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    European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 21, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 a the stars and stripes sunday april 21.1991 Philadelphia up a Boss who used his Secretary s name to buy plane tickets for a trip with his Lover and then gave the Secretary a Job to his Girlfriend was named the bad Boss of 1991 Friday by the women a Alliance for Job. Equity. Alliance executive director Robin Robinowitz said the 1991 crop of bad Bosses was worse than the 1990 winners which included the Boss who asked his Secretary to spot pickups in a bar for him and then Alert him by Beeper. The worst Boss was nominated by medical Secretary Evelyn Lipschutz. Her Boss used her name to buy plane tickets fora getaway with his Girlfriend. The plane crashed and the pair ended up in a local Hospital the Alliance said. The Bossy a wife Learned of the affair and sued for divorce. Then lips Chutzu a Boss fired her so his Lover could have her Job the Alliance said. Second place Winner went to Tracy Salamone a diagnostic technician whose recently married Boss asked her to Supply a urine Sample on behalf of his wife so he could get a lower Premium on her life insurance the Alliance said. The Boss a smoker got a Friend to provide his Sample for the same purpose. A a it a disgusting that women still have to endure these outrageous non Job related duties a Robino vivit said a a a / a / Quot a a a a. A a other bad Bosses included one who had his office administrator pick lice from his head then go to the drug store and get Medicine and apply it. Another had his Secretary Type and sign his name to a letter to his Girlfriend prior to their ski trip in which he warned that the mountainous Altitude would make him tired and unable to perform adequately in bed. Robinowitz said the women who had to put up with bad Bosses would be honoured at special ceremonies tuesday during  hit hard by base closing study finds Champaign Iii. Up a the Mere announcement that a military base is closing can have a major economic Impact on the bases Host Community according to preliminary results from a new University of Illinois study. The University a Bureau of economic and business research has been monitoring the Shock Waves in Rantoul 111., since the defense department announced in 1988 it would close nearby Chanute fab. While other studies have taken a a a snapshot look at towns that have lost bases this is the first research that will follow a Host Community from the closure announcement to the actual closing said researcher Robert Hartwig. Hartwig and other researchers take the economic temperature of Rantoul twice a year by interviewing business and Community leaders and measuring the Progress of local merchants. He said the City of 17,000 has already changed significantly since the announcement even though Chanute has lost Only 125 of its 7,600 military personnel civilian employees and dependents. A the Economy has begun a process of adjustment that will continue for Many years a Hartwig said. Although Chanute will not completely close until 1993, the first two years of the Multi year Survey indicate Rantoul has already lost retail sales Revenue housing occupancy and tax Money. At least 13 businesses have closed their doors since the town got the bad news. Half of its financial institutions and one third of its professional businesses and contractors have reported reduced earnings Hartwig said. A a a a a a a a they re riot drastic changes but they Are Large enough to induce decreased employment a he said More than 86 military installations nationwide were on the Federal governments hit list in 1988. Defense Secretary Dick Cheney unveiled a second round of base closings april 12 As part of continuing plans to downsize the nations armed services. Previous defense department studies have indicated that communities have lost bases and recovered without any ill effects. Hartwig said those surveys looked at the towns As Long As 20 years after the closings and did not measure How the towns coped with the lost jobs or How Long it took them to recover. Innovative school District has to file for bankruptcy Oakland Calif. A a debt Ridden school District once praised As a Leader in education Reform filed for bankruptcy Protection Friday illustrating the dilemma schools face in trying to balance High ideals with recessionary  a a a the bankruptcy court filing by the Richmond unified school District seeks to have the remainder of its Cash spent to make an april 30 payroll and asks the court to give the District time to reorganize and get a $29 million bailout loan from the state. The. 31,000-student District with schools in seven san Francisco Bay area cities will shut Down May 1, six weeks Early until fall without the bailout. Three years ago the District was basking in Praise from the White House for spending about $27 million to hire new teachers and Load schools with computers in a daring school Choice plan. Other districts including those Oyer seeing schools in Toledo Ohio arid Rochester n.y., have faced similar budgetary problems after enacting innovative and often costly programs in the 1980s a although their financial woes Are nowhere near As severe As the Richmond District. The san Jose unified school District the Only other California District to petition for bankruptcy Protection filed in 1983 but eventually settled labor problems and avoided the process. Woman delivers i Chicago a a _ woman has carried a baby to full term after its doomed twin was removed in fetal surgery a succession of events doctors believe is unprecedented. A this is an exciting time a or. Norman Ginsberg of the Illinois masonic medical Center said Friday after doctors delivered a girl by caesarean Section. �?o1 think its opening a new Frontier. We now potentially have the capacity to treat the two fetuses As separate Dividu als. Before one always suffered the problems of the other one. If we had to deliver one before term we had to deliver the other one at the same time. The Mother Debbie Dobosz 32, of Chicago called her 6-Pound-l 1-ounce daughter Melissa a a Miracle  Dobosz underwent surgery three months ago to remove a fetus that lacked a heart and relied on the blood Supply of its Normal  nations meet crazy horse Bison a Cheyenne Indian from Regina Saskatchewan Canada dances during the grand entry at the eighth gathering of nations pow wow being held at University Arena in Albuquerque . The two Day event was expected to draw 2,000 american Indian dancers and singers representing More than 300 tribes throughout the United states and  first held in Texas governor claims Elpaso Texas apr gov. Ann Richards is inviting her counterpart in Massachusetts to a thanksgiving feast a Texas style Richards sighed a proclamation Friday that declares april 28 a a Day of Celebration and commemoration of the first True thanksgiving in the United  she a not talking Turkey. Since 1988, a group of history buffs have re enacted the arrival of Spanish explorer Juan de Onate on the Banks of the Rio Grande. Onates arrival in what is now Texas occurred nearly a Quarter of a Century before the pilgrims landed at Plymouth Rock. Massachusetts gov. William f. Weld was out of state Friday and his press Secretary Ray Howell said welds office had not yet received Richards invitation. Onate son of a Spanish Noble family reached the Rio Grande Valley in 1598 after an arduous trek from Santa Barbara Mexico. Santa Barbara is about 350 Miles South of Ciudad Juarez Mexico across the Border from Elpaso. Many of the 500 colonists who accompanied Onate Are said to have died during the trek that included a journey through the relentless chihuahuas desert. So when they reached the Rio Grande now the Bor Der Between the United states and Mexico Onate issued a proclamation claiming the land for Spain. Ten Days after the Spanish colonists arrived at the River Onate ordered everyone to put on their Best clothes and prepare a huge feast. According to the writings of Gaspar Perez Villagra who recorded the journey the colonists staged a play and offered prayers As a Symbol of gratitude to god for their Safe arrival said Sheldon Hall president of the Mission Trail association. The feast and play took place in what is now san Elizario a Community on the Southern outskirts of Elpaso  
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