European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 22, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday january 22, 1989 the stars and stripes Page 3 minutemen marchers add a revolutionary flavor to George Bush s inaugural Parade Friday. At right he and his wife Barbara acknowledge Well wishers along the route. Democrats touched by Bush s attempts to establish Good relations with Congress Al a Cut a Lily to / a t \ r-�.,Tto. I i ,. _ of Washington a democratic lawmakers welcomed George Bush inaugural speech As a sign that the new Republican president will have better relations with Congress than Ronald Reagan did but they also said it offered too few specifics. I think we re off on a Good foot said rep. John Conyers a Mich. This has genuinely established a kind of bipartisanship and Friendship that should go beyond inaugural  i be been very touched by the thin she s said in the last several Days said rep. John Lewis a a. It s Bette than what we be had in the past eight  it was a very sensitive speech said rep. Dan Glickman a Kan. In style it s a dramatic break from Ronald Rea Gan. It was humane and it showed recognition that the democrats control both houses of  he said Bush s Call in his 20-Minuteaddress for a reallocation of Federal government spending clearly implied shift to Domestic needs from Reagan s emphasis on the military. He repeated the themes he s Bee stating since the election cooperation and conciliation said House majority Leader Thomas Foley a Wash. It is All very Well received and Congress will respond with an equal Effort and Atti  Bush is extending the hand of Friendship and we intend to extend ours in return said Senate majority Leader George Mitchell a Maine. Mitchell said he planned to make a speech in response wednesday when the Senate reconvenes and set Forth some of our objectives for this  he said he had discussed his plans for the response with House speaker Jim Wright a Texas and sen ate minority Leader Bob Dole a Kan. Dole said Bush s speech represented a Good Start but added now the hard part comes doing All these things the president wants to  former House speaker Thomas  Neill d-mass., also welcomed the change. It s the Dawn of a new Era he said. We re Back to normalcy in the White House. How delighted i  sen. Ernest f. Hollings d-s.c.,praised Bush s address and predicted he will be a different Type of president than Reagan. He remembered the real problems like the deficit and drugs Hollings said. George Bush you can Tell Bytheway he talks will be a hands on presi Dent. Rather than trying to dismantle the bureaucracy hell try to make it  some lawmakers said that while the welcomed Bush s heavy emphasis on volunteerism to meet the country s so Cial needs they were concerned it might indicate an intent not to fun programs S.C. As housing and welfare. I just Don t understand How he going to have America be More Gener Ous and not spend any More Money on the people who need help said rep. Gary Ackerman . Be Happy Don t worry that s what we heard  videotaped shoot out leaves 2 cops transient dead san Jose Calif. A a transient grabbed a policeman s gun shot him to death and mortally wounded another officer before police killed the Man in a 30 second fusillade As a terrified student television Crew recorded the violence. The homeless Man identified As Dale Randy Connors 35, was being questioned by officer Gene Simpson 45, in front of a downtown doughnut shop when a scuffle broke out around noon Friday police and witnesses said. Among the estimated 30 witnesses were Santa Clara University students making a documentary on the Home less. As the videotape rolled Connors grabbed Simpson s pistol chased the 19-year police Veteran and opened fire wounding him and then fatally shoot ing him in the head police and wit Nesses said. He began pursuing the officer. The officer hit the ground. He the transient coldblooded by pursued him said will Douglas of los Angeles a witness who was driving through the area. I saw the officer disappear behind a truck. I saw the Man lower his gun and  the film Crew and other bystanders ducked behind cars and into nearby Busi Nesses As shots rang out and a second patrolman Gordon Silva was mortally wounded. The students videotape though jumpy and incomplete shows the transient firing at the wounded officers. Moment later he is shown lying in the Street. On the tape a cacophony of voices can be heard As members of the film Crew and their subjects try to figure out what happened. Gradually As the sound of sirens grows louder in the background they identify the gunman As a figure wearing a Brown coat Connors. Although the tape is of poor Quality the Man in the Brown coat can be seen firing a final shot then jogging across the Street with the pistol in his hand. As the frequency of gunfire increases a hysterical woman shouts stay Down stay Down the next video image is of the gun Man s motionless body in the Street. Police later said Simpson was dead atthe scene. Silva underwent three hours of surgery at san Jose medical Center and received50 units of blood but doctors were unable to save the Veteran of 17 years on the police Force authorities said. Among the witnesses was Mike Fletcher another homeless Man who knew Connors Only As Randy. He said he thought something was wrong with con nors when he saw him earlier in the Day. I talked to him earlier this morning and he was in a trance in a Daze said Fletcher. Simpson apparently approached con nors initially because the transient had been acting oddly. Witnesses said the homeless Man had been waving his Armias if he were trying to direct traffic. Another witness Vince Ojeda said Connors just grabbed the cop s gun an the cop took off. The Guy started shoot ing. He fired about three shots or More. The cop took off and then a min Ute later there were a lot of cops a ton of cops were