European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 3, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 4 q the stars and stripes tuesday december 3,1991 outrageous Doo daters strut stuff Pasadena Calif. Up there was the marching a a Grill 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 bag people 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 a 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 in 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 �?o1 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 tearfully. Acted the infamous incident Chasin coloradans give Sutherland Hearty Homecoming fort Collins. Colo. Apr with the Snow covered Rocky mountains As a backdrop Thomas Sutherland Savoured the Colorado Sunshine and fresh air after Fivi years As a hostage. The 60-Ycar-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 University where he taught for 25 years. A to see the Sunshine and fresh air i can t 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 Welcome that is truly be Sutherland was kidnapped june 9, 1985, in Beirut by Pond anybody s wildest dreams. The islamic jihad. He was Dean of agriculture at Ameri 1 am deeply and forever appreciative and touched Quot can University of Beirut and on leave from Csc where e sat a he had been a professor of animal sciences. Hit and run Driver kills pregnant mom baby girl Chicago up 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-year-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 a just running a said police sgt. Bill Kaupert adding that the suspect failed to show up at his 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 Quot 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 w Hen she was hit. Brother in Law convicted in Gulf Veteran s death Detroit apr a 20-year-old Man was found guilty monday of first degree murder in the ambush slaying of his brother in Law who had returned from service in the persian Gulf War 10 Days earlier. A jury deliberated for two hours monday before finding Michael Cato guilty of murder and use of a firearm in a felony said a clerk for Detroit recorders court judge Gershwin Drain. Under Michigan Law Cato faces mandatory life in prison without parole when he is sentenced dec. 16. Army spec. Anthony Riggs 22, was shot March 18 outside the House of his wife a aunt. Riggs stationed at fort Bliss Texas was in Detroit to help his wife Toni Cato Riggs move to a new apartment. She had asked him for a divorce when they met on the Tarmac As he arrived Home from the War. The killing Drew International Atten Tion when it appeared that random Stre violence had claimed the life of the Pati of missile crewman. But police accused Michael Cato Ai Toni Cato Riggs of plotting the slaying collect life insurance benefits. Charge against Toni Cato Riggs were dismiss after a judge ruled that her brother a co session could not be used against or prosecutors Are appealing that ruling. Caton a attorney James of Connell a he was disappointed by the verdict a definitely there will be an Appeal it it a he said. Of Connell said the judge should n have allowed some hearsay testimony Ai admission of a letter from Riggs to 1 said Toni Cato Riggs figured Proi intently into Wayne county assist prosecutor Kym worthy s strategy. A they tried her and convicted him of Connell said
