European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 8, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday january 8, 1992 the stars and stripes b Page 7 new Philadelphia mayor sworn i Boston s Flynn starts 3rd term amid disputes Philadelphia apr former prosecutor Edward g. Rendell was sworn in monday As mayor of the nations fifth largest City which faces Many old problems including tenacious unions a combative City Council and no Money. And in Boston. Mayor Raymond l. Flynn who Heads the . Conference of mayors was sworn in for a third term amid controversy Over City schools the police Force and the Economy. Rendell a Democrat bluntly told a crowd of 7,500 that the City was teetering on the Edge of bankruptcy. A your situation is worse than we thought it could Ever be Quot he said. A it needs dramatic change from top to Bottom. We must begin to face this Challenge immediately. A we simply have no Choice because Philadelphia is Flat out of  Rendell 48, is a former District attorney who unsuccessfully ran for governor and lost once to mayor w. Wilson Goode before winning election in november. Goode has defended his handling of City finances in an Era of sharply falling Federal and state Aid but declined to comment monday on Rendelle a assessment. Goode who in 1984 became the City a first Black mayor was barred by Law from seeking a third consecutive term. Rendell must Deal with a Cash shortage Start work on a budget and develop a five year financial plan that is acceptable to the Pennsylvania intergovernmental cooperation authority an Agency set up to oversee City finances. According to Rendelle a own financial adviser f. John White the City had $20 million to $30 million in the Bank monday. The City budget is More than $2 billion. Still Rendell called his inaugural address a a message of  a while it is True that Philadelphia stands on the Brink of total disaster it is also True that it stands on the Brink of tremendous opportunities and challenges a he said. If Philadelphia turns around Rendell said a this City not Only can survive it can come alive again with a thriving Economy Strong neighbourhoods and a dynamic downtown that can serve As a Magnet to conventions tourists and suburbanites  he offered no specific changes. He asked voters a to accept Short run sacrifices and pain that will allow us to get through the near  he appealed to the 17-member Council sworn in with him Quot to put aside politics partisanship and personal gain to forge a working relationship with  Rendell faces negotiations this Winter and Spring with All four City unions. The City is expected to at least seek concessions on benefits and holidays. In some cases Rendell has said he will try to replace City workers with private employees to save Money. Rendell and new Council president John Street met informally with reporters after the inauguration and pledged to work together a starting with the five year financial plan which is required before the City can borrow More than $200 million with the help of the Philadelphia mayor Edward g. Rendell left holds eagles football tickets for his predecessor w. Wilson Goode. State authority. A people Are More Apt to cooperate with new leadership a said Street. Rendell said projected deficits of hundreds of millions of dollars a do not even begin to Tell us the costs of their consequences. The costs of unsafe streets of dirty neighbourhoods of struggling schools  shut Down health clinics and recreation centers Are simply  a in the face of Long term challenges we have opted for Short term fixes. And we have shown virtually no courage or Backbone in standing up to pressure against outside interests a he said. In Boston Flynn in an apparent response to criticism listed education Public safety and fiscal stability As the City Stop priorities in the next four years. A the National recession Means economic uncertainty for All of us a Flynn said. Quot the times do not allow us to make wild promises or raise unnecessary  Flynn re elected in november with 75 percent of the vote has been under pressure to fire police commissioner Francis Roache in the Wake of allegations of police misconduct. Last week a feud with the City teachers Union ballooned when Flynn temporarily withheld teacher paychecks because of a school budget disagreement. The Union threatened Legal action. K 1% \ Boston mayor Raymond l. Flynn and his wife Cathy. A cuts in . Nuclear Arsenal could hit 50% by r. Jeffrey Smith the Washington Post Washington a the Bush administration is con Jering a roughly 50 percent Cut in . Strategic no ear weapons As part of a package of presidential Ini it Ives to Mark the close of the cold War and breakup the soviet Union . Officials said monday. The officials said senior representatives of the defense id state departments and White House began meeting fore Christmas to discuss reducing the . Arsenal of Hughly 11,000 strategic warheads to 5,000 or fewer. Such a Cut would surpass the estimated 2,000-warhead it required by the strategic arms reduction treaty Start completed with Moscow last summer and Ould result in billions of dollars of budget savings an Lilly according to Independent experts. While no decisions have been made on the proposals to i presented to president Bush several officials said the willingness of senior officials to consider such a deep Cut larks an important policy shift by the administration. They noted that until recently the Pentagon strongly opposed any strategic arms cuts beyond those required by Start and other agencies were also unwilling to move quickly toward a much smaller . Arsenal of the weapons. But officials said these views were altered by the breakup of the soviet Union and the new expressed desire of leaders in several former soviet republics to eliminate most if not All of the strategic arms on their territory. Nearly All the former republics have formed the Commonwealth of Independent states. A people in the administration appreciate that we just can to wait and sit Back for these Independent states to tear up their nuclear capabilities a one official said on condition that he not be named. A we have to join in a he added referring to expected cuts of strategic nuclear arms in Russia Ukraine Belarus and Kazakhstan. The defense department confirmed in a written response to questions monday that a there is a great Deal of work going on within the . Government on the nature of our relationship including the nuclear dimension with the Commonwealth of Independent states and the newly Independent  the department described a military advisory panels recent endorsement of cutting strategic nuclear arms by roughly 50 percent As a one of Many suggestions being offered to the department. As we continue to review our policies toward the former soviet Union and our Overall defense strategy in a changing  the joint strategic target planning staff advisory panel also said in its report disclosed monday in the Washington Post that the United states should radically alter the secret plan for targeting its strategic warheads. Instead of being readied to strike Only the former soviet Union the new plan would include some of the arms targeted for the first time on potentially troublesome nations in the third world. The defense departments statement said the advisory panel a is by no Means the definitive word on the subject.�?�. Several officials said the administrations deliberations entered on a package of . Arms reductions aimed at inducing the former soviet republics to eliminate multiple nuclear warheads on land based missiles a move urged by Bush last september but resisted by then soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev