European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 11, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday december 11, 1986 the stars and stripes Page 5 California mails out lev re Bur sements san Francisco up about 815,000 Resi dents of California can expect an Earty Christmas present when the mate controller s office mails out Check to people who were overcharged for Levi Strauss jeans As Long As 14 Yean ago. The reimbursement checks which Are part a i12.5 million antitrust settlement will begin going out on dec. 12 and will average Between s8 and 59, said Bob Shuman an attorney for the controller. He said claimants Are being reimbursed Al a rate of 58 cents per pair of jeans the jeans manufacturer agreed to the settlement in 1981 after the state attorney general filed a suit charging Levi with allegedly pressuring retailers into Selling High prices for men s and boys jeans between1972 and 1976. Levi denied the charges but agreed to an Oul of court settlement. With interest the amount has grown 10 More than$20 million. An attorney for Levi so Raul said company officials Are very Happy the checks Are finally going  we just want to get it Over with attorney Larr Popofsky said. Merry Christmas i think that s basically Levi s  but the Case is not completely resolved. The815,000 checks represent Only 65 percent of the claims hied in 1983 by people who said they bought total of 29,971.947 pairs of jeans during the period in question. Shuman said the other 35 percent who filed claims May not receive their checks because the company does not have accurate addresses after so Many years. Levi has 815.000 Good addresses and 430,000bad addresses Shuman said adding that the stale controller s office is hoping to conduct a Media Campaign Early next year to find the remaining claim ants. But because it is unlike that All those who file claims will be found there remains the problem of what to do with the leftover Money. As part of a state supreme court decision Las March affirming the distribution of Money to claim ants the justices endorsed creating a consumer Trust fund with uncool accied refunds but left it up to the state Superior court for approval. A coalition of consumer groups proposed the idea of a consumer fund in 1978 during the first proceed Ings of the Levi Case and now Hopet the Money willbe used for lobbying and to educate Consumers particularly minorities and children. But controller Kenneth Cory has intervened inthe pending Superior court Case arguing that the Law requires that any leftover Money go to the stat Treasury where the slate can use it until it is claimed. If you have property and can t find the rightful owner it s supposed to go to the slate Cory said citing the unclaimed property act. Speaking for Levi Popofsky said the Money should go to the claimants who can be found. Our position is that the Money should be returned Nei ther to the state nor to a consumer fund bul to the  Chicago Gays ignore order against marking Bills Chicago a despite a cease and desist order from the . Attorney organizers of a Campaign to demonstrate Gay economic muscle by stamping Dollar Bills with a red Gay a said they won t quit until our attorneys determine the legality of any action. We cannot i Good conscience continue to urge Ole of to join us said Frank Kellas a Chic Gobar owner who helped launch the Cay i Campaign. However we have already received assurances from Many that they will continue the Campaign he added. The marked greenbacks first appeared after the City Council voted on july 29to reject an ordinance that would have guaranteed equal rights for homosexuals. Marge Summitt a bar owner and Campaign organizer said at a news Confer ence that within 45 Days of the Campaign s inception More than $4.7 million in stamped currency had been turned in Al the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. But Bank spokeswoman Suzanne Hefner said there is no Way to estimate How Many Bills had been marked since the Bank makes no special provisions to count them separately. Kellas estimated that Only about 200"Gay Stamps were in circulation initially but thai As Many As 600 have Bee passed out to businesses and individuals by now. Both Kellas and Summit said they would continue to stamp currency until the homosexual rights ordinance is passed. They also said homosexual individuals and businesses would withdraw heir Money from a North Side Bank which has removed the marked Bill from circulation. Kellas circulated copies of a dec. 5letter addressed to him by . Attorney Anton Valukas advising that Federal lawmakers it a crime for anyone to write print or otherwise impress.,. Any notice or advertisement whatever on . Cur Rency. Hie letter noted that Kellas admitted personally stamping Federal currency and assisting others by Selling Stamps in Vio lation or Federal Law. Upon this notice you must cease and desist from such conduct the letter said Kellas called it ironic that the Justice department took note of the Campaign in View of the fact they can t seem to find $30 million Cia dollars reportedly connected to arms sales id Iran and later diverted to the contras lighting in Nic  said Valukas idler was Evi Dence of the Reagan administration s determination to destroy the movement for Gay and lesbian civil rights in this  he displayed a handful of Bills with variety of markings and personal Greet Ings including Tim loves Randy Don t buy the Chicago Tribune straight Dollar and Happy birthday Jimmy love  he then wondered aloud if Valuska intended to prosecute the people who wrote or stamped those phrases. Patukas was not available for com ment and did not return Calls 10 his of fice. Cost of last ride year round school plan rejected up for City s dead Greensburg a. A death and lanes Are certain everywhere. In Greensburg add a $15 charge for the last ride to the  City Council in search of new sources of Revenue has voted to Cnare funerals Sis for a police escort to the  say there Are about 500 Fune Rali each year using police escorts which lad been provided free of charge. Funeral directors said mayor Scott Brown let them Down by not telling them the measure was on monday s Agenda. Fungi those association said . Mid. Los Angeles a plans to Patmore schools on year round schedules next year were shelved by the los Angeles uni fied school District s Board which opted instead to ease crowding with increased using and portable classrooms. Ninety three of the District s 618schools Are now on a year round sched ule and the $24 million plan the boar approved monday by a 6-1 vote will keep More from going to year round scheduling in 1987, District spokesman Shel Erick said. Board member Roberta Weintraub cast the Lone Vole against the plan be cause she said it involved announcing in january a list of school that would be converted to year round us in 1988, i believe we have to go year round eventually but we need to demonstrate to the Community that it is an absolute necessity she said. Until last week the District was exploring the option of converting 76 additional schools to year round use next year Erich said. But parents mainly from the san Fernando Valley and West los Angeles areas protested the plan. Many said they feared the Chang would disrupt family life and said a sys tem that would Send youngsters on Vaca Tion during times other than during the summer would cause problems in arranging child care. Others pointed put that their school were not air conditioned and would be Loo hot during the summer. District officials argue that More year round scheduling is inevitable because of rapidly increasing enrolment. Erich noted that the most crowded schools in the District Are often in areas a zip a Dee Doo Dah Christmas Veah Heel Heel won stay abound fur dinner brer Rabbit cause we just Lave with heavy minority populations and Board member Larry Gonzalez said it would be unfair for All year round campuses to be in predominantly minority areas. He said he planned to push for proportionately equal distribution of campuses with year round schedules Sands of time in the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. Dec. 11. 1946 King Gusta presented nine Nobel prize in Stockholm Sweden. Five americans and one Ger Man won prizes. Three Winnen fro previous Yean delivered lectures that had been postponed because of War. 30 years ago today. Dec. 11, 1956 hungarian Factor workers in Budapest declared they would defy the soviet sponsored government martial Law and Lead the Way for nationwide general strike 20 years ago today. Dec 11, 1966 , Marine plane accidentally dropped two 250-Pound bombs on a company of Irinco battling North vietnamese near the demilitarized zone. Sixteen Marina were killed and 11injured in the wont such mishap for american forces in Vietnam. 10 years ago . 11, 1976 the United states Amend seven Nobel prize. It was the int time in the a pad i 7tyev Bra toy that one country received a the  Peatt prize Wai awarded