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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 15, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 c the stars and stripes monday june 15, 1992 Bush praises korean vets at memorial ceremonies Washington a president Bush broke ground sunday on what he called a Long overdue memorial to americans korean War veterans including thousands who died a so that the enslaved might be  a for what you did for stopping totalitarianism the entire free world still salutes you a Bush said at a Flag Day ceremony on the site near the Lincoln memorial. Congress authorized the memorial in 1986, but it took organizers nearly twice As Long to win approval from Fine arts and planning commissions As it did to wage the 37-month War. The memorial will feature sculptures of 16 larger than life soldiers advancing toward an american Flag a reflecting Pool and a Grove of Linden Trees. A Low Granite Wall along one Edge of the triangular Field will be etched with images of those who supported the troops in combat. The 2.2-acre site is on the opposite Side of the reflecting Pool from the Vietnam veterans memorial. The crowd of 5,000 that gathered in sweltering heat for the ground breaking included hundreds of korean War veterans. A when tyranny threatened you were Quick to answer your country Scall. Sadly your country Wasny to quite As Quick to answer your Call for recognition of that sacrifice a said Bush. A and today we say the length of time it has taken for this Day to arrive Only adds to the depth of our gratitude a he said. Bush paid tribute to All 5.7 million americans who Shrub saves Tot in 90-foot fall Southfield Mich. Apr a 2-year-old who plunged from a ninth floor window landed on a Bush that snagged his diaper stripping him naked but also saving his life an apartment manager said. Joshua Beatty suffered Only a scratch on his forehead in fridays 90-foot fall said Colette Stimmell a spokeswoman for William Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak. Nonetheless he remained in the paediatric intensive care unit overnight for observation she said. Apartment manager John Switala said the boys Mother Gina Beatty put Joshua Down for a Nap just before noon Friday. Apparently the boy got out of bed and leaned against the aluminium Frame window pushing out the screen and falling from the window Switala said. The manager arrived to find the Little boy standing in the buildings lobby with leaves on his Chest his Mother sobbing behind him. A what happened a asked Switala. A if of full Quot Joshua stammered. His diaper and a sock Hung on a Bush outside. The boys parents refused to comment. Served in the military during the korean War. Some 1.5 million actually served on the Peninsula. A they fought so that the enslaved might be free. They fought at the Pusan perimeter and at Inchon and at Heartbreak Ridge and pork hop Hill a he said. Bush called two veterans out of the crowd a Robert Young 60, of Philadelphia who served with the 1st Marine division and Bob Fuller 59, of the 24th army division also of Philadelphia a to help turn the first shove Fuls of dirt. The korean ambassador Hong Choo Hyun read a letter from korean president Ron Tae woo thanking americans for coming to his country a defense after the june 25,1950, invasion by North korean troops. The United states and other allies fought under the United nations Flag against the North koreans and chinese communist troops in a War that lasted until july 27,1953.some 33,629 americans were killed in combat thousands More died from non combat causes. Bush said that both the korean War and the persian Gulf War proved a that together allies could contain tyranny by combining  a we built a stable peace that has lasted nearly 40 years. Together we Hela the line a the president said. The United states has reduced the size of its forces still stationed in South Korea and the two Korea have made some efforts to thaw their own cold War. But Bush vowed a the United states is going to fulfil our obligations to peace on the korean Peninsula. The United states does not quit and we will stay with the  angered by pregnancy test on third grader Hollywood Fla. Up the parents of a 10-year-old girl have demanded that school officials determine Why a Parent Volunteer at the third graders elementary school performed a pregnancy test on her. The family stormed into the principals office at Colbert elementary school on Friday after learning the test was performed without notifying them. A she came Home one Day and said mama they made me pee in a cup a a the child smother told the Miami Herald. A i thought they were doing it to everyone so i did no to pay her any mind. She has had a Little Potbelly since she was a baby. A but that does no to give them any right to give her a pregnancy  a school investigator e. James Darden began questioning teachers at the school and said he would present his findings to Broward county school administrators. Darden said the woman accused of administering the test Doreen Biggs refused to give a statement and hired a lawyer. A Colbert teacher told the Broward county teachers Union that Biggs president of Colbert a Parent teacher association suggested the test because she thought the child a stomach bulged abnormally. Priests should be allowed to marry say most american catholics in poll Chicago up a a new poll shows 70 percent of roman catholics in the United states approve of marriages for priests. The poll on priests and celibacy was conducted by the Gallup organization and asked the question a would you favor allowing roman Catholic priests to marry and continue to function As priests a seventy percent of the respondents said yes 26 percent no Anu 4 percent had no opinion. Eighty two percent of women supported the idea of married priests compared with 68 percent of men. The poll had a margin of error of 4 percent. The results Are part of a larger Survey commissioned by several Liberal Catholic groups that will be made Public this week at the National conference of Catholic Bishops at the University of notre Dame in South Bend ind. A we agree the Church is not run by a poll a said Leonard Sikora a spokesman for Corpus a National organization of men who left the Priesthood to marry. But a we done to know of any other Way of determining where the holy spirit has led the faithful a Sikora said saturday. Pope John Paul 11 has reaffirmed the 850-year-old Church tradition of celibacy for priests ordered at the beginning of the fourth Century in some dioceses. Universal celibacy was adopted by the Lateran Council in 1139, but the Eastern rite of roman catholicism still ordains married men As priests. Members of Corpus who want to return to the ministry say permitting priests to marry would ease the growing shortage of priests and keep parishes open. About halt of the 40,000 men under the age of 60 who had been ordained Catholic priests Are now married said Anthony Padovano Corpus president.  takes $1 million stashed in Cedar Chest from wire reports Dayton Ohio a a Cedar Chest filled with More than $1 million in Bills dating from the 1930s was stolen in a burglary along with $500,000 in Jewely police said. The Chest and Jewely were taken from the apartment of Anna m. Natale 62, in late May but police did no to disclose the theft until recently because they wanted to quietly Alert Banks to look out for the old Money. Natale told authorities the Chest contained More than $1 million in $50 and $100 Bills most of it dating from the 1930s. It. Gary Williams said the Cash was part of an accumulated family Fortune and suggested that Natale did no to Trust Banks. Larry Larrimer the agent in charge of the . Secret service office in Dayton said Cash from the 1930s would look different from currency printed today. Instead of Green seals and serial numbers it May have red or Blue seals and serial numbers Larrimer said. He said the old currency is still Legal tender although it is no longer  in dust storm Burley Idaho a a Chain reaction Accident in a dust storm on interstate 84 left several people injured and closed a 50-mile stretch of Road for about four hours authorities said. The seven vehicle pileup occurred about 30 Miles Southeast of Burley in Southern Idaho said communications officer Dee Silver of the Idaho Highway patrol. A one truck slowed Down because he  see a she said. A and then it was a Chain reaction from  no deaths were reported and Silver did no to have a precise injury . Officers suspended Newark . A City officials Are investigating whether Superior officers helped six police officers cover up their involvement in the shooting of an unarmed 17-year-old car theft suspect. The six were suspended without pay Friday after admitting that they lied about their roles in tuesdays shooting which left 17-year-old Howard Caesar critically injured. He remained on life support Early saturday. One officer admitted firing at Caesar. Four filed false reports about the shooting and two failed to file reports. A we arc not satisfied with these six a said police director William Celester. A we want to see if this cover up reached into higher ranks. We re not buying  female Bishop la Crescent Minn. A a Synod of the evangelical lutheran Church in America has elected a woman Bishop a first for the nation s largest lutheran denomination. The Rev. April ulring Larson 42, was elected Friday to Lead the 40,175-member la Crosse wis area Synod which includes parts of Western Wisconsin and Southeastern Minnesota. She beat six male competitors. A i always was a a first woman a said Larson assistant to the Bishop in the Southeastern Minnesota Synod in Rochester. A i never heard a woman pastor preach until i heard my own  she is the first woman Bishop in any of the 4-year-old denominations 65 synods. Larson succeeds Bishop Stefan Guttormsson who retires aug. 31.civil rights activist Dies Knoxville Tenn. A Neil Butler a civil rights activist and one of the Early Black City officials in the South died sunday of a heart attack one of his five children said. Danny Butler said his father 64, was attending a relatives anniversary Celebration in Detroit when he was stricken. Butler said his father was Active in the civil rights cause in the 1960s and was mayor and a City commissioner in Gainesville Fla., from 1968 to 1975. At his death he was a psychiatric nursing supervisor at the veterans Hospital in Washington   
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