European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 13, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday May 13, 1992 the stars and stripes c Page 5bush gets an earful in poor neighbourhood by Vej. Dionne or. The Washington Post Philadelphia a president Bush visited people in troubled neighbourhoods monday a to listen and to push his Urban initiatives in the Wake of the los Angeles riots. What he heard from one speaker after another gathered in a Small Philadelphia gym were polite warm but firm words that came Down to one thing Send More Money. Florence Richardson of a group called the Hunting Park task Force said her area is one of a the most drug infested in Philadelphia and that those Selling the drugs Are involved in a a multimillion Dollar  a exactly How Are we supposed to fight this kind of problem. With limited funds a she asked the president. Bush who is Given to criticizing big spending programs tried his Best. A a in a not sure that funds is the entire answer a he re filed. The key to fighting crime he said is having a Apo ice officers get the Confidence of the people in the neighbourhood. I done to think it was As much spending As it was Community  Richardson was not deterred. A we need funds to do this kind of work a she said. Noting that Philadelphia is already slated to get less Money from the presidents a Weed and seed anti crime program next year than this year Richardson said the Money going to various groups would amount to $53,000 per group. A what in a saying is How with $53,000, Are we supposed to reinvest and build up and bring these programs into our area a she asked. Bush said he had More spending and other programs in mind but the Exchange drought Home what is Likely to be the big debate in Washington and on the Campaign Trail for the next six months following the los Angeles riots How much should the country spend on inner cities wherever he comes Down on the Money Issue Bush is intent upon proving the inner cities have his attention. Initially Bush arranged to come to Philadelphia Only to speak at a $l,000-a-plate Campaign fund raising dinner. But after the los Angeles riots a trip for a High Dollar fund Raiser seemed insufficient. So the White House scheduled a visit to a neighbourhood that had rolled Back drug dealing through a Community policing program and then the trip to the gym at St. Boniface Church to meet with the Community leaders. Philadelphia police commissioner Willie l. Williams accompanied Bush on the entire visit. Last week tour ing the devastation in los Angeles Bush avoided even a Brief meeting with that City a controversial police chief Daryl f. Gates whom Williams will replace this summer. Bush once called Gates an a american  As it turned out the president could not escape elec Tion year politics. Bush visited the same Philadelphia Corner 17th and Wallace that Arkansas Democrat Bill Clinton visited last month to make the same Point that police officers based in the neighbourhoods can do the Best Job. In the process Clinton had criticized Bush for not spending enough Money on fighting inner City crime. The neighbourhood in the Spring Garden area has become a Model for Community policing advocates because a combination of Federal state and local police a Allied with local organizations a drove out what had been a Large open air drug Market in 1990. That the White House said is the essence of the a Weed and seed program a to Weed out criminals and seed neighbourhoods with programs that work. The bipartisan mood applied across the Board monday even to Clinton. Marlin Fitzwater the White House spokesman said he did no to mind that Clinton had been to Philadelphia first. A a he a a Good Man a Fitzwater said. A the supports the wed and scud program. We appreciate Nis  in the tags and Stripe s 10 years ago May 13,1982 a Britain shot Down two Argentine planes that attacked a Royal Navy ship within the total exclusion zone around the Falkland islands. In new York . Negotiations for a peaceful settlement of the five week crisis reached Quot a delicate  20 years ago May 13,1972 a South vietnamese troops airlifted into Battle by . Marine corps helicopters recaptured three towns in communist held Quang Tri province in their first major counterattack since the North vietnamese offensive began. 30 years ago May 13,1962 a president Kennedy ordered land sea and air preparations for possible . Military intervention in Southeast Asia if the situation in Laos continued to deteriorate. Kennedy took measures to move More . Personnel and firepower into the Western Pacific in preparation for any contingency that might develop in the area. 40 years ago May 13,1952 a golfer Sam Snead playing hot Golf in cold rain on his Home course shot a fourth sub Par round to win his second successive Greenbrier open. Worn d Ujah n 50 years ago today 13 May Jwuc 1 a 9 4 -2 heavy German attacks Force soviet troops to begin evacuating the kerch Peninsula in Crimea about 80,000 soldiers will manage to get away across the Black sea. German and italian warplanes Hammer the British defenders of Malta in the Mediterranean with a we Klong offensive. In the Panfic american soldiers arrive in Fiji to replace the islands Garrison of new sealanders. Source 2194 Days of War w h Smith a publishers inc. World almanac Book of world War ii Bison books corp .1981 great in the stretch the Gurney race team from Macomb Hospital Center lets out Stretcher race in Detroit. Leading the Way Are Tom Mcgee a cheer after zipping across the finish line monday to beat left and left Smith while sue Snyder i Joys a free ride on Sinai Hospital and Mott Center in the 13th annual Hospital the Gurney. Cia to release Early file on Oswald As Congress seeks wider disclosure Washington a the Cia will release a 110-Page file on Lee Harvey Oswald that predates the assassination of president Kennedy Agency director Robert c. Gates told a Senate panel tuesday. In a hearing on legislation that would allow the release of thousands of related documents Gates said a Cia historical review group is preparing to Send the Oswald file a with quite minimal deletions to the National archives. The record in the file deals with Oswald a defection to the soviet Union in 1959 and his activities after he returned to the United states in 1961, Gates said. Gates and Fri director William sessions said they support the goal of releasing assassination material. But both raised Many technical objections to the proposed legislation most concerning the presidents right to control release of executive Branch documents. Sen. John Glenn chairman of the Senate governmental affairs committee which held the hearing said the Bush administration might be preparing an order directing executive Branch agencies to release assassination documents. A this somehow might look As though its pre Empting this legislation a said Glenn a Ohio. Lawmakers involved in the drafting of the Bill including sen. David l. Boren d-okja., chairman of the Senate intelligence committee and sen. Arlen Specter r-pa., a former Legal counsel to the Warren commission said the Bill should pass regardless of what Bush orders. A to have the executive Branch be judge and jury Over documents in its Possession would not be the kind of Resolution to this Issue we need to assure the Public a Boren said. The legislation would establish a judicially appointed review Board that would have the Power to review and release assassination documents. The president would be allowed to veto release of any document that might Compromise National Security. Gates said the Cia has some 33, xxx pages of material on Oswald most of it accumulated after Kennedy was shot in Dallas on nov. 22, 1963. The Warren commission concluded Oswald was the Lone Assassin