European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 21, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Inside strikes o Public s risk from Asbestos questioned Page 3 d . Reynolds withdraws cigarette aimed at Blacks Page 5 d social Security tax Cut derided by president Bush Page 7 d injured Sabatini withdraws from australian open Page 21 authorized Hoff Licul up us Tion f of the . Armed Force vol. 48, no. 279 sunday january 21,1990 Barry turns routine duties Over to aide Washington a mayor Marion Barry turned Over the routine duties and functions of his office to an aide City administrator Carol Thompson. Friday after being formally charged with drug posses Sion in an Fri sting that officials said included a videotape of Barry smoking crack cocaine. Barry did not give up his office which he has held for 11 years and retained authority to sign or veto legislation and to approve contracts. The drug charge added to the turbulence of the political situation in the nation s capital where Barry had already been under fire and the list of challengers for november s election had been growing. The three term mayor had planned to announce his candidacy for re a Lection sunday but postponed that indefinitely after his arrest. Federal prosecutors said the mayor s arrest was part of a continuing investigation of a Broad Range of allegations against him. . Attorney Jay Stephens said without elaborating that the probe deals with fraud and City contracts As Well As narcotics. Prosecutors said Barry tested positive for cocaine in blood and urine tests after he was taken into custody thursday night at a Washington hotel. His lawyer said Friday he would plead innocent to the charge. The Fri used a woman to get Barry to the hotel room said a Law enforcement source who spoke on condition of anonymity. The woman was identified by sources familiar with the Case As rash cd Moore. One source said Moore agreed to cooperate with the Fri s investigation of Barry after she got into trouble with state authorities in California. The Washington times said in an extra edition Fri Day afternoon that according to one Law enforcement source. Moore agreed to cooperate with the Fri be cause she believed Barry needed help because he had been addicted before and had been showing signs of being addicted  according to the newspaper s account she invited Barry to a party at the hotel. But three of the part yrs were Fri agents. Stephens denied that the mayor had been unlawfully entrapped by the operation saying prosecutors had found evidence of Barry s predisposition to commit see Barry on Back Page major Marion Barry leaves . District court. Stormed Jackson ducks mayoral queries Washington a mayor mar Ion Barry s arrest on a cocaine charge Friday raised new speculation that one time presidential candidate the Rev. Jesse Jackson would wind up mayor of the nation s capital. Jackson in Chicago said he was stunned by Barry s arrest thursday night but brushed aside As inappropriate at this Lime questions about whether he would enter the Washington mayoral race. The two time presidential candidate established residence in the nation s Cap ital last year amid wide speculation he would enter the race. He has said he would not be a candidate if Barry a Friend from the civil rights movement decided to seek an unprecedented fourth term. Jackson has held a wide Lead in Opin Ion polls Over All other potential and announced mayoral candidates. But in re cent weeks friends have said he was moving away from a mayoral bid. Four other democrats have entered the race and Barry had scheduled an announcement of his re election Campaign for sunday. He postponed hat re a Lection announcement following his arrest. Barry s arrest which followed years of Rumor and investigations of his activities also Drew reactions ranging from sadness to joking from political figures. It raises the Gary Hart question How can 9ne person be so stupid said democratic pollster Mark Mullman. He was referring to the 1988 democratic presidential candidate whose Hopes died when his secret trysts with a woman was revealed. Jackson was asked in an interview from Ann Arbor. Mich., with Detroit television station div what the arrest of Barry said to Young Black men in the City. Crisis in any Public official s life sends Shock Waves to All children. I Don t think you should just reduce it to a Black White situation Jackson replied. Somehow people who care must reach out with some sense of mercy and some plan for helping the mayor while at the same time providing adequate and fast services for All the people of the  he said. Soviet troops open _.,-- Erba Janis in Baku from win Moscow soy Orff by troops f. azerbaijani  on the streets of the r capital  saturday. Jut pcs were used to break through human Block Ades. Many people were killed and wounded azerbaijani activists said see related Story in daily Magazine they simply opened fire at will with no warn ing shots Leila Usova a spokeswoman for the azerbaijani popular front said in a Telephone interview from Baku. At least 13 arc dead so far but we expect More. Our doctors have been told not to go  said the shooting started shortly after mid night at the blockades at the Northern Edge of Baku ind then moved into the City Center. About 25,000 i people were still on the streets when the firings8 she said. The  very angry. This will not end things. There  be More bloodshed in Sova  popular front spokesman Mahmoud pcs Manly said the soviet too pushed right through the blockades with  people see soviets on Bac Page