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   European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 21, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday april 21, 1994 the stars and stripes Page 5 Hillary not first first lady to get pin Money Washington a an unexpected $12,000 listed on the Clinton presidential tax returns brought a pin Money fund for first la Dies to Light but it turns out Barbara Bush was the first recipient. Last week the amount showed up As unexpected income for Hillary Rodham Clinton who reported no wages in 1993 on tax returns released last week by president Clinton and his wife. The Washington Post reported wednesday that Barbara Bush received $36,000 from the fund set up in the will of a wealthy Man who diedml912. Henry g. Freeman or. Wrote in his will that the fund would be set up once his last heir died. The reason i make this fund is because i feel the president of the United states receives such a miserable pittance for a Man holding the great est position on Earth Freeman wrote. Nixon condition worsens As complications set in new York a former president Nixon remained in critical condition Early wednesday with swelling of the brain a complication from the stroke that left him partially paralysed on his right Side and unable to speak. One has to say his prognosis is guarded said or. Fred Plum chief of neurology at new York Hospital Cornell medical Center. Plum said the brain swelling was the most serious threat. These Are critical hours he said late tuesday. For the first time since Nixon was stricken monday evening doctors described his stroke As  the 81-year-old Nixon was returned to intensive care late tuesday two hours after leaving the unit for a Pri vate room. Earlier in the Day doctors had said he was out of grave danger Alert and in Good spirits but unable to speak. A. A v we thought or. Nixon was doing quite Well Plum said. But after he was moved to the private room it was apparent he d taken a turn for the  strokes damage to part of the brain caused by in sufficient blood Supply Are the nation s third leading cause of death. They strike about 500,000 people annually killing one third. Brain swelling is common in stroke victims Plum  -. A. Plum said Nixon s doctors had been treating him for several years for an irregular heartbeat which can make a person susceptible to blood clots. The clots Are believed to have caused the stroke. Nixon was stricken at his Park Ridge n.j., Home. The new York times reported wednesday that he hads Pem the Day monday working on a speech for Republican fund raisers. On tuesday Page proofs for Nixon s latest Book beyond peace arrived at his office the times reported. He has received numerous get Well messages including a Telegram from russian president Boris Yeltsin. I Hope you recover and return to the rough an Tumble of political life wrote Yeltsin who was miffed last month when Nixon met with Yeltsin s opponent during a trip to Russia. Nixon was elected the 37th president in 1968, after nearly a Quarter Century As a Republican officeholder congressman senator and vice president under Dwight Eisenhower. Six years later under the Cloud of the watergate scandal he became the first president to resign. ,. /. " a Over women s Washington a the Senate overrode the opposition of All seven of its women members unified by their anger Over the 1991 Tail Hook scandal and Al Lowed the Navy s top officer to retire As a full  an election year debate on gender politics that transcended party lines the Senate voted 54-43 tues Day evening to preserve adm. Frank b. Kelso ii in his four Star rank when he Steps Down As chief of naval operations april 30.had the vote gone against Kelso he would have been reduced in retirement to a two Star rear Admiral and his $84,340 annual pension would have been Cut by $16,873.the vote was closer than expected and the women who led the opposition to Kelso declared a moral  this vote proves that we have Power and it prove the Senate has changed said sen. Barbara Boxer d Calif. We Don t have enough Power and the Senate has t changed enough. But there will be a Day very soon when votes like this will be overwhelmingly in our  the debate entered on Kelso s role before during and after the 1991 Tail Hook convention of Navy and Marine aviators in Las vegas at which dozens of women complained of being sexually harassed and assaulted. Kelso attended the convention despite its reputation for Baw Diness. Lie claimed he witnessed no misconduct later under his command the Navy launched an investigation that most observers later concluded was bungled. Beyond the particulars the Senate plunged Back into the debate Over the treatment of women that gripped the institution Kelso during the fight Over Anita Hill s harassment charges against supreme court nominee Clarence Thomas in1991 and More recently the debate Over allegations of sexual misconduct by sen Bob Packwood a Ore. This debate United All seven women senators five democrats and two republicans for the first time on a gender Issue. Elsewhere there were role . Arlen Specter r-pa., the villain in the View of some women of the Thomas Hill hearings voted against Kelso As did Packwood. The vote crossed party lines with a modest majority of democrats voting against Kelso while republicans tilted in the admirals favor. Of the 26 senators up Forre election this fall a majority 14 voted to reduce Kelso s rank. Kelso Drew heavy support from members of the Senate s two defense related panels. Among Kelso s supporters there was palpable con Cern of a Public relations defeat the headlines have already been written said  Simpson r-wyo., outside the Senate chamber. Tomorrow s paper Willi read Bozo Bald headed old Senate farts still Don t get it " indeed Boxer pointed to the continuing mistake on the part of some of our colleagues to confuse who the victim is. We saw this in the Packwood situation we saw it in the Clarence Thomas  the debate began with nine female House members marching to the Senate floor in a show of Solidarity that recalled a similar demonstration during the Thomas hearings. The seven women senators Boxer Barbara Mikulski did. Dianne Feinstein a Calif. Kay Bai Ley Hutchison a Texas Nancy Kassebaum  Moseley Braun dih. And Patty Murray d Wash. Took turns speaking and lobbying individual members. "  of islam member hails killings on . Train Washington a nearly 2,000eeople repeatedly cheered Khalid my Ammad As the controversial nation of islam member denounced jews As Hon Kies and said god had spoken to Colin Ferguson the jamaican charged with killing six people on a Long Island com Muter train dec. 7. Muhammad once a spokesman for the Muslim organization spoke at Howard University on tuesday night hours after school president Franklyn Jenifer de fended students free speech rights but said he was deeply concerned that a Stu Dent group was providing a platform for Muhammad s anti semitic rhetoric. Muhammad told his cheering audience that i am going to be like a pit  is the Way i am going to be against the jews. I am going to bite the Tail of the  Muhammad said he love Colin Ferguson who killed All those White folks on the Long Island  Muhammad said the Black jamaican immigrant was doing god s will. God spoke to Colin Ferguson and said catch the train Colin. Catch the train " outside new York rabbi Avi Weiss called Muhammad a racist and an anti semite of the worst  Howard one of the nation s oldest historically Black colleges also has come under tire for postponing a speech by his Torian David Brion Davis. He had been scheduled for More than a year to speak april 4 on an 18th Century slave uprising but was persuaded by a school official to postpone the lecture until september. Davis a pulitzer prize winning jewish scholar had expressed reluctance to give the lecture after Reading about a february rally where Muhammad spoke and students chanted anti semitic slogans. Jenifer said that there is a very Small number of people who articulated senti ments about Otner ethnic groups that Arete views of that Small number of people. While we must protect the Freedom of speech of our students we have the responsibility to speak out and Send out our message loud and Clear that is the View of a very Small group of  let me state once again for the re Cord. Anti semitism has no place on our Campus in Academia or in the Large society Jenifer said. A Day anniversary plans Waves in Britain London a is the 5qth anniversary of a Day a time for Cele bration or commemoration Britain has a thick file of nation wide events planned ranging from Church services to Street parties and ration Book cooking Competition. But some angry veterans Are demanding that the government Cut the frivolity because so Many of their comrades died in the assault on France s nor Mandy beaches. We will not be celebrating. Well be on a pilgrimage to Honor the lad who idea that s a commemoration said Eddie Hannath Genera Secretary of the Normandy veterans association which has 10,000 Mem Bers and 90 branches worldwide. The a Day invasion on june 6, 1944, caught Hitler s troops by sur prise and led to nazi Germany s sur Render on May 8, 1945. But the Cost was High More than 10,000 Allied troops were killed wounded or lost inaction in the Normandy assault. Veterans groups want the fire works parties and dances postponed until May 8, 1995, the 50th anniversary of the Allied Victory in Europe which they believe is a much More appropriate Day for Celebration i be nothing against Street parties or any special events it s just that june 6 this year is not the right time. They should listen to us and wait until next year Hannath said. The veterans anger has touched offa debate Over How Best to Mark d Day in Britain. Veterans organizations complained that they were not consulted before the government announced its a Day program which also includes military parades a service of remembrance at tended by Queen Elizabeth ii dinner dances and a fashion show. Prime minister John major defended the government s plans again tues Day insisting that there has been great Deal of consultation and Dis   
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