European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 22, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday october 22, 1991 the stars and stripes a Page 7stricken texans face Long week of funerals unidentified mourners Comfort each other at Michael Griffith a tineral sunday in Copperas Cove Texas. Killeen Texas up a reeling from the worst shooting by a Lone gunman in . History area residents flocked to their churches sunday for sermons and Solace from the pain wrought by George Hennard. The 35-year-old rammed his pickup truck into Lubye a cafeteria on wednesday and opened fire. The attack killed 24 people including Hennard who turned his gun on himself. In churches in and around Killeen special sunday services were conducted to Comfort the residents and offer prayers to help them regain their peace of mind. Area residents also started bidding Farewell to victims of the nations worst single Day massacre at funeral services which will go on for most of the week. A the god will not make us suffer More than we can Bear a said the Rev. Lawrence Bauer at the holy family Catholic Church in nearby Copperas Cove. Seven Copperas Cove residents were among the 23 victims of Hennard. Church member Sylvia Bonnilla said a we and All christians at this time of death and suffering in our area find Solace in the mercy of Christ. A for All of those who died in the tragic killing in Killeen a she added a we ask that god in his mercy will draw them to himself. We Pray to the lord for All the wounded and those gravely ill and those terrorized by the events that they be healed physically emotionally and  and at an earlier service in Killeen a first Baptist chruch the Rev. Lanny Geib of St. Christophers episcopal Church assured the assemblage that their prayers will not go unanswered. A father we ask that you come now and Comfort and heal and touch everyone of us Here a he said. A we have walked through the Valley of the Shadow of death. Because you Are our lord we have feared no evil. A grief lord is a shared event and within this Community help us to become Good people and share the Burden with those that have the heaviest  the latest fatality of the Slaughter was Kriemhild Davis 62, who died at Scott and White Hospital on saturday from gunshot wounds inflicted during Hen Nard a assault. A Killeen City directory said Davis was a civil service worker at nearby fort Hood. Barbara Nite injured in the shooting said she was having lunch with Davis at Lubye a when Hennard struck crashed through the facility a Glass Entrance and knocked Down their lunch table. Nite said they also were knocked Down to the floor. She said Hennard shot her in the ankle and the Bullet bounced off tearing away Davis thumb. Nite said Hennard came Back to them after he began shooting at other patrons and shot Davis in the  to vote on guaranteed tax funds for kids san Francisco a voters in san Francisco with proportionately fewer children than any other major . City will decide next month whether to become the first to guarantee a share of tax dollars for children a programs. A it is one of the single greatest embarrassments that this country has a the utter neglect that we have allowed to occur when it comes to children a said Margaret Brodkin a children a advocate and the main Force behind the so called children a amendment on the nov. 5 ballot. If the measure is approved san Francisco will be the nations first City to guarantee its current level of support and dedicate a portion of property tax Revenue to such programs As Job training child care and tutoring. Proposition j would set up a 10-year program to reallocate about $6 million or 1 a cents for each $100 in property tax Revenue the first year and about $13 million or 2vi cents in Revenue by 1993-94, according to the City controllers office. The rate would stay at 2vi cents per $100 for the remaining eight years but the Revenue generated would be expected to Rise along with assessed property values. Some $376 million of the City a 1991-92 budget of $2.35 billion including Federal state and local Money currently goes toward children a programs. The measures supporters have seemingly drowned out critics who say it ties the hands of local officials to allocate Money As needs change. Children under 18 made up 16.1 percent or about 117,000, of the City a population of 724,000 in 1990. Mayor Art Agnos said he is confident the City can find the Money for proposition j without jeopardizing other programs. A children can to vote or speak for themselves. This measure gives them the claim on City funds that they need and deserve a he said. A i think it will be a statement about a Community a willingness to understand that there is a common investment that we All have in our children a said Brodkin who Heads Coleman advocates for children and youth. A even with a Small population we understand  critics say the measure is not the Way to pay for children a programs. State sen. Quentin Kopp argued that diverting Money to children a services will mean less for the elderly hospitals libraries and Parks. A it does no to add Money a Kopp said. A it takes away from the existing pot of  but even groups which Kopp and others say will be Hurt by the measure Are backing it. The Gray panthers aids activists Bay area women a resources Center the san Francisco police officers association and the tenderloin housing clinic support the  to decide soon on presidential race Chicago apr new York gov. Mario Cuomo who has been toying with the idea of a presidential run for months said he probably will decide by the end of november whether to join the democratic candidates. A the Bottom line problem is in a the governor of the state of new York. How do you manage that and do a presidential Campaign a Cuomo remarked sunday. A a it a not easy to do a Cuomo said comparing his situation to that of Michael Dukakis who ran for president in 1988 while serving As Massachusetts governor. A this is a Little bit different in some ways because the Campaign is starting later. But still there Are Many Many questions to answer and we re taking a look at  Cuomo said he would decide by the end of november whether to join the race. Cuomo was in Chicago to talk with top Illinois democrats in a closed door meeting and to accept a humanitarian award from israelis Ben Gurion University. Cuomo said during a dinner speech that . Relations with Israel Are at the most dangerous Point since the Israel was founded in 1948. A a there a a note of confusion in our administrations policy with threatening implications for Israel a Cuomo said. A the difficult circumstances of recent times have tempted our administration to appear to question even to depreciate our valued  Cuomo praised the administration for its work organizing a Mideast peace conference but said he was concerned about closer relations with Syria since Iraq invaded Kuwait. He called syrian president Hafez Assad a a despot nearly without rival in the modern history of the  family s bodies found after suicide averted Concord . A a Man police talked out of jumping to his death from a Bridge in Boston told officers he killed his wife and three Young children in Concord. A i deserve to die a James Colbert was quoted As telling trooper John White after surrendering sunday. A i killed my wife and  authorities found the bodies of Mary Jayne Colbert 30 Emily 2vi\ Elsie a i and Patricia 10 weeks in their Concord apartment. They appear to have been asphyxiated said Michael Ramsdell the states senior assistant attorney general. Autopsies were scheduled for monday. Colbert 39, was charged with four counts of murder. Boston police received a Call Early Sun Day that a Man was trying to jump from the Tobin Bridge Over the Mystic River state police said. Boston is 74 Miles South of Concord. Two troopers persuaded Colbert not to jump. A i told Colbert i had seen someone jump and i did no to want to Ever see it again. I told him i did no to want to live with that a White said.  University May be coming to Russia Indianapolis apr if Indiana University officials have their Way the russian Republic could soon be Home to an american style University. Charles Bonser director of ius Institute for development strategies said he discussed the topic last week in Washington with the russian minister of higher education and science Nikolay Maly Chev. In officials Hope by years end to reach an agreement with Russia on studying the development of an american style University in the newly democratic federation Bonser said from his Bloomington Home saturday. The school is seeking private funding for a study to examine prospects of establishing such a school in Moscow or St. Petersburg. It could take a form similar to the american universities operating in Cairo Egypt and Beirut Lebanon. But the official said preliminary discussions have not determined what body would operate such a University. The school could offer graduate professional courses in business Law journalism and other areas said Bonser. Moscow mugging injures Myerson new York up Bess Myerson the one time miss America who served As new York City a cultural affairs commissioner is recovering from a broken leg suffered in an attack by muggers in Moscow a report said monday. Myerson was attacked by thieves who knocked her Down Early this month As she was about to leave the soviet capital for Jerusalem the new York Post reported. Myerson is recovering in Lenox Hill Hospital on Manhattan supper East Side after first being treated in a Moscow facility. The Post said Myerson was attacked by a gang of muggers who grabbed her shoulder bag and sent her falling to the Marble Airport floor. Her right leg was broken