European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 18, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday March 18, 1991 the stars and stripes a. Page 5gates defies resignation demand defends 13-year record As la. Police chief from wire reports los Angeles a embattled. Police chief Daryl Gates repeated saturday that he would Mot resign and defended his tenure in the Wake of the Savage beating of a Black Motorist saying the los Angeles police department has made great strides in minority relations under his leadership. A few other controversies have affected his 8,300-officer department so greatly As the March 3 beating of Rodney g. King of Altadena Gates told the los Angeles times. A it made me physically ill Quot he said. Officers who stopped King 25, in the san Fernando Valley for speeding clubbed him dozens of times with their Batons kicked him and shot him with an electric stun gun. A resident of the neighbourhood videotaped the beating. Three officers and their supervising sergeant were indicted on felony charges in the beating. Justice department attorneys Are looking into whether 11 other officers who stood by during the beating should face civil rights charges the times reported saturday quoting unidentified Federal officials. Civil rights advocates and members of local minority groups Are demanding Gates resignation saying the incident reflects an attitude of racism and brutality he has allowed to exist in the department All the officers involved in the incident Are White. King is Black. But Gates 64, who has been chief for the last 13 of his 42 years with the department defended his record pointing out that under his leadership a hispanic runs the los Angeles police Academy two Black captains head the internal affairs division and Blacks and women have been aggressively recruited. A a in be hired More Blacks in be hired More hispanics in be hired More women than any other chief in the history of the los Angeles police department a he said. Gates said he would rely on his wife a advice on whether to respond to Calls to resign. A i asked her a would you rather i quit a she said a absolutely not. You  and that a my  in a new development in the Case an audiotape of radio Contact Between police dispatchers and officers pursing King apparently contradicts police claims that they were led on a High Speed Chase. Officers contended that King was driving More than 100 Mph and raced through red lights during the Pursuit that led to the incident. The Only mention of Speed on the audiotape released by the police department is by an unidentified California Highway patrol officer who told a dispatcher that Kings car was travelling at 55 Mph. The tape also suggests that King stopped at a red Light at least once before police pulled him Over. Still King failed to yield to pursuing patrol cars according to the tape. The audiotape concludes with one officer saying police officers arc leaving their cars. The Rev. Jesse Jackson added his voice to those calling for Gates to resign at the same time urging mayor Tom Bradley to speak out a More clearly and decisively on the controversy surrounding the incident. Jackson addressed an anti Gates rally attended by about 150 protesters outside police Headquarters. He was accompanied by rep. Maxine Waters d-calif., who urged the crowd to a keep the pressure on Gates to resign. A v a a a a a a. A a / a a. A a a a. A a this is no aberration a Jackson told the crowd. A this is a history of behave or fostered by past statements of Gates that have maligned Blacks latinos and other minorities Jackson said adding Quot or. Gates must leave.�?�. Jackson said that Bradley a must speak out More clearly and decisively using his moral authority to rally people against police brutality and head off the possibility of More violent protests. Meanwhile Kings physician or. Edmund Chein said tests taken by doctors at the los Angeles county University of Southern California medical Center where King was initially treated showed that he was not under the influence of drugs or alcohol at the time of his arrest. Early police statements said that King resisted arrest a which King has denied a and that his behaviour suggested drug or alcohol abuse. King is recuperating at an undisclosed Hospital from surgery to repair broken cranial  its place Slang s Cool with English teachers Indianapolis Apt if Home boys want to be chilling to Nat a Cool with the National Council of teachers of English. Slang is just As important As Mastery of Standard English say teachers who attended a four Day meeting in Indianapolis. A youngsters want a distinct identity so they Cook up new ways of using the existing language a said Shirley Haley James president of the group that met in the Indiana convention Center. A a they re saying a we re not just like our  a Haley James a professor at Georgia state University in Atlanta and others among the 2,000 educators who attended the conference which opened thursday and was to conclude on sunday said youngsters should tailor their language to the setting. A if you go on a Job interview and talk this a rap talk a the interviewer wont think its appropriate a said John s. Mayher an English professor at new York University. Desiree Elliott a teacher of English at Arsenal technical High school in Indianapolis said educators can help teen agers determine when not to use Slang. A i try to keep up to Date so i can use Slang with kids when its appropriate a she said a but kids have to understand they must master Standard grammar in order to succeed in the  teen age Slang which now draws heavily from Urban oriented rap music changes frequently often by generation. Terms that had one meaning years ago sometimes re emerge with new definitions. For. Example 1950s teen agers described angry parents or friends As being a a sore with them. The. Term now is used in its More familiar context As a description of pain. In the 1970s, youths a cracked on somebody when expressing romantic interest in a member of the opposite sex. Now its a definition for talking disparagingly about someone. Home boys chilling out can mean neighbourhood friends taking it easy. But such language often keeps educators  a we re always behind a Mayher said. A dictionaries of teen age language always crop up but they re always wrong. Teen agers change their language when adults finally figure out How they  operation push president resigns from wire reports Chicago a the Rev. Tyrone Crider resigned saturday As National executive president of the financially troubled people United to serve humanity the civil rights organization co founded by Jesse Jackson. Push Board members denied that. Criders resignation had anything to do with the organizations increasing financial woes. A it was based on personal reasons a said the Rev. Willie Barrow pushes vice chairwoman. She said the Rev. Henry Williamson of the Carter Temple me Church on Chicago a South Side will replace Crider. A Detroit a James p. Hoffa Las asked teamsters officials to declare Lim eligible to seek the Union presidency Lis father held for 14 years. T Michael Holland the unions court a jointed election officer said Friday he received Hoffa a application. If Hoffa an attorney whose Detroit firm does work or teamsters locals is cleared to run officials agree his Well known name and infighting among teamsters leaders will in february push Laid off All 12 clerical workers at its National Headquarters and said it needed to raise As much As $2 million to stay solvent. A Crider who could not be reached for comment said in his letter of resignation a after much prayer and consultation i have come to the conclusion that i can no longer serve As Crider National executive president of operation push. A at this Point in my life i desire to seeking his make him a favorite. At least four other candidates will be on the ballot when 1.6 million teamsters vote for top Ynion leaders in december. The elections Are being held under government supervision As part of a settlement of a racketeering Case. Hoffa 49, of Detroit has been a dues paying teamsters member forx22 years and has held Union office since april 1990, when he was appointed an administrative aide to Larry Brennan president focus More on my preaching ministry and personal  Crider served As pushes National executive president for Little More than a . 77 7-&Quot a. When he took the Job he promised to a plow a new path to meet the challenges of the 1990s.�?� in August he led a Boycott of Nike inc., based in Beaverton ore., to pressure the athletic shoe company to put More minorities in management positions. Nike which denied it failed to give Blacks Job opportunities created a minority affairs review Board and promised to add a minority Board member. Of the 70,000-member Michigan teamsters joint Council 43. He. Has said the Union presidency has been among his goals since his father Jimmy disappeared in 1975. The elder Hoffa who was the unions president from 1957 to 1971, is believed to have been killed because of his threat to reveal ties Between the Union and organized crime which dominated the Union during his presidency. In the stars and stripes 10 years ago March 18,1981 a defense Secretary. Caspar Weinberger was reported favouring a plan to base my intercontinental ballistic missiles aboard ships at sea instead of provoking the Wrath of environmentalists by Basing them in Utah and Nevada. 20 years ago March 18. 1971 a Thomas e. Dewey the Michigan Choirboy who won Fame As a Tough Racket busting prosecutor and went on to three terms As Republican governor of new York and two unsuccessful tries for , died of a heart attack in Miami Beach. He was 68. 30 years ago March 18,1961 a saudi Arabia told the United states to get out of the strategically located air base at Dhahran the state department reported. The ouster would leave wheelus a in Libya As the Only on e still used by the air Force in the Arab world. 40 years ago March 18,1951 a the army said it was looking for 30,000 women recruits to take Over jobs that were keeping male soldiers from the Battle front in Korea