European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 26, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 a a a the stars and stripes Friday october 26,1990nature lovers rally around Uncle Sam Troy . Apr residents Are fighting plans to build a supermarket near the Homestead of Samuel Wilson the army meat inspector during the War of 1812 whose name legend has it gave Rise to the term a Uncle same for the United states. Opponents of a planned $8 million supermarket near the remains of Wilson a Home claim the store would spoil the historic site and destroy the Only wilderness Park in one of the nations oldest Industrial centers. The four wooded acres the City wants to sell Are unique in Troy a City about 10 Miles North of Albany on the Hudson River that was a Pioneer in the . Steel Industry. A a there a a lot of people who grew up near there who use the Park As a Relief from the City a place where nature rules instead of Man a Jim Lewis who organized a protest against the supermarket in August said wednesday. State and Federal officials last week rejected troyes plan to sell the land to Hannaford Bros of Maine. The company wants to build a super shop a no save there. City officials and Hannaford Are still seeking approval of the Sale. Hannaford already owns four nearby acres that include the foundation for Wilson a Home. Supermarket spokesman Stephen Culver said Hannaford cannot build without the City a four acres. Wilson was an inspector who stamped the initials  on barrels of salted meat. Legend has it troops claimed that stood for Uncle Sam and the name caught on As a Symbol of the army and then As a National nickname to counter that of England a John Bull. The state Parks recreation and historic preservation office denied the Sale because of the visual and environmental Impact the supermarket would have on the Park said Gus Thompson Deputy Parks commissioner. The state will reconsider if the City and Hannaford revise construction plans he said. The supermarket would be built next to the Uncle Sam House and Hannaford has promised to spend $100,000 to beautify the historic site. About 30 acres of Park land would remain next to the supermarket. But architect Doug Bucher said a huge retaining Wall for the supermarket would Hunker alongside the Uncle Sam site. A was an architect involved in visual sorts of things visually what that supermarket is going to do to that area is outrageous a he said. Of the harm to the Uncle Sam site he said a it depends on How historically significant you consider Uncle Sam. He was a real character who has taken on a lot of meaning Over the  . Workers Benefit costs Rose 5.2% during past year Washington apr the Cost of wages salaries and other benefits paid to american workers Rose 5.2 percent in the 12 months ending in september the government reported thursday. The labor department said its employment Cost Index considered one of the Best gauges of inflationary wage pressures was pushed ahead to a Large degree by a Sharp 6.8 percent Rise in Benefit costs for private Industry workers. The government blamed much of the past years Steep increase on the rising Cost of health insurance. Noh production bonuses workers compensation insurance and a Rise this year in the social Security tax rate also contributed to the rapid spurt in Benefit costs the labor department said. A year ago Benefit costs had jumped 6.0 percent for the 12-month period ending in september 1989. In another labor department report thursday the government said contracts settled so far this year through collective bargaining gave workers average annual wage increases of 3.3 percent Over the life of the pacts. For the 12-month period ending in september settlements that were reached provided wage adjustments averaging 3.5 percent a year Over the contract life off slightly from the 3.6 percent Peak reached during the previous 12-month period. Wages and salaries for private Industry workers climbed 4.2 percent the report said just under the 4.3 percent increase recorded a year ago. The 5.2 percent increase in All compensation costs for both private sector and government workers was just above the 5.1 percent gain of a year ago the government said. Last week the government reported that consumer prices surged 0.8 percent in september the second Steep inflation Rise brought on by soaring Energy prices that followed iraqis invasion of Kuwait. That inflation report showed that for the first nine months of the year consumer prices have advanced at an annual rate of 6.6 percent Well above the increase for All of 1989 of 4.6 percent. Eventually analysts expect the inflation brought on by higher Oil prices to Start showing up in wages and salaries As Well because workers will Start demanding More compensation to make up for the Drain on their wallets. Thursdays report showed that Over the year pay gains were about the same in the service producing industries where wages Rose 4.2 percent As in the goods producing industries where wages Rose 4.1 percent. Stateside other chokes to death while cheering her son Monticello 111. Apr a woman died of heart failure after choking on Candy while cheering her son during a High school football game. Shawn Overocker a tight end at St. Theresa High school caught his first pass of the year during monday nights Junior varsity game against Monticello. But when Candace Overocker began cheering she choked on some hard Candy said William Mundt Piatt county medical examiner. A within two minutes she was Given Cpru by paramedics attending the game Mundt said. And crowd members tried the Heimlich Man Euver a squeeze that can dislodge an object from the Throat of a choking victim. But mrs. Overocker 35, of Decatur was pronounced dead at Kirby Hospital in Monticello. Mundt said an autopsy performed tuesday showed she had aspirated the contents of her stomach into her lungs sparking heart  dealer must return rare mosaics to Cyprus Chicago up the 7th . Circuit court of appeals upheld an Indiana courts order that a suburban Indianapolis Art gallery must return rare stolen byzantine mosaics to the turkish cypriot government. Chief judge William Bauers opinion said the court rejected Art dealer Peg Goldberg a defense that the mosaics were stolen from a Church now controlled by the turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus. Turkish cypriots control the Northern third of the Mediterranean Island. Goldberg operator of the gallery in Carmel ind., Learned about the availability of the Early 6th-Century mosaics while on a trip to Europe in 1988, the judge said in his ruling. Goldberg bought them in an Airport near Geneva Switzerland for More than $1 million Cash. The mosaics actual Worth is somewhere Between $3 million and $6 million because a medieval byzantine decree to destroy All religious images has made them extremely rare. Cyprus and the Church sued Goldberg when they Learned she had the mosaics saying she should have known they were  won t see red thanks to gang threat Denver apr a supermarket Chain is getting rid of its red employee uniforms for fear they will be mistaken for gang colors. A we did no to want to jeopardize anybody a said Steve Katzenberger executive director of retail operations for Colorado a 66 King snoopers stores. The chains clerks a often minimum wage teen agers who must walk Home from work through crime Ridden neighbourhoods a had first raised the concern. Red is the color of the bloods. The other major gang in Denver the crips uses Blue. Denver police said they knew of no incidents in which gang members had harassed workers. Another Chain Albertsons said it is keeping its red uniforms but getting rid of other Blue ones while Safeway said it is switching from red White and Blue to Gray. Both chains said however that the changes had nothing to do with gangs. On oct. 10, Denver a school system banned gang rear a including los Angeles raiders Caps modified High top sneakers and certain haircuts. Family portrait a and its Legal Mark and Crispina Calvert of Tustin calif., pose for a family photograph with their 6-week-old son Christopher Michael. A Santa Ana Superior court judge ruled this week that the woman hired by the culverts As a surrogate Mother has no Legal right to custody of the child. Anna l. Johnson was paid $10,000 to carry the culverts fertilized embryo to term and sued to share custody. She has vowed to a fight the decision to the . Supreme court if necessary in order to have some relationship with the