European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 4, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 a the stars and stripes thursday Friday july 4/5, 1991 Money woes blow plans for july 4th blasts. I ii. I. Quot i. Mum Quot i Quot 11 i.1-. A a a 1-11.1 a v for a a a a 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 u. The committee struggling for funds received a donation for the upcoming festivities from the japanese subsidiary. Plymouth mass. Apr 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 a it a a disgrace a said William Quot 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. 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 ally 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 arc 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 Quot 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  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 of 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  baffled by Telephone breakdowns the new York times Washington a Telephone company officials and Federal investigators Are perplexed by a we Klong string of nearly identical computer breakdowns that have affected about 10 million customers around the country. So far the computer breakdowns have disrupted local service in the area surrounding Washington As Well As in los Angeles san Francisco and Pittsburgh. The problems in Pittsburgh began monday and continued tuesday when callers received Busy signals or were unable to make local Calls for about two hours. In each Case the problems began after seemingly minor maintenance problems touched off chaotic responses that effectively Short circuited an advanced new Call routing system called signalling system 7. Telephone company executives and Federal regulators said they were not ruling out the possibility of sabotage by hackers who somehow gained Access to the networks but most seemed to think the problems stemmed from an unknown software defect. In each Case the breakdowns involved equipment and software made by dec corp. Of Plano Texas. And in each Case a malfunctioning computer in the network overwhelmed All other computers with a deluge of erroneous messages. Bell Atlantic corp., owner of  companies serving Washington and Pittsburgh had recently installed a new version of the software that May have gone bad. But the Pacific Telesis group which experienced similar prob Lens in los Angeles last week and briefly in san Francisco on monday was using an older version. A Kenneth Pitt a spokesman for Bell Atlantic said Quot we Haven to ruled out sabotage. We Haven to ruled out hacking. We Haven to ruled out viruses but that a not where the evidence is leading  Terry Adams a spokesman for dec said the company has not determined whether its equipment or its software is at  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-year-old Jupiter woman answered a yes Quot when asked whether Kennedy a mass a 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. A David Roth attorney for he 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. Six 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 a and a did you say a not to William Smith during sexual Intercourse a the woman responded Quot yes to both. In his report on the 1 /2-hour test Morris wrote a considering the High emotional state of the victim i 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 members of the Kennedy a Palm Beach Home also were listed. All will be notified that they must be available for court from aug. 5-12, or As Long As the trial lasts