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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 17, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 a the starts and stripes tuesday september 17, 1991 now panel Calls for creation of party Washington up a a commission formed by a prominent feminist group urges the formation of an alternative political party saying that republicans and democrats Are beset by a corruption greed and hypocrisy and have bankrupted America. A commission created by the National organization for women voted sunday 26-4 to recommend that now Lead a drive to establish a party in 1992. The vote by now a commission for responsive democracy followed a yearlong series of Public hearings during which commission members Neard testimony from 500 people on what the commission called the a non competitive nature of and corruption in .  the meetings were head in new York Atlanta Tampa Fla. Houston Minneapolis san Francisco and Washington. The commission included not Only feminists but members of labor environmental groups. Now the nation s largest feminist group has 250,000 members. Patricia Ireland now a executive vice president said in an interview that a the current political parties Are morally bankrupt. They financially bankrupted this  the commission said there is a need for a new political Force a to ignite in the United states the revolution for democracy that is sweeping the  Ireland said the new party should be a Large enough Force to Field a presidential candidate. A we Hope to have an Impact on the 1992 presidential elections she added. A a fuelled by the Public disgust with the massive unprecedented corruption greed and hypocrisy in the Republican and democratic parties the commission for responsive democracy Calls for a new party a the panel said. The commission recommended that now provide leadership to establish a a new Independent political party dedicated to Equality social and economic Justice demilitarization and a healthy  panel members said they heard testimony from a diverse group of people including activists involved in the environment human and civil rights Gay rights criminal Justice health services and consumer rights. Elected officials academic experts and feminists were also interviewed. The recommendations will be discussed at now a National conference to be held in Chicago in june 1992. The commission also called for an expanded Bill of rights for the 21st Century to include the right to Freedom from sex and race discrimination and the right of All women to Freedom from government interference in abortion birth control and pregnancy. Vital air plane part found by team probing crash Eagle Lake Texas a Crews searching farm Fields sunday found a piece of a Continental express commuter air plane that crashed last week killing Alt 14 people aboard. The airplay i plane part a 9-foot de icing attachment is considered a vital clue in determining the cause of the crash of flight 2574, in route from Laredo to Houston on wednesday. Three Crew members and All 11 passengers died. Investigators speculated saturday that the de icing Boot fell off because 43 screws were missing from the leading Edge of the planets Stabilizer a Section of the Tail that keeps the air plane horizontal in flight. The sudden loss of the de icer could have destabilized the plane causing it to nose dive officials said. It was found about three quarters of a mile Northeast of the crash site. A that should help us confirm our previous theory that the screws had not been replaced a said Brent Bahler National transportation safety Board spokesman. The inflatable fibreglass Boot covered with rubber Breaks up ice on the Tail providing streamlined aerodynamics. The Boot covers the Edge of the Stabilizer a slanted area that allows air to flow Back to moveable slats which in turn allows the air planet a nose to move up or Down. Maintenance records showed the left and right de icer boots were to be replaced tuesday Nosb chairman James Kolstad said saturday. Two workers replaced the right Boot while an inspector removed 43 screws holding the upper left Boot Kolstad said. Records do not show the screws being replaced. He said the Bottom 43 screws were Able to keep the left Boot in place during an earlier flight from Houston to Laredo on wednesday. But the part was dislodged on the return flight. Federal officials sunday took blood and urine samples from a dozen workers and supervisors on two Continental express maintenance Crews working last tuesday. The samples will be tested for drugs and alcohol Continental officials have suspended the workers until the investigation is completed.82-year-old woman killed by neighbor s dogs Greenwich . Apr an 82-year-old woman paying a visit to a neighbors House died when the neighbors two mastiff dogs mauled her authorities said. Mildred Mcneil was found lying face Down in neighbor Kelly Trombley a driveway just after 11 . Saturday in Rural Washington county near the Vermont Border police said. A Ponce Saiu. Quack cd Puciw can  it perts re examining site at May be Jefferson Home Anu i i v i rapt _ Arr Nenon Home Kelso said the Wood and Brick an autopsy concluded that Mcneil died of multiple dog bites Washington county District attorney Robert Winn said. Mastiffs often weigh More than 150 pounds. Trombley a dogs had no prior history of attacks Winn said. They were destroyed after the attack. Mcneil a Friend of Trombley and her children was attacked Between 7 30 . And 8 . While walking to the Trombley Home about 75 Yards from her House Winn said. The Trombley were not at Home at the time. Neighbor Carol Bailey said the attack was a Shock because the dogs were familiar with Mcneil. A maybe they were overprotective knowing Kelly Wasny to Home a she said. A mrs. Mcneil was just a Nice old  Shadwell a. A archaeologists think they know the site of Thomas Jefferson a childhood Home which could illuminate the upbringing of the third . President and author of the declaration of Independence. The general area where the House once stood actually was discovered 50 years ago in this tiny town about four Miles from Charlottesville. But haste and faulty archaeological techniques led researchers to a site about 100 feel from what is now thought to be the right spot. The Thomas Jefferson memorial foundation Hopes to positively identify the site in time for the 250th anniversary of Jefferson a birth in 1993. Two years after the House was built Jefferson was born on april 13, 1743, to Peter and Jane Randolph Jefferson on their 280-acre tract. Jefferson lived in the House about 20 years historians believe. In adulthood he built Monticello about two Miles away. A there s been some question As to the stature of Peter Jefferson and the origins of Thomas Jefferson himself Quot said William Kelso the foundation s director of archaeology. Quot was he born into the world with a Silver spoon in his Mouth or not is this a Cabin or a mansion this excavation could help us find out a Kelso said. The site under excavation since june is basically a cellar Wall believed to be the foundation of Jefferson a childhood Home. Kelso said the Wood and Brick Structure was about 32 feet by 56 feet. The number of floors the building May have had is unknown he said. Historians know fire damaged the House in 1770, destroying Thomas Jefferson a Early writings and other papers. The last documented reference to the House was in the 1840s, when it was torn Down. Architect Fiske Kimball found the site in 1941, and 20 years later the Thomas Jefferson Birthplace memorial Park commission erected there what it thought was a reproduction of the House. Less than two years later the House was razed amid doubts Over its veracity. The dubious replica was built where the first team of researchers had found a Cache of artefacts such As fireplace equipment. It is now thought by some that the spot was a dump. The cellar Wall was discovered 50 years ago but archaeologists then did t believe it was the foundation. A a we be come Back again hoping that when we look at the whole site something that was missed might give us a clue Quot said Barbara Heath the foundation s assistant archaeology director. A things that we be found that the other archaeologists did no to pick up on is that this is Laid in English Bond a Brick pattern datable to the Lith Century and we found burned areas on the Brick indicating fire a Kelso said. Visiting old friends former president Reagan and former first lady Nancy Reagan escort German Clia cel Lor Helmut Kohl and wife Hannelore to a reception sunday. Media tycoon Rupa Murdoch hosted the party for the Kohls at his Beverly Hills calif., Home. The Koh accepted an invitation by the reagans to visit Southern California  
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