European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 22, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday january 22, 1992 the stars and stripes Page 5 rally at super bowl to protest image of indians in sports an ice piece of work workers put finishing touches on the ice Palace in St. Paul minn., on monday. The Structure is the Centrepiece of the City a annual Winter carnival and is made up of More than 30,000 blocks of ice. By Barry Wilner the associated press Minneapolis a the use of american indians As mascots and namesakes will be challenged at the super bowl this week. The National coalition on racism in sports is planning four Days of activities that include a Summit thursday picketing at the nil alumni awards dinner Friday night and a rally before the game sunday. The same group was involved in similar protests last fall at the world series when the Issue of the Tomahawk chop and the Atlanta braves logo received National attention. A a we re concerned with the use of race and cultural identity in derogatory and misrepresenting ways a said Fred veil Leux a spokesman for concerned american Indian parents. A a it a a distortion of our ancestors portraying us As warlike aggressive and wild. A there Are around 2,000 Public schools High schools and universities using american indians As logos mascots and namesakes. We need to educate them. A How do you think my son As an american Indian feels if he goes to a game where the indians Are portrayed in that manner if he secs on a Button handed out at that game a hang the indians. Kill the indians a How does he feel a we have been portrayed in textbooks in Public schools in the 1960s and �?T70s As wild Savage and Bloodthirsty. These teams perpetuate the negative  Veilleux who filed a complaint against the braves with the . Civil rights of fice in Washington last year said his cause has not received much attention or feedback from professional teams. Braves owner Ted Turner seen on National television practising the Tomahawk chop during the playoffs and world series would not meet with the Indian groups. But the braves president Stan Kasten did meet with representatives of Indian groups from around the country and with officials of the Southern Christian leadership conference. A we asked that they eliminate any reference to Indian culture a Veilleux said. A we educated him on the  the braves directed the matter to the baseball commissioners office and commissioner Fay Vincent met with several Indian leaders. Veilleux said nothing came of that and the matter was passed Back to the braves. A essentially they do not respect the Issue and our wishes to eliminate the use of indians a he said. Rich Levin a spokesman for the commissioners office said baseball officials were waiting to hear Back from the Indian leaders. Now the focus is on the Washington redskins who arc playing in the super bowl. A a it a not the team a Veilleux said a even though in the Case of the redskins it is offensive. A it was in our plans to be  if Washington or Kansas City did not make it to the super bowl. Wed like to take it up with the owners or players or whoever will listen to this Issue. Our primary focus will be on the nil and the  in the stars and stripes 10years ago Jan. 22,1982 a president Reagan settled on a 1983 budget plan calling for increased taxes on tobacco alcohol and some luxury items while projecting the largest deficit Ever submitted to Congress administration sources said. 20years ago Jan. 22,1972 a democrats charged that president Nixon was needlessly prolonging the Vietnam War while shortchanging Domestic needs and ignoring his pledges to put american interests first.30 year Sago Jan. 22,1962 a after his soviet designed Mig fighter Jet crashed in Southern Italy a bulgarian Pilot said he was trying to escape to Freedom from communism. Authorities discounted the claim because it appeared he was on a spy Mission to take pictures of North Atlantic treaty organization missile bases. 40 years ago Jan. 22,1952 a president Truman told Congress that More than three quarters of his proposed $85.4 billion budget would go to National Security against the threat of communist aggression and that the German Federal Republic was expected to be Given virtual Independence by april 1. I jammed Hospital puts patients in Halls by the los Angeles times los Angeles a sick patients some of them naked and in restraints were left on gurneys in Public corridors at los Angeles county University of Southern California medical Center on monday in what some physicians called a shocking sign of the hospitals acute overcrowding. One Young patient was reduced to slurping food from a tray in his Lap because his hands were tied with thick leather restraints. As a reporter watched another patient was spoon fed by two people who appeared to be family members. A i was shocked when i saw this a said one of the facility a senior physicians who requested anonymity. Another Phy world War ii 50 years ago today 22 Jan. 1 a 9 4 2 German troops Advance rapidly in Libya capturing Angelat and  soviets begin mass evacuations from besieged Leningrad trucking refugees Over Frozen Lake Ladoga Macarthur orders the Bataan defenders to pull pack to their final defense line behind the Pilar Bageac Road japanese troops land along Bataan s Western coast Singapore is pummelled by 100 japanese bombers Simian described the scene As a a disgusting and a a degrading to the patients and demoralizing to the medical staff. All of the patients who were in the main Public corridor leading into the emergency room were sick enough to have been admitted As inpatients at the medical centers general Hospital and were awaiting Beds in Inteman Medicine units. The overflow into the corridor had been under Way for at least sue hours but it was unknown How Long any patient had been left in the Public area. Harvey Kern a Hospital spokesman said monday that the situation a should not have occurred and was corrected As soon As top administrators Learned of it. Doctors said the patients were moved into a private unused room off the main emergency room about 2 . Monday. A it was an inappropriate situation handled by individuals who were not aware of Hospital policy a Kern said. A week ago medical Center administrators assured state inspectors that staffing deficiencies blamed for overcrowding and deficient patient care were being corrected. Two inspectors for the California department of health services toured the emergency department dec. 23 and cited the facility for several lapses in procedure and Quality of care. The medical Center is one of six Public hospitals in los Angeles county All of which Are being squeezed by reductions in state and Federal funding even As More people Appeal to them for care. The emergency department at general Hospital is the busiest in the country. Source 2194 Days of War w h Smith a publishers inc world almanac Book of world War ii Bison books corp19s1 we mmhlikv1 a year ago Day 6 Jan. 22 Iraq fires six scud missiles into saudi Arabia before Dawn. All Are either intercepted or fall in unpopulated areas. An iraqi scud missile eludes the Patriot anti missile defense system and strikes Tel Aviv. One person is killed two die of heart attacks and at least 70 people Are injured. Iraq sets some kuwaiti Oil facilities ablaze. A