European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 22, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday March 22, 1992 the stars and stripes a Page 7young Winner puts worst foot Forward Montpelier it. A Meghan Mackey of Chugiak Alaska How did you get such smelly sneakers a i scooped my Pony a poop a said 8-year-old Meghan who beat out 11 other fetid footwear finalists on Friday to win the 17th annual International Rotten sneaker contest. Meghan a shy girl who lives about 20 Miles North of Anchorage said mucking out the family a livestock stalls contributed most to the stench of her tattered sneakers. A a they re Gross a said Meghan whose toes on her left foot stuck through a Hole in her sneaker. She clutched a championship trophy nearly half her size Snow White too violent for Florida school District from wire reports Jacksonville Fla. A a Public school District placed Snow White on a restricted list at its elementary schools because parents complained the children a classic contains graphic violence. Children must now get permission from their parents to Check the Book out of libraries at Duval county a elementary schools. In the fairy tale a Hunter kills a wild boar and a wicked Witch orders Snow Whites heart torn  advisory for niger Washington a the state department warned americans on Friday against travel in the North and West of the african Republic of niger because of bandits who have killed at least one foreigner. It repeated earlier advice that americans should be cautious in Niamey niger a capital because of growing crime and unsettled political  strikes Montana Ovando Mont. A a moderate earthquake Shook Western Montana on Friday evening but caused no injuries or damage officials said. A it was real Short but rattled everything in the House a said Donna Murphy who ranches near Ovando where the temblor was entered. Ovan do is about 30 Miles Northeast of Missoula. The temblor registered 4.1 on the Richter scale said Rebecca Phipps a spokeswoman for the . Geological Survey in Washington . It hit at 6 58 p.m., and also was Felt in Helena and great Falls she  gets disaster Aid Washington a president Bush on Friday declared that a major disaster exists in Texas and ordered Federal Aid to supplement state and local recovery efforts in the area struck by severe storms and flooding in Early March. The presidents action makes Federal funding available to affected individuals in Harris and Liberty  Stamps top for 91 Washington a the stamp set commemorating world War ii proved to be last years top seller among collectors according to . Postal service statistics. The Post office provided 1,832,967 special postmarks for the world War ii Stamps the most of any stamp issued in 1991. Stamps postmarked on the first Day of Issue Are popular with collectors and such sales can be a gauge of the popularity of  ordered to school Martinsburg . The Mother of a persistently truant schoolgirl has been ordered to attend classes with her daughter. Tina Paul pleaded guilty thursday in Berkeley county magistrate court to a charge of permitting truancy. Her 11-year-old daughter Brenda has 55 unexcused absences this year. As she sat on the stage of the Montpelier recreation Center. Her smelly sneakers will Cam her a spot on no cd a the today show along with 14-year-old runner up Jonathan Heafitz of Swampscott mass. A it takes a lot of guts to come up Here Quot Jonathan said. A i done to think its anything to brag  smelly sneakers seem to run in Jonathan a family. His Mother Lesley Heafitz was a judge in the Competition. His brother David won last years Massachusetts Rotten sneaker finals. And How did Jonathan season his sneakers for that us Sweet smell of Success a i use them As brakes on my Bike Quot he said. A and i Wear them a  the competitions judges included or. Herbert Lapidus inventor of odor eaters which sponsors the annual contest for children younger than 18. Other judges were Pat Pugh yes that a pronounced a a Pew and Montpelier mayor Ann Cummings. Cummings said she qualified As a judge because she has a four children with smelly feet and Rotten  Cummings said Meghan a shoes were a Clear Winner. A those heels were stiff with alaskan mud and it smells much worse than Vermont mud a she said. It was just plane fun for pair wrestling Over airline slogan Dallas apr a South Carolina aviation executive left Southwest airlines chairman Herb Kelleher coughing and wheezing Friday in a Best of three Arm wrestling match Over an and slogan the companies use. A if it Hadnot been for my hairline wrist fracture my cold and my athletes feet i would have won a Kelleher joked after Kurt Herwald chairman of Stevens aviation inc., humiliated him in the promotional event. Last year Southwest began using the slogan just plane smart in its advertising. Stevens had been using a plane smart to tout its airline service business based in Greenville . Herwald 38, had challenged Kelleher 61, to Arm wrestle for the rights to the slogan. But Kelleher staged the event on his terms a in a seedy wrestling auditorium surrounded by More than 700 Pompon waving Southwest employees costumed cheerleaders and professional wrestlers. His music of Choice came from the movie Rocky. In the ring Kelleher lounged in a Light Blue easy chair while Herwald sat on a Small Stool rigged with fake dynamite that Southwest uses to Check its Airport Security systems. About 15 Stevens employees made the trip to Dallas. Herwald lost the first round after Kelleher subbed in . Jones of Houston who won the Texas Arm wrestling championship in 1986 at age 57. In the second match Herwald subbed one of his employees Annette Coats of Nashville. She beat Kelleher. The two executives went at it themselves in the third match and Herwald won. But when it was Over her Southwest airlines chairman Herb Kelleher left Arm wrestles Stevens aviation chairman Kurt Herwald on Friday in Dallas. Wald said a just to show sympathy for the elderly and that there a no hard feelings we be decided to allow Southwest airlines to continue using our  a frankly it was their slogan a Kelleher said from a Stretcher after the match. Quot you could have had a substantial  not Only did the companies save a court Battle that would have taken years and Cost several Hundred thousand dollars they gained loads of free publicity. The companies also made contributions to charities. Editor gets hate mail from kids says teacher made them do it Philadelphia up a weekly newspaper editor who failed to publish a schoolteachers photograph said he was deluged with death threats from a Bunch of third graders. George Beetham jr., managing editor of the review said Friday that he does no to blame the kids at James Dobson elementary school in Philadelphia a Manayunk Section. He said their teacher put them up to it. A you will regret this a one Pupil wrote. A a in la have your head. Its not Nice to be mean to a teacher. Shell make you do your times tables for  Beetham said a Public relations firm sent him the photo of Tennis fans who participated in a serving Competition at the feb. 22 . Pro indoor Tennis tournament at the spectrum a sports Arena in Philadelphia. Mimi Shapiro 40, a third Grade teacher at Dobson was one of eight people pictured. Beetham said he did no to publish the photo because Shapiro was the Only local resident shown. The hate mail arrived March 11, he said. A hand delivered letter on school stationery contained messages from 14 of Shapiro a pupils. A you did no to put my teachers name in the paper. I should kill you a one Pupil wrote. A you better leave this world or we will Fly you to Mars if you done to put mimics Tennis picture in the paper a wrote another. For some pupils death was t a Good enough punishment. A you ugly rat and four eyed geeks. In a going to rip All your hair off put it in your Mouth and take your clothes and put them on your head and beat you up a one vowed. Beetham said Shapiro called him a few Days before the letter arrived to complain that while another newspaper had used the photo it had spelled her name wrong. A i assured her that if the photo were used i would Correct it a Beetham said. A i later decided not to use  Dobson principal William Mcclain said angry parents have been calling the school since wednesday when the review published an account of the incident. On Friday morning about 15 parents picketed outside the school demanding that action be taken against Shapiro. Mcclain said Shapiro has been reassigned to a nonteaching position pending an investigation. Shapiro could not be reached for comment