European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 4, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 a the stars and stripes thursday Friday july 4/5, 1991 gop retains seat in House a a s. After special Illinois election Champaign Iii. A Republican Thomas Ewing swept to Victory in an election to Complete . Agriculture Secretary de Madigan a term in Congress. The Republican lawyer received 25,675 votes or 66 percent to Democrat Gerald Bradley a 13,011 votes or 34 percent in a special election tuesday. A you have to be kind of humbled by this kind of support a said Ewing a member of the state House since 1975. Ewing 55, kept his Victory Celebration Brief to allow himself time to return to the state leg suture which is wrangling Over a budget. Madigan left the House earlier this year to join president Bush s Cabinet. Ewing will serve the remaining is months of Madigan s term then could face re election in a District with new. Boundaries because of redistricting. The District stretches from the suburbs South of Chicago to Springfield and Champaign Urbana. Bradley a 63-year-old former state legislator and owner of a tent and awning company had hoped to tap democratic pockets of strength in the gop dominated District. Ewing said his priorities include serving on the House agriculture committee where Madigan had been a Strong spokesman for Illinois Farmers and supporting presidential line item veto authority and a balanced budget amendment. Both candidates opposed abortion but agreed on Little else. Thomas Ewing talks to supporters Florence Anderson left and Peggy Rulison. Bradley favored mandatory unpaid leave so employees could Deal with family emergencies and child rearing. He also wanted to ban the. Use of permanent replacement workers during strikes. Ewing opposed both ideas. Voter turnout was estimated at less than 10 percent in some counties to More than 20 percent in others. Ewing estimated he would spend More than $250,000 on the Campaign. Bradley said he spent $40,000 to $50,000. Shark mauls Man surfing in California Davenport Calif. A a surfer survived a shark attack that left him badly mauled but Able to paddle his Board 150 Yards to Shore. A a in a amazed a said capt. David Briggs of the Davenport fire and Rescue squad. A a that a one Tough  Eric Larsen 32. A Sunnyvale computer Engineer was surfing monday morning when a Large shark attacked pulling him underwater three times. Larsen told witnesses he escaped Only by wrenching the beast s Mouth open and pulling his. Arm out of its jaws. Larsen managed to clutch his Board and make it to the Beach trailing blood and wondering whether the shark was in Pursuit. A i heard somebody Yelling and i a could see him Down on the Beach a said Ben Burdette 16. A the was Cut up  Burdette and his Mother Michelle called 911 from their Home. They wrapped Larsen a arms and legs in towels to Stop the bleeding. Larsen an expert Snow skier with training in first Aid told the Burdette where to apply pressure. He told them to keep him awake at All costs. He underwent More than 10 hours of surgery at dominican Hospital and was in stable condition tuesday. Half of teens lacks Basic Job skills it study says Washington apr the Bush administration said tuesday that half of America s teen agers Are ill equipped to enter the work Force because schools have failed to train them adequately in such Job related skills As planning teamwork and decision making. A if we done to teach these skills these kids Are going to have dead end jobs from now on a said William Brock a former labor Secretary who headed a commission on preparing the nations teen agers for future jobs. The commission which reported to labor Secretary Lynn Martin suggested that parents businesses and schools All push to make a Young persons aptitude for making judgment Calls and dealing with other people As much a part of his or her education As Reading and writing. Schools would be under no mandate to change their curriculum Martin noted and the authority to do so would be left at the local level. The report did not recommend any new taxpayer support for the suggested curriculum changes. But a it really does no to Cost a dime to teach physics in a Way that forces people to learn How to reason a Brock said although he added that Overall he thought the nations educational system needed More Money. Bella Rosenberg of the american federation of teachers commended the reports goals but questioned the Bush administration s failure to commit Money to the Effort. A people Are not going to read this report and suddenly say Eureka i now know what to  these things Cost Money a she said. Teacher training new textbooks and materials and tests for evaluating Job related skills would All add up to a substantial investment she said. The one year study by the Secretary a commission on achieving necessary skills Drew upon educators state Public officials business people and Union leaders. It identified five a a competencies that children must master to have a workplace  those Are a resources allocating time Money materials space and staff. A interpersonal skills working on teams teaching others serving customers leading negotiating and working Well with people from culturally diverse backgrounds. A information acquiring and processing data including file management and computer literacy. A a a systems understanding social organizational and technological systems monitoring and correcting performance and designing or improving systems. A technology selecting equipment and tools applying technology to specific tasks and trouble shooting  also need a foundation that stresses making decisions solving problems and reasoning the report said. Singer can t draw paying customers Hampton a. A Whitney Houston who gave a free concert in the area on easter sunday found considerably less interest when people had to pay. Dimensions unlimited on tuesday cancelled Houston a Friday night concert at the Hampton coliseum. Only 2,500 of 10,000 tickets were sold said Alysia Taylor spokeswoman for the promoter. A i think it Hurt us really badly that people got to see Whitney for free a few months ago Quot she said. Houston a easter concert at Nas Norfolk was carried on Home Box office. Suggested ers. It identified five a a competencies that children port said. A a . Agencies accused of ignoring cyanide shipments made to Iraq new York apr an iraqi Busi Ferric Ferrocyanide,.�?Tfrom which pure by Lieve now that 2,000 pounds were taken Nessman who built a chemical weapons Anide can be extracted. Out of the  new York a an iraqi businessman who built a chemical weapons factory in Libya erected a Plant in Florida that produced cyanide later shipped to Iraq Abc reported. The production and shipment of the cyanide a which could be used in weapons a went on even though a Cia source and two whistle blowers warned . Government agencies night line reported tuesday night. The scheme began when Ihsan bar Bouti the iraqi owner of a German company that built a chemical weapons Plant in Libya financed a plan to build a factory in Boca Raton fla., that would extract Cherry Flavouring from Apricot pits. Nightlife said Barboutis was interested because a byproduct of the process was Ferric Ferrocyanide from which pure cyanide can be extracted. During the construction a former Barboutis employee and a Security expert told government agencies a including the Cia Fri and customs service a that Barboutis was building a Plant that could produce chemical weapons according to nightlife. Despite their warnings the government did not step in nightlife reported. The Plant was completed in late 1988 and cyanide was shipped to Iraq the program said. A i know that we Are missing approximately seven empty Drums from our Plant a said Louis champon Developer of the flavor extraction process. A i be Lieve now that 2,000 pounds were taken out of the  the Drums were taken by truck to Houston shipped to Baltimore then packed in a Container and marked As personal property of a Diplomat making it off limits to inspection by customs agents the report said. The Container was shipped to Rotterdam transferred to a ship that went to Jordan then taken by truck to Iraq the report said. The cyanide compound was to be used in the trial manufacture of nerve Gas nightlife said. If those tests succeeded Iraq could develop the technology to produce a chemical weapon from fruit pits according to he program