European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 17, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday october 17, 1991 the stars and stripes b Page 7confused hoosiers set for timely change Indianapolis apr time is on the move in Starke county. The Federal government said tuesday that it is changing the states confusing Patchwork of time zones at 2 . On oct. 27. That a when Starke county in Northwest Indiana will go from Central time to Eastern time when most of the country moves from Daylight saving to Standard time. Eighty one Hoosier counties Are now on Eastern time. Ten counties Are now on Central time. The change was favored in a local referendum supported by much of the Starke county business Community. The county a Board of commissioners in May 1990 asked the government to make the move. A i think most of us Are in favor of it because most of us do business in Plymouth or South Bend a now in a different time zone said Dawn Bailey an office clerk at the Starke county farm Bureau Coop Grain elevator in Hamlet. The . Department of transportation agreed. A Commerce would be better served if Starke county a business financial and educational institutions were placed on the same time As most of their customers and suppliers a the Agency said in a statement. A we have some people who done to want it changed and some people who do a said Ray Short a local contractor and president of the Board of commissioners. The mostly Rural county has a population of about 23,000, including about 4,000 who live in Knox the largest town Short said. A there has to be a line someplace a he said. A i  say that its been a hot debate but some people can get warm Over  Judith Weitgenant acting superintendent of North Judson san Pierre schools said she preferred the switch because school staff often had to drive in the dark to arrive on time for meetings in South Bend or Indianapolis. Sometimes they arrived late because of the time confusion she said. The change Means it will stay dark longer in the mornings when buses Are picking up schoolchildren. But it also May mean some pupils will leave school in the Daylight in the Middle of Winter Weitgenant said. A a it a going to be dark in the morning but some of them Are picked up in the dark now Quot she said. Quot its just one of those things we re going to adjust  Quot a Quot one thing Starke county residents wont have to do is change their clocks twice a year. The county like 76 others in Indiana will stay on Standard time All  picks acting attorney general for top spot not file William Barr Washington a president Bush on wednesday nominated William Barr to be attorney general saying Barr had been a tested by fire when As acting attorney general he was Able to end last Summers uprising of cuban inmates. If confirmed by the Senate Barr will succeed Dick Thornburgh in the administrations top Legal Job. Barr 41, is a career government lawyer. Announcing the selection Bush called Barr a a thorough professional a defender of individual rights and a person absolutely committed to this fight against  the timing of Bush a announcement was a Surprise although Bari had been a leading candidate for the pos1 since Thornburgh resigned to run for a . Senate seat in Pennsylvania. Bush announced Barros selection at a Rose Garden ceremony honouring members of a Justice department task Force that tracked Down the mail bomber who killed a Federal judge and a civil rights Leader. Barr has been a top Justice department official for the last three years. Bush singled him out for his role in the peaceful Resolution of riots by the cuban inmates at a Talladega Ala., prison. Bush a just Felt it was professionally handled from Start to finish a White House spokesman Marlin Fitzwater said. A i was proud of him then and i am proud today to Send Bill Barros name to the Senate As the next attorney general of the United states a the president said. Accepting the nomination Barr said he was honoured to be picked. A what makes it a particular Honor is the Opportunity to serve a president who is such a Strong supporter of Law enforcement a Barr said adding that it was a a great Honor to be nominated to succeed a great attorney general like Dick  Barr said the ceremony a clearly shows today we have thousands of dedicated men and women at the department of Justice who do an exceptional Job Day in and Day out upholding the Law enforcing the Law in an evenhanded Way and with integrity. Fri director William sessions As he left the White House called Barr a a splendid  As an assistant attorney general in charge of the Justice departments Legal counsel office Barr wrote the Legal opinions that justified the arrest of deposed panamanian dictator Gen. Manuel Antonio Noriega. He also wrote a still secret Legal opinion that authorizes Fri agents to Kidnap fugitives overseas without getting permission of foreign governments. Barr is a native of new York City who came to Washington to work at the Cia in 1973. He graduated from Columbia University with degrees in chinese studies. He worked As a Junior staff member in the Ciao a legislative affairs office when Congress investigated Cia misconduct. Bush was then at the Helm of the Agency. Barr then just 40, took Over the no. 2 Post at the Justice department last year. Since Thornburgh s aug. 9 resignation Barr has been on the Short list of possible successors. Bush has known him since both worked at the Cia in the mid-1970s. Barr is generally credited with helping end a period of rough political sledding for Thornburgh who feuded with Congress and the  fails to override Bush veto of jobless Bill Washington apr the democratic con trolled Senate failed wednesday to override president Bush a veto of a $6.4 billion Bill to give extended unemployment benefits to victims of the recession. The 65-35 vote was two Short of the two thirds majority needed to override the veto. All 57 democrats and eight republicans voted for the legislation. The legislation would have provided from seven weeks to 20 extra weeks of coverage to people who have used up their Basic 26 weeks of jobless benefits. The vote marked the second time in two months that Bush had successfully killed a democratic written expansion of jobless coverage. Democrats seemed certain to try to reshape the proposal for a third try in a sharply partisan dispute. If they did it was unclear whether they would do so by themselves or seek a Compromise with the administration and with republicans supporting a less costly alternative. The Senate was immediately challenged by republicans to adopt a smaller cheaper plan proposed by the gop that Bush has said he would sign. The Senate twice has rejected the alternative As a next to nothing and a a Pale imitation of what this nation  but Senate Republican Leader Bob Dole of Kansas said a i done to know How Long we can play this game with the unemployed workers. What they want Are benefits and they want the Money to Start  it was the 12th time in 12 tries that Congress failed to reverse a Bush veto. Democrats conceded in Advance that the bitter fight Over Thomas would make it particularly hard for them to get the 10 gop votes they would have needed to prevail. Nonetheless they took to the Senate floor to try to drum up enough support to reverse the veto Bush issued last Friday. Civil rights civil War heroes in standoff Richmond a. A the City Council skirted a proposal to put statues of civil rights leaders alongside those of Confederate heroes on historic Monument Avenue but said a commission would consider the Issue further. A proposal by councilman Henry w. Richardson Wasny to discussed tuesday. It was ignored in favor of an alternate proposal suggested by mayor Walter Kenney to erect statues along any Richmond streets not just Monument Avenue. An angry Richardson said the Council a trashed his proposal by ignoring the intent of his suggestion. A it is undeniable and inescapable that the Beautiful statues on Monument Avenue stand in substantial measure for a society which believed in subjugation of the Black race a he said. The five Black Council members and four Whites voted unanimously to appoint a civil rights memorial committee to recommend Black leaders to be honoured and Sites for the statues. Some feel Monument Avenue should reflect changes in Virginia a history. Others told the Council they did no to want anyone but confederates along the tree lined Street. A the theme is Confederate history a said Patrick Mulligan 33, a history Buff. A the theme was created More than a Hundred years  five Confederate heroes stand along the Street that has become a Virginia landmark. The first statue of Gen. Robert e. Lee astride a horse was erected in 1890. In 1907, the images of Confederate president Jefferson Davis and Gen. James Ewell Brown a a Jeby Stuart were added. Gen. Thomas a a Stonewall Jackson followed two years later. Matthew Maury a Confederate oceanographer joined the others in 1929. Richardson wants to see attorneys Oliver w. Hill and Samuel w. Tucker among those honoured on the Street. The two Black civil rights lawyers from Richmond fought to end racially segregated schools. In 1948, Hill became the first Black elected to Richmond City Council this Century. Richardson also suggested that the commission recommend appropriate timing to add a statue of gov. L. Douglas Wilder who became the nations first elected Black governor in january 1990 and is now running for president. Any new statues will be funded with taxpayer Money. The five Confederate statues were commissioned with private funds. Group Alabama donates $500,000 fort Payne Ala. A Alabama a schools Public service agencies and charities Are $500,000 Richer thanks to the country music group Alabama. The groups Loti annual june Jam concert in fort Payne this summer Drew 67,000 people and raised More than $500,000, the events spokeswoman Helen Hawkins said tuesday. The Money is being allocated to More than 200 groups with the Lions share going to Alabama schools Hawkins said. Schools in fort Payne the groups Hometown will get $132,000