European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 4, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 c the stars and stripes thursday Friday july 4/5, 1991 Money woes blow plans for july 4th blasts a Tadashi Okubo left of Kao information systems and Ken Tavares chairman of the Plymouth mass., fourth of july committee pose in front of the Mayflower ii. The committee struggling for funds received a donation for the upcoming festivities from the japanese subsidiary. Plymouth mass. A this historic towns fourth of july concert is being co sponsored by a locally based japanese owned business. Other less fortunate towns have simply called off their celebrations because of a Lack of Money. Fiscal reality is overriding president Bush a encouragement of special celebrations for the troops returning from the persian Gulf War. A it s a disgrace a said William Madera commander of the veterans of foreign wars in Massachusetts. A the state is in such a financial mess they be got to struggle just to throw the  in the Chicago suburb of Oak Park Gene Armstrong is hoping to break even on the $6,500 needed to stage the annual fireworks display or a tradition he began in 1973 might not be repeated next year. A if donations fall Short two years in a Row the whole premise of the operation is called into question a said Armstrong a lawyer. A if the people watching the fireworks Arentt willing to pay for it then it will have to be  Annapolis md., May have to divert unused Snow removal funds to help pay for the City a Independence Day because private donations Are about $16,000 Short of a $44,000 goal said Alderman John Hammond. A mayor Alfred Hopkins plan to abandon the fireworks display in favor of a Parade honouring veterans met with overwhelming Public opposition. Still some cities will have no events at All. A i done to know of anything with the budget restrictions a said Hendryk Kenna Liaison to the mayor of Cash strapped Chelsea mass. A when you re laying off firemen and policemen and things Are falling Down All around you How Are you going to justify spending Money on Good times a just up the Massachusetts coast North of Boston there will be no pyrotechnic Al display in struggling Revere for the first time in the memory of lifelong resident and program director Bob Mccarrick. A we had no Choice a Mccarrick said. A everything got Cut and with the layoffs of police and firefighters there was just no Way. Its a question of  but even when funding has been found parades will be quieter in some towns because High schools Long ago Cut marching band and music programs. And even getting flatbed trucks to haul the floats has proved to be a Challenge. A we had a difficult time finding contractors because they be either gone out of business or sold their equipment to raise Cash a said Doug Chadwick. He is chairman of a committee struggling to piece together a Parade in coastal Duxbury which Cut its entire $10,000 Independence Day appropriation. A scaled Down Celebration will be held with private contributions. Plymouth a fourth of july events have relied on private Money for 10 years and a this year was the toughest a said fund raising chairman Ken Tavares. A lots of people want to give but just can to. It Wasny to until a few Days ago that we got All the Money we needed a said Tavares vice president 9f a Bank in the town where the pilgrims established new England a first settlement. The japanese owned Caw corp. Will underwrite a concert on the waterfront near Plymouth Rock. Several bands and other acts that planned to March in the Parade pulled out lowering the Cost of staging it. In Lynn mass., businesses led by car dealerships kicked in $16,000 toward the $20,000 needed for a fireworks display. A it was a Surprise to me because business is hurting a said Bob Risch spokesman for general electric which has a Plant in Lynn and helped raise Money. Risch said the War Victory a was the one Good thing that has happened in an otherwise dismal time. Maybe people just want to hold on to it for a Little while  in the Mill town of fall River mass., where the unemployment rate exceeds 15 percent residents were asked to give $1 toward the fireworks and a Parade. More than $ 15,000 was collected. A for a place where the Economy is so bad when it comes around to the fourth people open their hearts a said fund Raiser Lenny  dedicates America s shrine to democracy Black Hills . Up president Bush saluted four of his predecessors wednesday at a 50th anniversary Celebration of mount Rushmore the four headed Monument in the Pine covered Black Hills of South Dakota. Standing before the Granite chiselled faces of George Washington Thomas Jefferson Abraham Lincoln and Theodore Roosevelt Bush also hailed the hundreds of drillers Jackhammer operators and sculptors who Over 14 years a produced a living  r a look at the vast sculpture before us and you see carved in Stone a Symbol that evokes the american character a soaring unafraid a the president said. The internationally televised Celebration a held beneath Cloud laced Blue skies a also served As a belated dedication of what Franklin Roosevelt called a a american a shrine to  the president offered a pre Independence Day tribute to each of the four presidents carved in Stone a the father of our country the author of the Decla ration of Independence the great emancipator and the rough rider. A the heroes behind me were fighters a Bush said. A fighters for Independence for Freedom for democracy for Equality for the values and the lands we  work began on mount Rushmore on aug. 10, 1927. Fourteen years later just As sculptor Gutzon Borglum was nearly done he died. His son Lincoln finished the Job on March 6,1941. But with world War ii raging and Money for the Monument drying up dedication was postponed indefinitely. And for the next 50 years nobody got around to it. This year the National Park service decided the time had come to Forn ally dedicate four of the nations most famous and biggest a faces. They measure 6c feet Chin to forehead. A we wanted to do this for a Long time things just worked out this year a said Jim Popovich a National Park service  on Kennedy role differ in documents from wire reports West Palm Beach Fla. A court documents in the rape trial of William Kennedy Smith reveal a discrepancy in the alleged victims answer to a question about whether sen. Edward Kennedy witnessed the alleged attack. The question was posed by Palm Beach police during a voice stress test designed to show whether she was telling the truth. A copy of the test results released tuesday said the 29-Ycar-old Jupiter woman answered a a yes when asked whether Kennedy d-mass., witnessed the alleged attack. But in a nearly identical document released by prosecutors last week the answer was  All other answers were the same on both documents. David Roth attorney for the victim declined to comment on the differing answers which were Handwritten on a police department form. He said he was unable to discuss the Case under a gag order issued by circuit judge Mary Lupo. Police including the detective who administered a voice test to the woman april 8, did not return phone Calls. The test administered by Palm Beach police detective Christopher Morris covered 19 questions designed to determine whether the woman was telling the truth. Sue questions a including the one about the senator a were deemed relevant by police. The other five relevant questions included a did William Smith Force you to have sexual Intercourse with him Quot and a did you say a not to William Smith during sexual Intercourse a the woman responded a a yes to both. In his report on the 1 /2-hour test Morris wrote a considering the High emotional state of the victim 1 believe that she is telling the truth to the relevant questions. A in the documents listing the prosecutions witnesses in the Case assistant state attorney Moira Lasch indicated she plans to Call Kennedy because he was present at the scene of the alleged crime. Smiths Mother Jean Kennedy Smith and his sister Amanda Smith were named along with his Cousin Patrick Kennedy. Family friends and several staff Mem Bers of the Kennedy a Palm Beach Home also were listed. All will be notified that they must be available of court from aug. 5-12, or As Long As the trial lasts