European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 10, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Tuesday april 10, 1990 the stars and stripes a a a pages Trump Staj mahal slots out of action diagnosis an acute Case of indigestion Atlantic City . A less than a week after Thuv began to Swallow coins in record numbers the lot machines of Donald j. Trumps new Monument to Casino Glitz the Taj mahal were paralysed sunday apparent victims of their own Success. Casino officials described the problem As an acute Case of indigestion a too much Money too fast for accountants to keep up with the flow. They promised hundreds of angry patrons that the 3 008 machines would be Back in operation soon. But other officials of the Trump organization disclosed that As a result of the problem the Taj mahals president Walter j. Haybert would be replaced. The Trump organization is asking the new Jersey Casino control commission for permission to make Haybert 47, the casinos chief financial officer said an aide to Marc Goldberg Taj Majala a vice president for advertising and Public relations. Willard Howard 51, executive vice president will assume his Post said the aide Karen Tuso. Under new Jersey Law any such changes must be approved by the Casino control commission. But the official explanations for the Slot machine problems and the plans for executive changes were lost on Many of the would be gamblers who showed up after the slots first began coughing to a halt on Friday. A this is a lot of baloney a shouted Eloise Butler 68 and ready to win As she was turned Back at a Bank of 50-cent machines wrapped in yellow plastic tape that warned a a caution in Black letters. A we came All the Way from East de Linden 21, had planned to Wager part of his paycheck As a Rookie police officer in Wilmington del., and was Only slightly less dispirited. A they say they done to know Why they re closed or when they re going to open again a he said after conferring with one of the Security guards stationed around the Forest of Slot machines. A this is supposed to be the Casino a Linden said. A i wont make it a Point to come Back Here. It does no to thrill at a nearby information Booth a patient Young woman in a uniform told one customer after another that the problem was temporary that shuttle buses would take them to Slot machines at Trump Castle or Trump Plaza and that the hosts were very very sorry. A people arc really upset a she said. A you name it they say it. Its understandable. But everything else is going in a sea of gaming tables behind her Booth craps shooters poker Sharks and Roulette players lined up two and three deep to try their Luck. Those who Wail the 15 minutes for a bus to one of the other Trump casinos ambled Down the Boardwalk to the showboat Casino where the familiar Clink of Slot change was deafening. A a it a been so packed its unbelievable a said a Security guard. Quot people were fainting people were falling Down. And elderly people you know can Only fall Down so at the Taj mahal which opened last monday to fanfare remarkable even by Trump standards the embarrassment of some staff members was muted. Brooke Daniels 29, an aspiring disk jockey from Manhasset Hills n.y., wandered among the rows of Slot machines clutching some of the Pink plastic Coin cups in which she had planned to collect winnings. �?o1 figured they would be Worth Money some Day because Donald is losing so much a she said about the cups. A a in a going to put it toward the Ivana Alimony Driver charged after he brandished Rifle Washington apr a replacement Driver for greyhound bus lines was charged sunday with carrying a dangerous weapon after he brandished a Rifici during a confrontation with striking bus workers officials said. Charles e. King 45. Had just returned to the Washington terminal saturday evening after a trip. As he was leaving at about Midnight to go Home he discovered that his personal vehicle had been vandalized said George Gravly a spokesman at the company a Dallas Headquarters. A the came Back and told his Boss that his car had been vandalized. The manager began making phone Calls a Gravly said. A King upset decided that things were not happening fast enough and went to get a weapon out of his truck and confronted witnesses said King retrieved the weapon from under the front scat of the vehicle and began threatening them with it. A copy of the police report obtained from gravely states however that King held the unloaded weapon diagonally across his Chest. A wont you come Home wild Bill a High Point n.c., wife posted this a wild Bill a turned up missing. She friends or relatives and Hopes the sign sign in her front Yard after her husband thinks he might be hiding out with might help get him Back. Poindexter May face grand jury Over Reagan a Iran Contra role by the Washington Post Washington a Independent counsel Lawrence i u a Ca former National Security adviser John m. Poindexter convicted saturday on Iran Contra coverup charges before a Federal grand jury to 9uestion him about former president Reagan a role in the Anair sources said sunday. Walsh believes he must reach a final assessment on Keagan s role in the biggest scandal of his presidency. He considers that role a crucial element of a final report he is required to submit to the special court that App Iri cd him and to Congress the sources said. Let a re to Lan 3-year inquiry entering its final stages Walsh is pursuing what one source called several Loose Walsh a sweeping Victory in the poin sexier Case has Given new impetus to the probe. Do i u7i n District court Here convicted poin in t i3 a tire it Navy rear Admiral on five felony counts including conspiracy and lying to and obstructing congressional inquiries into the affair. Nnn01i1tuxter�?T scheduled to be sentenced june 11, will Peai. He could receive a maximum sentence of 25 years m prison and a $1.25 million Fine. None of six ners convicted thus far in the Iran Contra affair has Ocen sentenced to prison. Defense lawyers and conservative critics on Capitol Hill and elsewhere have repeatedly questioned Walsh for the High Cost of his investigation a More than $20 million so far. They contest Walsh a decision to treat As crimes actions they contend were political disputes Between Congress and the Reagan White House. Dan k. Webb the chief Poindexter prosecutor said after the verdict that the Poindexter Case was a a very important trial in american a Republican and former chief Federal prosecutor in Chicago appointed by Reagan Webb said the Case exposed a a course of misconduct that had to be prosecuted in open court so the Public understood what happened in connection with the Iran Contra one of the last unresolved issues of the Iran Contra affair being pursued by Walsh is whether other former Reagan aides not previously charged have lied to Congress a particularly about their knowledge of North a secret operation to Arm the nicaraguan contras. A source said among those whom Walsh would like to examine further Are Donald p. Gregg who served As National Security adviser to then vice president Bush during the Contra Aid ban and is now . Ambassador to South Korea Elliott Abrams a former assistant Secretary of state for inter american affairs and Alan Fiers a former Cia official who headed the Agency a Contra the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. April 10, 1950 a the new York Stock Market closed at its highest Point since oct. 3, 1930, when the Dow Jones Industrial Index finished the Day at 212.55.30 years ago today. April 10, 1960 a prime minister Hendrik Verwoerd. South africans Tough architect of apartheid was shot by a White Man As he addressed a crowd of 30,000 in Johannesburg. Doctors at a City Hospital listed him in satisfactory condition with two wounds in the head.20 years ago today. April 10, 1970 a the House passed and sent to the Senate a Bill providing $2.6 billion for a 6 percent pay raise to military personnel As Well As postal workers and most other government employees. The vote was 370 to 6.10 years ago today. April 10, 1980 a moslem militants occupying the . Embassy in Tehran threatened to kill the 50 american hostages they Are holding if the United states took any military action against Iran. The threat came As . Officials hinted at a naval blockade or mining of iranian ports
