European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 11, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse Monday january 11, 1993 . The stars and stripes Page 7 one at a Woodcliff Lake . A on his 80th birthday saturday Richard Nixon confided that this was a Day he had been dreading except when he considered the alternative. A the secret to a Long life a he said in the manner of every old timer is a never look Back look Forward. You be got to have something to live for otherwise you cease to live. And who wants to live when you have nothing to live for a except for his walk which has slowed the former president looks Well and says he feels terrific nearly two decades after the watergate scandal forced his resignation in 1974. His regimen unvarying is to walk three Miles a Day a two Miles before Daybreak and a mile at night. He watches his Waistline a Calls his diet austere a and remains trim. A when youve reached this advanced age its natural to say a what does anybody do after 80?�?T As far As in a concerned in a going to continue to be Active in my own Way. As Long As in a mentally competent to do it. You be got to watch yourself very carefully a Nixon told the associated press. Nixon works on his writing at Home a seven of his nine books have been Best Sellers a an a spends time at his office two minutes from his condominium in Park Ridge. The office comfortable but spartan by White House standards contains a Small bust of Churchill a Winter scene painted by Dwight Eisenhower and a needlepoint of his former dog King Tim Ahoe standing in a Pond on the South Lawn of the White House. The work was done by daughter Julie. Away from work he reads watches sports on television and one prime time program murder she h Rofe. A one thing 1 never watch is talk shows a Nixon said. He and wife Pat spent his birthday As they do All major occasions with family David and Julie Eisenhower and their three children up from Pennsylvania and Tricia and de Cox and their son from new York City. The highlight of the Day was a birthday play written produced and acted by the grandchildren. A a it a really True a Nixon told a reporter who Over heard him telling president Bush he dreaded turning 80. A a in be dreaded this Day. A a it a not a Day to celebrate it s probably a Day we Are going to commiserate about a he said. A when you get to that age you generally think that there a nothing More to do that there a really nothing More to live for. My advice to _ on such a Day comes from Satchel Agic probably the greatest baseball player in history. A the said the secret of his longevity was a never look Back somebody May be gaining on my View is a never look Back always look to the future because if you look to the future you May live to enjoy it. Look Back and you die. Nixon turned Down a number of potential parties one from the Quot february group which is composed mostly of the staff he had in his 5 i years in the White House. \ Nixon was in Russia twice it the last two years and he plans More foreign travel this year. A to the East and to the West a he says without being specific. As for a 10th Book he does no to Rule it out but Hasni to scheduled one either. �?o1 done to plan More than a Cair ahead now a he said. On in some Washington a after running downhill for nearly half a Century trains Are being rediscovered in Many countries As transportation Friendly to the pocketbook and the environment according to a study released saturday. A after decades of congestion Steep Oil Bills and smog Many governments Are realizing it was a mistake to abandon railways for highways a the world watch Institute said in its state of the world yearbook. A governments Are willing to take a fresh look at rail a said world watch president Lester r. Brown. A the Auto has not delivered on its Promise. Congestion is everywhere a and to Riding an electric train a the Only Way a person needing to get somewhere can create less pollution is by walking or biking a Institute analyst Marcia Lowe wrote in rediscovering Raij the no polluting trains described in the report Bear Little resemblance to the puffing Coal burners and clattering rickety trolleys sidetracked decades ago for autos and planes. Rather they Are aerodynamic Butlet like electric trains gliding along Concrete mounted rails in France Germany and Japan up to 200 Mph High tech Urban and suburban metro systems and a sleek new generation of tight rail trains that navigate through streets alleys and malls with minimum Clang or Clatter. Lowe restated the argument that the United states and a Lew other governments heavily subsidize air and Road transport while unfairly expecting trains to be virtually self supporting. Public transit rarely pays its Way at the firebox a but having rail As an alternative to driving represents an incalculable societal gain avoiding the High costs of pol ii i v j t a a a a a a. A. A 1 a a a v. A. A a 1, 4 a a us it Hii Iii spa it Quot a a i. Ltd vex m �?�r1 a a Jap it a l a Swiss manufactured High Speed train capable or travelling at 150 Mph nears the Princeton Junction ., train station during an Amtrak test run from Philadelphia to new Brunswick ., and Back saturday. Lution traffic congestion Oil dependence and Road accidents a Lowe said. During the 1980s, 50 Large cities around the Globe including 10 in the United states launched suburban commuter rail projects mostly upgrading and electrifying existing regional lines. High Speed rail lines Are being planned or built Between major cities in several countries including Australia Brazil China Germany Spain and the United states and through the French British Tunnel under the English Channel. The United states has 18 of the worlds estimated 326 Light rail and Tramway systems with six More in planning or construction Lowe said. The report cites some ironies in the rebirth of rail a unlike the West the former soviet Union and Eastern Europe kept nearly All of their original railway networks but fait to take full advantage of them. They re experiencing a a distinct clamor toward car ownership the icon of Success in the to a the United states which pioneered railroads in the 19th Century and still leads the world in trackage lags in electrification and Speed. But it has pulled ahead of Japan and much of Western Europe in percentage of freight hauled by rail compared to Road and waterway. A Germany and Japan each invested More than $1 billion inc past 20 years researching super fast trains operating on magnetic levitation technology that was invented but never developed in the United warns Kentucky to stay away from riverboat Springfield i. Dpi the states attorney general has warned his Kentucky counterpart against seizing a riverboat Casino to be launched this Spring. The warning is the latest Salvo in a dispute about the location of the Boundary Between the states. Kentucky claims ownership of the Ohio River virtually Shore to Shore. Illinois says its Border extends about 100 feet into the water. Kentucky attorney general Chris Gorman said late last month that because his states Constitution prohibits Casino gambling he might be forced to seize any riverboat Casino operating on the Ohio. On Friday Illinois attorney general Roland w. Burris wrote to Gorman warning him not to a interfere with lawful activities conducted within the Borders of Burris said he is a prepared to take All Steps necessary to protect players International is to begin operating a 1,200-passenger Side Wheeler replica this Spring from Metropolis in extreme Southern Illinois. The vessel is to have 600 Slot and video poker machines As Well As Blackjack craps and Roulette tables. A i submit that the Resolution of questions regarding the riverboat should await fhe final Resolution of the location of the Boundary a ii Uris wrote to Gorman a i would therefore request that you refrain from making further statements regarding seizure of the riverboat until the exact Boundary Between our states has been determined by the supreme a special master or officer of the . Supreme court is trying to determine the exact location of the 1792 Low water Mark that forms the Border Between the two states. A we had hoped we could just go with Kentucky and take our Best expert information and they take their Best expert information and agree where we would just draw the line a Burris spokesman Jim Leach said. A Kentucky did not want to do
