NOTEBOOK/MILESTONES	FEBRUARY 23, 1998 VOL. 151 NO. 7
	Milestones By DAN ERCK DIED. ENOCH POWELL, 85, British Conservative politician, brilliant classical scholar, powerful orator and distinguished soldier; in London. A stern nationalist, Powell railed against non-white immigration in his notorious 1968 "rivers of blood" speech. Although it effectively consigned him to the political wilderness, he remained an influential figure. A Tory for most of his 37 years in Parliament, he resigned from the party over Britain's entry into the European Community; he returned to Parliament as an Ulster Unionist representing a Northern Ireland constituency. DIED. MAURICE SCHUMANN, 86, the "voice of France," whose potent BBC radio broadcasts from London rallied and coordinated French anti-Nazi Resistance fighters during World War II; in Paris. He imparted coded orders--such as "The carrots are cooked"--and served as the lifeline between Charles de Gaulle's Free French movement and the beleaguered French population. ARRIVED. DIXIE DANSERCOER, 35, and ALAIN HUBERT, 44, fatigued Belgian adventurers; at the McMurdo research base, after crossing Antarctica on foot. The three-month, 3,900-km trek set a record for the longest unassisted journey across the earth's frozen underbelly. Dansercoer and Hubert walked the north-south route on skis, using only windsurf-style parafoils to help them drag 355 kg of gear. REMOVED. STEPHEN WATTERS, 40, U.S. Marine Lt. Col., from his command of an EA-6B attack-jet squadron, for allegedly telling his crew to destroy videotapes that could aid investigators of the Italian ski-lift accident that killed 20 people; in Cherry Point, N.C. While Watters was not the commander of the squadron involved in the accident, he and his crew had recently completed a six-month stint at the NATO base in Aviano, Italy. Pilots routinely make home videos of their low-flying training runs, and Watters told officers under his command to make them "disappear." He could face a court-martial and prison. ENGAGED. AKEBONO, 28, massive yet humble 232-kg sumo star, to CHRISTINE REIKO KALINA, 26, daughter of a U.S. serviceman and expectant mother of the couple's first child; in Tokyo. Born Chad Rowan, the Hawaii native made sumo history by becoming the first foreign-born yokozuna, or grand champion. Akebono earned the 2,000-year-old sport's highest honor in record time--after only five years and 30 tournaments--by thrashing opponents and, just as important, conducting himself in a suitably dignified manner. DEPORTED. WANG BINGZHANG, 50, exiled Chinese activist, after sneaking into China to drum up support for an opposition political party; in Anhui province. Wang wandered around the countryside for more than two weeks before police tracked him down; they later nabbed at least three of his contacts. Beijing's decision to deport Wang to the U.S. could signal a shift in China's attitude toward dissidents: they tend to wreak less havoc when sent abroad than when kept in jail at home. FLASHBACK Hillary Clinton has taken the offensive in responding to allegations of her husband's affair. Former First Ladies put their own spin on spouses' alleged dalliances. Florence Harding: "[Nan Britton] was always doing everything on earth that she could do to attract Warren's attention. [Her] overdevelopment tended to attract men on the streets and, together with her unusually short dresses, she attracted attention, of course, and in not a very nice way." Eleanor Roosevelt: "He might have been happier with a wife who was completely uncritical. That I was never able to be, and he had to find it in other people. Nevertheless, I think I sometimes acted as a spur, even though the spurring was not always wanted or welcome. I was one of those who served his purposes." Lady Bird Johnson: "You have to understand, my husband loved people. All people. And half the people in the world are women. You don't think I could have kept my husband away from half the people?" And "if all these ladies had some good points I didn't have, I hope I had the good sense to learn a little bit from it." Sources: Sex Lives of the U.S. Presidents; Presidential Sex
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