European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 2, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday. Jue 2. 1992 the stars and stripes a Page 7veterans marking Battle of Midway Charleston . Up pilots who survived the Battle of Midway Are gathering on an aircraft Carrier in South Carolina today to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the epic confrontation that turned the fortunes of the United states in the Pacific during world War ii. Organizers of the commemoration aboard the world War Hera Carrier Yorktown say the ceremony will be the country a Only Midway memorial on an aircraft Carrier. The Battle occurred from june 4 to 6, 1942. It began with japanese bombers destroying 75 percent of the entire air Wing on Midway Island. When american aviators launched a 47-plane counterattack Only 16 . Scricc members survived. Six of the 16 Are still living and four of them will attend the ceremony. They include George Gay. An Ensign who was the Only member of the Carrier hornets 30-member torpedo so 8 to come Back Bert Earnest who flew a torpedo plane from Midway Island Bill esders one of two surviving pilots from the Yorktown a torpedo so 3 and Harry Ferrier Earnest a radioman. During the Battle Gay suffered from Bullet wounds to his Arm and a shrapnel wound to his hand. After flying in close to release his torpedo he pulled up and barely cleared the Bridge of the japanese Carrier. While he was trying to escape. Japanese fighters pounced on his plane and shot him Down a Quarter mile away. Gay swam to the surface in time to hear his torpedo blast into the japanese Carrier. Gay was rescued by a seaplane piloted by Roy Robinson who will also attend the ceremony. Other aviators to attend include e. Scott Mccusky the Battle s Only . Ace with five confirmed enemy aircraft downings and three probables and Dick Best Lead Pilot of the Carrier enterprises vb-6 s dive bomber Squadron. Best was the Only Pilot to Fly two separate missions the first Dav of the Battle. Scoring one confirmed Carrier hit and one probable. All told four japanese carriers were sunk Oxer three Days. It was the first naval Battle fought totally by air planes the ships never saw each other. Historians say the key to the its. Victory came when japanese commanders waffled on whether to Send out planes armed with torpedoes or bombs. We Hill the japanese aircraft were being refitted and refuelled. American planes caught them on the deck and the bombing strafing and torpedo runs created flight deck fires that japanese sailors could not control. Aspin backs . Halt to nuclear arms testing Washington apr the chairman of the House armed services committee said monday that the United states should Stop testing nuclear weapons As a signal of its commitment to curbing the proliferation of arms of mass destruction. A in the Days when we relied on nuclear weapons As the equalizer versus soviet conventional forces it was necessary to conduct nuclear weapons tests primarily for modernization. But no More a rep. Les Aspin d-wis., told graduates of the Massachusetts Institute of technology. A copy of Aspinw a speech was released in Washington. Aspin said the Bush administration has been preaching non proliferation to other countries while continuing to test nuclear weapons. Imposing a testing ban would be a step toward securing International agreement on a non proliferation Effort he said. A the Pentagon opposes More limits on nuclear testing but pressure has been building in this country and elsewhere to halt testing a Aspin  of carnage leaves 7 dead in . From wire reports Washington a seven people including a teen Ager shot outside a school dance were slain in the nations capital Over the weekend police said. District of Columbia police said it was the most violent weekend since october 1990, when eight people were slain in a 24-hour  twits lawyers Boston a House speaker Thomas s. Foley regaled Law school graduates with jokes about lawyers to make a Point about the professions image. A a what a Brown and Black and looks Good on lawyers a Doberman pins her a the Washington Democrat told the 466 graduates of Suffolk University Law school on sunday. A How can you Tell if a lawyer is lying his lips Are moving a he continued. Foley who was a practising lawyer himself before entering Congress in 1964, then got serious. A i suppose if there is one great Challenge facing you today it is to use the Opportunity. To disprove this View of the Legal profession a he said. A the benefits we offer society Are Unsung. The costs Are loudly  a shot at Leno fort Wayne ind. A Dan Quayle played a round of celebrity Golf and made Light of the ribbing he has been taking from Jay Leno on the tonight show. "1 got out there on the first tee and former nil coach Hank Stram was standing right there and he yells out a hey or. Vice president what a your Handicap a a a Quayle said sunday at a dinner following the Golf game. Quot i said my handicaps Jay Leno a the vice pics ident said. Russian president Boris n. Yeltsin imposed a unilateral moratorium on nuclear testing for his country in october and has urged the United states to match his Effort. Published reports last week said the administration was considering plans for scaling Back testing before Bush a meeting with Yeltsin this month. The White House in response said testing is already at a Low level and there Are no plans to fur Aspia ther limit tests. Aspinw a decision to Call for a nuclear test ban comes As a growing number of other lawmakers have made a similar Appeal. Rep. Mike j. Koptski d-ore., is expected to offer an amendment to the fiscal 1993 defense budget this week that would impose a one year moratorium on testing provided the former soviet republics continue their ban. The measure has at least 218 co sponsors in the House including majority Leader Richard a. Gephardt do. Aspin predicted monday that the House will approve the amendment. In the Senate Republican Mark o. Hatfield of Oregon plans to offer a similar measure that has 41 cosponsors including majority Leader George j. Mitchell a Mainc. A number of arms control associations have announced their opposition to the defense budget Aspinw a committee has written citing the $4.3 billion for the strategic defense initiative anti missile system and the conditional authorization of 20 b-2 stealth bombers. Spurgeon m. Keen or. President of the arms control association said that although he was pleased with Aspinw a position on nuclear testing he remains disheartened by the sd1 number. A a in a a Little afraid this is somewhat cynical support a a Keeny said referring to Aspinw a nuclear testing portion. Doll condoms Beach balls halt High school graduation Houston apr rowdiness at graduation ceremonies for memorial High school caused some graduates to go Home without diplomas. Principal Virginia Leiker halted saturday s ceremony without explanation. Students and parents booed loudly during the valedictorians speech a blow up doll was dropped among the 400 graduates. The principal stopped the speech until the doll was confiscated and the Man responsible a a graduate s brother a was escorted out. She stopped the ceremony twice More when Beach balls appeared. As diplomas were distributed some students while shaking hands with the principal tried to give her marbles a and in two cases a condoms. A believe me this was not an easy decision Leiker said in a Telephone interview from a restaurant where she and school trustees were gathered afterwards. About 100 graduates weren table to get their diplomas. The diplomas were awarded the students in alphabetical order and the commencement was halted after students whose surnames began with the letter  the remaining students were to collect their diplomas monday. �?o1 done to think in be Ever been madder in my life a said Tracy Winborn 18. Quot i knew that some people acted up brought Beach balls and marbles and whatever but i personally did no to do a  during diploma distribution the principal said one student tried to hand her a condom. When a second student passed her two condoms and marched off the stage with hands held High l Eiker said she had had enough. A a the principal obviously snapped. She was t Able to handle it a said Amber Winborn Tracy a Stepmother the school has no history of controversy Over condom distribution. Bob Sharp Spring Branch Independent school District director of communications said the school administration and others determined the students behaviour was inappropriate and decided to halt the ceremony. Bernard Stewart in said it was much ado Over nothing. A i did no to even notice the guv giving her a condom until she made a big Deal of it a he said. Disappearance at Casino baffles family o i i k i. I i a l no lol la Atlantic City . A Thomas Guenette got up from his seat at the Slot machines told his Wile he was going to the menus room and walked away. I hat was on wednesday. Now his family is Hunting frantically for him. Police have filed a missing persons report but say it s the kind of thing that happens All the time. A a it a not uncommon in a resort town for people to just up and leave and have fun on their own a said police capt. Wayne Neuterman. A a in a say 99.9 percent of the time they show up at Home a few Days  Guenette 49, of Chicopee mass disappeared from Merv Griffin a resorts International hotel and Casino. Guenette. A National guard sergeant on Active duty in Springfield mass., did t have any Money and left behind his car suitcase and cigarettes said his wife Linda 46.  Guenette said her husband does no to drink or have a gambling problem. A a it a like a bad dream. It s just not like Tommy a she said. Their daughter Tracy Scott spent Friday handing out fliers on the Boardwalk searching the casinos and making Calls to enlist help. Detective James Mcgettigan who is handling the Guenette Case said police had checked local hospitals and jails. A a that a pretty much All we can do a he said. But he Wasny to worried a we  had a missing person s Case in years where the person did no to show up