European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 1, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Sunday december 1, 1991 the stars and stripes b Page 5duke of Challenge Bush aide says Washington apr David Duke the former Kun Siux klan Leader Defeated in last months Louisiana governors race plans to enter several 1992 Republican presidential primaries a top adviser said saturday. A the does no to count on winning the nomination or anything but he wants to keep the issues alive and he wants to have some influence on the process a said the adviser. Duke will announce his plans monday in Washington according to the adviser who because of that event discussed Dukes plans Only on the condition of anonymity. Duke running As a Republican garnered 31 percent of the vote in the Louisiana Runoff losing to Democrat Edwin Edwards. Duke 41, is a state representative in Louisiana whose term expires this year. The gubernatorial Campaign riveted National attention on Louisiana because of Dukes Check ered past and his use of welfare Reform crime drugs taxes and affirmative action As issues in a Campaign he said was aimed at restoring Middle class Power in government. Critics said his platform was thinly veiled racism. Duke is a former Kun flux klan grand wizard nazi sympathizer and founder of an organization called the National association for the advancement of White people. During the gubernatorial Campaign he said those were mistakes of his youth although he was 30 when he founded the a Yawp. As a presidential candidate Duke would be Given Little Chance of defeating president Bush in gop primaries. But Duke could prove More than a nuisance challenging Bush from the right and sounding Many of the same themes used by Bush in his 1988 ejection Campaign. Even during the governors race National. Republican strategists were complaining that Duke had stolen their playbook. The Duke adviser said Duke planned to file a declaration of candidacy with the Federal election commission this week. The adviser said Duke would concentrate on the Southern primaries March 10, which include Louisiana Mississippi Oklahoma and Texas. Georgia is scheduled to hold its presidential primary March 10, also but is Plann Irig to move up a week to March 3. The adviser Saia Duke was considering running in Georgia and in Michigan which has a March 17 primary. But Duke has no plans to enter the new Hampshire primary the nation s first the adviser said. In new Hampshire Bush is Likely to face a conservative Challenge from Patrick j. Buchanan the former Nixon and Reagan White House aide who now writes a syndicated column and is Host of two can Public affairs shows. Mari Dies nearly 22 years after heart transplant Willem Vanbuuren in i h i Al and a i Hill s10 years ago dec. 1,1981 a authorities continued to investigate the cause of the death of Natalie Wood two Days after the 43-year-old actress body was recovered from a Lagoon off Santa Catalina Island Calif.20 years ago dec. 1,1971 a the Senate voted 77-1 in Defiance of president Nixon to give All Federal military and civilian employees a 5 is percent pay increase Jan. 1, rather than postpone it for six months As Nixon had wanted.30 years ago dec. 1, t961 a the cuban government adopted a Law punishing counterrevolutionary activities against the government with the death penalty. Premier Fidel Castro announced that All saboteurs and armed counter revolutionaries would be executed by a firing squad within 48 hours of their capture.40 years ago dec. 1,1951 a american f-86 pilots destroyed or damaged 13 soviet built planes in smashing the first communist Border Challenge of the korean War. . Fighters downed six enemy bombers and damaged three four of the escorting fighter planes were destroyed. Stanford Calif. Up the worlds longest heart transplant survivor has died of pneumonia at Stanford University Hospital officials said Friday. Willem Vanbuuren who lived nearly 22 years with his transplanted heart was admitted to the Hospital on monday complaining of discomfort and Chest pains officials said. He developed pneumonia and died late wednesday at 62. When Vanbuuren received a new heart at Stanford on Jan. 3, 1970, the idea was quite Radical. The handful of patients who had undergone the pioneering procedure before him rarely lived More than a few months or a few years. But Vanbuuren was the exception. He lived with his famous heart for 21 years and 11 months with surprisingly few problems and saw his children grow up get married and have families. Only Frenchman Emmanuel Vitria who died in 1987 came close to Matching Vanbuuren a survival record. On the 20th anniversary of his operation or. Norman Shumway Stanford a heart transplant Pioneer described Vanbuuren a survival record As a a Beacon of Hope for other critically ill patients awaiting new hearts a a Symbol of the procedures Long term the first few years after his transplant Vanbuuren diligently observed strict rules about exercise and diet. A in the Early Days a he once told a reporter a if i had a cold i was off to the Hospital. Now i done to Call them a unless i know its serious. A i done to want to go to the Hospital. Hospitals Are when people Learned about Vanbuuren a heart they always asked the same question a How do you feel a his Pat answer a pretty he found the drugs he had to take to control rejection a a minor Vanbuuren spent a great Deal of his time talking to other patients offering them Hope and promoting heart transplantation. Twenty years ago in Paris Vanbuuren met Vitria. A we got a pretty Good conversation going a Vanbuuren recalled a and 1much give a Damn i done to give a Damn you accept the facts. You go on from Vanbuuren is survived by his wife Corrie son Robert and daughters Marin and Martine. Found his philosophy was pretty like mine. Basically he did no to mighty to ending Long career with a final Bow at Pearl Harbor Long Beach Calif. Up the battleship Missouri having earned an unchallenged berth in . History for its role in world War ii and other conflicts departed on its final Mission Friday heading toward Hawaii for this weeks 50th anniversary of the japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. About 50 people watched As the a mighty Mon Beach naval station for Honolulu. When it arrives thursday the ship will join in a series of ceremonies commemorating Japan a bombing of Pearl Harbor the attack that prompted the United states to enter world War ii. The old Battle Wagon was the 58,000-ton stage upon which the japanese sur rendered during world War ii. Go sept. 2, 1945, the japanese foreign minister walked across its teak Wood deck with Gen. Douglas Macarthur to sign the documents that ended the War in the Pacific. F the ships participation in the Pearl Harbor ceremonies will Mark its last official act of duty. At 47 years old it will be decommissioned at Long Beach Early next year and preserved at Bremerton wash., said Petty officer Mike Perron. Christened in 1944 by Margaret Truman the battleship participated in the Battles of iwo Jima and Okinawa. After the japanese surrendered the ship was docked until the korean War when it cruised unchallenged up and Down the korean coastline and became known As a the Best infantry weapon the army Ever by 1955, the ship had been decommissioned and stashed in dry Dock at the puget sound naval shipyard in Washington state. Then 31 years later in 1986, the Missouri was recommissioned after a $475 million refurbishing Job that included nine 16-Inch guns capable of launching 2,700-Pound shells for 23 Miles and an array of Tomahawk and Harpoon missiles. A stationed in Long Beach since its return to Active duty the Missouri was enlisted into the persian Gulf War this year firing nearly 30 tomahawks at the iraqis. Aids drugs among teens top concerns Northbrook 111. Up teenagers in the United states like variety in their clothes their top ranked words Are a a cools and a chill a and they Are concerned about aids drinking and driving drug abuse and the environment a study says. The Survey is useful in a determining what a currently in favor and tracking the results Over time among teens helps marketers differentiate Between fads and trends a said Peter Zollo president of teenage research unlimited. The Survey consisted of nearly 100 questions that were answered by 2,128 teenagers Between the Ages of 12 and 19. Seventy seven percent of the scientifically selected nationwide Sample considered baggy clothes As being a in. However 64 percent also gave the same vote to tight clothes. Designer jeans got the vote of 75 percent Basic Denim got 68 percent and. Miniskirts 72 percent of the a in vote. The Survey also measured sue social concerns with 86 percent caring about the environment 68 percent patriotism 60 percent the military and 57 percent volunteering. However fewer than half cared about politics 48 percent or protesting 46 percent. The Survey found nearly half of . Teens care strongly about aids drinking and driving drug abuse and the environment. Zollo found gender differences however. Male teens Are More worried about War and the Economy while female teens Are worried about aids abortion and unplanned pregnancy. A majority said they liked to do things with their family and said religion was an important part of their life. The coolest word was a Cool a which got 77 percent of the vote followed by a a chill f65 Percenta a Sweet 57 Percenta a hot 55 percent and a a dude 54 percent
