European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 11, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Thursday april 11,1991 a the stars and stripes b Page 7bush wings in to Honor top . Teacher Slanesville . A president Bush on wednesday honoured a Rural Reading instructor As the nations teacher of the year saying her Success marked a a proud Day. For every hard working teacher in Bush flew by helicopter to this West Virginia Community to Honor Rae Mckee As he prepared to renew a push for educational excellence that had its roots in his 1988 Campaign. Mckee who comes from a family line of educators teaches remedial Reading at Slanesville elementary school in the states Eastern Panhandle. Bush presented her with a Crystal Apple in a ceremony at the school before she accompanied him Back to Washington. He lauded her 11 years in the this is a proud Day. For every hard working teacher in America who sees the future and shapes that future every single Day that our children walk into the classroom a Bush said. He also said he would soon unveil a National education blueprint that would be a a Long term strategy to make America All that it can after visiting a second Grade classroom with Mckee Bush presented the Crystal Apple to her in an outdoor ceremony on the schools playground. Two dozen children sat on bleachers near the presidents podium each holding american flags and some shivering in the brisk air. The ceremony Over Mckee accompanied Bush aboard his Marine one helicopter Back to the White House. Bush a dogs Ranger and Millie ran up to Greet them As the president escorted Mckee off to see the Oval office. Aides said Bush who pledged As a candidate to be the a education president a would work to highlight his education Agenda in the coming weeks. He is expected soon to unveil an education package that will renew his earlier proposal to give parents More Choice on where to Send their children said the aides who spoke on condition of anonymity. The president also is reviewing a raft of other measures proposed by education Secretary Lamar Alexander that reflect a new Federal activism in Public education the aides said. The National teacher of the year promotes the profession to colleagues the business Community government officials parents and students. Mckee 33, said in Advance of Bush a visit that she Hopes to focus on literacy during the coming year and broaden Peoples definition of it to include communication skills and a knowledge of arts and technology. A you also have to realize in a also a speaker for All educators in America a she said a so my realm of inter president Bush and the new teacher of the year Rae Mckee help her 7-year-old daughter Molly left and other pupils with their Reading at Slanesville elementary school in West Virginia on wednesday. Est will very much increase beyond the things i feel important s0\i can address the concerns of my colleagues she works with students in the first through sixth grades who have Reading disabilities. Mckee said in january when she was named a finalist that she had turned Down a Chance to be a lawyer because a teaching is in my Many of her ancestors who settled in the Region in the late 1700s, were teachers. Her father was both her fifth and sixth Grade teacher As Well As the principal of the school. Having grown up in Appalachia where a the children of the poor migrant and tenant Farmers of the Region were my neighbors classmates and friends a a Mckee said she Learned valuable lessons about teaching the disadvantaged. A you need to be Able to do More than empathize with them a she need to be Able to feel the kind and know the kind of frustrations that Lead to that disability a not just the technical or clinical definition of that Reading Mckee is a graduate of Shepherd College in Shepherdstown ., and received a masters degree in clinical Reading from West Virginia University where she is working toward a second masters in educational supervision. The National teacher of the year program is sponsored by the Council of chief state school officers in partnership with encyclopaedia Britannica inc. Kennedy items traced to alleged rape victim Palm Beach Fla. A the victim of an alleged rape at the Kennedy compound took an antique urn and family photos to prove she had been there say police and a Friend who picked up the woman at the mansion afterwards. Meanwhile police chief Joseph Terlizzese said he was �?o99 percent sure a sexual assault occurred at the Seaside estate. But he said police were awaiting tests on hair and blood samples from the suspect William Kennedy Smith. A we have reasonable suspicion to believe a crime has been committed but we done to cause to make an arrest a Terlizzese said tuesday. The town Council praised its beleaguered police Force tuesday for taking a every step not to jeopardize the investigation or the rights of individuals in the Case despite Media complaints of secrecy and delays. A we want to express How pleased we Are at the departments handling of the investigation their cautious manner a said Council president Bernard Heeke. A a they be been under a lot of the alleged victim who lives in nearby Jupiter told police that Smith a 30-year-old Nephew of . Sen. Edward Kennedy assaulted her on the mansion grounds March 30. Police said she met Smith at a bar a Palm Beach nightclub earlier that evening. Smith a medical student in Washington d.c., has denied any wrongdoing. No charges have been filed. Terlizzese said the 29-year-old woman told police she had picked up an urn and other items including a Legal pad to help Back up her Story. A she wanted to prove she had been there a Anne Mercer a Friend of the woman said in wednesdays Miami Herald a \ \ a a a a. Quot Mercer who took the items to police also said in wednesdays Sun sen Tirtel a fort Lauderdale paper that she was upset Over speculation about the alleged victims motives. Javid Roth the lawyer for the alleged victim said it would be ridiculous to think his client wanted Money for the items. A if i had any concern of illegal activity i would not be defending her a he said. Mercer 32, of West Palm Beach said she was asleep when her Friend called at 4 30 . On March 30 and asked to be picked up at the estate. Mercer would not elaborate on what the woman told her that night or disclose the nature of her injuries which were treated at a Palm Beach Hospital. A i picked up a Friend in distress a Mercer said. A a that Sall i can Graham defends reagans in face of Juicy biography Washington up a evangelist Billy Graham noting he has known Ronald and Nancy Reagan nearly As Long As they be been married said tuesday that he does not believe the stories in the controversial biography of Nancy by Kitty Kelley. A a a i do not believe the stories that Are coming out of Kitty Kelley a Book that went on Sale today a Graham said in a statement released through the Billy Graham evangelistic association in Minneapolis. A i think some of them Are far-fetched.�?�. Accounts of the Simon amp schuster published Book a Nancy Reagan the unauthorized biography a have stirred interest in the books most sensationalist aspects including a claim that mrs. Reagan carried on a Romance with Singer Frank Sinatra. The Juicy biography also claims the reagans tried marijuana and accuses Reagan of not being present for the birth of his daughter Patti. A i have known the reagans since the year after their marriage and i have known them very Well a Graham said. A on easter sunday i attended Church with them and we held hands and had prayer together before and after the Graham perhaps the worlds Best known evangelist and the closest the nation has to a White House chaplain has had a special relationship with presidents a with the exception of Jimmy Carter a stretching Back to Dwight d. Eisenhower. The night after the air War against Iraq started Graham prayed with president Bush in the personal quarters of the White House. But he has also been burned by his association with presidents Graham was forced to acknowledge he might not have known Richard Nixon As Well As he thought after the a profoundly disturbing and disappointing experience of Reading transcripts of the unexpurgated Nixon on the watergate tapes. Graham acknowledged he had not yet read the Kelley Book but said he had read excerpts that have appeared in the press. A i think a great Deal of it is exaggerated and false a he said. A Ronald and Nancy have set an example of a husband and wife very much in love with each other and faithful to each other a he said adding a one of his greatest achievements was having the Wisdom and courage of choosing George Bush As his running
