European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 13, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday july 13, 1991the stars and stripes Page 7 92, . Mayor says new los Angeles apr the City will have a new police chief by the end of the year to replace embattled chief Daryl f. Gates and voters May get the Chance to decide whether to limit future chiefs terms the mayor and two Council members said Friday. A it is Clear enough to me that chief Gates will retire As of the end of this year a mayor Tom Bradley said. Council president John Ferraro and councilman Joel Wachs said they will Call for a special election in november or Early december for voters to approve limiting the new chiefs term to five years. Gates said he May resign once the initiative is placed on the ballot. A until its submitted to the voters in a not prepared to leave a Gates told re porters in Winston Salem n.c., where e had gone to give a speech to an Antidrug conference. A once that son the ballot i May feel that it May be time to announce a Date of resignation but its got to go on the ballot first a Gates said. The councilmen said that even if the initiative fails a new chief would be found and would replace Gates. A at approximately the end of the year. Chief Gates will pass the Mantle to a new chief a Wachs said. Gates who under existing civil service rules can be fired Only for improper behaviour has been under criticism since the March 3 beating of a Black Motorist by a group of White officers. The beating was videotaped by a Man who lived nearby and the tape was broadcast nationally and set off a storm of debate. The Calls for Gates to step Down increased this week with the release of a Blue ribbon panels report finding serious racism and brutality in the department. Ferraro and Wachs said Gates supported an orderly change of Power in which voters would be asked to approve the commissions recommendation that a chief serve a five year term renewable once. The pair said they would Call for a special election late this year. Because the change in the chiefs Job would require an amendment to the City charter the matter must go to voters. At least two Council members however said they had some Early misgivings about the ballot initiative. Councilman Nate Holden said a a in a afraid if a special election is held the Issue will no longer be whether standards will be established for selection of a new chief. The referendum will be on chief  98 space project gains approval of research unit Washington apr the National research Council gave its Blessing thursday to the planned Earth observation system which it called a the largest single component of the most ambitious scientific Enterprise Ever  the Earth observation system will involve several spacecraft carrying instruments to study the atmosphere oceans and land surfaces and the biological entities in land and sea and How they tie together. The National research Council said in a position paper that it had some concern about How the 2-decade-Long eos program will be managed Over the Lon term. It urged that the Earth science and space research Community keep a close Eye on the program. The National research Council is an Arm of the National Academy of sciences which advises the Federal government on scientific and technical matters. The eos program is planned to Start with the launch of the first spacecraft in 1998, and it will provide so much data that new methods will be needed to understand and interpret it All the Council said. A the resources for eos As currently proposed could become a significant fraction of the nations civil space research program a said the Council in a report prepared by its space studies Board said. A there is an obvious danger that other important . Research initiatives May be compromised by the demands of  the Council urged the National aeronautics and space administration and scientists to ensure that the planned eos data and information system a stimulate research and education in the sciences concerned with global  proposal would give workers six week vacation Sacramento Calif. Apr an initiative proposed for the states 1992 ballot would guarantee workers six weeks of vacation every year for Good citizens. Workers would have to meet five of six conditions contained in the proposed constitutional amendment vote use Public transit done to smoke on the Job graduate from High school or the equivalent take no More than 80 hours of sick leave a year and have no Drunken driving or drug convictions in 10 years. The proposal was certified wednesday by Secretary of state March Fong eur to begin collecting signatures for the june ballot. Sponsor Richard such of Palo Alto must collect signatures of 615,958 registered voters by dec. 6 to qualify his amendment for the ballot. The initiative would guarantee full time workers vacations of four weeks after one year on the Job five weeks after two years and six weeks after three years with the same employer if they meet the other conditions. The amendment says a worker must have voted in the last election and must use Public transit at least 80 percent of the time to commute to work. The Man in the Moon gets exorcised after years of denying that its Moon and stars corporate trademark top right deliberately contains symbols of the Devil Procter amp Gamble co. Has redesigned the logo to take the Devilish 666 out a by simply unfurling the Man in the Moons hair left. The Sixes Are in curls say some who Point to the bibles Book of revelation which links 666 to the Devil. The company also has two new script style logos a Procter and Gamble and a up amp go to use at unspecified times instead of the Moon and stars. Mechanical heart firm dissolving Scottsdale Ariz. Apr shareholders voted thursday to dissolve symbiont inc., the pioneering maker of artificial hearts that failed to turn the experimental device into a reliable Safe product. The food and drug administration withdrew approval for the Jarvik mechanical heart Early last year because of recurring problems with the device effectively sealing the company a Fate. The universities of Arizona and Utah want to acquire joint rights to the technology and have negotiated with the company but no agreement was announced. A the alternatives Are that we find somebody to take Over the technology or we just abandon the technology a Lane Castleton symbiont a chief financial officer said after the shareholders met. Discussions have included possibly providing up to $100,000 to help the schools regain Fra approval he said. Dentist Barney Clark received the first Jarvik heart implant in Salt Lake City in december 1982. He lived for 112 Days on the device. Or. Robert Jarvik Developer of the device used on Clark was one of symbiont a original owners. Permanent implantation of Jarvik hearts was halted after the death of the fifth recipient in August 1986. The recipient suffered ongoing complications during a 620-Day ordeal. The company said 182 artificial hearts were also used As a temporary measure for heart disease patients awaiting transplants. In january 1990, continuing problems prompted the Fra to withdraw permission for symbiont devices to be used in people. Barry s drug conviction upheld Washington apr a Federal appeals court Friday upheld the drug conviction of former Washington mayor Marion s. Barry but ordered that his six month prison sentence be reviewed. Barry was convicted in August 1990 on one Misdemeanour count of cocaine Possession after a trial that featured an Fri videotape of the mayor smoking crack cocaine in a sting operation. Barry chose not to seek re elect j m and left office Jan. 2._____ Burry had challenged his sentence on grounds that the District court was biased against him and that the judge a relied on unfounded assumptions that Barry disappointed the Community and gave Aid Comfort and encouragement to the drug culture at  the three judge appeals court said it does not believe that . Thomas Penfield Jackson showed Bias against Bari Omhalt he relied on the Assumption that the mayor disappointed the Community. A nevertheless a said the court a we remand for re sentencing because the District court failed to specify the applicable sentencing guidelines Range and the court s factual findings do not support the conclusion a that Barry obstructed the administration of Justice within the meaning of sentencing  barrys lawyer r. Kenneth Mundy had argued that Jackson improperly lengthened the former mayor s sentence by concluding he had obstructed the grand jury a investigation of his alleged drug use