European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 22, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                , monday april 22, 1991 the stars and stripes a Page 5 critics of Gates open recall Campaign the stars and stripes los Angeles up a opponents of police chief Daryl Gates launched a recall Campaign saturday seeking to gather signatures for an initiative that would have voters decide if the chief should be fired Over a police brutality scandal. Unsuccessful City Council candidate Kerman Maddox one of five people spearheading that Effort began the signature drive in front of the downtown police Headquarters where hundreds have gathered weekly to demand Gates ouster for the March 3 police beating of Rodney King. Maddox said supporters will circulate petitions City Vic in an Effort to gather the 63,818 signatures of registered City voters needed to place the Issue on the november ballot. A we will be going to shopping centers churches a wherever people lire we will be there a said Maddox a political science teacher at Southwest Community College. A we will take this to the people because we believe the Issue needs to be decided by the  the City clerks office certified the recall Campaign thursday giving organizers the go ahead to begin collecting signatures for a ballot referendum. In an informal news conference held against a backdrop of about 75 sign waving demonstrators Maddox asserted that racism is deeply rooted in the los Angeles police department. Quot i have lived in South Central los angles for years a Maddox said of the predominately minority Community. A a there a been a problem Between police and residents for  Maddox denied that the recall Campaign would further Divide the City. A the Only thing dividing the City is Gates continued refusal to move out of the Way a he said. Gates was notified by. Letter of the recall Effort but. He has not issued a response. Although he rejected mayor Tom Bradley Scall to step Down Gates has said he May retire once various inquiries involving his department Are completed. King. 25. An unemployed sex convict suffered numerous Skull fractures and other injuries when he was beaten by a group of police officers following his arrest on a traffic violation. Four of the officers have been charged with assault. At least 17 others witnessed the attack and Are now being investigated by the county grand jury. A ,. A. One of the Lour officers. Laurence Powell 28. A three year Veteran has been named in a lawsuit alleging  of excessive Force in i989against a 30-year-old factory worker. In a suit filed last May Salvador Castaneda claims he received a fractured Elbow after Powell tin necessarily beat . Y. Students defy court keep Campus locked ecu a fed is / a re a i Quot Al it. A. Quot a a a Quot a \ a a. Quot a a. A Quot a ,. A. New York apr about 50 City College of new York students saturday defied a court order to leave a College building they have been occupying to protest tuition increases and budget cuts. The students took Over the South building at Borough of Manhattan Community College on april 8. Its one of a series of protests at 12 campuses of Cuny. Demonstrations have shut the Manhattan Campus and five others for 52,000 students enrolled. The other six campuses with 71,000 students have stayed open by rescheduling classes in unoccupied buildings. Justice Alice Schlesinger of state supreme court issued a preliminary injunction Friday requiring students at Borough of Manhattan to unchain doors and remove other obstacles to student and faculty Access by noon on saturday. A the students have decided that we shall not be moved. We will stand Here arid maintain our ground a one of the students shouted saturday. Cuny spokeswoman Rita Rodin said the school would probably seek a contempt of court citation against the students but did no to plan to ask police to forcibly remove them. The judge called gov Mario  plan to raise Cuny tuition by $500 a will advised and his proposed $97 million education budget cuts  but Schle Singer said she had to balance protesters free speech rights against the rights of those who want to attend class. Yearly tuition Rose $ Miqu this Spring to $1,450. Defiant students huddle behind their protest Banner at Borough of Manhattan Community College. In the stars and stripes 10years ago april 22,1981 a after a 10-year exile Slot machines were returned to military clubs in Europe As part of a six month test program. Machines had been removed following congressional criticism and investigation into club irregularities. 20years ago april 22,1971 defense Secretary Melvin r. Laird expressed . Concern Over recent intelligence evidence confirming that the soviet Union is stepping up construction of intercontinental ballistic Al missiles. 30years ago april 22,1961 a the Ohio state legislature was asked to examine state College and University textbooks to see if they Quot teach the truth about communism and russian imperialism a after students from Antioch College and Ohio state University picketed the statehouse to protest alleged . Intervention in Cuba. 40years ago april 22,1951 a graduates of the m24 tank crewman s course Are told one of their major responsibilities is a to make real soldiers out of the new draftees who will shortly be joining  burglar with fake bomb arrested Bangor Maine up a burglar who broke into Stephen Kings Home armed with a fake bomb and threatened the authors wife before barricading him self in the attic was arrested later saturday police said. No one was Hurt in the incident. Tabitha King discovered the intruder in her Home around 6 a.m., police said. When she confronted the burglar lie told her he had a bomb in his Knapsack police said. Mrs King fled to a neighbors House from where she called police. Officers from the Bangor and Brewer police departments sealed off the area around the King Home before going inside with a police dog named Saber. Saber found the Man identified As Eric Keene 26, of san Antonio. A the burglar had barricaded himself in the room and threatened to detonate an explosive and refused to exit the room a a. Bangor police spokesman said. Saber however stood his ground a. And caused him to drop what appeared to be a hand held Detonator dislodging the attached wiring a leading to the Man s arrest the spokesman said. The Bangor police departments bomb disposal team found what appeared to be a homemade bomb in the suspects Knapsack but the device turned out to be a fake police said. Keene was being held in the Penobscot county jail on charges of burglary and terrorizing police said. Kings books some of which have been made into movies include a Christine a a the dead zone a a Carrie a a the shining and  a a misery involves a fictional author Paul Sheldon who becomes trapped in the Home of a crazed fan when his car Breaks Down. The fan Annie Wilkes tortures the author into writing a Story she approves of. In Princeton n.j., meanwhile a woman insists that King broke into her Home and stole the manuscript on which a a misery is based and for which actress Kathy Bates won an Oscar this year for her portrayal of Wilkes in the movie version of the novel a it s All mine. Every word of it almost. At least 9 j percent of it a Anne Hillner told the Trenton limes saturday. A the stole the work from my House. I believe his Book is  Kings attorney Arthur Green called the claims a a ridiculous and said i either has been hounding King with letters for 10 years. Hiltner has filed suit in . District court claiming the horror and mystery writer broke into her Princeton township House numerous times in the past two decades and pilfered several manuscripts. Hillner said she is the Model for i he. Wilkes character. Truman s Florida Retreat opening to Public key West Fla. Apr president Harry a Truman a Little White House Retreat opens this week As a museum honouring the country a 33rd president. After two years of restoration the House was opened Friday for a preliminary viewing by Community leaders. Its Public opening scheduled for saturday. Truman on his doctors advice first visited key West in 1946 to nurse a defiant cold. So taken by the town and the . Navy commandants House where he stayed Truman made repeated visits. During his nearly seven year presidency Truman returned to the House on the Navy base 11 times for a total of 175 Days. A a in be a notion to move the capital to key West and just stay a Truman once wrote to his Wile Bess. Lie stayed at a friends House during visits that he made alter leaving office. In 1974, the Navy closed the property and it fell into disrepair until its renovation began. A the was definitely loved Here Quot said mayor Lony Zarracino. Quot we re proud to say he slept Here he lived Here and he played poker