European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 22, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 a the stars and stripes wednesday april 22, 1992 Retiree Colas Federal pay saved in latest budget plans by Mike Causey the Washington Post Washington a workers who Are worried they might have to take a 2 percent pay Cut to finance their pensions and retirees fearful of being put on diet Colas can relax. As Congress looks for ways to Cut the Cost of government however consultants could lose As much As $50 million in business and travel while printing and communications functions could take an $800 million hit. Current budget blueprints in the Senate and House ignore a number of White House plans including those that would a raise employee contributions from the civil service retirement system from 7 percent to 9 percent of pay. _. A delay next january a 3.7 percent raise until april 1993. A make Federal military Retiree Colas Cost of living adjustments subject to across the Board cuts if Congress fails to meet deficit reduction targets. Those Colas like social Security benefits Are now exempt from those  debate changing name of Swastika Park Miami apr generations ago before the nazi Nightmare Swastika Park May have been an appropriate name for a Community in Miami a Outback. But today some residents of the tiny neighbourhood say they re ashamed to live in a place with a name that now symbolizes unspeakable deeds. The name has been dropped from common use but records still list the neighbourhood As Swastika Park. A today the Swastika has nothing but painful and negative connotations to every jew and everyone who sympathizes with what took place during the holocaust a said Robert Novak Southern regional director of the Simon Wiesenthal Center for holocaust studies. Back in 1917, the developers of Swastika Park did no to know that the twisted Cross for which they named their subdivision would be changed from a Good Luck Symbol into an Emblem of evil. Fascists in nazi Germany adopted the Swastika and it came to be associated with the systematic extermination of More than 6 million jews under Adolf Hitler during world War ii. Quot it hurts me a Ondina Sanchez 54, said of the neighbourhood a a name. A i am from Cuba but we suffer under a dictator and they suffered under a  Miami historian Arva Moore Parks suspects the subdivision was named for an estate in nearby Coconut Grove called Swastika estate. A the estate name was changed after Hitler came to Power a Parks said. Now members of a group dedicated to fighting antisemitism and helping the descendants of holocaust survivors say its time to change Swastika Parks name too a when i ordered a map of plat from a Surveyor in the Middle of the avenues is a Street named Swastika Avenue a said Lori Chadroff founder of the generation after a Branch of the Simon Wiesenthal Center. Indeed at least five swastikas Are emblazoned on the original plats or maps still used in Legal transactions. Miami journalist Howard Kleinberg wrote in a recent editorial in the Miami Herald that the Wiesenthal centers concern is a a manufactured  a you have to trudge through old plat books to find the fact that the budget outlines mention none of these Cost cutting schemes does not mean they wont be Back this summer to haunt workers arid retirees. These schemes and others could pop up again if Congress panics while racing to approve an election year budget Between the Republican and democratic National conventions and the october Start of the fiscal year. Neither budget plan is pm Selea to Stone i be no us passed its version of a narrow 215-201 vote the Senate oked its version in a voice vote. The Senate budget would impose a partial hiring freeze eight of every 10 vacancies could be Villedas Well As a 2 percent reduction on so called non personnel spending which includes travel printing and com Munican Loiis 1 the Senate a guidelines also Call for a 10 percent Cut in the Cost of private consultants creating an estimated savings of $67 million in budget authority and $50 million in outlays. Civil service agencies that own or lease More than 6,000 aircraft would have to make a 10 percent reduction in the use of those planes saving an estimated $85 million under the Senate plan. Flan is chiselled in Stone the House Robert Novak and Lori Chadroff study a surveyors map of Swastika Park in the Miami area. The name a Kleinberg wrote. A is the centers action exploiting the sensitivities of holocaust survivors rather than representing them a holocaust survivor Arthur Meischner strongly disagreed a How can you say the word a Swastika Means nothing a said Meischner who lives in Miami. Quot to a holocaust survivor this Means  resident Angelina Miller said the neighbourhood a a name is nobody a business. A i like the name a said Miller who has lived in the subdivision for about 30 years. A i know the Swastika and 1 know Hitler but that has nothing to do with us Here today a she said. A shame on you Angelina a snapped Sanchez her neighbor. A when i have to pay the garbage disposal it says a Swastika  i feel repulsed. It reminds me of those  America s cup panel loses to creditor san Diego apr the beleaguered americans cup organizing committee was dealt a $176,898 blow monday when a los Angeles flight service was allowed to attach its assets. San Diego county Superior court granted a writ of attachment allowing . Helicopters to tie up the committees assets to ensure the award is paid said Charles Harris attorney for the flight service. The award was determined in arbitration proceedings last week he said. The committee is responsible for staging the americans cup yacht race now under Way off Point Loma a we Are giving them 48 hours to come up with a proposal to pay the Money Quot Harris said. If the organizers done to pay up Harris said he will have the . Marshal enforce the courts order. The flight service sought $310,000 in lost profits from the committee after claiming the panel terminated its $1,05 million contract without just cause. The americans cup committee is taking Steps to satisfy the award but payment is not required until the judgment is actually served committee spokeswoman Jane Eagleson said. Inmates get greek fare Courtesy of bored prisoner from wire reports Medina Ohio a food served at the Medina county jail is becoming a Little More diverse thanks to a prisoner who a trying to beat boredom. Nick papadelis 49, was sentenced in March to 60 Days in jail for 27 housing code violations at apartments he owns. Papadelis is appealing his conviction. In the meantime he spends up to 15 hours a Day on work detail in the jail Kitchen making greek specialities such As Gyro sandwiches ome lets and Flaky Baklava for dessert for the 65 inmates. A cooking occupies my time a papadelis said. A a in a used to working 15 to 17 hours a Day used to being Busy. All the people Here they like the food very  and for every two Days he works in the Kitchen he earns a Day off his sentence officials said.1 Dies As car rams crowd Dallas a a Motorist trying to attack a woman after an argument drove his car into a crowd of nearly 1,000 people killing one person and injuring 11, authorities said. The Driver was pulled from his car and beaten before police arrived. Henry Miles 50, was charged sunday with 11 counts of aggravated assault one count of investigation of murder and one with driving without a License authorities said. The crowd had gathered outside Jackie a groceries for the stores grand opening Celebration saturday evening. Investigators said the Driver was trying to hit a Girlfriend with whom he had argued. Police said the Man sped toward the woman hitting two cars and forcing several people to scramble on top of other  fish Story drones on Pensacola Beach Fla. David Karstens catch was bigger than he had expected when he went behind his Beach House to fish sunday. A Bright Orange 15-foot-Long object Karstens spotted in the surf turned out to be a drone used by the air Force for target practice military officials said. A i told them i had a missile Here and they were like a of yeah. Sure you do a a said Karstens who called authorities to report finding the Remote controlled aircraft. The drone came from Tyndall fab near Panama City Fla about 100 Miles East of Pensacola Beach. It is used for air to air training Over the Gulf of Mexico and is powered by a Small Jet engine capable of speeds up to 575 Mph and Heights to 40,000 feet said it. Bryan  Nixon at convention Washington a former president Nixon is squelching talk that he might attend the Republican National convention in August. President Bush a Campaign chairman Robert Mosbacher responding to questions earlier this month about whether Nixon would attend the convention called the former president a a very Wise elder statesman and added a i done to think of him As a liability.�?�. A few Days later on april 9, Nixon wrote to Mosbacher that a i wanted you to know that mrs. Nixon and i do not plan to  Nixon said he appreciated Mosbacher a generous  pulls Chicken s plug Hempstead , a 50-foot-tall Chicken and its life support system have been stolen from the roof of a Mcdonald a restaurant police said. The air compressor that kept the Chicken inflated and the Chicken were reported missing about 10 30 . Monday from the fast food restaurant on Peninsula Boulevard in Hempstead said officer William Bendel a Nassau county police spokesman. The air compressor had been tied to the roof. The items were valued at $13,000. Police have classified the incident As grand larceny Bendel said