European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 17, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday september 17,1990 the stars and stripes a a a Page 7man faces multiple charges in . Towing Tiff by the new York times new York a a 23-year-old Man who quarrelled with police on behalf of a woman whose car was being towed was released from custody saturday after being arraigned on charges of second degree assault on a uniformed officer. John Andrews of Brooklyn a student at Long Island University also was charged with first degree not disorderly conduct resisting arrest and obstructing governmental administration As a result of thursdays Brouhaha in Midtown Manhattan. He was released on his own recognizance. The assault charge carries a maximum penalty of seven years in prison. Andrews arrest and detention for nearly two Days had been criticized by Many other people who were in the crowd of 150 or so that gathered at the scene and by the new Jersey woman whose illegally parked Volvo touched off the incident. They said Andrews was simply imploring the officers to a give the woman a break a As were dozens of other bystanders. Andrews could not be reached for comment saturday. The woman whose car was being towed Stephanie Gorski 23, said saturday that the charges against Andrews Are  she said she would testify on Andrews behalf. A if anyone should be charged with assault its that police officer a Gorski said. A the officer grabbed him threw him to the ground hit him in the stomach and in the Arm. This kid was minding his own business. He was just As guilty As everyone else in the crowd if screaming a let her go a is cause for  a police spokesman said Friday that Andrews was arrested because he was a loud and abusive and causing a crowd to assemble. The officers arrested him to prevent further escalation of the confrontation the spokesman said. A spokesman for the Manhattan District attorneys office Gerald Mckelvey said saturday that investigators Are trying to interview All the witnesses a to determine the sequence of events and get a full picture of what  a a we re aware of the conflicting nature of accounts of what happened to or. Andrews in the course of helping is. Gorski a Mckelvey said. The spontaneous gathering in support of the Motorist began after Gorski who had driven into the City with Only enough Money for Gas and tolls parked her car in a no parking zone on West 45th Street while she dashed into an electronics store to pick up a package. When she returned to her car a Tow truck operator was already on the scene. She started sobbing attracting the attention of people on the Street who surrounded her car chanting a leave her alone a and a let her go a one witness James Huerta of Stamford conn., said Andrews was standing nearest to the arresting officer Gerard Kinney. A at no Point did i see or. Andrews lift his hands to strike the officer a Huerta said. Gorski said saturday that she Felt Andrews arrest was based on racism. A the majority of the crowd was made up of White businessmen in suits a she said. A it was much easier for the police to grab a Young Black kid to set an  the police saturday declined to comment on the charges of racism. Derwinski apologizes for a wet backs remark in Nebraska Campaign Omaha neb. Up a the . Secretary for veterans affairs Edward Derwinski has apologized for using the term a wet backs in discussing drug trafficking and treatment during a Campaign trip for ally Milder a Republican congressional candidate. A i will apologize if i must a Derwinski told an Omaha television station. A i was discussing the difficulty of drug interdiction and the need for More focus on treating drug addiction a he explained. A and in the process i got so carried away with my subject that the term slipped out and i  have used it  Milder said a a we re All sorry it happened. It should never have been  the remark was made during a Campaign event for Milder. Derwinski a Campaign stops thursday and Friday included those at three veterans clubs in the Omaha area. He also stopped at the Omaha a medical Center where several employees questioned Why he chose to arrive in an automobile that sported a highly visible Milder Campaign poster. A i guess several of the a employees questioned Why politics should be involved with veterans a said a a supervisor who requested anonymity. In another controversy Derwinski has acknowledged that he has nicknames for members of his office staff calling some of the women a Little miss Coffee maker a a Zsa Zsa a a miss american and  he said some of the women Call him the a big  Gail Handleman a spokeswoman for rep. Peter Hoagland d-neb., Milder a opponent said she was a shocked and outraged at Derwinski so wet backs remark and by his a callous insensitivity toward women. Derwinski a former Illinois congressman is the first Secretary of the department of veterans affairs since it received Cabinet status. Actor Bush president Bush appears with 8-year-old Tessa Hersh of Chevy Chase md., in an advertising Council Public serv ice announcement for the United negro College fund which is being distributed to . To stations. Foreign visitors face Long Waits at . Airports by the new York times the immigration and naturalization service Short of inspectors has been unable to keep Pace with the explosive increase of foreign visitors to the United states officials acknowledge. Delays Are rising sharply at Many . Airports and two hour Waits Are common. Last month it took five hours for foreign passengers on a Swissair flight arriving in los Angeles to pass through immigration. A when you be come off an eight hour trans Atlantic flight and you re exhausted the last thing you want to do is stand in line a said Kathryn Jones who waited for about an hour recently at new Yorkus Kennedy International Airport. She had arrived on a flight from London. The Waits have made . Airports among the worlds least hospitable to foreign visitors and travel officials Are increasingly concerned that the bottlenecks will soon Hurt Tounsi. A tourism is an enormous Export earner for this country a said James k. Gordon of the Airport operators Council International a Trade group. A we can to alienate the foreign  the number of foreign tourists to the United states has reached 23 million a year an increase of More than 50 percent since 1986. The number is expected to double by the end of the decade. While immigration officials and airline executives acknowledge that the problem is serious and growing each group suggests that the other is making things worse instead of better. The airlines have found that certain Landing times Are preferred by Many International passengers and they therefore schedule Many flights to land at about the same time. That also makes it easier to schedule connecting flights. A we done to schedule flights on an arbitrary basis a said Mark Dunkerley manager of government and commercial affairs for British airways. A a it a a reaction to when people want to  but ins officials complain that the airlines sometime landings flood terminals with thousands of passengers within a Short period. A it kills us if they drop four or five 747s on us a said James Pulio an associate commissioner for inspections for the ins. Airline and travel officials say the government could simplify immigration procedures a step toward the goal of Clearing passengers in 45 minutes the Standard set by the International civil aviation organization a u. N. Agency. The Industry also is lobbying for More widespread use of a program in which passengers Are inspected at the foreign Airport they leave from allowing them to avoid the Long lines in the United states. So far however the method is being used Only in Shannon Ireland and As part of a 4-month test program in London. Any Effort at solving the problem must confront the chronic shortages of inspectors Pulio said noting that Many ins inspectors make less than workers at fast food restaurants. A we simply done to have the staff to do the work a Pulio said. Even though the ins added 700 inspectors to its staff in the last five years to a total now of 1,700 inspectors Pulio said the service is still behind the huge growth in foreign air travel. A Bill sponsored by the Bush administration would Levy a $5 fee against travellers from Canada Mexico and the Caribbean who Are currently exempt from paying the fee that is charged to All other International passengers. That would raise about $80 million annually and allow the ins to hire 450 new inspectors Pulio said. Unlike the customs service which now selectively inspects Only a High risk passengers ins officers must screen every foreign visitor who passes through the nations airports each year. The problem has gone unchecked Industry officials said partly because the Long lines Are invisible to . Citizens who until recently have been allowed to bypass them. On a recent afternoon at Kennedy a sprawling International arrivals building the nations busiest International Gateway the line snaked the length of the room. Eight flights from seven countries had touched Down within 45 minutes. Harried looking passengers waited impatiently inching their Way toward a Row of inspection Booths not All of them manned. A some Days it does no to move As fast As we like a said Roseanne Sonchik the ins port director for Kennedy. A but i think we re doing better than Ellis  Sonchik said she needs 50 More inspectors to bolster the complement of 205 who work at Kennedy Airport