European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 10, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday february to 1991 the stars and stripes a a Page 9rep. Conte Dies of brain Haemorrhage Washington apr rep. Silvio Conte the affy ble top Republican on the House appropriations committee and Dean of the Massachusetts delegation died Friday night of a brain Haemorrhage his office announced. A Conte 69, had been hospitalized since feb. 1, for a blood clot on the brain and had undergone repeated surgery. His office said in a statement that doctors believe his cerebral bleeding stemmed from the progression of prostate cancer for which he had surgery in 1987. Aides quoted his physician As saying Conte had been undergoing treatment to control the cancer and about mid december entered the National cancer Institute within a month however the disease showed rapid progression they said. V. The 17-term congressman underwent emergency surgery on feb. 1 for removal of the clot and his office said then he was expected to recover fully. But he underwent a second operation on wednesday at the National institutes of health in suburban Bethesda mcf., near his Home to remove blood accumulating in the brain and was listed in critical condition. Doctors attributed death to a extensive Infra cerebral bleeding a con tees office said. His wife drove him to the Hospital on feb. 1 after he complained of flu like symptoms and loss of feeling in his left hand Conte a gregarious Cigar chomping Deal maker brought Home the Bacon for his Western Massachusetts District for More than three decades and angered gop conservatives with his Liberal votes. He was a the Only Republican in an 11 member House delegation that when Conte was elected was split Between the Silvio Conte King Holiday becomes off i c id i in Montana 3 states hold out. Helena Mont. Apr Montana on Friday added a Holiday honouring the Rev. Martin Luther King or. To its Calendar. O a this is a very important event in Montana history a said gov. Stan Stephens As he signed legislation designating the third monday in january As Martin Luther King or. Day. The action leaves Only three states a North Dakota new Hampshire and arizonan without some form of paid state Holiday for the civil rights Leader who was assassinated in 1968. The Federal Holiday honouring King who was born Jan. 15, 1929, is on the third monday in january. It was first celebrated in 1986. Stephens said the new paid Holiday for state worker is a not Only a Day honouring or. King but his ideas and the ideas of others who be championed civil rights throughout the  v a it emphasizes again the inherent need that we respect each other As individuals regardless of race Creed or National origin a he said. State sen. Harry Fritz of a amp Soula a University of Montana history professor who sponsored the Bill said King led a one of the great movements of our time and had helped extend Liberty and Equality to americans of All races and colors. �?o1 feel honoured to be Here to celebrate this Day a said Jennie Wilkerson a member of the mount Olive Christian Fellowship in great Falls. V a we worked toward getting it done and its a Good feeling that we Are a part of  american indians outnumber Blacks More than 20 to 1 in Montana which has a Black population of 2,381, or 0.3 percent of the total population according to the 1990 census. Indian leaders rebuffed attempts by some White Law makers to establish a a native amerikan Day or a a chief Joseph Day instead of a King Holiday in Montana. Chief Joseph led the Nez Perce tribe on a 1,500-mile Retreat in 1877 that ended with a surrender to army troops in North Central Montana. State rep. Angela Russell of Lodge grass an Macri can Indian and a co sponsor of the King Holiday legislation said Friday that it was appropriate to Honor King because his efforts benefited All races. A aft tells not Only Montana but the nation that we have a Strong commitment to civil rights for All our people a she said. The King Holiday replaces a floating state Holiday known As heritage Day which Stephens said will have its final Observance july 5 this year. The Date of the Holiday had been set at the governors discretion. A Edwards runway closed by crack Edwards fab Calif. Apr a huge crack has closed runway on the 44-Square-mile Rogers dry Lake just five Miles from the Clay runway used by space shuttles and experimental aircraft officials said. Apparently caused bar californians five year drought and ground water pumping the half mile Long 12-feet-deep crack May be the largest such fissure Ever found in the state said . Geological Survey spokesman Devin Galloway. The air Force said it was concerned the problem could spread. The Lake bed is crucial to the base because its Clay surface provides Long wide runways suited to landings from Many directions. A just because the fissure happened on one runway Ress Tampa Fla. Apr authorities say they have   suspect in the Gainesville slayings was in that City at the time five students were killed in August. Danny Harold rolling was formally charged thursday in connection with a robbery that led to a shootout with Hillsborough county sheriffs deputies in september in Tampa. At the time rolling was driving a car stolen in Gainesville on aug. 30, two Days after the last two murders authorities  sept. 2, police responded to an armed robbery Call at a Tampa grocery. The robber came out and confronted the first officer on the Cene. A the pointed a gun at one of our officers and said does no to mean it wont happen on another runway a said Larry Plews a civilian air Force Engineer who oversees the runways. A the crack discovered about two weeks ago runs generally North and South at the Southern end of the Lake bed cutting through runway 7-25. Assistant Airfield manager Mel Marmet said another a Tonway 17-35, a 71/2-mile strip that is the bases longest was put out of service last year by drought caused crumbling. Vul Quot the surrounding Antelope Valley has recently been plagued by fissures apparently caused by the pumping of too much groundwater. J t in Case a lady i done to want to shoot you a a said Hillsborough a a sheiffs capt. Gary Terry.  the robber jumped into the stolen car and roared off. The officer did no to shoot because there were people behind the robber Terry said. A two other deputies caught up with the car and fired 19 times hitting the car 17 times Terry said. But the robber fled into a wooded area. Two Days later not far from the grocery someone broke into an apartment and stole the keys to a second car. Rolling was captured the next Day in that car after a store robbery in Ocala. He also is wanted in Shreveport la., in connection with the shooting of his father a retired police lieutenant. A earties. His District became largely democratic during is tenure but Conte had no opposition in seven of his elections. A a a a. Though he once wore a pig mask on the House floor to ridicule pork barrel politics Conte could win Money for his District with the Best of them lie was the senior Republican on the powerful appropriations committee Stout and Gray haired with a voice that could shake the Walls of the House chamber it was hard to argue with the pull of a Man who could get House minority Leader Bob Michel to put on an italian waiters outfit and serenade him at a testimonial dinner. A for Many Conte was Best known for his love of base Ball and the Boston red sox. For years he managed the Republican Side in the annual congressional baseball game. A a. A a -. A during his state Senate tenure Conte in Igried Cor Rinne Duval. They had four children. A. Quot funeral arrangements had not been completed. Husband of Marine charged with murder from wire reports Philadelphia a the husband of a Marine corps Captain who disappeared almost two years ago from a Marine base in Virginia was charged Friday with her murder. Authorities arrested Robert Peter Russell 33, of Mahanoy City pa., after a Federal grand jury in Alexandria a returned the indictment wednesday lie was charged in the murder of Shirley Russell 29, who had been seeking Amari. Tal separation when she vanished March 4, 1989 mrs. Russell was assigned to the training Basic school at Quantico a. Her husband had been discharged in 1988 from the Marine corps As a car school in North Mattour va., when one map Pear cd discharge a in 1v88 from the Marine corns As a attain am was working As a teacher at the High school in North Stafford va., when she disappeared a. -. A a a a a a . Bank Bill of d Providence . A a plan to resolve the Rhode Island banking crisis won final legislative approval Friday despite protests from legislators who wanted More time to review it or simply could not stomach it. The measure passed the Senate about 6 . On a 31-17 vote less than 24 hours after it cleared the House by a vote of 60-30. The plan now goes to gov. Bruce g. Sundlun a who helped draft the Bill. Jobs lost at Utah base Hill fab Utah a the air Force issued walking papers to 833 Ogden air logistics Center employees Friday a but the number actually losing their jobs will be less after vacancies Are filled officials said. Another 1,013 workers to be affected by the reduction in Force also received notice that May be displaced or bumped said Beth Corliss chief of civilian personnel at the base. By using available vacancies about 149 of the fired workers will remain employed but 18 on Call employees Laid off last october will receive final separation papers As Well she said. A space contest probed Houston a Money collected in a National sweepstakes for a trip to the soviet space station could be forfeited As gambling proceeds an assistant District attorney said prosecutors maintain the contest run by space travel services is an illegal lottery and a your concern is it Money does not go to the Benefit of -space�?1travel�?services�?said-jean�?spradling Hughes of the Harris county consumer fraud division. Hughes office is investigating whether any Money has been collected in the contest which Tan be entered by calling a 900 Telephone number. A charge of $2.99 is added to the callers Telephone Bill and the company collects More than half that amount. David Mayer space travel services president and James Davidson vice president were arrested wednesday on charges of promoting gambling. The men deny the contest is a lottery or that it has yielded any Money