European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 16, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes sunday january 16,1994 King inspired germans Bishop says struggle for peaceful change served As Model by Joseph Owen Heidelberg Bureau Heidelberg Germany the Rev. Martin Luther King or. Inspired germans who overcame communism peacefully in 1989, but the country still has much to learn from him according to the protestant Bishop of Brandenburg. Wolfgang Huber speaking at Heidelberg University in a ceremony commemorating what would have been King s 65th birthday said germans were paying Atten Tion when King staged his civil rights marches in the 1950s and 1960s. We Learned at the time that it is really possible to change a society to renew a society without violence he said. Before that All people had told us violence is the Only Means of real  Huber a staunch opponent of the cold War arms race delivered his address to a mixed crowd of Ger mans and americans at the University. The German american Institute and the local chapter of the nation Al association for the advancement of coloured people sponsored the event. Arlyn g. Weerley Deputy director of the department of defense dependents schools Germany Region also was a featured speaker. It was Only after the arms race of the 1970s and 1980s that King s Lessar began to take hold in Ger Many Huber said. Once again we Learned we Are Only credible we can Only Start to convince a majority within our own society As Long As we Are advocating nonviolence in our approach to this Point Huber said. The Bishop said he was in King s Home territory at Lanta in the fall of 1989 when the people of East Ger Huber Sweeney Many began demonstrating for democratic rights and a change in their situation. Many people in East Germany told me that Martin Lusher King was the inspiring figure for them in their fight he said adding that following their Success Ger mans now know through personal experience that peaceful revolutions Are possible. Still Germany has yet to accept what King called a Community of those who Are different Huber said. Looking at the violence against foreigners refugees in this country i have to say we have to Start to learn in this country the necessity of a Community of those who Are different. And i do not know of any person who More convincingly shows the Way toward such a Community than Martin Luther  the germans also should pay attention to what King called the coming betrayal by science Huber said. We live in such a time. Look at unemployed peo ple he said. Look at Young people who have no Hope to find their own Job their own Way of life and who tend to drop out into rightist racist extremist positions and even tend toward violence. And then you know you cannot be silent. You have to ask for the change of the society in the direction of Justice and Equality and the equal Freedom for  if King were still alive Huber said he would Tell Germany that it needs a new covenant for those who suffer under injustice a new covenant for the youth because in every country in the world the youth is the Only Hope of  Sweeney whose address followed Huber a said the civil rights movement that King led had the most important social Impact of any development of the past 30 years. In dedicating his life to a crusade for racial Equality she said King taught that All men Are Brothers that we should love one another that every life has unique value arid every person has the natural right to make of his life whatever he or she can.". King inspired by Jesus Christ Henry David Thoreau and Mohandas k. Gandhi showed courage by tackling an uncomfortable Challenge by forcing the passage of the 1964 civil rights act she said. His strength came from his Faith in god and his Faith in his fellow Man she said adding later god gave Martin Luther King or. Strength for the fight. We must remember every Day that we Are alive that the fight s not Over. The challenges that we face for jobs and Justice and Equality Are As real As they Ever  founder of a4add lakes of lobbying for liquor Industry Sacramento Calif. A the woman who founded mothers against drunk driving after he daughter was killed by an inebriated hit and run Driver is now a paid lobbyist for a liquor Industry Trade group. Candy l. Lightner began work in Washington Las week for the american beverage Institute which rep resents breweries and restaurants. She said thursday that she is lobbying state Legislatures against Laws to lower the Legal Standard for Drunken driving to 0.08 percent blood alcohol Content. Many states have a 0.10 percent Standard. Several years ago California changed its Standard to0.08 percent. Madd supports the lower level. Lightner founded Madd after her 13-year-Olddaughter, Cari was killed by a hit and run Drunken Driver in May 1980 in suburban Sacramento. The Driver s blood alcohol level was 0.20 percent. Lightner said her new Job does not conflict with he years spent trying to stiffen Drunken driving Laws. I assume some people will say gee what s she doing working for the Industry the other Side " Light Ner told the Sacramento Bee in a Telephone interview from Washington  Don t see it As the other Side. They re just Asaf felted by drunk driving As anyone else. Drunk driving certainly does t enhance their business. They have friends neighbors and relatives Hurt by drunk  in 1985, Lightner was fired by the Madd Board Over disagreements including her request for a $10,000bonus on top of her $76,000 annual salary. She declined to say How much she is being paid. Sheds a full time employee of the lobbying firm Berman & co., whose clients include the beverage Industry. Andrew Mcguire executive director of the trauma foundation at san Francisco general Hospital and a former Madd Board member said any association with the liquor Industry is counterproductive. Anyone who is serious about preventing drunk driving should not Ever get in bed with the alcohol Indus try he said because the Industry has the goal of get Ting More people to drink and when More people Drin you have More drunk  film composer Singer Harry Nilsson 52, Dies los Angeles a two time grammy Winner Harry Nilsson who Sang the theme for the movie Midnight Cowboy died Early sat urday. He was 52. Nilsson who had not fully recovered from Aheart attack last year died at Home in his sleep said David Spero his manager. Nilsson whose real name was Harry Edward Nelson Iii suffered the attack last Valentine Day Spero said. He was still in the stages of recovery Spero said. He was Strong enough to go into the studio and live a pretty Normal life but not Strong to get bypass  Nilsson won a grammy award in 1969 for Best pop Rock vocal for everybody s Talkin the theme song to the Oscar winning movie Midnight cow boy. The song itself was written by Fred Neil. Nilsson won a grammy in 1972 in the same category for without you a song recently re re corded by pop Singer Mariah Carey. Nilsson is survived by his wife Oona and six children. Retired Usa eur worker Dies of heart attack Heidelberg Germany is a retired . Army Europe Headquarters employee died dec. 26 in Lakeland Fla., according to the army s 26th area support group. Joseph Sabas 65, an immigrant from Lithuania succumbed to a heart attack at Lakeland Hospital. The University of Illinois graduate was a . Civil servant for 32 years the last 18 of them with the army in Europe. Before retiring in 1991, he worked in the office of the Deputy chief of staff for engineering at the army s Heidelberg head quarters. Sabas survivors Are his wife Vida Sabas of Largo Fla. A son Rimas Sabas of Alexandria a. And two daughters Violetta r. Sabas of Heidelberg and Lydia Newsom of Macon a. In lieu of Flowers Send contributions to the lithuanian children s Hope care 736 Gould ave., Hermosa Beach Calif. 90254. Circus train checked before derailment Lakeland Fla. A a circus train derailment that killed two passengers occurred shortly after the train Crew made an emergency Stop to look for prob lems investigators said. A wheel on one car of the Ringling Bros and bar num & Bailey train broke into three pieces about 2yi Miles before the derailment thursday investigators said. The train carrying 150 circus employees and 60 Ani Mals had made an emergency Stop about half an hour and five Miles before the wreck National transportation safety Board member Jim Hall said Friday. An ambulance Driver saw the train go by and noticed something amiss Hall said. The Driver relayed a message to the track dispatcher to ask the train s Crew to Stop and Check for a possible Sticky Brake Hall said. Crew members were not looking specifically for dam aged wheels when they made their inspection Hall said. They were looking at the train itself he said. This is certainly an unusual occurrence for a wheel to fall  about 2 /2 Miles Down the track two other witnesses told the safety Board that they saw what appeared to be parts of a damaged wheel Fly from the train. The wheel broke minutes after the inspection Caus ing the 53-car train to derail Hall said. Found dead at the scene were Cheslee Conkling 28, a circus Clown from fort Worth Texas and Ted Svertesky 39, an elephant Trainer from Bridgeport Conn. Fourteen others were injured. Three pieces of the broken wheel were recovered and will be examined at the safety Board s metallurgical lab. Meanwhile the circus performers prepared to go on with the show saturday night at the Orlando Arena the first performance since the derailment. Three earlier shows in Orlando were cancelled. I think everyone is feeling a Little bit of Shock said ringmaster Jim Ragona. The Best thing that would happen to this group of people is to put on a show. They need