European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 13, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday. July 13, 1987 the stars and stripes Page 5 Galveston officials survive recall try triggered by conflict Over trolley system Galveston Texas a the mayor and four cily Council members weathered a recall attack saturday that was sparked by conflicts Over a half finished trolley system in his aging coastal resort. I think i hey voters stated to All of us that they want the Progress that is going on in our Community to continue mayor Jan Coggeshall said. Economic development is not with out risk. Progress is not without Sacri fice. The real winners Are the people of Galveston he said. With All precincts reporting Coggs Hall survived the recall attempt by a 3,749 to 4,779 vote while four City Council members fared about As Well cily Secretary Patsy Pool said. The vote to recall John Sullivan was 3.674 for recall and 4,658 against Barbara Crews 3,322 to 4,93� Sonny Nelson 3,700 to 4,602 and Steve Orcen Borg 3.j8910 4,781, Poole said. The total turnout was 8.635, about 25 percent of he City s 31,000 registered voters she said. The $12 million trolley system which is being built with a combination of fed eral state and private Money would connect he City s seawall on the Gulf of Mexico and the historic downtown strand District. It is expected to open sometime next year. Trolley boosters say the system will help revitalize this resort drawing More tourists and tourism related investment that will spread throughout the City econ omy. Opponents characterized the Vole As a Battle Between Rich and poor Between a special interest project thai benefits Only a few and needed repairs to the City s Public facilities such As roads. A Campaign worker for the recall said the officials narrow margin of Victory indicated Strong discontent among Resi dents. "1 think this shows there is a lot of frustration and dissatisfaction out Here Peter  said. " we Hope they Start listening to he people s concern in Galveston streets the  activist Jim Mabe said he founded the recall group we the people after a City charter amendment was passed by voters Jan. 17 mandating voter approval for All future mass transit projects. Cily officials said the amendment did t apply to the trolley system since contracts had been signed and work had begun. Mate and Oiler trolley opponents claim in will never pay its own operating expenses. Supporters of Coggeshall and the City government believe the recall Coffon cast a bad Light on Galveston. It costs the City a lot of Money and the City can t be run on referendum said Meyer Sci Scherg a strand Mer chant and chairman of the City appointed Park Board of trustees which will run the trolley when it s finished. 44 injured As High winds flatten circus big top Howard wis. A a circus Lent battered by winds collapsed during a performance saturday afternoon injuring 44 people As spectators scrambled for safety officials and witnesses said. About 1,100 people were in the audience at the Toby Tyler circus when the Accident happened at about 3 p.m., said sheriffs sgt. George Sci till. One Man was hospitalized with a broken leg and 43 others were treated for lesser injuries Hospital officials said. Within just a few seconds the entire Lent had just literally picked itself up and thrown itself on top of the bleachers said Chip Andis of Green Bay. Andis said he decided to get his wife and four Chil Dren out when the sky turned dark and the wind started to blow. We were on our Way out we were heading toward he Exil before it really started hitting when every thing started rattling and shaking Andis said then the tent started going. Everybody started screaming and panicking and going even faster. By the Lime the wind actually Hil and started picking up the Lent it was All Over in five  evidently other people saw me getting up and going too because it was almost like i started a Rush he said. The patient with the fractured leg underwent sur Gery saturday night at St. Mary s Hospital in Green Bay. Twenty five people were treated and released. Rescue squads from nearby communities were sem 1o the scene of the Accident in the Village Northwest of Green Bay while some people were carried to Hospi tals by private vehicles Welzel said. The tent was 274 feel Long 134 feel wide and 42 feel High he said and circus officials had told him in was designed to withstand winds of 75 Mph. Circus workers crawl under the collapsed tent in Howard wis., looking for More injured spectators. Reagan signs Catchall Money Bill Washington api president Reagan saying he did not want to hold up Loans for Farmers during the summer growing season saturday signed a s9.j billion Catchall spending Bill despite mis Givings about Many expenditures included in the package. The measure was passed by Congress after weeks of debate that had Little to do with the legislation s main purpose which is to tide Over an array of government pro Grams through the remainder of the current budget year which ends sept. 30. In addition to $5.6 billion for the commodity credit corporation s farm loan program he Bill provides funds for other programs including $77 million to fight the spread of aids $355 million in emergency Aid for the homeless $300 million in economic assistance to Cen trial american democracies and $50 Mil lion for the Philippines. Reagan said As has been Llie Case with other omnibus appropriations Bills that Haye been presented for my Signa Ture this measure presented a Choice be tween Many expensive undesirable and unnecessary provisions on the one hand or a shutdown of important government programs on the  Reagan has embarked on a Campaign including out Tif Lawn trips. In argue anew for line item veto authority. He will carry that argument Loa meeting of the National association of counties in Indianapolis on monday. He recently proposed an eco nomic Bill of rights which among other things would Amend the Constitution to requires balanced budget. Honest Gambler returns $5,000 Windfall Watertown Conn. A Joan has Mann was beginning to think thai honesty might not be the Busl policy after All. The Watertown resident went to Al Lanlie cily n.j., Over the july fourth weekend after dreaming she would Hil it big at a Casino. Upon her arrival there she used an american express machine to gel s50 in traveler s checks. Instead the machine spit out 15.000 in traveler s checks and a receipt with someone die s account number on it. Our yes just popped out Hasemann said. She said she called american is press several times Over the next three Days of ask How How she could return the Windfall. They told her there was no re Cord of the transaction thai the machine was programmed to dispense a maximum of $2.000 and that the machine could t have made such a misuse Hasemann said. She said she eventually was contacted by a sympathetic american express complo be but not before another one told her she would have to pay $50, a i percent service Fie when she returned the checks. An operator at american exp is said no spokesman was  available Tor comment. Sands or time in the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. ,.  1.1, i jj7 . Employment hit an All-timi1 High with More than 60 million people employed even More than Dunn the War years. Unemployment figures were set at 2.5 million. 30 years ago today. July 13, 1957 the Public health service in its strongest statement scr on the relationship Between Cigar Tiu s and cancer said there was growing Evi Dence thai excessive smoking could cause lung cancer 20 years ago today. July 13, 1967 Jack Simes broke a . Record in qualifying for the 1,000 meters in the pan american cycling trial sin Northbrook 111. His time of 1 09.7 broke the previous record of 1 11. ? 0 years ago today ,. July 13, 1977 iranian students Many carrying red flags and wearing masks mounted a noisy do Man Iarj Tiosh in both sides of Pennsylvania Avenue in front of the while House to protest Roylynn Carter s luncheon in Lionor of pm Porcu Farah of ran