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From: LIBSJP@VM.BYU.EDU (Sharolyn Pyeatt)
Newsgroups: soc.roots
Subject: GERMAN IMMIGRATION TO US
Date: 27 Aug 92 19:09:17 GMT
Reply-To: "Sharolyn Pyeatt" <LIBSJP@VM.BYU.EDU>
Organization: Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, USA
Comments: Gated by NETNEWS@AUVM.AMERICAN.EDU
Comments: To: roots-l@vm1.nodak.edu

Reference tools available, aside from the various passenger lists &
German emigration records themselves (which are available for some
city/states, but in German):

1.   Eterovich, Adam S.  NEW ORLEANS GERMAN PORT LIST, 1845.  (Balkan
       & East European American Genealogical & Historical Society; vol.
       3, no. 3)  San Francisco : <n.s.>, 1966.

2.   RECENT IMMIGRATION RESEARCH (Monographs in the German-American
       genealogical research series.  Supplement to Encyclopedia of
       German-American Research and American Genealogical Res. in
       German Archives).  McNeal, AZ : Westland Publications, 1982.

Sharolynn Pyeatt
From: kelsey@PILOT.NJIN.NET (Ann KELSEY)
Newsgroups: soc.veterans
Subject: Reunion 92
Date: 4 Sep 92 01:21:01 GMT

Reposted from CompuServe Military Forum.  Also posted to soc-
veterans.

Ann Kelsey
kelsey@pilot.njin.net

#: 118593 S15/Viet Memorial/10 yr
    03-Sep-92  14:08:39
Sb: RE*UNION '92
Fm: Mary Kunkemueller/VVMF 76711,676
To: Interested parties

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Aug. 4, 1992



                "RE*UNION '92" Computer System To Help

                Vietnam Vets Get Together in Washington


      Vietnam veterans coming to Washington in November for the
10th Anniversary of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial will get free
use of a computer locator system designed to help put friends and
families together again.

      RE*UNION '92 is a joint effort of the Vietnam Veterans
Memorial Fund and EDS, the Dallas-based information technology
company.

      EDS, the world's leading provider of information
technology, is developing, installing, operating and donating the
RE*UNION '92 data base system to help VVMF reunite the thousands
of Vietnam veterans coming to Washington in November.  Hundreds
of EDS volunteers will enter data received from advanced
registration cards and at numerous registration/inquiry sites in
the Washington area, including the Wall itself.

      Veterans and their families will be able to use the
computer system to locate friends in town for the 10th
Anniversary.  They can even receive the same information about
those unable to come to Washington.

      Some 200,000 Vietnam veterans, representing every veterans
organization, will travel to Washington for 10th Anniversary
events Nov. 6-11.  Activities include educational seminars,
concerts, art exhibits, etc.  For the first time at the Wall, 
each of the 58,183 names inscribed will be read aloud.

Call (202) 393-0090 for more information about RE*UNION '92
From: ORANGE@OCELOT.RUTGERS.EDU
Newsgroups: soc.veterans
Subject: agent orange birth defect study
Date: 1 Sep 92 16:43:00 GMT

From:	BIOVAX::ORANGE        1-SEP-1992 12:39:24.66
To:	IN%"vwar-l@ubvm.bitnet"
CC:	ORANGE
Subj:	n.j. agent orange commission birth defect study

i've attached a copy of a birth defect study that the commission
is doing. if you want a copy mail a request to the commission.


NEW JERSEY AGENT ORANGE COMMISSION
P.O. Box 1717
Trenton, New Jersey  08607-1717
(609) 530-8162
 
 
                     SPECIAL RESEARCH ALERT
               BIRTH DEFECT/LEARNING DISABILITIES
                       REGISTRY-DATA BASE
 
    The New Jersey Agent Orange Commission in cooperation with
the Association of Birth Defect Children is compiling a birth
defect/learning disabilities registry and data base of the
children of Vietnam veterans.
 
    The data collected in this project will be used to determine
patterns of these disabilities in the children of Vietnam
veterans.  All identifying information will be kept confidential.
 
    If you are interested in participating in this registry,
please fill in the information below.  you will be sent a
detailed questionnaire.  Since each questionnaire is designedfor
one child, please indicate the number of questionnaires you need.
 
NAME ________________________________________________________
 
ADDRESS _____________________________________________________
 
____________________________________________________________
 
CITY _______________________ STATE _______  ZIP CODE _______
 
NUMBER OF QUESTIONNAIRES ______________
 
 
THE NEW JERSEY AGENT ORANGE COMMISSION IS ENTIRELY FUNDED BY THE
STATE OF NEW JERSEY AND IS NOT CONNECTED WITH THE U.S. DEPARTMENT
From: mad-celt@cwis.unomaha.edu (Andrew Patrick Booth)
Subject: E-mail and Internet access in Iceland
Organization: University of Nebraska at Omaha
Date: Fri, 4 Sep 1992 18:44:31 GMT


I want to know if the base in Iceland has an E-mail server and/or Internet
access.  I know that the university has Internet access, but that would be a
long distance phone call or a few hours of driving to access.  My sister and
her family were just stationed in Iceland.  My brother-in-law is in the Air 
Force.

Any information would be appreciated.  Either post the response or send me
Email.

P.S. I am a Navy veteran myself.

--
- Maelstrom the Mad Celt -      * SOUND News and Arts magazine is available via
(mad-celt@cwis.unomaha.edu)     * anon. FTP: quartz.rutgers.edu (/pub/journals)
Andy Booth - SOUND News & Arts  * or email from (ed@cwis.unomaha.edu).  Soon to
"Evolution follows the storm."  * return to GOPHER.  Art and writing welcome.
From: ORANGE@OCELOT.RUTGERS.EDU
Newsgroups: soc.veterans
Subject: agent orange hearings sept 9, 92 in washington dc
Date: 26 Aug 92 05:09:00 GMT

From:	BIOVAX::ORANGE       26-AUG-1992 01:05:41.40
To:	IN%"vwar-l@ubvm.bitnet"
CC:	ORANGE
Subj:	national academy of sciences agent orange meeting

the national academy of science"s committee to review the health effects 
amoung vietnam veterans of exposure to herbicides will hold a public
meeting on sept 9,1992

anyone may request to address the committee and make a presention
for 5 or 7 min. if any on is interested you should contact ms.
cynthia able prior to aug 26,1992.

		202-334-2357
		(fax) 202-334-2031
		e-mail    cable@nas         (bitnet)

the above hearing is the result public law 102-4 which requested the 

dept of veterans affairs, the institute of medicine of the national 
academy of sciences to review and evaluate the scientific evidence
regarding the associations between diseases and herbicide exposure.

richar v
orange@biovax.rutgers.edu
From: bergman@AFPAN.PA.AF.MIL (CMSgt Mike Bergman)
Newsgroups: soc.veterans
Subject: This Week in WWII
Date: 26 Aug 92 15:18:20 GMT
Organization: Hq Air Force News Agency/SCC


AFMC News Service 92-08-177

 THIS WEEK IN WORLD WAR II

     An Army Air Force combat chronology.

     Sept. 4, 1942 --  B-24 Liberators, operating with Royal Air Force 
and Royal Navy units, attack a German supply convoy in the 
Mediterranean.  Two ships are reportedly sunk and one is damaged.

     Sept. 5, 1942 --   Heeding the advice of Gen. Carl Spaatz, 8th 
Air Force commander, Gen. Dwight Eisenhower changes his mind about 
suspending 8th Air Force bomber operations from England in order to 
direct more air power to the 12th and 14th Air Forces in the upcoming 
campaign for North Africa.

     That same day, 31 B-17s --  the largest number of 8th Air Force 
bombers yet assembled -- attack the railway yards at Rouen-Sottevill 
in France.

     Sept. 6, 1942 -- Eighth Air Force B-17s  attack a German-occupied 
aircraft factory and three airfields in France.  Two Flying Fortresses 
are shot down by enemy fighters over Meaulte, marking the first combat 
loss by the 8th Air Force's Bomber Command.    In the Mediterranean, 
P-40s fly an offensive sweep over Egypt's Rayil Dayr Ar Depression, 
shooting down two German Stuka dive bombers.

     Sept. 7, 1942 -- A-20s and P-400's (P-39's made for export but 
used by the United States) bomb and strafe Japanese positions at Myola 
Lake and Efogi, New Guinea.  P-40s join Royal Australian Air Force 
bombers in attacking a Japanese destroyer and cruiser off the 
D'Entrecasteaux Islands.

        Sept. 8, 1942 -- In England, 8th Air Force issues a joint 
British and American directive on bomber operations.  The agreement 
between Gen. Carl Spaatz and the Royal Air Force assigns the 8th Air 
Force to daylight operations and the Royal Air Force to night bombing.  
It also ensures continuous bomber operations over Germany and gives 
American bombers Royal Air Force fighter escort.

        Sept. 9, 1942 -- A Japanese seaplane launcher from a submarine 
drops incendiary bombs on a mountain near Brookings, Oregon, causing a 
small forest fire.  This attack is the only time an enemy airplane 
bombs the continental United States.


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From: bergman@AFPAN.PA.AF.MIL (CMSgt Mike Bergman)
Newsgroups: soc.veterans
Subject: AF News Svc 08/27/92
Date: 27 Aug 92 18:22:51 GMT
Organization: Hq Air Force News Agency/SCC

682.  Homestead update
     HOMESTEAD AFB, Fla. (AFNS) -- Servicemembers assigned to Homestead will
be allowed to visit their homes daily, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., beginning Aug. 28, in
order to assess damage to their personal property caused by Hurricane Andrew,
which struck Aug. 24.
     Driven by winds in excess of 140 mph, Andrew ripped through Homestead,
damaging or destroying virtually every facility on the southern Florida base
and bringing operations to a halt.
     Airmen started evacuating at 6:30 a.m., Aug. 23, with many choosing to
head to other Air Force bases in Florida, such as Eglin, Tyndall, Patrick and
MacDill.
     Homestead currently has no electricity, water, telephone or other
services available.  Lodging and other services in the surrounding communities
has also been affected by the storm.
     The daily 5 p.m. departure time has been set for safety and security
considerations, officials said.  Those returning are discouraged from bringing
young family members with them.
     A toll-free number, 1-800-232-9916, has been established, allowing
evacuees to let the Air Force know where they are, and receive more
information and instructions.
     Officials recommend staying tuned to local news media reports for updates
and keeping contact with the nearest personnel office for more information and
instructions as they become available.
     Information about donating specifically to Air Force relief is available
by calling the Air Force Aid Society at (703) 692-9305.  Individuals can make
donations to the overall relief effort through their local Red Cross chapters.


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   \ Bergman /
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From: bergman@AFPAN.PA.AF.MIL (CMSgt Mike Bergman)
Newsgroups: soc.veterans
Subject: Commission on Women in Armed Forces Seeks Input
Date: 26 Aug 92 19:03:38 GMT
Organization: Hq Air Force News Agency/SCC


         678. Commission inputs
         
              WASHINGTON (AFNS) -- The Presidential Commission on the 
         Assignment of Women in the Armed Forces is seeking views from 
         American citizens, servicemen and women and veterans concerning 
         the issue of women in the military.  
              The chairman of the commission, retired Air Force Gen. Robert 
         T. Herres asks that letters and testimony be mailed to him at: 
         1331-A Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20004.
              Hearings have already taken place in Los Angeles and 
         Washington, and are scheduled for Dallas and Washington.

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   \ Bergman /
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From: ORANGE@OCELOT.RUTGERS.EDU
Newsgroups: soc.veterans
Subject: n.j. agent orange commission
Date: 1 Sep 92 16:51:00 GMT

From:	BIOVAX::ORANGE        1-SEP-1992 12:47:04.74
To:	IN%"vwar-l@ubvm.bitnet"
CC:	ORANGE
Subj:	n.j. agent orange commission

this is what happens when dollars get hard to come-by.


New Jersey Agent Orange Commission
P.O. Box 1717
Trenton, New Jersey  08607-1717
 
For further information:
William W. Lewis, Executive Director
(609) 530-8162
 
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
 
 
 
     The New Jersey Agent Orange Commission became a victim of
state budget cuts when the state legislature rescinded a large
portion of the Commission's budget for the coming fiscal year.
 
     The Commission had a balance of $650,000 in its
appropriation at the end of the fiscal year on June 30.  This
balance was removed by the legislature and returned to the States
General Treasury.  The Commission was then allocated $80,00 as a
shut-down budget.  The Commission expects to cease operations in
December of January.
 
     The decision of the legislature to close the Commission
marks the end of the nation's oldest Agent Orange Commission.
Created in 1980, New Jersey has led the nation in Agent Orange
research, including its world-renowned Pointman Project.
 
                             ######


regards,

richard v
From: bergman@AFPAN.PA.AF.MIL (CMSgt Mike Bergman)
Newsgroups: soc.veterans
Subject: AF News Svc 09/03/92
Date: 3 Sep 92 23:53:38 GMT
Organization: Hq Air Force News Agency/SCC


695.  Homestead move updates
696.  Addiction seminar
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695.  Homestead move updates
     WASHINGTON (AFNS) -- The 726th Air Control Squadron, Homestead AFB, Fla.,
will temporarily move to Shaw AFB, S.C., in the latest Homestead unit move
following Hurricane Andrew which struck Aug. 24.
     Homestead was virtually destroyed during the storm which packed winds in
excess of 140 mph.  The president announced Sept. 1 that Homestead would be
rebuilt, however, cost figures and a timeframe for the reconstruction have not
been determined.
     The 726th Air Control Squadron's primary function is air defense
management and air traffic identification.  They also assist in air rescue
operations.
     The unit will continue to provide radar control for 9th Air Force
operations as well as training for F-16s assigned to Shaw's 363rd Fighter
Wing.
     The 309th Fighter Squadron from Homestead has been moved to Shaw.  Shaw
was chosen as a relocation site because it has the facilities and space
necessary for equipment storage and the necessary housing in the local area.
     Homestead's 307th and 308th Fighter Squadrons have been temporarily moved
to Moody AFB, Ga.  The 31st Fighter Wing will remain at Homestead.
     In its second week of relief operations, the Air Force continues to fly
equipment and supplies into south Florida, which took the brunt of the storm
and suffered an estimated $30 billion in damages.
     Air Mobility Command C-5, C-141, C-130 and KC-135 aircraft have flown 344
missions, transporting 4,645 passengers and 7,735 tons of cargo into the area.
     Meanwhile, in the Pacific, AMC is ferrying tons of relief supplies to
Guam, which sustained heavy damage when Typhoon Omar struck Aug. 27.
     As of Sept. 2, AMC transports have flown 25 missions delivering more than
13,000 tons of supplies and 400 people to aid in the recovery efforts.


696.  Addiction symposium
     SAN ANTONIO (AFNS) -- The 4th Annual Addictions Symposium, hosted by the
Wilford Hall Medical Center, will be conducted Oct. 5-9 at the Villa Rosa
Gymnasium in San Antonio.
     Thirty-five hours towards continuing education have been approved by the
Texas Association on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Counselors.
     The symposium is free and open to the public.  Registration and
information is available by calling DSN 554-7615 or commercial (512) 670-7615.
     Space is limited to 300 attendees.


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   \ Bergman /
     \     /
From: BLDA@gnv.ifas.ufl.edu (DAWICKE, BARBARA L)
Newsgroups: soc.religion.bahai
Subject: Homosexuality Stance
Date: 1 Sep 92 20:52:00 GMT
Article-I.D.: qiclab.1992Sep2.014922.27068
Organization: -

The Baha'i faith is similar to many organized religions in one
particular area, its stance on homosexuality.  The Baha'i faith calls
homosexuality "abnormal".  This stance seems entirely contradictory to
the Baha'i policy of supposed "diversity".
From: uunet!athena!ederveen@nwnexus.wa.com (Ederveen D.)
Subject: Free Esperanto Course (regula posxtajxo / periodic posting)
Reply-To: D.N.M.Ederveen@research.ptt.nl
Organization: PTT Research
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1992 09:37:31 GMT


Periodic posting about the                              Regula posxtajxo pri la
                             FREE ESPERANTO COURSE

What ?					Kio ?
An online Esperanto course, available	Reta Esperanto-kurso, havebla en ambaux
in both English and French. Based on	la angla kaj la franca lingvoj. Gxi
the popular Free Postal Course of the	bazigxas sur la populara Free Postal
Esperanto League for North America. We	Course de la Esperanto-Ligo de Norda
hope to add courses in other languages	Ameriko. Ni esperas aldoni kursojn en
in the future.				aliaj lingvoj estonte.

How much ?				Kiom ?
Free! 10 lessons.			Senpaga! 10 lecionojn.

How ?					Kiel ?
Tutors in netland will help you,	Instruantoj en retlando helpos vin,
correct your exercises, and send you	korektos viajn ekzercojn, kaj sendos al
subsequent lessons.			vi sekvajn lecionojn.

Why ?					Kial ?
To learn Esperanto, of course!		Por lerni Esperanton, kompreneble!

Who ?					Kiu ?
For you!				Por vi!

Where ?					Kie ?
Send e-mail to me (address: see below)	Sendu e-posxton al mi (adreso: vd.
and I will send you the first lesson,	sube) kaj mi sendos al vi la unuan
together with the network address of	lecionon, kune kun la retadreso de via
your personal tutor. Please indicate	propra instruanto. Bonvolu indiki la
English or French.			anglan aux la francan.

When ?					Kiam ?
Now, if you like.			Nun, se vi volas.

How Good ?				Kia ?
>From the very first lesson you will be	Ekde la unua leciono, vi povos skribi
able to write in Esperanto, and upon	en Esperanto, kaj fininte la kurson, vi
completion, you will be able to		povos kompreni preskaux cxiun
understand almost every Esperanto-text	Esperanto-tekston, (helpe de vortaro),
(with the help of a dictionary), and to	kaj skribi simplajn tekstojn.
write simple texts.

I await your e-mail!			Mi atendas vian posxtajxon!

greetings / salutojn,
Derk Ederveen                        internet: D.N.M.Ederveen@research.ptt.nl
                                               earn:  ederveen@hlsdnl5.bitnet
(don't use automatic reply on this message)    uucp: ..!hp4nl!dnlunx!ederveen
(ne uzu auxtomatan respondon al cxi-mesagxo)   decnet:        dnlts::ederveen
From: lr1d+@andrew.cmu.edu (Lucien Randazzese)
Newsgroups: soc.religion.bahai
Subject: Adam as a Prophet
Date: 28 Aug 92 20:28:45 GMT
Article-I.D.: qiclab.1992Aug30.070640.9482
Organization: -

I'm a Baha'i who is wondering how Baha'i views on Adam as the first
Manifestation of God (initiating the Adamic Cycle) relate to the
biblical account of Adam as the first man and what Baha'is believe
about the life of Adam as an individual within what must have been a
broader community if he was to serve as messenger of God.  Can anyone
help?

Lucien Randazzese.
Newsgroups: soc.religion.bahai
From: unislc@unislc.slc.unisys.com (Ed Carp)
Subject: Re: Baha'i Burial
Organization: Unisys Corporation SLC
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1992 22:33:35 GMT

Teri Rhan (trhan@milton.u.washington.edu) wrote:

: In article <1992Aug17.224122.17573@qiclab.scn.rain.com>
: trowe@uwspmail.uwsp.edu (Thomas Rowe Psychology) writes:

: >The first law is that the body must be buried, not cremated.
: >According to Abdu'l-Baha, there is still some connection, however
: >tenuous, between the soul and the body following death and the
: >destruction of the body, which used to be the throne of the soul, is a
: >shock to the soul.  In keeping with that, the body is to be treated
: >with respect and dignity befitting with the station of the earthly
: >home of the soul.  Abdu'l-Baha also wrote:
: 
: My very good friend and mother-in-law has been battling cancer for 
: very long time.  She is weeks if not days away from passing into the 
: Abha Kingdom.  I am a Baha'i and I understand that these burial laws are 
: binding for Baha'is only. She is not a Baha'i and has expressed the 
: desire to be cremated.  I want to respect her wishes yet in light of 
: this previous paragraph, I have difficulty within myself not wanting to 
: following thru with her request.  There really is no one else she can
: turn to and now she is on so much pain medication, I fear I waited too
: long to discuss this with her. 
: 
: Can anyone recommend something from the Baha'i writings that may provide 
: some guidance?

I can't recommend guidelines, but there is some basis in this belief in
esoteric metaphysics, which says that the soul takes three days to separate
fully from the body, and that it is unnecessary shock to destroy the body
before then.  Current NDE (near-death experiences) tend to bear this out.

I refer you to Raymond Moody's work, as well as Kenneth Ring.
-- 
Ed Carp, N7EKG     erc@apple.com                801/538-0177
"This is the final task I will ever give you, and it  goes  on  forever.   Act
happy, feel happy, be happy, without a reason in the world. Then you can love,
and do what you will."           -- Dan Millman, "Way Of The Peaceful Warrior"
Newsgroups: soc.religion.bahai
From: djull@Athena.MIT.EDU
Newsgroups: soc.religion.bahai
Subject: Selection from the Baha'i Writings - 1 September 1992
Date: 2 Sep 92 16:04:27 GMT
Organization: <none>

The Revelation which, from time immemorial, hath been acclaimed as the
Purpose and Promise of all the Prophets of God, and the most cherished
Desire of His Messengers, hath now, by virtue of the pervasive Will of
the Almighty and at His irresistible bidding, been revealed unto men.
The advent of such a Revelation hath been heralded in all the sacred
Scriptures.  Behold how, notwithstanding such an announcement, mankind
hath strayed from its path and shut out itself from its glory.

Baha'u'llah, _Gleanings from the Writings of Baha'u'llah_ (Baha'i
Publishing Trust; Wilmette, IL; 1976) p. 5
--
David Jull
djull@athena.mit.edu