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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 21, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 a a the stars and stripes saturday april 21,1990tribal privilege Fred Maulson 18, of the Lac do Flambeau band of the peas Are exercising their right to Spear Lish under Chippewa tribe hauls in a Walleye speared thursday 19th-Century treaties ceding the Northern third of wis night at big Arbor Vitae Lake in Wisconsin. The Chip Consin to the Federal  protest aids policy new York apr More than 50,000 loosely organized marchers converged on lower Manhattan Friday closing the Brooklyn Bridge to protest a Federal aids policy they say discriminates against haitians. By Early afternoon traffic was badly snarled even by Manhattan standards. Quot the Brooklyn Bridge Manhattan Bridge and All local streets in the area of Tower Manhattan City Hall and Federal Plaza Are rapidly going to be gridlocked a Fred Feldman spokesman for the City department of transportation said. It. Ray of Donnell a police spokesman who provided the crowd estimate said a Lack of organization and leadership among the marchers created the traffic disruption. The March was called to protest a food and drug administration policy prohibiting anyone who has emigrated from Haiti from giving blood As a precaution against spreading acquired immune deficiency syndrome. Or. Joel l. Solomon director of the Fra s division of blood and blood products said emigres from Haiti and some african countries Are excluded because the aids related virus is so widespread there. Also aids is transmitted largely through heterosexual activity in those countries meaning that the immigrants would not be covered by the Fra ban on blood donations by men who have had homosexual contacts. The immigrants from the countries affected Are mostly Black and some have charged . Records largest Ever monthly deficit Washington up a the United states suffered a record $53.3 billion budget deficit in March soaring by More than 51 percent Over february a Defi Cit of $35.3 billion the Treasury department said Friday in its monthly statement. In March 1989, the government ran a deficit of $35.8 billion. Financial markets had expected a lower deficit Fig. Ure in the Range of $40 billion and the announcement caught Many analysts by Surprise. A a it a got to be in part a Fluke a said Erich Heinemann chief economist for Landenburg Thalmann amp co. In new York. A this is the largest monthly deficit on record. A this is Way off the reservation a Heinemann said. A the underlying trends Are not  Robert Dederick chief economist at Northern Trust in Chicago said a there was an instalment of working capital for the bailout of the savings and loan Industry that could have blown the number up. A income tax refunds. Have been seeded up Quot Dederick said. A the corporate profits taxes could have come in Low. Those Are  James Blum assistant director of the congressional budget office said the $53.3 billion budget deficit in March was the largest Ever after a $39.5 billion deficit in May 1986. For the fiscal year to Date the government is running a $ 150.9 billion budget deficit As against a deficit of $128.4 billion for the comparable period in fiscal 1989, the Treasury department said. A there has been since president Bush took office an acceleration in government spending a Heinemann said. A now we re seeing some softening in revenues As the Economy slows Down and i think eventually slips into  As for congressional estimates of a lower budget deficit Heinemann said a these Guys Are off smoking pot in the  based on its latest projections the Treasury department estimates the Federal budget deficit for fiscal 1990 will hit $123.8 billion in line with estimates by the office of management and budget. The fiscal year runs from oct. 1 to sept. 30.gun club urged to cancel contest Denver Colo. Apr gov. Roy Romer urged a gun club to Call off a Prairie dog shooting contest that has drawn protest from animal rights groups. Romer said he lacks the Power to Stop the july 14-15 event billed As the top dog world championship Prairie dog shoot but argued that a it is wrong to make a spectacle of the killing of Prairie dogs. Participants will compete in 50 two member teams and attempt to kill the most Prairie dogs at the greatest distance. The contest is to take place on private farms and ranches around Naturita and Nucla two hamlets in Western Colorado about 100 Miles South of grand Junction organizers said. Hours before the governor made his announcement thursday . Rep. Ben night horse Campbell d-Colo., accused him of dodging the controversy. Romer had said wednesday he  try to Stop the event because it is a local Issue. A to think people would turn it into a bloody circus is macabre a said Campbell from Washington. A i know its an election year but Roy should think about this again. This is something he should take a stand  Stan Austin one of the organizers said of rom Eros stance a Well those things happen. We realize there Are people on both sides of this  Austin said he does no to understand How the contest could be regarded As a circus. A a it a a group of sportsmen competing a he said. A i believe its More humane to kill them with a Rifle than  California Chancellor resigns Oakland Calif. Apr the head of the 20-Campus California state University system abruptly resigned Friday at a special meeting of the trustees who then rolled Back Large pay raises she had Given herself and top executives. Chancellor Ann Reynolds who Heads the nations largest four year and graduate level University system would have had her annual salary rolled Back $59,000, from $ 195,000 to $ 136,000. The trustees voted to Cut salaries for 26 executives to last july a Levels meaning College presidents will earn $110,000 instead of $145,000. A trustee subcommittee recommended the Rollback thursday after taking testimony on raises that ranged from 43 percent for Reynolds to 17 percent and 26 percent for deputies and College presidents. The raises sparked a juror in part because the Sala Ries of the Best paid professors at Csc campuses scattered around the state Rose Only 4.8 percent. Committee members on thursday focused their protests on the process in which the raises were approved in private. Trustees who had delegated authority for salaries to Reynolds and Board chairwoman Marianthi Lansdale complained they were not consulted. Board members said they were kept in the dark about a consultants study of comparable higher education markets and salaries commanded by their top executives. Reynolds Chancellor since 1982, said her resignation would be effective dec. 31, 1990, but she told trustees she intends to take a leave of absence beginning oct. 1 and become a professor in the future. Before her resignation Reynolds had apologized Tor the controversy but stood behind the salary raises. 5fie said they were years overdue but that she failed to get that information out. Crash victim reportedly was drunk White Plains . Apr Ruth v. Washington the . Ambassador to Gambia who was killed in a car Accident in january was drunk at the time the Westchester county Coroner s office said Friday. Washington also had a minute amount of the tranquil Izer valium in her system said Deputy medical examiner or. Louis Roh. Her blood alcohol level was 0.u percent 0.01 percent higher than the Legal limit for driving. Because tolerances Are individual Roh could not say whether Washington was impaired. The Driver of the other car has been charged with driving White intoxicated a charge her lawyer disputes. Washington 67, of Hartsdale was killed in a two car head on collision in White Plains on Jan. 20, four Days before she was to leave for West Africa. The Otner Driver Angela Panessa 21, suffered facial injuries. Panessa was wearing her seat Belt and Washington was not police  police charged that Panessa crossed _ Center line of Central Avenue and struck Wash my to 1985 Cadillac. Panessa a lawyer George Sant Angeir has denied that she crossed the line and  b alcohol level was too Low for the driving while Ini rated charge against her. ,. A county grand jury has been hearing a a Quot pc cite. The Case since March. A grand jury is a panel i Zens that decides whether a Case should go to trial if so what charges should be filed  
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