European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 05, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday. Septembers 1989 the stars and stripes Page 5 Young Whites who burned Black Church apologize Adairville. By. A four White people who set fire to a Church founded by freed slaves returned to the newly renovated building to give their court ordered apologies to the Congre gation. Bill Sircy 22, bowed his head and cleared his threat during saturday s dedication of the new Smith Grove ame Zion Church then said we re sorry but i know that s not  the congregation of about 60 people responded amen what we did was wrong said an Gela b. Estop whose husband stood nearby. It was an Accident but it was still wrong. And i m  As Sherri Davenport 19, spoke he Grandfather Herman England of Adair Ville. Listened from the Church door Way. Afterwards he said he was proud of her courage in taking responsibility for her action. What s done is done they can t bring it Back England said. But they did what they  Danny Smith. 22, echoed that senti ment after the service. There just was t a whole lot we could say just that we re  the congregation gave the four Young people a round of applause As they left the Church. "1 think what they did was a Fantas tic gesture said Sarah Garrick of Chi Cago who grew up near the Church. We arc just amazed that this Type of thing could  said Garrick 57. When 1 lived Here this would have never have happened because of the racial prejudices in the area. I think it s wonderful that the court made them come out Here and  last october the four Young people All residents of this Rural Western Ken Tucky town pleaded guilty in Logan District court to breaking into the 116 year old Church and setting it on tire inlay 1986. Before their sentencing the four had paid $6.000 to rebuild the Church and prosecutors agreed to Amend the charges from felonies to misdemeanours. But when Logan District judge Dale l. Prince sentenced them he ordered them to apologize to the congregation or face contempt of court with possibly a year in jail and a $500 Fine. Prince also put each of the four on probation for two years. Sex gop congressman defends Democrat Frank Washington a a Gay former Congress Man forced out of office by a sex scandal nine years it has the strange familiarity of what Yogi birr might have called Dejavu All Over again " former rep. Robert Bauman a Republican wrote in a lengthy article in the Washington Post on the current Contro Versy involving Frank and his relationship with a male prostitute. Last month Frank who in 1987 acknowledged being Gay confirmed published reports that he had solicited and then befriended a male prostitute Al Lowed him to use his Washington apartment and paid him $20,000 a year from private funds to do various  prostitute. Steven Gobie claimed he operated a prostitution service out of Frank s apartment and that Frank knew about it. Frank has denied any such knowledge and despite the controversy recently received signs of continuing Strong support in his Home , a staunch conservative had no such Luck and was Defeated in his Maryland District in 1980, ending eight years i Congress after it was revealed he was Gay an had been arrested for soliciting a male prostitute. Bauman wrote in the sunday edition of the Post that he probably would disagree with Frank on 95 percent of the issues facing Ameri Ca and Likely would not vote for him. But i surely would not vote against him for what happened with the likes of Steve Gobic Bauman wrote chastising Gobie As a Louse and a despicable Char Acter who thinks nothing of turning on his former Mentor for personal Gam. Frank has said he be friended Gobic because he wanted to help him recover from past mistakes including a prison record. Robert Bauman referring to the possibility that Congress May move to censure or reprimand Frank Bauman now a Washington lawyer wrote one thing 1 do know. The House of representatives both collectively and individually is not equipped to judge Barney Frank in this matter. They May Well decide to censure or reprimand him for his private now very Public past conduct but they do so at their own peril. This is not an easy Case of Jim Wright venality. It is not a Case of a congressman taking advantage of a Page boy or Page girl. It is a Case involving consent ing adults one of who happened to be a congressman and the other a Louse. And if such private acts be come the jurisdiction of Congress the lines of the miscreants might As Well begin forming on the right and the  Bauman continued while the Media and the Public might enjoy the titillation of this incipient reign of terror the end result will be the decimation of  Bauman also urged against Frank resigning saying the matter is for the voters in his District to decide. More View management favourably poll says new York a nearly half of the americans questioned say workers Are better off with unions than without but More people regard management favourably than View unions favourably a poll has found. Many respondents in the Media Gen eral associated press poll saw unions a weakening and few objected to that trend. Stiff by a 49 percent to 31 percent margin they said workers arc better off with a Union than without one. In what could be seen As a positive sign for the future of unions Young respondents Ages 18 to 29, were the mos Likely to favor unions. They scored higher than their elders on questions about their opinion of workers and about whether they think employees arc better off under unions. Overall however non unionized respondents were More unwilling to join Union 47-37 percent with the remain ing 16 percent unsure. Moreover while 44 percent thought of unions favourably 64 percent had a Posi Tive View of management. And seven in10 favored so called right to work Laws which ban mandatory Union membership. On other issues the poll found most workers this labor Day satisfied wit their salaries working conditions and time off. But 41 percent rated their pen Sions fair or poor and 37 percent rated their pay As fair or poor. Nearly nine in 10 respondents backed raising the minimum wage which has been $3.35 an hour since 1981. Most supported the $4.55 minimum approved by Congress Over the $4.25 urged Fay president Bush but most also liked Bush Splan allowing employers to Start new workers at $3.35 for their first six months. Bush vetoed legislation in june thai would have phased in a $4.55 minimum wage by 1991 and did not include his training wage proposal. Congress is expected to take up the Issue again this fall. The poll was conducted by Telephone among a random Sample of 1,163 adult july 6-17. It had a margin of error of plus or minus 3 Points for the entire group and 4 Points for the 812 who were employed. When rating their own circumstances at work respondents gave the highest grades to the safety of their workplace 87 percent said excellent or Good and their Overall working conditions with 81 percent favourable. Sixty nine percent expressed satisfaction with their time off 61 percent rated their health benefits favourably and 60percent said their salary was excellent or Good As opposed to Only fair or poor. The lowest ratings went to pension benefits of those with an opinion just 46 percent viewed their pension plans As excellent or Good while 41 percent were dissatisfied. Overall a Quarter rated their pension benefits As poor. Benefits were not the primary con Cern because 54 percent said they would prefer belter wages to better benefits. Concern Over wages lessened among while Collar management workers. Sev Enty one percent of them rated their Sal Aries favourably compared with 57 per cent of Blue Collar workers and of non management White Collar workers. Union members also were less Likely to be concerned about their wages. Sci Jackson addresses striking miners St. Paul a. A Jesse Jackson and United mine workers president Richard Trumka sunday blasted the administrations of Ronald Reagan and George Bush for what they called a hos tile attitude toward labor. The 1980s is a decade of great symbolism Over substance Jackson said Ata Daylong rally of about 10,000 people in southwestern Virginia where Coal min ers have been striking against. Pittston Coal group since Early april. Many people in the crowd wore camouflage which has become the unofficial uniform of striking miners in Virginia West Virginia and Kentucky. During the past 10 years political leaders such As president George bus have used the american Flag to pull the Wool Over our eyes Jackson told the cheering crowd. Jackson accused Bush of defending an american Flag that to made in Taiwan but not fighting for . Workers. Both speakers said the National labor relations Board has become an instrument for strike breaking under the Bush and Reagan administrations. Multinational corporations have intimidated workers into submission in re cent years often by moving their plants abroad Trumka said. The labor movement was unable to fight Back because it was divided Trumka said. But he vowed the 1990s will be better times for labor. Never again will working people stand alone in a struggle which threatens their Well being he said. Canty one percent were satisfied equal tothe salary satisfaction among manage ment workers. Union and management split on an other Point Union members said by 83 10 percent that workers Are better off with unions while management employees said by 46-37 percent that workers Are better off non unionized. Sands of time in the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. Sept. 5, 1949 film producer Wal Ter Wangor announced that after an eight year absence actress Greta Garbo would return to the screen to Star with James Mason in Lover and  30 years ago today. Sept. 5, 1959 the House ended Atwo year congressional Effort to write a labor Reform Bill by overwhelmingly passing a Compromise measure designed to drive racketeers out of the labor management. Fiew. 20 years ago today. Sept. 5, 1969 North vietnamese leaders called for a week of National mourning for to Chi Minh and urge citizens to turn their grief into new revolutionary activities to win the War against the United states and liberate South Vietnam. 70 years ago today. Sept. 5, 1979 the International Institute for strategic studies in London reported the United states still had Atwo to one Edge Over the soviet Union in nuclear warheads