European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 4, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Wednesday december 4, 1991 the stars and stripes a Page 9 Dan Quayle who won a Booby receives Golden Bull for Doublespeak London apr Dan Quayle won a Booby prize from the Plain English Campaign for what it deemed an incomprehensible remark on an unidentifiable subject. The vice president was awarded the Golden Bull on monday for remarks quoted in the Washington Post in july a we offer the party As a big tent. How we do that recognize the big tent philosophy within the platform the preamble to the platform or whatnot that remains to be seen. But that message will have to be articulated with great Jonathan Allman editor of the Plain English Campaign an organization that Battles gobbledygook and double talk called the quotation a a classic example of . Allman said a americans Are renowned in their official language for saying things that mean either the Complete opposite of what they Are saying or nothing at tolling of Bell to Honor 2,403 Pearl Harbor victims Indianapolis up the names of 2,403 pc ele killed in the japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor on Tec. 7, 1941, will be read for six hours in a memorial service highlighting a two Day Observance of the event. The world War ii commemorative association based in Indianapolis is sponsoring the 50th anniversary Observance. The Reading of names at the world War memorial building will begin at 7 55 a.m., the approximate time of the saturday attack. For each name read the Bell of the heavy Cruiser Indianapolis will toll. The Bell is the Only significant part of the ship that remains. The japanese Sank the Indianapolis killing 883 of its Crew. About 300 survived. The ship was returning from a secret Mission delivering atomic bomb parts that helped bring the War to a Quick finish 3v4 years after the sunday Surprise attack. The Indianapolis had left for its Mission after repairs without waiting for the return of its Bell which now resides in the naval armory in Indianapolis. A your Observance will be in the form of a memorial service to remember those who paid the supreme Price that Day for their country. It is not a political occasion to Bash the japanese a said Elbert Watson chairman of the association. Indianapolis mayor William h. Hudnut will be the first Bell Toller in behalf of victims who were from Indianapolis. The Friday and saturday events will include a veterans appreciation luncheon photos posters Memorabilia music and visits with veterans who were at Pearl Harbor the Day it was bombed. Speakers will include rep. Dan Burton a and. Joining the commemorative association will be the american legion Confederate air Force disabled american veterans Marine corps league Pearl Harbor survivors veterans of foreign wars and world War ii round table. Although the commemoration is not a political event Watson made it Clear he feels its about time the japanese apologized for bombing Pearl Harbor and for committing atrocities against . Prisoners of War. A forty percent of our pos died who were in japanese prisons. Only about 3 percent died in German Camps a Watson said. A. A Japan has taken on the role of victim of world War ii a he said. A a. They use the dropping of the atomic bomb to produce for them the victims his association is lobbying Congress for a Resolution demanding a japanese apology. President Bush said sunday that he did not plan to offer any . Apology for dropping the atomic bombs. Watson said the association also has chapters in Dayton Ohio and Tulsa okla. A what we re trying to do is develop Indianapolis into the Center of military reunion activity Over the next several years Quot he said. Watson also publishes the world War ii times a tabloid newspaper that runs six editions a year and has been in business since 1985. The publication includes recollections by veterans editorials and comments about the War. Plan for global television net studied by . Firm soviets Clearwater Fla. A a Florida company and two soviet agencies Are teaming for a $55 million joint venture to bring the global television network to the world. World one inc., a fledgling radio television network based in Clearwater is working with the soviet unions All Union state co. For television and radio or gos Tel radio and the ministry of posts and telecommunications. The network would originate from Moscow via a global satellite system previously used to beam programs to soviet embassies world ones president Mark Gould announced last week. A letter of commitment from communications equity association a Tampa Media investment company includes $5 million for feasibility studies now under Way Gould said. Equal shares of up to 20 percent of the programming would originate from the United states and the soviet Union with the balance from other participating nations Gould said. Shows broadcast in several languages would be 40 percent cultural 30 percent news and entertainment and 30 percent sports. Gould Hopes to debut in 15 to 25 International markets. He said programs would be offered to Cable systems worldwide and to broadcasters in countries where Cable has not yet been developed. White supremacist sentenced for California Cross burning los Angeles a White supremacist Tom Metzger was sentenced monday to six months in jail and 300 hours of Community service working with minorities for participating in a 1983 Cross burning. The former Kun flux klan Leader also was placed on three years probation by Superior court judge . Smith. Metzger was convicted in october of Misdemeanour unlawful Assembly. Two fellow supremacists Stanley Witek 58, and Brad Kelley 29, were Given the same sentence As Metzger. They were convicted on felony conspiracy counts. As a condition of probation the three Are required to quit any Neo nazi or Kun flux klan like groups to which they belong. A a nothing a going to change a Metzger said outside court. A they Knock one of us Down and a thousand More stand Metzger 53, testified that he was not responsible for the dec. 3, 1983, Cross burning during a gathering in Lake View Terrace. He said he attended it at the invitation of Frank Silva then head of the California Kun flux klan. Peace corps director sworn in Washington up a Taiwan com Elaine l. Chao was sworn in Mon Lay by vice president Dan Quayle As i Ector of the peace corps. The ceremony was held in the Indian treaty room in the executive office building and attended by members of her Amily government dignitaries and friends. Before serving As Deputy Secretary of transportation Chao was the head of the Federal maritime commission. A graduate of Harvard business school where she received a masters degree in business administration Chao was a vice president with ban America capital markets group in san Francisco. Quayle noted that More than 100,000 americans of All Ages have served in the 30-year-old peace corps in some 90 countries. Yuppie flu cause linked to hormone imbalance Washington a researchers have found a hormonal disorder that May play a role in the symptoms of chronic fatigue syndrome the mysterious disorder of exhaustion fever depression and aches sometimes called a Yuppie Federal scientists report that blood studies of a group of patients with chronic fatigue syndrome or cos showed that they had lower Levels of cortisol a hormone that acts to control the immune system and is secreted in response to stress. Further tests said or. Philip w. Gold of the National Institute of mental health showed that the cos patients also had a Low level of Corti Cotropia releasing hormone or cry a brain chemical that plays a key role in the production of cortisol. Gold said a shortage of cortisol is known to cause lethargy and fatigue while cry is a key hormone in the body so fight or flight reaction the automatic response to fear or a sense of danger. The imbalance of the chemicals Gold said could leave patients in a permanent state of lethargy a we conceptualize this As a malfunction of the stress response a the scientist explained. A the stress response has kind of gotten stuck in the off cos is characterized by fatigue fever enlarged and sore Lymph glands muscle and joint aches sleeplessness depression and an inability to concentrate. Often the symptoms last for months. It is seen most frequently in Young adults hence the Slang description of a Yuppie the disease however has been found in All Ages and races and in both genders. The number of people with cos is not known but the estimates Range in the tens of thousands Federal researchers said. Gold said the study provides a biological explanation for the symptoms observed in cos sufferers and a takes it away from the impression that these patients Are
