European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 18, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse Tuesday february 18, 1992 the stars and stripes what s in a team name no nicknames Portland Ore. Apr readers of the oregonian Learned sunday that Deion Sanders was leaning toward a full time career in baseball. But they did no to learn the nickname of the baseball team he plays for. Oregon a largest newspaper has stopped using nicknames to refer to sports teams called the braves the redskins the indians and the redmen. Sanders plays part time for baseball a Atlanta braves and full time for pro footballs Atlanta Falcons. He said recently he was thinking about devoting More time to baseball. But the oregonians Story about Sanders did not mention the braves by name. It referred to the team As a National league Champion Atlanta a or a the baseball the newspaper announced the change in a statement from editor William Hilliard published on the sports Page. Hilliard informed the newspaper s staff of the new policy in a memo Friday. A i have directed this action with the belief that these names tend to perpetuate stereotypes that damage the dignity and self respect of Many people in our society and that this harm far transcends any innocent entertainment or promotional value these names May have he wrote. Managing editor Peter Thompson said saturday that staff discussions during the world series led the oregonian to decide it would Stop using team nicknames that could offend racial religious or ethnic groups. Many at the newspaper considered the behaviour of the Atlanta braves organization and its fans offensive to american indians Thompson said. A we do not expect the rest of the journalistic world to fall into line be Hind us nor do we presume that our action will change any team Thompson said in a statement. Quot but we have concluded that we will not be a passive participant in perpetuating racial or cultural stereotypes in our Community a whether by the use of nicknames or in any other Way a a he said. So far the policy has been limited to the four nicknames. Sunday s oregonian included references to the Miami tribe a team in the now defunct professional Spring football league and the Vancouver canucks a hockey team whose nickname is considered a derogatory term for French canadians. Hilliard a statement said other nicknames might be dropped a if it becomes evident that they too Are during the baseball playoffs and world series Atlanta fans appeared on National television in fake headdresses and War paint chanting and making an Arm motion known As the a Tomahawk in the weeks following the series the oregonian listened to the views of Many ethnic groups including american indians represented on its staff Thompson said. Among the arguments raised he said was one by Tim Giago publisher of the Lakota times a South Dakota based weekly newspaper with a wide circulation among american indians. He said Sham Indian rituals were a direct attacks upon the spirituality of the Indian braves general manager John Schuer Holz declined to comment on the policy. A what they do in Oregon is their business Quot he said. Clyde Bellecourt a founder of the Minneapolis based american Indian movement praised the oregonians retraces Teddy Roosevelt s River trek by Mark Dubnoff Miami apr a team of explorers including a great grandson of Theodore Roosevelt left sunday for Brazil to retrace the presidents 1914 River trek through the rain Forest. Armed with Roosevelt a Book through the brazilian wilderness and notes and photographs from his journey the team will travel by raft Down the treacherous Rio Roosevelt to assess environmental damage in the past 78 years. Like the conservationist president the explorers have to contend with rapids diseases and wild animals such As piranhas alligators and jaguars. The River runs from Western Brazil to Rivers that feed into the Amazon. Quot we could have essentially the same experiences he had a said Roosevelt a great grandson Tweed Roosevelt an investment analyst in Boston. A i feel that i can Forward some of the principles that he believed the group also includes experienced River and Jungle explorers a doctor three brazilian naturalists two photographers a journalist and two indians said team co Leader Charles Haskell. The Mission expected to last Between six and eight weeks will Survey the aquatic and Plant species in the Amazon Basin and compare the findings with those of the late president. The team will present its report to the . Conference on the environment and development in Rio de Janeiro this june. The Leader of the rough riders had a very rough ride when he navigated what was then called the a River of doubt with brazils col. Candido Rondon Roosevelt and 22 nearly starved to death became delirious from malaria and had a Bone infection on his thigh that had to be operated on during the trip. A Rondon had Given him up for dead Quot Tweed Roosevelt said. A that whole episode significantly weakened Roosevelt died in 1919, a year before the 1920 election in which he was favored to win. The expedition May have contributed to his Early demise his great grandson said. The 1992 explorers should have a much easier time. eat freeze dried food and will receive two air drops of food along their route. have chemicals to purify drinking water and travel on rubber rafts instead of heavy dug out canoes. Perhaps the biggest difference is the portable phone and a shortwave radio that will provide daily Contact with the brazilian air Force. The stars and stripes 10 years ago feb. 18,1982 a jazz musician thelonious sphere Monk one of the Foremost composers and pianists of the postwar modern jazz movement died in Englewood ., nearly two weeks after suffering a brain Haemorrhage. 20 years ago feb. 18,1972 a president Nixon left on his historic Mission to communist China to seek the end to 20 years of cold War Between that nation and the United states. 30 year Sago feb. 18,1962 a . Officials expressed optimism that the communists will be Defeated in South Vietnam with a minimum of combat by americans or loss of . Lives. The assessment was based on the prospects that South vietnamese president Ngo Dinh diem was gaining popular support and South vietnamese troops were being sufficiently trained to fight for themselves. 40 years ago feb. 18,1952 a korean truce negotiators cleared the Way for a faster Pace in the peace talks at Panmunjom Korea As the allies accepted in principle the communist proposal for a postwar peace conference within 90 Days of a korean armistice and a Promise of new offers regarding prisoner debate swirls Over reduced flush Trenton Up a toilet that saves water with each flush is fueling a debate Between plumbers lawmakers and the state regulators who Are requiring the new porcelain fixture in new jerseys bathrooms. A government has the right to say a just As it does in a drought when you can to Wash your car or water your Lawn a that in order to save water we re going to move to a More efficient toilet a department of Community affairs spokesman Jay Johnston said. But others Arentt As Content with the department regulation that quietly went into effect Jan. 1 requiring new toilets sold and installed in the state use just 1.6 Gallons per flush less than half the Standard 3.5-gallon Model. State senators overseeing the depart world War mentus operations Are calling for a review of the regulation out of concern that the lower flush volumes could Lead to clogged toilets. A what happens when they Start backing up a sen. Leonard Connors or. Asked Community affairs commissioner Melvin Primas or. At a committee hearing last week. A who do we blame you know who a going to get the blame you the new Jersey association of plumbing heating and Cooling contractors opposes the regulation saying the new toilets design is flawed and will damage plumbing systems. But complaints about having to flush twice to get the Job done Are the unfounded gripes of toilet makers dealers and contractors Johnston said. A study by the Stevens Institute of technology in Hoboken and trials in California have proven that the Low volume flush toilet works even with older Copper or Iron drainage pipes Johnston said. The state has Given toilet Sellers until March 1, 1993, to unload their Stock of old style flashers. Community affairs began looking at water conserving toilets after environmental regulators and the Delaware River Basin commission started warning of future droughts in South Jersey. A this is an Issue of water conservation in the most densely populated state in the nation with limited water resources a Johnston said. Quot there san impending water crisis in this state and this is a Way of meeting it without causing the Public any 50 years ago today 18 feb. 1. 9 .4 .2 japanese troops advancing northward through Burma toward India fait again to push across the Bilin River which is defended by Indian troops of the British army. The German and italian air forces continue a relentless bombing assault on Malta in an Effort to destroy the tiny British military bastion that lies astride Axis sea lanes across the Mediterranean to North Africa source 2194 Days of War w h Smith publishers inc. World almanac Book of world War ii Bison books corp. 1981 a year ago Day 33 feb. 18 two . Warships preparing for a possible Marine invasion strike mines in the Northern persian Gulf. Seven service members Are injured but the ships the amphibious assault ship Tripoli and the missile Cruiser Princeton Are in no danger of sinking. Iraq s foreign minister Tariq Aziz meets in Moscow with soviet president Mikhail s. Gorbachev in a last ditch Effort to Avert a full scale ground War. A
