European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 10, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 b the stars and stripes sunday March 10,1991 r. I. State agencies experience initial one Day shutdown Providence . Apr no welfare checks were written Friday in Rhode island1. No criminals were prosecuted no Drivers licenses were issued or renewed no legislation  and not a single lawyer filed a new Case in state court state government the largest employer in Rhode Island simply did not open. And it will do that nine More times before the end of the fiscal year Oil june 30 in an Al fort not to go broke. From state Parks to the statehouse doors were locked and. Most workers were told to stay Home. A a it a a total hardship a said nor Ian Miller who led a Small hand of transportation department workers picketing in front of the statehouse and the registry of motor vehicles in downtown Providence. A they were among the roughly 19,000 state workers furloughed Friday. They face the Prospect of losing 10 percent of their annual pay As gov. A it s a total hardship a Norman Miller Rhode Island worker Bruce g. Sundlun tries to rein in what he describes As the worst state budget deficit in the nation when measured As a percentage of total spending. The budget started out at $1,5 billion but now is $222 million in the red roughly 15 percent of anticipated spending. Because of a constitutional requirement to balance the budget Sundlun cancelled consultants contracts slashed departmental budgets and won legislative approval of tax increases a a increase of 20 percent for personal income 11 percent Lor business profits and 5 cents per gallon for gasoline. Still facing a shortfall he turned his attention to personnel laying off 10$ nonunion managers and 470 of the states 16,300 unionized workers. A a in be asked All Rhode islanders to sacrifice and they have Quot he said in a speech last week. A now in masking state employees to join the rest of us.�?�. Both Sundlun and supreme. Court chief Justice Thomas Fay were at work but neither will be paid for Friday. Unionized state workers who protested that they were illegally locked out of their jobs said Sundlun had not lived up to his Campaign promises of taking a business sense approach to state government by cutting workers at the top. A i had Faith in Sundlun for his business expertise but it seems like his answer for every problem is to shut Down and thais not what he Learned in business school a said transportation department Engineer James Duffer 36. A it seems like the businessman has died and a politician has been  workers considered vital to Public safety such As state police prison guards and some Hospital personnel were on the Job. A a a a a a a a a \. There also were scattered divisions where workers were exempted one state Airport the Public to station Osbe and some transportation construction jobs. Anyone whose paycheck was covered by Federal funds a such As unemployment insurance agents a also was on the Job and being paid. Some state workers said they were looking for part time jobs to make up the lost pay. Gloria Molina and rep. Edward Roybal raise hands following swearing in ceremony. Hispanic woman 42, joins . County Board los Angeles a the los Angeles county Board of. Supervisors offi daily received its first hispanic member in More than a Century on Friday and its first woman Ever. Gloria Molina 42. Took the oath from rep. Edward Roybal a Califa hispanic narrowly Defeated in a 1957 supervisor Al Campaign. Molina who gave up her City Council scat to take the county Job said she Felt a special Quot Pride at being the first hispanic on the Board since the 1870s. She noted she was sworn in on the International Day of the woman. A the. Five member Board manages a $9 billion budget. _ Molina represents nearly 2 million constituents in the huge metropolitan county of 8.8. Million residents. She is a Liberal who May help tip the boards political balance away from conservatives for the first time in a decade. Her election feb. 19 marked the end of a Long Legal Battle to bring More Polit Cal Power the county a approximately 3 million hispanics. . District judge David v. Kenyon ruled in Junco that the All White Board Drew District lines following the 1980 census to Divide hispanic communities and dilute hispanic voting strength. About 71 percent of residents in the redrawn 1st District arc  ailments traced Anaheim Calif. Up nearly 90 percent of american women Wear. Shoes that Are too Small and More than 75 percent of them appear. Cully suffer painful foot problems As a result a Survey showed saturday. A study by orthopaedic surgeons who treated 356 women Between 20 to 60 years old with no history of serious foot injury rheumatoid arthritis or diabetes found that 88 percent wore shoes that were smaller than their feet. About 80 percent of the women said they had some foot pain and doctors examinations found about 76 percent had one or More foot deformities. The most common foot deformity was displacement of the big toe 71 percent followed by Hammer toes 50 percent and , 18 percent. A. A a Quot. A Quot the study found that the greater the Gap Between foot size and shoe size the greater a woman a Chanee of foot problems. $15 million settlement of d a Houston apr a judge on Friday approved a $15 million settlement for 637 families who bought a plastic plumbing system that leaked and damaged their houses sometimes sending water spurting from electric sockets. \. / homeowners accused several companies including Shell chemical co., of deceiving the Public when they manufactured sold and promoted the system. There Are 117 similar court cases pending across the country that involve the plastic pipes. The plumbing system was installed in about 6 million houses Mobile Homes and recreational vehicles during the 1980s. It was advertised As easier to install and less expensive than Copper pipe systems., a jury found last month that the repeated leaking described by Houston homeowners was the result of negligence by the product s manufacturers and raw material suppliers. A a the fittings gave Way and the pipes split a said Candace , business manager for James r. Mori arty and associates the Law firm that represented the homeowners. A any place they could break they  the manufacturers had claimed that the pipes would  to.30 years but some Homes began suffering leaks just a Tew weeks after owners moved in Aselin said. Leaks behind Walls sometime sent water gushing from electrical sockets. ,. The jury decided that Hoechst celanese corp., Winch manufactured connectors and other fittings deserved most of the blame for the systems failure and accused the company of a unconscionable actions and of knowingly deceiving its customers. Attorneys from both sides declined Corn ment on the. Settlement Friday. V. A. A a a. A the Houston Post quoted unidentified sources As saying celanese will pay the largest portion of the a two Ted. Shelly and product manufacturers United states brass corp. And Vanguard plastics inc. Will also pay the settlement which will average about 823,.000 per family. A. A. A in los Angeles up bands of youths went on a window smashing rampage in Westwood Village on Friday night vandalizing and looting 18 businesses police arrested 12 people authorities said. The rampaging youths were part of a crowd of More than 500 who gathered outside Mann s Village theater where the new film,.�?onew-Jack City was showing police said. The youths were apparently told they could not get into the sold out 10 p m. Show capt. Willie pan Elsaid. They spilled Ott into the Street and surged through Tho streets of the upscale Village near the Campus of the University of California at los Angeles. Police said a smaller group started the riot that entered along Gayley Avenue on the Western limits of Westwood Village. A they took Over several streets a sgt Curt Hussey said a and some of them decided to break some windows and break into some  the vandalism and looting was wide spread with is businesses damaged by the crowd. At least one youth danced on an american Flag Flung onto the Street. A tactical Alert was called for the i tvs West Side and about 100 officers Werr sent into the Village to quell the disturbance Hussey said. Police in riot gear closed Down streets Cading into the Village and swept through the trendy dining shopping and enter unmet area moving people away from the streets 1 at least two ambulances were summoned to assist victims of assaults. Seve Al people suffered minor injuries in to Melee Hussey said. A dozen people were arrested onus plcl0n of burglary throwing rocks at no my vehicles and failing to disperse he soy said. The nine men ant three tee age boys had not yet been booked 1 said. _ the film a new Jack City a opem Friday across Southern California. It is Orama about Urban crime and police Ai features several prominent rap artists