European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 7, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday january 7, 1992 the stars and stripes b Page 5taylor s exhumation tops mediocrity list Colorado Springs Colo. Apr finding the uneventful in an eventful year took the Millard Fillmore society to president Zachary Taylor a grave. The society celebrates Fillmore s birthday each Jan. 7 by recognizing the previous year s person or event that epitomizes the mediocrity for which Fillmore was known. A Given a year that saw the soviet Union get divorced and a War that took less time than the olympics and gave us More medals 1991 was just too significant to be mediocre said society president Phil Arkow. The exhumation of Taylor was just the ticket and a dear one to the society. Taylor the 12th president was dug from his resting place of 140 years because historian Carla rising believed he was poisoned on july 4, 1850. An autopsy proved rising wrong. Taylor a death had been attributed to cholera and he was returned to the ground with that theory intact. The exhumation caused some anxiety at the society. Fillmore Taylor a successor would have been suspect had Taylor been assassinated. That would have spoiled Fillmore s reputation for having done nothing Arkow said. There were other contenders for the 1991 medal of mediocrity. Runners up included pee wee Herman and his arrest on charges of exposing himself in an adult movie theater former White House chief of staff John h. Sununu and his abuse of travel privileges and the Clarence Thomas confirmation hearings tainted by allegations of sexual harassment. A the entire iraqi army also would have been a runner up but they ran away a Arkow  roller who beat Duke beats Las vegas new Orleans up governor elect Edwin Edwards said to be fond of a pair of Dice took a Holiday trip to Las vegas and won an estimated $40,000 to $50,000 shooting craps on new years eve a newspaper reported sunday. The times Picayune said the Man who becomes governor next week a after having Defeated sex Kun flux Klansman divid Duke a gambled at the Dice table accompanied by his 27-year-old Girlfriend. Candy Picou and his son Stephen. Then they cashed out and headed to a Frank Sinatra concert at the Riviera. A reporter for the paper observed Edwards placing $1,000 chips on a craps table in the Caesars Palace Casino losing some but profiting on a final surge of Good Luck to ring in 1992. Edwards history of gambling while in and out of office has come under scrutiny particularly during his 1985 Federal racketeering trial when testimony revealed that he paid off Nevada gambling debts at the executive mansion in Baton Rouge with suitcases stuffed with Money. In the stars and stripes10 years ago Jan. 7,1982 a deadly mudslides buried residents in Homes along 150 Miles of californians Northern coast As a result of the area s worst rainstorm in decades. At least 92 deaths were blamed on the storm that dumped 11/2feet of Snow on the Midwest. 20years ago Jan. 7,1972 a Secretary of state William p. Rogers predicted that . Ground forces in Vietnam Quot Are going to be out of there for All practical purposes in 1972,&Quot adding that Complete withdrawal hinges on the prisoner of War Issue. 30years ago Jan. 7, 1962 a thousands of Paris police and special riot squads were on hand to Check a communist demonstration against the right Wing secret army. The government had forbidden the demonstration which protested the shooting of a communist Headquarters guard. 40years ago Jan. 7,1952 a sen. Henry c. Lodge jr., r-mass., said he would enter Gen. Dwight d. Eisenhower a name into the new Hampshire Republican presidential primary. Army regulations prevented the general from engaging directly or indirectly in the nomination Campaign himself. World War ii50 years ago today 7 Jan.1.9 4 �2 German a boats begin their first big offensive against shipping along the  East coast. The japanese begin massing their forces for an assault on the 80,000 americans and filipinos defending the Bataan Peninsula. In Malaya japanese troops break through British defences along the slim River and Advance on Kuala Bumpur. The japanese push to the Border of Sarawak and dutch Borneo. Source 2194 Days of War w. H. Smith publishers inc world almanac Book of world Jar ii Bison books clip1981 three in four americans polled believe conspiracy against Kennedy Washington up nearly three quarters of americans polled believe president Kennedy was the victim of a conspiracy and that they have not been told the truth about his assassination a Survey released sunday said. The time Magazine Cable news network poll found 72 percent of the respondents do not believe they have heard the full Story As to who gunned Down Kennedy As he Rode in a motorcade in Dallas on nov. 22, 1963. Seventy three percent believe there was a conspiracy to kill the president. Half of those who believe there was a conspiracy think the Central intelligence Agency was involved in the plot and almost As Many think the mafia was involved the Survey found. One third of those who supported the conspiracy theory think the cuban government May have played a part in the killing 19 percent say it was cuban exiles 18 percent blame . Military leaders and 13 percent Point a Finger at the Dallas police. The poll of 1,500 american adults was taken from dec. 17-22 and has a margin error of 2.6 percent. The Survey was published three weeks after the release of Oliver stones controversial film Juk. Which conveys a version of Kennedy a assassination far different than the Federal governments official explanation. After an invest Costner gation the Warren commissions main and most controversial conclusion was that Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone in killing Kennedy. Since then a cottage Industry of conspiracy theorists has grown and nourished. Meanwhile stones film could become an Issue in the re election bid this year of sen. Arlen Specter who was an assistant counsel on the Warren commission in 1964. In a Brief speech in the film the Lead character new Orleans District attorney Jim Garrison a played by actor Kevin Costner a Falls Specter a liar. Specter supported the theory that a single Bullet killed Kennedy and wrote on the editorial Page of the sunday edition of the Philadelphia inquirer that Quot the single Bullet theory has withstood the test of  Stone s film says otherwise. The movie speculates that a second gunman fired on Kennedy from the front. Thus Kennedy was the victim of a criminal conspiracy. Quot rather than admit to a conspiracy or investigate further the Warren commission chose to endorse the theory put Forth by an ambitions Junior Counselor a Costner said in the Tole of Garrison in the film. Quot one of the grossest lies Ever foisted on the american people we be come to know it As the magic Bullet theory a Costner said. A the movie mangles the facts on the single Bullet theory a Specter wrote sunday. Quot the House assassinations committee very critical of the Warren commission on other matters confirmed the single Bullet  fire ruins gym sports equipment Providence . A a four alarm fire sunday destroyed a gymnasium at Rhode Island College wrecking virtually All the equipment for the schools 14 intercollegiate sports teams. There were no injuries but Walsh gymnasium Hub for the colleges physical education program was declared a total loss. The fire burned out of control in the two Story Brick building for nearly 2 / hours before Dawn fire department spokesman Manuel Vierra said. Investigators were trying to determine the cause. The fire destroyed uniforms and other equipment for the schools 14 intercollegiate teams As Well As More than 20 faculty members offices five classrooms a dance studio and a Golf driving Range athletic director William Baird said. The gym housed the schools athletic department and the department of physical education health and dance. A a it a going to set us Back quite a bit but in a confident we can work something out a Baird said. The menus and women a basketball teams and the gymnastics and wrestling squads would be most immediately affected because their seasons Are under Way Baird said. He said he hoped to move events to other colleges gyms. Rhode Island colleges menus basketball soccer and Cross country teams compete in the Little East conference and other teams compete in the East coast athletic conference and National collegiate athletic association. Inlet apparently not threatened by Oil spill Anchorage Alaska a Oil from a ruptured pipeline is breaking up and does not appear to be threatening shorelines in alaskans fish Rich Cook Inlet officials said monday. A pipeline carrying a mix of Oil and water froze and burst Early saturday spilling an estimated 16,900 Gallons of Oil into the Inlet about 60 Miles Southwest of Anchorage. A on our last flight of the Day sunday we went out and looked for some Oil to put skimmers on and  locate any a said Bob Williams manager of Kenai pipeline co., which is owned by Arco and Chevron. A we had seen the Oil dissipating through the Day. Our noon sunday flight indicated we were Down to 30 or 40 Black patches and some Sheen. A a we la go out at first Light to see if we ran find and  Williams said. A but every indication is Well have a Tough time doing that. There a been no Shoreline Impact anywhere. A i think Well be Over the  Crews using skimmers recovered up to a Quarter of the estimated spill during the weekend Williams said. The Crews reverted to mechanical Means to clean up the Oil after an Effort to Spray chemical dispersant failed sunday because tem Arraf narc were below freezing