European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 03, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 6 b the stars and stripes monday february 3,1992 new teamsters chief vows hell end mob influence from wire reports Washington a Ron Carey was sworn in saturday As president of the International brotherhood of teamsters culminating one of the biggest Reform efforts in the history of the american labor movement. Standing on the Steps of the Union s Marble Headquarters building on Capitol Hill Carey told More than 1.000 cheering supporters Quot i pledge to you today that i will use the full Power of this office to rid this Union of mob influence and win this Battle for once and for Carey staged a stunning Victory in december a government supervised elections not Only winning the Union presidency but also sweeping into office with him every member of his Reform slate. The election was ordered As part of a consent decree the Union signed two years ago to Settle a massive civil racketeering suit brought against the teamsters by the Justice department. The election was the first in the unions 90-year history in which members could directly elect National officers. Like most other unions the teamsters rank and file in the past would elect delegates to the Union convention who in turn would vote for National officers. As his first official act in office Carey said he was reducing his annual salary As teamsters president to 5175.000 from $225,000. And come monday morning Carey said a the teamster limousine the condominium in puerto Rico the luxury jets they re All going on the Carey 55, who spent most of his Union career As the president of a teamsters local in new York extended an Olive Branch to his election opponents. A in building the a new teamsters a i need the help of everyone in this Union a Carey said. A regardless of who you supported in this election i am reaching out my hand to ask for your support and to ask you to join me in building a better Carey called on All factions of the 1.6 million member Union to put the often bitter election Campaign behind them. At the end of the hour Long inaugural ceremonies Carey declared an open House at the teamsters Headquarters where for years the rank and file were kept Ron Carey addresses his supporters at teamsters Headquarters after being sworn in As Union president saturday in Washington. Away and the government often Only came to visit with subpoenas in hand. Cheering Union members blew whistles and braved Chilly temperatures to great their new president. Applause interrupted Carey three times As he took the oath of office. A i think he a going to make things work. I think there a going to be a difference a change a said Bob Romano a 27-year member of a Philadelphia local. Daughter of to Host found dead Erwinna a. A the 33-year-old daughter of talk show Host Sally Jessy Raphael was found dead in her mothers bed and breakfast inn Early sunday. Raphael a adopted son was seriously injured in a car crash just three weeks ago. Allison Vladimir was found dead in bed at the Isaac Stover House a mansion by the Delaware River that is owned by the Host of the syndicated Salty Jessy Raphael show said Bucks county District attorney Alan Rubenstein. Vladimir a death was suspicious but there were no up signs of foul play he said. State police in Dublin said they were investigating but gave no additional details. An autopsy was being conducted sunday they said. Vladimir of White Plains n.y., was declared dead on arrival at Doylestown Hospital Rubenstein said. An employee at Isaac Stover House near Erwinna 40 Miles North of Philadelphia said no one was available for comment. Vladimir was one of two daughters of Raphael and her former husband advertising executive Andrew Vladimir. Raphael is now Marri Eato Karl Soderlund a former television producer. Raphael was unavailable for comment. A statement was to be issued today said Cindy Schneider a spokeswoman for her show. On Jan. 11, the youngest of her eight children 19-year-old Jason Soderlund was critically injured in a car crash about 60 Miles North of new York. Soderlund regained consciousness after six Days and is recovering from leg rib and facial injuries Schneider said. Raphael a Story of coping with her adopted songs injuries is featured As the cover Story of the feb. 3 Issue of people Magazine. Raphael a native of Easton spent Many Summers with her grandparents in Kintnersville Bucks county. She bought the inn in 1986. Two other prominent people have died in the area in the past 10 years. Abc news reporter Jessica Savitch died when her car plunged off the Road into the Delaware canal in 1983. In 1989, activist Abbie Hoffman committed suicide in his Rural apartment in new Hope 10 Miles South of Erwinna. This Bud s name not taken lightly new Martinsville . A yes Bud Light says that really is his name. Its it and that a that. A when i introduce myself As Bud Light people say a yeah right and in a Miller Lite a a said the 32-year-old accountant who was named after his father Bud Light or. Not Only is his name identical to Budweiser slight Beer but he also works for the local Miller Beer distributor. Light received the same reaction on a cruise to the Bahamas where he met several celebrities who starred in Miller Lite commercials. A none of them would believe me when i told them my name. I kept having to take out my Drivers License a he said. Almost everyone has trouble taking lights name seriously. A a College buddy of mine came into town and tried to get my phone number from a phone Booth a Light said. A when he asked the operator for the number of Bud Light she Hung up on the Friend ended up calling the operator Back to convince her that it Wasny to a prank Call. And said Light it Isnit just his name people make Light of. A people would always say my dad was the regular Bud Light and i was the 8-ounce.�?�Alaska woman trapped after door Frame freezes from wire reports Anchorage Alaska a a woman was trapped in her apartment for two Days after ice sealed her door shut. She finally called authorities to free her. Quot i did no to know who to Call so i called the police a Martha Timorfy 65, said after she was freed Friday. A the ice had built up Over a few Days a said officer Steve Russell. Quot finally she needed to go to the grocery store and needed to Call someone for help. That was eight inches of ice had accumulated around the door Frame after water dripped from the roof. Quot i body slam it to get it open a Russell said. Firefighters spent 10 minutes Chipping away at the ice with a Hammer before Timorfy was Able to open the shot family Hurt Detroit a a police officer was found fatally shot and his wife and 2-year-old daughter were seriously wounded by gunfire in their Home saturday morning police said. Police officials initially said the officer had shot himself but later said they could not confirm that report. The identity of the 33-year-old officer was not released. He had been on the Detroit Force since 1977, said police spokeswoman Rhoda Virgil Madison. The child who was shot in the head was hospitalized in critical condition and her 29-year-old Mother suffered a leg wound Virgil Madison said. Police found no signs of forced entry at the Home but were investigating Virgil Madison said. She did not washers compete san Antonio Keith Witt wiped away the world window washing record leaving three panes squeaky clean in just 10.13 seconds. He was the fastest of 60 contestants in the International window cleaning associations Speed cleaning contest which ended Friday at a san Antonio hotel. There were two events a Speed race to clean three House sized windows and a Medley race to clean nine windows. Gary Lepak of Tampa fla., won the Medley. Witt the san Antonio co owner of a company that washes buildings in several Texas cities earned a trip to the 1993 Competition in Italy. He said he was hoping for a time of 9.25 seconds a i knew i could do better than that but in a satisfied. Its a world record a Witt said. He set the previous record of 10.5 seconds in 1990. Contestants came from throughout the United states Australia Japan Canada Sweden Norway Italy Germany and at Halfway Mark Minneapolis the troubled Northwest passage expedition led by Minnesota Musher Lonnie Dupre has reached the Halfway Point the sled dog expeditions spokeswoman said saturday. A a it a been going very smoothly but the weather a been awful spokeswoman Ann Larkin Hansen said. The trek sparked protests by animal rights advocates and other critics after 15 of the expeditions 36 dogs died from exhaustion 600 Miles into the journey. Arctic explorer will Steger joined the critics last month saying the Expedy Tion showed a a cruel Lack of concern for the despite the protest Dupre decided to resume the trek dec. 22 with another expedition member and 18 surviving dogs. Two other members of the four member Crew have returned Home. The Crew has travelled 370 Miles since Jan. 11 and the surviving dogs Are a fat and healthy and they re really clipping off the Miles a Larkin Hansen said. The 3,250-mile expedition seeks to retrace a danish explorers route in 1923 from Prudhoe Bay in Alaska to Churchill in Northern Manitoba
