European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 21, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday october 21, 1991 the stars and stripes a Page 7bridge s thrills attract doers viewers Fayetteville . A More than 300 daredevils parachuted off the nations second highest Bridge in an annual ritual that attracts thousands of spectators. A everybody out Here is an adrenaline Junkie a said parachutist Mike Cleary 27, of Milwaukee. Authorities opened two of four lanes of . 19 across new River Gorge Bridge to pedestrians and thrill seekers in an annual Bridge Day ritual. The 1,700-foot Bridge is the longest steel Arch Bridge in the United states. The 876-foot-High Bridge is Well below Normal parachuting height so jumpers have Little margin for error As they plunge into the craggy tree covered Gorge. One Side of the Gorge is covered with a Sandbar while a River flows through the other Side. It was the Only time the Bridge was legally opened to such leaps. Three jumpers have died since Bridge Quot Day began in 1980, the last in 1987. High winds halted jumping for about an hour and several people suffered minor injuries. One person landed in a tree alongside the River and was stuck 60 feet up before rescuers retrieved him. Another scattered a crowd of spectators at the Bottom of the Gorge. One parachutist landed safely on the Sandbar but was blown into a parked truck by High winds. In All seven people were taken to area hospitals and four were admitted with fractures Hospital officials said. Charlie Urban 37, of Shreveport la., made his 19th jump from the Bridge saturday. Jean Boenish executive director of the . Base association said 60 percent of the jumpers had taken the plunge from the Bridge before. Base stands for the buildings antennae spans and Earth forms from which jumpers leap. Bob Blanchard 31, of Milwaukee made his first base jump saturday. He said it was very different from sky diving. A in sky diving you re already moving at 100 Miles per hour Quot Blanchard said Quot. A there you re standing  finishes Odyssey in county no. 3,142 Nantucket mass. A Allen Zondlak went to look for America a county by county Over 36 years. On Friday the 57-year-old Detroit educator visited the last county on his list of the 3,142 making up the United states. His report even with crime pollution and unemployment the land Columbus saw almost 500 years ago still looks pretty Good. A i love the Beauty of this country a Zondlak said. A i just wanted to see every Section of this great land. I really believe  Zondlak family in Tow came to this Island off Massachusetts on a ferry from Hyannis on Cape cod. A i was wondering which place would be last a Zondlak said. A but i thought my whole family could enjoy  Zondlak began his Odyssey in 1955, when a geography professor at Wayne state University had a map of . Counties and suggested his students color in each new county they visited. His classmates shrugged it off but the idea stuck with Zondlak. One by one he started visiting counties and colouring them on his map. Zondlak an administrator with the Detroit Public schools has 25 vacation Days a year. In addition there Are holidays conferences and meetings a plenty of chances to travel. A i done to just drive through a Zondlak said. A if there Are things to do we spend time there. I count a county As Long As in be physically been on it. Flying Over it does no to  Zondlak has been to the largest county san Bernardino in California As Well As the smallest Kalawao on the hawaiian Island of Molokai. He a seen the most populous los Angeles county with 8.3 million people not to mention the least Loving county Texas with a population of 100. He estimates he has covered 400,000 Miles on the ground and 300,000 in the air. In a 17-Day whirlwind trek through Alaska he took three ferry boats and 23 flights. He once drove 50 Miles out of his Way through a blinding snowstorm to visit one county in Ohio. He said he booked discount air fares and stayed at budget motels but lost track of How much he has spent. Zondlak said he never really planned to reach every county. But when he had hit Naif of them by 1979, he decided to go for broke. He said he a constantly impressed by the Beauty of the land and the warmth of its people. A one of the most impressive things has been finding the hospitality wherever in be been Zondlak said. A i found a different America a much better America than the one you read about in the papers. This is a great country a Beautiful  what will he do next i a now that we be seen America there a a whole wide world out  controversy erupts Over placement of lesbian Monitor in College dorm Wellesley mass. A sometimes even politically Correct Isnit enough. When administrators at prestigious Wellesley College hired a lesbian to run a dormitory with her live in partner they were proud. Not Only had the single sex school found a competent head of House but they were encouraging acceptance of an alternative lifestyle. A we certainly thought it would be a very Good addition to our staff a said Molly Campbell Dean of students for the 2,200 women who attend Wellesley. A i was looking at this As a positive  but at the last minute the school assigned Michele Porche 32, to a dorm for  instead of the first year student dorm Porche had expected. That was a cop out Many complained. Why bother hiring an openly lesbian couple if you hide them from the younger women a we Felt it was a betrayal because it was an acknowledgement that homophobia was of a said Dorothee Harmon a 22-year-old member of Wellesley lesbians bisexuals and friends. A not Only was Michele Porche discriminated against but the whole Campus was in the notion that everybody had to participate in this Protection from  when Porche was interviewed for the Job at the sprawling Campus 17 Miles West of Boston she was told one dorm a Dower a had an opening. In August she was assigned to Lake House a dormitory with no first year students. At the time Porche thought it Odd that the woman running Lake House was moving to Dower but Porche was glad to have a Job. A i did no to know until i got Here but that was the first time they had said a head of House  work with a particular group of students a said Porche. A the greeting from the staff was quite welcoming but the person who had to move was very upset about  in fact that woman quit and could not be reached for comment. Wellesley president Nan Keohane said she expected some parents and students to be Unco fort Keohane Able with an openly lesbian couple serving As caretakers for younger women. A i thought it was a complicated decision a she said noting she braced herself for anti Gay criticism. And she got it. Some students wrote letters to the Campus weekly. Elizabeth Harmer a mormon told the Board of trustees that homosexuality should not be included in the schools definition of multiculturalism. A we done to want to see the College celebrate this a she said Basing her objections on religious beliefs. A we prefer a situation of Mutual respect and tolerance but not going beyond  More startling was the outcry from the other end of the spectrum. Harmon pointedly observed that the administrations decision assumed there were no homosexuals among first year students. A and it assumed it is More frightening for them to live in a House where there is a lesbian with a partner rather than some Anonymous figure on the other Side of Campus a she said. A a it a not like we re making out in the hallways a said Stacy Homan the 28-year-old graduate student living with Porche. A i can understand their need to want to protect first year students Homan said. A but it goes along with the fear a if they re around lesbians they might catch  a Dean Campbell said administrators wanted to give first year students time to adjust to College life before they were confronted with potentially new ideas on sexuality. But the outcry Over porches assignment has triggered new thinking at Wellesley. In a petition and subsequent meetings students have requested a Campus Liaison for lesbians More educational materials and classes on homosexual issues. In her four years at Wellesley Jill Keegan can to recall an Issue being debated As much As this one. A the fact Michele was hired and was put in a setting where she is working directly with students is a Strong indication of Wellesley a commitment to multiculturalism a said Keegan student president at Lake House. A people come to Overlook this stigma of lesbianism and just see Michele As a person a she said.. Reportedly to pull nuclear arms in Korea Washington a the United states plans to withdraw All of its nuclear weapons from South Korea and Call on North Korea to give up its own nuclear weapons program the Washington Post reported saturday. The Post quoted administration officials As saying the decision came last week after the latest talks Between american and South korean authorities. President Bush announced sept. 27 that the United states would withdraw All . Land and sea based tactical nuclear weapons from South Korea. At the time there was no information provided on plans with pull out air delivered weapons As Well. The newspaper said Bush was described by officials As reluctant to approve withdrawal of All tactical nuclear weapons until he was sure the South koreans would not regard such a move As undermining their Security or the . Commitment to their country. No timetable has thus far been set for removal of the weapons the report said. It quoted Washington sources As saying the schedules would be set by commanders in the Field. Hundreds of american nuclear weapons have been deployed in Korea since the 1960s. The report said they Are being viewed As less necessary on korean soil now because of the increased effectiveness of conventional weapons As demonstrated in the persian Gulf War. The report claimed that North koreans nuclear program is believed to include a Small soviet supplied nuclear research reactor a larger research reactor capable of providing significant quantities of plutonium and a nearby reprocessing Plant that produces larger quantities of plutonium the raw material for nuclear weapons