European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 14, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 8 the stars and Stripe Quayle says Only office he d run for is president from wire reports a Washington vice president Dan Quayle says he plans to return to his Home state of Indiana this year and if he Ever runs for Public office again it would Only be for president. A i am not interested in running for governor or any other office Quayle said in an interview published in wednesday in the Washington Post. The Quayle plan to move to Indianapolis after their three children finish the school year he said after leaving office wednesday Quayle said he and his family will move into a Potomac md., Home owned by a relative. The Quayle plan to sell their Mclean va., Home which has been rented since 1989. Quayle who was a two term senator from Indiana before being elected vice president in 1988, said he planned to stay in the Public Eye by making speeches. He also planned to join a Small number of corporate  preparing to leave Washington a George Bush May be president until wednesday but he a already cleaned out his desk. The Oval office looked unusually Barren to photographers on hand As Bush signed a report tuesday. White House spokesman Marlin Fitzwater said. A a he a already taken the pictures out of his office. They re in boxes headed to  until last week the desk and the Walls behind it were filled with pictures and mementos. Bush will spend a few More nights in the White House. He plans to go to Camp David t on Friday and return tuesday the eve of Bill Clinton s inauguration. Monday is a Federal Holiday in Honor of Martin Luther King  birthday and most Bush political appointees have been told to clean out their desks by the close of business  gets medal Washington a president Bush bestowed the presidential medal of Freedom on a surprised sen. Strom Thurmond of South Carolina on tuesday. Bush summoned the 90-year-old Dean of the Senate to the Oval office on another pretext and gave him the nations highest civilian Honor. Bush choked up As he presented the award to Thurmond the ranking Republican member of the Senate judiciary committee who has served in the Senate since 1954. The citation read in part a few americans have Given As much to their country As has Strom Thurmond. He has spent a lifetime supporting americans Farmers and workers a Strong National defense spending restraint and lower  Thurmond became the 301st recipient of the Honor. Bush had presented it previously to 36 other notables from Margaret Thatcher to Johnny Carson. Bush was scheduled to present his 38th medal of Freedom on wednesday to his predecessor Ronald  form group Washington a housing Secretary Jack Kemp and other Republican leaders on tuesday formed a political advocacy group to represent what they Call progressive conservatism in America. Former Secretary of education William Bennett like Kemp a potential 1996 presidential candidate will join Kemp and former . Ambassador Jeane Kirkpatrick As co directors of empower America. Former rep Vin Weber of Minnesota is president of the Washington based organization. Kemp said the organization will aim for Quot populist politics progressive conservatism inclusive Lincoln like economic and social  Weber said the group is nonpartisan although dominated by republicans and is Quot looking for common ground with the Clinton  politics thursday january 14,1993 Washington a a lavish inaugural gala honouring Commerce Secretary designate Ronald h. Brown was cancelled wednesday after reports that corporations were helping to pay for the affair. A news release from the democratic National committee said the event had been planned before anyone a a not the planners not the sponsors not chairman Ron Brown a knew he would be Secretary of  the announcement said the event was planned solely to a Honor or. Browne a Success As democratic party chairman.�?�. T . Penney Anheuser Busch cos., Pepsico text Ron and Sony music entertainment inc. Were among the firms helping to stage Quot friends of Ron Brown Quot which would have taken place sunday night at the Kennedy Center. Democratic spokeswoman Ginny Terzano said the companies a were asked to help and they were willing to help to pay the overhead costs for the party. The los Angeles times which first reported the Story in. Its tuesday editions said the corporate sponsors could have been paying $10,000 each to stage the Hal i 1. A 1. Terzano could not confirm that figure or say if additional companies were involved. _ but reports in wednesdays editions of the Washington Post and the new York times also said each company was paying $10,000. Anheuser Busch vice president Wayman f. Smith Iii said in a written statement that his company was participating a out of respect for Ron Browne a achievements a which Are considerable. We have Cnown Hon through the years and highly regard his ability and talents. A a As head of the Commerce department Brown could play a major role in developing Clinton administration policies regarding business regulation and Trade that could affect the fortunes of the Large companies. Terzano scoffed at the notion that the corporate donations posed a conflict of interest for Brown. At the governors mansion in Little Rock ark., president elect Clinton and his wife Hillary stand tuesday behind a package containing a painting that soon will adorn a Wall at the White House. House freshmen sifting ducks for Nosy Freedonia Marx men Washington apr what should the United states do to Slop ethnic cleansing in Freedonia asked that question a handful of House freshmen a clearly no Groucho Marx fans a offered answers ranging from a take action Quot to a it s a different situation than the Middle  not one got the joke. And the joker was spy Magazine whose staff revived the Sovereign but fictitious nation of Freedonia from Duck soup the old Marx Brothers movie. Posing As the Host of a new York radio talk show spy staffers called about 20 first term House members and after a series of innocuous questions asked a do you approve of what we re doing to Stop what a going on in Freedonia Quot or a do you approve of what we re doing to Stop ethnic cleansing in Freedonia Quot the responses apparently based on the Assumption that the questioner was asking about the civil War in Bosnia and Herzegovina came readily according to spy rep. Corrine Brown d fia., said she approved of what the United states was doing in Freedonia and added a i think All of those situations Are very very sad and i just think we need to take action to assist the  rep. Jay Inslee a Wash. Was Caridid a i have to be honest with you in a not familiar with that proposal us but its coming to the Point now that a Blind Eye to it for the next 10years is not the  rep. Steve buyer r-ind., said a yeah. Its a differ situation than the Middle  on learning that were hoaxes some members a it better sports than others. A. S ?.a read country but no one knows who so jts f ? y Craven buyer s administrative Assi is. Nman hazing. The congressman went the Citadel a South Carolina military colleges if a one can understand freshman hazing he  a we were neither hazed nor stung Quot said Adi Hollingsworth a spokesman for Brown. There was a of background noise at the time and she heard the Porter ask about Bosnia not Freedonia. 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