European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 16, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday july 16, 1988 the stars and stripes Page 7 homeless arrested in National protests to attract support by the associated press at least 57 people were arrested thursday As homeless people and their advocates occupied houses filed lawsuit Sand marched through the streets in at tempts to rally support across the nation. Mitch Snyder the Leader of the Community for creative non violence which organized the protests was Amon those arrested in Washington. Voter registration drives also were apart of homeless action Day a protest that organizers said involved at least 60cities nationwide. I m not really All that far out of themed but i can still see a Little bit better than some of these people said Ronaldd Zed a Nashville tenn., construction worker who said he used to be  d be less than i am if i did t support this. I be been through it i know whatsit s like to want a  in Boston 18 people were arrested when the March on behalf of the Home less turned into a violent confrontation with police officials said. One demonstrator was charged with disorderly conduct and Possession of a dangerous weapon and three others we recharged with assault and Battery on a police officer. The protest turned into a Melee when police tried to prevent the protesters from occupying a boarded up Boston re development authority building police spokesman Thomas f. Santry said. Some of the 75 marchers used Crow bars to pry boards off the building and when police tried to Stop them the swung the boards at the officers Santry said. Wayne Vorhees a Volunteer with the Community for creative non violence climbed a 767-foot broadcast Tower unfurling a Banner Reading housing now and vowing to remain until the Federal government expands housing opportunities for the poor. Two of his companion were arrested and charged with unlawful Sailor gets life for killing officer Mayport Fla. A a Sailor convicted of murdering and robbing the pay master of the destroyer John Hancock was sentenced to life in prison thursday naval station Mayport officials said. Petty officer 1st class Ruben Colon 34, also was Given a dishonourable discharge reduced to the lowest pay Grade and or dered to forfeit All pay and allowances said it. Cmdr. Tim Taylor. He will be eligible for parole in 10 years Taylor said. Colon was convicted wednesday of murder robbery and kidnapping in the killing of it. A a Ratish Prasad and the theft of $94,000 from the ship s Safe while it Lay at Anchor at the naval station May port. Colon was charged with murdering Pra sad on March 15 and taking More than$94,000, than 2,500 Blank . Treasury checks and a payroll Check for $419. He was arrested april 12 after investigators found More than $87,000 and the Blank Federal checks in a Safe Deposit Box rented in his name. He did not testify at his four Day court martial but at the sentencing hearing pro claimed his innocence and urged the five members of the court to reconsider their verdict. Entry. Earlier thursday Snyder and 36 of his followers were arrested when they blocked traffic near the Capitol. Speakers at a rally outside the Omni i Atlanta site of the democratic Conven Tion said that Federal support for the homeless has waned during the Reagan administration but they charged that democrats Are just As much to blame. Though it s easy to blame the republicans the democrats Are just As responsible for the situation that exists said Keith Summa of the National coalition for the homeless in Atlanta. In Philadelphia the homeless occupied 13 empty government owned Homes demanding ownership of the houses and Federal Money to rehabilitate them. In Nashville tenn., some 50 homeless people and supporters marched in 90-de Gree weather carrying signs bearing such messages As Street people Are  new Jersey s homeless joined their counterparts nationwide by erecting tent cities and filing a lawsuit against new Ark s housing authority. About 100 people demonstrated a Newark City Hall in support of the class action lawsuit filed thursday in state Superior court said David s. Burgess one of the leaders of the Newark coalition for Low income housing. In new York City a Vigil continue for the 44th Day at City Hall Park and won support from several legislators an advocacy groups for their demand that mayor Edward i. Koch provide More housing. In Providence r.i., operators of Anion for the homeless erected a House for one of their residents As part of their demonstration against homelessness. Four homeless advocacy groups in the Minneapolis St. Paul also constructed a symbolic Wood and cardboard House onstage owned property near downtown Minneapolis. Panels endorse Bill killing tariffs Washington up key House and Senate committees unanimously approved a Bill thursday that sets in motion the elimination of tariffs and the reduction of other Trade barriers be tween the United states and Canada. We can set an example for the entire world of what can be accomplished by free Trade said  Bentsen of Texas chairman of the Senate finance committee and newly named democratic vice presidential candidate. The panel then adopted by unanimous voice vote the legis lation to liberalize Trade betwee the world s largest trading part ners. The United states and Canada exchanged $150 billion in goods and services in 1986. Shortly afterwards the House ways and Means committee unanimously approved the identical Bill by voice vote. The .-Canada free Trad agreement Calls for eliminating tariffs Between the two countries Over the next 10 years. Child endangerment charge Christina Maria Locasto 24, of Staten Island n.y., stands with attorney John Williams in a Redwood City calif., court where she was arraigned on charges of child endangerment. She is charged with abandoning an infant girl in the washroom of a United air lines Jet on a flight from Newark n.j., to san Francisco. The child who was discovered about an hour after the plane landed is reported in stable condition in a Hospital. Cracks found in nearly half of Boeing 737s inspected Seattle a tiny cracks were found in nearly half of the Boeing 737 Jet liners known to have been inspected since the top ripped off an Aloha airlines 737 in late May a Federal aviation administration official testified thursday. James w. Hart jr., manager of the air Frame Branch in the Faa s Seattle air Craft certification office described the initial responses to an Faa airworthiness directive in testimony to a National transportation safety Board hearing on the  order issued within a week after the april 28 Accident required All boeing737s with 30,000 or More landings to undergo a special visual inspection of fuselage Lap joints or areas where parts of the fuselage Are bonded and riveted together. The directive ordered those with More than 50,000 landings to have additional inspections using High frequency electro Nic equipment. Airlines were required to fix any problems found and to report the results to the Faa. A flight attendant was killed and 61people were injured when a portion of the fuselage on a Boeing 737 peeled of during an Alpha flight from Hilo to Honolulu exposing the first class Section to the open air at 24,000  Pilot and co Pilot managed to land 13 minutes later in Maui although one of the Jet s two engines quit. Hart said 291 of the 737s were affected by the inspection order issued shortly after the Accident. As of this week he said the Faa has received re ports on 100 planes of which 49 reported cracks. The largest crack found was about one half Inch Long but most were three eighths of an Inch or Shorter he  most found in one plane were 31 cracks within a 40-Inch space. Five or More cracks were found in 14 of the planes he  can occur around the rivets used to join the panels. Hart said none of the cracks reported had joined up in other words they had not gone from fas Tener to  Boeing spokesman Jack Gamble declined comment on the cracks until he had spoken with the air plane manufacturer s engineers. Bill Ashworth manager of the Faa Seattle aircraft certification division said he is concerned about the cracks but sees no imminent danger to the planes or to passengers