European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 1, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 a the stars and stripes wednesday thursday january 1/2, 1992 Milwaukee ends Holiday eviction moratorium Milwaukee a any other year Consuelo Owsley might have been making plans for new years eve. This year she was clutching her clothes As her Home was being emptied out. Milwaukee a informal christmastime moratorium on evictions was halted this year after the american civil liberties Union complained that the practice violates the separation of Church and state. For the 17-year-old Owsley her 1-year-old daughter sister and Mother monday s eviction for not paying rent spoiled the upcoming Holiday. Quot in a just going to grab All my clothes a said Owsley who picked up her daughters shoes As a mover swept the contents of a Dresser into a cardboard Box. �?o1 done to know if ill get them  landlords had Long objected to the moratorium and asked the courts to Stop it last Christmas but the request was rejected. They had argued that there were no policies preventing the eviction of jews during passover or muslims during Ramadan. Earlier in the year Wisconsin Acle director Eunice Edgar wrote a letter to Milwaukee county chief judge Patrick j. Sheedy arguing that the moratorium had the effect of promoting a religious Celebration. Sheedy agreed and ordered an end to the practice. He said the county a would have no defense if it were sued. Timothy White said he Felt like Scrooge As his moving Crew packed up Owsley a family a belongings while two sheriffs detectives watched. A a i Don t like to do it a he said. A a it a hard but it pays my  until this year one of the detectives Robert Johns a seven year member of the departments eviction team would work overtime in the Days before Christmas to avoid throwing people out of their Homes on Christmas eve. This dec. 24, he and his partner had to evict two mothers and their 12 children from the one bedroom apartment they shared. Johns said his Job is hard year round. He a been spat on clubbed with a Brick bitten by dogs and verbally abused. A it Hasni to been As bad As i thought during the holidays a he said. A a in a not putting them out. The landlord  most of the court ordered evictions a Johns does an average of 10 a Day a Are in Milwaukee sinner City a depressed area with a High murder rate and High unemployment. Its a neighbourhood where people gather outside Comer bars despite frigid temperatures and homeless shelters Are full Johns blames Many of the evictions on poverty and drug abuse. A economics is a big part of it a he said. A people pay the rent and they done to have anything left. It gets hard after a while. A other people a he added a make a habit of it. They re nomads. Eviction is just a part of  keeping River from door neighbors pitch in to help Sharon Jurica Center holding bag build a Dike to protect her Missouri City Texas Home from rising Waters. One River in Southeast Texas continued to Rise monday while another waterway subsided leaving mud full cd Homes in its Wake. The Brazos River threatened More than 150 Homes in the Richmond area about 20 Miles Southwest of Houston. Thousands of residents had been evacuated and were waiting for the River to Crest later monday. See More weather information on Page 11, new clock takes a bite out of time san Jose Calif. Apr if it lasted 1.6 million years Hewlett Packard  newest clock would be off by just one second making it the worlds most accurate mass produced timepiece. But it wont Likely show up on any Home mantels. At $54,000 each Only scientists navigator Sand some governments that set time standards Are expected to buy the atomic clock he 5071a, which was scheduled to be introduced tuesday. Its called an atomic clock because it relies on the vibrations of cerium atoms instead of Springs pendulums or electric motors. One of Hpe solder atomic clocks displays the time in the Airport at Geneva considered by Many the worlds time keeping Center because of its tradition of watch making. The new clock looks like a Var a 22 inches deep 19 inches wide and 53a inches High. It is More than five times As stable As the old Model and comes with a Remote control. It has a digital readout showing the hour minute and seconds. The More accurate the timepiece the More accurate the navigation of everything from the space shuttle to to ships at sea. The clock emits an electronic signal once every second allowing users to synchronize machines for timekeeping navigation astronomy electronics radio and television signals telephones and computers. Some of the worlds Standard timekeepers use he atomic clocks including the . Naval Observatory in Washington. But even Hpe a new atomic clock Isnit fail Safe. The company predicts one failure every 10 years or so and provides Only a five year limited warranty. A i done to think anyone expects a product to last 1.6 million years a said a1 Thome he communications  missing from Charity basketball game new York a the $60,000 in receipts from the Star studded basketball game that touched off a deadly Stampede Are missing. No record could be found of the Charity that it was supposed to Benefit a newspaper reported monday. The daily news said City College officials done to know who a holding the Money. Several witnesses said they saw a ticket Sefor or carrying the main Cash Box push through the crowd shortly after the deadly crush the newspaper said. Eight Young people were killed saturday when a crowd pushed its Way Down a stairwell and piled up against the doors of a subterranean gym in Harlem in an attempt to see a game put on by rap stars. Dozens of people were injured. A City task Force investigating the tragedy met monday and Deputy mayor Milton Mollen said afterwards that College officials told investigators they did t know until the Day before the event that rap stars would be there. Mollen said College officials found out when a Campus guard discovered a flyer promoting the match Between rappers such As heavy d and big daddy Kane. The student government a which handled Security a reported spending $500 to $600 on Security. About 50 guards were inside the gym to Deal with a crowd of As much As 5,000 a a ratio some Security experts called inadequate. Mollen and police commissioner Lee Brown also reported monday a As Many As 5,000 tickets May have been sold even though the gym legally could hold Only 2,730 people. Mollen said the College left a control of the Sale and distribution of the tickets to promoters. A a Call for an ambulance to go to the event was mistakenly cancelled delaying the arrival of medical help by eight minutes. A the police Captain in charge outside the gym did not go inside until 7 30 p.m., an hour after he arrived and some 15 minutes after the first Call to 911. In addition the Charity that was supposed to Benefit from the game a the aids education outreach program a is not registered with the new York Secretary of state As required by Law newspapers  Island puts Buchanan on primary ballot Providence . Apr conservative columnist Patrick j. Buchanan on monday was guaranteed a spot on Rhode islands Republican presidential primary ballot despite opposition from the state s gop chairman. A a we re delighted that this Mickey mouse tactic did no to work a Buchanan said monday night As he arrived in Providence for a round of campaigning in his conservative Challenge to president Bush. Rhode Island Secretary of state Kathleen Connell said she would not automatically provide a ballot spot to Republican presidential hopefuls unless they had the endorsement of party chairman Robert j. Ren Dine. Without an endorsement from the chairman or inclusion by the Secretary of state potential candidates Are required to collect signatures from 1,000 registered voters by Jan. 7 in order to earn a place on the ballot. There was some question As to whether Buchanan would have been Able to do that. Connell however did an about face monday Declai ing that Buchanan As a National political figured it served a spot on the ballot. Her change of heart came after the american Civ liberties Union threatened to file suit to Force Buchan and a name onto the ballot. Rendine said he welcomed Buchanan to the bal it but disagreed with Connellis assessment of him As a not tonal candidate