European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 3, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse A monday december 3, 1990 Quot the stars and stripes Page 5 be of cities cancels Ariz. Houston a the National league of cities on saturday cancelled its 1991 convention in Phoenix because Arizona does t recognize Martin Luther King or is birthday As a state Holiday the group which has 9,000 members said it would take its annual convention to Phoenix in 1995, provided the state adopts the Holiday to Honor the slain civil rights Leader. Next year s league gathering was expected to draw at least 10,000 visitors and generate $6.9 million Phoenix officials said. A racism is not a problem that can be localized to Arizona by any stretch of the imagination. Its a problem that exists All Over the nation today a said Phoenix mayor Paul Johnson. A your City has a Martin Luther King Holiday a a Johnson said. A a we re the Only City in the nation today and the Only City that sits on hat Board that has a Holiday that was passed by a vote of the Johnson said he was disappointed with the league s decision to pull the convention but was pleased that the organization appeared to be open to visiting the City in 1995. A a it a better than i expected a Johnson said. The league s decision to give Phoenix a second Chance in 1995 was suggested by Tucson mayor Tom Volgy. Montana and new Hampshire also do not recognize Kings birthday As a Legal Holiday. Quot this organization is an organization that has been built on diversity and Mutual respect and wherever this organization goes it deserves to go Only to the cities that do display that same Mutual respect Quot Volgy said. He said cities such As Phoenix and Tucson should not be penalized for their state s inaction. A we need this organization to say the right thing to Phoenix because Phoenix did the right thing a Volgy said. Daniel Tabor president elect of the National Black caucus of local elected officials and a councilman from Inglewood Calif., said his group met Friday night with Johnson and other Phoenix representatives the caucus serves As an advisory committee for the league which consists of elected municipal leaders who represent More than 1,300 cities in 49 states. Quot while we understood both the economic and other issues related to a convention of this size going to their City we thought a higher precedent was one that made a statement that Abc Leo and its membership would not could not go to Phoenix because we cannot separate Phoenix from the state of Arizona Quot Tabor said. 4 Spanish Flat Calif. A an old Bridge has risen from the water As the inundated town of Monticello re emerges from a Man made Lake that a receding after four years of drought. With each dry Day receding Lake Berryessa reveals More remains of the town once a thriving farming Community before the Waters of a Reservoir covered it after the government built a dam in the 1950s, a there was almost nothing left when they got through Quot remembers Harold Moskowitz 64, who was raised in Monticello and now lives near the dwindling Lake. A they paid us off gave buildings away Tore some Down and burned some. What they bum they buried. A the Only thing left would be some streets and foundations. They did no to leave anything Over 6 inches High even the Trees. It was a sad thing to lose that now hundreds of tourists and former residents Are trekking to the Lake about 50 Miles Northeast of san Francisco to glimpse the past and remember the towns Century of life. A a a. A a a i was born in the Valley and was about 10 years old when it went under a said Ronnie Mcguinnis a maintenance worker for the . Bureau of reclamation which manages the Lake and recreational area t a i think people Are coming Back because they Are still distressed and remember being uprooted. They believe it was possible that this Gigantic government could come in and Tell them to get out its almost like we were indians and they wanted our the Valley originally was inhabited by indians a Pomo Piwok and Zappo tribes a a who retreated As europeans settled. The Valley and Lake were named for Jose and Sisto Berryessa two Brothers who immigrated from Spain and began the la putas Rancho in 1843 in the area soon know it for raising Grain and cattle. The 500 people who once lived in the Valley dwindled to about 125 by the 1950s, with water getting scarce As Northern Cali Prii a grew. The Federal government combined with Solano county to dam Utah River to create a Reservoir in the Valley which is mostly in adjacent Napa county. _ the 1,000-foot�?TLong, 304-foot-High Monticello dam created the Reservoir that supplies the county and serves As a recreation area for seven resorts v Berryessa normally is three Miles across at its widest Point and 26 Miles Long. It is now about one third that size after losing 60 percent of its water. Last week the Lake surface fell to 377 feet above sea level a nearly 12 feet lower than during the drought of Ranger Arnold Roessler stands by the Capella Bridge built in 1941 but flooded Over As Lake Berryessa was created. 1976-77 and 6,feet below Normal. The average 30 inches of rain a Yea fat Berryessa has dropped by half since the 1986 floods causing the Lake level to fall l5-20 feet annually. A if it does t rain this Lake could Day up in a few years then you la really get to see the whole town Quot said Jim Peterson maintenance Foreman for the reclamation Bureau. V.-. To downtown Monticello is still some 50 to 60 feet under water but outlying areas Are being revealed As the dry up continues a a foundation Here an old swimming Pool there along with sunken boats motors fishing poles and Tennis shoes. Indian artefacts also have been found. Roads unused for three decades have the fresh tire tracks of explorers and a 1941 Bridge underwater until this summer is marked by Muddy footprints a the Span now 6 feet above the Lake surface. A people can walk across if they want but it does no to go anywhere Quot Peterson said. A for some reason though we re getting a lot of visitors even though there s not much to see except a few Concrete slabs Quot Park Ranger Arnold Roessler who a Busy these Days telling visitors How to find the emerging bits of the past said people Are searching for More a a it a too bad about the drought but some people Hope it continues just so we can see what a really Down there a said Roessler. Its like a developing f-16 crashes in Calif As Pilot ejects safely Sands of time in the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. R pal Daix. Calif. A an air Force f-16 fighter on a Cross country flight crashed saturday at a military Airfield officials said. The Pilot ejected and parachuted to safety. A the Jet went Down about 9 50 . While flying from Luke fab Ariz., to Miramar Nava air station at san Diego on a routine Mission said Lorraine Sadler a spokeswoman for air Force Plant 42, where the Jet went Down Plant 42 is a highly secure air Force installation in the Antelope Valley where Northrop corp. Builds the b-2 stealth bomber Palmdale is about 50 Miles North of downtown los Angeles. Quot the crash occurred on air Force Plant facilities a said los Angeles county sheriffs sgt. Kennedy Westfall. A the Pilot ejected and parachuted out he landed on air Force the f-16 was from the 58th tac training wings 310th tac training so at Luke. The Pilot capt. Craig Fisher was in Good condition Sadler said authorities provided no information about what kind of trouble the plane developed or whether the Pilot was attempt ing to make an emergency Landing. A its Way too Early to speculate about a cause a said sgt. Rob Sexton at Luke fab. A it May take several weeks to a Cou pie of months to find out what Hap dec 3,1950 a Gen. Douglas Macarthur said a a state of undeclared War Between the chinese communists and United nations forces now exists Quot As 500,000 chinese soldiers opened an attack in Pyongyang. 30 years ago today. Dec 3, i960 a president the a Kersten amendment in the Mutual Security act in authorizing expenditure of up to $1 million to Aid needy cuban refugees in Florida and elsewhere.20 years ago today. A dec. 3, 1970 Allied defense ministers adopted a strategic blueprint for the 1970s, based on maintenance of Strong american forces in Europe and a bigger contribution by europeans to their own defense,10 years ago today dec. 3,1980 a the soviet Union closed East German areas along the polish Border Western Allied sources said
