European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 17, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes Friday january 17,1988 King s birthday to be Patchwork Holiday iifli.,.,.,. N a Kertta Nirla sch Tilk. Lihn by Iii associated press with Law enforcement officers at a Bridge in 1965. Or. King a to America what Jesus was w a sinner. In Washington d.c., bands courts schools Library Rand District government offices arc closed monday. I mar Lii Luther King or. S birthday celebrated a o or. King to America what Jesus was in � T Rha a Date of Dettt Jan j5or  Holiday for the first Lime on monday win be a and that was a Savior " said Selma councilman Lorenzo que "3 Conn mayor Alberta c. Jagoe ordered j-.,.rf.j -,., a nor a i my in. Him   Resolution. " ill Wurfl l-onn., mayor/0t."liv.jai a Tui a diversified memorial of a Man honoured in his Home mule and cities where he led protests but ignored in the Lown where he was  Alabama and Arkansas King shares the Holiday Ulah Gen. Hubert e. Acc Virginia salutes King Lee find another Confederate general. Stonewall Jackson Aisne time. King s birthday is a Holiday in South Carolina North Dakota and Iowa but Sale employees Don  get the Day off White Oregon s slate workers Learned jut this week that hey would not be working monday. By Federal Law the third monday of january is a Holiday Tor reflection on the principle of racial Equality and non violent social change that guided King who was born Jan. Is 1929, and murdered on april4, i9o8.that Law has deflated the lingering controversy Over a Holiday which employers right up to president Reagan had Long opposed As Loo expensive. A sur vey by associated press bureaus in 50 slates found Only scattered and local controversies including one in Memphis Tenn. To California Colorado Delaware Kansas Minne Sota Nebraska Nevada Oklahoma Oregon washing Lon and Wisconsin King s birthday is b Holiday for the first time this year. On Friday Utah s Senate passed a Bill authorizing a King  businesses generally Are ignoring the holi Day but Many employers offered workers the Opportunity to attend King celebrations with pay some states continued Visith celebrations on Jan. 15, the birth Date White Indiana celebrated on dec. 31. Monday will be a Holiday in Montgomery ala., where a Young Martin Luther King or. Ted a 382-Day bus Boycott beginning in 1955, and in Selena ala., where he led voting rights protesters to confrontations Harrison who sponsored the Holiday Resolution. In Memphis where King was gunned Down by James Earl Ray 18 years ago the Date of the death is a Holiday but the City Council has refused to add a cily offices closed an hour Early on monday following a protest by the local a act Over her decision against granting a Holiday for 500 City workers. It Haj been a state Holiday for a decade. 1 think his memory should be honoured she said birthday Holiday in  City Council has missed its Opportunity to do. A or -.-,r-., ie., a a .h3&�&&mttttl a Swaffi to the nation James Roii Macc of Guf gun a curb Connecticut Lowits found that 17 arc observing the Holiday this year 12 arc no and five like Mil Ford Are granting leave Only if the contract Calls for it. The Central Illinois employers association surveyed 84 businesses in its urea and found that no factories would be closed. Only 11 percent of Banks insurance agencies and similar businesses plan 10 close according to Sandy Lang n  fancy manager of Commac Lions for a Biff in Poughkeeps Sec n.y., snid employees would be Given Lime off to appear in or attend programs or services honouring King. Among the oddities of the Day monday it Martin Luther King or. Day in Ken Tucky but Only the legislature and employees of the state s judiciary system Wilt be off. State workers in Oregon did t know they would have monday off unlit Thia week when an arbitrator ruled that a 1985 Law creating a Kiaie Holiday in King s Honor automatically made All workers eligible for a paid Day off. Although monday is a Holiday in Iowa state workers us d they would rather have a Day off in february 10 they la rest on president 1 Day instead. State workers in South Carolina for the third year have the Choice of a Day off on King s birthday Robert Lee s birthday Jan. 19, Confederate memo rial Day May 10, or Jefferson Davit birthday june 3. Utvic director of local 17 3 of the american federation of slate county and municipal employees said wednesday. Later in the Day Memphis mayor  hacked said City employees can take off monday without pay to celebrate King  workers in Tennessee have monday off. But the Chattanooga Board of education turned Dawn a request by teach ers for a paid Holiday. School officials offered to Dis miss classes Jan. 20 and make the Day up in june like a Snow Day but superintendent James Mccullough said closing schools and paying teachers would Cost More than is 50,000.in los Angeles monday is an official Holiday for All 40,000-plus City employees for the third year in a Row. This year however the Holiday is guaranteed for most workers in their labor contracts. In san Francisco Oakland and san Jose calif., schools and City offices will be closed and so will some Banks but Public transit will maintain a weekday schedule. The 31,000 state workers in Minnesota get the Day off under a new contract that makes Martin Luther King or. Day their ii the paid Holiday of the year. . Clamping Down on Asbestos pollution Washington a the Justice department thursday charged three states two school organizations Conrail and other defendants with violating Feder Al safeguards on Asbestos a cancer