European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 26, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 b the stars and stripes tuesday March 26,1991 a a if six a m to police chief Daryl Gates tells supporters in a rally at the los Angeles police Academy that he will not step Down. Gov. Wilson backs Gates Ikens drive to Lynching a los Angeles apr gov. Pete Wilson defended police chief Daryl Gates describing Calls for his ouster because of the juror Over a videotaped police beating of a Black Motorist As an a attempted  the March 3 beating of Rodney g. King was videotaped by an Amateur cameraman and has been televised nationwide. King suffered multiple injuries including 11 Skull fractures. Since then numerous critics have called for Gates to resign. Gates who called the beating a a an aberration a has vowed to remain As police chief. A i think that we re watching the attempted Lynching of Gates Wilson said saturday on can s weekly a Capitol  a. A but i done to think it will be successful and i Don t think it should be successful unless there can be a showing from an honest and an objective investigation that this is not an aberration that instead it is a consistent pattern a Wilson said a but 1 Dofna to think its going to show that because Daryl Gates however glib or flip he May have been an occasion is a dedicated Law enforcement professional who has taken enormous Pride in a department that i think is one of the Best a he said. About 2,000 people attended a rally at the los Angeles police Academy sunday in support of Gates. The chief urged television stations to Stop showing the videotape Quot the video will be forever etched in my mind a Gates said adding that the four officers charged in the beating a cannot have a fair trial if the tape continues to be  civil rights attorney Gloria Allred who with actor. Chad Everett spoke at the pro Gates rally said Gates should not step Down without due cause. Quot lie deserves More than a Lynch mob mentality that says chief Gates is guilty a she said. The Fri will question All 200 officers at the police station where the four officers charged in Kings beating Are based. Gates has ordered personnel at the Sta lion the foothill division to be cooperative. The investigation is aimed at determining if a pattern of civil rights abuses exists it. Fred Nixon said saturday. He said the Fri asked for names addresses and Telephone numbers of every officer who works at the division. Fri spokesman Jim Nielson refused comment except to say Quot we Are conducting an investigation of Allega Lions of violations of civil  the police Union the los Angeles pm olice protective league welcomed the Fri investigation said its president it. George Aliano. V a i think this should be done As soon As possible a Aliano said. A the people in the City should know what a occurring. Bad or Good it needs to get out a Wilson also criticized lawsuits that charge police with using excessive Force. A i  be too impressed about the $8 million the los Angeles police department reportedly paid to Settle excessive Force lawsuits in 1990, Wilson said. He said he sees More attention being paid to police training. A fall of that makes sense certainly the sensitivity and training a he said. A but you be got to re Mem her that cops Are facing far and away the most difficult and demanding and dangerous work that police have Ever faced. They re dealing with drug gangs they re dealing with violence. It. A they done to know when they Stop somebody and pull them Over whether he a going to respond by blowing their head off a he said. This in no Way excuses what was an inexcusable performance on the part of these officers a he added to Aid weather forecasting Washington apr the government will scatter a network of 65 new weather monitoring buoys across the Pacific Ocean Over the next two years in an Effort to improve w Eather forecasting. The National oceanic and atmospheric administration said sunday that the United states France and Japan Are cooperating to place the moored buoys in a series of North South lines spread across thousands of Miles of Ocean a from the Galapagos islands to new Guinea. Additional weather observations Are vital to improving forecasts Richard Hallgren executive director of the american meteorological society said last w Eek. Hallgren said that most weather observations a done Over land which is concentrated in the norther hemisphere. There Are some reports available from ships and aircraft but those Are limited to Welb Travle routes. A a the buoy network will help fill that Gap. The Auto Matic instruments will report to Noaak a Pacific Mirine environmental Laboratory in Seattle via satellite twice daily. The buoys will include instruments that measure wind at the surface air temperature relative Humidor water temperature at several Levels below the surf aet water pressure and salinity.  guardsman finds he s a father from wire reports Lytle Rock Ark. A returning Arkansas National guardsman Eric Marsh was thinking the worst when the state police pulled him out of his Convoy in Malvern. Then he Learned he was becoming a father. Marsh 32, arrived at at Baptist medical Center in Little Rock shortly after his songs birth saturday morning. The baby was named Eric Stef Fon Marsh. A a it a a Blessing from god a Marsh said. A we can task for a better  Marsh is a member of the guards 212th signal in which returned saturday from fort Hood Tekas where it had been  prices creep up los Angeles a prices at the nations Gas pumps crept up slightly Over the last two weeks registering the first increase since mid october the Lundburg Survey said sunday. Tribly lundbcrg., who conducts the National Survey said the average Price of a gallon of gasoline on March 22 was $1,1716, a Quarter cent higher than the March 8 Price. She said the Price increase reflects a traditional Rise in wholesale prices As the Spring and summer driving seasons  riot at concert Daly City Calif. About 75 youths throwing bottles and chairs and shouting gang names rushed the stage at a rap concert and attacked the group that was performing after a rival gang was mentioned police said. The rap group do Quick was attacked at the Jam zone nightclub shortly before Midnight saturday said police sgt. Gary Mclane. During its performance do Quick made a reference to the Compton crips a los Angeles gang. The crowd responded with shouts of a a Hpe and a Fillmore Quot both gangs in san Francisco adjacent to Daly City police said. Seven police officers patrolling the area entered the club but were forced to Call for assistance. Officers from surrounding cities from the san Mateo county sheriffs department and from the California Highway patrol arrived As about 20 club patrons rushed into the parking lot and began brawling. Officers broke up the fight after about 20 min. Utes. No arrests were made.  2 killed in . Violence new York a two men were killed and seven people including an off duty corrections officer who interrupted a robbery attempt were wounded in three separate shootings at new York City restaurants Over the weekend police said. Two men were fatally shot and two others were seriously wounded sunday at a restaurant in a violence plagued Brooklyn neighbourhood police said. They said they had no motive or suspect in the shooting. Hours later in the Bronx an off duty corrections officer leaving a restaurant restroom walked into an armed Holdup. He traded shots with two would be robbers wounding one and getting hit in the Arm himself a police spokesman said. The suspects who fled without getting any Cash were later apprehended at a nearby Hospital when one of them sought treatment the spokesman said. The officer we As treated for an Arm wound at another Hospital and released. Also in the Bronx a Man leaving a restaurant at about 11 20 . Saturday was shot in the Abdomen and seriously wounded. Police had no motive for the crime and no weapon or suspects were found. Amtrak engine Burns York a the engine of a Manhattan bound Amtrak train erupted in flames in the la Ron sunday forcing the suspension of suburban train service along the Hudson River and Amtrak service in and out of grand Central terminal. The fire on the Albany to new York train began at 5 40 . And was extinguished within two hours a fire department spokesman said. There were no injuries he said