European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 19, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday february 19, 1992 the stars and stripes b Page 5cuomo, senator Trade oratorical blows from wire reports new York a vying Over one microphone democratic gov. Mario m. Cuomo and Republican sen. Al Fonse m. Do Amato went head to head monday in a spontaneous debate that was More like a verbal prizefight than political discourse. A surprised audience at the annual meeting of the association of towns of the state of new York joined the fray hooting hollering and jeering As �?oa1 and Mario a As they called each other a clashed Over government spending policies. A a it was kind of explosive a said Michael Erlandson town clerk of Ellicott. A a couple of women said they thought they might have come to  it Wasny to new Hampshire where Cuomo a supporters were waging a write in Campaign to draft him for president. It Wasny to Harvard University in Cambridge mass., where Cuomo spoke recently so close to the new Hampshire Media Market. But it was very new York with the states leading Democrat and Republican a whose one time informal non aggression pact has frayed in recent months a going at each other with the Politeske of two cabdriver who Nad just crunched fenders. The confrontation occurred in front of nearly 2,000 town officials gathered at the new York Hilton for an annual meeting and training session usually devoted to rather dry subjects such As tax assessment or solid waste management. Cuomo do Amato and democratic sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan were All scheduled to give consecutive welcoming speeches. Do Amato opened the meeting with a speech criticizing the state budget and calling for a workfare a not  when Cuomo took the podium to rebut the criticism do Amato returned and took the microphone. Three times Cuomo tried to grab it but do Amato kept snatching it out of Cuomo a reach. The two argued briefly before do Amato finally relinquished the Mike. When Cuomo resumed talking do Amato stood behind him making faces rolling his eyes crossing his arms and shaking his head. When Cuomo finished talking he said a Sec a a round Al a and walked away. Organizers of the conference seemed confused by the confrontation. A it was so spontaneous and unexpected our officers All started getting up because they did no to know what to do a said Patricia m. Walsh the associations manager of education and training. A your president was trying to get close to the Mike but  because the two of them were at the Mike. We just backed  together the two debated welfare spending the Federal deficit the recession and the bureaucracy. Then Cuomo left the Hall and spoke of his regrets that he was not competing in the democratic presidential primary in new Hampshire. A if i had a budget i would be running a he said. A a it Sas simple As  new York gov. Mario m. Cuomo makes a Point while sen. Alfonse m. Do Amato mockingly shows his  threatened to decapitate rival tape shows new York a John Gotti threatened to decapitate the Leader of a greek gambling ring that had invaded his turf and complained about the High Cost of lawyers in secretly taped conversations played in court monday. Prosecutors played the tapes in an unusual Holiday session of gottis murder racketeering trial. One tape was recorded in january 1990 from a Bug the Fri planted at gottis hangout the Ravenitz social club. On it Gotti issued an order for the greek identified Only As Spiro to close in the stars and stripes Down his card game or suffer the consequences. In the tape Gotti reputed head of the Gambino organized crime family told associate Peter Mosca a you Tell this Punk i me John Gotti will sever your head off a on another tape Gotti warned associates to be careful about what they said because he believed the Ravenitz was bugged. A from now on in a telling you if a Guy just so mentions a Law. He done to have to say a Cosa Nostra just a la a and they go a Gotti said on one tape. La Cosa Nostra which literally Means a your thing a is an italian expression for the mob. Gotti and associates Salvatore a Sammy Bull Gravano and Frank a Frankie Locso Locascio complain on one tape about High prices charged by attorneys Gerald Stargel and Bruce Cutler. A where does it end Gambino crime family a Gotti complained. A this is the Shargel Cutler and what Taya Call it crime  a a they re overpriced overpaid and underperformed a Locascio added. Shargel and Cutler were barred from representing Gotti at his trial by . District judge i. Leo Glasser who ruled they Are a House counsel to the Gambino family. Gotti and Locascio arc accused of various killings loan sharking gambling and other crimes. If convicted they face life in prison. Gravano gottis former und Cross and heir apparent turned against Gotti last fall and began cooperating with investigators. 10 years ago feb. 19,1982 a Poland a military regime arrested 3,500 people in the most widespread dragnet against violators of military Rule reported since the initial dec. 13 crackdown. 20 years ago feb. 19,1972 a the California supreme court declared the death penalty unconstitutional saying it is a incompatible with the dignity of Man and the judicial  the court also said that judging by contemporary standards the death sentence was both cruel and unusual. 30 years ago feb. 19,1962 a Hamburg police reported that in the City alone 96 bodies had been recovered and an additional 120 people were missing in Wake of the worst floods to hit Germany a North sea coast in More than a Century. 40 years ago feb. 19,1952 a Norway a Hjal mar Andersen streaked to a second olympic Gold medal in Speed skating As he won the 1,500-meter race the Day after winning the 5,000-meter race. American skier Alvin Wegeman withdrew from the 18-Kilometer Cross country ski portion of the combined nordic event because of injuries suffered in the jumping Competition the previous Day.189 million to be eligible for nov. 3 vote Washington up the number of . Citizens old enough to vote will total 189 million by election Day nov. 3, the census Bureau said monday. The amount Marks an increase of 3.4 percent or 6.3 million potential voters Over the 1988 presidential election. New Hampshire which held the years first presidential primary tuesday will have an eligible voting electorate of 852.000 when the general election Rolls around a 415,000 men and 437,000 women. Of the nations voting age population about 98,362,000 women will be old enough to vote nov. 3, compared with 90.682.000 men. Ethnically the census Bureau found that there will be 160,286,000 Whites of voting age in november 21,519,000 50 years ago Tod a 19 feb. 1 a 9 4 2 japanese Carrier planes bomb Darwin in Northern Australia destroying port facilities and sinking a dozen Allied warships. In the dutch East indies the japanese invade Bali triggering a naval Battle that sinks three dutch ships. Japanese troops fight across the Bilin River in Burma forcing the British to Retreat Gen. Dwight Eisenhower is named chief of the . Army s War plans division. Blacks and 7,239,000 people of other ethnic backgrounds. The number of Blacks of voting age has jumped slightly More than 1 million since the last presidential election in 1988, a 5.3 percent increase. But the number of those of other ethnic groups has jumped by 1.6 million people a 29.1 percent increase. The number of Whites of voting age has grown 2.4 percent. If All age eligible voters turned out the elderly would find their influence continuing to grow according to the census figures. Of the population old enough to vote those older than 65 number 32,352,000 people about 17.1 percent of the electorate an increase from 30.5 million in 1988. The number of the youngest potential voters a those Between 18 and z4 a has dropped from 26.6 million to 26.4 Mil lion making up 14 percent of the electorate. The biggest segment of the voting age population is made up of people Between 25 and 44. They number 81,745,000, or 43.2 percent of the electorate. But being old enough to vote does no to guarantee the right willbe exercised. Earlier the census Bureau reported that in the 1990 congressional elections just 45 percent of the people 18 and older said they voted Down 1 percent from four years earlier. A though there have been fluctuations up and Down the percentage of those voting is now lower than it was two decades ago a the Bureau said. Actual turnout is often lower than what the census reports because it relies on whether people say they voted or not. Source 2194 Days of War w. H. Smith a publishers in. World almanac Book of world War ii Bison books corp .1981 a year ago Day 34 feb. 19 Baghdad comes under repeated bombardment during the night As the Allied air assault continues. Iraqi foreign minister Tariq Aziz returns to Baghdad with a soviet peace proposal the soviet . Ambassador tells the Security Council that Moscow a peace plan seeks a rapid pullout of iraqi forces from Kuwait. President Bush rejects the peace proposal saying there must be no negotiations to gain an iraqi withdrawal. A