European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 23, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday november 23, 1991 the stars and stripes b Page 7made-in-America Parade draws fire Phoenix apr a War Veteran and car dealer who is organizing a Pearl Harbor anniversary Parade said thursday his request that japanese and German cars not participate was meant As a patriotic gesture not a racially motivated insult. A a it a to re instill patriotism among our people. Its not meant to create hatred or dissension a said Jim Cox a 67-year-old world War ii Veteran organizing the dec. 7 rotary club Parade in the Southeastern Arizona mining town of Bisbee. Local veterans suggested that Only american made cars be included in the lineup of War heroes and boy scouts that Parade Down main Street Cox said. They a wanted to make it a totally american Parade Quot he said. Many saw the idea As yet another racial insult from Arizona which made National news for not making Martin Luther King  birthday a state Holiday. A that really puts a Blanket kind of stereotype on a whole country and to me that a insensitive a said Joy Morimoto Northern California director of the Japa Nese american citizens league. Jimmy Tokeshi the leagues Pacific Southwest regional director acknowledged the Parade organizers right to ban the cars but added that the Pearl Harbor anniversary  be used to promote racism. A it  be a time to dredge up racial fears a he said. A it should be a time to remember those who have fallen in the United  Cox whose car Dealership Sells Only american made cars said he has gotten 12 Calls of support for the idea and one against it. A a in a not a racist and i done to believe in it. 1 believe in our american freedoms and Why we have them Quot Cox said. But he is sticking by his request for a made in America  Mariner rows Way into record books by the los Angeles times 1lwaco, Wash. A braving 40-foot Waves 80-mph winds and loneliness As vast As the seven seas a French Mariner thursday became the first Man to Row Solo across the North Pacific Ocean when he entered the Mouth of the Columbia River. Girard do Boville a 46-year-old Breton conquered the 6,000-mile route to the United states from Japan in 134 Days. His custom built Rowboat sector gleamed White under the High noon Sun As he rowed the final strokes to a Dock where his family was waiting along with about 500 Well wishers. Do Boville arrived with evidence that his 4vi-month journey had not been easy. He had a deep scrape arching from one Eyebrow to the other and a festering wound Over his left Eye. During the trip his boat capsized 39 times often amid howling North Pacific storms that shot his delicate Craft end Over end through Waves As tall As four Story buildings. The first person to Row across the Pacific was Peter Bird of Britain who travelled some 9,000 Miles from san Francisco to near Australia in 1982-83. However do a Boville a route was considered More difficult because of its Ocean currents and treacherous weather. Eleven years ago do Boville a former boat builder and race organizer was the first Man to Row Solo across the Atlantic from Mainland North America to Mainland Europe crossing from Cape cod mass., to Ouess ant France. He used his Atlantic experience to build a boat from Kevlar. But the key to the operation he said was an desalination pump activated by the pumping of his oars. Without the Rube Goldberg device which generated up to 3 liners of water an hour he could not have attempted the trip. A i do not want to complain a he said in answer to a question a but the discomfort level was 100 percent. First there were injuries second i had to Row 10, 12, 14 hours a up to 24 hours a Day at the end. And last dry clothes never lasted More than five  he launched from Choshi Japan on july 11, two months later than he planned and a month later than japanese oceanographers warned was Wise. Just five Days after he started a typhoon nearly blew him Back onto the japanese coast. Another typhoon held him in one place for More than a week despite backbreaking rowing. But he managed to reach the Kuroshio current and soon was cruising. He saw whales and dolphins but lost his fishing gear in a storm and could not catch fresh food. Gerard do Boville arrives in the United states after rowing across the North Pacific.$400,000 Cut from Swaggart payment to Gorman new Orleans apr a judge slashed $400,000 from the $1 million a jury awarded television minister Marvin Gorman for defamation by rival preacher Jimmy Swaggart and others. Retired state District judge Julian Bailes Cut Gormanos defamation award wednesday from $600,000 to $360,000 and his award for suffering and emotional distress from $400,000 to $240,000. In september the jury also awarded Gormanos defunct ministry $9 million but the judge did not alter that verdict. Bailes reduced the other awards because two other defendants who were to share in making the payments reached settlements. After a trial lasting More than two months the jury found that Swaggart and close associates plotted in 1986 to ruin Gormanos budding to ministry with false accusations of multiple adulterous affairs. Gorman his ministry and his wife Virginia filed for bankruptcy Protection in late 1987. Trial testimony indicated the ministry owed creditors roughly $3.5 million while the germans owed creditors $750,000. Gorman said after his trial that he was no longer under jurisdiction of the bankruptcy court but that the award to his ministry would All go to creditors and attorneys. Swaggart a ministry has suffered serious financial reversals since Gorman provided pictures of Swaggart with a prostitute outside a new Orleans area Motel. The pictures were taken in 1987, and they became Public in Early 1988. Last month police found a woman who said she was a prostitute in Swaggart a car during a traffic Stop in Indio Calif. Swaggart has since taken a leave from the pulpit. Woman s death blamed on Michigan welfare cuts traverse City Mich. A a woman who started rationing her Medicine for High blood pressure when Michigan Cut her off from welfare died of a brain aneurysm and family members blame the state cuts. A i feel very very angry about the whole thing a Charlotte Jenkins told the traverse City record Eagle on thursday the Day after her Mother Eva Frederick 51, of Copemish died following surgery. A a in a going to sue the state even Penny i can get out of them i can Tell you that a said Bill Conley Frederick a companion of 20 years. A they took her Check away from her they Cut her right off the pills period. She  live without those  Frederick a troubles began oct. 1 when she was one of More than 82,000 adults Cut off from general assistance. Michigan stopped paying $434 a month for her pills to Check High blood pressure. To make the pills last Frederick began taking half her prescribed dosage. On oct. 28, As she was waiting for a bus Home from adult education classes a blood vessel burst in Frederick a brain and she collapsed. Quayle aide is apologetic after telling a lesbian joke Washington a vice president Dan Quayle a press Secretary apologized Friday for a lesbian joke he told on the heels of another such joke related by Nebraska sen. Bob Kerrey a democratic presidential hopeful. A my attempt to do a favor to Bob Kerrey by distracting attention from his predicament has obviously failed a David Beckwith said in an interview Friday. A so in a retracting my joke. It Wasny to very funny  Beckwith told the joke night at a fund Raiser for president Bush. Referring wednesday Quayle and to be erred s Faux Pas Beckwith said a the Good news is that the lesbians Are upset with Kerrey. The bad news is that to Eye la be Couig our Way to support  Kerrey who has since apologized related his joke in a private conversation at a political roast last week. It was picked up by a television microphone but never broadcast. Beckwith s comment incensed Gay activists some of whom sought intervention from rep. Bill Green . Green who has Long supported Gay rights said he was circulating a letter to gop colleagues asking Quayle to prevail on his aide to make Public amends. Beckwith in a Telephone conversation said his Gay and lesbian friends had t found his remark particularly humorous. Later he called Back to add Quot it was not my intent to offend anyone and if i offended anyone