European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 2, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 a the stars and stripes sunday february 2, 1992pianist hits sour note with City officials by Laura Myers the associated press san Jose Calif. A the ads for a a intimate concerts brought the vice cops to Bill and Pamela Rescho a Home but the Only things she was tickling were the ivories. The City shut her Down anyway and is seeking Bach taxes. A this is crazy a the classical concert pianist said Friday. A if the City went after everybody who was teaching and playing piano in their Home wed have a lot of Little old ladies out there who Are  but it is hard to fight City Hall especially if you turn your Home into an occasional concert Hall with a 1906 Steinway grand piano in the parlor. And if you run ads touting $25 a intimate romantic experiences with  a no ones interested in giving them a hard time but what they were doing Wasny to allowed a said assistant City manager Regina Williams. A unfortunately we re stuck in the role of playing the big bad  indeed the City has been attacked As a musical Killjoy by local columnists editorial writers and conservative columnist William f. Buckley who has attended one of the res Chest musical evenings. A if san Jose can to figure out a Way to permit an artist to play the piano at night for paying guests maybe the Good old . Just does no to have it any longer to make jobs jobs jobs jobs and let us All be free and affluent and proud a Buckley wrote. The City struck its first sour note in the Case six months ago. In july after vice officers went undercover at one of the couples 12 to 14 annual a Salon concerts a Resch was arrested and fingerprinted in his White tie and tails in front of his wife and several paying guests. A i done to know Why they did no to arrest Pamela too Quot scoffed the couples attorney Michael Hurley. A i guess they thought Bill was the brains behind the scheme or maybe they thought they had a conspiracy  thus began what might be called interlude in red tape. San Jose officials said the reaches were operating an illegal business by charging people $25 each for a two hour concert in their antique filled English cottage. The neighbourhood Isnit zoned for commercial enterprises. Then the City said the couple owed Back taxes plus interest and penalties to the tune of $1,125 for the three years they had held the concerts which attracted 20 to 30 guests each time but no complaints. The Bill was due Friday but the City gave the couple a reprieve. On monday the reaches will meet with tax officials to plead their Case  bus Driver causes crash Pinyon Pines Calif. A a Church bus plunged off a Cliff and caught fire Friday afternoon after the Driver lost control of the vehicle while looking at a map authorities said. At least 31 people were injured. A the was looking at the map while he was driving a said California Highway patrol officer Jeff Brown who interviewed the Driver after the crash. The Driver was unfamiliar with the twisting Roadway he said. A the right wheels Slid onto the dirt shoulder and when he realized it he tried to turn Back onto the pavement a Brown said. A but he did no to have the traction and the bus Slid Down the  two people a 12-year-old girl and a 20-year-old woman suffered serious injuries and the rest had minor injuries authorities said. The rented bus was going up the winding route 74, also known As the a Palms to Pines Highway a said Bonnie of Connell spokeswoman for the Riverside county fire department. Members of the coast Hills Community Church in Laguna Niguel were going to a youth Retreat at Pathfinder ranch in the Community of Mountain Center said a woman who answered the Telephone at the ranch. She refused to give her name. After the crash rescuers wheeled victims away on gurneys. The two seriously injured passengers were taken to desert Hospital in Palm Springs said nursing supervisor Becky Swanson. They were listed in Good condition late Friday. The other injured passengers were transported to other nearby hospitals a sadly Revetta top comforts an unidentified victim of fridays bus crash. Thormities said. The bus Driver told authorities he was unfamiliar with the Roadway. A they took a wrong turn which is what put them on the Highway to begin with a said fire chief Clyde Rettendon. A the bus Driver just states that he was unfamiliar with the Road obviously being on it for the first time. He failed to negotiate the  it was the second bus Accident in the Palm Springs area since last summer. In july a bus crash in Palm Springs killed the Driver four girl scouts and two adult passengers and injured 47 others. That bus carried 45 girl scouts and eight staff advisers on a Day excursion during a two week tour. Palm desert is about 20 Miles Southeast of Palm  names gop chief As key aide by the new York times Washington a in a move aimed at strengthening his re election Campaign president Bush on Friday night named Clayton k. Yeutter a former agriculture Secretary and the current chairman of the Republican National committee As his top Domestic policy adviser with Cabinet rank. The president also said he wanted Richard n. Bond a Republican political consultant who was an adviser in Bush a campaigns for president in 1980 and 1988 to succeed Yeutter As chairman of the National committee. Bush announced the changes at a private reception for members of the Republican National committee. At the meeting vice president Dan Quayle also sought to stir up a Little dust among Bush a democratic rivals by suggesting that gov. Mario Cuomo of new York a a declared non candidate a would be that party a nominee come july. A a in be come to the conclusion its probably going to be Cuomo. Cuomo. My Friend Mario Cuomo a Quayle said. A a he a giving a speech up in Harvard on feb. 12, and i understand he a going to be on the ballot in Illinois. You watch Mario Cuomo a getting Back into  Quayle called his prediction a a Hunch a but added a put it Down a Long shot. Just like  in Albany a spokesman for Cuomo Thomas Conroy said of the prediction a if we had More Confidence in the vice presidents judgment we might get  agree on one thing Bush bashing Washington apr democratic presidential contenders criticized president Bush a recession remedies and sparred Over their own in Campaign debate Friday night. A they just done to get it a Arkansas gov. Bill Clinton said of the administration. A this country a in  a we Are the alternative a said former Massachusetts sen. Paul Tsongas. A we Are the Only  and for two hours the five would be presidents debated economics education health care defense policy and other issues. At times the free flowing debate carried live on the Public broadcasting service seemed like a gentlemanly College seminar on the issues of the Day. At others it took on the tone of a schoolyard ruckus. Two minutes from the end former California gov. Jerry Brown injected the Issue that has dominated the Campaign for the past two weeks a unproven allegations by an Arkansas woman that she and Clinton had a 12-year affair. Clinton has adamantly denied the allegations. A a that a what everybody a thinking about. Whether its legitimate or not a Brown said. A a it a not legitimate a Nebraska sen. Bob Kerrey broke in adding that Clinton a critics should a lease up on that score. Clinton had the last word. A i think in be said All i need to say about that a said the Man who has spent the past two weeks denying the Story. It was the second network television debate of the Campaign and came Little More than two weeks before new Hampshire a kick off primary election. Clinton runs ahead in the polls followed by Tsongas. Iowa sen. Tom Harkin Kerrey and Brown Trail. The five seemed to take turns attacking Bush. There was general agreement that Bush Scall for a five year defense spending Cut of $50 billion Wasny to deep enough and that his proposal to increased head Start funding was inadequate As Well. But even As they brutalized Bush a economic policy the five disagreed Over the value of a Middle class tax Cut. Clinton and Kerrey support it but Tsongas opposed it in favor of a capital gains tax he said would create jobs. Tsongas called the Middle class tax Cut idea a a pandering to the voters. Harkin said Bush a economic policies were an Extension of reaganomics policies he said Benefit the wealthy while most americans Are suffering through a the worst of  Kerrey derided Bush a state of the Union address on tuesday As a fall hat and no Cowboy Quot and noted the White houses budget envisions a whopping deficit of $400 billion. Kerrey said he had supported a $23,000 Senate pay raise As a Way of phasing out the system by which lawmakers receive fees for making speeches to special interest groups. That brought a rebuke from Brown whose Campaign is based on a Call for an end to insider politics. A it does t take any courage to put Money in your own pocket a he said