European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 7, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes sunday july 7, 1991state budget impasses Spur protests by the associated press state workers rallied Friday outside the capitols of Pennsylvania and Maine demanding action from political leaders who have failed to meet deadlines for enacting state budgets. Budget negotiations continued in Connecticut and Illinois. Meanwhile California lawmakers took a break for the Holiday weekend before facing the impasse that has grounded their $55 billion budget. Budget crises affected Connecticut and Maine whose governors have shut nonessential state services and in Pennsylvania whose stale workers weren to paid on Friday their usual payday. A we want a budget and we want our paychecks a demanded Fred Davis a Public employees Buttron Leader in Pennsylvania during a rally outside the Capitol in Harrisburg. More than 100 protesters stood on the Rotunda staircase holding Union banners chanting a paycheck paycheck Quot and waving signs with such messages As a a done to pass the Buck a a pass the  More than 10,000 Pennsylvania state workers did no to get paychecks Friday because lawmakers failed to meet the june 30 deadline to pass a budget for the fiscal year. Legislators planned no further negotiations until today. In Augusta Maine an estimated 600 state workers and their supporters rallied on the state House Steps to urge an end to the government shutdown. The demonstrators Sang chanted and carried signs with such messages As a Send the lockout a a we want a budget and a free the Maine 10,000.�?� a a it a the first time in the 171-year history of Maine that any governor has had the heartless audacity to shut Down the state in order to pander to the interests of the Rich and powerful a said Union Leader John j. Sweeney. The legislature continued efforts to balance the states $3.2 billion two year budget reaching tentative agreement Fri Day night on a plan to reopen state agencies. Lawmakers later adjourned with plans to reconvene saturday afternoon. Under the proposal the democratic controlled legislature would pass a Stopgap budget saturday night allowing government offices to reopen monday asking As negotiations Over workers compensation continued on track. Gov. John r. Mckernan a Republican has demanded a Rollback of workers compensate Tion rates As a condition for approval of a state budget. The partial government shutdown ordered by Mckernan forced the closure of state Parks and liquor stores and delayed the mailing of checks for unemployment compensation. The closure of state liquor stores has been a Boon for private liquor Sellers but is beginning to have another effect restaurants which Are required by Law to buy their liquor from state stores Are running Low. A a in be got some angry restaurant owners out there a said Carl Sanford executive vice president of Maine restaurant association. In Hartford conn., gov. Lowell p. Weicker or and legislative leaders failed to break the budget deadlock after a 3vi-hour Summit Friday night in the governors mansion. A Weicker aide said the governor will announce a plan today to resume state services. Elsewhere a in Illinois democratic Senate president philip4 Rock accused Republican gov. Jim Edgar of stalling budget negotiations and said democrats were prepared to seek a vote on their own version of the budget. But he acknowledged that democrats might not be Able to Muster the three fifths majority needed for passage. A in California there was no action Friday on the budget. Gov Pete Wilson has Given lawmakers an extra 12 Days to resolve the final $2.5 billion portion of the Complex Deal. State services Haven to been affected. He a p ii i a Jap former state sen. Tom Scott yells at House a Tyrity Leader Robert Franket during fridays protest at the Connecticut a governors residence in Hartford killer bees Safe if not provoked says scientist from wire reports Houston a up to 200 swarms of Africani Zed Honey bees have invaded South Texas but Are unlikely to attack a researcher said Friday. �?o1 doubt one person in a thousand will see an Africani Zed Bee Colony a said or. John Thomas Texas agricultural Extension service entomologist. Ninety percent of the swarms were detected within 10 Miles of the Rio Grande he said. The heaviest fronts Are in Mexico Between 50 and 75 Miles from the Border. Thomas said the bees must be provoked before they will attack. Quot they wont bother anyone More than a regular Honey Bee if they re encountered in flight a Thomas said. About 600 deaths have been attributed to the bees mostly in South America. A Brownsville Man was stung 18 times in May after he disturbed a hive with a Riding Mower. He  Pilot Dies in crash r Phoenix a a radio stations traffic helicopter crashed into an empty House and burned Friday killing the Pilot. Fire capt. John Mure said the helicopter went Down in the Home jiving Nom and aug la fire on Impact. No one on the ground was injured. Officials at radio station Star said they had been unable to Contact their helicopter piloted by Mike Neutzman since about the time of the crash. R police officer in fort Worth charged with weapon assault fort Worth Texas apr a police officer who was captured on videotape beating a Man in his custody was charged with assault with a deadly weapon and was suspended with pay pending the cases outcome. Officer Edward James Parnell Iii was charged with assault with a deadly weapon Friday two Days after he was videotaped beating a car theft suspect with a Baton. A these incidents must be handled and be brought to an immediate Resolution a said fort Worth police chief Thomas Windham. Parnell who declined to make a statement to police on the advice of his attorney was released on his own recognizance. A after a videotaped beating by los Angeles police officers grabbed the nations attention in March Windham had said he would resign if a similar incident happened in fort Worth. Windham made no mention of resigning Friday but said his decision to relieve Parnell of his duties pending an investigation Hud nothing to do with the los Angeles incident. Los Angeles police chief Daryl Gates came under criticism and pressure to resign following the National broadcast of the earlier tape which showed a group of White officers beating a Black Motorist. The los Angeles beating prompted a nationwide investigation of police brutality. In the Texas Case Parnell and the theft suspect Ernest Alvin Anderson Are Black. Authorities said Parnell was driving Anderson to a police station wednesday afternoon when Anderson allegedly kicked out a rear window in Parnell a patrol car and tried to jump out onto interstate 30. Parnell pulled to the Side of the Highway and took Anderson out of the car As scores of motorists drove by. A woman who lives near the Highway videotaped the off pet striking Anderson 28 times with a Baton. The woman1 gave the tape to a television station which broadcast it. A the strongest feeling i had was disappointment great disappointment that a fort Worth police officer would resort to using such tactics in such situations Quot Windham said. Bush moves on Peanut butter crisis Washington apr president Bush on Friday approved a huge increase in Peanut imports to offset shortages caused by last years drought in the Southeast. Bush raised the import quota to too million pounds for the period ending july 31. Since 1953, Peanut imports have been capped at 1.7 million pounds annually. Bush acted at the urging of manufacturers and consumer groups who argued there was a shortage in the Domestic Market. The International Trade commission had recommended in March that Bush permit up to 300 million pounds of Peanut imports before july 31. The Peanut butter and nut processors association petitioned the it last fall to increase the Peanut import quota by 400 million pounds. The group contended that drought damage to the 1990 crops had made it impossible to buy peanuts at any Price. Peanut Farmers and their congressional supporters have fought the petition contending that the Peanut Supply while tight is sufficient to meet Domestic demand particularly since harvesting of the 1991 crop will begin in two weeks