European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 24, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Wednesday april 24, 1991. The stars and stripes a Page 5 goof adds to woes of americans stamp series the Washington Post Washington the postal service on monday acknowledged a printing error that could necessitate the destruction of 300 million Stamps intended to Honor former vice president Hubert a Humphrey. The error which could Cost $500,000 if the Stamps have to be reprinted involves a Date that is part of a biographical sketch of Humphrey printed along the margin of 100-stamp sheets. Postal service spokesman prank Thomas said officials will decide perhaps this week if the Black and White 52-cent Stamps go on Sale As planned june 3. The problem is the latest of several to plague the a great americans Quot series which serves As the regular or non commemorative stamp stocked by most of the nations 40,000 Post offices. Postal officials angered Congress previously by allowing two of the Stamps to be printed in Canada. Now the Humphrey stamp has been printed in the United states with what Thomas called a an out and out the Stamps a which show a portrait of Humphrey his name and the words a vice president a contain no errors Thomas said. But the 100-stamp sheets have in their margins a biographical note that includes the observation that a from 1964 to 1969, he served As 38th . Vice president Quot Humphrey was elected vice president in november 1964 with president l Lyndon b. Johnson but did not fake office until Jan. 20, 1965. His term ran until Jan. 20, 1969. Thomas said postal officials did not discover the error until officials in the stamp product development Branch were preparing news releases on the new Issue. He said the error was Quot just an oversight Quot by a worker who mistook the Date of 1 Lumphrey s election for the Start of his term. Postmaster general Anthony m. Frank ordered the biographical notes printed on the margins of the great americans series after receiving complaints last year that postal clerks were unable to identify some of them. Humphrey a Liberal Democrat who died of cancer in .1978,-served As Gunvor of Minneapolis and was elected to four terms in the Senate. Pc is the 4sih per son to be honoured in the a great americans Quot series. A a a a the stamp is being issued to cover the Price of mailing a 2-Ouncc, first class letter under Pew postage Rales that became effective feb. 3. Its release in Minneapolis will be celebrated in ceremonies at tie Hubert h. Humphrey Institute of the University of Minnesota a a a a a on to train carrying toxic soil Sumter . A Greenpeace protesters on monday locked themselves to a train carrying 2,400 tons of soil contaminated in a Michigan Accident the latest move against the search for a site to dispose of the toxic cargo. Greenpeace believes the dirt should be returned to Michigan and not dumped on unsuspecting communities by Cox transportation co. The firm having moved the train through at least six other states is searching for a Landfill to accept the tainted soil. The 32-car train pulled out of Sumter after authorities broke the Handcuffs and a Chain used by the environmental activists. The three were arrested and charged with trespassing along with three other Greenpeace members who climbed atop the train to hoist a protest Banner. All six were freed on bail. The soil was contaminated by acrylic acid that was spilled when a train derailed in july 1989 near Freeland Mich. The chemical was bound for midlands Dow chemical co. And Dow Corning corp. In Michigan. Most of the acid burned in a subsequent fire. Cox excavated soil around the derailment site after learning the ground was contaminated. The Cox train has travelled through Michigan Ohio West Virginia Kentucky Tennessee and North Carolina in search of a place to dispose of the dirt. Acrylic acid is a flammable substance that can cause severe burning of skin and eyes and might cause birth defects. Three Greenpeace activists near Sumter ., try to prevent the departure of the train carrying toxic soil. In the stars and stripes 10yearsago april 24,1981 a sporadic rioting broke out in Belfast As Bernadette Devlin Maliskey warned that a the Wrath of the people will be vented Quot if convicted guerrilla Leader Bobby Sands Dies while on a hunger strike in Northern Ireland Maze prison. 20years ago april 24,1971 a the soviet spaceship soyuz 10 circled the Earth with three men aboard spearheading the country a drive to build the first orbiting space station. 30years ago april 24,1961 a a 23-year-old East Berlin Man swam across a waterway in escaping to West Berlin. Border police jumped into the water from a pursuing communist patrol boat but failed to subdue the Man. 40years ago april 24,1951 a . Farces in Korea yielded ground in bitter fighting under chinese pressure As the Long heralded Spring offensive got underway. Communist forces despite a a phenomenal Quot losses pressed on through the night driving two wedges into . Lines. Accord reached in rebel Flag suit Greenville . A parents who sued a school District Over its dress code that bans the wearing of Confederate flags settled for a delayed Victory. Under provisions of an omit of court settlement students will be allowed to Wear the flags after May 31, graduation Day at James f. Byrnes High school. More than 100 students were suspended last month for w earing flags to school. The ban was instituted in 1970 to avoid offending Black students. Students said their protest Over the Flag was not racially motivated they simply wanted to show Pride in their Southern heritage. But school officials said racial problems sparked by the protest persist including disrespectful treatment of a Black teacher. Against Spartanburg county a school District 5, under the settlement suspended students will have the suspensions removed from their records. Students and parents won the right to Wear the Flag but they also got a lecture from . District judge g. Loss Anderson. �?o1 done to think any of you have the right to taunt Blacks or any other race Quot Anderson said. A if that Confederate Flag is a Symbol of racism to the Blacks then put it Anderson also said Federal courts should not have to waste time settling school disputes. �?o1 done to want to see this come up anymore Quot he said. Andersons comments gave the Victory a sour taste one student said. A the Only saw one Side Quot said Kell parents had filed a class action suit Oliver 17, a Junior at Byrnes. Quot if you Eny ask me he a the racist.�?�. Mark Hayes an attorney for the school District said the settlement affirmed the districts right to protect the education process. A a they can do what a Best for the students a Hayes said. Students at Byrnes held several Days of boisterous protests outside the school in Early March. The protests began when about 10 students were asked to leave school grounds after they refused to remove flags they were wearing. The display of Confederate paraphernalia was banned on the grounds it could inflame racial tensions and disrupt education. The ban came after Black and while students negotiated an agreement that allowed the school Mascot to remain a rebel but removed the Confederate Battle Flag As a Symbol. Court asked to bar judge for Homo remark Washington a a Federal appeals court on monday was a ked to order a judge who called a homosexual plaintiff a Homo Quot in court to remove him from a Case in which a Cadet has challenged the . Naval Academy Over his dismissal. Attorneys for Joseph c. Steffan asked the . Court of appeals for the District of Columbia circuit to take . District judge Oliver Gusch off the Case. The judge refused to step aside saving on april 12 mat his a get of the word a Homo Quot on three occasions during a March 6 hearing did not mean he was biased. He said he did not intend any offence. But Stella no a attorneys contended in court papers that if a judge is allowed to handle a Case when he has used a word considered offensive by the minority group involved a the inevitable result will be to undermine the Confidence of minority groups in the ability and willingness of the judiciary to safeguard their rights to due process and equal Protection of the government attorneys have contended that Gusch did not show specific Bias against Steffan. They contend that the plaintiff must prove the judge had personal Bias because he stated he was a homosexual Steffan was dismissed from the naval Academy six weeks before he was to graduate in 1987. He was not accused of homosexual conduct. He is challenging the policy of the armed forces that bans homosexuals from service
