European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 17, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes a a a Page 7 Helm less Arizona faces More problems Phoenix apr arizonans Arentt sure who their presidential ambitions political beheading racial strife old personal indecision. There May be More storms on the horizon. Quot rudderless a House minority Leader Art Hamilton a Cwa wih a smile. A we certainly have a rudder. It just Sims at times that its  Hamilton is the Only lawmaker still m the same Lead Prosio Cost he had in 1986. By january the Only other state level political Leader left attorney general Bob Corbin will have retired. A political vacuum Isnit the states Only problem. The states business elite has crumbled led by the collapse of financier Developer Charles Keating  Empire because of savings and loan failures. Financial troubles hit major companies such As convenience store giant Circle k and electricity producer Arizona Public service co. The sports establishment also is reeling As the National football league and the fiesta bowl try to Deal with voter rejection of a paid state Holiday honouring Martin Luther King or. The nil is threatening to take away the 1993 super bowl and the fiesta bowl spoke briefly of leaving As Well. The states lame Duck legislature is trying this week to write Rales for a gubernatorial Runoff Early next year Between Republican Fife Symington and Democrat Terry Goddard. Democratic gov. Rose mofford a caretaker elevated when Republican gov. Evan Mecham was impeached in 1988 after a particularly Stormy period May stay on past the Jan. 7 end of her term. Or she May turn Over the reins to fellow Democrat Dick Mahoney elected last week to his first term As Secretary of state arizonans equivalent of a lieutenant governor. Symington edged Goddard 49.7 percent to 49.3 percent last week. But the write in candidacy of a Mecham lieutenant deprived him of the absolute majority Quot we could be facing legislative paralysis. Without executive leadership a Dana Larsen Arizona common cause needed to avoid a Runoff under a previously untested constitutional amendment inspired by men am a Surprise election. Though voters approved the amendment lawmakers did nothing to say How it should work. Even if the lame Duck lawmakers agree on a Runoff for late january or february and overcome a court Challenge filed by Symington supporters there a More turbulence ahead. The new legislature will face a $300 million deficit when it convenes in Early january. After More than a decade in which republicans controlled both legislative Chambers voters last week gave democrats a 17-13 Edge in the Senate while leaving republicans in charge of the House 33-27. A we could be facing legislative paralysis at the Start of the year without any executive leadership Quot said Dana Larsen executive director of Arizona common cause. The states political sea began getting Choppy in 1985, when gov. Bruce Babbitt a Democrat began running for president and pushed for a King Holiday in a state where Blacks constitute just 3 percent of the population. Frustrated by repeated Lack of legislative action Babbitt proclaimed a paid King Holiday for executive Branch employees. Corbin issued a non binding opinion that the proclamation was illegal saying Only the legislature could establish paid state holidays. Mecham a perennial political outsider who won a three Way race against two establishment favourites to succeed Babbitt rescinded babbitts proclamation and was hit with a wave of entertainment and convention Boycotts. The protests mounted when Mecham defended use of the word a Spicka Ninny and made remarks that offended other ethnic groups. Mecham later proclaimed an unpaid King Holiday which remains in effect but is scorned by supporters of the paid Holiday. It came too late. By april 1988 he was impeached and ousted. Mecham supporters took their revenge at the polls that fall ousting the Senate president House speaker and several others who had voted for impeachment. Symington beat Mecham in a gop primary comeback bid last september but Mecham a chief lieutenant running As a write in in the general election Cost him the majority against Goddard. Admitted molester gets 20 years Boulder Mont. Apr a 63-year-old former elementary school teacher accused of molesting dozens of his male students Over 30 years was sentenced wednesday to 20 years in prison and fined $25,000. Douglas Marks showed no visible reaction when the sentence was imposed by state District judge Frank Davis. Marks pleaded guilty on july 9 to four counts of felony sexual assault for molesting four of his students Between 1985 and 1989. Prosecutors said Marks molested Many other students during his lengthy teaching career in Boulder Ana nearby Clancy. Paul myrhow whose complaint against Marks led to the investigation that resulted in the charges and who took his complaints Public was in the courtroom. A it was More than i expected a he said. Quot i thought he was going to get away with no prison  Davis sentenced Marks to a 40-year term but suspended 20 years. Davis also said if Marks is paroled he can have no Contact with anyone younger than 18 years old. Marks should be eligible for parole in about five years a prosecutor said. Davis said Marks could not be paroled until he paid the $25,000 Fine which would be used to pay for counselling of his victims and other youths involved m sex crimes. Marks is a member of a prominent local family that owns substantial ranch property in the Helena Boulder area. The prosecutor said he was satisfied with the sentence adding that Marks had shown Little remorse for the victims. Marks had built a reputation As a devoted and selfless teacher in Boulder but questions about his morals were raised As Early As 1959. He was forced to resign from Jefferson county High school that year after three boys said he molested them but he later taught at nearby Clancy and then returned to Boulder in 1965 As an elementary school teacher. In a related development tuesday Boulder school officials said an Independent investigation had shown that five people had reported a improper conduct by Marks to school officials. The school Board hired two investigators in september to look into allegations that school officials were slow to act on complaints about Marks. The investigators reported their findings to a Board committee at a closed meeting monday. Superintendent of schools Richard Moe said the boards conduct committee is reviewing information and giving anyone who allegedly acted improperly a Chance to respond. Douglas Mark bankruptcy judge says Eastern can use escrow funds new York up a Eastern airlines won a reprieve from liquidation wednesday evening when a Federal bankruptcy court allowed the beleaguered Carrier to take More Money from an escrow fund to meet its operating expenses. . Bankruptcy judge Burton r. Lifland who is or seeing the airlines bankruptcy proceedings ruled that $30 million could be withdrawn from the account in increments of $15 million the first increment to be available immediately. A it Anc heard arguments from unsecured creditors Eastern should be liquidated immediately but he said he had heard no a credible argument that Eastern a basis s not preserved on an ongoing business he said there was a major Public interest at stake Kent cons ering liquidation and cited Eastern a 18,000 t come unities it serves and the a danger of con no Jan at could occur if Competition was lessened w the airline Industry. Thaute agreed with the creditors committee argument belonged th8111? proceen8s� Eastern a assets a amp a executives told Era of fast buckaroos Over san Francisco apr the Era of a fast buckaroos is Over in the savings and loan business and the government needs to work now on attracting private investors to thrifts the new chairman of the a amp a Trade group said wednesday. A amp a Rescue legislation enacted 15 months ago has. S i. Growth savings succeeded in ending the thrifts irresponsible growth Donald Shackelford told the . League of savings associations which completed its 98th annual convention Here. However the new Law has failed to attract the investors needed to reduce the governments risks he said. Surviving a amp is must attract new capital if taxpayers Are to be insulated from future losses. A the Only Way to get government out is to get private capital in a he said. Shackelford a Harvard business school graduate is chairman of state savings Bank in Columbus Ohio one of the strongest a amp is in the nation. Shackelford who was shunned by the leagues leaders after he warned in 1985 that the insurance fund backing deposits was bankrupt told a amp a executives that league poli Ltd now must coincide with Public policy. Last years Law is forcing thrifts to increase their capital and a we want capital standards that Are As High As anybody who takes your mothers Money a he said. However aspects of the Law Are preventing a amp is from recovering he said citing rules which Force thrifts to concentrate 70 percent of their assets on using even when real Shackelford estate markets Are in the doldrums. And he mentioned uncertainty Over whether the government would try to take a bigger share of the profits from the Industry owned Federal Home loan Banks which Supply funds to a amp is. Also investment has slowed to a trickle in part because regulation of a amp is has gone from Tough to mean in some cases he said