European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 27, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 10 a the stars and stripes sunday january 27, 1991 Illinois moderate named to head agriculture dept. From wire reports. President Bush named a quiet Capitol Hill insider As his agriculture Secretary on Friday saying he has found the Man to help bring american Farmers a the Prosperity they  rep. Edward Madigan r-iii., a moderate Likely to sail through Senate confirmation would replace Clayton Yeutter who took Over As chairman of the Republican National committee on Friday. Madigan a appointment was hailed by lawmakers from both parties but denounced by some consumer and family farm groups. He s outrageous a said Rick Hind environmental program director for the . Public interest research group. A but it seems that its a position that Only outrageous people Are appointed  Hind claimed Madigan is hostile to the idea of reducing pesticide and chemical use on american farms. But Dave Lane an american farm Bureau federation spokesman hailed Madigan As an a excellent choices and a person a who understands Farmers and ranchers and the things they Deal  one of Madigan a chief tasks if he is confirmed by the Senate will be to carry out the new 5-Ycar farm Law which reduces government crop subsidies by 15  the Illinois congressman has served in the House since 1972 and is the ranking Republican on the House agriculture committee. Bush said the United states is a a role Model for the world in food production a yet american farm families have not always enjoyed the Prosperity they  a i believe that de Madigan is a Man to go to work on these problems a Bush said. Quot he a walked in the shoes of Illinois Farmers. He knows their needs their concerns and most importantly their dreams for a future in rep. Edward Madigan grins As president Bush announces his nomination As Secretary of agriculture.  a my goal or president is to carry out your desire that Rural americans have a Strong voice in the councils of government a Madigan 55, said at a White House news conference. Madigan a record on farm issues was criticized Friday not Only by environmentalists but by the National family farm coalition. Characterizing the outgoing Yeutter Ais i Creary of a8ribusiness,�?� coalition president Randolph Nodland said he expects Madigan a to follow a similar  . Mayors end meeting Washington apr . Mayors expressed determination on Friday to put homelessness drugs and other Urban problems on the front Burner despite the nations preoccupation with the persian Gulf War. The mayors concluding their Winter meeting released a 50-City Survey that found the Federal contribution to cities dropped 64 percent from 1980 to 1990. The mayors Survey found that the Federal share of City budgets fell from 17.7 percent in 1980 to 6.4 percent in 1990. State contributions meanwhile Rose from 11 1 percent to 12.2 percent. Nearly three quarters of the 50 cities surveyed raised taxes to Cope with the losses. Forty two percent said they raised taxes and Cut services while one third said they raised taxes Cut services Laid off City workers and Jackson miss. Apr the army is investigating a report that two injured soldiers from the 155th army brigade were forced to hide so a visiting congressman would not see them. A to appears that something happened a said maj. Ron Ray spokesman for the 155th now training at fort Hood Texas. A but we won t know until we get All the  a a a. Ray said a statement on the investigations findings will be released a within a reasonable amount of  spec. Nathaniel Knight 20, of company a 1st in 155th inf brigade in Mendenhall said he and another Soldier were injured Jan. 17 when the armoured personnel Carrier the were Riding in struck a Hole. Knight suffered a fractured left Arm and sgt. Jeff raised revenues in other ways. On Capitol Hil meanwhile Philadelphia mayor Wilson Goode told the House government operations committee that a the persian Gulf War is costing $5 billion a week. I think there is a question Here of will to fight the War on the Urban scene. A support our troops in the persian Gulf a Goode declared. Give them the resources they need to fight the War. But give us the tools we need to fight the War on drugs against aids against homelessness. Against poverty. B life goes on said Colorado Springs mayor Robert Isaac president of the . Conference of mayors he said the mayors support the War Effort a but that does no to mean that we forsake All the work that we need to do.cover-up charge Van 22, broke his nose. A Ler being treated the soldiers were returned to the Field Knight said. But an officer told them to hide in the Woods just before rep. . A a Sonny Montgomery d-miss., passed by. A. Nigl Midden tavant Peop a t0 know what happened a Knght sad he could not identify the officer because the officer was wearing a jacket that covered his name tag. Montgomery toured the base near Killeen Texas on Jan. 17 to look into complaints Mississippi guardsmen were being poorly fed equipped and treated Montgom Ery said he was not aware of the incident but he would investigate. 1u Salt Lake City a the nations toughest state anti abortion legislation was signed into Law Friday. Abortion rights advocates promptly promised to retaliate by organizing a tourism Boycott of Utah. The Law bans All abortions except in cases of rape incest w Hen a woman a life or health is threatened or when an unborn child is known to suffer from serious congenital defects. A this legislation is a mainstream at news it army general named supreme court clerk Washington a the army a assistant judge advocate general has been named As the clerk of the supreme . Gen. William k. Suter 53, a career army attorney who is retiring front a Job he has held since 1985, was to take Over his new duties with the court Friday. He was to succeed Joseph f. Spaniol jr., who is retiring after five years As clerk. Suter who will be paid an annual salary of $101,300, was chief judge of the army court of military review for a year and concurrently come Mander of the army Legal services Agency before becoming assistant judge advocate general.3 nuke plants scrutinized Washington apr atomic Power plants in Illinois Maryland and upstate new York Are targeted for closer scrutiny by the nuclear regulatory commission because of unfavourable safety a reviews. A. A v. A a a. A. Two of the plants previously had been on the a Rcd so close watch list a semiannual safety analysis of the nations 122 nuclear Power reactors required under a 1986 Law. The Agency said thursday it added Commonwealth Edison  Zion nuclear Plant 60 Miles North of Chicago to the list because of  the other plants a Baltimore Gas and electric  Calvert Cliffs reactors in Maryland and Niagara Mohawk Power  nine mile Point Plant in upstate new York a have been under dose watch since 1988.dad cleared in Belt death Laconia . Apr a grand jury has refused to indict a Motorist in the Highway death of his 8-year-old son who was not wearing a seat Belt As required by new Hampshire Law. Toshio Minagawa 42, of Andover mass., had faced indictment on a charge of negligent homicide after his son Kohei was thrown from the family Van and killed on interstate 93 in Sanborn ton on dec. 29. Shane author Dies Santa be new Mexico apr Jack Schaefer who wrote dozens of Western novels including a Shane a has died. He was 83. Schaefer died thursday at so Vincent Hospital of congestive heart failure said longtime Friend and historian Marc Simmons. The author had been in failing health recently and drove himself to the Hospital wednesday  s death ruled murder fort Worth Texas a a jury convicted a Man of murder for giving a 5-year-old boy a lethal dose of Bourbon. Prosecutors said Anthony Darron Jimerson gave Thomas a it inky Griffin 4 ounces of straight Bourbon at a party feb. 23 and told him to a drink it like a Man. The child later died. The jury thursday convicted Jimerson 22, of Forest Hill after deliberating seven hours. Jimer son could get life in prison. Jimerson s attorneys had argued that the amount of alcohol the boy drank was fatal Only because the boys Mother Patricia Griffin had not fed the . Griffin faces trial next month on charges of tailing to seek medical treatment for the child. Tempt to protect the Sanctity of life without trampling upon the legitimate Liberty interests of women a gov. Norm Bangerter said after signing the Bill. Quot abortion rights proponents disagreed. A i think the governor of Utah is taking upon himself an enormous Burden of endangering the lives of women and endangering the right to choose of All women a said Kate Michelman executive director of the National abortion rights action league in Washington. A a think there a going to be a tremendous backlash of anger a said Carole Horny Nothe planned parenthood fed Quot the Outi pain Ixo ? Nice bar of the task Force hat drafted the legislation said such threats were immaterial. Quot i think life is More important than economic Back lash a she said. Ninety percent of the states 104 lawmakers and about 70 percent of the state s residents Are members of the mormon Church which considers abortion a serious sin in All but a few cases. Unless blocked in Federal court the Law will take effect at the end of april. Equally or More restrictive anti Abor measures have failed elsewhere since the supreme court last year gave states the Power to curb abortions