Banner Graphic, Volume 17, Number 182, Greencastle, Putnam County, 4 April 1987 — Page 4

THE BANNER GRAPHIC. Saturday, April 4,1987

People in the news Hoosier term riles Quayle INDIANAPOLIS (AP) Sen. Dan Quayle, R-Ind., wants Merriam-Webster, Inc., to redefine the word “Hoosier,” which doesn’t present a very good image in the company’s Third New International Dictionary. Indiana natives, who routinely call themselves Hoosiers, may not realize that Webster’s also defines a hoosier as “an awkward, unhandy or unskilled person, especially an ignorant rustic.” Used as a verb, the dictionary says hoosier means “to loaf on or botch a job.” In a letter mailed Friday, Quayle asked MerriamWebster President William A. Llewellyn to review the description of Hoosier and to change it to reftect common usage of the word or the long history of debate over its origin. “Nowhere in my great state will you find someone who considers a Hoosier an awkward, unhandy, unskilled or ignorant rustic,” Quayle said. “And I doubt very much that you’ll find a constituent of mine who believes for a second that to ‘hoosier’ is to ‘loaf on or botch a job.’ ” The Webster definitions became part of the Senate record Monday, when Sen. Alfonse D’Amato, R-N.Y., used the dictionary to predict that the Indiana Hoosiers would lose the NCAA basketball championship that night to his alma mater, Syracuse. Indiana won 74-73. After reading the definitions on the Senate floor, D’Amato said: “I would submit to you that if that is the case the outcome of the game tonight is a foregone conclusion and Syracuse will be victorious.” On Tuesday, Quayle introduced a non-binding resolution on the Senate floor describing what he believes ought to be the true meaning of Hoosier. The resolution reads: “Whereas, Indiana University’s basketball team displayed the real meaning of the word “Hoosier;” therefore, be it resolved that a Hoosier is someone who is quick, smart, resourceful, skillful, a winner, unique and brilliant.” • NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) —Songwriter and record producer Gary S. Paxton says his relationship with the Rev. Jim Bakker’s wife was proper despite reports it may have pushed the TV evangelist into a tryst with another woman. Published reports have said Paxton, 48, developed a close relationship with Tammy Faye Baker as her gospel record producer in the late 19705. “A lot of things have been said,” Paxton said Thursday in a telephone interview with The Associated Press. “I’ve outlived this for a long time. There wasn’t anything bad in the first place.” The Washington Post reported Thursday that Bakker and others grew concerned about the relationship between Mrs. Baker and Paxton. The paper quoted Paxton’s former wife, Karen, as saying Mrs. Bakker was in love with Paxton or at least thought she was. Paxton said about the reports, “I’m going to see what’s printed. They used ‘allegedly,’ and that’s cool. If they say it’s sexual, I’ll sue for slander.” “I’m going to see what’s said and then tell the truth,” he added. “My pastor said not to talk right now.”

Abby: Forgive father and fund own education

DEAR ABBY: Dad is a very successful plastic surgeon. When my parents divorced seven years ago, I was in high school. At that time I told my dad I wanted to go to college and might need his help financially. Dad said he had enormous legal fees (from the divorce), but after they were paid, he’d see what he could do. Shortly after this conversation, he married his girlfriend they started a new family. Once again I approached him. He said his new family (one child) was expensive, and besides, what did I need college for? His young wife never went to college. I could not believe a so-called educated man uttered those words. Every time I visit Dad’s home, it’s obvious where his money goes a live-in nanny, new cars, massive home improvements, expensive clothes and jewels for the young wife, etc. Don’t misunderstand. I am glad to see my hardworking father enjoying the good life that he has earned, but it still hurts me to think my education means nothing to him. Perhaps after he reads this he will better understand why I have chosen to keep my distance. Oh, during a recent visit, his wife proudly told me they had established a trust fund for their child’s college education. How can I deal

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LOS ANGELES (AP) Elizabeth McGovern, whose appearance in a high school play launched her film career, is back on stage playing the part of a young woman who offers arguments favoring the Nazi cause. “The result is that the audience is asked to look at themselves more deeply and see how they would conceivably be in a position where they could be convinced that the Nazi rationale is the correct one,” said McGovern, 25, who stars in “Aunt Dan and Lemon,” McGovern recently appeared in the films “Native Son” and “The Bedroom Window.” Her latest movie, “She’s Having a Baby,” opens in June. • NEW YORK (AP) Many of the featured players of the “M-A-S-H” television series have been reunited in 30-second commercials for International Business Machine computers. The commercials, which began Thursday night, have Harry Morgan as the boss of a company that has just acquired IBM’s new computer line. Morgan, who portrayed Col. Potter in the longrunning “M-A-S-H,” is joined by Gary Burghoff, who played Radar; Loretta Swit, who was “Hot Lips” Houlihan; Larry Linville, who was Frank Burns; William Christopher, who was Father Mulcahy; Wayne Rogers, who was Trapper John; and Jamie Farr, who was Klinger. Alan Alda, who starred in the show as Hawkeye, is not among the players, but Richard J. Lord, chairman of Lord, Geller, Federico, Einstein, the agency producing the commercials, said there are negotiations to get Alda into future spots. • WAUSAU, Wis. (AP) Actor Jimmy Stewart says he supports many of President Reagan’s environmental policies, but says the administration is not doing enough to protect the natural world. “All over the world I don’t think people are doing enough for the environment,” Stewart, 78, said before the opening Friday of a “Wildlife In Art” exhibit at Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum. The actor is a friend of the show’s featured artist, David Shepherd, of Surrey, England. • LOS ANGELES (AP) Singer Randy Travis says his soon-to-be-released second album won’t stray from the pure country sounds on which he built his career. “It’s the only thing I’ve ever done,” Travis said. “I’ve been singing that music since I was 8 years old. That’s all I ever do and all I ever will do, probably.” His first album, “Storms of Life,” recently went platinum after selling 1 million copies. The new album will be called “Always and Forever.”

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with this hurtful situation? DISILLUSIONED DOCTOR’S DAUGHTER DEAR DISILLUSIONED: If you were in high school seven years ago, you should have been out for a number of years. You don’t say what you’ve been doing in the meantime, but if you’re determined to get a college education, you can get one without your father’s help. Get a part-time job and a college loan; many have. Forgive your father for failing you when you were fresh out of high school. Get on with your life, and you’ll be all the stronger for having made it on your own. Good luck.

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SEN. DAN QUAYLE Wants redefinition

DEAR ABBY: I am 75 years old. Yesterday I went to the eye doctor for an eye examination. For the first time in my life I had drops put in my eyes to dilate the pupils, then I had a devil of a time driving home. (I turned the wrong way on a one-way street!) No one warned me in advance that I wouldn’t be able to see well enough to drive home. I believe that people who make an appointment with an eye doctor ought to be told on the phone if they will not be able to drive home, so they can have someone go along to drive home. I could have had a serious accident and killed myself or somebody else. Please print this. B.E.H. IN PORTLAND, ORE. DEAR 8.E.H.: Most nursesecretaries warn the patients when they make their appointments. And now that you were kind enough to write to tell your story, those who don’t, will. (I hope.) * * * (For Abby’s booklet, “What Every Teen-Ager Ought to Know,” send a check or money order for $2.50 and a long, stamped (39 cents), self-ad-dressed envelope to: Dear Abby, Teen Booklet, P.O. Box 447, Mount Morris, 111. 61054.) ’

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