European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 19, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday october 19, 1991 the stars and stripes a Page 7war secrets get priority Bush tells editors Detroit apr president Bush told a group of newspaper editors that he a committed to helping the news Media get thorough coverage of wars but not if it Means sacrificing defense secrets. Although the Media complained about Pool restrictions imposed during the persian Gulf War Bush said americans feel they got a Good thorough  Bush participated in the 57th annual meeting of the associated press managing editors association via thursdays televised Hookup from Washington. Bush a regular target for barbs on saturday night live said the Abc comedy show hit the Mark with a skit showing journalists asking for code words for attacks and precise locations for amphibious landings. A and it went on and on and on and i showed it to a couple of people and with All respect now it hit a familiar chord. We done to want to go to one extreme or the other a the president said. He added that defense Secretary Dick Cheney is working with news executives to draw up coverage guidelines that would allow More Freedom in reporting military conflicts. A president and chief executive officer Louis d. Boccardi one of the Media leaders in that Effort said there san end of february deadline for developing the new guidelines. A this is an Effort by responsible press members to see that War coverage is what the Public deserves a Boccardi said during a panel discussion on press pools and War coverage. Boccardi said government a a minders who accompanied reporters in the Field during the Gulf War often interfered during interviews and improperly inserted themselves in the news process. A the Pool system was designed to facilitate coverage a Boccardi said. A the Pool coverage As it happened in the Gulf obstructed  Bush also highlighted his Domestic Agenda during his remarks to editors. He accused democrats who control the House and Senate of keeping it bottled up but at the same time accusing him of not doing enough domestically. The president also touched on the confirmation hearings for . Supreme court nominee Clarence Thomas which focused on the sexual harassment charges raised by a former Thomas aide Anita Hill. He said the Senate judiciary committee should have reviewed the charges in a closed door session rather than in nationally televised hearings. A i wish the country had been spared some of the detail a he said adding he would make some suggestions next week to avoid a repeat. President Bush responds to an editors question via a television Hookup  have new Mission a decorating pens Washington apr maybe you can beat swords into Plo shares but if you can to make Fountain pens out of missiles Parker pen is trying the next Best alternative. And the end product is going on Sale in the United states to help disaster victims. Parker pen and the London based memorial fund for disaster Relief announced thursday that pens and pencils bearing emblems made of Metal smelted from scrapped . And soviet nuclear missiles will be sold at prices from $30 to $300. A your original concept was that perhaps we could actually manufacture pens using missile Metal a said sir John Curtiss . President of the fund. A it seems surprising that you could launch weapons of terrible destruction with Metal which Isnit really suitable for making Fountain pens but its  so the fund contacted Parker which has previously made pens with Silver from a Spanish treasure ship and brass from the Ocean liner Queen Elizabeth. A the fund was looking for a manufacturer who could transform the Dull Grey Metal from the missiles into a product that would have value and Appeal to the customers a said Peter j. Bentley president of North american operations for Parker. A a Parker a engineers have taken the missile casings from these disarmed warheads and smelted the two of them to create a single Alloy a he said. A from these emblems we Are now crafting Crown emblems clip emblems and plaques in our Janesville wis.,  Bentley said the fanciest of the implements will be sold in a limited edition of not More than 10,000 for $300 per Fountain pen and $175 per ballpoint pen. 545 Connecticut workers lose Job family settles dump truck suit for $15.2 million Washington a the family of a Maryland Carpenter crushed to death by a dump truck without a working backup signal has reached a $15.2 million settlement with the truck company. The settlement filed thursday in District of Columbia Superior court is the largest payment in a wrongful death lawsuit in the City. The Money will be paid out to Rodney Faulkner a wife Marylou and their two children Jessica 5, and Rodney 4, Over 35 years. Faulkner 35, of Laurel md., was killed feb. 1,1990, As he directed a Crane at a suburban subway station. Court records show that officials repeatedly warned the company Dewey East excavating co. Inc. Of Bladensburg md., about problems with backup signals on its trucks. The occupational safety and health administration fined Dewey East $450 for failing to have a working backup signal on the truck. Large trucks Are required by District of Columbia and Federal Law to have audible signals linked to the reverse gear. Reports from Washington a safety committee showed that non functioning backup signals on Dewey East dump trucks had been discussed As Early As oct. 22, 1989, again on dec. 5, 1989, and As recently As three Days before Faulkner was killed. By the new York times Hartford Conn. A about 1 percent of the states Public employees turned off the lights and walked out thursday a Laid off from jobs to which they May never return. It was the single largest exodus since gov. Lowell p. Weicker or. Announced the first of More than 3,700 layoffs in late september. It was by far the most departures in one Day since the states budget troubles began several years Back. Minneapolis a state lottery officials thursday discarded a Pilot project that would have let minnesotans be the first in the nation to bet at Home using Nintendo video games. Many state legislators had opposed the project saying it would entice children to Gamble. Lottery director George Andersen de los Angeles a a series of 117 mild earthquakes rattled the California desert last weekend hitting close to part of the san Andreas fault that could one Day produce a catastrophic quake. The quakes were entered Only six Miles Northeast of a Section of the fault the . Geological Survey believes is most Likely to produce the a big one a a by fridays close of business at least 545 people who started the week working faced unemployment a from a work Force of about 45,000. Most Are secretaries clerks and typists including the entire four member secretarial Pool at the University of Connecticut school of nursing which formally disbanded at 4 . State administrators and Union leaders who Are tracking the layoffs said that most residents would not immediately fended the plan but conceded that a legitimate issues raised by legislative policy makers Call for extensive  a i still think its a Good idea a he said. A but we never want to operate without As Broad a consensus As we  the six month test would have let 10,000 residents play at Home starting next summer. Under the plan players catastrophic quake measuring 7.5 to 8 on the Richter scale. A there was Only minor concern at the time because we be had quake swarms in the past in that Vicinity a Egill Hacks son a California Institute of technology seismologist said thursday. A today there is no concern because the swarm has  feel the effect of the cutbacks. They described instead a government Structure being gnawed at from the inside and weakened in ways that will Only be Felt Over time. State lawmakers who Are seeking repeal of the income tax and even further reduction in the size of Connecticut a government expressed sorrow thursday at the human Cost inflicted by the cuts but guarded Joy at the evidence that government could make do with less. Would choose numbers using the control deck from a Nintendo game and Hook up via a Modem to the lottery s computer system. To participate in the game players would have to Deposit up to $200 in Advance in an account with the lottery. Any winnings would be credited to the account. The largest Jolt measuring 3.9 on the open ended Richter scale was Felt in Indio on saturday. The temblor ended monday. Hacks son said scientists decided not to notify the Public of the quakes when they happened because the jolts weren to Large enough to trigger serious concern about a big quake along the fault. Minnesota Abandons Nintendo lottery test mild quakes strike near big California fault