European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 18, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes saturday february 18, 1989 depository s sixth floor museum commemorates Kennedy s legacy the Texas school Book depository in 1964. A file Dallas a the sixth floor of the former Texas school Book depository from which Lee Harvey Oswald allegedly fired the shots that killed president Kennedy has become a memorial to the slain president. The 9,000-Square-foot exhibit opens monday on president s Day. It has 350 photographs 30 original artefacts a 30-Miriute audio tour and six films run Ning a total of 40 minutes. Called the sixth floor John f. Kennedy and the memory of a nation it was created by the Dallas county historical foundation and Cost $ 1.3 million. Organizers of the exhibit told visitors at the pre View on wednesday that it was intended to look not to a morbid past but to Kennedy s legacy. This exhibit is an attempt to Deal with it positively in that it is educational. It is objective. I think it is extremely sensitive and i think it is dignified said Conover Hunt the exhibit s project director. The exhibits Span Kennedy s political career to the assassination on nov. 22, 1963, and the investigations that  Southeast Corner window from which Oswald allegedly fired the shots was sealed off but visitors Are Able to look through the Glass partition and Adja cent windows to View Dealey Plaza and the Kennedy motorcade route. The greatest Challenge was in taking the diverse elements documentary film the audio tour Resto rations modern designs All of those factors trying to work together in one space Hunt said. Yet one element did not overwhelm the  she said the exhibit attempts to recount As accurately As possible what happened the Day of the assassination and give the findings of official investigations. Ground floor installations including a Kennedy Bookstore and twin elevators to the sixth floor exhibit Cost an additional $2.2 million. The rest of the building now called the Dallas county administration building is used for local government offices. Navaho Leader Steps aside amid Kickback allegations window Rock Ariz. A Navajo tribal chairman Peter Macdonald has taken a leave of absence amid allegations that he accepted kickbacks but it was unclear Friday who will Lead the nation s largest Indian tribe. Macdonald s decision on thursday came a week after witnesses told a . Senate committee that Mac Donald demanded trips gifts and other favors in re turn for awarding contracts and doing other business with the tribe. Phoenix real estate agent Byron Brown testified feb. 7 that he helped the tribe arrange the Purchase of a ranch in july 1987 for $33.4 million from an oilman who had paid Only $26.2 million for the ranch hours earlier. Brown who has been granted immunity from pros preparing returns proves taxing in test Washington a fifty professional tax return preparers came up with 50 different answers when asked to calculate the Federal taxes of a hypothetical family Money Magazine reported Friday. The professionals answers ranged from $12,359 to $35,813 an even worse performance than a year ago. Accountant Wesley r. Fitzpatrick who de signed the test said the Correct tax was $23,393, but the Law is so confusing that several Correct answers were possible Money said. Ten of the 50 preparers made no major mistakes but computed the family s taxes As High As $24,493. The Survey suggests that it is not Only internal Revenue service employees who Are not fully up to Speed on the landmark 1986 tax overhaul. A general accounting office Survey released last week found that irs personnel whose Job is to answer taxpayers queries gave the Correct an Swers to 64 percent of selected test questions posed during the last filing season. The hypothetical family in the Magazine sur vey was one with problems that while possible among those with High incomes Are unlikely to be encountered by the typical taxpayer. The family had a total income of $56,400, but both spouses took Lump sum withdrawals from their pensions after quitting their jobs last year. The wife started her own business and the Hus band spent the second half of the year negotiating to buy his own company. They had a variety of investments owned two Homes and were willed a third Home by the wife s Mother. A year ago Money Magazine asked 50 professional tax preparers to figure the taxes of a make believe family. Then too they came up with 50 different answers and their Bottom line figures varied by As much As 50 percent. Elution said he gave Macdonald $75,000 and a luxury car As his share of the profit. Macdonald who acknowledges accepting gifts but denies wrongdoing announced his intention to step Down during an emotional speech to the 88-member tribal Council. He appealed for tribal Unity and asked for Access to records to defend himself. The 60-year-old Macdonald a flamboyant former aerospace Engineer serving his fourth four year term As chairman failed to persuade the Council to approve his chosen successor vice chairman Johnny Thompson. The Council then elected Marshall Plummer As temporary chairman. Tribal lawyers were trying to deter mine whether the Council acted within the Law when i bypassed Thompson. Judge upholds huge award in lawsuit Over id St. Paul Minn. A the $8.15 million awarded to a woman who said a . Searle & co. Birth control device left her infertile was not so shockingly excessive As to Force a new trial a judge has ruled. . District judge Robert Renner on thursday de Nied the company s motion for a new trial which it had asked for on several grounds including juror mis conduct errors of evidence in the trial and excessive punitive damages. A jury in september found in favor of Esther Kociemba s claim that a Searle Copper-7 intrauterine device had triggered a Pelvic infection that left her infertile. This court simply cannot say that the verdict is so shockingly excessive in Light of the evidence and Minnesota Law that the court has grounds to Force plaintiff to choose Between a new trial or a reduced amount of punitive damages Renner said. Searle which plans to Appeal said in a statement issued after the ruling that it clearly believes that a new trial was warranted based on the evidence of jury  that flagrant misconduct occurred demonstrates the failure of the judicial system to assure a fair trial for both parties As required by Federal Law the company said. Renner rejected the claims of misconduct after questioning jurors in december. Three of the eight jurors had signed affidavits alleging they were victims of ver bal harassment and intimidation and had been bullied into an unjust verdict by their fellow jurors. The affidavits also said newspaper accounts of the trial had been smuggled into the jury room. Attorneys for Kociemba presented evidence during the trial that would have allowed a reasonable jury to con clude that Searle knowingly placed millions of women. At risk of serious infection loss of Fertility and surgery for removal of internal organs Renner ruled. About 500 lawsuits have been filed Over the Copper-7 the most widely used id in the United states before it was withdrawn from the . Market in january 1986. Stateside pit Bull charges police bites tires of squad car Elmsford . A a police patrol seeking to take a bite out of crime found the tables turned when a pit Bull Sank his Teeth into the tires of a squad car authorities said thurs Day. The confrontation occurred wednesday after police received a Call that the dog was chasing students at Alexander Hamilton High school in Elmsford said sgt. Frank Nanna. When p9lice arrived the animal attacked the Cruiser biting the tires. The police called in an animal control officer but the dog bit two of the tires on his Van As Well Nanna said. No one was Hurt. The dog was eventually Tranquili Zed an taken to a animal shelter. Nanna said that if the owner is found he will face charges for the dog s behaviour. Eastern offers discounts to counter strike threat new York a threatened with a pos sible strike by machinists next month Eastern airlines has introduced coupons offering Passen Gers sizable discounts if they Fly after that Date. The coupons Are just a Way to entice peo ple to Fly Eastern despite the strike threat said Robert Decker an airline analyst at Duff Phelps inc. In Chicago. Some travel Industry experts speculated that Eastern management could reach a settlement with the machinists before the end of the 30-Day Cooling off period on March 3. The airline began thursday to distribute Cou Pons to passengers on Domestic flights. The Cou Pons entitle them to one third discounts off any round trip fare of $200 or More for travel be tween March 4 and March 22. Between april 5 and april 30, the coupons Are Good for a 20 percent discount. The discounts apply to Eastern flights in the United states and the Caribbean. All travel Mustbe completed by june 15. Chicago Alderman drops from mayoral primary Chicago a a respected Alderman has withdrawn from the democratic mayoral Pri Mary in a move that could tighten the already narrowing race Between mayor Eugene Sawyer and state s attorney Richard m. Daley. I would say right now this is a dead heat Sawyer said shortly after Alderman Lawrence Bloom announced his withdrawal. Bloom a South Side Alderman who campaigned on the theme of racial Unity said it had become Clear he lacked the Money to finance a competitive Campaign for the feb. 28 primary. He said he would Campaign for Sawyer