European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 21, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday april 21, 1991 the stars and stripes b Page 5washington teachers press demands Olympia Wash. Apr about 12,500 striking teachers and supporters marched Friday on the state Capitol urging the legislature to spend More Money on schools. A teachers carrying signs and chanting slogans massed in front of the Capitol. The Roar was deafening but legislators and the governor remained indoors conducting business As usual. A a a in a not going to apologize for wanting a decent wage for the important Job we do a Carla Nuxoll president of 50,000-member Washington education association told the enthusiastic but orderly throng. Gov. Booth Gardner a professed Champion of education reforms called it a a sad Day for the state and warned that teachers face legislative retaliation if the two Day strike lasts too Long. The Washington state patrol said the crowd was the largest to demonstrate on the Capitol grounds. The Wea called the strike Over demands for higher wages increased school construction reduced class sizes More local control Over classrooms and a lon term commitment to education funding. The strike was joined by 36 of about 300 Union locals idling about 21,000 teachers and More than 300,000 students in 36 Western Washington school districts. About 500,000 students around the rest of the state attended class As usual Friday. Legislators working on a $15.5 billion two year state budget insisted the strike would not affect their decision making. The Republican dominated Senate has proposed spending $7.1 billion on schools $564 million above current Levels and $145 million More than the House budget proposal.  a my i.1 r a a a a \ v striking teachers rally outside the state Capitol in Olympia Wash., urging More Money for  concern prompts toy Rifle import ban by the Washington Post Washington while Congress the Whitehouse and the gun and anti gun factions Wrangle Over gun control the customs service has decided that hundreds of toy m-16 rifles pose such a safety threat that it has banned their import. The imitation rifles manufactured in Japan and destined for an unnamed Firmin the stars and stripes10 year Sago april 21,1981 a in their final report researchers concluded that the shroud of Turin a revered Possession of the Catholic Church for 600 years is the burial cloth of a Man but not necessarily that of Jesus Christ. A. 20years ago april 21,1971 a in a unanimous decision the supreme court upheld that Federal courts May order busing of children As a Means of de segregating Public schools. The court also held that fixed ratios Are not re guided in All schools of a Community. 30years ago april 21,1961 a president Kennedy warning against russian intervention to quell the cuban anti Castro rebellion said that the United states will not hesitate to act on its own against the communists in Cuba if necessary to protect the Security of the United states. That Sells replicas to gun collectors were prohibited from passing through customs because they failed to meet regulations that enable police to distinguish them from the real thing and because they possibly could be converted into an actual weapon the service said. A the resemblance of the so called toy to the real thing is uncanny a customs service commissioner Carol Hallett said at a news conference. A a. The consequences arising from the use of imitation weapons Are not amusing and pleasurable a they Are serious and in Many cases  Hallett said the customs service will work with police to reduce accidental police shootings of individuals carrying fake guns a by working to keep look alike firearms outside our  the coalition to Stop gun violence a gun control group endorsed the action. A a it a not a bad thing its just seems their priorities Are a Little skewed a said Jeffrey Muchnick legislative director for the coalition. A a it a not the try guns that Are killing  a. With the exception of by guns and antique replicas toy guns manufactured in the United states and abroad must contain a Bright Orange plug in the barrel which allows police to Tell it is a toy. The guns in questions had the Orange plug but the colouring could be scraped off the customs service discovered. The purpose of the regulation is to Cut the number of cases in which police have shot individuals they believed were carrying real weapons and to discourage the use of imitations in robberies and assaults. In the last five years police have used Force in 140 incidents involving toy guns according to a Survey by the police exec Utvic research forum. Roughly 5,200 robberies and 7,000 assaults were committed by criminals using look alike weapons during the same time period. Police racial slur discipline policy under review by la. Commission los Angeles a the City civil service commission announced  plans to examine police department disciplinary procedures for officers who use racially discriminatory language. The commissions review comes in response to the controversy Over the videotaped police beating of Rodney King and racial slurs sent by officers Over a computer message system. A a it a not a question of what the rules Are but what Are our recommendations to make sure they re being enforced a said commissioner Anthony de los Reyes. The March 3 beating stunned the nation and prompted Calls for police chief Daryl f. Gates resignation. Opponents of Gates said they plan to put the question of his resignation before voters in november. Kerman Maddox said he filed a recall measure with the City clerk and it was certified thursday. The next step would be a petition drive to collect 58,000 signatures in support of the ballot measure. King was beaten kicked and shocked with an electric stun gun by officers. The beating was recorded on videotape by an. Amateur photographer and televised around the world. Four officers were charged with felony assault in the Wake of the beating which left King 25, with multiple Skull fractures a broken Eye socket and facial nerve damage. Just before the beating one of the officers charged in the attack said in a computer conversation with another officer that a prior unrelated incident was a right out of a gorillas in the Mist a a a film about ape research in Africa. On Friday the civil service commission received a City personnel department report that pointed to existing policies governing the use of discriminatory language and outlined discipline procedures. The report suggested stronger wording be put into the police Depar rement manual to encourage racial sensitivity and cultural awareness. 40years ago april 21,1951 a three scottish students admitted to stealing Britain a Stone of scone from Westminster Abbey last Christmas. The Stone had been returned anonymously Over a week ago and the government announced that no one would be prosecuted. Sweeping new York a health officials faced with a measles epidemic sweeping through new York and Northern new Jersey Are. Launching an emergency immunization and Public information Campaign in new York City officials said about 2,000 cases of the disease have been reported since january about 500 fewer than in All of 1990. Five deaths have been recorded they said compared with nine last year. V new Jersey is facing two separate epidemics one in Newark and Elizabeth the other in Camden an apparent spillover from a wave of the disease in nearby Philadelphia according to or. William Pajcin the states assistant commissioner for communicable disease control. New Jersey has had 1,131 cases since Jan. 1, exceeding the 1986 total of 1,000, the most for any year in recent times. One suspected measles death is being investigated Parkin said. In 1990, new Jersey had about 470 cases of measles three of them fatal. A the City a serious outbreak of measles is continuing and at an alarming rate a or. Woodrow a. Myers the City health commissioner said at a news conference Friday. A if the reported rate of measles keeps up by next month we will have surpassed the total number of measles cases reported for All of 1990.�?�