European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 19, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday May 19, 1992 the stars and stripes a Page 75 die despite truce As . Cuts troops los Angelus apr about 3,000 National guardsmen have pulled out of los Angeles leaving a Force of under 1,000 in Case of emergency. Schoolchildren marched to promote Unity and rival gangs reaffirmed a truce reached after the riots. Despite the truce gang violence claimed five lives Over the weekend. One victim was killed in a Brawl sunday at the county Fairground in Pomona. Late sunday Las vegas police sought to curb gang violence by breaking up gatherings of 10 or More people. Officers fired tear Gas and foam pellets Early sunday to break up a crowd of nearly 1,000 that took to the streets after a Motorist was beaten by suspected gang members. Gov. Pete Wilson who ordered the troop withdrawal from los Angeles on sunday said he would keep inset related Story on Page 16 place a contingent of soldiers who could respond in an emergency. A a it a time to bring the troops Home and get on with the task of rebuilding los Angeles a the governor said in a statement. James Lee the governors spokesman said the contingency Force would number fewer than 1,000. He said he could not disclose a More exact size for fear that troublemakers might a take advantage of  an additional 1,500 guard members who live in the los Angeles area will be available within hours of an emergency Wilson said. More than 10,000 guard troops and about 4,000 Active duty members of the army and the marines were deployed in los Angeles at the height of riots that erupted april 29. The army and Marine troops were sent Home the following week. About 200 High school and elementary school youngsters marched sunday in los Angeles to urge schools to offer lessons promoting ethnic Unity. They said racial tolerance is the key to heading off riots. And More than 300 gang members of the crips and bloods hugged and Shook hands at a picnic after a night of gang related shootings in South Central los Angeles that left four people dead and threatened to shatter their truce. A a it a a Miracle that i would not have believed in but its True a said Charles Rachal 28, a former Crip who helped organize the picnic. A stabbing victim is aided by friends sunday in Pomona calif., after gang fights broke out at the county Fairground. A the lords going to let it work out. There can to nothing bad come out of something  but police said the violence demonstrated that Little had changed. A things Haven to cooled off at All. They re trying to make things look like its cooled off but you can still Cut the tension with a knife out there a sgt. Don Keith said. The gang Brawl in Pomona about 40 Miles East of downtown los Angeles left one person dead and at least seven shot or stabbed police it. Ron Frazier said. Fifty one people were killed and thousands were injured or arrested during three Days of rioting that Fol Lowed the acquittal of four White men in the videotaped police beating of Black Motorist Rodney g. King. In Las vegas 30 to 40 people were arrested mostly for weapons violations and two stores were looted after a Motorist was attacked late saturday. The attackers were Black and appeared to have singled out the Motorist because he was White sgt. Mike Dailey said. The Man suffered minor injuries. Swat teams in armoured vehicles were pelted with rocks and bottles. Shots were fired from the crowd and police responded with tear Gas police  pact reached with newspaper Drivers by the associated press Quot negotiators reached a tentative agreement on ending a 12-Day-old labor dispute that sparked violence and disrupted delivery of the new York times and other newspapers both sides announced sunday. If the Deal is ratified 240 Union workers whose firings prompted the dispute would be rehired and their replacements would be let go said labor lawyer Michael Connery who helped Start negotiations Friday. He would not divulge any other details. In Pittsburgh meanwhile Drivers for the City a two daily newspapers went on strike bottling up copies of monday mornings Pittsburgh Post Gazette. About 600 Drivers for the Post Gazette and the Pittsburgh press walked off the Job late sunday. They had been working without a contract since Jan. 1. The new York agreement was reached during weekend talks among the times Independent wholesaler Imperial delivery service and the newspaper mail and deliverers Union of new York and Vicinity. Times publisher Arthur Sulzberger or. Said in a statement that the tentative agreement was a fair and honorable to All  he gave no details and newspaper spokeswoman Nancy Nielsen did not return a Telephone Call sunday. Teamsters Leader Barry Feinstein and the president of the deliverers Union Jack Kennedy refused to comment on the proposal saying Union member had to consider it first. Union members Are scheduled to vote thursday. Feinstein said he was sure it would be ratified. Failure to do so a would be the Road to hell a he added. The Union had turned Down new contracts for Drivers at the times unopened printing Plant in Edison . At two wholesale distributorships the times has agreed to buy and at two suburban Imperial delivery service plants which Arthur Imperatore purchased this month. When the Union rejected the Deal which would have significantly reduced overtime a labor arbitrator ruled that Imperatore had the right to hire new workers. Imperatore ousted 240 unionized Drivers setting off vandalism and violence that continued for five Days until a Federal judge found the Union in contempt of court for failing to Stop the Rock throwing and arson at distribution Sites. Most of the 2,900 Drivers in the Union work under contracts with the times new York daily news and new York Post. T he distribution problems also affected the Post and in he Wall Street journal which use the same wholesaler for some deliveries. In Pittsburgh rental trucks Early Mon Day were backed up to the building that houses both newspapers and striking Drivers speculated that management would try to deliver the Post Gazette itself. The Drivers Are teamsters employed by the Pittsburgh press co., which publishes the afternoon press and prints and distributes the Post Gazette under a joint operating agreement. Press co. Spokesman Randy Notter did not immediately return a Telephone Call. William Deibler managing editor of the Post Gazette said his paper was caught off guard by the strike. He said he did not know if other unions at the newspapers planned to support the strikers. Pittsburgh a last newspaper strike in 1975, shut Down both papers for three months Deibler said. The Post Gazette is published monday through saturday and has a daily circulation of 162,000. T he press has a circulation of 231,000 daily and 554,000 on sunday. .35 hatching give Hope for Prairie chickens Glen Rose Texas up a the future of the fading attwaters Prairie Chicken once counted in the millions in Texas and Louisiana but now dwindled to fewer than 500, May rest with 35 Chicks hatched at the Fossil rim wildlife Center. A we Are hoping this is a turn of events a said Steve Labuda manager of attwaters Prairie National wildlife Refuge in Colorado county in Southeast Texas. The Prairie Chicken a member of the grouse family will face extinction in 1998 unless current declines Are reversed warned the . Fish and wildlife service. About 460 of the Birds remain Down from 1,500 in 1980. Remaining attwaters Prairie chickens in the wild make their Homes on coastal Prairies in Texas a habitat that is shrinking. Hunting the Bird was banned in 1937 when it became a protected species after wildlife experts estimated Only 8,000 survived. The Bird was reclassified As endangered in 1973. Wildlife officials do not conduct their annual count until july but fear this years Hatch will be reduced by heavy Rains during last months nesting season. Wildlife officials gathered 49 eggs from nesting areas in Colorado county and Galveston county. At Fossil rim 35 of the eggs were successfully hatched. A this is the first successful hatching on a Large scale a said Fossil rim Avian coordinator Bob Smith. Some of the Chicks will become part of the centers captive Breeding family but others will be returned to the wild where they once flourished. One obstacle in the Birds future is that the Public does no to know much if anything about the Prairie Chicken. A they Are not getting the support they really need to have a recovery program a Smith said a because most people in Texas done to even know they exist or How unique a Bird they