European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 30, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes wednesday May 30, 1990 stateside . Gov. Meyner Dies in Florida at 81 Newark . A Robert b. Meyner a country lawyer who became new Jersey s first governor elected to successive four year terms has died after a Long illness. He was 81. Meyner who gained National attention during his terms in office from 1954 to 1962, had been in declining health since suffering a stroke in 1986. He died in his sleep at his Home in Captiva. Fla., said his wife Helen. He lived a very full Rich life giving an awful lot to a lot of people mrs. Meyner said Mon Day by Telephone from Captiva. A Democrat Meyner campaigned tirelessly to win the slate s highest office at a time when republicans dominated state government he was the first democratic governor since 1940. Stunt plane crash at show in Alabama kills Pilot Tuskegee. Ala. A a stunt plane crashed in flames while trying a rollover a never during an air show killing the Pilot As 1,000 stunned spectators watched authorities said. Macon county Coroner Hal Bentley said Albert Butler. 28, of Houston was killed in the crash. It shocked the crowd pretty Good especially when the fire covered that big area Bentley said. Spectators were about 300 Yards from the crash site. Butler a member of negro airmen International was trying to attempt a rollover a trick Man Euver Bentley said. He was kind of Low and it just went  the annual air show is held As a tribute to Black pilots who were trained at Tuskegee during world War ii. Pilots from different chapters of the negro airmen International take part in the show each year said assistant police chief John Meadows. Burglars steal $250,000 from atm in Manhattan new York up burglars broke into two automatic Teller machines at a chemical Bank Branch in Manhattan stealing More than $250,000, police said. The heist was discovered by Bank Security workers who found the Bank door open said sgt. De Burns a police spokesman. How the thieves got Access to the Back of the atm machines was a mystery. There was no sign of forced entry Burns said. Golf course in w. A. Accommodates Turkey Hen Moundsville . A the old 15th tee at the grand vue Park Golf course is out of Bounds since a Turkey Hen took a liking to the links. The Hen has made her Nusl Between the 14th Green and 15th tee Park manager Cindy West said. The Park s conservation officer David Shriner has had the area roped off and the 15th tee moved so the Turkey will not desert her eggs. We have a lot of turkeys in the Park but we did t know we had any that close to the Golf course West said. Some golfers Are crawling under the rope to take a peek at the Mother Turkey West said. Our regulars Don t disturb her but the hard est thing is to leave nature alone West said. Shriner said that when the eggs Hatch the Brood will leave their nest for Greener pastures. But they might return to feed on insects kicked up along with clumps of Earth by other patrons of the club he said. Water nearly covers a line of cars sunday outside an apartment building in Walnut Creek Calif. Record rain Falls in s. California but too late to help with drought los Angeles a an unseasonable rainstorm dumped record rain monday on Southern California which is in the fourth year of a drought snarling traffic and contributing to two deaths. But the rain came too late to help with the drought. Warm weather will cause it largely to evaporate rather than percolate into the soil. The storm dropped an Inch of rain on los Angeles the National weather service said. The previous Highway 28 precipitation was 0.12 of an Inch in 1971. The Santa Monica freeway through downtown Losangeles was closed for several hours during the night by flooding and two lanes of the Harbor freeway was closed during the morning by a mudslide. A California Highway patrol spokesman said debris and trash had collected in storm drains because so much time had passed since the last storm. Two traffic deaths were blamed on the storm one in an Accident on the Pomona freeway near Chino and one on the san Diego freeway just South of Wilming ton. A weather service spokesman called it an unusually late Winter storm because of its origin in the Gulf Falaska. Though the rainfall set a record for May 28, it was nowhere near the record for any Day in May. That was2.02 inches set May 8, 1977. The wet weather almost spoiled the last Day of the memorial Day weekend. Disneyland Knotts Berry farm and Universal Stu Dios reported late starts for the Rainy monday morn ing although Clearing skies salvaged the rest of the Day s business. Universal studios had fewer than 10 percent of its Normal 3,000 visitors for the first tour said spokesman Sean Armstrong. Vote on doubling of gasoline tax tops list of California ballot topics Sacramento Calif. A voters in the tax revolt state Are being asked to double gasoline taxes to keep High Way traffic moving. California voters face june 5 ballot topics ranging from Mountain lion Hunting to legislative ethics with the Gas tax hike aimed at raising $ 18.5 billion Topping the list. Proposition 111 would double the 9 cents a gallon tax on fuel Over five years to finance the largest transportation investment in state history. The $ 18.5 billion would pay for new Highway and railway construction aimed at ending freeway gridlock. A companion ballot measure sponsored by gov. George Deukmejian would authorize a $1 billion Bond Issue jus for rail transit construction. Environmentalists Are pressing a similar but More generous measure that would provide$1.99 billion. Also on the ballot a proposal to rewrite ethics guidelines for the legis lature which has been rocked by a Federal corruption probe. Critics Call it a lawmakers pay raise in disguise. A proposed Mountain lion Hunting ban pushed by environmentalists but criticized by opponents who say the $30 million a year it would set aside for wildlife Protection would divert Money from More deserving programs. A plan to alter state Justice system guidelines that critics Call an attack on abortion rights. A pair of measures that would change How legislative District boundaries Are drawn. In All the seven Bond measures on the California ballot total a record $5 billion. In addition to the two rail transit Bond Issue proposals voters Are being asked to approve Bonds for Low income housing Public schools state universities and prisons and to make state and local government buildings earthquake Safe. The tax hike proposition 111, is backed by a bipartisan coalition of government business and labor interests who forged the plan to combat deepening transportation woes. With less than two weeks before voting the tax hike backers internal polls showed a seven Point Lead com pared with a 13-Point margin in an Independent poll taken in Early May according to published reports. Supporters say the Gas tax increase is needed because Road and rail construction have lagged in the face of rising population. Drivers statewide waste More than 400,000 hours a Day because the average Urban Highway Speed has fallen to about 20 Mph during commuting hours. Planners fear future growth could broaden daily Grid lock. In the next decade the number of licensed Drivers i expected to Rise 18 percent. Strategists have been cheered by the Lack of organize opposition but the measure asks voters to raise their own taxes in a state that revolted against taxes beginning with landmark property tax slashing proposition 13 in 1978. Proposition 11 is the measure that has been criticized by abortion rights activists. Supporters say it is aimed at limit ing the rights of accused criminals to those stipulated by the Constitution. They say it would Speed up prosecution an increase punishment Powers. But foes say the proposition would erode a woman s right to abortion by eliminating privacy assurances in the state Constitution. The state supreme court has interpreted the state Constitution to give defendants greater rights than those granted in Federal courts. Proposition 117 would ban the sport Hunting of Moun Tain Lions and create a new program funded with $30 Mil lion a year Over the next three decades for buying Andre stoning wildlife areas. Propositions 118 and 119 address reapportionment the Boundary remapping is required by the state Constitution every 10 years to balance populations among districts