European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 4, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse A it. A a. A. It a a by v by v. By a March 4, 1991 the stars and stripes a Page 9 2 teens rescued after wild storm Drain ride Atlanta apr. Two teenagers who were swept More than a mile through a sirm Drain under the Atlanta Airport by floodwaters were rescued by firefighters Early saturday morning after a frantic manhole to manhole search. A i held no Hope of them being alive a said fire battalion chief . Ellington. Daniel Singleton 19, and Mike Callahan 17, both of Hapeville had been sliding Down a storm Drain Friday evening at the Northeast tip of Hartsfield Atlanta International Airport when they were swept up in a Rush of water from a heavy downpour. A Friend who saw them disappear about 7 . Called and the search began. Ellington said firefighters studied maps of the air Jortis drainage system to find anything the two could Lave grabbed and then started a manhole to Man Bole search. ,. I told my people every opening they came to to Start hollering their names a he said a when we heard their voices. There was the two were found clinging to a scaffold in the Drain about 1 i Miles from where they disappeared. Firefighters lowered a ladder into the pipe rigged ropes and fought the current to get 250 feet farther Down current to Rescue the pair about 1 30 . Saturday a a a a a a a a 75 mushers launch quest for id Tarod Crown Anchorage Alaska a a record 75 mushers and More than 1,400 dogs began their trek saturday from downtown Anchorage to Nome under sunny skies in the 19th id Tarod Trail sled dog race. Temperatures were in the teens and .-20s, cooler than the 40-degree-plus temperatures during the week that had participants worrying about their dogs discomfort and soggy Trail conditions along the 1,163-mile route across Alaska. Four time Champion Rick Swenson was unconcerned As he surveyed his dogs before the race. A the Trail does no to matter much to the dogs. Warm weather is More conducive to the Type of race i want to run to fast races a Swenson said. Waving to fans talking to sponsors giving orders to her Crew and nuzzling with her dogs defending Champion Susan Butcher also a Foum nne Winner said Shell adjust to changing weather a but the main strategy is always to take the Best care of that dog team. To give them plenty of a the race began at 9 02 . When. Brian of Donoghue a newspaper reporter and Rookie Musher from Fairbanks sent his dogs sprinting Down fourth Street. The former wire service Photogra-5her and new York City cab Driver won Lis starting spot by lottery and wore bib no. 2 bib no. 1 is an honorary bib the other mushers and their teams followed at 2-minute intervals. Thousands of fans lined the streets and the howling and Barking of waiting dogs could be heard for blocks. The race which commemorates the historic 1925 relay of diphtheria serum to ailing Gold miners in Nome follows the Southern route this year winding across Tundra a Mountain passes Frozen Rivers and Bering sea coast. Last year id Tarod mushers faced record snows corrosive Ash from redoubt Volcano and starving Moose on the Trail. While veterans like Swenson and Butcher aimed for the $50,000 first place purse Many mushers particularly the 29 rookies would be Happy just to finish. A the placings not so important As running the race consistently and finishing in Good form a said first timer Steve Fos sett a Chicago stockbroker who travelled to the Yukon territory every Chance he got this win Crno train a team. A a in a just really excited a i can to think of anywhere else id rather defending Champion Susan Butcher and her dog team begin their trek from Anchorage. 92 Bush Quayle ticket termed lock solid by Oswald Johnston the los Angeles times Washington a the persian Gulf War May have turned military generals into Domestic heroes and re drawn the political map for 1992, but one thing is a clock solid a vice president Dan Quayle a a place on the gop ticket White House chief of staff John h. Sununu said saturday. In a televised interview Sununu dashed speculation that president Bush might dump Quayle As his running mate next year and replace him with Gen. Colin l. Powell who As chairman of the joint chiefs of staff presided Over operation desert storm. Powell a has indicated to a number of us that head like to be considered for another stint As chairman of the joint chiefs a Sununu said in response to a question on in no a Evans and Novak program. A a Bush Quayle ticket is a lock solid ticket in 1992,v the former new Hampshire governor added. A the president has made it Clear on other occasions that it is a solid Sununu conceded that formal discussion of naming Powell to another two year term As chairman of the joint chiefs has not taken place. A but i can to imagine that that would not Hap pen Quot lie said. Powell 53, became chairman a in october 1989. The term runs for two years with two renewal options. Sununu was guarded in projecting the effect the persian Gulf Victory will have on Senate and House races in 1992. Invited to join Republican political operatives in predicting a dire political Fate for democrats who voted against authorizing Mili Sununu at first seemed to Quayle against Iraq tary action demur. R a i done to think its i agree a he said. Then he added a i think the democrats Are afraid that the country agrees., it will not be an Issue from the White House but i can to believe the candidates. As they go through a list of what they want to talk about will not include that on their Ledger. I think the democrats arc afraid that it May be a productive meanwhile Secretary of defense Dick Cheney in a separate interview found himself addressing an even More Remote political horizon the possibility of a Che. Ney Powell or Powell Cheney ticket for the presidency in 1996. _ a Well Colin and ill sit Down and have that debate in �?T95. We Haven to worried about it yet a Cheney replied to a question posed on in no a news maker saturday program. / a a we re Busy a we re Busy doing the jobs the presidents asked us to do a Cheney added prompting the interviewer to later conclude that Cheney did not a Rule out the speculation. A a a it a always flattering to be thought of in those terms a Cheney said a but both of us have our hands full right Oakland Calif. Up California democrats found themselves on the defensive saturday As they assembled for their first major conclave since the Quick Allied Victory in the persian Gulf War. They had plenty to worry about president Bush a popularity is soaring democratic registration is ebbing and no Strong National candidates have emerged to Challenge the Republican president in 1992. R a the crisis of our own democratic party is me re acute than Ever a outgoing state party chairman Jerry Brown said in a speech to 23,000 delegates to the California democratic state convention. Brown and other party leaders made it. Clear they Are eager for the nations attention to turn from the euphoria of Vic tory Over Iraq to economic concerns like recession and a tax system they say favors the Rich. A these polls go up and Down a said National party chairman Ron Brown reflecting on Bush a High approval rating. A they ought to be High now. America ought to be rallying around its commander in chief coming out of a decisive Victory. As the debate changes the numbers will the convention had been scheduled to debate a number of resolutions relating to the War but most have been rendered moot by the Allied Victory. Instead the focus was on candidates lining up to. Run for an unprecedented two . Senate seats in 1992. One of the candidates is Jerry Brown the one time govenor who took a sabbatical from politics after his defeat in the 1982 Senate Campaign. Brown is resigning As state party chair Man two years into a four year term despite a Promise in 1989 to finish his Eric before seeking another office. A after two years of nuts and bolts in a tired of it a Brown said. A a it a not my Best suit and id rather speak my a within the past year democratic registration in California has fallen below 50 percent for the first time in three decades. California is Pivotal to the party a Success nationally. After picking up seven congressional seats because of population growth the Golden state will have 10 percent of the electoral votes in the 1992 presidential election. _ _ Brown who ran a presidential Campaign in 1980, is running for a six year team to replace sen. Alan Cranston who is retiring. Other candidates include reps. Robert Matsui of Sacramento and Barbara Boxer of Greenbrae in Marin county North of san Francisco. Both wooed delegates at the convention. Dianne Feinstein former san Francisco mayor who last year narrowly lost the governorship to fete Wilson is challenging sen. John Seymour who Wilson appointed to replace himself. Notably absent from the convention was rep. Mel Levine of los Angeles who is also a candidate
