European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 24, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday november 24. 1991 the stars and stripes a pages Dod serviced with Doublespeak Honor from wire reports Seattle a the defense department has won the annual Doublespeak award of the National conference of teachers of English for such euphemisms As Quot servicing the target bombing and Quot Force packages warplanes. Other government speakers including rep. Newt Gingrich. R-ga., and president Bush also were recognized Friday for a grossly deceptive remarks and a language with pernicious political and social  however the conference did t Overlook Doublespeak in other countries. In England a a a deselected member of parliament is one who was voted out of office and in Japan Bald men Are a hair  the conference said that persian Gulf War phrases that put the defense department at the top of the double speak list included Quot soft targets for people and Quot hard targets Quot for buildings. Quot the misuse of Public language by the department of defense merits some form of recognition Quot said William Lutz a professor at Rutgers University chairman of the Doublespeak committee and editor of the quarterly review of Doublespeak. He said that during what the Pentagon called an a armed situation Quot in the persian Gulf massive bombing attacks were called a efforts a warplanes were called a weapons systems or a Force packages Quot and a bombing Mission was called Quot visiting a  the Quot weapons systems Quot never killed but a degraded a a neutralized a Quot at tried a Quot suppressed Quot Quot eliminated Quot a cleansed Quot a sanitized a a impacted Quot a decapitated Quot or a took out Quot targets. Second on the Doublespeak list was Gingrich for a Booklet he helped produce called language a key mechanism of control. The Booklet suggested that when speaking of themselves. Republican candidates should use words such As a environment peace Freedom fair Flag we us our family and  when speaking of opponents the Booklet says they should use Quot betray sick pathetic lie Liberal hypocrisy permissive attitude and  Bush Secretary of state James a. Baker 111 and defense Secretary Dick Cheney shared third place for their comments on arms control. On May 30. Soon after Bush called for a halting the proliferation of conventional and unconventional weapons in the Middle East Quot Cheney announced weapon sales to Israel the United Arab emirates and Bahrain. Lutz noted. At the other end of the spectrum. David a. Kessler commissioner of the food and drug administration won the George Orwell award for honesty and clarity in Public language for cracking Down on food labels and advertisements. Lutz said other examples in the Quot bumper crop of Doublespeak Quot produced by Public officials this year included a Quot behaviour transition corridors Quot which chief Kanim Middle school in fall City. Wash., Calls its hallways. A Quot meaningful downturn in aggregate output Quot an attempt to avoid saying recession. A Quot pay equalization concept Quot coined by sen. Ted Stevens a Alaska when senators voted themselves a $23,200 annual pay raise. Air Force col. Rick Horn a Pentagon Public information specialist said Quot those Aren t new words. A Force package indicates you re going on a Mission warplane does no to indicate you re doing  says Tough rhetoric too much for critics Washington apr former president Reagan looked Back Friday on his 1983 characterization of the soviet Union As an evil Empire and said he had been speaking a a simple  Reagan recalled the controversy during a speech to the Hudson Institute which gave him its James h. Doolittle award for outstanding contributions to National Security. In accepting the award Reagan recalled criticisms of his hard line policies. Quot do you remember when the Reagan military buildup supposedly threatened a Dan Reagan serous escalation of tensions with the soviet Union a he asked. A do you remember u Hen the decision to deploy per siting and cruise missiles in Western Europe supposedly undermined the chances for meaningful negotiations with the soviets a Reagan said the most unforgivable thing in the eyes of his critics was his Tough rhetoric. A remember a few years ago when i observed that communism was destined for the Ash Heap of history and that even now we were witnessing its last sad chapters Quot he asked adding a now what kind of fool would have said a thing like that a he went on that a worst of All of course were two simple words a evil Empire a Quot which he said caused a a critical  Reagan used the phrase in March 1983 in a Florida speech to evangelical Church leaders. Lie urged them to reject Calls for a nuclear freeze and not to ignore a the aggressive impulses of an evil  looking Back on the incident he asked a Why All the fuss about a simple truth known to every person forcibly subjected to that empires domination a simple truth known to every person forced to endure the extraordinary evil of systematic denial of human Freedom Quot a the sky would not fall if an american president spoke the truth Quot he said. Quot the Only thing that would fall was the Berlin  Reagan also joked Aboul people who ridiculed the idea that a former actor might become president. He said that while in office he often asked his wife Nancy a How in hell could you do this Job if you had t been an actor a in the stars and stripes10 years ago nov. 24, 1981 a president Reagan vetoed an emergency spending Bill and within hours the House backed away from a confrontation and approved a Shorter less costly measure. A</20 years ago nov. 24,1971 a the Senate passed a Bill to allow presidential campaigns to be financed from Federal funds rather than private donations. Taxpayers would voluntarily contribute to the fund by indicating on their income tax returns that they wanted to earmark $1 for this purpose. .30 years ago nov. 24, 1961 a soviet officials detained an american military train from Berlin for nearly 15 hours until . Officials handed Over a 20-year-old East German fugitive who had climbed aboard in an Effort to escape from East germany.40 years ago nov. 24,1951 u n. Truce negotiators agreed on a Buffer zone in Korea opening the Way Tor a possible armistice by Christmas. The agreement provided that the present Battle line would become a cease fire line if an armistice were reached within 30 Days after ratification of the plan. Boy saves grandmother from fire but Dies trying to Rescue 5 others new York up a Man and his five grandchildren died in a Queens fire Friday despite the efforts of a 12-year-old boy who saved his grandmother but died trying to save his family. Lonnie Simmons helped his grandmother out of the blazing House in South Ozone Park. He then rushed Back inside to try to save the rest of his family fire department spokesman Tom Kelly said. But he never came Back out. The victims were identified As Simmons his brother Kalif 4 his 1-year-old sister Elaine his cousins Keith. Woodson 6, and Tasheeka Woodson 5 and their Grandfather Marvin Weaver h7. Firefighters were Able to pull them from the House. However All suffered from Burns and smoke inhalation Kelly said. Emergency medical service workers attempted to revive the children but a we had six people All in full cardiac arrest Quot Ems capt. Charles Wells said. The Rescue team took the victims to Jamaica Queens general and Mary immaculate hospitals where they were pronounced dead he said. The fire started near a television electrical outlet around 7 . In a first floor enclosed porch. Witnesses said heavy smoke billowed out of windows on both floors of the building Kelly said. It happened so fast that they weren table to gel out of the 2vj-Story House near Kennedy International Airport he said. Three firefighters who rushed inside to save the children suffered minor injuries and were taken to local hospitals he said. One firefighter suffered from exhaustion another from an Eye injury and a third a leg injury he said. It was unknown whether the children were cared for by their grandparents or whether their parents had gone out for the evening the spokesman said. Worker convicted in . Killing spree Santa be . Apr a construction worker was convicted Friday of killing seven people including two police officers in what started As a Domestic dispute last january. The jury deliberated Ricky a Eytan a Fate for 11 Days. It will reconvene monday to consider whether he should be executed by injection for the first degree murder conviction of killing a state police officer in the line of duly. The jury also convicted Abeyta of second degree murder in Fate killing of an Rio Arriba county sheriffs Deputy. And jurors convicted Abeyta of three More counts of first degree murder one More count of second degree murder and one of involuntary manslaughter. Abeyta was acquitted of trying to kill a teen age boy during the shooting spree. The slayings occurred Jan. 20 in and around a Eyia a House in a Rural Cluster of Mobile Homes a Lew Miles from Chimayo 100 Miles North of Albuquerque. Abeyta surrendered to police in Albuquerque the next Day. Abeyta 29, testified that the victims were shot by Accident in struggles for guns or in self defense. And he said he did t know what happened to two victims including a baby. He showed no emotion As the verdicts were read. His attorney Gary Mitchell Laid his head on the table when the verdict for the slaying of the state police officer was announced. Abeyta was accused of killing the seven people after he arrived Home and found his Girlfriend Ignacita Sandoval moving out helped by relatives and friends. Abeyta faces execution Lor the killing of state police officer Glen Huber lie was convicted of first degree murder subjecting hint to a possible life sentence Lor killing Sandoval 3b her sister i Cryl Rendon 25, of Dixon and Sandoval a daughter Maryellen Sandoval 19, of Pena Seo. He was convicted of second degree murder for killing sheriffs Deputy Jerry Martinez and Maryellen Sandoval s Boyfriend Macario Gonzales 21. And he was convicted of involuntary manslaughter for the death of Gonzales and Maryellen Sandoval s a month old son Justin