European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 9, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday june 9, 1992 the stars and stripes a Page 5police, gang members clash at picnic by the los Angeles times los angles a a gang truce inspired Unity Barbecue at a Watts housing project ended Early sunday in a Brawl when police tried to break up the party and were mobbed. The incident which involved at least 300 part goers and 75 officers at the Jordan Downs housing project began late saturday night and ended Early sunday morning with the arrest of three people police said. Thirty five police officers and an undetermined number of revellers were injured in the Melee. It marked the second confrontation in three Days Between police and residents of neighbourhoods where rival gang members have been seeking to Hammer out a truce. Residents charged that police have cracked Down on them in an attempt to undercut their fledgling attempts at peace. But authorities blamed the confrontation on lingering hostilities stemming from the april 29 acquittals of four White defendants in the police beating of Black Motorist Rodney g. King. One of the police offi cers faces retrial on an unresolved count of assault under color of authority. The authorities also blamed the confrontation on negative publicity about the on again off again retirement of los Angeles police chief Daryl l. Crates. A did we have this before the riots no Quot remarked sgt. Don Keith. A the More attention the press gives these people the More they do this  witnesses said the gathering had begun As a peaceful picnic held for the surrounding neighbourhoods by residents of Jordan Downs a Public housing project South of downtown. They said that the gathering had been planned for Days and was intended As reciprocation for a Friday night party that had been Given by the rival neighbourhood of the Imperial courts housing project. That party they said was similarly disrupted by police and ended with minor injuries to two police officers. The area encompassing the two neighbourhoods has historically been deadly turf. Dominated by three rival gangs the sector has been so fraught with tension that mothers often kept their children Home from school rather than allow them to walk through rival gang territory on their Way to class. Saturday s picnic however was billed As a gathering where one time mortal enemies could transcend their bitterness getting to know each other As neighbors Over rap music Barbecue and Beer. By dusk an estimated 500 people had gathered in the Grassy recreation area at Jordan Downs enjoying hot dogs ribs and Macaroni and cheese. Children romped while their mothers chatted. Football baseball and Domino games were organized. But by u 30 p.m., police said neighbors were calling to complain about the noise. A when the police arrived it became apparent that the situation was highly volatile Quot Keith Saul. When officers told the crowd to disperse they were set upon by a a red the polio ties and chunks of Concrete Keith said. Gang members who pelted the police with rocks Bot in the stars and stripes10 years ago june 9,1982 a president Reagan became the first . President Ever to address the British parliament in what observers described As his most wide ranging and important foreign policy address since taking office.20 years ago june 9,1972 a former olympians Jack Kelly Amateur athletic Union president and Jesse Owens chairman of the . Olympic committee said american athletes who planned to use the olympic games in Munich Germany As a protest platform would be left at Home. They said that a repeat of the Black Power demonstration by two . Athletes four years ago at the Mexico City games was unlikely.30 years ago june 9,1962 a fourteen East germans drank the Captain of a communist pleasure boat under the table seized his vessel in a canal in East Berlin and sailed to Freedom in West Berlin. The eight men five women and 5-month-old baby escaped unharmed.40 years ago june 9,1952 a Albert Homann Secretary general of the communist National democratic party announced that the East German government would close All but one of the routes used to Supply Berlin. Only the Berlin Helmstedt West Germany route would remain open. World War ii 50 years ago today june 9 1 942 a nazi troops murder All the men in Lidice Czechoslovakia in retaliation Tor the assassination o is Deputy Leader Reinhard Heydrich in Prague the Village s women and children Are sent to concentration Camps British forces fail to break through to free French troop6 surrounded by the germans at bar Racheim at the Southern end of the Battle in the libyan desert Veteran rep. Bennett of Florida to retire because of wife s health Jacksonville Fla. A rep. Charles e. Bennett the houses second most senior member unexpectedly announced his retirement sunday saying his wife a health had made him change his mind about seeking his 23rd term. Bennett 81, had insisted he would run for re election despite the nations anti incumbent mood. He said he changed his mind after his wife Jean suffered a stroke last week. A what precipitated this change in my plans is the fact that the most recent illness of my wife underlines for Bennett me my old age and physical disabilities a he said. A i would not want such personal defects in me to hamper the service that a . Representative should Render a the Jacksonville Democrat said in a statement read from his Home in Washington. The announcement by Bennett the senior member of Florida a congressional delegation makes him the 75th member of Congress who wont be Back next year. He is also the sixth House member from Florida to decide to leave Congress. With four new seats created after the 1990 census that leaves 10 of the states 23 scats open. Democratic reps. Dante b. Pascell William Lehman and Larry j. Smith along with republicans Andy Ireland and Craig t. James had announced they would not run again. Bennett a District was radically redrawn under a newly approved plan. It lost a Large share of its minority democratic base and picked up Many suburban Republican voters. Fifty percent of the new District had never been represented by Bennett but until sunday he had maintained he would run for re election. The current term he had said at the time would be his last allowing him a a couple of decades to spend with his family. Four republicans were competing for the right to oppose him including Jacksonville City councilwoman Tillie Fowler Don we incr Stephen Kelley and Cliff Taylor. In his statement Bennett said he wanted to give political friends a Chance to run for the seat. Bennett was first elected in 194s and is the second ranking Democrat on the House armed services committee. A the just celebrated his 41st year without Ever missing a congressional vote a that a a record that will not Ever be met a said Campaign coordinator and former aide Adam Hollingsworth. Although an advocate for Many military programs Bennett opposed the strategic defense initiative and won some deep cuts in its funding. Although he was a senior member of the House armed services committee he was rejected twice a in 1985 and 1987 a for chairmanship of the House democratic caucus. He voted against congressional pay raises and refused to accept the raises Hollingsworth said. Bennett was born in Canton n.y., and earned a bachelors degree and a Law degree from the University of Florida in Gainesville. He served in the . Army in world War ii receiving the Silver Star and Bronze Star. He also contracted polio during the War and walks with two canes. Gay officer proves he got his on Job san Francisco a a Gay police officer with aids has won a landmark ruling that he is entitled to benefits because he was infected when he was bitten and splashed with blood during a 1984 arrest a newspaper reported sunday. Administrative Law judge Stewart Judson ruled last week that inspector Thomas Cady was infected on the Job with the human immunodeficiency virus which causes aids the san Francisco examiner reported. The ruling was believed to be the first time in the United states that a Gay police officer has proved he contracted the virus while on duty. And it indicates that Gay Public employees can overcome presumptions that aids always results from homosexual behaviour. A a it a difficult for anyone Gay or not to prove they contracted his on the Job a said Evan Wolfson a lawyer with the Lambda Legal defense and education fund a Gay Legal rights group based in new York. A and there a a double Standard for Gays. Gay people ought to be held to the same Standard As  Cady who joined the Force in 1981, has spent nearly three years trying to prove his Case. He told the examiner he is exhausted and disillusioned by the lengthy ordeal. He has not worked in More than a year. A i thought they were going to wait until after i died a said Cady 46, who was recently hospitalized for a stomach infection. Gunfire kills ambulance group s Best Friend source 2194 Days of War w h. Smitti a Pun seers inc world almanac Book of world a Vair ii.  books corp. 1981 new York apr a Volunteer ambulance company once honoured by president Bush for serving a poor neighbourhood lost its Mascot a German Shepherd named Sandy to Street gunfire Early sunday. Children had adopted Sandy As their pet too. A the kids were All crying and very upset a said Joe Perez vice president of the bed Stuy Volunteer ambulance corp. The dog was shot outside the Van that serves As company Headquarters said James Robinson a City emergency medical services lieutenant and president of the Volunteer company. It was unclear whether the 7 year old dog was shot on purpose. Volunteers inside the Van were not Hurt. Robinson said he started the Volunteer group in 1988 because it took Between 15 and 20 minutes for ambulances to reach the Dedford Stuyvesant neighbourhood in Brooklyn. With the Volunteer group it now takes an average of four minutes. On sept. 9, 1991. Bush presented the company with a Point of eight award designating the 50-member organization As a Model Volunteer group. Volunteers treated the shooting victim like a human putting Sandy on a Stretcher and giving her oxygen during a lights Flash ing Siren hearing ride to a veterinary Hospital. A the team was crying All the Way Quot Robinson said. The dog was buried in a neighbourhood vacant lot with teen age volunteers digging the grave