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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 11, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Quot a Quot saturday May 11, 1991 the stars and stripes. B Page 7big Apple gets doomsday budget new York up a the mayor of the nations largest City presented his a doomsday budget Friday a $1.5 billion Cost slashing that would Lay off 29,000 workers close the Central Park zoo and dim the big apples great White Way. Mayor David Dinkins appealed for help to restore the cuts warning if there is none a the unthinkable will become the  a with a heavy heart Dinkins presented his recession riddled budget that affects every Agency and service except police and jails to the City Council which has until june 30 to beat it into shape. . The plan Calls for laying off More than 22,931 full time workers a including some 2,800 teachers a and 6,147 Par time workers. Pinks slips were to be issued before july 1. It would dose the newly refurbished Central Park zoo and switch off 25 percent of the City a 295,000 Street lights. A in one bit of Good news budget officials said they have managed to save drug treatment programs from being eliminated. But the proposed budget Calls for elimination of Many preventive health programs including infant mortality Initia Tives school vision and hearing exams City Hospital pharmacies and walk in clinics. A it would suspend the City a recycling program reduce Street cleaning and lit Ter Basket collections and pest control efforts. A. A a a a it would slash deeply into spending on education reducing school Security and food services. A a a a a a. A a. A a a i a. A the plan also Calls for some $1 billion in tax. Hikes to help close a deficit that has ballooned to some $3.5 billion for the new fiscal year that begins july 1 because of the continuing recession. The City Council strongly opposes the size of the tax hike. But the City by Law must begin the fiscal year with a balanced budget or face takeover by the state financial control Board a Prospect both the Council and Dinkins insist they will do everything to avoid a. The mayor who appealed directly to the Public for help in a prime time address earlier this week insisted the Only Way to avoid the fiscal bloodshed was if the City got help soon from its unions and from the state a no adjectives can explain the consequences of cuts so Large a said  joins Oregon in presidential primary from wire reports Olympia Wash. A Washington will join neighbouring Oregon in a regional presidential primary next May the Secretary of state has announced. The May 19, 1992, primary will be Washington a first. In the past Republican and democratic convention delegates were picked through a Complex poorly attended series of precinct caucuses and local conventions. Secretary of state Ralph Munro once said More people attend a boat show or Seattle sea Hawks game than participate in the caucuses. A in promoting a presidential preference primary our goal Nas always been to attract presidential candidates to Campaign in the Pacific Northwest a Munro said  owner files suit Chicago a a woman has filed a $10 million suit against the German automaker Bow for Selling too Many m5 sports cars in 1987 and 1988. Lisa Stewart of Glen Ellyn said the Schaumburg car dealer from whom she bought the $50,000 sports Model assured her it was a a limited edition of 500 cars but she has since Learned 1,400 of the car were sold in the United states. Stewart filed a class action suit in Federal court this week charging Bow and its . Subsidiary with breach of Promise Bimbo remark costly Henderson Nev. A a woman police dispatcher who called a woman reporting a major chlorine leak a a a Bimbo has been suspended without pay. _ the dispatcher in a Call to the Las vegas fire department referred to the tipster As a a a Bimbo and used other derogatory language. Henderson officials suspended the woman dispatcher without pay pending a hearing monday m which she could be disciplined further. Her name was not released. Mondays leak forced thousands of residents from their Homes sent some 300 people to hospitals and closed schools throughout the City of 70,000. Kennedy Nephew confident of exoneration in rape Case Palm Beach Fla. Apr William Kennedy Smith charged with raping a 29-year-old woman at the Kennedy family estate says he is worried and sad. But he also expresses Confidence he will be exonerated. A a in a very confident that when this thing is resolved that ill be Able to stand by my original statement which was that i did no to commit an offence of any kind a Smith said thursday in Washington after charges were filed in Florida. A Nephew of . Senator Edward m. Kennedy Smith 30, is a medical intern at Georgetown University. Smiths lawyers told police he plans to surrender next week. A police said after Smith is booked fingerprinted and his mugshot taken he can be freed by posting $10,000 Bond. A a a a a a. A a a. A a a a a a. A Smith told reporters he was a very tired because in be been in the Hospital Hll night taking care of people who have real problems. But obviously in a very sad about the events today and in a worried about my family and obviously my future my  on thursday state attorney David Bludworth capped six weeks of investigation by filing charges of sexual Battery and Battery against Smith for the alleged assault which the woman said occurred March 30. Rape is classified As sexual Battery in  convicted a defendant with no criminal record could face a sentence ranging from probation to 4yi years in prison. The prosecutor also charged the publisher of the Globe a supermarket tabloid based in Boca Raton Fla., with breaking an 80-year-old state Law barring the Media from disclosing rape victims names. The maximum penalty is 60 Days in jail and a $500 Fine. Phil Bunton the globes editorial director said the charges raise a critical questions about the Media a right to cover events involving Public figures. The Case gained worldwide attention in part because sen. Kennedy was in the mansion during the alleged attack on the grounds outside. When some news organizations including Abc news and the new York times named the accuser attention was riveted on the Issue of breaking a widely held Media policy against identifying rape victims. A i feel a profound sense of Relief and vindication a said the woman in a statement thursday. But she added she might not have pursued the Case had she known her name would be made Public. The woman in an interview published in fridays de William Kennedy Smith confronts Washington reporters it ions of the Palm Beach Post said she Felt violated when her name was revealed. A a my reaction was of being raped again a she said. A when you re a rape victim you have to go through a process of recovery and that process just completely stopped when i saw my  the woman who lives in jul pitch  told police she gave Smith a lift to the Kennedy estate the night she met him at the a bar nightclub. In an affidavit released by Bludworth on thursday she said Smith attacked her after showing her around the estate. The woman said her screams for help went in answer grand that Smith told her a Stop it Bitch a when she struggled with him. Police chief Joseph Terlizzese said Friday that police will release statements from other witnesses that support the nine Page affidavit after Smiths arraignment next week and will eventually make Public a 2,000-Page file on the Case. Re Concord . A the state House voted to create a paid Holiday in Honor of civil rights on the same Day As the Federal Martin Luther , but left Kings name off the measure. Lawmakers voted 243-105 on thursday to establish the Holiday on the third monday in january the same Day the Federal government and 48 states Honor Kings Jan. 15 birthday. The Senate could vote to Send the Bill to gov. Judd Gregg As Early As next week. Gregg has said he will sign it. Gregg argued against having both a civil rights Holiday and a fast Day be cause it would mean two paid holidays that taxpayers would have to pay for. He suggested a sunday Holiday but the House rejected it. Fast Day started in 1681 when the colonial government commanded citizens to Pray and fast for the recovery of the new Hampshire a Colony sailing first governor John Cutts. Arizona and new Hampshire Are the Only states without a paid Holiday for state workers that honors King. King supporters have tried unsuccessfully for 12 years to name a Holiday for the civil rights Leader killed in Memphis tenn., in april 1968. The new Hampshire Senate passed legislation this year naming the Holiday after him but lacked support for it in the House. Some representatives said it was important not to single out any person who fought for civil rights. And some opponents of including Kings name alluded to his stand against the Vietnam War and allegations of marital infidelity and plagiarism. A we saw no Way to get it passed with his name a said rep. Lionel Johnson past state president of the National association for the advancement of coloured people. Rep. Jacquelyn Domaingue who offered civil rights Day As a Compromise said after the vote that its time for new Hampshire to put the Issue to rest and a put into practice what they fought and died for and that a social  some King supporters argued that leaving his name off diluted the meaning of the Observance. A the question a said rep. Deborah Arnesen a was and still is whether new Hampshire will join the Federal government and 48 other states in celebrating the vision the value and the leadership of a great american who inspired thousands of Ordinary people to do extraordinary   
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