European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 11, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday september 11, 1990 the stars and stripes a Page 5dinkins Calls for War against crime urges new yorkers to a take Bock our streets new York not a mayor David n. Dinkins citing violence that a threatens to tear our City apart a appealed to Ordinary citizens on sunday to a help take Back our streets by night As Well As by  Dinkins who has been under pressure to respond strongly to what Many consider rampant uncontrolled crime in the City issued his Call for a a new Public order at a mass at St. Patrick a Cathedral honouring organized labor. He called for citizen patrols and participation in weekly a nights out against crime. A come out from behind the locks on your doors and the bars on your windows a the mayor said to the 2,500 people in the congregation in remarks that were intended for All new yorkers. A come out and put your eyes and ears on the streets come out to help Stop the violence and to Start rebuilding the order and Trust we need to  the mayors Call came amid increasing concern about safety in the streets and subways and after he had been criticized for not showing enough outrage about violent incidents such As the fatal stabbing of Brian Watkins a 22-year-old Utah tourist who died on sept. 2 after he and his family were attacked by a gang of knife wielding youths on a Manhattan subway platform. Speaking from a lectern at the Cathedral where aides said he had been invited by Cardinal John of Connor the roman Catholic archbishop of new York Dinkins called on labor leaders to help organize More citizen patrols. There Are currently More than 400 citizen patrol organizations in the City and 4,000 new yorkers serve As auxiliary police the mayor said. He said such efforts would help the police whose ranks he has already announced he will increase by 1,058 officers by taking Money from other parts of the municipal budget. He has also asked police commissioner Lee p. Brown to Tell him by next month How Many additional police officers he needs a a number some estimate As High As 5,000. A i assure you your participation will serve As no substitute for better Community policing speedier Justice or tougher More effective sentencing a Dinkins said. A but these procedures will not work without neighbourhood participation. Without you we cannot rebuild Public order. Without you we will never re establish the line Between the civilization we cherish and the brutality we  this summer at least six children have been killed by bullets fired in City neighbourhoods and apartment houses. Dozens of others have been injured including an 11-year-old girl who was hit saturday night As she Lay in her bed in her family a Brooklyn apartment. She was released from a Hospital sunday. Many cabdriver and livery car Drivers have also been attacked. Twenty one have been killed and More than 400 have been injured. The citizen patrols proposed by the mayor represent the latest prong of his Effort to defuse violence. Some of his approaches while similar to those of his predecessors have had Little effect like promising amnesty to people who turn in their unregistered guns. The mayors initiatives at times have been upstaged by the City Council which last week suggested hiring 5,000 More police officers and financing the $340 million Cost primarily with a 25-cent surcharge on state lottery tickets. The councils proposal which would require the approval of gov. Mario m. Cuomo and the state legislature would also mandate a minimum of 32,000 police officers at All times. Dinkins also urged support for a congressional Bill that would tighten gun control measures. Quot i also believe that we have to get hold of the Young people who Are robbing and assaulting people on our streets a he said. A we must find ways to break up the gangs to prevent the marauding and the  As he has before the mayor called for a a Boot campy on riders Island for Young offenders. The congregation at the cathedrals 10 15 . Mass where Cardinal of Connor usually officiates and attendance by both tourists and City residents is High applauded Dinkins at the end of his comments. . House candidate apologizes Over taxes Washington apr Eleanor Holmes Norton the leading candidate for Washington a non voting congressional seat has no plans to drop out of the race despite disclosures she and her husband filed no local income tax returns from 1982 to 1989, an aide said sunday. A she has not entertained the notion of pulling out a said the aide who spoke on condition of anonymity. Norton a former Carter administration official said she did no to know her husband did not mail the District of Columbia tax returns she signed for those years until saturday. A i Hope that the people of the District who have been exceedingly generous to me during this Campaign. Will understand the matter for what it is a a human failing and not a deliberate attempt to circumvent responsibility a she said. Her husband Edward Norton is a lawyer and former chairman of the . Board of elections and ethics. Norton a front runner in the race and former chief of the . Employment Opportunity commission blamed the situation on a a procrastination and a dispute with the City Over the amount of taxes owed. Rivals in the Delegate race said they were shocked by the news. A i done to possibly see How she can stay in the race a Democrat Sterling Tucker said. A a in a outraged As a citizen that anybody would have the nerve to run for office with that kind of current  the disclosure a certainly shows she has no concern for local affairs a said . Councilwoman Betty Ann Kane another leading democratic candidate in the race. A a it a illegal. She certainly should not be  but several prominent Norton supporters issued a statement saturday reconfirming their backing. A no Issue of personal propriety or integrity is raised by failure of which is. Norton was total unaware a said the statement which was released by Bishop Smallwood e. Williams former councilwoman Polly Shackleton civil rights lawyer Joseph Rauh councilwoman Wilhelmina Rolark and others. News of the unfilled returns followed Norton a admission Friday that she owes about $25,000 in City taxes. She said she and her husband would pay the City $25,381.90 they owed As of Jan. 18, 1990. The sum stems from a protracted Dis Ute Between the Norton and the City Over 10,755 in income taxes the couple failed to pay in 1982. The additional amount comes from interest and penalties. Mands of time in the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. Sept. 11, 1950 a South korean troops smashed a communist Force which had threatened to split the Northern front wide open. 30 years ago today. Sept. 11, i960 a the communists slowed truck traffic into West Berlin then allowed it to return to Normal As if to demonstrate their Power Over the City a lifeline. 20 years ago today. Sept. 11, 1970 a the . Security Council adopted without debate a res Dupion appealing for the release of All passengers and Crew members held in hijackings of International aircraft. J0 years ago today. Sept. 11, 1980 a the air Force temporarily grounded its entire Fleet of f-4 phantom Jet fighters. A spokesman said the move was necessary to examine problems with the planes ejector seats. It los v \ Shiloh launched the Aegis Cruiser Shiloh slides into the 567-foot Ticonderoga class ship is the Kennebec River at the Bath Iron named after the april 1862 civil War works shipyard at Bath Maine Dur Battle at Shiloh Church near the mis ing launching ceremonies saturday. Sis Sippi Tennessee Border