European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 15, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Pago 6 the stars and stripes sunday. February 15, 1987 3 presidential hopefuls seek backing of labor Bai. Harbour Fla. Up sen. Joseph Biden decl. Said Friday he plans to run for president and seeks the support of labor leaders by telling them outright War has been declared upon Jou the last eight  Biden former sen. Gary Hart d-colu., and rep. Richard Gephardt d-mo., addressed the Al clo s maritime trades department in an initial Effort to win the support of organized Tabor. I think that As time has transpired 1 have been Able to solve As Well As anybody is Able to solve the things that were question Marks in my mind a outrunning Biden told reporters after his speech which touched on education the balance or Vradi imbalance foreign competitiveness retraining and the debt. I plan on running be said. Only if hit a Rock Between now and the time that 1 announce will i change my  Gephardt is expected to announce his candidacy in St. Louis feb. 23. Hail s announcement is expected in april. Hart Biden and Gephardt emphasised education in their speeches to labor Leaden at their annual meeting enumerating goals involving the elimination of illiteracy higher teacher pay and worker training. Hart spoke out for More investment in education and called on the Trade Union movement to play Central role in mating education and raining one of the Centrepieces in this nation s economic  Union leaders were careful not to condemn Hart who charged in his 1984 primary Campaign that for Mer vice president Waller Mondale was catering to special interests in gain ing the support of labor. He s worked hard in three years in terms of relations with labor said Jerry Mentec. President of the american federation of slate county and municipal employees. His voting record has been excellent. I think he realized the effect of american labor that can help in the primary but one Union Leader reserved special Praise for Biden. I think his speech was terrific Sale George orca general vice president and political director of the United paper workers. In their speeches and their remarks to reporters the three potential Candi acts admitted the importance of the support of organized labor. Hart called workers part of a coalition of con science and said the labor movement has always had an important role in the democratic process Biden Drew applause from the crowd of several Hun dred when he said an outright War has been declared upon you the last eight years. He said this is not some minor conflict. The Chambers of Commerce of America understand what s at stake they arc about the business of seeing to i that your say and your share in the economic Bounty and Prosperity of America arc  pooches to Boot inventor Mike Murphy sits among a pack of his kick dogs at the san Francisco gift show. The new stuffed animal which adults arc supposed to enjoy kicking to relieve tension was a bit Al the show but in Baa brought growls from animal rights advocates. Richard Avanzino president of the san Francisco society for the prevention of cruelly to animal said inc ghostly idea of kicking it dog even a toy is one that Only people who enjoyed perverted pleasures would find amusing. Stateside Dallas paper accused of falsifying sales figures Austin Texas a the Dallas morning newsman have violated the Texas deceptive Trade practices act by inflating circulation figures the slate attorney general s office said Friday. A notice has been sent to the morning news concerning Llic evidence collected by attorney general Jim Mattox said Ron  spokesman co Mattox. State Law requires that a notice be sent seven Days before filing or a lawsuit but Dusek said no decision had been made on whether a suit would be file against the newspaper this latest action is merely an escalation of the attorney general s attempt to retaliate against the morning news coverage of his conduct in office and against an editorial Page policy with which he does agree said a statement issued by Burl Osborne presi Dent and editor of the morning news. St. Louis City officials vote for Bill raising their pay St. Louis a rejecting arguments that the City cannot afford it. Is Louis aldermen have voted in favor of a Bill giving hem 48 percent pay raises the measure approved Friday on an 18-10 vote. Would raise yearly salaries for the part time positions from si2,500 to 118,500. Aldermen must vote one More Lime next week but the Bill is expected to pass. In addition to their salaries aldermen Are paid �350each month for expenses. The full Board meets for a few hours each Friday when it is in session. Poll finds Auto repairmen trusted More than Reagan Atlanta a americans Trust television news anchors and Auto repairmen More than they do presi Dent Reagan according to a poll released this weekend. Those questioned in the poll commissioned by Cable news network and . News and world re port Magazine gave Reagan Only a 18 percent rating for trustworthiness while 40 percent trusted their Auto repairman 54 percent trusted television anchors and60 percent trusted their spouses. Pollsters found that 54 percent of the 1,006 people surveyed in Telephone interviews feb. 7-8 valued honest above Ali other character traits. And 90 percent of those polled said that love is the most important thing in mar  addition 49 percent of those polled said the women s equal rights movement has dampened Romance. On the other hand 35 percent said there was no relationship Between More equitable paychecks and Romance. . Safety panel says baby furniture unsafe Washington a Small wonders baby cribs imported Between 1981 and 1986 fail to meet Federal safely requirements and should not be used the . Consumer product safety commission warned Friday. Various models of the cribs distributed nation Iwic present such dangers As strangulation head entrap ment pinching and cuts the Agency said. The cribs were imported by baby furniture outlet of Marathon Fla., but that company is undergoing liquidation and says it cannot pay for a recall the commission reported. In addition the safety commission said two models of Small wonders playpens have floors that May cot lapse. The unsafe models numbers Are 286 and is i. 36 were penalized for invoking rights court affirms Washington a a Federal appeals court Friday upheld a lower court finding of prosecutor Al indic live Ness in the Case of 36 demonstrators arrested outside the while House two years ago. The . Circuit court of appeals upheld District judge Aubrey Robin son s dismissal of charges against the defendants arrested at the april 22, 1985, demonstration for peace jobs and  the Case stems from the arrest of 200 demonstrators who Sal Down on Side walks outside the White House grounds in violation of a . Park police per Mit for the March. Most of the demonstrators chose to pay a $50 Fine for the charge of Demon Strating without a permit. But the 36 who insisted on further court proceedings on the Misdemeanour charge were presented at their arraign ments with a second charge obstructing the sidewalks adjacent to the White House each charge carried a maximum pen Alty of sin months in jail and a �300 Fine. Cindon Lee a spokesman for . Attorney s office said later Friday. We have just received the opinion and will have to study in carefully before  the appeals court slopped Short of saying the government was guilty of proc tutorial vindictiveness which it defined As action designed to penalize a defendant for invoking legally protected  but the court said Robinson had the Legal and factual basis for his finding of prosecutor Ian vindictiveness. The court cited As evidence the government s subsequent move to dismiss the second charge. This could have been perceived As algal ploy to deny the defendants the right to a jury trial under rules that re strict such proceedings to charges that carry sentences of a year or More the court found the remaining defendants certainly had Good reason to think that the government dropped the additional charges in order to avoid the necessity of a jury trial which the District court had granted to the defendants on the basis of the enhanced charges the appeals court said in an opinion by chief judge Pat Ricia Wald. We find in this proc tutorial action viewed in context a disturbing willingness to toy with the defendants and we think that a lower court May take this kind of willingness into account in determining whether a presumption of vindictiveness will lie she wrote