European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 13, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday May 13, 1992 the stars and stripes a Page 5bush gets an earful in poor neighbourhood by . 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 to t 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 replied. The key to fighting crime he said is having a police 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 Elco 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 Fitzwa tar said. A the supports the Weed and seed program. We appreciate Nis  in the. Stars and stripes 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. Wohl u war50 years ago today 13 may1.9 .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 Pacific 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 a 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 Jeff Smith while sue Snyder i Joys a free ride on Sinai Hospital and Mott Center in the 13th annual Hospital the Gurney. California Farmers had Tough year 1991 revenues Down by $1 billion by Dan Morain los Angeles times Sacramento Calif. Hit hard by drought freeze recession and White flies California farms reported a $1 billion drop in revenues last year a in what is Likely to be the biggest annual decline Ever for the nations richest agricultural state. Farm Revenue statewide declined to roughly 1989 Levels dropping to $17.9 billion from $18.9 billion in 1990, according to an estimate by the state department of food and agriculture. The estimate is based on statewide surveys taken earlier this year. County by county reports containing final figures Are beginning to trickle in. The $1 billion decline is in contrast to the steady growth in revenues that marked the performance of California farms during the last decade. The actual 1991 drop could be even greater than estimated because the three top farm counties a Fresno Tulare and Kern a already have reported combined losses of $944 million. Those three counties represent a third of californians Harvest. Fresno county the leading farm county in the nation reported an 11.4 percent decline in farm Revenue or $337 million to $2.6 billion in 1991. That is slightly above 1989 Levels. Imperial county where White flies ravaged crops last year has not completed its Revenue report. Despite the drop agricultural economists say farming remains a stable Industry in California. But while most Farmers in the Central Valley seem to have weathered the Tough year another bad Harvest could result in increased numbers of foreclosures and bankruptcies experts say. A the drought and freeze created a serious threat to agriculture the county a leading Industry a the Fresno county department of agriculture said in a report released this month. A agricultural Revenue and production losses Are Felt beyond the farm. Farm workers and businesses in the Community share in these hardships and  despite the adversity the farm Industry a seems to be pretty Well positioned to withstand problems a said Frederick Cannon senior economist for the Bank of America