European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 15, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday january 15, 1989 the stars and stripes Page 5 marches mural Honor King and his dream by the associated press a mural painted by new York Cit High school students depicting symbols of non violence and a candlelight peace March in a posh Detroit suburb were among the offerings to the memory of slain civil rights Leader Martin Luther King or. King s birthday will be observed As National Holiday monday. Two banquets and a University symposium also were planned in Michigan while new York City s mayor de Koch spoke of the Grace and glory Kin brought to the United states. The mural unveiled Friday at the Bronx regional High school was inspired after a student at the school was killed in 1987. Ten students painted kept journals and did research about non violence for the 10-month project. This is a world they d like to Chang and make More peaceful said Mark Weiss the school principal. The mural depicts Indian peace leade Mohandas Gandhi King a sign saying end segregation in Public schools an two hands shaking one Black one White. About 400 people attended the Cere Mony Friday in the City Council Cham ber in which Koch presented new York Seal of recognition to the Rev. Or. Sam Uel d. Proctor minister of abyssinian Baptist Church in Harlem who trav Ledwith King on some of his marches through the South. King was killed by a Assassin s Bullet in 1968. Proctor who will retire As minister of the Church in june after 17 years there was honoured for his tireless efforts on behalf of peace Justice and  what shame those who hated  brought upon this country. But what Grace and glory Martin brought it Koch said. In Michigan the celebrations help Upkeep or. King s dream alive and provide opportunities for All people to Rene their commitment to work for a society in which there is one Standard of Equality and human rights said state sen. Jackie Vaughn. John Roy Castillo director of the Michigan civil rights commission said King s legacy has helped Advance racial Equality. Tremendous Progress has been makeover the last 20 to 25 years he said Friday. There Are More minorities whore elected officials there Are More minority businesses More  but he noted the High poverty and school dropout rate among minorities. A Black child has a two to four time better Chance of going to prison than col lege and that s a very sad commentary on our country he said. A symposium was planned sunday and monday at the University of Michi Gan to Honor King s work. Willie , jr., speaker of the California As Sembly was to give the keynote address sunday and Atlanta mayor Andrew Young a close associate of King was scheduled to speak monday. The end of Martin Luther King Day was to be marked by a candlelight peace March at Roeper City and country school in Bloomfield Hills a wealth Northern suburb of Detroit. Teens stage protest at South african consulate students occupy the hallway outside the South african consulate in Beverly Hills protesting apartheid. Beverly Hills Calif. A Twenty six teen agers moved into the hallway outside the South Afri can consulate Friday for a weekend anti apartheid protest to Mark the birthday of Martin Luther King or. The students occupied a hallway outside the Consul ate s third floor office singing songs such As we shall overcome and other civil rights anthems. The crowd blocked at least one person from entering. Consular officials were unavailable to both protes ters and the news Media but police it. Robert Curtis said officers would remove the students if South Afri can officials or building managers made a trespassing complaint. The group brought sleeping bags food and satchels of books. They said they would Camp in the hallway until monday when fellow protesters planned a Marchat the building to commemorate the birthday of the slain american civil rights Leader and to denounce South Africa s system of racial segregation. We re doing it for the kids of South Africa where they can be detained and tortured even without their parents knowing it said Susan Goldberg 14, a Stu Dent at los Angeles 32nd Street school. We want to disrupt their business because the make Money Here and that s More Money for the racist South african government said Sonia Slutsky 16, Junior at Beverly Hills High school. More than 20 uniformed police officers stood by along with plainclothes officers and fire inspectors who warned the students against blocking  consulate Patron an american citizen from South Africa who said he was seeking a visa to visit his family was turned away when the group refused to move away from the door. The students said they took the Day off from school with their parents permission. Dukakis campaigns for state tax increases Boston a gov. Michael  has launched a Campaign to build political support for $735 million in state tax increases a proposal that has drawn Little enthusiasm in the legis lature. The governor s first Stop on what aides said would be an aggressive highly visible statewide lobbying Effort was Bunker Hill Community College the kind of government investment Dukakis says his tax plan unveiled thursday i designed to protect. For our children and our grandchildren s Sakes a Hundred and eight thousand of who attend our Public col Leges and universities we must go for Ward Dukakis said Friday. He called education the key to goo jobs. That s Why i need your support for the Revenue package i unveiled  his plan to raise $131 million in the next six months and $604 million in the following year targets drinkers smokers Drivers investors corporations and utilities. The governor said he was committed to building support for new taxes rather than paring government spending much further. Dukakis told legislative committee Friday that he is already withholding $250 million in spending authorized inthe $ 11.6 billion budget because the state does not have the Money to pay for the spending. He told legislators his Revenue advis Ory Board met thursday and made no change in its forecast of state tax collections. At its last meeting in december the Board trimmed $308 million from it projection for the current fiscal year which ends june 30. In addition to meeting with hundreds of students and University officials at the Bunker Hill Campus the governor also spent much of the Day giving interviews to Massachusetts television stations to promote the program. The biggest element in the package is proposed doubling in the personal in come tax rate on profits from capita gains on investments. Dukakis proposed keeping the current exemption for sales of Homes and would exempt profits from new investments in Massachusetts. Dukakis also proposed raising the Gas Oline tax from 11 cents to 17 cents a gallon adding 4 cents a pack to the cigarette excise tax a 50 percent increase in the state tax on Beer wine and alcohol and applying the sales tax to Purchase by utilities and to interstate Telephone Calls and data transmissions. In addition Dukakis called for divert ing $14 million from the unemployment insurance Trust fund to a Job training program and changing the schedule of filing corporate estimated taxes to bring in an extra $46 million this year. Dukakis will present the tax proposal in a legislative package to sceptical legislators this week just past the midpoint inthe budget year. He said the plan would have to take effect by april 1 to help balance the budget this year. In december Dukakis acknowledged shortfall of at least $600 million in the current state budget of $ 11.6 billion. In the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. Jan. 15, 1949 Neucom commander Gen. Lucius d. Clay said a better trained German customs Force was needed to curb smuggling. 30 years ago today. Jan. 15, 1959 despite the protests of circuit judge George Wallace . Civil rights commission agents won the right to examine Alabama voter registration records for the alleged denial of voting privileges to Blacks. 20 years ago today. Jan. 15, 1969 Roy Wilkins head of the a act said the organization would go to court to Block the creation of separate Black studies programs and Black student dormitories on College campuses. ? 0 years ago today. Jan. 15, 1979 More than half of president Carter s women s advisory commit tee resigned in protest of his firing of co chairwoman Bella Abzug charging that Carter thought women should be seen but not