European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 6, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes saturday july 6, 1991 civil rights veterans dedicate was slain museum where Memphis Tenn a on a Day when Many americans paid tribute to veterans of the Gulf War some gathered to. Honor Martin Luther King  others whose blood was shed in Pursuit of civil rights. Thursdays ceremony capped five Days of events dedicating the National Civ rights museum on the site where King was slain in i %8. A was the rest of the country pays tribute to the men and women of desert storm so do we. But today we also Honor the veterans of the civil rights movement. Their blood was shed pursuing Freedom on american soil a said d army Bailey president of a citizens group largely responsible forthe museum. The $9.2 million museum was built at the Lorraine hotel where King was shot to death by James Earl Ray. The Black Leader was in Memphis to help organize a strike by Memphis sanitation workers. Civil rights Veteran Rosa Parks 78, said the Lorraine is no longer a place of personal pain. N a this is truly a great Day. It makes me feel great and Happy and just proud a she said. Parks set the style of civil rights protests across the South when she refused in 1955 to give up her seat to a White passenger on a City bus in Montgomery Ala. Her arrest sparked a 581-Day bus Boycott that helped launch Kings career As a Leader of the National civil rights movement. Joining Parks were the Rev Jesse Jackson and Joseph Lowery president of the Southern Christian leadership conference which was founded by King a a in a hoping that this is just a beginning that this will grow and grow and he it great tribute to All of us who believe in full Freedom for All people Quot Parks said. The museum is to open aug. 31, although those attending the dedication were allowed to tour it. The Rev. Jesse Jackson talks to activist Rosa Parks during the dedication thursday. 8 states stumble into weekend with stalemated spending plans Hartford Conn. Apr an unhappy taxpayer Friday dumped motor Oil in a Pond at a Connecticut Park that the state had shut Down along with other facilities and services during its budget deadlock. Some 20,000 state workers were Idle for the fourth Day. In Maine More than 10,000 state employees marked their fifth Day out of work. Connecticut gov. Lowell Weicker or. And top legislative leaders remained divided Over taxes after meeting eight hours thursday to try to balance the $7.7 billion budget said Weicker aide Charles . Morse. The legislature twice has approved various tax increases of to billion but Weicker vetoed both plans and ordered the shutdown of non essential services insisting that Connecticut needs what the legislature does t want a state income tax. Weicker refused to comment on the talks which were to resume Friday evening. Morse said leaders were hopeful that an agreement would be reached Friday so that the full legislature could vote on a budget this weekend. Legislative budget negotiators in Maine met thursday but made no apparent Progress on balancing a $3,2 billion two year budget. Gov. John r. Mckernan or. And his Republican allies in the legislature Are insisting on major government Cost reductions for business to offset nearly $300 million in proposed income sales and gasoline tax hikes. Republicans insist primarily on reduced workers compensation premiums. They be pledged not to vote for the new budget until their demand is met. But democrats say they re not giving in to what democratic Senate president Charles p. Pray of Millinocket called a a blackmail hostage Type of  a Pray said that democrats Are willing to bargain but not until the budget problem is solved and government is up and running again. Most government offices have been closed since monday. In other states thursday a Wisconsin. Lawmakers approved. $28.3 billion two year budget that in eludes higher taxes but gov. Tommy g. Thompson has promised to veto it. A in California gov. Pete Wilson Post toned his threat to veto the overdue $55 illion budget and gave lawmakers 12 Days to resolve the final $2.5 billion por Tion at Issue. State services have not been affected in Wisconsin or California. A republicans in the new York legislature fearing the effects of further budget cuts in financially strapped new York City reluctantly approved an income tax a increase for that City a residents. Mayor David Dinkins had requested it and fellow Democrat gov Mario Cuomo is expected to sign the Bill. A the North Carolina legislature passed a second emergency Resolution to keep government agencies open while work continues on the overdue budget. A in Pennsylvania 10,000 state workers weren to going to get paid Friday gov. Robert p. Casey said at a news conference thursday. He urged lawmakers to pass a new budget when they return to work sunday. State employees have continued working since the state lost most of its spending authority monday. Casey and other democrats in the legislature have blocked Stopgap spending measures. A Illinois lawmakers remained at loggerheads Over a budget and gov. Jim Edgar said he was prepared to shut Down state services if the deadlock continues. Connecticut residents and travellers really Felt the budget sting Over the july fourth Holiday. State Parks and Highway rest stops were closed. Thursday night somebody emptied a 55-gallon drum of used motor Oil into a Pond at Wadsworth Falls a state Park in Middlefield then scratched a note in the Sand signed a another Happy  Crews hoped to have the mess cleaned up Friday. . Dispute settled Over Salmon prices from wire reports Naknek Alaska a fishermen and processors resolved a Price dispute just in time for the Peak of the worlds largest Salmon run thursday in Bristol Bay following a bitter standoff during which millions of fish escaped the nets. Fishermen agreed to fish for 70 cents a Pound or about $4 per red Salmon. They had wanted $1 a Pound which processors have paid in past years. But this year processors offered Only 47 cents a Pound claiming a worldwide glut of Salmon forced prices Down. Some processors refused to even name a Price asking fishermen to work on an a open tickets and get paid a Price to be determined later based on Market conditions. A few Small processors eager to get fish raised their prices and soon other bigger processors were offering More. By late wednesday night the last major processors had come up to an amount acceptable to fishermen. Sunrise gambling Atlantic City . The first hours of round the clock gaming Early Friday found some yawning gamblers surprised the doors were still open and others using the extra time to try to regain their lost winnings. About half the Blackjack and Roulette tables at Trump Plaza and Caesars casinos were filled at 5 . Edt an hour after the usual weekday closing time. The Slot machines were More sparsely populated. Dorothy Rotunno of Staten Island n.y., was playing video poker in the windowless Casino at Trump Plaza. A you Don t even realize what time it is anyway a she said. The Casino control commission last month authorized 24-hour gambling for weekends holidays such As. The fourth of july and special events. Next week the commission will review the City a 12 casinos to see How they performed. The change is designed to help a recession ravaged Industry that lost $265,5 million last year and $55 million in this years first Quarter. Big spenders jailed Philadelphia up a a woman who had hundreds of pairs of shoes a stuffed with $117,000 in Cash a is going to prison with her husband on drug dealing changes. A Federal judge sentenced Michael Webb 30, to three years in prison and his wife Lisa 29, to 18 months. Both were millionaires prosecutors said. _ the couple owned luxury Homes in Florida and near Philadelphia according to the Fri. They had his and hers Mercedes Benz automobiles and wore roof by watches. Mrs. Webb had six fur Coats and a Tennis Bracelelwith-49-diamonds, their downfall came at the hands of a lawyer who helped them launder their Money but later turned them into the Fri agents with a search warrant found $117,000 in mrs. Webb s shoes. A she had hundreds of pairs of shoes and Many of them were stuffed with Cash a said assistant . Attorney Timothy Rice. Rice said the Light sentences were in return for the webbs  couple also had to five the government nearly $1 Mil Ion in Cash their cars furs jewelry and Homes in West Conshohocken pa., and in Florida