European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 25, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 a a a the stars and stripes sunday March 25,1990 democrats endorse Moynihan tax plan Indianapolis apr the democratic party on saturday backed a proposal by sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan to Cut social Security payroll taxes As party leaders seek ways to steal popularity from president Bush. In a session marked by a controversy Over supposedly racist and anti semitic Campaign tactics by rep. Gus Savage diii., democrats also agreed on rules and schedules for the 1992 presidential Campaign season. The democratic National committee holding its Spring meeting passed a Resolution urging Congress to support the proposal forwarded several weeks ago by Moynihan . Adopting a More aggressive pose toward the Republican administration. Democratic party chairman Ronald h. Brown dubbed the gop the party of a debt and  for years the democrats have Laboured uncomfortably under Republican attacks calling them the a tax and spend Quot party. Brown expressed Relief Over a getting the rules process behind us with what he called a the most peaceful accords in the past 20 years. But the chairman a pleasure at resolving that debate and getting the party to formally support the Moynihan proposal was tempered by the controversy involving Savage. The congressman was accused of verbally attacking Whites and jews during his recent primary Campaign. A we abhor and oppose racism and anti semitism in any form a Brown said. Brown later issued a stronger statement saying that a racism and anti semitism Are disgusting in any context. 1 intend to Contact congressman Savage and let him know in no Uncertain terms that the chairman of the party and the party itself abhors and condemns his  while the party officials were meeting in Indianapolis elected democrats were getting together in new Orleans for a meeting of the democratic leadership Council. At the Louisiana meeting a succession of speakers a including Sens. Lloyd Bentsen a tax a a and Sam Nunn a a. Virginia gov. L. Douglas Wilder and House majority Leader Richard Gephardt a outlined their View of the party a Agenda for the decade. Jesse Jackson told the gathering that he adheres to the party a new mainstream tone. A the democrats must find common ground As the party of those who live on their paychecks a said Jackson who has twice sought the democratic presidential  kidding a its Spring a despite steady Snow that threatens to ground him Gary Lincoln of Alexandria va., tinkers with his Kite in Washington saturday a the fifth Day of Spring. Last week s Balmy temperatures which coaxed Cherry Blossom Trees to Bloom a Little Early now Are buried by Winter s last Hurrah which was expected to dump 2 to 4 inches of Snow in the Washington area and up to 8 inches in Maryland and  South mopping up after floods Montgomery Ala. Apr the deep South is wringing itself out after a week of flooding turned entire towns into Muddy lakes where buildings poked up like knotty tree stumps and the toll of shattered lives is mounting. About 6,000 people lost their Homes or had property damage in Alabama Federal officials estimated saturday. Hundreds More had to seek shelter in Georgia and the Florida Panhandle where swirling floodwaters kept emergency Crews on Alert through the weekend. Florida gov. Bob Martinez toured the flood damaged farming town of Caryville on saturday. He promised House to House damage assessments portable toilets drinking water and food. Emergency management officials said flooding did More than $ 100 million in damage in Alabama and High water there and in Georgia was blamed for 15 deaths a mostly people whose cars Sank on submerged roads. Rescuers in South Alabama continued to search saturday for army spec. Mary Helen Garrison 21. Missing since March 18. Her car was found submerged in a ditch tuesday. The Southeastern Alabama town of Elba which lies along the pea River Bank was hit hardest by the flooding. The town was submerged under about 12 feet of Brown trash filled water when its earthen levee collapsed March 17 under the onslaught of 16 inches of rain that fell in two Days. Nearly half of Elba s 4,400 residents had to be evacuated and most could not begin returning to Homes and businesses for three Days. Volunteers in Geneva located downstream from Elba saved that City a levee Only by working feverishly in a human Chain pitching sandbags for two Days. The flooding reached into Western Alabama where Waters Rose to the ceiling inside Brewton City Hall. While most of the floods receded from Elba. Florida Panhandle residents to the South were still fording water filled streets hoping to find their Homes intact. In Georgia where four died in flood related traffic accidents Macon county residents were urged to boil their drinking water after the Okmulgee River surged through a sewage treatment Plant. Raw sewage poured directly into the Chattahoochee River in Atlanta and Columbus because treatment facilities were  Bias common in Calif Justice system report says san Francisco apr a new report says sex Bias occurs throughout California s Justice system a from the blatant such As a judge warning a lawyer not to use a feminine tricks a to the Subtle such As the Low status of family Law courts. The report released Friday said gender Bias in the state would decline if the proportion of women judges increased above the current 13 percent a a figure already nearly twice the National average. A the gender Bias that we have found in the judicial system reflects the society a said los Angeles county Superior court judge David Rothman co chair of a state judicial Council committee that produced the study. A was judges we have an obligation to do something about it a he said. A theme common to Many of the findings was a the Lack of credibility with which w Oman arc regarded in the courts a said los Angeles county Superior court judge Judith Chirlin vice chair of the study. She said Bias shows up in Many ways judges who address a male expert witness As a a doctor but ask a woman with the same credentials whether she prefers a a miss or  another tendency by Many male judges is to doubt women a stories that their husbands beat them or molested their children. The report offered 65 recommendations including simplifying and speeding up procedures for restraining orders against Domestic violence improving health care for female prisoners and putting anti Bias provisions into the judges code of conduct the Law school curriculum and the bar exam. 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