European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 5, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday march5, 1992 the stars and stripes a Page 7 senator won t apologize for mushroom Cloud joke Columbia . A sen. Ernest f. Hollings says he was just responding to japanese criticism when he told workers they a should draw a mushroom Cloud and put underneath it a made in America by Lazy and illiterate americans and tested in  a Hollings would not apologize tuesday for using the world War ii image of the atomic bombs that killed thousands of japanese and hastened the end of the War. The 70-year-old Democrat up for re election in november was touring South Carolinas roller bearing co. Of America Plant monday when he made the statement to about 90 workers. The comments Drew applause from workers at the Plant in Hartsville. A a in a not Japan bashing. In a defending against America bashing. When you defend America they want you to apologize a Hollings said in a statement tuesday. A i made a joke to make a Point. The japanese speaker was wrong when he said that american workers Are Lazy and  he referred to comments by japanese parliament speaker Yoshio Sakurauchi in january. Sakurauchi said . Workers were Lazy unproductive and illiterate. Japanese prime minister Kiichi Miyazawa fuelled the controversy two weeks later when he suggested that americans Lack a work ethic. Hollingsw remarks brought Swift criticism from Japan. A this kind of remark cannot be permissible to the people of a nation that suffered the worlds first atomic bombing a said Yoshio Saito acting director of the Japan confederation of a bomb and a bomb sufferers organization. A the use of a mushroom Cloud and making bashing statements Are two issues on a quite different dimension a Saito said. A we cannot allow for any comment that would be taken As permitting the use of a mushroom Cloud  a japanese foreign ministry spokesman said a one could comment on the taste of it Hollingsw remark but that Sall i need to  Winter was nation s warmest but meteorologist sees no trend from wire reports Asheville . A the past Winter was the nations warmest on record the National climatic data Center reported tuesday. The seasons average temperature for the 48 contiguous states was 36.87 degrees fahrenheit said meteorologist Richard Heim. But he Wasny to making any big claims for global warming. A one warm Winter does not a climate trend make a said Heim who noted that the figures were preliminary. A it May Well be just another warm fluctuation As happened in the 1950s and the 1930s, he said. This Winters temperature tops the previous record see latest stateside weather details on Page 11 Holder 1953-54, when the nation averaged 36.00. Close at third was the Winter of 1933-34 at 35.97. The records go Back 97 years. Meteorologists consider Winter to be the months of december january and february. A main reason . Temperatures stayed warmer than usual was that the Polar Jet Stream stayed far North along the Canadian Border meteorologist William Brown said. The Jet Stream kept warm air circulating across the United states As a second subtropical Jet pulled in warm moist air from the Pacific Ocean. For drought stricken California the Winter was also wet. It was so wet that Santa Barbara could declare an end tuesday to three years of water rationing which had led some people to paint Brown lawns Green. Santa Barbara was harder hit by the drought than Many California cities because it is not connected to the delivery systems that carry water to the South from the North where water is far More plentiful. But now the situation is reversed because Santa bar warm Winter this past Winter was the nations warmest on record. Here is last Winter s average temperature and its closest competitors year temperature 1991-92 ave. 36.87 1953-54 ave. 36.00 i 1933-34 ave. 35.97 i -100 = 32 0 a amps Peter Jaeger Baraus nearby reservoirs were Able to capture More than enough of this seasons rain for its needs. Rains in the North were not great enough to help the entire state. More than two thirds of California including san Francisco and los Angeles relies on Spring and summer Runoff from the Sierra Nevada said Dean Thompson a specialist at the state drought Center. The latest measurements showed Sierra Snow pack water Content at 64 percent of Normal. A a we re not out of the drought a Thompson said. But he added a a we re in better shape than we have  actress Sandy Dennis Dies at 54 by the new York times Sandy Dennis who As a Young actress in the 1960s entranced Broadway and Hollywood with performances that won her two Tony awards and an Academy award died monday at her Home in Westport Conn. She was 54. Although the exact cause of her death was not known Dennis had been fighting a Long Battle with cancer said Doris Elliott a longtime Friend. Dennis born and reared in Nebraska and blessed with an Aura of appealing fragility came to new York at age 18 and within a decade had fashioned a string of outstanding performances. After making her movie debut in 1961 in a supporting role in splendor in the grass she won a Tony in 1963 for her performance As a social worker opposite Jason Robards in a thousand clowns. A year later she won another Tony As the slightly offbeat mistress of a tycoon played by Gene Hackman in any wednesday. Then in 1966, she won an Academy award for Best supporting actress for her portrayal of Honey the Mousy scared of her own Shadow half of a Young faculty couple alternately seduced and Browbeaten by Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton in Edward Al been a scalding who a afraid of Virginia Woolf. Dennis Success was extraordinary for any actor or actress but even then she seemed to recognize that such oversized Fame might be ephemeral. In one interview she remarked that acting a is no to like painting a picture or writing a Book. When you finish an acting stint there a nothing except Money. You have to keep going giving the Best you be got to get something  in her later roles Dennis was never Able to match the dazzling successes of her earlier years in terms of either Public acclaim or favourable reviews from critics. Where once critics had been charmed by her freshness and girl next door innocence Many later seemed to detect a mannered nervous Quality that drove them to distraction.  killed when Al 6s crash during training from wire reports Elkton Mich. A two military fighter planes crashed during a training flight tuesday killing one Pilot while the other parachuted to safety officials said. Debris was scattered Over about a six mile area according to broadcast reports. No injuries were reported on the ground said Huron county sheriffs dispatcher Dave Blashill and there were no immediate reports of damage. The f-16 fighting Falcons were on a routine training flight from Selfridge air National guard base in mount Clemens about 100 Miles North of Detroit base spokeswoman Alice Errington  of d for reserves Washington the House on tuesday approved a Bill extending veterans housing programs to reservists. The Bill passed by voice vote and sent to the Senate would make a Home loan guarantees available to current or former members of the National guard and armed forces reserves with at least six years of service. They would be charged higher loan origination fees than Active duty veterans. For example the fee for a loan with a 5 percent Down payment would be 1.5 percent compared with 0.75 percent for the current veterans program. The Bill also directs the department of veterans affairs to establish a trial program of adjustable rate  fixing defects Detroit a Ford motor co. Said tuesday it was fixing possible transmission problems in 755,700 pickups minivans and sport Utility vehicles As part of a previously announced recall. The recall of 1990-Model rangers 1990-91 Aero stars and 1991 explorers was first announced in october. The no. 2 automaker said it will modify the vehicles a4ld transmissions. Ford said the Park mechanism could fail when the shift selector is placed in Park allowing the vehicle to Roll As if it were in Neutral. Spokeswoman Kathryn Blackwell said Ford was aware of a a handful of minor injuries stemming from the  training criticized Washington a Federal safety officials on tuesday blamed two 1991 bus accidents in Pennsylvania and new York on the failure of greyhound lines inc. To make sure its Long haul Drivers Are experienced and trained. The safety Board announced its findings in these accidents a a greyhound bus travelling from Cleveland to Washington ran off the Pennsylvania Turnpike on june 26, 1991, and overturned near Donegal. One passenger was killed the Driver and 14 passengers were injured. A a greyhound bus headed from new York City to Buffalo n.y., veered off state route 79 and overturned near Caroline n.y., on aug. 3, 1991. Thirty three passengers and the Driver were injured. The Board recommended that greyhound create a new Driver certification program to identify Drivers lacking the skills to do their  judge censured Lansing Mich. A Michigan a highest court on tuesday censured a judge who said he would let a minor get an abortion Only in such cases As when a White girl was raped by a Black Man. Mason county probate judge Francis Bouris seau made the remarks in a newspaper interview last Spring about a new parental consent abortion Law that lets girls get a waiver from a probate judge. The 72-year-old judge who is White later apologized and said he could Rule impartially on such cases and follow the Law in granting waivers. Michigan a supreme court ruled unanimously that Bourisseau a comments were offensive and improper constituted misconduct in office eroded Confidence in the impartiality of the judiciary and exposed the system to contempt