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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 4, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 16 the stars and stripes faces a no places thursday March 4, -1993first lady Betty Ford discuss drug programs from wire reports first lady i Hilary Rodham Clinton met tuesday with former first lady Betty Ford to talk about How sub stance abuse programs could fit into health care re forms. Before the meeting the pair posed in front of Fords portrait outside the diplomatic room in the White Louse. Asked whether substance abuse programs would be included in health care reforms Clinton said Quot ill be talking to mrs. Ford about that. She is an expert in that  Ford founded the Betty Ford Center a substance abuse program. She has recovered from alcohol and drug abuse problems. Clinton is chairing president Clinton s health care task Force. 1reunion raises $ i million Simon and Garfunkel played such hits As sounds of silence and Bridge Over troubled wafer in a Benefit that raised $1 million for the los Angeles children a health project Neil Young also performed monday night and Steve Marlin offered comedy Between sets. Celebrities in the audience included Jack Nicholson Alee Baldwin Kim Basinger and David Crosby. Tickets Cost $100 to $500, Quot you be done your part a now its up to us a Paul Simon told the crowd As he introduced Young who opened the show at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion. Simon and Art Garfunkel a in a rare reunion performance a joined Young to sing helpless blending their smooth harmonics with Youngs thin haunting voice. Young sat in on sounds of silence. The children a health project is a travelling program for homeless youngsters already established in several other cities. It was organized by the children s health fund created in 1987 by Simon and a doctor a Pawn of the Law in the end it was checkmate for Louis Taylor who challenged a Library Rule when he refused to put away a chess Board As he studied a chess Book at the Library in new Rochelle . Taylor was convicted tuesday of trespassing for ignoring an order Banning Board games posted at his local Library on sept. 8, 1992. After a on Day non jury trial City judge Kenneth Rudolph found Taylor a actions had nothing to do with chess but everything to do with disobeying a lawful order. Authorities did everything to persuade Taylor to voluntarily leave the Library or Stop playing chess Rudolph said adding that police officers Quot pretty much begged him to  Taylor a 41-year-old unemployed graphic artist said first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton and Betty Ford pose tuesday under Ford s White House portrait. He was t Quot playing chess he was Reading a chess Book and studying the Board. He said he  Check the Book out of the Library because his Library card had expired and he preferred the Library a ambiance. Dan Detman assistant director of the . Chess federation testified that at Taylor a beginning level of play he needed a Board to follow any chess Book Taylor who was briefly jailed for his actions faces up to 15 Days in jail and a $250 Fine when he is sentenced March 16. Bushes stay seated when you find someone sitting in your scats at a sporting event or a concert a simple show of ticket stubs usually settles any mix up. But what if the offenders Are former president George Bush and his wife Barbara Pamela Glowski and Randy Davis found out that even former rank has its privileges when it happened to them at the Astrodome in Houston where country music Star George Strait was performing at a Rodeo sunday night. A Quot they were already in our seats when we got there a Glowski said. Quot we thought it was a mix up on our part at first but the Astrodome people looked at our tickets and said they were in our seats. But who wants to dislodge an sex president Quot the secret service said for us not to say anything a Glowski said. She and Davis along with two friends were Given scats farther Back in the grandstand. But Rodeo promoters eased Glowskie a unhappiness by arranging for. Her to visit Strait in his dressing room. Quot we were mad but we got Over it Quot she said. Andrew Maner Bush s spokesman said the former president Quot personally was unaware of the confusion and regrets any inconvenience it might have   1 i?5 w a a it \ a it amp a <4 / f or i in  a a t i a. A a a 1 a a h \ 4 is1�?T s 5i a it it. Ltd i. V % i h. Is it r a a a a a r m a a f l. R a it x it 4. V \. .4 k it. A s Bill. The stars and stripes is now 504 daily but Home delivery remains at 354. By subscribing you save 25%. Call our customer service representative for More information or Start Home delivery today. Customer service Tolj Fyffee in 0130-840048 is it f m or Dan 348 Quot Ali a is a -9. I  
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