European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 03, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Thursday january 3, 1991 the stars and stripes Page 7governors installed in r.1., Mich., . By the associated press Rhode Island s new governor unveiled a new code of ethics for government workers his Michigan counterpart to Cut taxes and new Mexico s new state Leader appealed for togetherness during new year s Day inauguration ceremonies. A just three hours after he was sworn in tuesday Rhode Island gov Bruce g. Sundlun signed an order spelling out a code of ethics for state employees. The order effective immediately covers such things As political contributions and conflict of interest. A Fife and drum corps marched cannons roared Bells pealed and air Force jets zoomed overhead As Sundlun a Democrat took the oath of office on the statehouse Lawn in Providence. A Sundlun a wife Marjorie held while Secretary of state Kathleen c. Connell administered the oath of office before a crowd of several thousand people. Sundlun 70, succeeds Republican Edward d. Diprete whom he beat by a 3-to-l margin in last years election. He becomes Rhode Island s 69th governor. Gay rights activists demonstrated quietly during the car Emoiy holding a Large Banner that read a Gay rights the states general Assembly last year killed a Gay rights Bill by one vote. During his inaugural address Sundlun said his Atten a Tion will be fixed on resolving a a budget crisis of unprecedented he x estimated the state budget has a deficit of $160 Mil a lion or about 12 percent \ of the $1.5 billion spend ing plan. I in Lansing John Engler was sworn in As Piehi gangs 46th governor and he promised to restore Michigan s manufacturing might and free Enterprise spirit by cutting taxes Engler succeeds Democrat James Blanchard and is Michigan s first a club Engler. Lican governor in eight years. A crowd that state police estimated at 1,500 watched Comstock Riley Michigan supreme court chief Justice administer the oath of office during a one hour ceremony on the Capitol Steps. Engler 42, recited the oath with his. Hana on the. Bible held by his wife of less than one month Michelle. Those attending shivered with temperatures Only in the High 20s. A revitalizing our Economy Means reducing our tax. Burden a Engler said during a 20-minute address. A on election Day the people demanded a significant tax Cut. We will answer their Call without Compromise and w without delay. We will Cut . Engler a frequent critic of government Grant programs to help business said such Bee Enterprise. A no bureaucratic decision As to who should be an economic Winner or loser will Ever substitute for the decisions made in the marketplace Quot he said. Bruce King assumed a third term As new Mexico governor As about 2,000 people crowded into the Sweeney convention Center in Santa be. King 66, is the state s 28th governor. Succeeding Gar Rev Carruthers. A King also was governor from 1971 to 1974 and from 1979 to 19s2. A supreme court Justice Joseph Bacay administered the oath of office As King placed his hand on the Bible held by his w Ife Alice. Outside a 75mm. Cannon fired a 19-gun Salute. During his inaugural address King said he wanted All of the state s citizens involved in his administration. A the Basic to veme of our administration in new Mexico is All together a a lie said. A togetherness. We will All be working . Starts off new year with 7 murders by the new York times new York a in the five hours after the end of a year that set a record for homicides seven people were killed in new York City tuesday. Six were shot in separate incidents and one was stabbed to death elevator. The police said bursts of gunfire broke out throughout the City on new year s eve apparently in Celebration of the Holiday. It was not Clear whether the random gunfire led to any of the deaths or injuries. _ a a a a a a Man closing his Bronx store was killed and an 11-year-old girl sitting in her Manhattan living room was wounded. Six people w Erc also wounded at a new year s eve party in the Bronx. By the end of the Day the motives behind most of the homicides were unclear and in Queens the bodies of two men shot several times on the Street were still unidentified. _ in the Hunts Point Section of the Bronx Jose Delia Cruz 25, was closing his grocery store when he was struck by a stray Bullet sgt. Timothy of Callaghan said. R a. A. Delia Cruz a dominican immigrant had just locked his store puerto Plata grocery when at least three shots were fired from Down the Street. One hit him in the head while the Quot other two struck the Metal Gates the sergeant said. Delia Cruz died at the scene. Detectives believe the gunfire was random and was probably part of the new years Celebration. A stubbing in the Bedford Stuyvesant Section of Brooklyn was thought to be the years first Michael Klass 46, left his Sisters apartment about 11 30 . On monday the police said. A Short time after his brother in Law found him stabbed in the Cleva Tor said detective sgt Craig Griffin. Klass was stabbed five times in the Chest and died about 12 30 . Klassy relatives told detectives that he had left to visit someone and that he was looking for a Man who owed Jim Money. A i think he might have had a dispute with somebody a Griffin said. Another Man was also shot to death in Bedford Stuyvesant the police said. Ross Bennett Keely 18, Vas killed in a drive by shooting just before 3 . Tuesday grif Fin said. Keely had just left his House with three or four friends when gunfire from a passing car hit him in the head As lie was standing in front of a building. The him to St. Johns Hospital and then disappeared the sergeant said. In a second shooting in Brooklyn sir Luster James 23, of East new York was shot in the Chest at 12 45 . During a dispute with an unknown assailant in the lobby of a building. He died a half hour. Later the police said. In Manhattan a Man was killed and another was wounded when what the police believe was a drug related gunfight broke out in a lobby just before Midnight the police said. Santiago Cruz 22, who lived in the building was shot in the Chest and died at 4 30 ., Swinney said. David Cedea 26, was shot in the leg and was listed in Good condition tuesday. A it comes alive at night a Swinney said of the Harlem neighbourhood. A you can sit in your apartment and you can hear a in some of the homicide cases the police worked with Little information. In Elmhurst Queens the bodies of two men in their 20s were found shot Many times in the head. Neither had been identified a tuesday night. A stray shot came through a first floor window and wounded an 11-year-old girl about 12 30 . As she sat with relatives in her living room in East Harlem the housing authority police said. The girl who was not identified was shot in the left Elbow and was in Good condition. Two other bullets with a 9-mnt-.semiautomatic, handgun came through the window but did not injure anybody detective William Burns said. A these random shootings Are getting crazy a Burns said. A it was going on ail night but its really getting out of hand. People fire at random for the hell of in the Bronx five men and a woman were shot during a new years party at a catering Hall the police said. None of the injuries was detectives said Tai atom argument broke out about 2 10 . And that a Man had pulled out a gun and begun firing. _ the gunman escaped and the party goers were uncooperative a detective said. A. -. A nobody seems to know who shot them a the detective said. A nobody Quot Quot a a a gun related police deaths Rose substantially in 1990 Miami apr the number of american police officers killed in the line of duty in 1990 was significantly lower than the previous year but the percentage of. Gun related deaths increased according to a report issued tuesday. Of the 119 officers who died in 1990, guns were involved in 51, or 43 percent of the deaths according to the preliminary figures compiled by the Miami based american police Hall of Fame amp museum. In 1989, guns accounted for 72 38 percent of 189 deaths. A the greater frequency of firearms in officer deaths is Art indicator of the growing danger for those who choose the lava enforcement profession a said Gerald s. Arenberg executive director of the National association of chiefs of police which operates the museum. _ Arenberg attributed the decline in the total number of deaths to improved officer training and to the greater use of bulletproof clothing. A we Are very pleased with the cooperation of line officer associations and to the survivor families who have encouraged officers to Wear protective clothing a he said. A dozens of lives w Ere saved this year alone with More than 1,100 documented cases of saved lives since body Armor was made of those 51 gun related deaths in 1990, 40 were shootings during a felony seven involved traffic stops and four occurred during Domestic disturbances said police museum spokesman Paul Scott Abbott. Other causes of death included traffic accidents 42 death aircraft crashes seven stabbings four assaults fou Rori heart attacks four and drownings three. For the second year in a Row More officers died in Texas than in any other state. The preliminary 1990 count of 18 deaths in Texas equal its 1989 toll. _ Quot More dead meat sayings added to Sault Ste. Marie Mich. Apr its not a pretty list a a if you a a two a a a a rocket these Are just a Sample of the verbal debris on Lake Superior state colleges a manual la new years Dishonour list of words banished from the English language for mis Mai or overuse As Well As general uselessness a. The list is compiled by members of the Public who have gleaned grammatical atrocities from newspapers radio television and their own conversations. A rocket scientist a a scenario a a Cut a deals and a a venue should be eliminated entirely the list recommends. A a a myself is misused so frequently As a reflexive pronoun that it has made the list for More than a decade. A partial release and a student ath Letey a were among the leading oxymoron cited. Quot. A non essential government workers was singled out As a redundancy Arnd one student attacked thie term a two twins a noting that adds up to four people. A if you will was submitted by Adam Klafta of san Diego who termed it a a most painful earsplitting speech affectation.�?�. The list s Anonymous editors a mix of students teachers school officials and the Public also called for action against the phrase a dead a meat Means edible flesh a the editors said. A Only cannibals Are known to find fresh flesh to be edible. We done to have dead meatballs or dead meatloaf and the supermarkets done to advertise their a dead meat department. A a
