European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 6, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes us. Wednesday january 6,1993 Washington a in heated tents on Washington s mail some folks will celebrate president elect Clinton s move into the White House by carving whale Bones. A. / a /. By carving whale Bones by carving whale Bones to artwork that is. Other artists who make hawaiian lets sew Caribbean carnival costumes or Cook up foodstuffs in the nations melting pot will do their thing too As part of Quot americans reunion on the mall a an inaugural week Salute to cultural diversity announced monday by the presidential inaugural committee. The festival to take place Jan 17 and 18, is one of eight free Public events associated with Clinton s inauguration Jan. 20. To Ward off the chill the festival Wilt take place in 20 huge heated tents erected on 216,000 Square feet of space. Entertainers scheduled to participate include Singer Linda Ronstadt the Folk group Peter Paul and Mary the latin band los Lobos blues guitarist Robert Cray gospel singers the Winans and rhythm and blues band Booker t. Amp the mgr a. Quot it will look sound and taste like America a said committee co executive director Mary Mel French. Regional foods will be showcased cajun shrimp or Catfish poor boy sandwiches from Louisiana Pennsylvania mulled cider or Sticky buns tamales straight from def cd seats in Little Rock Ark. Big name celebrities Wilt work alongside lesser known performers who do anything from the polka to Sioux Indian dances. The artist who turns whale Bones into artworks is from Ketchikan Alaska. The inaugural committee also announced plans for a Jan. 19 Kennedy Center Salute to children and youth. The program was suggested by Clinton s wife and Tipper Gore wife of vice president elect a1 Gore. A a the Quot presidential inaugural Celebration for Oil Dren a for those up to 12 years old will feature among others the puppets with Kermit the Frog Fred Rogers of mister Rogers neighbourhood children s Singer Raffi Folk Singer Emmylou Harris and television actress Markie Post. The lineup for the Quot presidential inaugural Celebration for youth a for those aged 13 to 18, will include rapper will Smith the Star of Abc tvs fresh Prince of bet air saxophonist Clarence Clemons Singer Celine Dion members of the Mickey mouse club and the Joffrey Ballet and recording artists Byz if men. The two hour Long shows will be broadcast live on the Disney Channel. A Alan Page Speaks after being sworn in monday As the first Black on Minnesota s supreme court. Behind him Are associate Justice Rosalie e. Wahl from left chief Justice Alexander Keith ind associate Justice John e. Simonett. New Justice takes Long Road from Gridiron to state Bench St Paul Minn. A More than a decade after he Hung up his Jersey and cleats pro football Hall of earner Alan Page put on a new uniform monday a the Robes of a Minnesota supreme court Justice. Page 47, became the first Black to serve on the highest court in the state which has a 2.2 percent Black population. He was elected to the court seat with 62 percent of the vote in the november election. Before an audience that included state officials As Well As 140 fourth graders invited by Page the former Star for the Minnesota Vikings and Chicago bears stressed the Tompor Tance of work and setting goals. Quot one of the things in be Learned Over time is you can never have too Many winners a Page said after taking the oath of office. Gov Arne Carlson . Sen. Paul Wei Stone and the other six members of the state supreme court were among the judges lawyers and officials who crowded into of Shai Johnes by auditorium i at the College of St. Catherine for the hour Long ceremony. Page said he invited fourth graders from schools in Minneapolis and St. Paul because he wanted youngsters to understand the importance of hard work. Page won a spot on the ballot last summer after no successfully challenged a Taw under which Carlson extended the term of associate Justice Lawrence Yetka for 22 months so Yetka could serve until he reached the mandatory retirement age of 70. A native of Canton Ohio Page was a first round draft Choice of the Vikings in 1967 after he helped Lead undefeated notre Dame to a National collegiate championship in 1966. But his greatest Fame came in professional football. An outstanding defensive tackle Page in 1971 became the first defensive player to win the National football league s most valuable player award. He earned his Law degree in 1978 from the University of Minnesota and retired from pro football two years later. He was in private practice with a Minneapolis Law firm for five years before joining the staff of stale attorney general Hubert Humphrey 111 in 1985. He has been an assistant attorney general since 1987 and in 1989 was elected by the Minnesota legislature to a six year term on the University a Board of regents. T found in space a rays Phoenix up astronomers said tuesday that they had found the first direct evidence that giant galactic storms exist. The violent storms appear to occur in the Quot galactic Halo a a diffuse Cloud of Gas molecules did interstellar matter that surrounds the disk of a Galaxy like a Bun around a hamburger said Joel Bregman of the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. The storms appear to be triggered when huge bubbles of superheated Gas burst open shooting gaseous plumes 20,000 Light years from the Galaxy s disk he said. As the Gas cools it. Loses buoyancy and crashes Back onto the Galaxy itself at speeds exceeding 100,000 Mph he said. Bregman and his colleagues detected evidence of galactic storms in a Ray images of a Galaxy Jui own As Nguc 891, which is located 730 million Light years from Earth in the direction of the Constellation Andromeda. Quot astronomers believed hot Gas was a is being expelled from the disks of Many galaxies including the Milky Way but this the first direct evidence confirming the galactic Fountain theory a he said. The a Ray images described at a meeting of the american astronomical society were obtained using Rosa an orbiting Observatory developed by Germany Britain and the United states. Bubbles of superheated Gas that trigger galactic storms Are produced Only in galaxies with a High concentration of exploding stars or supernovae Bregman said. A it probably requires about 40 supernovae exploding within 10 million years. In one Small area of a Galaxy to Start the process a he said. The Force of Shock Waves from these Stellar explosions creates hot bubbles of Gas he said. The larger the Bubble the greater the chances that it will reach the Edge of the Galaxy s disk and burst open triggering a storm Cycle he said. Puerto Rico s new governor seeks 2 official languages san Juan puerto Rico apr pro statehood gov Pedro Rossello in his first legislative act sent a Bill to Island lawmakers monday that would make English and Spanish the official languages of the . Commonwealth. The language Bill is the first step in Rossello a drive to increase tics with Washington. The governor has pledged to hold a plebiscite this year to determine whether puerto Picans want the nations biggest overseas territory to become the 51st . State. The Bill would replace a controversial 1991 Law that made Spanish the Only official language of government in puerto Rico it tin since 1902 had used both. English and Spanish. Quot we not Only have a mandate but ample evidence that the people wanted the Law to be changed a said Rossello a 48-year-old paediatrician who took office saturday. He had promised a Quick repeal of the Law. V the Leader of the Island s Small but influential Independence party said the party would March in protest a we invite All Good puerto Picans who Are concerned about defending our language and our culture to join us in this March Quot said Island sen. Ruben Berrios the party s president. He gave no Date for the planned protest. Twins joined at head die at 43 Long Beach Calif apr Yvonne and Yvette Mccarther who defied sceptics by leading Active lives while joined at the head died at age 43, a Friend said monday. They were among the world s oldest in separated siamese twins. The Rev. John Shepherd a family Friend said a visitor found the pair dead apparently of natural causes in their Long Beach Home saturday. The twins had been taking classes at Compton Community College in nearby Compton where they studied nursing. The Mccarthery were. Ciranio pages twins one of the rarest types of siamese twins. They had separate personalities brains and other organs but shared a circulatory system. They walked and sat with Heads tilted to one Side Oleither could see her Sisters face without a Mirror. When they were born doctors told their Mother Willie Mccarther that they should be institutionalized because they would probably be retarded and Able to do Little More than crawl. Their Mother ruled that out. Fearing that surgery would be fatal she also refused to allow an operation to separate them. As children the Mccarther twins spent two years As a circus attraction to help pay Hospital Bills. In the 1970s, they toured with gospel music groups