European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 1, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday March 1, 1992 the stars and stripes a Page 7 texans dislike downplaying of Alamo for Mexico s Sake by Cox news service Austin Texas a the Battle cry for Gen. Sam Houston a troops during the Texas revolution was a remember the Alamo a not a Quick lets hide  that a Why the organization that operates the historic Alamo Mission in san Antonio criticized two Public relations firms Friday for downplaying the attraction in preparing for the International drug Summit that was posted by president Bush in the Alamos Hometown ast week. As a gesture to mexican journalists and dignitaries the Public relations team opted against using depictions of the Mission in information packets. Photos of the Mission were available to All journalists upon request and bus Tours of the City passed the historic site. But pictures of the Alamo on folders borrowed from san Antonious convention and visitors Bureau were covered with stickers. The Battle occurred in february and March 1836 during Texas revolt from Mexico. During it a band of about 200 Texas volunteers stood against an estimated 4,000 mexicans commanded by Gen. Antonio l6pez de Santa Anna. After a 12-Day siege the mexicans overran the Alamo killing every defender. The Battle became the rallying cry six weeks later when fewer than 800 texans under Houston launched a Surprise attack on Santa annals encamped Force of about 1,500 soldiers at the san Jacinto River. Their Victory secured texan Independence. A spokeswoman for the daughters of the Republic of Texas which maintains the Mission site said the Jane Weiss poses Friday at the United nations print shop with various nameplates of the nine newest members of the United nations which will be seated Mon monks Corner . A a jury has awarded $10.1 million to Niem Bers of a Rock band who sued a hotel because of peepholes found in their rooms. Members of the sons of the South band said they could have been spied upon through the peepholes at the Walterboro Holiday inn in March 1990. They claimed invasion of privacy and negligence and filed suit against Motel owner Walterboro inns Julian a. Ott and associates operator of the Motel and Holiday inns inc., which franchises the Motel to Ott. Attorneys for the hotel Are expected to Appeal thursdays jury award. A i would say its a landmark ruling because of the Clear and unequivocal message they re sending to the hotel Industry said band attorney e. Paul Gibson. During the trial Gibson presented witness accounts that the 172-room hotel was riddled with up to Ico Public relations team made a mistake. A i done to see a need to try to cover it up or hide the Alamo a said Majorie Hardy chairman of the Alamo committee. While Hardy said she does no to plan to make much of a fuss about the matter Andrea Avery a self described a sixth generation texan a said she a outraged. The free Lance literary agent in Austin said a a in a absolutely Rabid. That a a perfect example of revisionist history. It would be like president Bush trying to cover the  Arizona a world War ii Era battleship with a Blanket every time the japanese come into the  she wants the daughters of the Republic to ask for an apology from the Public relations firms a the Atkins Agency and Dublin and Mccarter amp associates a As Well As san Antonio officials. Betty Burr the president of daughters of the Republic said san Antonio officials were right to consider How mexican citizens fee about the Alamo. But Burr added a since the mexicans did win that Battle in a not sure the action was necessary. I certainly done to think it would be necessary to do it  Teresa Acosta of the Tejana tejano historical association which researches mexican american history in Texas said she was a glad the promoters tried to be sensitive to visitors from  she said a Public debate about the Way the Alamo is being promoted could Start a much needed discussion about historical accounts of the Battle. Day. With the exception of san Marino a tiny Independent country located within Eastern Italy All the countries Are from the former soviet Union. Peepholes. Band member Deborah Whaley testified wednesday that her husband woke her up one night and pointed out a beam of Light shining through the bathroom Mirror into the room. They could see through the Mirror into an adjoining maintenance corridor and a room on the other Side she said. Colleton county sheriffs it. George a. Malone testified he found several peepholes when he investigated the band members complaint. Someone apparently had poked through the Walls and scratched backing off the mirrors giving a Clear View of rooms from the maintenance corridor he said. The hotels manager and representatives of the Holiday inn hotel Chain insisted they weren to aware of the peepholes.  to quit recruiting filipinos at year end from wire reports san Diego a the Navy will Stop recruiting filipino nationals at the end of this year officials Saia Here ending a unique program under which tens of thousands of filipinos Nave served in the Navy since the end of the Spanish american War when the Philippines became a . Colony. Navy spokeswoman it. Deborah Carson said that the recruitment of filipino sailors was formalized in 1947, when the United states and the Philippines signed a military bases agreement. The agreement which allowed the United states to maintain military bases in the Philippines will end in december. The end of the recruitment program was due in part to the end of the bases agreement Carson said. The scaling Down of the . Military was also a contributing Factor she added.300 become ill on cruises Honolulu a a cruise line took one of its ships out of service for a week after nearly 300 passengers became ill on two successive cruises. American Hawaii cruises said 99 people aboard the cruise ship Independence became ill at the end of a seven Day voyage last week and 100 More became ill on a second cruise that ended Friday. About 2,000 passengers and Crew were on the ship for one or both cruises. The company operates two ships in hawaiian Waters. Inspectors from the . Food and drug administration visited the ship wednesday during its cruise and the state health department inspected the ship Friday said health department spokeswoman Barbara Hastings. Hastings said evidence from the preliminary investigations showed the illnesses were caused by food or water contamination either by a virus or some other agent. No one became seriously ill she  targets sex Church Seattle a the operators of a sex Church on trial for tax evasion and criminal conspiracy to defraud the internal Revenue service changed their pleas Friday to guilty. The govern tent contended the ultimate life Church operated by Jay and Polcen Gearon was in effect a Massage parlor whose female a a ministers offered sexual favors to male visitors in Exchange for donations. Gearon 47, and his 41-Ycar-old wife face maximum penalties of 25 years in prison and $1.2 million in fines As Well As payment of up to $310,000 in Back taxes and penalties. The Nearons Are scheduled to be sentenced april 24 in . District  reclaims thumb Green River who. A nearly seven months after Robert Lindsey lost his thumb in a boating Accident it turned up inside a fish. A was soon As i saw it i was pretty sure it was mine a said Lindsey a welder from Green River. A a in la probably just put it on the shelf to show  Fisherman discovered the digit in a Large Lake Trout caught feb. 13 in the flaming Gorge Reservoir in southwestern Wyoming. Authorities were puzzled by the find but linked it to Lindsey after he heard about the discovery and called the county coroners office. Coroner Mike vase said the fish probably ate the thumb less than 24 hours before it was caught. Lindsey lost two other fingers when he Dove in front of his boat july 27 to help a friends daughter who had fallen in the Reservoir. Those fingers were found and  writer Dies at 51 new York a a memorial service for Jay Sharbutt senior television writer for the associated press will be held on monday in a studio at Abc where he once worked As a Page. The a memorial service will be at 10 . In no cd a studio 8h, Home of saturday night live. A funeral was scheduled saturday in Brooklyn. Sharbutt 51, was found dead of a heart attack on wednesday. He covered two wars in Vietnam and the persian Gulf As Well As drama and television in an a career that began in 1966. Band wins suit against peephole filled hotel