European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 26, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Thursday september 26, 1991 the stars and stripes c Page 9 or. Seuss famed master of children s stories Dies san Diego apr Theodor Seuss Geisel the author of rhyme and Doodle who As or. Seuss wrote such whimsical children a classics As the cat in the hat and How the Grinch stole Christmas has died. He was 87. Geisel died tuesday night at his Home in la Jolla with his family at his bedside said his 33-year-old stepdaughter Lea Dimond. He had been ill for several months she said. He wrote and illustrated 47 books Selling More than 100 million copies in 18 languages. He was awarded a 1984 pulitzer prize for his contribution to children a literature. His works seemed like journeys into nonsense magical worlds of tru Fula Trees Green eggs and Ham diffs and cuffs and Perkles and nerds where top hatted cats run rampant through youngsters Homes while goldfish scold. But they often included Subtle messages on issues important to him from internationalism to environmentalism. In his 1986 Book you re Only old once Geisel came to grips with his own mortality. He subtitled the work a Book for obsolete children and described it As a Book for adults in a children a format. An immediate Best seller it took a satirical look at the medical profession through the eyes of an old Man who has to be poked prodded and examined during a stay in the Golden years clinic. He is confronted by an array of medical gadgetry capped by a mechanized Pill Drill and a patient Assembly line. Geisel spoke for Many a frustrated patient when he wrote a when at last we Are sure you be been properly filled then a few paper forms must be properly filled so that you and your heirs May be properly in the butter Battle Book his 1984 Best seller Sci Sel offered a parable for the atomic age. It chronicled the escalating arms race Between the books who eat their bread with the butter Side Down and the books who do just the opposite. Geisel had an unrivalled gift for delighting children although he had none of his own. After his first wife a death in 1967, he married Audrey Stone Dimond a Mother of two. He was bom March 2, 1904, in Springfield mass., the son of a Brewer who ran a zoo for a time during prohibition. In 1925, Geisel graduated from Dartmouth where he Drew cartoons for the humor Magazine Jack of lantern. During a year studying literature at Oxford University in England he met another american Geisel literature student Helen Palmer who encouraged Geisel a artistic career. After dropping out of Oxford Geisel drifted to Paris where he mingled with a lost generation writers such As Ernest Hemingway James Joyce and Gertrude Stein. It was on a spoof of scientific developments that he first used the name that would become his trademark. He added to his Middle name to sound More scientific. Geisel is survived by his wife Audrey two stepdaughters Lea and Lark his Niece Peggy Owens and her son Theodore Owens of los namesake or. Bow Dur Al Mutawa holds her baby boy named Abdullah George Bush Al Salch in Honor of the . President. The kuwaiti woman said she made the Choice As a sign of gratitude for president Bush a actions in liberating her country from dictionary tries to unify German language Bonn Germany apr after decades of division the germans Are finding they speak differently. But now Duden Germany a equivalent of websters has published a new dictionary to bring the language together. Although lexicographers say there basically is Only one language in terms of grammar and spelling Western germans often return from visits to the East complaining that they cannot understand their compatriots a Over for example a Eastern germans drive Down a magistrate or main traffic route. A Western germans travel on a Haupt Verkh Strasse. Its one of several etymological differences that developed Between the two Peoples during four decades of separation. A i think its rather symbolic to say that we now have one common Duden a said Werner Scholze stuben Recht a senior editor of the new dictionary. The Duden publishing House had its Headquarters in Leipzig before world War ii. But when Germany was divided in the late 1940s, a West German publishing House was created in Mannheim. The offices United in january 1990, just months after the fall of the Berlin Wall and began working on the new 115,000-word dictionary. The lexicon has almost 6,000 new words most the result of general language development especially in technology ecology sports and economics. They also include several pure East German isms and words that grew out of the revolution there As Well As revisions of political definitions adopted by the East a communists. Kotsche Liebchen a word that crinkles the brow of any Western German refers in the East to a Western germans say Marien Kafer instead. Easterners telling their friends in the West about their youth might say they were members of a a group of Young people being groomed for special careers in politics. No such word exists in Western German although its meaning could be deduced Scholze stub Unrecht said. But it is part of a the immediate history of East Germany a he said. Other new words such As Wende Hals grew out of the revolution that toppled East Germany a communist leaders. It used to refer Only to a wry neck a Type of Bird that can turn its head 180 degrees. But Eastern germans started using it to refer to staunch communists who turned to democracy As soon As it was Clear they were the politicians of the future. The new Duden says the colloquial Wende Hals is a person who has no opinions of his own and espouses prevailing positions. Another new entry is Mauer Specht or a Wall Woodpecker a describing the people who chipped off pieces of the Berlin Wall for souvenirs after the cold War Barrier was breached in november 1989. Editors also wanted to find a More Neutral definition for communism said Scholze stuben Recht. The East German Duden had defined it As a the most Superior form of human the new dictionary says communism is a a political direction that turns against capitalism and stands for a centrally planned economic and social overturns bail for spymaster Wolf Karlsruhe Germany a former East German spymaster Markus Wolf is being kept in jail after a judge overturned a bail agreement officials said. Wolf 68, surrendered to German authorities on tuesday after arriving from Austria. Once an inspiration for spy thriller writers Wolf headed communist East Germany a highly respected spy apparatus from 1958 to 1987. After his surrender a magistrate set bail at 50,000 Marks $30,000 and ordered Wolf freed. Shortly before Midnight tuesday the chief Federal prosecutor said a judge had overturned the magistrates order. Spokesman Hans Jirgen Forster said Wolf was still being held in jail in investigative custody. Prosecutors want to try Wolf for espionage treason and bribery. Wolf flew to Vienna Austria from Moscow on aug. 30. Austrian officials turned Down his request for political Asylum. Florida neighbors Don t warm up to streets with pakistani names Kissimmee Fla. Up residents of the Shingle Creek estates neighbourhood Are pleading with City officials to change the names of the streets where they live because the names Are too. Well foreign. A. Razzak Tai a prominent Osceola county doctor and real estate investor who developed the subdivision of 68 four unit buildings apparently named the streets after family members. The names chosen by Tai a pakistani native include Rabia Shahnaz Zaheed and Karim. What the residents want instead Are some Good old american sounding names a like War Bird spitfire Corsair and flying fortress. A if you lived on a Street named Zaheed you move a said Marilyn Tileston a resident of the subdivision for five years. A i just done to like the the new names were proposed in August by the neighbourhood a a homeowners association which voted unanimously in favor of names using aircraft themes. The subdivision is located near Kissimmee a municipal Airport. Tai could not be reached for comment. Some of the complainants said the foreign Street names Are difficult to spell pronounce and recognize. Underlying those objections however Are concerns about marketability and property values. A we wanted a new image a said Rosemary Anderson another five year resident. A the pronunciation is quite difficult and quite frankly ethnic in Roger Phillips president of a property management firm in Winter Park said he tried to persuade the Developer not to name the streets after family members from a a purely marketing standpoint in 1 m3 when he was approached to help sell the 272 apartments and condominium units. A i believed that they would detract not add to the subdivision in general making it difficult to attract Quality tenants a Phillips said in a letter written to City officials in support of the name changes. A unfortunately a Phillips said a this has proven
