursday Berendzen said a i would be surprised if there were not some divergence of views i think both the University and i need to get on with Healing processes. Quot resigned abruptly eight months ago and checked into a sexual disorders clinic in May he pleaded guilty to two charges of making obscene Telephone Calls to a woman who ran a Fairfax county Day care Center. He was sentenced to two 30-Day jail terms which were suspended with the stipulation that he continue in psychiatric counselling. Under the terms of an agreement worked out with acting president Milton Greenberg Berendzen will be on paid leave until Spring 1992. He will receive the Sala in of about $70,000 a year that he will be paid As a full professor / i a. It he also will receive about $380,000 in Severance pay that had been guaranteed under his contract As presi a Dent a a a. A a murder rates break in by the associated press with nearly a month left in 1990, More Tan a dozen Large . Cities already ave broken their annual homicide re ads and others Are certain to follow in in final weeks of bloodletting. Records have fallen in Dallas Phoenix an Antonio Memphis tenn., Milwaukee Boston and new Orleans new York City recorded its 2,000th Vio int death of the year last weekend when even people were killed in one night he City had Long singe surpassed its re we of 1,905 homicides Washington a previous record of 434 homicides fell late last month making it Likely that the nations capital which has the highest per capita homicide rate would remain the murder capital As Well. Homicide records have been broken in eight of the nation s 20 largest cities. Police in those 20 cities have recorded 7,698. Homicides so far this year. Among major cities not in the top 20 in population homicide records have been broken this year in Richmond a. Providence Bridgeport Conn. And Oak. Land and Fresno Calif. The United states already More violent than any other developed nation appears to be getting More violent still. A it s often said that americans have a love affair with violence but in reality its More like a marriage Quot said James a Fox professor of criminal Justice at northeastern University in Boston. _ _ v in 1990, Young urbanite killed for drugs for clothes for Cash for Jove Fer hate and just for the hell of it. They killed friends relatives and innocent by stand Era. They turned poor neighbourhoods into virtual prisons for Law abiding citizens a a when i was Young you could play football in the Street Quot recalled Clifton Waters 36, of Milwaukee a if you bumped into someone a car you said a excuse now if you touch someone a car you gel oct. 14, a 21-year-old Man was shot to death while he sat in a car in front of Waters Home. With 156 homicides this year Milwaukee has far surpassed its previous High of 116, set in 1989. A Richmond has had a record Job homicides a statistic that has alarmed City leaders. Among the names behind the numbers is William Jordan 19, a College student who embodied the Best Hopes of his Community. He was student body president and a Star athlete at his High school and graduated at the top of his class. He was shot to death in an argument on april 16
