European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 19, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday february 19, 1992 the stars and stripes a Page 7 Bush s sushi won t beef up Economy Union chief says bal Harbour Fla. Up the president of the largest labor federation in the United states has denounced president Bush a economic recovery plan As inadequate saying the Economy a needs  a a he a offering us sushi freeze dried sushi at that a said Lane Kirkland president of the Al Cio. Sushi is a japanese dish consisting of cold Rice cakes typically garnished with fish vegetables or other titbits. Kirkland noted that when Bush accepted the Republican presidential nomination four years ago he promised to create 30 million new jobs but has created Only 6,000. A we read his lips a Kirkland said. A at this Point he owes us 29,994,000  Kirkland urged Congress to stimulate the Kirkland Economy by increasing spending on Public works projects education and training programs and programs to build new housing for Low and moderate income people. He also called for increases in Aid to state and local governments to forestall further Public service cutbacks and for further Extension of benefits to help the nations 16 million unemployed workers through the recession. Kirkland said spending 1 percent of the Gross National product or about $60 billion on those programs would stimulate production and create new jobs generating enough new tax revenues to offset the costs. A doing nothing will be far More expensive a Kirkland said. The executive Council of the labor federation which represents 14 million workers in 89 unions opened its we Klong meeting in bal Harbour on monday. Council members were to debate today whether to endorse a presidential candidate before the democratic and Republican National nominating conventions arc held. Some individual unions have already done so. After polling its members the International Union of electronic electrical salaried machine and furniture workers endorsed sen. Tom Harkin a Iowa on monday. Asked to evaluate the democratic candidates Kirkland said a i think if you could exhume Harry Truman he might be  but he said All the party a candidates Are a a credible men with records of Public service. The Al Cio also issued a statement monday calling on Congress to enact legislation granting Sanctuary to haitian refugees and allowing them to work temporarily in the United states until democracy is restored in Haiti. Thousands of haitians sought Refuge in the United states after a september military overthrow of Jean Bertrand Aristide Haiti a first democratically elected president. The United states had been returning the refugees to their Home country saying the haitians were fleeing poverty not oppression. Houston mayor names Man to replace woman police chief by the new York times Houston a chief Elizabeth m. Watson the Only woman to head a police Force in one of the nations big cities was removed from office monday a Little More than two years after she took Over the Houston department. Mayor Bob Lanier who was elected in december on pledges to toughen Law enforcement named As her replacement Samuel m. Nuchia an assistant . Attorney since 1987 and a 21-year Veteran of the Houston police department before that. The City Council must approve his nomination. At a news conference monday afternoon Lanier said that although he had a generally a positive impression of Watson a performance he had decided that a the new administration would be better off with a new police chief and break rather clean with whatever May have been the problems in the past whether they were chief Watson a making or  Watson a tenure was marked by occasional conflicts with the City Council and other Public relations problems but no major crises. Just last week the Council upbraided Watson for not enforcing a juvenile curfew ordinance that went into effect last nov. 9. The chief had said the department was still developing guidelines for enforcing the curfew. Two Days after being ordered by the Council to cease delaying enforcement of the curfew the department began arresting truants last Friday and even used a helicopter Friday afternoon to cease one group of youths who were playing during school hours. Watson was appointed police chief on Jan. 19, 1990, by mayor Kathryn j. Whitmire who was Defeated for re election last fall after 10 years in office. As one of her final actions in City Hall last december Whitmire denied Watson a Merit pay raise grading the chiefs performance As a needs improvement a the lowest category in the City a yearly evaluations of department Heads. Watson a yearly salary was nearly $95,000, and the new chiefs salary will be $96,000, Lanier said. Gerald s. Arenberg a spokesman for the a Watson tonal association of chiefs of police said Watson was the Only woman to have served As chief of a police department in any of the nations 20 largest cities. Watson replaced Lee p. Brown As police chief in Houston after he accepted the police commissioners Job in new York City and she was an avid proponent of the neighbourhood oriented policing strategy begun by Brown. Under that concept police officers Are assigned to Community beats with the intent of developing local contacts that can help prevent crime. Local police groups and outside consultants have criticized the strategy for slowing response times and otherwise diluting police effectiveness. Watson has continued to defend the program and said monday that she was committed to doing what she could to preserve it. 7 killed in Mountain plane crash big Bear Lake Calif. Apr a chartered twin engine plane carrying mexican skiers crashed in the san Bernardino mountains killing the five adults and two children aboard. The plane was last heard from sunday afternoon and the wreckage and bodies were found by searchers monday san Bernardino county sheriffs sgt. Steve Morgan said monday. Civil air patrol pilots spotted the Tail Section of the plane sticking out of Snow at the 7,000-foot level near Angelus Oaks about 10 Miles from the planets destination of big Bear Airport Morgan said. The crash site was about 70 Miles East of los an Geles. The South Bay aviation charter aircraft left san Diego a Brown Field Airport sunday carrying five mexican skiers including two children and a Crew of two Morgan said. The identities and Ages of the victims were not immediately available and the cause of the crash was unknown. It Wasny to immediately known if the crash was weather related. Despite heavy Snow in recent Days the weather at big Bear Airport was generally Good at the time of the Accident.  collect signatures to get Tyson off easy from wire reports Indianapolis a a group of ministers said monday that it has gathered 1 j,000 signatures in a petition drive seeking a suspended sentence for Boxer Mike Tyson on his conviction of raping an 18-year-old Beauty pageant contestant. The missionary Baptist ministers Alliance said it wants to gather 100,000 signatures to present to Marion Superior court judge Patricia Gifford before Tyson a sentencing scheduled for late March or Early april. Special prosecutor Greg Garrison said he was a deeply troubled by the ministers actions. A this is a nonsensical reaction a he told Mthr to. A Marc they saying rape is not rape because the Champ docs it a Yale employees on strike new Haven Conn. Hundreds of custodial clerical and technical workers went on strike at Yale University on monday disrupting classes and shutting Down dining Halls at the Ivy league school. Negotiators for the University and 3,500 members of of Scals 34 and 35 of the federation of University employees reached tentative agreement on a new contract just hours after the walkout began. But Union leaders said the strike would continue in support of graduate students who Are also attempting to win Union recognition from the  spent on haitians fort Lauderdale Fla. The Federal government has spent at least $24 million intercepting housing and returning thousands of haitians who fled their Homeland after a bloody military coup a newspaper reported monday. The coast guard spent $4.8 million from oct. 29 to feb. 12, and a joint military task Force spent $19 million through Jan. 27, the Sun senti Nel of fort Lauderdale reported. The Story based on Navy and coast guard estimates said additional Navy spending since Jan. 27 has probably pushed the total past $24  College to close Dodge City Kan. St. Mary of the Plains College citing financial problems due largely to its involvement with a defunct truck driving school announced monday that it will close after this semester. The Liberal arts College operated by the Sisters of St. Joseph in Wichita will close after june 30, president Bernard Parker said. The 837-student school the Only four year College in southwestern Kansas lost $210,000 last year and projected losing almost $1 million this year Parker said. The decision was connected to the a disastrous consequences of the 40-year-old colleges involvement with the american truck driving school in a vocational program begun in 1985, Parker said. The . Department of education found that the program did not meet requirements for student Aid funds and that the College is responsible for $94 million the driving school used until it closed in january 1990.endurance test Cut Short Longmont Colo. A a Man who last week settled into a car with his Bride and another couple for a honeymoon endurance test was disqualified monday after police arrested him on an outstanding warrant. John e. Lyon Iii his Bride Rhonda and Sheryl and Vernon Plowman were participating in a contest sponsored by Kuks radio in Denver and the twin peaks mall for a Chance to win the $8,795 Nissan sentry. The two couples were married Friday and then jumped into the car. The couple who lasted the longest was to win the car. Aurora police officers pulled Lyon out of the car inside the mall sunday night and took him into custody on a warrant for failure to appear on assault and disorderly conduct charges. He was booked and released. The Plowmann won the car