European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 27, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday july 27, 1990 the stars and stripes Page 7 files for Conn. Race Hartford Conn not a former sen. Lowell p. Weicker jr., declaring Quot politics will never be the same a filed petitions wednesday with what he said were 105,431 signatures 10 times the required number for a place on the november gubernatorial ballot. The petitions carried through the Capitol lobby by a line of weickers supporters were deposited at the Secretary of the state s office which governs election Law. The petitions will be sent Back to the towns where they were signed so town clerks can verify that the signers Are registered voters. Under the Law 9,900 signatures a 1 percent of the total votes cast in the last election for governor in 1986 a must be proven valid to secure a ballot position for Weicker and his running mate for lieutenant governor Eunice s. Groark. He and Groark a former Hartford corp. Counsel remain republicans while running for their own party called a a Connecticut  �?othese-105,000 signatures say that there is no More monopoly on politics in the state of Connecticut a Weicker told supporters at a rally before the filing Weicker who served three terms in the Senate before losing his seat in 1988 to Democrat Joseph i. Lieberman has led the Republican candidate rep. John g. Rowland and the endorsed Democrat rep. Bruce a. Morrison in opinion polls. No Independent polls have been published since the recent party conventions. Morrison has said polls conducted for him show the Gap beginning to narrow. The Republican convention named Rowland its nominee Morrison received a majority of the democrats convention votes and will face a primary Challenge on sept. U from state rep. William j. Cibes or. Or new  rider from Down under a australian based Kelpie North America corp. In the company Hopes to manufacture 60,000 of them veils a new pickup truck produced at its Northwood per year. Officials predict that the $100 million Ven Ohio Plant. The pickup features a Hydraulic lift and Ture will create 1,500 jobs at the facility. New Orleans apr District at Tomey Harry Connick was acquitted wednesday of gambling and racketeering charges Ansing from his return of gambling records to a convicted bookmaker. Actor Paul Burke former assistant . Attorney Patrick fanning and new Orleans businessman Wilson Abraham were also acquitted of All charges. All three were charged with racketeering by conducting an illegal gambling Enterprise and aiding and abetting a gambling operation. Burke also was charged with perjury. The accused bookmaker Walton Aucoin and two of his employees Steve Bertolino and William Condon were convicted on two counts bling and racketeering. Each of Gam Connick 63, is the father of grammy winning jazz musician Harry Connick or. He has been District attorney since 1974. Connick sat quietly rubbed his teary eyes and folded his hands after the verdict was announced. Several supporters cried As did one juror. A i feel Fine Connick told reporters outside the courthouse. Goings a said Burke. A it was like roman candles going off. I just thank god we have a court  even before the Federal jury returned a there were no thoughts through my mind just feeling its innocent verdict Connick confidently filed qualifying papers wednesday for a fall election. A a in a ready to Campaign a Connick said. A a we be been at this a Long time and i m ready for this to be  the . District court trial lasted six weeks. The indictment alleged that Connick responded to the urgings of Burke fanning and Abraham and illegally returned seized records to Aucoin so the admitted Bookie could pay off and collect gambling debts. Aucoin Bertolino and Condon were accused of running an illegal gambling operation Connick maintained that Aucoin was entitled to have his gambling records returned under state Law. Aucoin said he needed them to pay Federal income taxes. Prosecutors said those were merely excuses cooked up by fanning Burke and Abraham to help Connick justify the return of the records. The perjury charge against Burke stemmed from testimony he gave before a grand jury. James Cole of the Justice department in Washington said the timing of the return a just five Days after Aucoin was arrested on dec. 4, 1988 a was the key to the Case. Prosecutors said it would ordinarily take four to six weeks for the records to be returned. Sex Houston City employee wins discrimination suit against Blacks Houston apr a Federal judge has awarded Back pay and retirement benefits to a White Man after ruling that three Black City officials discriminated against him because of his race and age. George a Yedlovsky now 73, worked in the City real estate department As a right of Way agent handling the acquisition of land for City services. On a 1985 exam for two vacant senior positions he scored the highest of three candidates. But the departments two top officials director John guess and assistant director Chere Loti accepted the recommendation of a Black supervisor Andrew Williams to promote two Black agents instead. Their test scores were lower and their years of City experience were at Best comparable with Yedlovsky a according to testimony in the Case. Guess moved Yedlovsky in july 1985 to a new position called a lab tractor i a a titular demotion with similar pay. Yedlovsky was ultimately Laid off in july 1987, 17 months Short of retirement. He had been a City employee for 8 i years. Senior . District judge John v. Singleton jr., in a ruling tuesday wrote that Yedlovsky a superiors had improperly denied him the promotion. Singleton noting that no one has held the Post of Quot abstract or in before or since Yedlovsky s appointment said the move was a ploy Quot created to provide a place to dump Yedlovsky. Singleton awarded Yedlovsky 17 months Back pay retirement benefits that would have accrued for those 17 months attorney fees and prejudgment interest. City officials testified Yedlovsky was released for budgetary reasons and because his duties were taken on by another department. Guess Lott and Williams have since left the City a  sales increase Washington apr sales of existing Homes posted their first increase in seven months in june but analysts were divided wednesday on whether the of Iodest 1.2 percent gain offered at least the Glimmer of rebound for the depressed housing sector. The National association of realtors said sales of existing single family Homes edged up to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 3.34 million  gets close too close to Story Denver apr a newspaper reporter covering a murder trial was identified As the alleged murderer by a witness. Mildred Goble 69, recanted the identification after a closer look but the mistake led to reporter Marlys Duran of the Rocky Mountain news being named a defense witness in the first degree murder trial of Christina Acker 42, Acker is accused of killing 68-year-old Margaret Hamilton in 1989. A i was seated in the first Row of the spectators Section behind the defendant Quot Duran said tuesday Quot i was just dumbfounded a the misidentification came during testimony tuesday. Goble testified that she was with Hamilton when Acker came to borrow $ 1,000, she was asked a do you see that person in this courtroom today a Goble then pointed to Duran. The reporter said she and Acker have the same hairstyle but the Susic Cir a hair is a different color a and she a probably o inches Shorter than  even though Goble recanted the identification Duran said a the judge threw me out of the