European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 5, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 10 c the stars and stripes thursday september 5, 1991 baby Bushes irk some arabs Kuwait City a George Bush is causing a fuss in Kuwait. The name that is not the Man. A few kuwaitis have named their babies after the . President in gratitude for americans help in freeing their country from iraqi occupation but the practice has met opposition from Arab traditionalists. A i was so impressed with Bush a determination to free Kuwait and once i swore to god i would Call my baby after him if it were a boy a said Bou dour Al Mutawa the Mother of 3-month-old Abdulla George Bush Al Mutawa. She said she expected criticism from friends and family for using a non Arab name and had second thoughts about it. A for four or five Days after i gave birth to the baby i debated whether i should Call him after Bush or not. In the end i decided to go for it especially because i had sworn to god that i would a said mrs. Al Mutawa also the Mother of four girls. Sure enough criticism came from mrs Al Mutawa a Brothers and Sisters. And that a not All a her egyptian doctor wanted to know Why she did not name her son for president Hosni Mubarak to thank Egypt for its help in the Gulf War. Critics say kuwaitis should give their children Arab or Muslim names. Sex guard says his views on Wall killing changed Berlin apr a former East German Border guard testified wednesday he once had no qualms about taking part in the last known killing at the Berlin Wall believing at the time he had Only carried out orders. But Peter Schmett said the country a peaceful revolution nine months later made him change his views including the belief that would be escapees were a criminals and the 27-Ycar-old defendant also described the influence the communist country a omnipresent secret police had on the Border soldiers. Schmett and three other sex soldiers Are on trial in the shooting death of 20-year-old Chris Guffroy who tried to flee to the West on feb. 5,1989. Many germans have criticized the trial for singling out Young draftees rather than the communist Bosses who issued shoot to kill orders that resulted in the deaths of More than 200 would be escapees. The trial is being carefully watched As a precedent with authorities seeking to bring to Justice those responsible for the killings the proceedings Are filled with Legal difficulties since defense lawyers claim the killings were Legal under East German Law. Schmett said it a never would have occurred to me not to shoot at Guffroy and his companion 20-Ycar-old Christian Gaudian who was wounded. The alternative he testified was a sentence in one of East Germany a most notorious prisons. Under questioning from one of the defense lawyers Schmett was asked about his feelings after the shooting a i had no doubts. I fulfilled my Schmett said he Only Learned weeks later from a radio broadcast that Gueffroy had died. The soldiers training he testified was virtually devoid of any Legal background or ramifications of the decision to shoot would be escapees. Schmett said he first began to have doubts about the slaying after the peaceful revolution swept East Germany in the fall of 1989. He said he now is a a burdened by the death. The defendant claims that he deliberately shot to the Side of Gueffroy and Gaudian to avoid hitting them. During his second Day of testimony Schmett also said the dreaded secret Schmett police had an agent stationed in his Border patrol unit in Berlin. And he said that was one of the reasons the soldiers never discussed the possibility of not firing at would be reportedly muted citizen gossip on Hoover Washington a on a june Day in 1951. The owner of a Washington Beauty shop engaged in a bit of gossip that won her a permanent place in the secure files of .1. Edgar Hoover. She said shed heard that the Fri s longtime director took payoffs from bookies and was a homosexual. An Fri employee. Hazel Baxter was having her hair done Al the time and reported the remark to her superiors. Three Days later according to newly published Fri files the Beauty shop owner was a vigorously questioned he Fiji agents and a advised in no Uncertain terms that such statements. Would not he a memo assured flyover that the woman a fully realizes the seriousness of her accusations and it is not believed Thal she will Ever be guilty of such a new Book from the secret files of. Lid it to Hoover cites the incident to show that at the same time Hoover Squirrel led away derogatory material about the sexual lives til John and Robert Kennedy. Eleanor Roosevelt members of Congress and other Public figures he used the resources of his Agency to silence persistent rumours about his own sexual behaviour. The files were assembled by Athan Theoharis history professor at Marquette University in Milwaukee decade Long critic of the Fri and diligent user of the Freedom of information act the materials furnished him were heavily censored details names and titles often were tic lated. Hoover s system of keeping the memos in his own office allowed the Bureau when it did not want to share information to truthfully Tell Congress or other government agencies that the sought for data could not be found in its Quot Central records system. A Hoover s files illustrate. Theoharis wrote that he Quot exploited the of big a resources to serve the political interests of the White House and to Advance his own bureaucratic political and moralistic Agenda during 48 years As director Quot Hoover s tenure ended with his death in 1972. Homosexuality a allegations of his own and of other people s a was a recurring theme in the files. Hoover started monitoring homosexual rumours in 1937. In 1944. A Man jailed in Louisville by. On a morals charge earned a visit from the Ebi for saying that he knew Hoover was a homosexual with a 17-Vear-old Lover. He recanted. . Mcfarlin who ran the of big a Louisville office reported to Headquarters Thal the suspect had signed a statement saying his allegations were a untrue and without any basis in people in High office a Are frequently exposed to the mouldings of liars anti vermin Quot Mcfarlin wrote Hoover. He promised that Fri agents would a exert every Means in their Power to protect Vou from malicious lying attacks and throw the lies Down the throats of those who utter two years later word reached Washington that a Man in new York had been making comments about Hoover s sexual orientation. I he two agents who came calling reported Back that they had left the Rumor spreader a in a rather nervous state of they said they were certain a there would never be any further necessity Quot for interviewing him a on a matter such As meantime the Bureau kept a special record on a sex deviates Quot in government. A file on Adlai e. Stevenson the democratic nominee for president in 1952 and 1956, was kept open for 12 years. The basis for it was an offhand remark by some Bradley University basketball players indicted in 1952 for fixing a basketball game. They told the detective who brought them to new York for trial that Stevenson and the president of Bradley were the two Best known homosexuals in Illinois and that Stevenson was nicknamed the basketball players said they did not think Stevenson would run for president As a result the same Rumor was repeated in memo after memo the last time in a report prepared in i9b4 at hoovers request. This time the assertion was attributed to a disgruntled officials of the Illinois state police Quot As Well As a Bradley player and the nickname was Quot Adelaide. Faces no place Snow you can really laugh at the 29c Stamps Hoover from wire reports it s not olten that the postal service elicits chuckles from the letter writing Public but that May change with the issuance of a series of five 29-cent Stamps depicting renowned comedians As seen through the eyes of Al fir Schly eld. Post master general Anthony m. Frank formally dedicated the Stamps Iasi week at Mann s chinese i healer in Hollywood and the Margo Feiden gallery which has exclusive rights to Hirschl Cut Sart. Is planning a three Dav party on sept. 20, 21 and 22. In fact the gallery at 099 Madison ave. In new York City has been declared a Branch of the Post office for the Jura lion of inc Celebration that is to he Pul on in conjunction with , Channel 21. The faces on the Stamps arc those of Fanny Brice Jack Benny Bud a Hott and Lou costello Edgar Bergen and Charlie Mccarthy and Stan Laurel and Oliver Lardy. Naturally the Stamps will be on Sale during the Les Tiv Ilies which Are open to the Public. Quot this tickles me tremendously Quot Feiden said tuesday. Quot not Only will Hir Schickl he tasteful hut he will he one of the most tasted artists in the United for his part Hirschfeld who is 88 years old and had not previously designed Stamps in his 70-year career said the skill was the same As required by his other work Quot hut of course i was confined to a much smaller Turner drug free musician Ike Turner fresh from a two year prison term said i us slav he is drug free and called his time behind bars a the Best thing that Ever happened to Quot a what i did. I did to Tina Turner s a husband said referring to a cocaine addiction that had spanned close to two decades and eventually led to his drug related conviction in 199 1 and a four year jail sentence. A but going in there was the Best thing that Ever happened to me Quot said Turner who served two years of the sentence. Quot it brought me Hack to basics to the roots i had. I lost my whole life. I took everything for granted and it got swept out from underneath me i inner and grammy Winner Tina Turner Sang such hits As proud Mary and River deep Mountain i Firth Belore divorcing in 197b.Graham begins crusade i he Meadowlands sports Arena in East Rutherford n.j., was filled with praying and singing As Billy Graham brought his crusade to new Jersey. I did t bring them a the evangelist said of the crowd inc Day. A it s the hard work of the Church. A lot of people have been praying and crusade organizers expected to fill the 17, 100-seat Brendan Byrne Arena to overflowing but optic gals said just 14,5 111 turned out to hear Graham
