European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 2, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page-4 the stars and stripes thursday May 2,1991 \ Nenana Alaska up alaskans most popular guessing game betting on when the ice will break on the Guiana River to Herald the Start of sri had four dozen people plunking Bawn Money for a Day that does no to exist pm april 31. Alaskans  $2 per guess in the annual Nenana ice classic to predict the exact Day hour and minute that the ice will Start to go out tripping a tripod clock mounted on the Tanana River at the town of Nenana in the Middle of Alaska Between Fairbanks and Denali National Park. Ing alaskan Spring of the 148,692 guesses purchased for the 75th annual Nenana ice classic 48 people were sold on a breakup sometime after april 30 and before May 1. Remember the old school rhyme a a thirty Days has september april june and november Well 48 people did no to. Or they forgot to Check a Cal Ersidar when they opened their wallets to place their bets and make their guesses. Nenana ice classic manager Jan t Blair said one bettor Louis Smith Felt Lucky enough about april .31 that to Quot. Purchased two guesses for that Day. Although the april 31 us scr never had a Chance their Luck turned out to be no worse than half the betting Pool who purchased guesses for Days that have come and gone. About half those buying Gutis ses predicted that the ice would go out before May 1. But Blair said Quot the ice is very solid out by the  tuesday was the most popular Choice among bettors followed by wednesday and monday but Blair predicted that with current weather conditions the ice would hold for several More Days. One fourth of All bets selected a time on those three Days. Blair said the most popular Day and time chosen by bettors 286 of them was five minutes before six sunday evening a i in other words or num Beja on 5-5 at 5 55.  a a a a a All guesses had to be purchased by a april 1. A a a a. A a a a this years Jackpot is $140,000 for guessing the right Day and minute or closest to it. Nenana a town of about 550 people uses half the ticket safes for non profit projects. Mother links computer notes to accused son s planned novel Alexandria a a the Mother of a former Marine Captain charged with killing his wife says a 26-step plan Lor homicide found on her songs computer disk was Pait of a mystery novel she was helping him write. Robert Prussell,.34, aspired to be a writer and had asked for help on the Book which was about two a. Rine officers Patricia Russell testified tuesday at her songs trial in . District court. "1 was going to try and help him with the female As pct of it and he was going to write about the Marine corps stuff a she told an eight Man four woman jury. Russell is charged with killing Marine capt. Shirley Gibbs Russell who disappeared from the Quantico va., Marine base March 4, 1989. If convicted Russell could face a life sentence without parole. Assistant . Attorney Lawrence Leiser has alleged Russell shot his wife in the storage room of their on base apartment prosecutors hav said they believe her body which has never been found was dumped in an abandoned Coal mine in Eastern Pennsylvania. Naval authorities began investigating Russell in 1988 when he was being discharged from the military prosecutors said. Co workers Clearing his computer stumbled upon a file a marked  it outlined a premeditated killing with such entries As a How do i kill her a Ted Quot make it look As if she  Russell told investigators the list was part of the planning for a mystery novel russells Mother a bookkeeper said she threw away the two chapters she had written after the Navy found the list and began investigating. In other testimony tuesday a civilian employee at Quantico who was a Friend of hers said she saw Shirley Russell at a shopping mall about 20 Miles from the base about three to five weeks after she disappeared. A a i know i did no to see a ghost. I know what 1 saw or Darnisha Thompson said a at that time she looked at me. We looked at each  a a convenience store clerk from York pa., said Shirley Russell bought a Phr Sylvania lottery ticket on the Day she disappeared. _ loan keeps Richmond schools open peddling through a Deborah Hickey on her Way to work pedals Uphill in Denver a Capitol Hill District. A Spring storm dumped up to a foot of Snow on parts of Colorado on tuesday. Richmond Calif. Apr state officials tuesday approved a $19 million emergency Lori to keep bankrupt Richmond schools open through the end of the school year. A they will not go out of business a said state controller Gray Davis announcing the loan after meeting with state schools superintendent Bill Honig and gov. Pete Wilson. Wilson had opposed the loan. A the school system a which has won National acclaim for innovation had faced closure on tuesday but a judge monday ordered the state to keep the sys Teni open. Wilson had promised to Appeal that ruling and opposed granting the loan. He said it sets a poor precedent for other districts by encouraging them to seek state help. A the $19 million loan approved tuesday Wilt keep the District running for the last six weeks of the school year but wont retire any of the debt Davis said about $10 million will come from funds no longer needed by Oakland. Most of the rest will come from a Driver training program Reserve account. 20,000 rally against planned . Budget cuts new y Ork if Ahll 11 90 fwd Al Nyrl Pretl Al i t k a for Kir four us pro m,./ i. To a Quot a. 1 a a. New York apr about 20,000 people demonstrated tuesday against gov Mario Cuomo s planned budget cuts of $4,5 billion that protest organizers contend Are too deep and too painful. A this budget ,. Will begin a trend of reduced funding to vital human services at a time when the need for better health care education and necessary social server ices  be greater Quot state assemblyman a1 Vann told protesters gathered in downtown Manhattan. _. The state faces a $6 billion deficit under a budget that by Law should have passed april 1. Cuomo wants to balance the budget wit h the cuts a Nib More than $1.5 billion in tax increases. Labor leaders members of the. Black and puerto rican legislative caucus and others have created the save new York coalition to Stop Cuomo from implement ing the cuts. Led by the Rev. Jesse Jackson sporting a Union Cap they marched up Broadway chanting a a we re fired up can to take no More a and a shame on  new York City faces the same Chal anticipated notes sales. Ofa City and state Are pushing write s3.5  for a pc lbs Stanley Hill executive director of District Council 37, the City a largest municipal Union said that it is Quot imperative that we come on Strong to let the governor know How important it is to restore these cuts and Deal with the tax  Hill said the Rich should be taxed More and rejected Cuomo a notion that they j a wow aim. Cd Ilu i 1c $3.5 billion deficit for the fiscal year be ginning the next Day july 1. Moreover the City will have to assume the $12 million Cost of Selling $1,25 billion in Revenue anticipation notes to raise Money that the state can to spend because of the budget impasse. Those notes Are due june 28. A the state s difficulties were pinpointed As am Rmer w i r a pc vice Duomo s notion mat i As among reasons Tor the Low ranking would leave the Rita if their Tavel in two Bond rating agencies assigned to the a creased a qty of their taxes in san Francisco up a a Federal appeals court tuesday upheld the constitutionality of Hawaii a Good Friday Holiday ruling that a Law giving state workers the Day offis no More than rest for the "weary.&Quot. The ruling by the 9ih . Circuit court of appeals will be appealed said Kirk Cashmere the attorney for taxpayers who challenged the  appeals court by a 2-1 vote ruled the 1941 Hawaii statute does not violate the constitutions ban on the establishment of religion by designating Good Friday a Holiday for its employees. Hawaii is one of a dozen states officially observing Good Friday As a  said he intends to seek a review of the decision by a full 11-judge panel of the appeals court. He says hell take the Case to the supreme court if necessary. In its re Jig the court said Quot we Are persuaded that nothing More is a established by the Hawaii statute than an extra Day of rest for a weary Public labor  judge Diarmuid o Oscannlain who is Catholic wrote Quot. Because the primary effect of the Good Friday Holiday is secular we cannot conclude that the Holiday is unconstitutional merely because the Holiday May make it easier to worship on that Day for those pm pc yes who May wish to do  Cashmere called the courts rationale that Good f Day was simply a secular Holiday a Quot slap in the face those who observe Good  he said it was esp rally offensive to buddhists Ai the Bahai i turned Down by the Hawaii legislature seeking recognition of their religious holidays. O Oscannlain equated Good Friday with tajik Saivii and Christmas As holidays that have become Seoul need. A /