European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 22, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                June 1985 the stars and stripes Page 7 Chicago 1992 worlds fair apparently dead a James Thompson said thursday a pro posed 1992 worlds fair in Chicago was dead after a top Illinois legislator opposed spending any More state Money on the immediately after the Miami mayor Maurice Ferre said he would like to see the fair held in his saying it could be integrated into Florida celebrations of the 500th anniversary of Christopher Columbus first trip to the in absolutely for Ferre the heart is whether or not our flesh responds with the strength and Money is another Alton a spokesman for Chicago mayor Harold said the City supports the fair proposal and the mayor is not giving up Miller said washing ton planned to make a formal statement but Thompson said at a Chicago news the fair is the governor said there is no Chance the Illinois general Assembly would approve any funds for the fair without the support of Illinois House speaker Michael mad who called the event a risky financial i am not prepared to support any further funding for the worlds Madigan worlds fair attendance in millions of paid attendance Universal class fairs 193334 special category fairs 1962 l 1937 new 193940 1958 san 1968 1974 1982 41 new 1964 1967 l new 1984 1985 i 1970 l 1986 3 1992 1992 attendance Over 2 years projections Chicago Tribune Chart source Arthur Little John general manager of the Chicago worlds fair said the proposed fair has been cancelled because it has become apparent we dont have the legislative support to keep the fair Effort Illinois Commerce commission chair Man Philip chairman of the governors financial and legislative task Force on the said he didst believe it could be i think it is Likely now that the fair will not become a reality and that is extremely unfortunate because the fair had a great Deal of Oconnor said in a Tele phone the which had been slated to run from May to october 1992 on Chicago had been championed by Thomp son and others As a Way to Spur economic development and As a showcase for the City and the in there is either opposition to the fair or they dont care about the fair or care More about political arguments than economic Thompson the financial problems of the new or leans worlds fair also appeared to have hindered backers of a 1992 Chicago and Madigan said changes in society have made such expositions feds checking employees through Fri computer files Washington a the govern ment is running Fri criminal record checks on tens of thousands of Federal workers with Access to the computers running Federal Benefit programs to determine if they have arrest or conviction the program was begun last month by the inspector general of the health and human services department after a Survey of people who committed computer such As issuing Benefit checks to them showed that 18 percent of them had criminal the figure jumped As High As 43 percent for employees of state and local agencies handling Federal the study also showed that Many of the perpetrators disclosed their re cords before they were while a few admitted that they had hidden that fact from their others reported that they were hired under special programs for a felons or that their employment was an acknowledged Condi attorney John Brown Dies a John Brown a prominent defense attorney and the father of former John Brown has he was 85 years Tion of their the inspector generals report the computer record Check was de scribed in a Little noticed Federal Register notice published May in the inspector general Richard Kusserow said he was targeting has employees identified As holding positions involving Access to financial or Benefit pay ment systems involving automated data the notice did not say How Many employees would be but the Washington Post reported in its Friday editions that workers would be the computer Check is Matching Fri arrest and conviction records with statements contained on employee personnel records to determine if the employees disclosed their full possible discrepancies would be verified with state and local Law enforce ment agencies As the notice Kusserow said the data also would be used to evaluate the departments proce dures for identifying employees in positions of Trust whose convictions for certain offences raise a Security or suitability ques cases of employees hiding criminal re cords could be Given to department officials where administrative action is the inspector general Squeegee station7 teens return to streets Baltimore a the cites Squeegee an attempt to keep tip Hunting Windshield washers from dodging into failed in its debut after unlicensed wipers and slow business sent the youths Back out into the this is the first Day so we have to work a few things out for said Ruth the Middle East Community association assistant director of who paid to have her wind shield washed six youths with official Squeegee kid badges were at their station Bright and Early but Only one car had pulled in and As their patience the youths resorted to darting into traffic illegally to clean they we rent getting any customers turning into the said Lucille Gor a Volunteer they we rent coming to so they were going to the the idea of the special lanes was part of a Compromise that followed a racially divided vote in the City Council Over whether the for their own should be banned from the Black Council members opposed the while White members favored mayor William Donald schaefers staff developed a passed unania which outlawed the practice but said youths would not be arrested until their third Cit supported pro Grams were to be established so they could earn Money safely and among the first customers to turn into the special Lane were officials of the neighbourhood Progress which helped set up the Bob Owens of the spa was optimistic that thursdays problems could be worked but several youths were ready to give up after two older boys who had not been trained took away customers by darting into the on our there making us look 13yearold Morris Gilliam said about the Lack of custom at about Gilliam earned the first Dollar by cleaning a Brown citations window in the Middle he said he would abide by the rules when he could but As a two year Squeegee Veteran he was determined to keep up his work because it feels Good to have Money in your i feel proud when i can buy things for be cause its something Ive charges against football great Brown dropped los Angeles a a Tuxedo Clad Jim Brown praised the Justice system after rape and assault charges against him were dropped because of what the prosecutor said was the contradictory nature of the first of the actor athlete said thursday after he emerged from a packed in glad to be an american because we have a Chance in our system if were innocent for the facts to come moments Deputy District attorney Dino Fulgoni had dropped the charges against saying evidence disclosed at his preliminary hearing tended to Contra dict allegations in the i would not want anyone to be forced to stand trial with the contradictory nature of the proof that come Forward Fulgoni outside the Brown thanked his lawyer and friends who had supported him and said he would have no More to say about the municipal court judge Candace Cooper granted the motion to dismiss charges against the National football league Hall of Famer who retired As the Nils Al time leading rusher in 1965 after a nine year career with the Cleveland Fulgoni noted that something happened at that House that but he i dont think weve heard the absolute truth a great Deal of evidence had come for Ward that tends to contradict the allegations in this Fulgoni had told the judge that the Only piece of physical evidence in the Case a semen stained Towel has proved to be meaningless because it could not be proved the semen was placed there that a police detectives testimony earlier the third Day of the ultimately pointed up the most glaring inconsistencies in the testimony of the woman who alleged that had beaten and raped her at his Hollywood Hills police detective Tom Maioli testified that portions of the Story told on the witness stand by the alleged victim were diametrically opposed to what she told Brown was charged with rape and assault stemming from an alleged attack 19 on a 33yearold he had repeatedly said he was a specialist in dealing with was sent to interview the woman the night of the alleged he said the alleged rape victim was accompanied by a woman previously identified As her lesbian Ethelda Maioli said the two appeared to disagree whether the complaint should be Ethelda spoke loudly to saying she should go through with she you Are you got him where you want him you should go for Maioli he said the two asked to Confer then called him Back and Ethelda weve decided we want to go for were going to get