European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 20, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday november 20, 1990 the stars and stripes a a a Page 7 real estate bettors hit Jackpot in Colorado cripple Creek Colo. A county  a. Cripple Creek Colo. Apr gamblers whose game of Choice is real estate won big in this old mining town by betting correctly that state voters would approve a referendum to allow limited Colorado voters on nov. 6 allowed limited stakes gambling for this town below pikes Peak As Well As in Central City and Black Creek. Before election Day More than 50 properties changed hands in cripple Creek. The prices paid were up to 10 times their previous Price the Teller county assessors office said. I stat in it in the towns historic. Ture gambling District be a f?? 1-9 million the Rocky Mountain news reported sunday. The Winner so far in that Gamble seems to be Norbert Larsen a Cense Creek construction worker. A a san bought 10 lots in the historic of a mrth4�q000 in july he sold them oct. 26 to the serval a family of Dayto show Fla Quot for $200>000> records if you done to Gamble you done twin a 2-term limit to shuffle faces in . Politics Kansas City to. A voters wanted new faces a that a what they re going to get. Political observers anticipate As Many As 50 candidates May  for nine elected municipal posts being vacated because voters approved a two term limit this month. Moreover some Black and hispanic residents plan to Challenge the term limit in court. Incumbents warn that the limit could it More Power in the hands of City Hall bureaucrats. Others say they re looking Orward to a needed switch. A a it la be a breath of fresh air a said Charles Wheeler a former mayor who helped get the Issue on the ballot. A a it a going to be a zoo a countered the Rev. Emanuel Cleaver one of nine incumbents who have to give up seats on the 13-member Council. Unlike term limits recently approved in Oklahoma Colorado and California Kansas City a measure is retroactive. Anyone who already has served two consecutive four year terms can to  in the april municipal elections. The nine incumbents losing jobs have been in office Between eight 21 years in this City of 450,000. Three already had planned not to seek re election including three term mayor Richard Berkley who serves As an sex offi Cio voting Council member. The other two a if Raver and and Fher Council member both of whom plan to  for mayor. None said they would wait four years and  again As the Law allows. Besides those running for mayor just one said he will definitely seek another political office. At least two Are looking for other work. Incumbents Are not the Only ones worried that the new Council made up of beginners and lame ducks will be too weak to control a Large City staff. Katheryn Shields a first term Council member who plans to  again said Neil members already struggle against n unresponsive bureaucracy. Now Well have a situation where the staff if they disagree with a Council member on something can simply say a hey they re going to be gone in two years or three. We can wait them out a a she said. Others worry that term limits will dilute the Power of the City a minorities. Four of the soon to be ousted incumbents Are Black and one is hispanic. The other four Are White including the mayor. Citizens in two districts plan to file a lawsuit claiming that the term limits violate the Federal voting rights act. They say it was unfair for voters citywide to decide the Fate of candidates from particular districts. The mayor and six Council members Are elected citywide and six Are elected by District. A Many people in those Black districts feel it will be a Long time before they can elect candidates who had the same kind of experience and influence and maybe never a said Cleaver who is Black. Still others think the term limit wont have much effect on the City a underlying political Structure. They say the powerful political clubs that endorse candidates will simply reach Down to the next available person. A everybody acts like 50 philosopher Kings Are going to step Forward to  for office a Shields said. A but there Arentt 50 philosopher Kings out there. It probably will be the same Caliper of  she contends the limit will merely result in getting rid of certain Council members who Are disliked citywide but considered virtually unbeatable in their respective districts. To Wheeler and others that would be enough. They say the current Council is unaccountable to voters a neglecting to ask their opinion on How tax Money should be spent and using favouritism to decide what City projects should be done. In addition one City Council member served a 30-Day Federal prison sentence in 1988 for failing to file a Federal income tax return in 1983. A we need a clean slate a Wheeler said. A this is going to give us  Larsen said. A a it Sall gambling. Some prof Are going to make their Money gambling on land some on running a business some playing poker. I  the Seravalli snapped up at least 20 of the 27 lots in the historic District. John Seravalli or. And his twin sons John or. And Joseph put up $1.2 million for the prime properties the paper said. Central City and Black Hawk Are two former mining towns about 25 Miles West of Denver. The referendum makes it Legal in the three towns to make wagers up to $5 on such games As Blackjack and poker. Some property owners Are still holding out for an irresistible offer. Vern a Ste rpm Terpening who has owned Terpos leather goods in Central City for More than 40 years wants $4.5 million for his 12,000 Square feet on main Street plus two houses and property in town. The propety was assessed at $1.7 million two years ago. A a in be heard All these stories about the outrageous amounts of Money in be been offered and. Nobody a sorrier than me they re not True a Terpening said. A a in a love to hear some outrageous  Carrie c. Joyner White licks cake from her Finger at party marking 116th birthday. World s oldest person Marks 116th birthday Palatka Fla. Up a a woman listed As the worlds oldest person celebrated her 116th birthday sunday with a a Sweet 16 again party and a congratulatory message from former president Reagan. Carrie c. Joyner White is certified by the guinness Book of world records As the oldest living person in the world and the oldest . Citizen Ever. Only one person has Ever been authenticated As having lived longer Shigerhiyo Izumi of Japan who died in 1986 at age 120, according to the guinness Book. White was born nov. 18, 1874, in Gadsden county Fla., when Ulysses s. Grant was president of the United states. The recorded birthday message Reagan taped in Beverly Hills said. A i just wanted you to know there will be a prayer for you in my heart while in a in Church  White has lived for the last four years at the Putnam memorial nursing Home in Palatka where More than 200 people ate ice Cream and birthday cake under a tent at an afternoon Lawn party. Mayor Tim Smith proclaimed sunday a Carrie White Day in the Northeast Florida Community. White sat in a reclining wheel chair covered with a Pink Blanket. She kept her head Down and showed Little response As various proclamations were read wishing her Well. But she perked up and smiled when her friends wheeled out a six tiered birthday cake decorated with Pink roses. She ate several slices. White is a childless widow and has no known relatives her guardian Marjorie Allen said. A she has very Good distance vision not any worse than what comes with Normal aging. She can hear. She can communicate with her caretakers she and i especially communicate very Well a Allen  court official scoffs at own tickets Philadelphia apr a former state senator try frs assistant budget director of Philadelphia Kao a Urt owes $1>967 in traffic fines and says he no intention of paying. Quot Why should i pay a t. Milton Street told the aka ?-1 a inquirer using an expletive to pm  Nis resolve. A my rights have been violated Day a ate Peoples rights at traffic court every besides he said a i done to have any  in newspaper said saturday that it had dug up tickets dating Back to 1984 for violations including driving without a License driving unregistered and a inspected vehicles including a taxicab running a Stop sign abandoning a vehicle and reckless driving. Street was hired by traffic court president judge George Twardy last year at an annual salary of $30,000. A holy cripes a Twardy said when the newspaper informed him of streets tickets. A a that a a  the judge said he would Issue an order that All court employees Clear up ticket problems or risk disciplinary action. Street appeared unconcerned. A think in a the Only one Here got tickets a he asked. A a lot of people Here got  Street contended the court violates Drivers rights but a squirting them to Post collateral in the amount of their fines before an Appeal hearing. A a in a not paying for a hearing a he said. Street said he saw no contradiction in his situation with the court. A a in a the most capable person in the City that a available to do this Job a he said. A a in a better than anybody