European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 12, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes . Wednesday october 12.1994 2nd official wants postmaster out by Bill Mcallister. Washington Post Washington a second member of the .postal service Board of governors has turned against postmaster general Marvin Runyon citing poor mail service in the nation s capital. Einar Dyhrkopp of Shawneetown 111., confirmed monday that he joined with Robert Setrakian of san Francisco in demanding Runyon s resignation during closed Board meeting in Seattle last week the Board voted 5-2 to table the motion an action that Dyhrkopp said indicates the Issue May be debated again at a future Board meeting j. Dyhrkopp said he was troubled by Runyon s relations with Congress and the postmaster s difficulties improving mail service in Washington which has one of the worst on time delivery rates in the nation. If Pecan t straighten out Washington d.c., How can he straighten out the nation Dyhrkopp said in an inter View ,.". / ,-.- the Only Clinton appointee on the nine member Board of governors Dyhrkopp noted that the postmas Ter had rejected a petition signed by 82 members of the Senate seeking a stamp to Honor Vietnam Era prisoners of War or missing in action. When so Many members of the Senate sign a petition Dyhrkopp said you be got to consider that during a congressional hearing this  expressed scepticism about Runyon s controversial two years As head of the postal service. He said then that he would wait until later in the year to make a judgment about whether Runyon should stay in office. Dyhrkopp is considered to be one of the More energetic governors and has a reputation of not hesitating to speak out about its problems. The governors select the postmaster general and he serves of their pleasure. There Are two vacancies on the nine member Board. Runyon 70, a former automobile executive who served As head of the Tennessee Valley authority has come under fire from Congress for allowing mail serv ice to deteriorate in Washington and around the coun try. A recent report by the House appropriations com Mittee staff blamed Washington s mail problems on Runyon s policies including his 1992 reorganization of the Agency. A  Runyon has rejected those criticisms and indicated that he has no intention of stepping Down. When he took office in the summer of 1992, he said he expected to remain in office at least four years. Commercial mailers and postal Union leaders two groups that have considerable influence on the postal service have strongly endorsed Runyon and have repeatedly reaffirmed their support despite the service problems that the Agency has encountered. In the stars and stripes 10 years ago oct. 12,1984 the Senate approved a $370 billion Catchall spending Bill that would eliminate Aid to the nicaraguan rebels and cleared the Way for Congress to adjourn. 20 years ago oct 12,1974british prime minister Harold Wilson won a Cliff Hanger election and a precarious three seat margin to enact his Tough program of socialist measures to Deal with the nation s economic ills. 30 years ago oct. 12,1964 a congressional report on the Billie sol Estes Case concluded that there was no Evi Dence that the Texas financier had received deliberate preferential treatment through bribery political influence or pressure. 40 years ago oct. 12,1954 Chicago mopped up from the worst flood in its  deluge sent the Chi Cago River into skyscraper base ment disrupted Industry and transportation and caused damage estimated at $10 million. 50 years ago oct. 12,1944 in one of the most daring raids of the Pacific War adm. William f. Halsey s Carrier based planes struck the Ryukyu is lands 200 Miles South of Japan destroying 88 enemy planes and sink ing or damaging 58 ships. World War ii 50 years ago today oct. 12 1.9�4�4 Allied paratroops capture the Airport at Athens while a German rearguard evacuates the greek capital s port Piraeus British troops land on the greek Island of Corfu at the Entrance of the Adriatic sea. Soviet soldiers take Oradea and Subotica in Hungary. . Navy Carrier planes begin three Days of heavy attacks on japanese factories and military positions on Formosa. Source 2194 Days of War. W. H Smith publishers inc. 77ie world almanac o1 world War ii Bison books corp., 1981 a re enactment of slave auction moves audience to tears jeers Williamsburg a. A Ann Acap official shouted angrily protes ters Sang we a a overcome and boo Sand claps rippled through the restless nervous crowd. A weeping Black woman pleaded for people to keep an open Mindas a staged slave auction was about to Start w ,. But after monday s poignant dramatization of the 1773 Sale of four Black peo ple in Williamsburg it was the narc official Jack gravely who was wiping tears from his eyes. I would be lying if i said i did t com out with a different View. The presenta Tion was passionate moving and educational said gravely political action director for the state National association for the advancement of coloured people. The mock auction was part of a re enactment of a Day in the life of colonial Williamsburg now a tourist town of re stored 18th-Century houses and shops. More than 2,000 people mostly White watched the drama from a Cobblestone Street. Some were weeping when it . Others were still angry. If you want to show slavery Don t Doit with some watered Down version where people clap at. The end said Jelani Roper a Black senior at the College of William and Mary. The re enactment was based on histor ical records of four slaves who were sold in 1773. Four actors were led out unchained in simple clothes like those worn by slaves of the period. One woman playing a pregnant House slave named Lucy begged to be bought bythe same Man who had just purchased her husband Daniel for 62 British pounds. Please please Don t do this. Please or. Taylor buy me too the sobbing woman said. But or. Taylor did not top a bid of 50 pounds and Lucy still weeping was led away from her husband. Another slave a Carpenter fetched a High Price of 70 pounds his tools were included in the Sale. A woman whose master had recently died was bought by Christy Coltman left and Willie Balderson portray a pregnant House slave and a con stable As the woman is brought to the auction Block in colonial Williamsburg. Her husband a free Buck for 42 pounds. Organizers said these scenes dramatized the horrors of slavery. Protesters complained that they had cheapened his tory and dealt with an episode too pain Ful to handle in a theater like production. This is pure and simple entertain ment making Money off people s oppression said Andrew Highsmith a Whit student from Cincinnati. It s not show ing the True history of what it was like Tobe a slave. Where is the Story of people who fought Back but Larry Earl a Black actor who has taken part in several re enactments said one recent show depicted a slave killing his abusive master. There were two forms of resistance against slavery Active and passive and we showed both he said. Curtis Harris of the Southern Christia leadership conference remained unconvinced that the portrayal was education Al. I Felt this was nothing More than Ashow not an authentic history he said. The re enactment Drew protests fro the time it was announced. Just before it began gravely and a Small group of demonstrators pushed their Way to the front of the stage area and two of them refused to leave during the performance. Survives Santa Cruz Calif. A in this California Seaside town where the off beat is often the Norm Columbus Daywan t. The name of the Holiday was change last month to indigenous people s Day forcing italian americans to commemorate their explorer hero unofficially. What might be weird elsewhere be comes everyday in Santa Cruz where civic Pride includes reverence for its hip pie Haven past and where computer freaks can order pizza via the internet local italian americans whose Fisher men forefathers came to the Monterey Bay by the thousands muddled through without making any fuss Over the City Council s latest move. It did t Surprise me because they redone so Many Odd things said skip Tara head of Stagnaro Brothers seafood inc. We try not to get excited when they go stupid like they  Gilda s restaurant on the wharf owned but Only in apr of  the Stagnaro flew its Columbus Day Flag monday As it has for the past 45years. The Resolution that changed the Nam of the Holiday noted that american Indi ans died from diseases brought by euro peans. Many criticize the honouring of Columbus arguing his new world Dis covery was an invasion. The Columbus Day name change Fol lows similar actions in Berkeley and the state of South Dakota