European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 12, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 a the stars and stripes sunday january 12, 1992 Berkeley fakes away Columbus Day Berkeley Calif. A Christopher Columbus was tossed overboard Friday by City officials who declared oct. 12 a indigenous Peoples Day a stripping the explorer of his honoured Day. The City also declared 1992, the 500th anniversary of Columbus Landing in America a the year of indigenous  a Berkeley wants to celebrate the important place that indigenous people hold in this country a mayor Loni Hancock said Friday. A their societies and philosophies flourished Long before Columbus arrived and they continue until  the City a declaration underscored the revisionist notion that Columbus Wasny to the heroic Man who discovered America but was a european colonist whose arrival in the new world led to the deaths of millions of indians. A the Berkeley concept is probably really a Good one. It goes a Long Way to eliminate the stereotype of a Here a a Bunch of Savages who needed to be discovered a a said Terry Wilson a professor at the University of California Berkeley. A i think its a very positive Way to illustrate the native american aspect in the qui Centennial that could be very easily overshadowed a said Wilson director of the schools native american studies program. The sons of Italy a commission on social Justice criticized the move saying the explorer should be celebrated As the first person to discover the americas and record the findings. A a it a kind of Tough to rewrite history 500 years after it happens a said Richard Armento a spokesman for the commission. A a in a not suggesting we make him a Saint a he said but a a there a nothing to say Columbus was a Good or bad  Hancock said the change Wasny to meant to be  the idea of abandoning Columbus Day was initiated by the Berkeley chapter of the resistance 500 task Force a group dedicated to publicizing the belief that Columbus was responsible for the genocide of american indians. The City plans to erect a Monument dedicated to indigenous people worldwide which will include a time capsule of american Indian artefacts. The Public Library will contribute by displaying five exhibits throughout the year illustrating american Indian culture. The declaration also was recognized by the school Board which plans to work with the task Force to modify Columbus image in history classes and textbooks. A we done to have a particular text in mind for students right now. We re working on Concrete recommendations for the schools a said John curl a task Force member. The City will hold a cultural Celebration on the weekend preceding oct. 12. Columbus Day is a Federal Holiday celebrated the second monday of october. A Berkeley activities will be dedicated to an accurate history with a focus on learning from the mistakes of the past instead of repeating them a the mayor said. History textbooks full of mistakes Austin Texas apr new . History textbooks containing thousands of mistakes were approved by the state Board of education on Friday provided publishers Correct the errors and pay penalties. A the penalties do Hurt. The negative publicity hurts a said Joe Bill Watkins a lawyer representing the association of american publishers. A but the Good news is these Are the Best books that we be had in a Long  the errors came to Light in november when conservative textbook critics pointed out hundreds of mistakes. Officials said there were More than 3,700, including More than 2,200 a a substantial mistakes. Publishers were Given until dec. 16 to find errors that needed correction. Four publishers filed those lists. They were Holt Rinehart and Winston inc. Houghton Mifflin co. Prentice Hall inc. And Scott Foresman amp co. But More errors were discovered and the Texas education Agency verified 154 of them last week. Among the latest mistakes cited were a saying the civil War Era emancipation proclamation freeing slaves took effect in 1963, instead of 1863. A listing 1944 As the year president Franklin Roosevelt died instead of 1945. A putting the civil War Battle of Vicksburg in Tennessee when Vicksburg is in Mississippi. Officials went ahead with the $20.3 million Deal because updated history books Are desperately needed said Lionel Meno state education commissioner. Remembering Columbus italian president Francesco Corsiga accepts a Ceredo Sam Keahna left and Richard Keahna. The gift com Neal War Bonnet Friday in Chicago from Plains indians Mem rates Columbus discovery of  of Catholic Relief services Dies at 70 Indianapolis a archbishop Edward t. Of Meara who headed Catholic Relief efforts for War and disaster victims worldwide died Friday after a lengthy illness. He was 70. O Meara the spiritual Leader for 200,000 roman catholics in the Indianapolis archdiocese was diagnosed last summer with pulmonary fibrosis a lung disease. He died at Home where he had been bedridden since Jan. 5, when he requested to be discharged from Indiana University Hospital the Rev. David Coats said in a statement. The illness caused him to resign in september As president and chairman of Catholic Relief services which aids victims of disaster and War worldwide. A a he a a splendid gentleman and has a tremendous sense not Only of the world condition but also a feel  Downtrodden Quot said Lawrence Pezzullo executive director of the Baltimore based Agency. Affiliated with the . Catholic conference the group was created to help refugees during world War ii and expanded to a worldwide Relief organization that last year distributed $230 million in Aid to 74 countries. He was elected to the first Board of directors of the Catholic Relief services in the 1970s and became its president in 1987. Of Meara who headed a 39-county archdiocese that covers most of the Southern half of the state traditionally delivered the invocation before the Indianapolis 500 Auto race. The son of Irish immigrants of Meara was bom in St. Louis on aug. 3, 1921, and was ordained a priest there in 1946. He attended Kendrick Seminary in St. Louis and later earned a doctorate in theology at the pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas in Rome in 1952.21 qualify for Louisiana s presidential primary from wire reports Baton Rouge la. A eight democrats and republicans qualified Friday to run in Louisiana a March 1 presidential preference primary. The republicans Are president Bush Patrick Buchanan and David Duke. The democrats Are Jerry Brown Bill Clinton Paul Tsongas Thomas Harkin and Bob Kerrey. A total of 21 candidates qualified for the primary. Duke a former Kun flux klan grand wizard and nazi sympathizer is embroiled in Battles in several states where Republican parly officials do not want him on their ballots. He qualified quietly As a gop candidate in his Home state thursday. A it was very uneventful a said Secretary of state Fox Mckeithen because Louisiana a qualifying Law is a very Vanilla a in contrast to some states where Duke is fighting qualification Battles. Such states have Laws with murky language stating for example a hopeful a must be a Bona fide candidate a Mckeithen said. To run for president in Louisiana Mckeithen said a candidate Only needs to be a registered Democrat or Republican and produce a notice of candidacy forms from at least two Stales or band in a Louisiana candidacy form with the signatures of 5,000 voters. So far Duke has qualified to Challenge Bush in Massachusetts Michigan Mississippi Tennessee text and Louisiana. Duke who lost to  Edwin Edwards in lot i Sianas a nov. 16 Runoff election for governor was 1 give up his state representatives seat from Metairie c monday when a new legislature is sworn in. In Austin Texas Clinton on Friday ridiculed Bush Trade Mission to Japan saying Bush should have concentrated on opening japanese markets to All Good not just cars