European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 7, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes thursday May 7,1987 Tampa police chief quits after fatal confrontations Tampa fat. A the chief of police on toes Day announced his retirement As head of the depart ment which has come under criticism after four Black men died following confrontations with White police officers. Donald w. Newberger in a Brief letter to mayor Sandy Freedman. Cited no reason for i decision to step Down from his s67,358-a-year Post Hie mayor had no comment on his retirement Al though she disclosed monday that Hin performance wat under  she refused to be specific but said there had been ongoing dialogue among Newberger herself and Robert Smith a former chief a a currently administrator of Public safety. Assistant chief Austin c. Mclane will replace new bergtroom�y22. Newberger 46, is a 24-year Veteran of the Force an has served As chief for two years. He is the son of a former chief Tad was 21 years old when he got Bis badge in 1963. Mclane 47, joined the department Jan. ,14, 1963, and has served As Newberger a assistant since mid 1985. During a 1986 evaluation he was cited for Hijra port with Community and department colleagues his act Vit in police training methods and for his con Cern about goals for hiring minorities in the depart ment. Newberger s retirement comes on the heels of sporadic Rock and bottle throwing in the Black Community As racial tensions mounted in the Wake of four fatal confrontations Between Young Black men and White police officer in Little More than four Monlai. The incidents began nov. 29, 1986, when a 16-year old Black was killed by a Shotgun blast from an offi cer1 gun. The youth allegedly fired into a crowd of Parl goers following a College football game injuring one person. On feb. 13, a 25-year-old Black Man who was de scribed As retarded died after an officer summoned to quell a Domestic disturbance used a choke hold to subdue him. On March 23, a 21-year-old Black armed robbery suspect was fatally shot by a police officer As he lied across a Busy stretch Ofleter state 275. On april 6, a 35-year-old Black transient with a heart condition died after officers answering a Call about a suspicious person wrestled him to the ground to handcuff him in All cases the officer were cleared of any wrong doing. House approves Bill to Force Banks to Clear checks sooner Washington up taking aim at a nagging consumer complaint the House easily passed a Bill tuesday that would eventually Force Banks to Clear most local checks in one Day and out of town checks in four Days. The legislation approved with Little debate on a 388-5 vote was a response to a flood of complaints to Congress about the Check hold situation where Banks prevent customers from using Money they de posit for up to several weeks. Rep. Fernand 1. Is Germain . The chairman of the House banking committee called the delays crazy quilt of arbitrary policies imposed Willy Nilly by financial institutions. The consumer Seldom told about what Check hold policy applies is often victimized by inflated bounced Check charges imposed despite deposits made Well in Advance he added noting the delays had provided unwarranted profits for  the files of the banking committee Are bulging with letters of complaint about outlandish hold poli cies imposed by banking institutions he said. The complaints he said came from across the spectrum of the population senior citizens the affluent the poor the hard working Middle  it l about time the consumer the depositor got the Benefit of Money in his or her own account noted rep. Charges e. Schumer , however before Consumers can enjoy Shorter Check holds Congress must eliminate differences betwee the Bill approved by the House and a version passed earlier this year by the Senate. Those hurdles May not be easy to Clear. Other Bills to reduce Check holds have stalled in the past few years and efforts to reach a Compromise last year die Din the congressional Rush to adjourn. The plan passed by the Senate is More limited than the House Bill and would require that checks be cleared by Banks in six business Days. However a larger problem is that the Senate s Check hold language is included in a sweeping Mea sure that also would overhaul several other sensitive provisions of banking Laws. The House has been reluctant to tackle any of those matters while Senate forces have insisted on the comprehensive package. Similar disputes have helped kill banking legislation in the past few years. The House Bill would be phased in during Thi Eyears. In the fourth year when it would be fully effective most checks from the same Check processing re Gion could be held for Only one business Day. In extraordinary circumstances the Federal Reserve Board would be allowed to Grant Banks an additional Day on a Case by Case basis. All other checks would have to be cleared after a maximum of four business Days. An additional Day would be allowed for checks in Hawaii that came from outside that Island state. Money from government checks would be available the Day after Deposit. The Bill also provides that slates that have Laws with Shorter time frames or ones that enact such Laws in the neat two years would be allowed to have those Laws supersede Lite Federal statute. After two years the Federal Law would pre empt any new slate Law. Stateside California reports it has 27 million residents Sacramento Calif. A California the nation s most populous stale now has More than 27 million residents the stale finance department said tuesday. It estimated that the state population grew by 604,000 or 2,26 percent in 1986 to reach 27,299,100 As of last Jan. I. The stale added More than 255,000 homing units during 1986, the most in a decade. Cities grew faster than Rural areas but there was Strong growth in Northern san Diego county Central Riverside and san Bernardino coun ties and in Eastern los Angeles county. Palmdale North of los Angela on the Edge of the Mojave desert was the state s fastest grow ing City up 40 percent in 1986 to 33,100. Colleges universities get record donations new York a private donations to America s colleges and universities soared More than 17 percent Tost year to an estimated s7.4billion, fuelled by a 25 percent Rise in gifts from individuals. Contributions were up by a record $ i billion according to an annual Survey released tuesday by the Council for financial Aid to education. Alumni gifts reached 11.83 billion up 25 per cent from a year earlier and donation from non alumni individuals Rose 25.s percent to$1.78 billion. The average gift from alumni was $331, up from $265 in 1984-85. A $100 million contribution from the Dan font foundation to Washington University in St. Louis was another key Factor behind Tail year s big Rise in giving to higher education according to the Survey. That Cipfl made Washington University the nation s third most successful fund Raiser test year behind Stanford University and Harvard University the Survey said. Experts say Alaska due for major earthquakes Anchorage Alaska up scientist agree that Alaska is Likely to experience a num Ber of major earthquakes greater than magnitude 8.0 on the Richter scale sometime in the next 20 Yean a seismologist said. Pointing to five North Pacific coastal locations along a Broad arc of Southern Alaska George carte of the tsunami warning Cente said tuesday we have at least five candidates where we could have an 8.0." some seismologists predict that two of those five locations will be the epic enters for major quakes in the next 20 years carte told the an chorale chapter of the american society of mechanical engineers. He said three other Sites have a Strong likelihood of producing major quakes in the same period. The 1964 Alaska earthquake measured 8.5 on the Richter scale and was one of the strongest temblor of this Century. Washing machine Cut Drudgery but Nof time Newton Iowa a in ils to year history the Maytag washing machine has helped tame was Day Drudgery and made the washboard a museum piece. Bui a historian who has studied House hold technology says the amount of time spent doing laundry in the Home actually has increased since the washing machine was developed. The washing machine look the Drudgery out of doing Wash said Ruth Schwartz Cowan history professor at the stale University of new York at Stony Brook and author of More work for  rubbing clothes on a washboard was the most backbreaking and unpleasant work thai women regularly had to do she said. But the unanticipated Side effect of washing by machine was that homemakers now spend More time on laundry because clothes Are washed More frequently and because commercial Laun dries Are used less she said. Although the washing machine saved a great Deal of Drudgery it did not save great Deal of time Cowan said. Every indication seems to be that the average american housewife today spends More time doing laundry than her Mother or grandmother  the Maytag co. As scheduled to throw a birthday party for the washing machine thursday at its Newton head quarters to Mark 80 years since its Pas time Model came out. The pastime a wooden tub on legs with an agitator in the lid that moved when the operator turned a handle was not the first washing machine crude examples had been around for decades. But its Success launched Maytag in the washing machine business and it waste forerunner of later Maytag that gradually revolutionized Home laundry. This was great said roves Rucker director of the Jasper county historical museum. This was really an innovation. And it was so much easier on the  the museum located in Newton where the Maytag co began has a display depict ing the development of the Maytag fro the pastime to the 1939 master Washer the wringer Lype that Many people remember. Maytag slopped production of Wrins or Type washers is 1983, after building 11.7  in 76 Yea. Maytag began in 1893 As the Parsons hand Cutter and self feeder co., which manufactured agricultural equipment. The Newton museum has a Grain grader and cleaner made by the company. That did t  Rucker said no body was interested in  the pastime was launched Fred a Maytag bought out his partners an the company began refining the Washer adding electric and gasoline Power a swinging wringer a rot proof alumni num tub and the underwater agitator of go Alator As Maytag called it which instill used in Many automatic washers. The gyr Alator innovation in 1922, plus a Force of aggressive salesmen that combed the Countryside carrying machines strapped to the Back of their cars pushed the company to the top. So popular did this new machine prove to be that during the 22 months following its first appearance the May tag co. Advanced from 26th place in the Industry to a position of world leadership a position retained at the present time said a 1940 article in the Iowa journal of history and politics