Meanwhile, in the Mideast . . ....

Meanwhile, in the Mideast . . . : Tom Clancy, whose “The Hunt for Red October” and other thrillers are noted for their detail of military technology and combat maneuvers, says an end to war is desirable and possible. “There’s no law of God or nature that says we have to have a conflict anywhere,” Clancy said in a recent talk in Omaha, Neb.

Incredible Hulk: The Williamsburg, once Harry S. Truman’s presidential yacht, is rotting on the Potomac River outside Washington, D.C., and faces demolition. The vandalized, littered ship has trees growing through its deck, the Kansas City Star reported. Smithsonian Institution executive Kim Nielsen said people “want to see George Washington’s teeth and Abraham Lincoln’s chair. But here we have President Truman’s yacht . . . and nobody cares.”

On the Rocks: The marriage of talk show host Larry King has fallen apart. His wedding last year to Philadelphia businesswoman Julie Alexander was a celebrity-studded media event. Monday, in a statement issued in Washington, D.C., King would only say: “I deeply care for Julie and regret that our marriage has not worked out. However, I know that the separation is best for both of us.” Attempts to reach Julie King were not successful.

Spring Fling: Polish labor leader Lech Walesa told college students he would like to see them vacation in his country. “You would all come to us and spend your dollars in Poland,” Walesa, winner of the 1983 Nobel Peace Prize, said Monday. “On the basis of these dollars you will help us develop our technology and our civilization,” Walesa told Buena Vista College students in Storm Lake, Iowa, through a satellite broadcast from Poland.