European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 9, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Saturday february 9, 1991 the stars and stripes. Page 9r.i. To furlough workers 1 Day in 10 Providence . A Rhode Island s state government will be shut Down for one Day every two we eks under an order issued thursday by gov. Bruce g. Sundlun who is struggling to eliminate a $204 million budget deficit. A Harry Baird Sundlun s administration director said the state would furlough its 19,000 workers one. Day every two weeks Between March and the end of the fiscal year on june 30. He estimates the pay less Days off would save $15.9 million but Union leaders promised to fight the furloughs As Well As 600 layoffs Sundlun ordered on thursday. State workers Arentt especially fond of the idea but the alternative is even less palatable. �?~1 just done to want to lose the Job a Joe Montiro a 50 year old janitor in a state Tobee building said during his. Lunch Cut in pay a at least you know you got Rhode Island s plan would mean a 10 percent pay reduction for employees who would lose a Day of pay every two weeks. At least five other states Massachusetts. New Hampshire Virginia Minnesota and Pennsylvania a also Are considering furloughs for state employees. The details differ but furloughs Are becoming an attractive Choice for state budget writers. The concept was Little used in the recession of the Early 1980s. A it just was t As big a proposal Back then said mar Era Howard executive director of the National association of state budget officers. A in 1982, i think their was much More tendency to raise taxes and or Lay Oil �����.��. A. A a i his time there a some reluctance to rely As heavily a on taxes a she said. A that Means they have to do something else and they have to do it a Hal Lovey. Editor of state budget find tax news and. A former state budget officer Lor Ohio and Illinois said a state worker furloughs have been tried lot years a probably since the depression. But he agreed the idea has become More fashionable especially among new governors. A there Are a lot of new governors who Are of the belief that a lot of the things Public employees do. Are probably unnecessary or therefore it wont Hurt it they Stop doing it Lor a week or two a lie said. Quot it tends to be a a kind of a new governor tapes show Ariz. Lawmakers receiving undercover payoffs Phoenix apr police and prosecutors on thursday unveiled videotapes showing indicted lawmakers receiving Money in an undercover investigation of alleged political corruption. Seven lawmakers and seven others including lobbyists were named in an indictment tuesday. The name of al5th defendant Gary Bartlett a former magistrate was released thursday after he had been served with Legal papers. 4 a. Those indicted were accused of accepting More than $100,000 in Cash from a police informant posing As a gaming consultant trying to legalize Casino gambling in Arizona. Hidden cameras recorded the informants meetings with lawmakers and ibb lists. State Senate majority Leader Carolyn Walker was seen on one videotape accepting a stack of Money from the informant Joseph Stedino who used the name j. Anthony Vincent. He told Hei it Wais $15,000. A How do i us launder this much Quot Walker asked before picking up the stack of Bills from the desk. A Vincent asked Walker if she would vote for him on the Senate floor and she replied that she would vote yes a Long before it gets to the another tape showed state House judiciary chairman Don Kenney accepting a stack of Bills from a Vincent associate Ronald Tapp. Police say it was a $55,000 payoff for a quarterbacking Quot the Colfort to legalize gambling. Vincent is seen tossing a stack of Money into state. Rep. Bobby Raymond slap after a lengthy meeting Between them in Vincent a Ottice Vincent tells Raymond it is $10,000 and Raymond replies a a that a a lot of Money i. I ahoy mates a two sunbathers watch the Waves break around a Anchorage and washed ashore near Miami Beach. The grounded honduran freighter which broke free from its ship has been Idle for a week with engine problems. Sailor convicted of slayings Jacksonville Fla. Apr a Navy Sailor was convicted Friday of killing a Young woman and her a daughter slayings he blamed on the stress he suffered in the 1987 iraqi attack on his ship the Stark. Prosecutors argued the stress suffered by Walter Thomas Taylor or. When the guided missile frigate Stark was struck four years ago was no excuse for the crimes which took place Days after the ship returned to port. But defense attorneys said in closing arguments that Taylor was and experiencing a Flashback that convinced him the woman was an iraqi agent trying to kill him. The jurors took�?T61/2 hours Over two Days turning two first degree murder convictions late Friday morning in the August 1987 deaths of Paula Smits 21, and her 3-year-old daughter., Amanda. The same jury will now have to decide whether to recommend the electric chair or life in prison for Taylor. The judge will decide the sentence. Taylor maintained a stoic expression when the verdict was announced. But his motherland sister , va., cried.mrs.-smits�?T,family, most of whom Are from Omaha neb., also began sobbing. After the judge recessed the trial they hugged each other and assistant state attorney Angela Corey one of the prosecutors. F teacher sues parents Over kick by Pupil from wire reports Ventura Calif. A a preschool teacher is suing the parents of a 5-year-old Hov. Seeking $25,000 Lor injuries she claims the child Mullic tvs by kicking her in the ankle. Lynne m. Fava was a teacher at the Phoenix ranch school in sum Valley when she was kicked March 2, 1900, while trying to control the Hoy who was a throwing a temper Tantrum a according to the lawsuit. A lie caught her right at the wrong place Quot said attorney David r. undergone two surgeries already lie caused severe Dmn nge to the foot and the boys parents could not he reached Tor comment. 4 guardsmen indicted Miami a four coast guardsmen sent to recover floating dul Fol bags stalled with cocaine were indicted t thursday Lor allegedly stealing part of the haul. All Lour still on Active duly were ordered to return to Miami to Federal authors ties. Coast guard capt. Paul Prokop said. T hey were working at the Miami Beach coast guard station in 1986 when the incident of a a curved the until tale it said. All were later transferred to Oiler bases. Ethics panel recesses Washington Quot the Senate ethics committee Oil thursday recessed deliberations in the Keating l Ive Case without reaching a consensus on whether standards of conduct were violated. The committee began deliberating on Jan. 31 and will resume its closed door discussions on feb. 19. The committee is trying to decide whether the senators violated Senate rules when they intervened with Thrift regulators on behalf of a major political donor former a amp a owner Charles ii. Keatingjr. Sergeant loses on ballot w1hte.ville, Tenn. A candidates who pitched in to Campaign Lor an opponent who was sent to War failed to get him elected t thursday. National guard sgt. Robert Wiley came ii votes Short of winning one of six Alderman posts Hardeman county registrar Janet Black said Wiley was seventh with 183 votes. His Campaign was interrupted when his military unit from nearby Ripley was sent to saudi Arabia but his Campaign was carried on by friends and supporters who included five other candidates. Thornburgh aide guilty Scranton a. A a former top aide to . Attorney general Richard Thornburgh was con Vic led thursday of using cocaine and lying ahm Rte to when applying for a Security clearance. A Henry g. Barr 47, was the highest ranking present or former Federal official Ever convicted of drug charges. A Barr who worked at the Justice department from september 1988 to May 1989, laces up to 12 years in prison and fines of $510,000. He revealed no emotion when the verdict was
