European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 29, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday january 29, 1992 the stars and stripes a Page 5gop-Friendly reapportionment plan of d san Francisco apr the state supreme court on monday approved a reapportionment plan that could end two decades of democratic dominance of californians legislature and congressional delegation. The court adopted virtually the entire redistricting plan prepared by a court appointed panel of retired judges after Republican gov. Pete Wilson vetoed plans approved by the democratic controlled legislature. Assembly speaker Willie Brown called the plan partisan and legally flawed but tried to take an optimistic View. A they have just As Good a Chance As we do a Brown said of republicans. A a we re pretty Clear about what we need to do in order to be  the panel sought to increase minority representation and follow City county and regional boundaries. It said it would not consider political representation and the location of incumbents. The plan a if it survives a Federal court test a will have a dramatic Impact on the states political landscape. Democrats now have a 47-33 majority in the state Assembly a 24-13 majority in the state Senate and a 26-17 majority in the states delegation to Washington. Past voting patterns indicate that republicans because of greater turnout and voter loyalty Are Likely to win any District in which they have at least 40 percent of the registered voters. The plan adopted monday creates 42 such districts in the Assembly 20 in the Senate and at least 27 in the states 52-seat congressional delegation which was increased after the 1990 . Census. The plan a creates fair districts for the people of California a said Assembly minority Leader Bill Jones. A voters Are the big  the plan was approved by a 6-1 vote. The six justices who approved it were All appointed by Republican governors. The Lone democratic appointee Justice Stanley Mosk said in dissent that the plan a unfairly benefits  to comply with the Federal voting rights act the panel sought to concentrate minority populations. The resulting districts Likely will increase hispanic representation and maintain Blacks current voting strength. The plan deals another blow to democrats who already were Hurt by a legislative term limit initiative approved by voters in 1990 and by a state court last year. Democratic state Senate president pro Tern David Roberti of los Angeles said republicans would not control the Senate before 1994, and the political landscape May be changed by then. A what will the National trend be what will be the status of the Economy a he asked. A those things will have far More to do with who controls the House than the  denies role in fliers that depict sex aide As rat new York a reputed mob Boss John Gotti angrily Tola a Federal judge monday he had nothing to do with handbills scattered around the City showing his former right hand Man As a rat. A i done to do these things with this flier baloney a Gotti told . District judge i. Leo Glasser who is presiding Over gottis trial on murder and racketeering charges. The handbills depict a huge rat with Salvatore a Sammy Bull Gravano a face and the words epitome of a rat who lies Sammy a the liar  the fliers have been plastered onto Utility poles and left on car windshields. Gravano was gottis unde Boss cellmate and co defendant until november when he turned against Gotti and agreed to testify against him. Glasser questioned Gotti in a jury room behind the courtroom As prosecution and defense lawyers sorted in the stars and stripes through hundreds of questionnaires completed last week by potential jurors. E t a a in be heard that these fliers Are Bein altered All Over town a Glasser said looking sternly at the alleged Boss of the Gambino organized crime family. A it might be a very Good idea if you can do anything about it to put an end to  Glasser said he viewed the posters As an attempt a to Poison a jury  a a in a not accusing you of anything a Glasser told Gotti. A a in a just informing you of what a going  Gotti and co defendant Frank a Frankie lock Locascio have been held without bail since their arrests 13 months ago. Gotti is accused of several murders including the mob style slaying of former Gambino Boss Paul Castellano. Lawyers Are expected to begin interviewing potential jurors  helps in search for boat Accident victims Uniontown by. A a woman who survived the sinking of a Small boat in the Ohio River returned there monday to help authorities search for seven people who vanished in the Accident. The eight were on their Way to a hot dog roast a few Miles upstream from Uniontown in Western Kentucky when the boat was swamped in 4-foot Waves saturday afternoon authorities said. Diana k. Boling 34, of Henderson survived by grabbing a gasoline can and floating to an Island. She spent the night there and was rescued the next Day after she made a Bonfire. On monday Boling helped officers retrace the boats path As Rescue Crews dragged an area about one half mile Long and asked  what she remembered about the Accident. The Kentucky state water patrol located the missing boat monday underwater about seven Miles upstream from Uniontown. Searchers failed to find any bodies before stopping for the Day. Friends and relatives of the victims wondered Why the eight All avid boaters would pack into a 16-foot aluminium boat and set out into the cold White capped River. The Rev. Joe Wright an Evansville ind., evangelist and Bolings first Cousin said she was very emotional after being released from Union county methodist Hospital monday morning. 10 year Sago Jan. 29,1982 a anti terrorist police burst into an apartment in the Northern italian City of Padua and freed Brig. Gen. James l. Dozier ending 42 Days of Captivity for the red brigades Kidnap victim. 20 years ago Jan. 29,1972 a author Clifford Irving who had said he was working with Howard Hughes on an autobiography of the billionaire admitted that Irving a wife Edith opened a Swiss Bank account in the name of . Hughes and deposited $650,000 Worth of checks from a publishing company intended for the Recluse billionaire. 30 years ago Jan. 29,1962 a five top ranking army and police officers were arrested in connection with an abortive attempt to overthrow the government in Colombo Ceylon. 40 years ago Jan. 29,1952 a More than 150 egyptian police and troops ringed All saints Cathedral in Cairo during a 30-minute funeral service for britons killed during rioting in the capital. Meanwhile the egyptian chamber of deputies approved martial Law throughout Egypt for two  fined for Chicken Plant violations by Cox news service Atlanta a Federal safety officials fined Imperial food products inc., which owns a North Carolina Chicken Plant where 25 workers died last fall $144,500 monday for safety violations at its Only Georgia poultry Plant. The Fine for serious and a will full safety violations at a Plant in Cumming is one of the largest imposed on a poultry processor in the Southeast. The Atlanta based company has disconnected its phone and officials could not be reached for comment. Last month the company was fined $808,150 by the North Carolina labor department for safety violations that allegedly led to a fatal fire at the Imperial Plant in Hamlet . An investigation by the . Occupy world War ii tonal safety and health administration which announced the Fine turned up More than a dozen safety violations at the firms Cumming Plant which Imperial closed last october. The safety violations included blocked and unmarked exits and the Lack of an emergency plan or a fire extinguishing system similar to those investigators turned up at the North Carolina Plant after the fatal fire. A in these Days of More exotic hazards like worker exposure to cancer causing chemicals and crippling ergonomic diseases such As carpal Tunnel syndrome it is too easy to Overlook the equally dangerous hazards of fire a said Davis Layne the Osha regional administrator in Atlanta. A the tragic fire in Hamlet ., sends the warning message loud and Clear a he said. In response to the North Carolina Fine Emmett j. Roe the company a president wrote in a letter dated Jan. 20 that the company was a financially unable to pay even one Dollar of any Fine which you have  Roe said the company would not contest the North Carolina Fine a because it financially  Osha officials said monday that they had not heard anything from Imperial or Roe since delivering notice of the newest fines monday morning. The Cost until feb. Monday. _ director of the Atlanta Osha office said that after 15 working Days the citations and penalties will become final orders if not contested. 50 years ago today 29 Jan. 1.9 4 �2 . Forces on Bataan wipe out the japanese Bridgehead at Longos Cawayan but japanese pressure on the main defensive Tine increases. Japanese troops land at Bandung and Mam a wan on celebes and capture pontianak on Borneo. In North Africa Axis forces occupy Benghazi and pursue the British toward Verna. London and Moscow sign a treaty that will make Iran a main Supply route to the soviets. Source 2194 Days of War. W. H. Smith publishers inc. World almanac Book of world War ii Bison books corp1981 a a year ago Day 13 Jan. 29 Iraq claims an Allied prisoner of War has been killed in a coalition air raid. The allies say warplanes caught an iraqi military Convoy moving across the Southern Iraq desert the night before and destroyed 24 armoured and other vehicles. The United states vows to shoot Down any iraqi plane trying to rejoin the War after taking Refuge in Iran. Bush in his state of the Union address assures americans the War will be won. By