European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 23, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 a a a the stars and stripes monday april 23,1990franklin invents $6.5 million squabble by Fox Butterfield Boston not a As the author of poor Richards Almanack Benjamin Franklin advised a Penny saved is a Penny earned. Now 200 years after his death on april 17, 1790, Boston and Philadelphia Are about to become beneficiaries of Franklin a 18th-Century Wisdom. Franklin bequeathed to the cities a total of 2,000 pounds of Sterling with one hitch much of the Money could not be drawn on for 100 years and the rest could not be distributed for 200 years. Today what remains of Franklin a bequest is Worth $6.5 million and the legacy has become a matter of dispute. Politicians historians and civic leaders Are at Odds Over How the Money can Best be spent to solve 20th-Century problems. Should the Money go to fighting youth gangs building Low Cost housing or reducing government budget deficits or should it still go to Franklin a original purpose helping Young tradesmen get started in their jobs a a it a a wonderful irony that 18th-Century Money should become available just when we need it for our prob lems today a said Massachusetts attorney general James m. Shannon one of the officials involved in trying to determine who will get Franklin a bequest. A i would hate to have it end up just funding the debt a Shannon added referring to Massachusetts nettle some $ 1 billion state budget deficit. Franklin who was born in Boston but moved to Philadelphia at age 17, left the Money in a codicil to his will. He specified the 2,000 pounds be divided equally Between Boston and Philadelphia for use As Loans for Young apprentices like he once had been. Then 100 years after his death part of the Money should be disbursed with the remainder Given out a Century later. With typical forethought and frugality Franklin calculated precisely the interest the trusts should earn. Franklin a instructions also provided that at the end of the 200 years the balance of the Money in the Boston Trust should be divided with 26 percent going to the City and 74 percent to Massachusetts. He made a similar arrangement with Philadelphia and Pennsylvania but he did not spell out How the final sums should be spent a not presuming to carry my views further a he said in the codicil. The balance in the Boston Trust is now $4.5 million while the Money in the Philadelphia account is valued at Only $2 million. The Large difference in the value can be traced to die Wiser handling of the investment in Boston said Whitfield Bell a historian and the curator of the american philosophical society in Philadelphia. The philosophical society was one of a number of Learned organizations founded by Franklin. In recent years the Philadelphia bequest has been managed by the Board of City trusts while in Boston it has been managed since the Early part of the Century by the trustees of the Franklin Institute. The 2,000 pounds Franklin set aside came from the salary he earned while serving As governor of Pennsylvania from 1785 to 1788. At the time the British Pound was the most widely accepted currency in America. Although it is difficult to make an exact comparison to today a Dollar Bell said 2,000 pounds might have had the buying Power in 1790 of what $1 million has today. Bell headed a committee appointed by Philadelphia mayor Wilson Goode that concluded this week the City a share of the Money about $520,000, should be used for Grants to High school graduates who want to learn a Craft or Trade following Franklin a original intention. Goode appointed the panel after widespread Public criticism of an earlier plan to spend the Money on a concert featuring Singer aretha Franklin As part of the Observance of the 200th anniversary of Franklin a death. The Pennsylvania legislature is still debating How to spend its share about $1.5 million. The state Senate has passed a Bill that would donate All the Money to the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia a museum that was built partly with Money taken from the Trust on the 100th anniversary of Franklin a death. But Paul Dlugolecki the executive director of the Senate a appropriations committee said the state House of representatives is unlikely to go along with the Bill because a everybody has a different idea about what to do with the  Many angry Drivers in . Area using toll free a smog Snitch line los Angeles up a motorists incensed Over cars trucks and buses that belch smoke in a Region that already has the nations dirtiest air Are becoming a smog snitches in record numbers. During the past two months a toll free hot line operated by the South coast air Quality management District has received nearly 30,000 Calls a about three times the number of Calls about pollution spewing vehicles that were reported in the same period last year. The reason is billboards. The District put up 125 billboards in late january each showing a car with a dense Cloud of smoke and the words a report this crime 1-800-Cut-smog.�?� a a it a quite Clear that through the use of billboards our Appeal to the Public in helping us get polluting cars off the Road has worked a said spokeswoman Carolyn Green. The program Cost the District which has enforcement Power Over los Angeles Orange Riverside and san Bernardino counties about $82,000 for the time Between Jan. 22 and feb. 22. A few of the billboards Are still up not yet replaced said Ben Shaw an enforcement manager with the District. In february the District got a record 12,162 Calls about smoking vehicles and in March the number was 17,600. Shaw said the reporting is continuing at about the same rate this month. A people go to All the trouble and expense of getting their car tuned and then they see someone belching smoke a Shaw said. A a we be had people Tell us that they feel like Public servants doing  California requires that cars pass an emissions test every two years a but that can be a Long time Between tests a Shaw said. A smoking vehicle is often emitting As much As 10obit tells of Many a Madison wis. Apr the funeral director hesitated when he read the obituary Sally Clausen wrote for her husband a in lieu of Flowers his family requests one hour of abstinence of alcohol and smoking in his  mrs. Clausen said she wrote the notice to help her husband of nearly 30 years Send a message in death that he  articulate in life. Donald j. Clausen 60, died Friday two Days after collapsing of a heart attack at a Madison Hospital. A Donald was an abusive Beer Drinker and cigarette smoker which resulted in his death. He was an alcoholic a mrs. Clausen wrote. While her husband was dying mrs. Clausen said she Lay in bed wondering what she could say about him. She said it dawned on her that she should Tell the truth about a lifestyle that killed him. She telephoned her four children who approved of times the level of Carbon dioxide and oxides of nitrogen that a Well tuned car is Shaw said. A a it a also emitting a lot of particulate matter which is a major health  about 80 percent of the vehicles reported Are cars. The rest Are buses and trucks. The District is Only empowered to track Down the owner of the vehicle and Send a letter a in English and Spanish a which warns that the excessive smoke is against the Law. A local Law enforcement agencies and the California Highway patrol will cite Drivers of such vehicles and you May be subject to a Fine of $100,�?� the letter reads. Shaw said that although compliance is voluntary up to 40 percent respond that they have done something about their smoking cars. Another 5 percent say they have already sold the car. Only one letter is sent out per vehicle Shaw said although the District will announce a program later this year for contacting repeat offenders. The program started in june 1988 and has produced More than 150,000 Calls to the hot line so far. The District also has a $700,000 yearly contract with the cup to fund eight officers in specially marked White cars who work solely on issuing smoking vehicle citations. Those cup citations Are running at about 12,000 a year about three times the level of a year ago Shaw said. About 80 percent of those cited Are trucks. The citation is basically a fix it ticket. A a it a about the same As if you have a taillight go out and get stopped for that a Shaw said. A a it a a real 1950s approach to  that May change. Assemblyman Richard Katz of los Angeles has proposed legislation to impose stiffer penalties for driving a smoking vehicle and the Bill is currently in , drinking the obituary and the message that smoking and alcohol abuse can kill mrs Clausen said. Clausen who began smoking when he was 13 years old suffered from emphysema she said. A the was very often drunk a mrs. Clausen said. A everybody knew what he was. He knew he was like that but  change. He did no to want his children to be like that. He did no to have the know How to Send this  mrs. Clausen said she knows the obituary will catch people off guard including funeral Home director William of Rourke who read the message and asked if she was sure that was what she wanted to say. Although it was difficult mrs. Clausen said she did not waver in her decision. A maybe if we talk about this More people will think about what they Are doing a she said. Stateside former Ohio governor . Senator Lausche Dies Cleveland apr Frank j. Lausche a conservative Democrat who served five terms As Ohio governor and two As a . Senator died saturday of heart complications. He was 94. Lausche died about 1 30 . At the slovene Home for the aged said his sister in Law Antonia Lausche. He had been at the Home since feb. 22. Lauscher a Long political career ended in 1968 with his defeat a due mostly to a Long running feud with organized labor a in the democratic primary for reelection to a third term in the . Senate. He was the Only Ohio governor to be elected five  scout Leader charged with having sex with boys Lodi . Apr a boy scout Leader has been charged with 126 counts of sodomy accused of having sex with members of his scout troop at a summer Camp during a three year period authorities said. Guy Sparks 31, of Elmira was arraigned in Lodi town court. Justice Howard Cunningham adjourned the Case pending Seneca county grand jury action. Investigators said Sparks had sex with members of boy scout troop 20 from Chemung county during summer trips to Camp Seneca in Lodi about 40 Miles Southwest of Syracuse. The incidents took place from 1985 to 1988, police said. Sparks has been held in Chemung county jail on $10,000 bail since March 17, when he was charged with one sodomy count. Sparks was returned to Chemung county jail after his arraignment.51 wild Burros found slaughtered in Arizona Kingman Ariz. Apr the bodies of 51 Burros have been found in the Black Mountain Foothills and authorities Are looking for those responsible for killing the wild animals a Bureau of land management official has said. Bureau Crews in a helicopter spotted 11 More carcasses bringing last weeks total to 51, said Bureau wrangler Kelly Grissom. Some of the slaughtered Burros Likely would have been rounded up for the bureaus a adopt a Burrow program begun in 1976, under which some of the animals Are Given away said Elaine Marquis area manager Tor the Bureau. The Bureau maintains about 2,100 wild Burros on Public lands throughout Western and Central Arizona. The local humane society and other animal Protection groups have begun offering rewards for information about the Burros deaths