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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 30, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday August 30, 1988 the stars and stripes Page 7 Calif shipyard failed review paper says los Angeles up the Long Beach naval shipyard got an unsatisfactory safety rating this year after inspectors found More hazardous conditions than those at any Yard owned by the . Government the los Angeles times said sunday. In a safety review in january the naval inspector general s staff discovered hundreds of equipment and administrative violations the newspaper reported according to documents obtained under the Federal free Dom of information act. Inspectors cited shipyard managers for defects rang ing from a Lack of safety guards on Industrial machines klan holds rally at Chicago Park near King service Chicago a hooded Kun flux klansmen preaching White supremacy staged a rally sunday near a multiracial gathering commemorating Martin Luther King  i have a dream speech As hundreds of club carrying police tried to keep the crowds under control. Fourteen people were arrested mostly for disorderly conduct in a tense afternoon at Marquette Park where similar rallies sparked violence and resulted in 17 arrests two years ago. We had no idea that we d both be Here on the same Day but we Are Damn proud to be Here for the White race an unidentified Klansman wearing a White Hood told an All White crowd of about 500, Many wearing t shirts with a White Power slogan. Police officers some on horses and others carrying clubs filled the Park and separated the Kkt rally from the multiracial group that gathered about a half mile away for a later rally. It might be Legal to give them a permit to spread hatred and violence but it s immoral said Dee d. Smith Simmons an organizer of the service commemorating the 25th anniversary of King s i have a dream speech. Three Whites including a woman wearing a to shirt with the White Power slogan were taken away in police wagons but police refused to say Why. In 1966, King led a protest March into Marquette Park where he was greeted by a crowd of Whites throwing stones. To failure to Monitor Spray painters for exposure to toxic Lead the paper said. Inspectors said they observed such a disregard for hearing and Eye Protection that they stopped counting violations after the second Day of their nine Day visit. A total of 518 workplace violations and 16 deficiencies in administrative policies and procedures were outlined in the investigators reports. Shipyard spokesman Gilbert Bond disputed the inspector general s conclusions and said shipyard officials have filed an Appeal asking the rating be withdrawn. He said the Yard spent More than $2 million last year on safety measures and about 46 percent of the workplace violations and 30 percent of the program deficiencies cited by the inspector general rear adm. . Chang have already been corrected. The military operated civilian manned Long Beach shipyard has served the Navy for More than four decades and now employs 5,100 workers. The facility spent $ 17 million on workers compensation last year when the rate of occupational injuries was the highest in three years. The workers compensation payments were the highest of any government shipyard according to the . Department of labor. In april the Pearl Harbor naval shipyard in Hawaii followed Long Beach in receiving an unsatisfactory rating. Challenger s legacy students explore the simulated space station Laboratory at the challenger Center which opened last week at the museum of natural history in Houston. The learning Center is to serve As a living memorial to the space shuttle Crew who lost their lives in the explosion of the challenger in 1986. Indian tribe oks $162 million land settlement Seattle not the Puyallup indians have voted to drop claims to some of the most valuable property in Tacoma in return for $162 million in Cash land and jobs. The 1,400-member tribe voted 319 162 saturday night to accept the settlement removing a Legal Cloud from 300 acres of property that includes Down town office buildings the Industrial port and Homes Worth More than $750 Mil lion. The agreement still needs the approval of Congress and president Reagan but congressional representatives who took part in the negotiations said they expect no problem in gaining approval. As part of the settlement the Puyallup tribe will get a $51 million Marine Termi Nal to be built on puget sound. The tribe says it Hopes to use the terminal As an International Trade Center for All indians. In addition the tribe will receive 900 acres of tideland and Forest in and around Tacoma a $22 million Perma nent Trust fund the interest from which will be paid to tribe members More than $10 million to rebuild a Salmon fishery in the badly polluted Puyallup River which empties into commencement Bay at Tacoma and a program designed to give Job training to up to 265 members. Finally each member will receive $20,000 in Cash immediately for adults and upon reaching 21 years of age for the younger members. This settlement will allow us to pro vide for the destiny of our members said Frank Wright jr., the tribe s administrative manager. In the 19th Century the tribe surren dered claims to millions of acres under a series of treaties that finally gave it 20,000 acres As a permanent reservation. But with arrival of the Northern Pacific Railroad terminal in the 1870s, the reservation land became extremely valuable and speculators bought up or occupied much of it. The business and Industrial Core of the City of Tacoma grew up on this land. At the time the first treaty was signed in 1854, there were fewer than 3,000 White settlers in the Washington territory the tribe which has an unemployment rate of nearly 70 percent rejected a settlement of $140 million two years ago. Some tribal members Are unhappy with the new settlement saying it amounted to an illegal Buyo a of ancestral lands and to continuing historical abuse. All this does is say that the Indian is for Sale said Silas Cross a Puyallup who plans to continue the fight with his own lawsuit. Cross said that under the settlement the tribe is giving up its greatest asset and Best future income source the City of  the Deal Calls for the Federal govern ment to pay $77.5 million of the claim with the rest coming from the state the City of Tacoma and private Industry. Officials of the Federal Bureau of in Dian affairs said the package was one of the biggest Indian land claim settlements Ever proposed. Both sides hailed the agreement As a Model for future land claims saying costly lawsuits can be avoided through negotiations. The Issue in Tacoma As in other land disputes Between native americans and the Federal government was Over whether ancestral land was taken without just compensation. In their lawsuit the tribes claimed that most of the land inside their reservation was illegally occupied by the time they filed suit in 1984, the tribe held Legal title to Only 3 percent of their reservation although More than half of the tribal members continued to live within the boundaries of the 19th Century treaty land. Role playing actors soy they duped talk show hosts Omaha neb. A an actor and actress say they duped viewers of three nationally televised talk shows and their hosts Oprah Winfrey Sally Jessy Raphael and Geraldo Rivera. In an interview from Chicago with the Omaha world Herald Wes Bailey 33, and Tani Freiwald 37, said they wore disguises and made up stories As they took on roles that fit into the weekday talk shows1 Frank discussions of personal problems. Bailey pretended to be both an unmarried Virgin and an impotent married Man on different shows. Freiwald said she was a sex hating wife and a sexual helpmate. Freiwald and Bailey part time Chicago theatrical performers who previously did dinner theater in Omaha told the newspaper they lied on four shows since 1986. Several Omaha residents told the newspaper they recognized the two on the talk shows As  and Bailey said they did t believe Raphael Winfrey or Rivera had suspected they were being  Lazaroff creative services director for Ger Aldo said i be never heard of this happening before on the  for the Oprah Winfrey and Sally Jessy Raphael shows said they had no reason to disbelieve the actors. Christine Tardio a spokeswoman for Winfrey explaining How guests stories would be difficult to Check out in Advance said we Don t stake out someone s   
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