European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 28, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday August 28, 1991 the stars and stripes a Page 7blacks mourn child killed in Brooklyn new York up hundreds of mourners paid their final respects to a 7-year-old Jack child whose accidental death a week ago set off Days of racial violence Between Blacks and jews in Brooklyn. As gospel music echoed through St. Anthonys Baptist Church on monday the pitched sound of wailing came from family members who stood next to Gavin Caton a Small White casket. Outside the Church just four blocks from where the youngster was struck and killed by an Auto driven by a nearby jewish resident 150 police officers in riot helmets kept hundreds of spectators behind Blue barricades. Black activists eulogized the victim As a Symbol of racial injustice. Mayor David Dinkins again called for Calm. The child was killed when a car driven by Yosef Lifshi struck him in the Crown Heights neighbourhood where Blacks and Ultra orthodox hasidic jews Are uneasy neighbors. Rumours that a jewish ambulance whisked away Lifshi without aiding Cato and his critically injured Cousin 7-year-old Angela Cato triggered the random revenge killing of a hasidic Seminary student and several nights of looting and rioting. A a Brooklyn grand jury was hearing evidence in the hit and run Case. Some Black activist leaders have demanded the arrest of Lifshi. A another grand jury monday returned an indictment against a Black youth accused of fatally stabbing a hasidic student Yankel Rosenbaum 29, from Australia the new York times reported tuesday. Lemerick Nelson jr., 16, was named in a sealed indictment. The charges were not announced but the Brooklyn District attorneys office said the grand jury probing the stabbing had reported a affirmative action against Nelson the times said Dinkins who came under criticism for not attending the funeral of the jewish Man who died in the revenge attack told the Cato family that a was you mourn the loss of your Beautiful Little boy please know that All new yorkers mourn with  a let us Honor the life of Young Gavin Cato a let us build Bridges of Faith and Hope and Trust Between people a and most of All let us increase the peace a Dinkins said to a smattering of applause. The Rev. A1 Sharpton who delivered the Eulogy activist Sonny Carson Speaks As mourners hold aloft the casket of Gavin Cato a 7-year-old whose death in an Auto Accident sparked racial strife Between Blacks and jews in Brooklyn a Crown Heights neighbourhood. Later rebutted a they say they want peace. They done to want peace. They just want quiet. A Sharpton declared that the Black Community would allow a no Compromise no sellout., nothing less than the prosecution of the murderer of this Young  Sharpton showed no inclination to mend the rift Between Blacks and Jevrys attacking jews As a Diamond  he reminded parishioners of former mayor de Koch a attacks on presidential candidate Jesse Jackson in 1988. Nevertheless Sharpton a impassioned words had his audience swaying and shouting a amen a a you killed our head of state a cause our state is Hope and our Hope is in the children a a Sharpton said. A a done to worry a and done to worry grandma. This boy is in Fine hands. A a he a in the playroom in heaven. Yusuf Hawkins and Marcus Garvey Are baby sitting him a Sharpton said referring to a teen age boy killed by a mob of White youths in Bensonhurst and to the famous Black Leader of the Early part of the Century. Following the service a Brief scuffle broke out Between a group of Blacks led by Black activist Sonny Carson and police officers As dozens More officers rushed in to quell the potential violence. In the tense five minute showdown Between police and Black activists the Church doors were quickly shut and spectators behind police lines began shouting a no peace no Justice a military retirees May get Layoff Protection by Mike Causey the Washington Post Washington a most of the 100,000 military retirees who have civilian Federal jobs would get extra Layoff Protection under a Bill by House democratic whip David e. Bonior of Michigan. Currently most military retirees Arentt considered veterans and thus done to receive veterans preference during reductions in Force. Although they get veterans preference in hiring military retirees Are treated like non veterans during reductions in Force. Some military retirees were Laid off this year during defense department Job cuts despite having served several Tours in Vietnam or being wounded in that War. The preference policy gives veterans a boost when they apply for a Federal Job and Layoff Protection after they Are hired. Disabled veterans have the greatest Protection. When hit lists Are drawn up employees Are put in retention groups based a in order of importance a on tenure veterans preference length of service and annual Job performance ratings. Bonior one of the most powerful House members wants to extend veterans preference for reductions in Force to military retirees with 20 or More years of military service. One effect of his Bill would be that anyone with a 30 percent or greater department of veterans affairs disability would be moved from non Veteran status into the disabled veterans group during a cutback. Only one in three Federal employees has veterans preference Many no veterans fear that extending that coverage would make them More vulnerable during cuts. If rules Are especially important in the defense department which is planning to Cut bases and civilian and military personnel. Most retired military personnel work in defense department agencies that make up about half the Federal work Force. The air Force this year has Laid off 2,100 civilians. On Friday the Navy Laid off 600 civilian workers at its Mare Island shipyard in san Francisco. Major Job cuts planned by the army last year were put on hold because of the persian Gulf War. The army plans limited civilian cuts this  s attorneys want computer programming error sent ski test rocket off course judge to stay on Case West Palm Beach Fla. A William Kennedy Smiths attorneys said monday that his judge should remain on the rape Case rejecting As baseless prosecutors demands that she disqualify herself. Claiming the state is a judge shopping a defense attorneys criticized a motion last week by Lead prosecutor Moira Lasch that Palm Beach county circuit judge Mary Lupo should leave the Case. Prosecutors accused Lupo of a Lack of Candor about her family a friendships with attorneys on the Case and alleged that she showed Bias toward the prosecution by postponing the trial until Jan. 13. The state motion was supported by an affidavit by the 30-year-old woman who says Smith the 30-year-old Nephew of sen. Edward m. Kennedy d-mass., raped her March 30 at his family a Palm Beach estate. Cape canaveral Fla. A a strategic defense initiative test rocket that went out of control and had to be destroyed had been loaded with the wrong computer guidance program by launch controllers a Pentagon official said. The controllers never checked printouts that showed the error before the launch a week ago said Michael Griffin Deputy for technology at the Pentagon a ski organization the so called a Star wars program. A a that a disheartening a Griffin said. Another computer problem has grounded a similar rocket that is supposed to carry up More a Star wars experiments. That launch was originally set for last Fri Day but has been delayed until at least next week. The 29-foot Aries rocket was blown up by Remote control 23 seconds after liftoff. Instead of heading Northeast Over the Atlantic it sped South. The burning wreckage fell harmlessly onto a Remote area of the air Force station at Cape canaveral. The Cost of the launch not counting the experiments was $5 million. After the Accident ski officials delayed the launch of the second Aries to Check its systems. Programmers discovered a logic error in the navigational computer system that would have caused the rocket to go in the wrong direction Griffin said