European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 19, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday february 19, 1992 the stars and stripes Page 7 Al Cio Council gives Martin Chilly reception bal Harbour Fla. Apr a meeting tuesday Between labor Secretary Lynn Martin and the Al Cion a executive Council apparently did Little to mend relations Between organized labor and the Bush administration. After the hour Long meeting federation president Lane Kirkland was asked to name the accomplishments of Martins first year in office. A if you give me a week i might be Able to think of something a Kirkland said. Kirkland described the discussion As courteous and civil but said a she will continue to hold views different from  a a it a quite Clear we done to agree on All issues a Kirkland Martin said after meeting with the councils 34 Union presidents. A but if we Are to truly represent the needs of working men and women we must work  Martin promoted Large scale Job re training efforts to meet the needs of changing workplace. Martin was snubbed at last november Safe Cio convention because of disagreements Over the creation of jobs Trade policy and the administrations failure to support a ban on permanent strike replacement workers. Kirkland has criticized Bush a plan to stimulate the Economy by lowering lower capital gains taxes. A this country needs beef and he a offering us sushi a Kirkland said. Sushi is a japanese dish consisting of cold Rice cakes typically garnished with fish vegetables or other titbits. The 14.2 million member Al Cio advocates spurring the Economy with a $60 billion investment in Public works projects worker training new housing and Aid to local governments. The federation Breaks strongly with the administrations Trade policy and is opposed particularly to a free Trade agreement with Mexico that Union leaders believe would Cost american jobs. It also disagrees strongly with the administration on the Issue of protecting the jobs of strikers. Asked to evaluate the democratic candidates Kir land said a i think if you could exhume Harry Truman he might be  Bush has threatened to veto a House measure passed last year that would prohibit companies from permanently replacing strikers. A i understand this is a difficult Issue for labor unions but i must Point out it does no to produce one Job a Martin said. A i would Hope that instead of arguing Over Small slices we can work together for a better Economy for american  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 Chase 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. A 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  collect signatures to get Tyson off easy from wire reports Indianapolis a a group of ministers said monday that it has gathered 10,000 signatures in a petition drive seeking a suspended sentence for Boxer Mike Tyson on Nis 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 Are they saying rape is not rape because the Champ docs it a Yale employees on strike new Haven Conn. A 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 locals 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 Scenti 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