European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 3, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 4 a the stars and stripes tuesday december 3, 1991 outrageous Dooda hers strut stuff Pasadena Calif. Up there was the marching a Grill a team and the lost sock patrol. The synchronized briefcase Drill team was Back and women in favor of sexual harassment made passes at their male secretaries. Everything was fair game in sundays 16th occasional Doo Dah Parade a bizarre take off on the famed new years Day Rose Parade. Snotty Scottie and the hankies the tuba brotherhood and the Bappe opted a bagpipe Boogie band entertained the crowd estimated at 50,000, who showed their approval by tossing Tortilla fris bees. A a it a great a one Spectator said. A outrageous entries a As usual the year s headlines were twisted out of shape in the name of humor. A popular target was supreme court Justice Clarence Thomas whose Stormy confirmation hearings caused the nation to re examine the Issue of sexual harassment. A crowd favorite was the women in favor of sexual harassment entry featuring women dressed in business attire ordering spandex Clad male secretaries labelled a Steno studs Quot to get them Coffee. The women then chased the men around a rolling desk to the tune of the Dolly Parton song 9 to 5. Another group of men Clad in judicial Robes and Little else declared themselves supreme court justices a in the los Angeles police beating of Rodney King also made this years Parade. A group of professional roller skaters dressed As police officers re enacted the infamous incident chasing and then pummelling a Man in a mock Hyundai while several others captured it on videotape. Roach busters a group of jumpsuit Clad exterminators chased giant cockroaches who chanted a Roach the barbeque and Hibachi marching Grill team kept the beat by tapping tongs and skewers on portable grills. The lost sock patrol featured people dressed As mismatched argyles and tube socks. Another entry titled a idiots squared times Pic wore dunce Caps and carried a Banner proclaiming a your Karma just ran Over your several popular Parade fixtures were Back including reptilian lounge lizards in Leisure suits who came with their own Mobile tavern. The Ever pop ular synchronized briefcase Drill team stepped smartly in Gray business suits. Many celebrity look alikes marched in the Parade including those impersonating retired Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf soviet Leader Mikhail s. Gorbachev and russian president Boris n. Yeltsin president Bush and Pope John Paul ii. The Faux pontiff gave his Blessing to the Parade a was Long As everyone behaves themselves on the the Bush look alike Riding in a phony tank and waving a sword declared in a Banner a i have no quarrel with the iraqi an Elizabeth Taylor look alike walked the Parade route with her Youngish husband dressed in a Tuxedo and diapers. A this is one of the eight happiest Days of my life a she said give Sutherland Hearty Homecoming fort Collins Colo. A with the Snow covered Rocky mountains As a backdrop Thomas Sutherland Savoured the Colorado Sunshine and fresh air after b1/ years As a hostage. The 60-year-old native scotsman got a heroes Welcome of balloons and bagpipes sunday two weeks after he was freed by shiite Muslim kidnappers. He was greeted by about 500 people at the fort col Lins Loveland Airport then travelled by open limousine in 23-degree cold through fort Collins past thousands of the City a 80,000 residents. Later about 10,000 people welcomed him at a rally at Colorado state Juniver sity where he taught for 25 years. A to see the Sunshine and fresh air i can to Tell you How Good it is. Words can hardly express How i feel about being Here honestly a Sutherland said at the Airport. He said he spent much of his Captivity in Dank dark surroundings. He was presented with a bouquet of yellow Flowers As he stepped onto the Tarmac with his wife Jean and daughters kit and Joan. Sky divers trailed Long yellow ribbons an american Flag and a Banner Reading a jump for Joy Toms Sutherland was released on nov. 18, leaving behind three other american hostages in Lebanon. Joseph Cicippio was released monday. The other americans Are Alann Steen and associated press correspondent Terry Anderson who is the longest held Western hostage. Anderson was seized March 16,1985. Sutherland arrived in Colorado from Berkeley Calif. He spent thanksgiving there with his daughter Ann who is nine months pregnant and saw his Only grandchild 4-year-old Simone for the first time. At a University gymnasium Sutherland described the Thomas Sutherland acknowledges Well wishers in fort Collins Colo., where he taught at Colorado state University. Reception in fort Collins As a a Welcome that is truly beyond anybody a wildest a i am deeply and forever appreciative and touched a he said. Sutherland was kidnapped june 9, 1985, in Beirut by the islamic jihad. He was Dean of agriculture at american University of Beirut and on leave from Csc where he had been a professor of animal sciences. Hit and run Driver kills pregnant mom baby girl Chicago up a police said they were closing in sunday on the Driver of a stolen car that killed a pregnant woman her unborn child and a 5-month-old girl in a grisly hit and run Accident thanksgiving night. An arrest warrant was issued saturday night for a 23-Ycar-old Chicago Man spotted by witnesses running from the Accident scene. Police believe the suspect suffered head and Chest injuries in the Accident and said they were monitoring Hospital emergency rooms. A either he a seriously Hurt and holed up somewhere or he s just running a said police sgt. Bill Kaup Cri adding that the suspect failed to show up at Nis Job Friday. The suspect allegedly was behind the wheel of a stolen 1979 Pontiac grand prix that ran Down Sally Marti Nez 37, and dragged her More than a Block. Martinez and her 8-month-old fetus were killed. The car then slowed head on into a vehicle driven by Veronica Organista 18, killing her 5-month-old daughter Daisy Velasquez. Organista who was driving to thanksgiving dinner at the Home of the baby a Grandfather was hospitalized with serious cuts on her head and face. She was in fair condition at mount Sinai medical Center. A this has been very devastating a said Nancy Guzman Organista a sister. She said the family had not told the Young woman about the death of her Only child. Martinez a Mother of four had left a family thanksgiving dinner at a bakery operated by her Mother to go across the Street to a store and was returning when she was hit. Why was t 1-5 closed crash survivor wonders Coaling a Calif. Apr californians major North South Highway should have been closed hours before a fiery pileup in a dust storm killed 17 people and injured 150, a Motorist says. He and other survivors said the dust had reduced visibility Long before the 93-vehicle, Chain reaction collision Friday on interstate 5. A you just Sec anything a said Ada Parsley of san Jose. A anybody who went through that has got to have a Windshield like ours. It looks like it was we just could t understand Why they did no to close it Quot said her husband Jack. However California Highway patrol spokesman Ted Eichman said the dust storm could not have been predicted. He added that Many Drivers were speeding along the stretch 160 Miles Southeast of san Francisco. A these Are High Speed accidents. You can Tell by the carnage. Some cars you can to even Tell they re vehicles a he said. The Accident was under investigation by the Highway patrol and the National transportation safety Board assigned an investigator to help. More than 23 people remained hospitalized three in critical condition sunday. Winds gusting to 60 Mph had whipped up dust from dry fallow Fields making it impossible for Drivers to see ahead of them. The state is in its fifth year of drought. Crews continued work sunday to move More of the vehicles including h big rigs. More than a dozen vehicles had been burned Down to Metal frames. A you have believed it unless you saw it cars piled on top of each other under trucks. I saw a Jumble of Metal that used to be a car Frame i think a said Shirley Robinson of Clear Lake Park
