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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 30, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 b the stars and Stripe tuesday july 30, 1991deserf storm was Moonstruck researcher says Delray Beach Fla. Up the same lunar forces that made Woodstock Mellow also helped the Pentagon plan the desert storm invasion said an Amateur scientist studying the Moons effect on human be Avoir. Researcher Jeff Warren reasons that if the Moons pull on the Earth is Strong enough to create tides in the Ocean then it must be Strong enough to affect people As Well. After All he noted people Are made up of at least 90 percent water. A this is a whole science that is uncharted a Warren said. A it is time we took lunar behavioural science out of the  Warren 43, publishes a monthly newsletter called moonscape. According to a sunday report in the fort Lauderdale Sun Sentinel he has developed a system he says can predict when peo ple Are More Likely to be energetic or tired when they might suffer from insomnia and when its a Good time to travel or even take a honeymoon. He presents a forecast for each Day of the month charting the daily period when the Moons forces Are at their Peak and suggesting what effect those forces might have on humans. . Officials will never admit it but the Pentagon timed both the air and ground wars in the Middle East to correspond with the Best possible lunar cycles Warren said. A we done to have any comment on that probably not that anyone would be willing to admit it anyway a the Sun Sentinel quoted a Pentagon spokesman As saying. Warren identifies the Days people will feel tired Days they should watch their health and a Span of Days when they Are More Likely to be impulsive or exhibit explosive behaviour. Knowledge of lunar forces and the resulting Energy Levels can provide a critical Edge to people involved in competitive or risky ventures he said. Stockbrokers salespeople and even soldiers use it he said. Warren said his Moon science is helpful in plotting Romance As Well As War. A generally speaking if you see a Moon in the sky before Midnight it Means Romance. If you see a Moon after Midnight go. Home a Warren said. The Moons influence on human emotions is Well documented in love songs Warren said. A there Are hundreds of songs that refer to the Moon. We  ignore this raw data a he said. Warren suggests in the july moonscape that the planners of the Woodstock Rock concert in 1969 also took advantage of the lunar forces to help ensure mellowness a remember the song aquarius he said. A a a when the Moon is in the seventh House four to seven Days after the full Moo then peace will guide the  a while some research suggests Warrens theories Are baseless other studies support his views. In 1978, Miami psychiatrist Arnold Lieber wrote a Book the lunar effect detailing his research into the Moons effects on humans. He examined homicides in Dade county during a 15-year period and found marked increases during times of the full and new Moons. Warren said Many people Are ignorant of the Moons effects on them because americans Are basically a lunar  1955, teacher opened chapter on integration Monticello by. Apr thirty six years ago Marie Blevins arrived at a run Down one room school in Southern Kentucky to find six Black children sitting atop a Coal pile clutching their Lundi pails. She did no to know it at the time but she became the first educator in Kentucky perhaps in the nation to teach at  integrated Public school. A the Only thing i knew was i was scared a Blevins 75, said last week. A everybody was scared. I Lay awake the whole night before. The whole 16-mile drive to school i wondered what i was going to  at the Griffin school in Wayne county on july 18, 1955, Blevins started the Day off with a song a Jesus loves the Little children All the Little children in the world. Red and yellow Black and White they Are precious in his sight Jesus loves the Little children of the  the next Day reporters turned their attention from racially tense cities in Alabama and Mississippi to descend upon the Rural school and its 53 students in first through eighth grades. Word spread that the tiny school had apparently become the first to implement reforms mandated by the . Supreme court the previous year in the Brown is. Topeka Board of education decision. The Griffin school has since been torn Down. All six Black children who first attended were Brothers and Sisters. Two have died. Nelson Stonewall 47, was 11 when he and his Brothers and Sisters became a part of history. A i Felt great about it. 1 still do Quot he said. Because Wayne county ran its school year from july to february the school is believed to have put desegregation into effect about a month ahead of thousands of other schools across the country. Blevins 39 at the time was asked to take the school when its original teacher requested reassignment after learning it would be integrated. Blevins also declined at first but later agreed. A i thought somebody ought to do it Quot she said. A finally i thought i would  the school was spared the violence and hatred that flared in the deep South As schools integrated. A the children knew Well any resentment could not be shown in the schoolroom a Blevins said. A there was no name calling. The first few Days it seemed the other children were a Little Distant but from then on they were just other Little boys and  news reports produced letters from across the country. Most sent Money to refurbish the Small building that had no electricity. New desks a new front door a new chalkboard a coat closet and even a radio were purchased. Blevins received Only one hate letter from a segregationist in Eastern Kentucky. The Stonewall children who had been educated at Home flourished. A they were Good students. They were excited about being in a real school a she said. A they had never written on a chalkboard never eaten lunch in  Blevins remains in Contact with the stonewalls. A in a proud of what we did a she said a at a Little on he a a room school  Marie Blevins was scared before integration began. A Indiana inmate caught 22 years after escape Indianapolis up a woman who escaped from prison 22 years ago May have to serve some time for her original crime but will not face escape charges authorities say. Marion county prosecutor Jeffrey Modisett said sunday that he decided to drop the escape charge against Mary Louise Wright 41. A Given her age at the time of the offence her apparently crime free life Over the last 22 years and Given the Overall unique circumstances of this Case there is no compelling reason to attempt to add to that sentence with additional charges a he said. Wright jumped the Indiana women a prison Fence in May 1969 at age 19 while serving a sentence for assault and Battery on a nurse at the Indiana girls school. Wright continued to reside and work in Indianapolis after her escape. A state trooper captured her thursday after stopping her for a faulty Brake Light. A routine computer Check turned up the warrant for her arrest on a charge of escape. Modisett said Wright Likely will have to serve out her original sentence of one year to 10 years. Such indeterminate sentences no longer Are imposed under Indiana Law. So the term must be calculated under a new Law and probably will be at least 10 months he said. Wright had served about two months of her original sentence when she fled. She now is in Marion county jail awaiting Transfer to the department of correction. The state parole Board must decide whether she will finish her original sentence said Andrew j. Fogle attorney for the department. Wrights attorney Jacob Tanga said he planned to petition the parole Hoard monday for clemency. Tanga said the Mother of six and grandmother of three already had suffered for 22 years a looking behind her every  lbs considers cancelling pee wee Herman reruns Sarasota Fla. Apr lbs says it is weighing whether to drop reruns of pee weeks playhouse after the Star of the children s show was arrested on charges of indecent exposure in an adult movie theater. Paul Reubens the 38-year-old actor who became a Star As the nerdy pee wee Herman was arrested Friday after an undercover officer saw him masturbate in the theater sheriffs officers said. He was freed on $219 bail. The emmy winning show was cancelled in april but reruns Are scheduled through August said Ann Morfogen lbs vice president of Media relations. She said the network would decide monday whether to drop the reruns if convicted Reubens could get up to two months in jail and a $500 Fine arraignment was set for aug. 9. A three other people were arrested separately for the same offence at the theater which was showing Nancy nurse. Turn up the heat and Tiger shark. Reubens grew up in Sarasota and his parents still live in the City. He lives in studio City Calif. His attorney Dan Dannheiser said the actor had no comment. Reubens had earlier brushes with the Law the Sarasota Herald Tribune reported monday. According to sheriffs records he was arrested in 1983 by an undercover officer for allegedly loitering outside an adult film theater and Bookstore. The state attorneys office declined to press charges. In 1971, he was arrested in Sarasota for Possession of marijuana. A judge withheld a formal finding of guilt and placed him on two years probation. Reubens developed the character of pee wee Herman with his Cherry red lips Skinny Bow ties and shrunken �?T50s-style suits As a comedian with the los Angeles  group the groundings in in addition to his to show Reubens starred in the movies pee Wees big adventure and big top pee wee. At first the character was More risque than the one he has played since an Hob show popularized pee wee in 1982 and lbs picked it up. The original character for example would look up girls skirts with mirrors attached to his shoes  
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