European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 18, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday june 18, 1991 the stars and stripes a Page 7 Driver could face 85-year suspension Philadelphia apr a 19-year-old Motorist who racked up 301 moving violations Iri two years could conceivably lose his Drivers License until he a 104, according to City officials. Richard Canning Heads the City traffic courts 25 most wanted list part of a plan to collect $54 million in outstanding fines from an estimated 180,000 violators. The court has had no enforcement program for two years and As a result 75 percent of those who received tickets ignored them court officials said. C. William Pribus vice president of Lockheed information management services co., which supervises traffic court computers said the court would in july begin sending warning letters to violators. Those who ignore warning notices will be arrested he said. Canning is sure to notice his. The court plans to Tell him he faces an 85-year suspension of his License and $59,585 in fines. Canning has received seven citations for careless driving 15 for disregarding traffic lights and Stop signs 52 for driving an a inspected vehicle 58 for driving without a registration and title and 85 for driving without a License court records  a a a a a a a a a a a a he also has received citations for throwing trash on the Highway driving without headlights driving with a defective Muffler and other violations the court said. That s not All. In addition the court says Canning received 100 other citations that arc More than two years old. The statute of limitations has expired and Canning can to be prosecuted for those tickets. Sen. Kennedy could face Tough 92 Boston apr for the first time in 25 years some people in Massachusetts arc thinking the inconceivable that Ted Kennedy can be beaten. Republicans sensing Palm Beach could be their Chance already Are planning for the 1994 Senate race. Still the rape allegations against Kennedy s Nephew William Kennedy Smith at the family a Palm Beach fla., estate raise a difficult question for the Repult cans How to attack the senator about his private Lile if at All state gop chairman Leon Lombardi said the Liberal democrats actions at Palm Beach Are fair game. A this record will certainly be open to scrutiny a Lombardi said. But a former Kennedy rival cautioned against negative campaigning. Quot Quot a running against Ted Kennedy is different than running against any other person because there is such respect that the Kennedy family is held in a said gop state treasurer1 Joseph Malone who ran against Kennedy in 1988 and did not make personal attacks. The sen Ator got an overwhelming 66 percent of the vote. A for a person to come out and attack sen. Kennedy would not Only be wrong but would be counterproductive politically a he said. Paul Donovan a spokesman for the senator said sunday he does not believe Palm Beach will be a major Issue in Kennedy a Campaign for a seventh term. Voters a know for 28 years he a been a Champion of issues that matter to working families a education health care jobs and civil rights a Donovan said. But some say a Mcasy  highlight Kennedy a carousing image without referring directly to Palm Beach would be to run a woman against him. The Mere presence of a woman on the gop ticket running against Ted Kennedy is different than running against any other person because there is such respect that the Kennedy family is held  a Joseph Malone gop state treasurer would serve As a constant reminder of Kennedy a private life said Todd Domke a Republican consultant. Domke even has a candidate in mind a sen. Luxetic Hicks a moderate in the legislature. And Lombardi mentioned Hicks and three women Cabinet secretaries in the gop administration of gov. William f. Weld As possible contenders. It i licks said she has not considered running against Kennedy. But she agreed that a female Republican would be a Tough contender. A i just think it would conjure up a lot of things that Are difficult to talk about As Campaign issues a she said. But Donovan said Kennedy enjoys wide support from women a groups a this record on women is second to  moreover. Massachusetts voters have stood by Kennedy before reflecting him in 1970 a year after Chappaquiddick and they have supported democratic reps. Gerry Studds and Barney Frank amid charges that would bring Down Many a politician elsewhere. This time authorities Are examining Kennedy s behaviour in connection with charges against his Ncph-ew., a. T a a a a.  �?�.-. Some analysts believe Kennedy still is guaranteed a win. David Garth a political consultant who has worked with both democrats and republicans said a i done to know of any vehicle that has been dented More than the Kennedy vehicle but it must be made of toughest   consultant Dan Payne who has helped Kennedy said he believes voters will be tolerant. A Kennedy docs not  a Lay priest so to some extent he does no to have to Deal with the Issue of hypocrisy a Payne said. A Kennedy was first elected to the Senate in 1962. Taking the seat once held by his brother  executes 40th inmate since 1976 from wire reports Huntsville Texas a a death Row inmate who spent last week hospitalized with a stroke was executed Early monday by injection for shooting a Man in the heart and robbing his Home of antique weapons before setting the House on fire Jerry Joe Bird 54, was pronounced dead at 12 21 . About 12 minutes after the lethal drugs began to flow. He was put to death for the 1974 slaying of a flaring in area gun collector during a burglary at the Man s Home. Bird said a a his to his Mother from the death chamber declined to give a final statement then said a a that Sall. Go ahead. Start things  Bird became the 40th person executed in Texas and the 147th in the nation since the supreme court in 1976 let states resume use of the death penalty. Texas has had More executions than any state with capital punishment. A Federal appeals court sunday evening cleared the Way for the execution when it dissolved a stay granted by a Federal Bird judge earlier in the Day. Shortly before Midnight the . Supreme court refused 8-1 to Block the execution. Justice Thurgood Marshall who opposes the death penalty in All cases cast the sole vote for a stay. Bird a death Row. Resident since 1974, had earlier been denied a commutation of his sentence or a postponement because of ill health. He had been a hospitalized for nearly a week alter suffering a stroke june 9. He was returned on Friday to death Row where he lived longer than All but one of Texas 345 condemned inmates. Robert a sex cell White who was convicted of killing three people during a Gas Sta Tion robbery in 1974, has been on death. Row a month  Lor the Texas resource Cen Ter who represented Bird claimed Bird a had been incapacitated by the  that his trial lawyer was ineffective. A that he was not the trigger Man in the crime. A and lie had mental problems that jurors should  allowed to consider when deciding whether to sentence him id death or life in prison. Resource Center lawyers claimed Bird suffered a  cerebral vascular insult june 9 that left him partially paralysed unable to speak clearly or w rite and intermittently confused and incapable of concentration. He spent last week in a Galveston prison Hospital. Bird was put to death for the slaying of Victor Harrell Trammell. According to testimony Bird and Emmett i. Korges burglarized Trammell s Home stole his antique gun collection and shot him. Then set fire to the  up gangs of drug dealers made up of girls and Young women Are on the Rise in Detroit and a report said one of the forces behind the trend is feminism. �?o1 like to have a sense of Power a one woman who has been in a gang said in the sunday edition of the Detroit news. A we just come together for one purpose and that a to make Money and to show our male counterparts that we can do it and we done to need you a said the woman. She was not identified in the newspapers report. A a there a no playing. There a no joking around because we got to let our men know we done to need you for nothing a she said. The gang member is one of More than 200 peo ple whom  authority  interviewed for a coming Book girls gangs women. And drugs a Taylor is a criminal Justice professor and directs the Center for Urban youth studies at grand Valley state University in Allendale Mich. He recently briefed social workers at Detroit s Wayne state University about the City a drug subculture. Taylor played his videotaped interview with the a Young woman who spoke of a a sense of  Taylor said the gang member is Semi retired from a a very successful female gang on the East Side of the City. Female gang members Taylor said refuse to submit to the physical and sexual abuse they saw inflicted on Many of their mothers. Force. A we done to hesitate to Spray shoot anybody a said the gang member. Taylor said she is near 30 and now running a legitimate business. A you can to leave your life in your Home boys hands. A we carry our guns so if there is a confrontation with somebody we Spray Mem and go on about our  asked How she Felt when other gang members were killed Taylor said the woman replied a you Grieve for a minute but you know you re in that Type of . Gangs of female drug dealers on Rise in Detroit though typically less violent than male gangs he said female gangs Are armed and capable of deadly