European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 26, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Paga 4 the stars and stripes thursday May 26.1988 App to inspector ran Gomel looks disgustedly it 20 year Umu lotion of garbage. 20 tons of filth removed from woman s Home Pomona Calif. A masked workers spent two Days cleaning out the ral info Slid Home of a 71 year old woman who authorities said allowed More than 20 ions of garble to pile up for 20 years. Out More work remained the odor was so offensive 1 could t  Pomona fire inspector George Barri ban said tuesday after cleanup Crews dug their Way through the filth sometimes ducking to avoid hitting their Heads As they walked on Gar Bage piled 3 feet deep. There s everything imaginable in there clothes rolling food rats bugs you name it los unbelievable said Pomona fire chief Tom fee. He estimated the cleanup which began monday would be completed before thursday. Masked excavation workers used shovels and a trader to scoop up the garbage and haul it away. Homeowner Erlen Burman 71, was unhappy with the cleanup however protesting that she had been accumulating the contents of the Home for years. The single Story Home sits in a neigh boyhood of is 00,000 houses. It s my whole lift she said. Burman concedes she has t cleaned her House in years. I be been sick for 20 years. I m trying to find another husband i need somebody to help me you know paint the House and help pay for the  the retired Hairdresser said she steeps but does t eat. In her Home i struggle off somewhere to get something to rat and then come Back Here fora rest the said add ing that she frequently visit her daughter s Home. As workers sorted through the nibble tuesday she pointed at piles of filth and said. This in t ail  she Shook her head vaguely and said my husband. Then Heiro ice trailed off Twenty tons of garbage and seven refrigerators were removed from the Home s Back Yard by a private contractor hired for 14,000. Burman must pay the costs. "1 carried out stacks of Wood completely rat ten with termites said contractor Lumelius King. I flipped Over a refrigerator and a rat jumped straight in the  department officials originally became aware of the filth five or six Yean ago while investigating a fire Call that turned out to be a false alarm tire capt. Terry staudenmayer said. They were unable to do anything at that Lime he said. Bush charges Liberal elite seeking to cripple defense West Point . A vice president George Bush wednesday accused a Liberal elite of the eking to undermine . Defense and said that while be is encouraged by the upcoming superpower Summit we cannot wish away lie soviet Union As a  the Republican presidential contender addressing a graduation ceremony at the . Military Academy said the time require leadership that will pursue negotiation with the soviets realistically standing in it pouring rain during the outdoor Cere Mony Bush told the graduating cadets that summits such As the one in Moscow this weekend Are Good m and of themselves for they contribute to an Atmo sphere of peace and  however Bush said americans must not become ton complacent about a soviet threat just because the two sides Are talking. In what was billed by his aides As a non political speech Bush lashed out at  us ase. H0utvr, a praised the late president Kim my or standing firm against the soviets in Cuba saying that Kennedy s acts were in line with a bipartisan Consen sus on dealing with the soviets that had prevailed from the 1940s. But by the 70s, the consensus had fractured splintered the Center did not hold Bush said. The Liberal elite do not understand they never understood the common sense behind the former approach to the soviets Bush told the graduating Ca dets. They Are so blinded by ideology that they cannot Sec what americans have understood Tor 40 Yean that peace Low from strength he said. Bush said that Wen people whom he did not identify will make the world More dangerous the vice president addressed the graduating Dara of 849 men and 90 women. Bush was campaigning later wednesday in new Jer sey then was heading to his Ocean front vacation Home in Kennebunkport Maine. While Reagan ii in Moscow Bush is to spend the nest week meeting Wilh advisers and Republican leaders with an Eye to Sharpen ing i j strategy for the fall Campaign. Republican adviser in recent Days mindful of re cent polls showing Bush trailing democratic front run Ner Michael Dukakis have urged the candidate to come up with More specifics on Campaign issues thai will help to separate him from the administration recent problems kit tide Are part Yini Whir Maine Vida u Tow in Fite and say they expect the vice president to do morn listening than news making while the Public spout it is on the Moscow Summit during the time in Kennebunkport Bush Wib be meeting with Republican governors senators con Gressmen people with expertise in economic and Domestic affairs said Campaign spokesman Peter tee Ley. Basically hell be discussing issues and looking at these issues in relation to the general  . Banking system sound comptroller of currency says Washington a Federal regulators and senators wednesday offered a cautiously upbeat View of the prospects for a rebound this yes Romlne nation s Banks which in 1987 suffered their worst year since the depression. The regulators testifying before the Senate banking committee noted two longstanding problems dragging Down banking As a whole shaky Loans to third world countries and Bank failures in southwestern Stales whose economies Are heavily dependent on Oil. There arc two areas of concern said the comp i roller of the currency Robert Clarke whose office regulates nationally chartered Banks. But they should nol overshadow the fact that the National banking sys tem remains  in the troubled southwestern plates of Texas okla homa and Louisiana which accounted for More than half of the Post depression record of 184 Bank failures last year the worst May be Over he said. Sen. William Proxmire d-wis., agreed that the picture this year is by no Means  but he warned thai the financial devastation in Texas could be an indication of what lies ahead if the National Economy turns downward. What haunts me is that Texas today might be the United Stales tomorrow if we have a National recession he said. L. Willbun Seid nmn chairman of the Federal de posit insurance corp., which insures Bank deposits up to j100,000, said Many Banks Are prepared to with stand a Short recession with few ill effects. He added the Odic fund is adequate to Deal with. Any problems we can Forscy in the banking system in 1988." by any meat re i �b7 was a disaster for the nation s 13,650 comm Emai Banks. The Industry As a whole recorded a profit of Only $3,7 billion on s3 trillion in assets the worst performance since 1933. The nation s largest Banks set aside reserves in anticipation of losses on Loans to third world countries. Nine of the 10 largest Banks in the nation and 17 of the 25 largest recorded a loss for the year Federal Reserve Board governor h. Robert Heuer said meaningful Progress has been achieved on the third world debt problem. Leaders in a number of borrowing countries have recognized the need to restructure their economies he said Sci Man in a trip to san Antonio Texas last week said that Texas Banks would hit Bottom in 1988 and improve next year. He has been predicting that Bank failures in Texas should climb from 50 m 1987 to 70 this year but that improvements elsewhere should hold Bank failure nationally to about the same level As last year. One substantial but known Cloud on the horizon n first Republic Bank corp. Of Dallas. In March the Odic infused $ i billion into Banks owned by the huge holding company with the idea of coming up with i permanent Rescue package within six months. The ailing giant Likely will cause the insurance fund which stood at sib.3 billion at the end of 1987, to Register ill first loss in is 55-year history. Teen ordered to stay on birth control Phoenix aril. A a. Young woman has been ordered by a . Judge to remain on birth control for the rest other child bearing years for abandoning her two Young sons last summer Debra Ann Forster s attorney and the head of the american civil liberties Union in Arizona objected to the sentence tuesday As a violation of uie 18-year-old woman s constitutional rights the  fights civil rights cases in court. Judge Lindsay Ellis Mudzyn sentenced Forster to lifetime probation and ordered her to give regular written proof to 1 she is on birth control. 3 her probation officer that your Case represents the epitome of what s wrong with our  having children in judge said. Forster pleaded guilty in april to two counts of at tempted felony Chiu fabits. Her estranged husband found the two boys Ages is months and 6 months in the sweltering apartment where police say they had been left alone fort Days. The children were suffering from malnutrition de hydration and lesions caused by a rash and were hospitalized in serious condition for eight Days. Police said Forster told hem she left the children because she was unable to Cope with the pressure of caring for them. She said she had used drugs and had attempted suicide police reported. Louis Rhodes executive director of the Acle in Arizona called lie sentence a stunning violation or a person s right Robert Billar another attorney said it violated Forster s constitutional right to privacy. But the judge said Forster s tack of nurturing and the close Cauthe children had with death merited such an order. The judge also barred Forster from seeing her sons or the daughter she bore in prison two months ago. She also was told thai she cannot baby sit for Olsen