European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 17, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday May 17, 1992 the stars and stripes Page 5o Connor richest on supreme court Washington apr Justice Sandra Day of Connor remained the supreme courts wealthiest member in 1991. And justices David h. Souter and Clarence Thomas the courts two newest members appear to be its least wealthy. According to financial statements filed Friday by All nine of the High courts members in compliance with the ethics Reform act of Connor and her lawyer husband held assets Worth Between $1.77 million and $4.53 million at the end of last year. The Federal Law requires Only Broad ranges of estimated Worth for assets and exempts personal property and the primary residence. Souter listed assets Worth $65,000 to $150,000 Thomas $65,000 to $165,000. Justice John Paul Stevens was the courts Only other millionaire at the end of the year according to the financial forms. He listed his assets at Between $1.13 million and $2.5 million. Two justices whose 1990 statements suggested they might have been millionaires a Harry a. Blackmun and Anthony m. Kennedy a apparently dropped out of that category in 1991. As they have for several years the financial statements also showed that some justices accepted no the. Stars and stripes serous All expenses paid trips. For 1991, Justice Antonin Scalia got free trips to Moscow Sienna Italy Edinburgh Scotland and Salzburg Austria. Scalia a former Law school professor also collected $18,000 for four part time teaching assignments. Of Connor logged 24 free trips. Her destinations included Deer Valley Utah Williamsburg a. Palm Beach Fla. And Maui Hawaii. Chief Justice William h. Rehnquist collected $10,000 for a teaching session in Innsbruck Austria. He also collected a $22,850 Advance for a Book published last year on the impeachments of president Andrew Johnson and supreme court Justice Samuel Chase and almost $3,000 in royalties from a previously published Book on supreme court history. Kennedy travelled to Salzburg Austria for a teaching gig for the Mcgeorge Law school based in Sacramento Calif. He was paid $18,000 for it. Blackmun said he had been offered honorariums for speeches he delivered but turned them Down. However he did log eight free trips. The disclosure Law requires judges and other High ranking Federal officials to list All the gifts they received during a year along with their estimates of the gifts monetary Worth. Filling his first financial form As a Justice Thomas disclosed that his wife owns a piece of property m Omaha neb., Worth Between $50,000 and $100,000. He said the property was located a at Highway 50. Here Are the 1991 asset totals reported by the court s members a of Connor $1.77 million to $4.53 million up from $1.35 million to $3.21 million in 1990. A Souter $65,000 to $150,000 Down from $130,000 to $330,000. A Thomas $65,000 to $165,000. A Rehnquist $255,000 to $725,000 compared with $235,000 to $710,000. A Scalia $265,000 to $565,000 compared with $295,000 to 650,000. A White $165,000 to $415,000 up from $145,000 to $350,000. A Blackmun $300,000 to $830,000 Down from $495,000 to $1.09 million. A Stevens $1.13 million to $2.5 million the same As in 1990. A Kennedy $245,000 to $920,000, Down from $410,000 to $1.25 million.10 years ago May 17,1982 British harrier jets bombed and strafed two Argentine vessels a in Small harbours off Falkland sound a the defense ministry reported. Word of the attacks followed British defense Secretary John Notts warning that Britain would intensify its military efforts and could invade the Argentine held Falkland islands if no breakthrough were made in . Peace talks.20 years ago May 17, 1972 a Alabama gov. George c. Wallace was removed from the critical list after an assassination attempt although he still faced possible paralysis of both legs. A Campaign aide said Wallace would continue campaigning for the democratic presidential nomination from a wheelchair if necessary.30 years ago May 17,1962 the United states asked Australia new zealand Britain Pakistan and the Philippines to consider sending forces to bolster . Land sea and air forces already being moved near the thai Laos Border. 40 years ago May 17, 1952 the Coffee ration available to families in the european come through army quartermaster commissaries was reduced from 7 pounds to 5 pounds monthly. Wori d War ii 50 years ago today 17 May 1 .942 fighting intensifies on the Southern soviet front As the ground firms after the Spring thaw Germany s army group South attacks the i Yum salient and East of Kharkov halting the soviet offensive in the Mediterranean Axis planes Fly the final missions of an intense we Klong bombing Campaign against British air and naval bases on Malta that caused heavy losses on both sides water Hazard South Carolina wildlife officer Robert Crosby ropes a 6-foot Alligator that had been lounging in a water Hazard at the legendary Golf miniature Golf course on Hilton head is land. Ray Lander of Rochester n.y., discovered the 100-Pound Alligator. A we done to have anything like this up North a Lander said. Legendary Juii Init priv lower magnate pleads guilty to creating slave like conditions source 2194 Days of War w h Smith up dashers in c a los Angeles up one of the nations biggest Flower growers who recruited illegal aliens from mexican villages and forced them to work under a is Wavelike conditions a pleaded guilty Friday to racketeering conspiracy and labor and immigration violations. Edwin Mitchell Ives 54, and his company the Griffith Ives co., entered guilty pleas to eight felony and eight Misdemeanour charges. They agreed to pay $1.5 million in restitution to their victims. Sentencing for Ives is scheduled aug. 3. He faces up to 18 years in prison. The guilty pleas Stem from Ives treatment of hundreds of illegal aliens who worked at his Ventura county Flower ranches during the 1980s, assistant . Attorney Carol Gillam said. The Case Marks the first conviction under the racketeer influenced corrupt organizations act in a civil rights and labor Case she said. A employers of migrant workers should understand that mistreatment of workers will he prosecuted by the Federal government with a Erv available Means Hief assistant . Attorney Terree Bowers said. Ives is one of 12 defendants named in a Federal indictment against the world renowned 50-acre Flower ranch one of the nations biggest growers of baby a breath eucalyptus and other ornamental Flowers. By their guilty plea Ives and his company admitted to participating in a scheme to fraudulently induce workers in Mexico to come to the Griffith Ives ranch Gillam said. A this Case represents the worst kind of worker abuse a said . Labor Secretary Lynn m. Martin. A companies like this that ignore our country a wage Laws by paying virtually slave wages not Only undercut the Economy and take advantage of people desperate for work but also deny crucial jobs to american  workers were lured to the ranch with promises of Good wages. Once there they were not allowed to leave. At the ranch immigrant workers were forced to endure 16-hour workdays six Days a week. They were also required to buy their food and other necessities from a company store that charged a a exorbitant prices according to the indictment. The company paid less than the minimum wage of $4.25 an hour and refused to obtain medical treatment for injured workers a violation of the fair labor standards act. If they tried to leave the ranch workers were beaten. Ives also exploited the fact that the workers had entered the country illegally and threatened to turn them Over to immigration authorities if they tried to escape. I he Griffith Ives co. Employed about 100 workers a year. Some of them were paid less than $100, or nothing at All for working As Many As 160 hours in 15 Days the complaint said. A their Heads were shaved and they were charged for the haircuts a Gillam said of the workers. The investigation was prompted by information from two a a escapees from the ranch who complained to the labor department s wage and hour Section