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A12 Scrantonian Tribune, Sunday, January 31,1383 Backstairs at White House Reagans sponsor chapel at retreat By Helen Thomaa There Is a special book that is passed on through the years at the White House to each succeeding press spokesman. It has a compedium of answers to give when the spokesman wants to evade, sidestep and avoid outright lying. Not to my knowledge is one. When we have something to announce, we will announce it, is another. Sometimes, press officers simply avoid answering questions by skipping briefings.

Fitzwater is more loath than any spokesman in recent times to take the podium, although he does well and keeps his cool when he is prepared. Of course, nothing can replace a presidential news conference and hearing the word from the leader himself. But President Reagan has not had a news conference since Oct. 22, and he has become more and more reluctant to answer questions at any time, any place, unless he is programmed to do so. profit corporation and concentrate his money-raising among "the church people of America to the president of' America, said Elaine Crlspen, the first ladys press secretary.

Speaking of the Reagans, Crispen said, "They thought it would be a marvelous gift to future presidents. Sunday services are regularly held at Camp David in the gymnasium of the compound and attended by Navy men and Marines. Aides indicated the Reagans have not attended the services in their seven years of going to Camp David, The Reagans do not attend church services in Washington because, aides say, they do not want to put other worshippers through the security ordeal. After Reagan approved the project, the navy secretary authorized the construction, which is expected to be completed by the fall In time for the Reagans to use it before the president leaves office. "Mrs.

Reagan is thrilled with the idea, said Crispen, adding the first lady had received a letter from Plummer thanking her for the Reagans generous -gift. White House spokesman Marlin Fitzwater wanted to hand out the presidents State of the Union address Monday evening in time for reporters to handle without undue pressure. He told reporters they would get the text at 5 p.m. EST and the speech would be for release at 9 p.m. Instead, he was overruled, apparently by Tom Gtiscom, the communications director, and others who told' Fitzwater that his predecessor, Larry Speakes, never released the State of the Union address to reporters until 6:30 p.m.

and therefore he would have to follow suit. The speech actually' did not become available until 7 p.m. So the shadow of Speakes hangs over the White House and Fitzwater has to follow in his footsteps if the inner circle has anything to do with it. UPI WHITE HOUSE REPORTER WASHINGTON (UPI) -President and Mrs. Reagan are thrilled with the idea of sponsoring the building of a $500,000 privately financed interfaith chapel at rustic Camp David, where they spend nearly every weekend when they are in the Washington area.

The idea of a chapel at the presidential retreat is a dream come true for Kerneth Plummer, 64, Chambersburg, who used to go camping on. the mountaintop grounds when it was dubbed "Shangri la by Franklin D. Roosevelt, the first president to use the site as a weekend hideaway. Plummer, a Methodist, got in touch with Navy officers who operate Camp David and they passed his proposal to the president. The Reagans contributed $1,000 to the project, which is envisioned as a 150-seat octagonal-shaped wood-and-glass chapel.

Plummer will set up a non May the worst team lose Pardon me If I nap during the Super Bowl, even though we 120 million viewers will have the best seat in the house. Despite the staggering advance hype there hasnt been a close game in five years. I guess were all stuck with the Super Bowl, but as a service to my readers this annual Super Bowl column always checks what else is oh television during the game. Sad to say, nothing. Except fdr "60 Minutes and Andy Rooney, all other shows on the major networks are repeats.

In other words, CBS and NBC concede the 6 to 9 p.m time period to ABC and its Super Bowl. There are some surprise pluses during todays game. The big one comes at halftime when my favorite Radio City Rockettes dance troupe performs on field. The Rockettes "line normally features 36 members, but for the halftime show the "line has been extended to 44 dancers (88 legs) in keeping with the 88 game theme. Get it? Its no fun watching the game if you dont care who wins.

Have a friendly or unfriendly bet with an armchair companion. I figure Denver will rout Washington, 31-7. After playing on a snow-covered field most of the reason, Denver should find the San Diego turf delightful. The field has Santa Ana Bermuda grass overseeded with rye to maintain the green color. Just to show you that Im on the ball I tried desperately to get an interview with one of the three ABC game announcers.

ABC sports information in New York gave me the phone number of press headquarters in San Diego. The number turned out to be the San Diego Marriott Hotel and Marina, but A1 Michaels, Frank Gifford and Dan Dlerdorf were out. Probably surfing. I spent few WW2 days in Super Bowl host city San Diego before embarking overseas. All servicemen took liberty to nearby Tijuana, Mexico, pronounced "tee-WA-na, not tefe-A-wa-na" which makes the natives wince.

I recall now I learned a few key Spanish phrases for Tijuana trips: "Buenos dias (good day), "Cuantos? (how much is that?) and "Donde esta los banos? (where are the Have a super Sunday. Broadcast time is 4 p.m. but kickoff isnt until 6: 17 p.m. and not a minute earlier. And be sure to patronize the poor TV sponsors who pay $600,000 for a 30-second commercial.

No wonder Fords cost so much. Freedom gained, its back to chess i youth has served so chessboard. (Mikhail) Botvinnik was SI when he regained the title from (Mikhail) Tal in 1960, he points out. Anna, eight years younger than Boris and rated even higher among the worlds women, is also awaiting her chance. Until then they are enjoying a comfortable life with their eight-year-old son, David, in suburban Newton, a short commute to Harvard.

David is a third-grader in public school, and, according to his mother, has the usual interests playing football, watching television, computer games, things like that. But not chess? No, 6he says. Boris says two chess players in a -family are enough! Boris started playing at 12, won the Moscow youth championship at 15, and attained master status at 18. Throughout the 70s he was one of the Soviet Unions leading young grandmasters, winning the national championship in 1977 and many other tournaments both in the USSR and abroad. Anna followed a similar path in womens competition.

In her early teens she won the Moscow girls championship and became a master. Then, when only 19, she scored, a truly spectacular success, winning the 1974 Soviet womens title ahead of Nona GaprindashviU and Maya Chiburdanidze, the current champion. 1 CHRISTIAN SCIENCE liONITOR A FAMILY AFFAIR Boris Gulko and his wife, Anna Akhsharumova, both world-class chess players who struggled for seven years to leave the Soviet Union match skills at the board. Their son, David, who has npt devoted his life to the game, looks on. Allied increases outpatient care By Larry Eldrldge CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR CAMBRIDGE, Mass.

Back when Bobby Fischer held the world chess championship, Boris Gulko was a young Soviet grandmaster and one of his countrys top hopes to win back the title. Instead, he became a dissident staging hunger strikes and demonstrations for seven years before being permitted to emigrate in 1986. Now, in an ironic twist, it is the Russians who again dominate chess, the United States that seeks to produce a challenger, and Gulko who has emerged as one of his adopted homelands leading prospects. But thats only half the story: Gulkos wife, Anna Akhsharumova, is a two-time Soviet womens champion who just won the 1987 US womens title and is perhaps even more likely than her husband to contend for world honors. Together they form what has to be the strongest chess-playing couple in history.

Now settled in this area as fellows of Harvard Universitys Russian Research Center (Boris also holds the title of grandmaster-in-residence), they talked recently about their long struggle to leave the Soviet Union and their new life in America. "It was a horrible and very brutal thing, Gulko says. We lost many years of active age, of life, just to receive this natural thing to live where we wanted to. Every moment we thought of freedom. And I still think about my friends and relatives who havent this opportunity for a normal life, and this horrible word refusednik.

During their ordeal, Boris and Anna not only were unable to play in tournaments outside the USSR, but they were even prevented from competing in most major events in that country. Gulko calls the period the lost years in terms of his chess development. But he adds, In those years, chess was not so important a part of my life compared to freedom and elementary human rights. And even now in the midst of his own happy new life, Gulko feels a pang for those less for- sessions are offered from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday.

Scheduling is coordinated through Allieds Out- Patient Admissions Office. Third party payment is accepted. Fletcher noted that the new therapy program includes pulmonary muscle training, positive' pressure chest physical therapy and other respiratory treatments. Allieds John Heinz Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine, Wilkes-Barre, is also offering respiratory therapy. Other out-patient services offered by Allied include physical therapy, occupational therapy, psychology counseling, arthritis clinic, speech and hearing services, and physiatry consultations.

For information, call Allied Services at 348-1300. Beginning this month, Allied Services will expand its outpatient service offerings to include respiratory therapy at its Walters Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine, Morgan Highway. A full range of respiratory treatments, provided by a registered -respiratory therapist, will be available for people suffering from asthma, emphysema, bronchitis, bronchiectasis, and black lung. Also, people experiencing shortness of breath, chronic coughing, or rapid weight fluctuation may be able to benefit from the new therapy services at Allied. According to.

Jacqueline Fletcher, Walters Institute assistant chief executive, all respiratory treatments require a physician referral. Treatment ship attempt, missing out by one point as Joel Benjamin and Nick DeFirmian shared top honors. The main goal, however, is still the world championship, which Gary Kasparov defended against his Soviet countryman, Anatoly Karpov from whom Kasparov took the crown in a match in Seville, Spain. Under the three-year cycle for title defenses, the next one will be in 1990 but Gulko arrived in the United States too late to enter the lengthy worldwide competition that will determine the challenger. Thus the first possibility is 1993.

"So we have to wait, he said with a shrug of resignation. We lost so many years that we can wait three more. At 40, Gulko is already well past the age when all recent champions have ascended their thrones (Fischer was 29; Karpov, 23; and Kasparov, 22). Undaunted by such statistics, Gulko insists he still has a realistic chance, noting that tunate than he. He went to Washington recently for a massive demonstration on behalf of Soviet Jews.

Later on TV he saw his sister (who is still trying to get out) participating in the concurrent protest in Moscow that was broken up by police and the KGB secret police. On the chess- front, meanwhile, it hasnt taken Boris and Anna long to reaffirm their places among the worlds top players in their respective categories. In the 18 months since their emigration, Boris has won or placed among the leaders in strong tournaments both in Europe and the United States, including first-place finishes in the 1986 American Open, the 1987 World Open, and a strong grandmaster event in Biel, Switzerland. Anna has been similarly successful, climaxing a- number of fine results by winning this years US women's championship with an unprecedented 9-to-0 sweep. Annas victory made her the first player of either sex to have won national championships in both countries a feat Boris hopes to duplicate someday.

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