European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 15, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes wednesday april 15, 1992 r Aye a w a we a a  Chicago s Center knocked for a Loop by flooding. J a. J \17a Fineo i a Chicago apr much of Chicago s Loop was shut Down again tuesday As City workers struggled to contain River water that snaked through a Leaky underground Tunnel flooding High Rise basements and keeping thousands from their jobs. Mayor Richard m. Daley said late monday that City workers knew Days maybe weeks ago that the Tunnel system under the Chicago River was leaking. Quot these people will be held accountable a he warned. Some 200 buildings remained without Power tuesday in the Center of the City where traffic was snarled signals were out and subway riders switched to buses and elevated trains to get to work. In a going to be Nice and late a said Vickie Lassan Dro whose Normal 30-minute commute stretched to an hour. Despite reports late monday that a Hole in the Tunnel had been sealed Dave Mosena chief of staff for Daley said at a morning news briefing that some water continued to flow into the Tunnel. A we Are not out of the water by any Means a Mosena said. Quot we have no indication that the leak is completely  workers were pouring Cement into the Hole tuesday morning. The break sent millions of Gallons of water into basements of downtown buildings monday shutting Power and shuttering businesses. Gov. Jim Edgar will declare a state disaster area within the City of Chicago said Tom Zimmerman spokesman for the Illinois emerged management Agency. Its the first step toward asking for Federal re police officers directed traffic under Rainy skies tuesday at some of the City a busiest intersections where Stop signs had been hastily erected to replace knocked out traffic lights. But Many people May have just decided to stay Home. Quot people Are coming to work finding that their building is closed and going Home a said Anthony Coffman who runs a Loop newspaper stand. Quot we closed at six yesterday and Well probably close earlier today. Peter Shaft a clinical social worker said a a in a going to miss eight patients today which i think is particularly difficult because in a in the process of writing checks for my income tax and my first quarterly statement. Tens of thousands of people were evacuated monday after the water gushed through a breach in a Tunnel below the River and coursed through the turn of the Century passages once used to deliver mail Coal and merchandise. _ Quot we arrived in Chicago for some Urban excitement. Well we re getting it a said Anne Decarlis of Gainesville fla., who was honeymooning with her husband Nick. They had to move to another hotel from the dark ened Palmer House Hilton where guests wandered in the lobby their Way lighted by fluorescent Batons. In the basement of the Cook county building workers scrambled to save thousands of birth death and marriage certificates some dating to the 1870s. Office workers had to walk Down flight after flight of stairs to leave skyscrapers. Fish were seen in the rising water in the restaurant area of the state of Illinois building. The flooding closed the Chicago Board of Trade and the Chicago mercantile Exchange the worlds main futures and options exchanges. The mercantile Exchange reopened tuesday the Board of Trade remained closed. No injuries were reported. At a news conference late monday Daley said City employees knew about a leak for a a number of Days or a number of  a these people Are going to be held accountable. Each and every of those persons who had information will be accountable to me and to the people of the City of Chicago a he said. Quot individuals did drop the  Daley  say who knew about the leak. He said he assumed that the leak was responsible for the flood. There was no immediate damage estimate. Water gushes into a Chicago Street from the flooded basement of Marshall Field amp  store monday. Authorities planned to Drain the old freight tunnels by drilling a Hole where the system crosses a recently built flood drainage Tunnel system. The drilling could take a week officials said Quot a the army corps of engineers lowered the level of the River which is connected by a series of locks to Lake Michigan to Lessen the push of water. The evacuation threw the downtown into disarray. Traffic was snarled and commuters jammed trains and buses in an Early Rush hour. Basements in nine buildings had As much As 30 feet of water. There was no ground level flooding but some buildings pumped water from their basements into the streets. Clinton wins Virginia caucuses but turnout Low Richmond a. A democratic presidential front runner Bill Clinton placed first in Virginia a caucuses but they Drew such a Low turnout that at least one Small City did not bother to elect any delegates. In two Days of local caucuses that ended monday night the Arkansas governor pulled in 52 percent of the delegates an uncommitted slate picked up 36 percent and former California gov. Jerry Brown trailed with 12 percent. Quot Virginia voters cast a decisive vote for change a Clinton said in a statement from Little Rock Ark. Quot i have a plan that offers More Opportunity but requires More responsibility from every american. I now look Forward to taking this plan to the voters in  the next presidential primary will be april 28 in Pennsylvania. The 3,500 local Virginia delegates will elect 51 National convention delegates at congressional District meetings next month. Another 27 at Large National delegates will be named at the state convention june 5 to 6. A candidate must receive at least 15 percent support to receive any National delegates in Virginia. That Means Brown will not get any of the 27 at Large delegates because he fell below 15 percent of the caucus vote statewide said Harry Carver executive director of the state democratic party. He will get delegates in at least two or three congressional districts in which he had at least 15 percent support Carver said. Paul Goldman state democratic chairman said the caucus turnout apparently was the lowest in 20 years. A the enthusiasm level is not High a he said. Quot that is something the democrats have got to work  Clifton forge a City of 4,700 in Western Virginia did not bother to elect its four local delegates for the presidential race. The caucus participants went Home after voting for candidates in the 6th District congressional race Carver said. Clinton did Best in suburban and Rural areas. He climbed Over the 50 percent Mark with overwhelming support in Fairfax county the state s most populous locality. Brown won in Richmond and ran nearly even with Clinton in Virginia Beach Charlottesville and Albemarle county. Bush draws fire for Union dues order paroled rapist admits to killing 5, police say East Orange . A the arrest of a paroled rapist who authorities say confessed to murdering five women has failed to Calm residents fears. Instead the unsolved slayings of two other women have Given Rise to a sceptical refrain heard monday across this Gritty working class town of 73,000 outside of Newark a i Hope they got the right  Jerome Dennis 25, of East Orange was arraigned monday on charges of murdering five women and attempting to murder two others from this town. He also was charged with sexually assaulting three of the slaying victims. Dennis who covered his face with his hands throughout his court appearance was jailed on $2 million bail. Prosecutors refused to give a motive or say what led them to Dennis. The slayings four of which were discovered since Friday had terrorized residents and led to accusations that police weren to doing their Job. Dennis was paroled nov 19 after serving 10 years for three rapes and had been in prison since he was 14. Arrested at his Home sunday he confessed to five slayings said assistant Essex county prosecutor Norman Menz. By the los Angeles times Washington a president Bush ordered the Federal government monday to begin enforcing a supreme court decision granting workers greater control Over organized labors use of political funds a a step seen by critics As an Effort to Divide workers and Union leaders in an election year. The president signed an executive order that requires employers working for the Federal government to remind workers that employees Are not required to join unions that non members can object to the use of mandatory Union payments for such purposes As political activities unrelated to collective bargaining and that workers can get refunds or reductions in nature dues payments. Key figures in organized labor beginning with Lane Kirkland president of the Al Cio immediately denounced Bush a move. Quot by his obsequious pandering to the Ultra right special interests of his party the president has Given hypocrisy  name Kirkland said at a news conference. Quot it is entirely a political  Albert Shanker president of the american federation of teachers said in a written statement that the measure demonstrates that Bush a is More interested in attacking a segment of the population that does not support him a than in a the rights of workers and those who Are  the president s order would affect about 2 million to 3 million workers the White House estimated. It stems from a 1988 supreme court decision involving Harry Beck. In 1968, Beck began a 20-year crusade after objecting to the communications workers of americans use of his Union dues to support Hubert h. Humphrey the democratic presidential candidate. By a White House estimate the decision could Cut off As much As $2.4 billion in Union funds available for such activities As phone Banks and get out the vote operations. The figure represented the maximum amount if each worker demanded a refund of their dues. Whether Bush had to sign the executive order a which he did with Beck two Cabinet members and an invited audience that included former screen actors Guild president Charlton Heston looking on a is open to question because the court had already acted. The White House argued that the executive order was necessary because workers remained unaware of their rights and the National labor relations Board and department of labor had been slow in enforcing the ruling