European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 20, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes , thursday january 20,1994 stamp goof Means million Buck Bill Washington a in a million Dollar Case of mistaken identity apparently unprecedented in . History the postal service is pulling Back and destroy ing 104 million commemorative Stamps of old West no-tables., the move announced late tuesday followed complaints by family members and Western history buffs that the stamp portrait of Early Black Rodeo Star Bill Pickett was based erroneously on a photograph of a brother and fellow Cowboy Ben Pickett. Subjects selected for american Stamps represent America s culture and heritage. To release a stamp that was less than our Best would be a disservice postmas Ter general Marvin Runyon  the demands that the error be corrected officials said the move was prompted by concerns that the episode challenged the integrity  postal service s procedures to ensure accuracy. Unfortunately in this Case we found that the de sign research and validation process was not followed thoroughly Runyon said in a statement we Are now in the process of historically validating each of the subjects in the. Series to ensure  Case of mistaken identity was the first in the 147 years of stamp production in. The United states the Washington Post  commemorative set of 29-cent Stamps sold in Sheet form honors Pickett and 15 other old West personalities William Buffalo Bill Cody Annie Oak Ley and Wyatt Earp among them. The postal service had spent about $1 million print ing 250 million of a planned 400 million Stamps in the series and about 104 million had been distributed to Post offices for Sale beginning in late March spokes Mani a Jaffer  s stamp news reported that 10 sheets each bearing one Pickett stamp along with others in these Ries already have been sold in Bend Ore. Jaffer said that was unconfirmed. Stamps with errors Are avidly sought by collectors and dealers. No Date has been set for release of the revised series. Backed by history buffs a great grandson of Bill Pickett s raised the identity question with the postal service saying family photographs showed the portrait was that of Ben Pickett not Bill Pickett. Stamp Painter Mark Hess of Katonah n.y., told the Post that he had used a photograph that appeared in several Western history books that identified a Black Cowboy holding a rope As Bill Pickett  but the great grandson Frank s. Phillips of Silver Spring md., said a research aide to Bill Pickett s biographer had mistakenly pulled Ben picketers photo from a folder marked a  Phillips said he was Happy the stamp would be with drawn and replaced. It s the Best thing to do regard less of the Cost he was a quoted wednesday by the Post As saying. The paper said Hess also will paint the re placement portrait. In the stars and stripes 10 years ago Jan. 20,1984 . Secretary of state George p. Shultz said he made no Progress in trying to per Suade soviet foreign minister an Drei Gromyko to resume nuclear arms control talks. 20 years ago Jan. 20,1974 president Nixon announcing that i am glad to be Able to report that we Are making solid Progress in dealing with the Energy crisis said he would do everything in his Power to avoid Gaso line rationing. 30 years ago Jan. 20,1964 two West Berlin police officers dragged a wounded 16-year-old Escapee hanging on the communist Side of the Wall across the Barrier to Freedom. 40 years ago Jan. 20, 1 954 a wealthy 36 year old san Francisco real estate agent was snatched by police after being held for 64 terror filled hours. Police also captured his two Kidnap pers who had demanded a $300,000 Ransom. 50 years ago Jan. 20, 1944 recent strike threats in the Coal railway and steel industries and a Lack of patriotic responsibility on the Home front have aroused Strong resentment among members of the armed forces Secretary of War Henry l Stimson told the Senate. World War ii 50 years ago today Jan. 20 1.9.44 hundreds of British bombers deliver the Royal air Force s biggest air raid on Berlin so far dropping 2,300 tons of bombs on the German capital. In Western Italy . Army units launch their offensive in the rapid Valley but Are driven Back from Sant Angeio. Soviet soldiers storm Novgorod on the Northern front. Source 2194 Days of Wai. W. H. Smith publisher inc. World almanac Book of i. Odd War h. Bison books corp., 1981 a tests show Clinton s health excellent president Clinton Waves to photographers As he leaves Bethesda naval medical Center after undergoing a routine physical tuesday. Washington a president Clinton s Seesaw cholesterol level crept up again Over the past year Buthe is in excellent health Overall doctors say. Clinton 47, spent 6 /2 hours tuesday at Bethesda naval medical Center in suburban Maryland getting a routine physical examination. He pronounced himself As feeling  the president is in excellent health with no Indica Tion of heart disease or other serious disorders press Secretary Dee Dee Myers said in a statement. Blood tests put Clinton s cholesterol level at 204, with 200 considered to be the upper limit of Ideal. Two Hundred to 239 is considered borderline High with patients urged to repeat the test within two years to see if they can bring it Down. In october 1992, doctors measured Clinton s Choles Terol level at 184 a year earlier it had been 227. The president s doctors in the past have advised him to exercise More and eat less fat. Clinton jogs regularly and watches his diet but is known to indulge at times in High calorie fatty foods. Among other details from the president s physical his blood pressure was 132 Over 74 with a resting pulse of 57. That is close to the Normal blood pressure rate of 120 Over 80. He is 6 feet 2 /2 inches tall arid weighs 210 pounds which Falls within the Normal Range on body mass charts. Aides said he weighed 215 in october 1992. Clinton was advised to continue receiving injections to desensitize him to allergies. Doctors in the past have reported him to be allergic to House dust Mold spores cat Dander Weed pollen grass pollens beef an milk .-.,.-. " All other blood tests were Normal. The tests that Clinton underwent included Chest x Ray hearing test Eye exam Electrocardiogram tread Mill test allergy exam dermatology exam and blood analysis. Radiation Washington Apas details trickle out about human radiation experiments during the cold War it is becom ing clearer that pinning Down the scope of the experiments and compensating the victims will be difficult and time con suming. Energy Secretary Hazel o Leary told a congressional hearing tuesday that the government s record search could take a year or More. And while she has adamantly urged compensation for some victims she conceded that determining who should be compensated and How much probably won t be easy. O Leary called it a horrific slice of the cold War but demurred when asked about what criteria might be used to compensate those subjected to the tests. Congress will have to decide on a compensation plan. Many lawmakers agree with the Clinton administration that compensation is Long overdue in some cases such As the tests in which 18 civilians in the 1940s were deliberately injected with plutonium to see How the body reacted. These people were harmed because it e to be was done. They should be compensated because it was done or. David Egil Man a physician at the South Shore health Center in Braintree mass., told lawmakers tuesday. Egilman has sought for years to expose improper government experiments on humans during the cold War. Or. Kenneth Mossman an expert on radiobiology from Arizona state univer sity said he had serious concerns about the Lack of proper consent in some of the cases. But Mossman also said Many of the experiments contributed significantly to knowledge about radiation s effects on the body at a time when Little was known. An Experiment at Vanderbilt univer sity in Nashville tenn., in 1969 using pregnant women is the basis for Radia Tion risk estimates and exposure Stan Dards for today s pregnant worker he said. And without the plutonium Experiment radiation Protection of plutonium workers would have been immeasurably  even so he told the House Energy sub committee that the government has been Complex too slow in releasing information about the experiments and that those subjected to them should be compensated.  18 civilians were considered terminally ill at the time they were Given plutonium injections in the 1940s, three of them lived for More than 30 years. One patient a Railroad Porter named Elmer Allen was the last to die in 1991. We Are sure that he did not know that he was injected with plutonium Allen s daughter told the hearing in emotional testimony. She said the family is certain he never fully understood what happened to  he always complained of being ill in some Way and was constantly hoping for the cure " Elmerine Allen Whitfield said of her father who died of respiratory failure at age 80. In 1947, plutonium was injected into Allen s leg which had bothered him be cause of a Railroad Accident. A few Days later the leg was amputated according to medical records.