European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 21, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday february 21,1991 the stars and stripes Page 5 War in the Gulf red Cross peace sculpture an unidentified Man walks past a Sand illustration of praying action is inscribed a Spray for peace Quot and was created by Sand hands on Texas South padre Island. The Flag Deco rated Ere sculptor Walter Mcdonald a resident of the Island. Flo. Traffic signs drawn into Battle Over War a Gainesville Fla. Up the War of words Over the persian Gulf War has spread to include traffic signs and City officials Arentt Happy about it. About a week after the War started vandals began altering traffic signs to deliver Antiwar messages adding words such As a a War after Stop and a War is before dead end to create peace messages. A v a it took some time but pro War painters finally retaliated. A recent wave of vandalism has seen the addition of the word a a Iraq at the Bottom of Stop signs. City officials estimated monday that about 100 signs have been damaged. Some can be fixed with a Little paint twin Sands of time Ner but others will have to be replaced at a Cost of up to $30 each. Its not so much he expense however As the threat to Public safety that has officials bothered. A. A a Stop sign is a serious sign because it controls rights of Way a said City traffic Engineer Brian kanely. A without a Stop sign someone could be broadside and serious injury or damage could  kanely said signs that have been so obliterated As to create a traffic Hazard Are replaced immediately. Others will be left alone until the War is Over and then repaired atone time. I a a it a More Cost effective to replace or repair them in bulk a said kanely. I normally traffic signs last Between seven and 10 years kanely said. Signs that Are merely cleaned with thinner will have their useful life reduced because the material damages the reflective material laminated to the signs Bare Metal. A if Only a few signs Are destroyed the Cost can be absorbed a he said. A but if the numbers pile up the Cost Njust be borne by taxpayers. A defacing Public property is a criminal mischief Misdemeanour punishable by a Small Fine. Police said there have been no arrests a or even any complaints a so far associated with the sign paintings. $30 million Washington a the american red Gross announced its biggest wartime fund raising Effort since world War ii on tuesday and said former president Reagan will head the Campaign to raise $30 million for persian Gulf War troops and their families and victims of the War. Red Cross president Elizabeth Dole who joined the red Cross in january after serving As Secretary of labor said the organization has 114 staff members near the front lines in saudi Arabia and the number soon will increase to 154. Reagan in a television Appeal shown at a news conference in Doles office said a your men and women in desert. Storm need our support. So do others in the Gulf caught in the War. A members of the armed forces their families refugees and other victims of War Are counting on the red  Dole showed reporters a $1,000 Check from president Bush that she said was the first contribution to the fund. A this Campaign will be the biggest wartime fund raising Effort the american red Cross has undertaken since world War ii when the organization sought $50 million a Dole said. She said $20 million of the Money would go to support . Armed forces and their families and $10 million would go to International Relief. The announcement came As the head of the iraqi red Crescent society or. Ibrahim Al Nouri appealed in Baghdad for food and Medicine to feed iraqis and Ward off disease. Dole said she had not heard of the red Crescent Appeal but added Quot obviously the red Cross is a humanitarian organization. We arc a Neutral organization.�?�. A a a a she said the red Cross is shipping hundreds of pints of blood a week to the. Gulf and is prepared to ship As Many As 7,000 pints a week. An official said contributions in Europe May be sent to american red Cross Gulf crisis Campaign european area Headquarters Apo 09154.in the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. Feb. 21, 1951 a defense Secretary George c. Marshall said in a speech that the army a had a very difficult time in finding 12,000 men this month to be sent to Korea As replacements for Battle casualties and the sick and injured.30 years ago today. Feb. 21, 1961 a president Kennedy asked Congress to authorize a five year $5.6-billion program of Grants and Loans to build Public schools raise teachers pay and increase College opportunities. Quot �?�20 years ago today. Feb. 21, 1971 a a Force of 3,000 North vietnamese besieged a South vietnamese outpost inside Laos with heavy artillery and tanks. Field reports said South vietnamese casualties were a a immense and that survivors were Short of food.70 years ago today. Feb. 21,1981 a the commander of the . Army in Europe Gen. Frederick Kroesen told a Senate panel that 15 years of cutbacks have created a a hollow army that cannot by guaranteed to sustain itself in combat. Mass. Man sets himself afire in apparent Gulf War protest Amherst mass. Up a a Man who immolated himself in an apparent protest against the persian Gulf War was it 30jyear-old part time schoolteacher with no known connection to the Antiwar movement police said tuesday. Gregory d. Levey of Amherst the son of a Boston Globe columnist was identified by state police following an autopsy of the charred body by a state pathologist earlier in the Day. Levey who police said was single and lived alone walked onto the Amherst common monday afternoon poured As much As 2 Gallons of paint thinner Over his body and then set himself ablaze with a match according to witnesses. A sign Reading a peace a with Leveye a Drivers License taped to it was found near his body. A a stunned bypasses tried to smother the flames with Coats and a Blanket. Moments later a policeman doused the flames with a fire extinguisher. It was believed to be the first incident of self immolation in the country since the persian Gulf War began Jan. 16. The town common has been the scene of almost weekly Antiwar protests since the Gulf War began. There were no demonstrations at the time however and police said Levey apparently acted alone. Levey was the son of the Globe food critic Robert Levey and the Stepson of Globe syndicated columnist Ellen Goodman the newspaper said. A spokesman for the Globe said the newspaper would have no other statement on the death saying it was a a private matter.�?�. The autopsy performed in Springfield by or. Laren Mednick showed Levey suffocated in the fireball which engulfed him a state police spokesman said. Levey a 1984 Graci uate of the University of Massachusetts was a substitute teacher at the Hampshire educational collaborative police said. He had no known connections with any of the Antiwar groups in Amherst to Amherst or Hampshire colleges located there or to the 25,000-student University authorities said. State trooper Jay Bowman said investigators searched Leveye a Kendrick place apartment after the incident but said they found no indication he was plan Ning to kill himself. Nor did they uncover any evidence that Levey had mentioned his plan to friends or relatives Bowman said. A woman who was arrested on the common when she tried to place an Evergreen a a peace Branch on the site of the immolation was arraigned tuesday in Northampton District court on charges of trespassing and disorderly conduct. An innocent plea was entered on behalf of Pamela Jeffreys 42, of Amherst