European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 5, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday september 5, 1990 the stars and stripes a a a Page 7 tragedy ended family a fling in big Apple from wire reports new York a each year the Watkins family of Provo Utah flew East for the Best of the big Apple Tennis at the . Open a room at the Hilton dinner at the tavern on the Green in Central Park. But this year in the subway a gang of youths robbed Sherwin Watkns punched his wife Karen and killed their 22-year-old son Brian when he fought Back. Brian Watkins was stabbed once in the Chest during the robbery sunday evening in Midtown Manhattan. He was chasing his family a attackers when he collapsed on the subway station platform and died 40 minutes later at a Hospital. Late monday eight youths were arrested on murder Ana robbery charges. The Watkines were a huge Tennis buffs a according to a Friend and the trip to the open at the National Tennis Center in the new York City Borough of Queens was an annual Celebration. A they went Back there every year for the open a said the family a mormon Bishop David g. A a Doc Hansen. A i done to know How Many years they did it but it was almost a  he said Brian Watkins was a Tennis Star at Provo High school and went to Idaho state University on a Tennis scholarship. He also taught the sport at a club in Provo where his parents Are ardent Tennis players. Police said the family a including son Todd and his wife Michelle a were waiting for a train in a Manhattan subway station to go to a tavern two stops away. About 10 20 p.m., they were approached by a group of Young men one carrying a knife another a Box Cutter. They sliced open Sherwin Watkins pants and took a Money clip containing about $200 and some credit cards and they punched his wife in the face. Todd and Brian interceded but one of the men stabbed Brian. Before collapsing he tried to give Chase. The robbers fled up a stairway and escaped. Eight Young men were charged monday night with second degree murder and first degree robbery. Five of them were arrested Early monday at the discotheque. A they were out dancing after the crime a said Joseph Demartino the chief of detectives in Manhattan. The motive for the attack appeared to be to get Money to spend at the Roseland ballroom less than a Block from the subway station where the attack took place. Demartino said several weapons were recovered including one cardboard Cutter with expendable Blades. He said the murder weapon was a folding Butterfly knife. Sherwin Watkins was treated at a Hospital for a Cut on the Back of his leg and released. His wife was treated for a Mouth Cut. Arrested was Yuli Gairy Morales 18, of Queens who police said stabbed Watkins. Also arrested and booked for investigation of murder and robbery were Johnnie Hincapie Anthony Andersen Louis Fernando Montiero Ricardo Lopez Emiliano Fernandez All of Queens Pascual Carpenter of Long Island and Ricardo Nova address unknown. All Are 18. Final 101 St Congress session faces budget Bills Gulf crisis by the new York times Washington a lawmakers returning this week from a monthlong recess for the final stretch of the 101st Congress face a legislative Agenda complicated by the persian Gulf crisis and fears of a recession. These developments threaten to undermine efforts to reach an agreement on trimming the budget deficit the no. 1 task for legislators before they break for election campaigning. And according to a recent poll those problems May be too much for lawmakers abilities. The Public blames congressional leaders More than president Bush for the Lack of Progress in reducing the budget deficit the new York time lbs news poll found. But respondents blamed nearly everyone. Of the 35 percent who blamed congressional leadership 4 percent cited democrats 3 percent republicans 26 percent said both and 2 percent gave no opinion. Budget talks Are the top order of business before the lawmakers break for election campaigning. A collapse in the talks because of complications brought on by the Mideast crisis and new economic troubles would overshadow Domestic legislation that includes clean air child care civil rights housing and Campaign finance. Hundreds of thousands of furlough notices were sent to employees of Federal agencies planning for automatic cuts if Congress does not meet its mandated deficit targets. In the new York times lbs news poll Only 31 percent of the 1,422 adults interviewed by Telephone from aug. 16 to 19 said there was a serious Effort to reduce the deficit 59 percent said there was not an increase of 5 percentage Points from the previous Survey in May. Foley Mitchell aside from the 35 percent who blamed congressional leadership for the Lack of Progress 7 percent blamed the president and 14 percent blamed both the leadership and the president. The Survey also found that 44 percent did not approve of the Way Congress handled its Job. The poll has a margin of sampling error a photo stabbing victim Scott Watkins shown in this photo taken before sundays incident. Of plus or minus three percentage Points. Rep. Thomas s. Foley of Washington the House speaker and sen. George j. Mitchell of Maine the democratic Leader said the Finger pointing at Congress was because presidents by the nature of their office Are better Able to rally Public support. But in interviews the leaders insisted that the turmoil Over the Gulf and the Economy would not cripple budget negotiations. Military spending cuts for fiscal 1991 May not be As deep As planned they said because of the Middle East mobilization. Even so with the reduced threat of a superpower showdown there was still plenty of room to trim the military budget Over the next five years they said. Mitchell said the Middle East hostilities had created a a heightened sense of urgency about the budget. But he added a i done to want to minimize the  the democratic leaders Are already seeking to pre empt such moves. A a it a obvious that the administration will use the crisis to minimize any reduction in defense spending a Mitchell said. While some additional spending will be required he said the Middle East hostilities a confirm the View that the administration is placing too much emphasis on strategic and nuclear  the House plans to return from its monthlong recess wednesday and the Senate is to return monday.25 arrested at annual Bird shoot Hegins a. Apr three state troopers were injured and 25 people were arrested during an annual live Pigeon shoot monday after protesters rushed onto a Field and tried to free the caged Birds. Several fistfights broke out a Skunk was thrown at demonstrators and one protester kicked out the Windshield of a car before state police stopped the protest at the 57th Fred Coleman memorial shoot. Participants pay to shoot Birds released from cages and the proceeds Are used to maintain a town Park. Fourteen people with fake blood dripping from their Mouths tried to free the Birds at different times. A spokesman for the state police said 40 officers and a police helicopter were assigned to the event. The 14 people who rushed the Field were charged with criminal trespass. Eleven demonstrators were charged with disorderly conduct. The officers received Only minor injuries. About 150 people from 10 states picketed the event. Organizers estimated that 4,800 Birds were . County Stop cops fight unlawful past Pineville . Apr the Wyoming county prosecutor spends weekdays putting people in jail and weekends behind bars. The sheriff has lost his License for driving drunk. Law enforcement has become personal for the top cops in this Southwest West Virginia county. In Pineville the county seat with 1,100 of the county a 36,000 residents nearly everyone knows everyone else. So the Legal woes of prosecutor Paul a a Butch Goode and sheriff Jim Bolt keep tongues wagging. A my gut feeling is that most people done to like what they hear a court clerk Jack Lambert said calling the situation an embarrassment. At the Pineville restaurant across from the courthouse owner Bill Adams disagreed. A a in be known the Bolt family for years. His father was sheriff. His father was chief of police. Him and his brother were raised Here. They re Good people a Adams said. A Butch Goode a he was raised within 100 Yards of my House. I want to emphasize none of these people Are Crooks. I still have respect for both of  Goode in May was placed on five years probation and ordered to serve 12 weekends in jail after conviction on Federal Misdemeanour charges of failing to file tax returns promptly. The charges Stem from 1982-85. Bolt was convicted in state court in june of driving under the  alcohol another Misdemeanour. He will be sentenced sept. 24. Under state Law Misdemeanour convictions do not disqualify Public officials from holding elective office. The terms of Bolt and Goode run through 1992. Goode serves weekends in the Taylor county jail about 200 Miles to the North. He also must pay $49,949 in Back taxes and a $10,000 Fine. A state bar association review that could result in his disbarment is in its Early stages. Goode 52, did not return a Call for comment. He said previously that prosecutors singled him out because of his office not the severity of his crimes. Bolt 37, was arrested in Beckley after he was spotted driving erratically in 1988. A test showed his blood alcohol level at 0.18 percent nearly twice the Legal limit of 0.10 percent. At his trial he contended that an intestinal disorder caused him to burp producing a false Reading from a breathalyzer. Sitting in his office Bolt pointed out that he was elected in 1988, after his arrest and said that he is tired of the attention it has attracted. Bolt can regain his License after he completes a Driver training course but he said the Lack of a License Hasni to hampered his ability to do his Job which includes tax collection. A most of my work is done right Here in the office or in the treasurers office a he said. A if i need to go out on patrol ill ride with one of the