European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 21, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday april 21, 1990 the stars and stripes a a a Page 9solidarity Congress backs Walesa Gdansk Poland apr Lech Walesa won an overwhelming vote of Confidence from Solidarity a second National Congress Friday after delivering an impassioned defense of his 10 years As Union Leader. A i am not the Wisest Guy but we Are Wise because we now have a democracy a Walesa told the Congress on its second Day. Delegates responded with a vote of 357 in favor 1 against and 22 abstentions when Walesa 24 hours before an expected re election bid called for a show of support for his personal leadership and that of the National commission that runs Solidarity. Walesa a Impromptu address during which he also threatened to walk out if opponents he accused of betraying Solidarity were admitted brought to the fore internal tensions in the movement that has weathered martial Law and toppled the communist government since it last met As a whole in 1981. A the Victory i am giving to you the mistakes Are ours. But All the mistakes we made you should Correct Here and today a he said. �?o1 did this Only for Poland not for myself. It was our Mutual Victory i was Only the  Walesa still important in Poland despite some slippage recorded in popularity polls accepted the vote of Confidence with his arms extended in the traditional v for Victory sign. Rumours of bids to unseat Walesa circulated through the Congress Hall but he was expected to retain control of Solidarity As it struggles to decide How much of a Union and now much of a political Force it will be in Post communist Poland. Parliament member Andrzej Malachowski received a standing ovation when he appealed to fellow delegates to Stop behind the scenes intrigue. A of course you. Lech have enemies but some game is being engineered Here a Malachowski said. A Stop it please. Lech Walesa has Well served the  Walesa called for the Confidence vote in a second speech after delegates criticized his morning address one saying it served a Only to raise the temperature of emotions. Recalling in his first speech How he stepped in to Lead Solidarity s founding during a 1980 Gdansk shipyard strike Walesa said a it was just my Luck that 1 jumped Over the shipyard Fence. But you liked my jump and that is Why you chose me to Lead this vehicle called  Hope Sells 5,700 acres to Calif for Parkland at a bargain Price los Angeles times los Angeles a entertainer Bob Hope signed an agreement thursday to Transfer about 5,7 h acres of Mountain property at three Southern California Sites to a state Park Agency for a below Market $20 million officials said. The Deal is one of the largest and most significant Parkland transactions in recent Southern California history said Joseph p. Edmiston executive director of the Santa Monica mountains conservancy. Hopes agreement with the conservancy would preserve part of a wildlife corridor and prevent development of a trash dump in the Santa Susana mountains kill plans for a Golf course and country club on land Hope owns in Malibu and scale Back a huge housing project and another Golf course on land in Eastern Ventura county. However All could unravel and the land could revert Back to Hope if a controversial land Swap with the Federal government sought by developers of one of Hopes tracts does not go through. The Centrepiece of the agreement involves Transfer to the conservancy of the 4,369-acre Runkle ranch which straddles the los Angeles Ventura county line in the Santa Susana mountains. The ranch will be kept As a Public Park and wildlife corridor. In addition Hope will donate Blind Canyon part of the ranch property to the conservancy scratching the possibility that it will be turned into a major trash dump. The conservancy will Purchase the remainder of Runkle ranch for $20 million to be paid Over four years. Money for the land will come from voter approved Bond revenues or other As yet undetermined sources if the wildlife initiative fails to pass in june Edmiston said. Hope could not be reached for comment thursday. But the architects of the Deal who had negotiated in secret for weeks a Edmiston and the entertainers attorney Payson Wolff a said they were ii file Bob Hope Happy with the outcome. Edmiston said he is a incredibly  a i am euphoric a Wolff said. �?o1 am absolutely thrilled. 1 think that it is extremely favourable to the  the Market value of Hopes 5,700 acres could not be determined but Edmiston said the sum would be Well Over $20 million. The Deal was expected to reduce criticism that Hope was refusing to discuss the future of his Mountain landholdings with officials who sought to acquire some of the property for Parkland. Until now Hope chose to option much of his land to developers who would pay top Dollar because he a regards his properties As investments and he is fully entitled to a fair return on them a Wolff said in an earlier interview. Wolff declined to discuss what the financial effect would be on Hope or on the developers with options on his lands. But Wolff said the 86-year old entertainer had Felt a Hurt and angered by the criticisms that he a received that he is selfish or that he Hasni to been a charitable person or a Good  on the other hand Wolff said Hope was a impressed by the depth of the feeling and the concerns about his property a ultimately belonging in Public  Wolff said Hope had offers for a substantially More than $20 million for the Runkle ranch property from a at least three potential developers of a trash dump there including the los Angeles county sanitation districts which has been considering Blind Canyon and other potential Sites for a Landfill. The agreement also scrubs a controversial proposal for a Golf course and country club that was to be built on Hopes 339-acre Corral Canyon property in Malibu. Hope instead will donate 200 acres of the tract including prime wildlife habitat along a Stream to the conservancy. The conservancy will Transfer it to the National Park service As an addition to the Santa Monica mountains National recreation area. Sun Pacific the development company that had optioned the land from Hope could seek approval to build Homes on the remainder of the land. But a provision of the Deal bars the company from asking los Angeles county to rezone the land for More than the maximum of 62 Homes that current land use plans permit. At the Jordan ranch in Eastern Ventura county the agreement sweetens existing offers to reduce environmental damage from a Golf course and a housing development proposed for the properly what a in a name Freedom Miami apr a Man on trial for resisting arrest was freed thursday after a judge agreed that he Wasny to actually charged with anything because the wrong name was listed on the official papers. Anthony Martinez a lawyer Peter Collins waited for prosecutors to rest their Case before telling Dade county judge Morton Perry about the error. Over the protests of the stale attorneys office Perry on wednesday found Martinez innocent. A we done to feel a Case should be decided on a typographical error a complained the chief assistant state attorney John Hogan. Prosecutors said they would try to file new charges against Martinez a jail guard from Miami. But Collins said there were no grounds for such action because the Case ended in an acquittal not the dismissal of charges. A they can to Appeal a not guilty verdict said Collins. A the Case is  Martinez was arrested after allegedly threatening his Girlfriend with a gun. But the paperwork in the Case mistakenly listed two different names As the accused a Nej ther of which was Anthony Martinez. The two assistant prosecutors on the Case Lisa Krweger and Tammera j. Ferrari failed to notice the mistake. When Collins pointed it out the judge gave the prosecutors 10 Days to come up with a reason Why he  throw out the Case. The prosecutors tried to argue that since Martinez was not named the trial never happened. But the judge rejected that reasoning. Racial disparity in cervical cancer called a substantial Atlanta apr Black women Are More Likely than White women to undergo testing for cervical cancer but their death rate is More than twice As High Federal health researchers say. Annual cervical cancer death rates in the United states declined from 4.2 deaths per 100,000 women in 1980 to 3.4 in 1987, the National centers for disease control reported thursday. But although the rate among Black women fell from 10.1 per 100,000 in 1980 to 7.6 in 1987, that remains More than twice the White rate which dropped from 3.6 to 2.9. The racial difference in cervical cancer rates is a substantial and persistent a the Atlanta based cd said. The cd attributed the disparity in death rates to generally lower socioeconomic status among Blacks and a higher incidence rate of cervical cancer. The racial disparity comes As preliminary cd reports indicate that Black women Are actually More Likely than Whites to undergo cancer screening Pap tests. A a higher proportion of Black women. Report having been screened a the cd said citing a yet unpublished study. Further details Are not yet available cd researchers said thursday. Lower screening rates for Black women in previous years May be contributing now to higher death rates in older Black women said cd cancer researcher Eddas Bennett. A previously Black women were screened less frequently than White women and it takes some years for it to catch up in decreased deaths a she said. But the cd said a for younger Black women who were screened More frequently than their White counterparts disparities in follow up and treatment May have contributed to excess cervical cancer  a if you re screened it often comes Down to a question of whether you actually received the appropriate follow up treatment a Bennett said. Overall the cd said deaths from cervical cancer in the United states dropped ii percent in seven years from 5,537 in 1980 to 4,951 in 1987, the latest year for which detailed reports Are available. A a that a primarily from the increased use of screening a Bennett said. Virtually All cervical cancer deaths Are preventable with Early detection a chiefly through Pap test screening a and treatment when necessary the Lul Saia