European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 31, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday March 31, 1991 the stars and stripes a Page 5california facing $13 billion deficit Wilson paints gloomiest picture Ever by Daniel m. Weintraub the los Angeles times Sacramento Calif. A offering the gloomiest picture yet of the states projected budget deficit gov. Pete Wilson said Friday that californians fiscal problem has grown from a a a crisis to an a a emergency and disclosed that the state is hurtling toward a record $13 billion deficit. Wilson said the persian Gulf War the National economic downturn and two natural disasters a the december freeze and a five year drought a All have added to a a a structural deficit in the budget that he said was a papered Over last year by the legislature and Wilson former gov. George Duck Majian. At a news conference Wilson declined to offer new solutions beyond the combination of service cuts and tax increases he proposed in january when he Esti mated the shortfall at about $7 billion a just Over half the current figure. To illustrate the problem he said the state could close its two University systems empty the prisons shut All state fat arks and furlough the entire state work orce and still not Bridge the projected Gap Between revenues and expenses. The Republican governor once again called on the Democrat dominated legislature to accelerate its budget deliberations and deliver to him a spending plan for the next fiscal year by May 1 a 45 Days ahead of the june 15 deadline called for in the states Constitution. Wilson said the states health and welfare expenses Are climbing even higher this year As the economic recession throws More people out of work. In january there were 707,419 cases of Aid to families with dependent children compared with 642,000 a year ago. There were 4.09 million people eligible for medi Cal up from 3.51 million in january 1990. In addition emergency Relief associated with the drought and the Decem Ber freeze that hit agriculture hard has added $111 million to the current years state budget. Tax revenues meanwhile Are Flat because Consumers even those who Are still employed have held Back on major purchases first during the War and now out of fear for the Economy. Since 1985, expenditures for prisons have grown by nearly 200 percent for medi Cal by 120 percent for welfare by 115 percent and for Public schools by 10 percent. During the same period californians population has grown by about 20 percent and general tax revenues have increased by 60 percent. Wilson said this problem which he called the a structural deficit a has been mounting for. Several years. A the so called Resolution to last Summers budget impasse Between gov. Deukmejian and inc legislature simply did not address the structural Gap Between revenues and expenditures a Wilson said. A last Summers budget agreement papered Over this fundamental flaw and it is a flaw that will continue to grow worse each year As caseload growth outpaces Revenue  As a result the $1.4 billion Reserve in Deukmejian a final budget will be wiped out and the state will finish the fiscal year on june 30 about $3.6 billion in the red. Next years revenues Are expected to fall another $7.6 billion Short of the $55.7 billion needed to continue existing state services at a level that  the growing demand., these numbers for the current year and the next fiscal year total $12.6 billion a shortfall that would be even higher than the $10 billion that a legislative analyst had projected in january. A a it a Clear any solution has to be across the Board a a finance director Thomas Hayes said. A everything has to be on the . Hayes said the administration s $12.6 billion figure does not yet represent a worst Case scenario. He said april income tax re turns could be even lower than now projected and other revenues such As the sales tax might continue to  from legislative leaders was muted although the latest news seems sure to Sharpen the partisan budget debate in which republicans have called for More spending cuts and democrats have advocated increasing taxes for the  adds 3,000 Sites to toxic waste list Washington a the defense department has added 3,000 toxic waste Sites to its cleanup list bringing the total to 17,482 at 1,855 current and former military installations according to a report to Congress. The Pentagon is seeking about $1.3 billion for next fiscal year for the cleanup Effort or about 20 percent More than it is spending this year. In a cover letter Deputy assistant defense Secretary Thomas Baca said a significant headway has been made in the cleanup Effort although work at Many Sites has yet to begin. The report says that Many of the additional Sites Are at Small installations. Some of the contaminated Sites include wastes from weapons manufacturing and testing As Well As training exercises. In Many cases toxic materials and chemicals were dumped without Protection and penetrated into groundwater. The Dod report said that preliminary assessments have been made at about 16%000 of the 17,482 Sites but actual cleanup work has begun at Only 1,400 of them and work has been completed at Only a handful. Earlier this month the National toxic Campaign fund a private advocacy group in Boston released data from last years Pentagon report to Congress showing 14,401 Likely contaminated Sites at 1,579 military bases nationwide. A the problem is even worse than we imagined a said Gary Cohen executive director of the National toxic Campaign fund. A the military a cleanup record continues to proceed at a snails Pace while More and More contaminated Sites Are  it is not known what the cleanup eventually will Cost although some estimates have been As High As $200  the major facilities with new Sites designated for cleanup Are the Ravenna army ammunition Plant in Ohio the Long Beach naval station in California and Dugway proving ground in Utah. Dugway the army a chemical weapons test Range where 6,000 sheep were killed in a 1968 nerve Gas Accident has 127 Sites. In the stars and stripes10 years ago March 31,1981 a president Reagan was shot in the Chest by a gunman and underwent emergency surgery at George Washington University Hospital where he was reported in Good condition. Reagan a press Secretary James Brady and two police officers also were wounded. The gunman John War Nock Hinkley jr., 22, was arrested.20 years ago March 31,1971 it. William l. Calley or. Stood before a military jury that could sentence him to death and said he a would not plead for life or my Freedom Quot because his Only crime was placing the lives of his troops Over those of the enemy at my lai.30 years ago March 31,1961 the defense department listed 52 military installations in 25 Sites which it will shut Down or curtail Over the next three years at a Cost of 9,000 civilian jobs.40 years ago _ March 31,1951 Quot All about even won the Best picture award at the 23rd annual Academy awards ceremonies. Hare Krishna fringe group s Leader 2 others guilty on variety of counts Martinsburg  a the Leader of a Hare Krishna spinoff Community was convicted Friday of authorizing murder kidnapping and beating of his devotees to protect an illegal multimillion Dollar Enterprise. Kirt Annanda Swami Bhakti Pada 53, was convicted on All six counts of mail fraud and on three of five counts of racketeering including being part of a conspiracy to kill Charles St. Denis a fringe member of the Community. St. Denis was shot stabbed and beaten to death in 1983. The jury which deliberated Over four Days could not reach a decision on two racketeering counts involving the murder of Stephen Bryant a Hare Krishna dissident who was gunned Down on a los Angeles Street in May 1986. Bryant was killed after accusing Bhakti Pada and others of drug trafficking prostitution and child abuse authorities say. Thomas a. Drescher a former Bhakti Pada associate is awaiting retrial in los Angeles in Bryants slaying after his first trial ended last fall in a Hung jury. Bhakti Pada faces a maximum oif 90 years in prison and More than $76 million in fines. . District judge Robert Merhige refused a defense attorneys request to allow Bhakti Pada to remain free on Bond and he was taken into custody by Federal marshals. His attorney James Lees jr., said he would Appeal. In closing remarks assistant . Attorney Michael Stein told the jury beak ipad a a lust for Power Money and Young boys led him to commit the crimes. Lees portrayed his client As an austere Man dedicated to building an interfaith a City of god in the Hills of Northwestern West Virginia. Also convicted Friday were Terry Sheldon 42, of Detroit known As tap Appun a and Steven Fitzpatrick 36, of Yarmouth mass., whose Krishna name is Sundar Akara. Sheldon was found guilty of two counts of racketeering and one count of mail fraud and faces a maximum sentence of life in prison plus 10 years and $25.5 million in fines. Fitzpatrick was found guilty of one count of mail fraud and faces a maximum sentence of five years in prison and a $250,000  Pada was expelled from the International society for Krishna consciousness in 1987 for allegedly violating the religions tenets. Bhakti Pada and his followers who were expelled a year later contend they still follow the religions teachings. Bhakti Pada formerly known As Keith g. Ham is the son of a Peekskill n.y., Baptist minister. Map Kirt Annanda Swami Bhakti Pada in 1987 photo taken on his arrival in