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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 16, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday june 16, 1992 the stars and stripes a Page burning protest in Atlanta members of students for african american empowerment Burn the Georgia state Flag sunday at the Capitol in Atlanta. Ina Solomon left Jeffrey Harris Center and Lawrence Jeffries burned the Flag because they Atlanta apr the Rev. Joseph Lowery one of the founding ministers of the 1960s civil rights movement retired from the pulpit sunday with an angry Sermon targeting government indifference As the cause of America s social woes. A it is not our Economy we need to be worried about. What a imperilled today in America is her soul a Lowery told about 1,500 people who packed into Cascade United methodist Church. A we can Deal with the Economy. If we lose our souls what then is there for us there is no Sanctuary for the soul from the sorrow of the society in which we live a Lowery said. Lowery accused the Bush administration of inattentiveness to Domestic concerns citing its failure to encourage Industry to create jobs in America rather than overseas and its reluctance to extend jobless benefits. He pounced on vice president Dan Quayle for touting a family values a saying a if you re concerned about the family or. Quayle Why done to you extend the unemployment benefits so children can eat a you would Send women children a families in homemade boats a to certain death on the shores of Haiti. And you talk about family values a said Lowery Melbourne Fla. Up a researchers Are running 10 Bel South trucks using fuel made from recycled Telephone directories providing a new twist to the old and slogan a let your fingers do the  a now we be got the directory doing the driving a said Jan Rickey a spokeswoman for the Florida Energy office which is sponsoring the research project with Bel South corp. Bel South collected 58,000 tons of old phone books in its nine state service area last year. That a enough to make 2.9 million Gallons of fuel said John Thomas a researcher at the Florida Institute of technology in Melbourne. Five pounds of wastepaper yields about a pint of the fuel so one copy of a typical big City yellow pages at about 4.25 pounds would yield about a tenth of a gallon enough fuel to take a truck about 1.5 Miles. The chemical is  also known As Mthr. It is made by treating wastepaper with acid and oppose the design which bears the stars and bars of the Confederate Battle Flag. Gov. Zell Miller wants to adopt the Prc-1956 design which does not contain the Confederate symbols. Who waved his arms and spat out words rapid fire. Lowery 70, has reached the mandatory retirement age for United methodist ministers. He had been pastor at Cascade for six years. Lowery said he will remain president of the Southern Christian leadership conference which he has headed since 1977. He was among the ministers who with the Rev. Martin Luther King jr., helped found the group in 1957. Afterwards several people wept. A you have graduated from Cascade but your ministry to the world is just beginning a parishioner Marilyn Arrington told Lowery. Lowery urged his congregation to protect the Black family. He said he saw examples of Hope for Black America in his congregation 95 percent of which is under age 40. The choir with about 50 members consisted entirely of Black men. A a what a happening to the Black male look at this choir a Lowery said. A a god a got a special thing for us. But you can to make heaven your Home unless you try to make your Home Here  he began his pastorate in 1948 in Birmingham. Steam then adding Hydrogen. Researchers began using the fuel in the Early 1980s, when gasoline prices peaked but dropped the idea when prices fell. The technique has been revived because of increasing concern about recycling and clean air. The trucks running on the mixture of up to 24 percent Mthr have lower tailpipe emissions of hydrocarbons and Carbon monoxide than those using gasoline alone. Thomas plans to increase the mixture gradually to 80 percent Mthr measuring fuel mileage performance and pollution at each step. So far the Florida Energy Agency says his results Are promising. Bel South spokesman Larry Stevens said the company has used old phone directories As mulch for seedlings As bedding for chickens and As raw material for factories that make egg Cartons and toilet paper and continues to look for new  fans Rock . City police arrest 28 in Melee from wire reports , . A fans at an Mia sports and music festival smashed store windows and hurled rocks and bottles alter the town ordered a rap concert Cut Short. I went eight people were injured and 28 arrested authorities said. About 75. 10 1 people turned out for the beachfront festival sunday. Mayor Kenneth Pringle said town officials asked m in to Cut Short a performance by the tap group Kris Kross and close Down an hour Early because of reports of people vandals Ine cars. As the crowd left scuffles broke out and rocks and bottles were tin own at police and residents. Authorities said 2s people suffered minor injuries including the mayor who was hit by a bottle. A this was a Complete unmitigated disaster he said. A most of those arrested were charged with failure to disperse Pringle said. Quot toxic fumes kill 2 boys Tampa Fla. A two 9-year-old boys playing in a trash bin were killed by fumes from chemicals dumped there authorities say. Daniel a Scot Tyr Perez and Anthony Neal Stor Man died saturday apparently from breathing toluene a chemical found in glue that can affect the nervous system and cause an irregular heartbeat said Greg Colianni an environmental specialist with the state department of environmental regulation. Acetone often used in paint remover also was found in the bin said police sgt. Kathleen Sullivan. Neighbors said they often complained to police and fire officials about the open bin behind Durex Industrial inc. They said Many children play in the bin. A the kids come out of there High As a Kite a Robert Plato ii said. A a they re getting a  missing 3 sons dead Richmond Calif. A the coast guard called off a search sunday for a Man missing in a boating Accident that left five dead including the Many a three Young sons. Paul Mchugh 27, has been missing since Friday when a Small boat carrying eight people capsized in san Pablo Bay about 20 Miles North of san Francisco said chief Petty officer Ron Cabral. The Many a wife Janette 23, Mother of the three dead Brothers survived and was hospitalized in stable condition. The other survivor was Stephanie Sherwood 8, who was treated at a Hospital for hypothermia and released sunday. Both were in the water for More than 12 hours. Eight members of two families from Petaluma Calif., were on Board when the engine died and a swell swamped the 14-foot boat. The dead were Gordon Decateur 29 and his Stepson Andrew Sherwood 7, the younger brother of Stephanie Sherwood and Michael Mchugh 18 months and his Brothers Steven 2, and John 7.Boardwalk tells message Sandwich mass. A people will gaze at More than the Beach and Cape cod As they stroll the towns renovated Boardwalk.  read messages from those who made it possible. After storms devastated the Boardwalk and a landmark footbridge town residents fixed it by Selling the Opportunity to place personal messages on planks. They had no trouble raising the $55,000 they needed. The Boardwalk which was rededicated at a ceremony sunday now includes messages ranging from plugs for local eateries to love notes to solemn remembrances of loved ones who have passed on. A it was the most positive fund Raiser in be Ever been involved in a said Sandy Moroney a Hairdresser and member of the Sandwich Boardwalk restoration committee. The Quarter mile Long footbridge and Boardwalk built in 1854, was severely damaged by Hurricane Bob in August and another storm in october. America s soul is imperilled says retiring civil rights Leader old Telephone books find second life As less polluting fuel for company trucks  
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