European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 22, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday August 22, 1990 the stars and stripes Page 7 Goode pleads for More taxes Philadelphia mayor w. Wilson Goode appeals for help in his Tel visor address. Philadelphia apr mayor a. Wilson Goode urging philadelphian not to panic pleaded with the state and the City Council on monday night to help him raise taxes and Cut spending to avoid a $206 million deficit. A we arc not bankrupt a Goode said. However Quot  Start Reading the writing on the Wall. This City needs new tax revenues.�?�. He spoke As his administration announced an emergency borrowing plan needed to keep the City from running oui of cosh next month. Goode during it half hour televised speech called on the state legislature to give the cily Power to increase taxes by $150 million. The tax Burden would be spread among Consumers homeowners and businesses he said. Goode also called for the lease or Sale of veterans stadium a Home of the National league s Phillies and the National football leagues eagles. Other City assets also might be sold including the water department on monday. Goodes administration announced plans to borrow $400 million within the next two weeks through temporary loan notes. Without the notes the City would be out of Cash by late september according to a report issued monday by City finance director Betsy reveal. Even with them the cily would be out of Cash by May a unless both interim and permanent corrective measures Are taken Quot the report said. Goode said the City s financial problems grew Over the decades with previous administrations merely taking temporary Steps to avoid crises. He said those problems were exacerbated by the recession now gripping the Northeast he also blamed the state legislature saying its Power to prevent tax increases is strangling the City. Goode also criticized the City Council. Saying it repeatedly has thwarted his attempts to raise taxes Over the years. He asked the Council to cooperate and outlined several Steps that he said must be Laken immediately. A a freeze on City hiring and developments. A a repeal of the City a Early retirement program. A an assessment of the measures the City s unions Are willing to undertake to Cut cos is. A a Cut in All non essential services which he did hot list. A a a Complete assessment of buildings that could lie sold or leased. Goode s speech was his first Public reaction since word of the impending financial crisis leaked out a week ago. The Sale of notes is expected the week of aug. 27, unless the City can obtain a letter of credit in which Case it would be postponed one week said reveal in wis. Crash that killed 7 Watertown. Wis. Apr a Pilot whose air plane crashed killing him and six relatives allowed too Many passengers in the Craft and May have been flying in Stormy weather to meet a License renewal deadline authorities said monday. The single engine plane crashed saturday night in a Cornfield but was t discovered until after the passengers members of a hmong refugee family attending a birthday party a were reported missing sunday authorities said. The victims were identified monday As Pilot Jay her 31, of Watertown his two children Amy 7, and Tom 3 his brother Yua Yia her 47, of Sheboygan Yua Yia herbs son Dani ii another brother Vang Neng her 45, of Watertown and Nephew Vang Yang 13, of Milwaukee. Relatives said the bight was part of a birthday Celebration for Amy her. A it was a very close knit family a family of three Loving Brothers. Now they re All dead Quot said Chao her Jay-1 Lerus Cousin. Relatives said the Brothers and other family members bed from Laos to Thailand at the end of the Vietnam War and later made their Way to Florida before resettling in Wisconsin. Her s rented Piper Lance aircraft could carry six people but he apparently squeezed in an extra child by strapping two youths into one seat said William Bruce an investigator for the National transportation safety Board there were severe thunderstorms in the area saturday night but investigators were unsure whether they contributed to the crash Bruce said. A preliminary investigation did no to reveal any evidence of Mech Antici failure he said. Jell i son count sheriff Keith Mueller said her was up patiently living to earn Light Lime before a Midnight deadline f-1 a certification of his Pilot s License. Jeff Baum manager of the Watertown Airport said i Lee Vav As a v Elco an Pilot. A hat went through his mind to leave in those weather con unions and Pul seven people into a six passenger plane i done to  said Baum. The a poit closed at dusk hut pilots Are authorized to leave alter that. Investigators believed her took off at about id . He Hadnot filed a bight plan authorities said. The wreckage was Lound amid moot High Cornstalk in a Field near the Airport i he plane  crashed after its left Wing struck the ground causing the Fane to Carl wheel Bruce said. It a i it i  cars travelling on route 41 pass an. Area damaged by wildfires last week in \ Yosemite National  flock Back to Yosemite after wildfires Are contained Yosemite National Park Calif. Apr tourists flocked Back to Yosemite Valley on monday after being kept away for i i Days by wildfires that disrupted the Parks Centennial season. Most campsites in the Vallec and All rooms at Yosemite Lodge had been reserved in Advance by people anxious to begin Long awaited vacations army the Park s Granite monoliths and waterfalls. Vehicles were lined up for about 1 o Pules when rangers opened the route 4 i Entrance to the Valley boor Quot we were just hoping the Valley would open Back up Belore we got Here it worked  said a believed Linda Disosway of Atlanta. She had worried that the tires would keep the Park closed on mom Day the one Day she. Her husband. John arid Hen three children had reservations none of those driving into the Park was happier than Tim and Erika Dallas qua of Ventura county in Southern California. I hey were supposed to have been married saturday in i Osc Mujie Vailey but were wed instead m die c amp ground at Wawona because tile Valley boor focus of most Park visits a a a a still was closed. Quot we were married right i the riverbed Quot she said. Quot it was  the newlyweds ventured into Yosemite Valley on monday because they had honeymoon reservations for the night at the stately Ahwahnee j loll. I he Park was closest to v visitors aug. L by two major lightning caused fires that blackened 23,1 00 Ai res of land in and near Yosemite. Hie tires were contained during the weekend. Liven though flames never came near so semite Valley people travelling there can expect to see the results of the ivies elsewhere Quot visitors will see burned Trees burned Brush and burned ground Quot said Park spokeswoman Mallory Smith. A smoke is still Iri the  to satisfy visitor of Luri Ozity. Park officials have prepared coloured maps that show where the fires burned. Superintendent Mike Hilry said it was the first tire ires had forced i insure of the Park located 1 50 Miles Southeast it san i Mancisio. 1 lie hrs is. Part of a series that burned up and Down the Siena Nevada Range broke out Only weeks Belore Yuseim Lcy a Centennial i ele bration which is scheduled Tor Ucol i Park Oft Iuah Quot president Bush May attend