European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 20, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday May 20,. 1991 the stars and stripes Page 7parades across . Honor Gulf War vets by the associated press tens of thousands of americans saluted persian Gulf War veterans on saturday during armed forces Day parades held around the country. Some anti War activists also showed up. In Southern California an estimated 200.000 people cheered at the operation Orange county Victory Parade in Eltoro about 50 Miles Southeast of los Angeles. About 50,000 people watched a Patriot missile launcher and other military equipment in a Parade at fort Monmouth defense Secretary Dick Cheney and White House chief of staff John Sununu attended a Celebration in Baton Rouge la., for Louisiana a returning veterans. Later saturday Cheney delivered a message from president Bush at a Parade at Universal studios Florida in Orlando Fla. A armed forces Day reminds us there Are principles Worth fighting Tor a Bush said in Tulve it Ter Cheney read to troops and thousands of visitors. More than 2,200 Active duty and reservist soldiers marched in san Francisco s Parade which included a 21-gun Salute and a Parachute jump. But anti War demonstrators and War supporters exchanged Sharp words several times a and occasional punches at least six people were arrested on Misdemeanour charges ranging from throwing objects at police officers to climbing aboard military vehicles said san Francisco police sgt. Jim Hughes. Police earlier had said ask Many As. 12 people were arrested. A group called the los Angeles Catholic worker began a 24-hour Vigil in Hollywood to protest All wars. Group members called the Welcome Home desert storm Parade planned m Hollywood Tor sunday a a Celebration of the Triumph of  new Jersey about 20 people showed up outside fort Monmouth to protest the Celebration. Demonstrators held signs that read. A death and destruction is nothing to  and a peace on  but in Eltoro a crowd estimated by Irvine police at 200.000 cheered marines m Battle to Tigues in a Parade outside the Eltoro Marine corps air station. In Southeast Georgia troops from the 24th inf div Mech at fort Stewart marched through Savannah s historic District As Flag waving spectators cheered them on. Quot a youths go on rampage after Urcla festival los Angeles up hundreds of youths rampaged through an upscale shopping and theater District Early sunday shattering the windows of More than a dozen businesses. The Melee erupted after a festival closed Down for the night at the University of California at los Angeles authorities said. A police officer suffered a knee injury in a tall in one of several minor injuries reported. A a the violence in Westwood Village including gunfire erupted at 12 30 a.m., shortly after the end of the Mardi gras carnival at the University As Urcla and los Angeles police officers moved in to Clear the Campus. Several tights had Bro Ken out before the rampage which involved at least 500 youths and took police about 90 minutes to quell. Sgt. Michael Shain of the Urcla police department said the heaviest property damage occurred along two streets where a quite a few windows were broken mostly in office buildings rather than retail stores. A los Angeles police sgt. Robert Darnell said 17 businesses were vandalized and looted. More than 50 windows were broken in one building with damage expected to reach into the tens of thousands of dollars. A number of the individuals involved in the violence were possible gang Mem Bers Shain said. Police arrested nine people including four adults on charges of burglary and one on vandalism charges. Two teenagers were also booked on burglary charges and two More minors were picked up Tor curfew violations. Broken Glass littered the streets of Westwood Village in the aftermath of the rampage the latest in a series of violent incidents to Bare up in the upscale area. It is dotted with shops restaurants and movie Heaters just South of Urcla. Gunfire was also reported with a Bank automatic Teller machine reportedly riddled with Bullet holes but no one was wounded. Sham said More than 200 Olti cars with the us la and los Angeles to Liee departments had been deployed Aroun Westwood Village and on the Campus before tic rampage erupted. I he Ollices. Some mounted on horseback  the crowds Oil the Campus alter the Mardi gras to Swival closed Down Lor the night when the violence began he said. A i done to think there was one thing that sparked any of this but when you have several thousand people pumped up to begin with and. They re All in one spot you re bound to have problems Quot Sham said. The Mardi gras an annual Chanov event organized by students was scheduled to end sunday  etched on subway slabs Are poetic gems Boston apr the Boston subway is giving billboard weary commuters and culture lovers a sense of the neighbourhoods they re travelling through a in the form of Homespun literature. Poetry and prose compositions etched on slabs of Vermont Quarry can be found in nine stations along the Orange line which courses through diverse ethnic localities trom Chinatown to Roxbury a predominantly Black Section. The slabs two at each station were put in place Between 1987 and 1990, the project is designed to incorporate the arts into the design of the stations and to reflect the cultural mix of neighbourhoods served by the Massachusetts Bay transportation authority. At the station in Stony Brook Home to both Blue Collar workers and yuppies a the dinner by Rosario Morales a Cambridge writer of puerto rican heritage is a Celebration of women. A Section of the poem reads Quot squatting by the door Sill she pounds garlic and herbs. And she chops with n Cleaver garlic Ginger scallions peppers parts a Small piece of beef into a thousand slices. Someone toasts Coffee Soricone else grinds bananas for banana Beer. The air is Rich with smells and  a a i have no doubt that some of those women commuters Are running Home to make the dinner a Morales said. At the Stop in Chinatown a bustling area of grocery stores and restaurants commuters eager to get somewhere else can share a quiet moment in an immigrant s Garden captured in Marea Gordette a poem a emr. Yee is in the  a emr. We is in the Garden talking to his Flowers Quot i Don t know what he says a but i know they love him Little boats a coming to Anchor in his  at Ruggles Street on the Edge of Roxbury a Harriet Tubman aka Moses by retired English professor Samuel Allen is a poem in Praise of the abolitionist who led hundreds of Blacks out of slavery in the deep South. Royal couple View historic fort Queen Elizabeth ii and her husband Prince Philip Are shown around fort Jefferson in the Florida keys in saturday by Park Ranger Matt Fagan. The fort was a Union prison Camp in the civil War. It is on one of the most isolated Points of land in the United states a the dry in Ortigas Chain of Coral islands about 70 Miles West of key West. The Royal couple also v visited Loggerhead key for a picnic , 10, commits Holdup Over Beanie Baltimore apr a 10-year-old boy pointed a gun at the head of a 9-year-old and ordered him to turn Over his multicoloured propeller topped Beanie police said. The fourth grader just Over 4 feet tall told police he found the .22-caliber revolver outside an abandoned House. He walked up to the 9-year-old boy who was strolling Home from school Friday with his 11-year-old sister police said. A Wyo Gimme your hat a the boy said according to a police report. When the. 9-year-old refused the robber allegedly raised the revolver to his victim s head and ordered him again to hand Over the Beanie. The younger boy complied then ran with his sister to the nearby Home of an aunt who called police. The boy admitted using the gun to Rob the 9-year-old, police said but claimed he had not intended to harm him. A it Wasny to loaded a the boy told police. A i wanted the hat because i liked it. I said a can i hold your hat a the boy