European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 6, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday september 6. 1966 the stars and stripes Page 5 Texas fails von Bulow s stepchildren to resolve reject settlement offer fiscal crisis by the los Angeles times Austin Texas the tend legislature thursday ended a one month special session to Deal with tis budget deficit crisis but has been so unproductive thai gov. Mark White has called another in an attempt to keep the state solvent. The lawmakers had been called upon to wrestle with the state s worst financial crisis in 25 years. White brought them into special session because the Texas legislature meets Only once every two years. During the session both houses voted in favor of horse racing in Texas passed a Bill in protect Consumers who buy Money orders and a Bill to strengthen discipline in the classroom and eliminate paper work for teachers i approved changes in inc banking sys tem. The major problem racing the legislature is taxes. Texas has no personal income tax and no corporate income tax. It has depended on sales taxis along Wii Hoil and Gas revenues to finance its highways Educa Tion prisons and human services. With the Oil bust came declining revenues and now there is not enough Money but the legislature did not agree on How to Deal with the slate s projected $3,5 billion deficit. So White Democrat called another special session of the legis lature 10 begin monday. So serious is the Texas financial crisis that treasurer Ann Richards predicted wednesday thai inc mate will have to Start writing bad checks by december if new revenues arc not found soon. Democratic la. Gov. William p. Hobby look a Crit ical View of the legislature s inaction and especially that Ochle House. He said Texas is becoming a laughingstock and is about to go Over a  he Kioto Glaus Ion Bulow right talks outside court in new York y with his attorney Harold Tyler. Providence . Up Claus von Bulow cleared of charges that he tried to kill his wife offered to divorce her and relinquish All inheritance claims in an out of court settlement rejected by his two stepchildren War to news said thursday. The stepchildren trying to Block any financial gain for von Bulow believe that his natural daughter Cosima von Bulow May give her father a portion of the inheritance she stands to gain at the death of her Mother. Martha sunny von Bulow. War to quoting unidentified sources said von Bulow offered to give up All Money from Trust funds and inheritances As Well As the Newport mansion and new York apartment on the condition that any Money from his wife s estate be divided equally among her three . In rejecting the offer. The children fell it was an insincere offer designed with loopholes that Wouldhave allowed Money 10 be funnelled to Glaus from Cosima said Michael Armstrong lawyer for the step children. A si6 million civil suit was filed by the stepchildren Annie Laurie Knessi and Alexander Vonau a Perg in Federal court in new York alleging thai von Bulow injected their Mother with insulin leaving her in an irreversible coma. A Rhode Island Superior court jury last year acquitted von Bulow of attempted murder in the Case. Knessi and von Auersperg arc trying 10 sever Vonbulow from a 1120,000-a-Ycar allowance and a $14 million inheritance. Von Bulow has claimed thai Cosima his daughter by sunny is being cheated out of an inheritance by his stepchildren. The stepchildren have said they have nothing against Cosima and Only want to prevent von Bulow from getting any Money from their Mother s estate. Knessi and von Auersperg said they la press Forward with their lawsuit. Sunny von Bulow has been in a coma since 1980, Iowa governor Omha at Odds Over bad debts Des Moines Iowa a gov. Terry Branstad threatened thursday to take the Farmers Home administration to court unless it reverses a callous decision to turn Over its delinquent accounts to a Pri vate collection Agency. Many of these delinquent borrowers have Little ability to make repayments at this Lime and sending a private collection Agency out to get them will Only make their difficult situation even worse Branstad wrote to Omha administrator Vance Clark. Branstad joined farm groups and political leaders in criticizing the decision announced wednesday by the . Department of agriculture us a officials said Alliey would turn Over 10 the collection Agency about 6.500 delinquent accounts representing outstanding debts of$630 million. Us a officials argued that Many who have been forced off their farms have since obtained jobs else where and that efforts should be made now to collect the Money owed to the government. But a Host of farm groups have complained that the a ency in t taking the needed Steps to work out repay ment arrangements. Sen. Tom Harkin a Iowa a Lead ing congressional critic of farm credit operations predicted that Congress would intervene. Branstad who is seeking re election this year echoed much of that criticism saying that Congress and the courts have repeatedly instructed Federal lend ing agencies to demonstrate forbearance in dealing with financially struggling Farmers. Dead climber s parents sue school Portland Ore. A the parents of one of the students who died i Oregon s worst Mountain climbing disaster hied a $2 million lawsuit thursday against the school that sponsored the mount Hood Outing. The wrongful death lawsuit was filed in mul Tomah county circuit court by Frank and Linda Mccinnes parents of Patrick f. Mcginness a 15-year-old Oregon episcopal school student who was among nine students and faculty members who died in May. The lawsuit alleges that the school its trustees agents and employees were negligent in the operation of the school s Basc Camp program in inc organization and preparation for the climb and Dur ing the climb and descent As a direct result of the negligence of the schotto Patrick Mcginness devel oped hypothermia. Thereafter he endured conscious mental and physical pain and suffering prior to his death the lawsuit claims. The climbers were struck by a severe snowstorm on May 12 and dug a Snow Cave on their descent. Two of them hiked to safety the following Day. Three students including Mcginness were found Frozen Tod Cash May 14, near where the Cave was found Laic the next Day. Eight people were found in the Cave Only two survived. Boy 13, reveals parents marijuana stash Sellersburg ind up a 13-year-old boy led authorities to his Par mis marijuana stash because he was worried about Mieir drug problem a newspaper reported thursday. " he look it upon himself to do something when he saw something was wrong Clark county police capt. Ger Ald Crotchet told the Louisville times. He was worried about his parents. In my opinion he was reaching out for help the Only Way he knew  the boy whose identity was not re leased was turned Over to Clark county child Protection services. Officials of thai Agency would no comment on the Case but Crouchett said police were told that the boy was late released to his natural Mother who lives in Indianapolis the boy s Stepmother Connie bump,31, posted 1500 Bond tuesday Nigel. She pleaded innocent wednesday to charges of Possession of marijuana in Jefferson Ville City court. A warrant was issued Feihe arrest of his father Mickey bump 32, who is working Oul of own police said. The boy called police tuesday. He told the officer that police officers had come to his school and he bad see nil on to Aboul marijuana use and what it could do to you Crotch eur said. Befell his parents needed some help and he wanted us to help  Crotchet said the boy showed authorities where marijuana was kept in the House after a search warrant was obtained officers resumed to the House seized 26 Grams of marijuana found in a Shoebox and arrested mrs. Bump. She was somewhat surprised said Roichek there was a real look of Dis belief in her eyes bul she did t say whole lot. The boy just sat on the Couch and  Sands of time in the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. Sept. 6, 1946 a decline of Over i billion in Alt stocks traded in the new York Stock Exchange in the past two Days appeared to have placed a Tempo Rary Block in the path of billions of Dol Lars of new corporate financing. 30 years ago today. Sept 6, 1956 australian Premier Robert Menzies Lalicos with egyptian president Nasser in Cairo went into their crucial stage in a race to meet the week end deadline and break the deadlock Over the future of the Suez canal. 20 years ago today. Sept 6, 1966 president Johnson said at a rally in Detroit that he would set a timetable for . Troop withdrawal from Vietnam provided the communist bid similar plans on the table. 10 years ago today. Sept. 6, 1976 three palestinian gunmen who hijacked a Kim jetliner Over France freed All 80 passengers an Crew in Exchange for Safe conduct from Creek cypriot authorities officials in Amaca said