European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 9, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday june 9, 1992 the stars and stripes b Page 5gates to leave this month after All from wire reports los Ang Hlls a police chief Daryl f. Gates said monday that he would retire at the end of the month As planned and not carry out his threat to prolong his controversial tenure because of a dispute Over the appointment of commanders. A i admit it was a threat a Bluff but it was the Only threat a lame Duck has a he said. The move came a Day after the police commission moved to hire a lawyer for help in getting Gates to leave. On Friday Gates had threatened to put off his june 30 retirement if the City failed to extend the eligibility of eight officers up for promotion. His 2-Ycar-old list of candidates expired sunday. The comments triggered a weekend round of Post Rodney g. King acrimony and fears that a delay in Gates retirement could derail the planned appointment of his successor Philadelphia police commissioner Willie l. Williams. On monday Gates said he was Only bluffing. A i would not in any was disrupt commissioner Williams coming in to this department. I told commissioner Williams 1 would to out of Here at the end of june. I do not go Back on my word to  Gates said. Gates said he was concerned about the promotion of police captains which he said was mired in political manipulation by City officials. A i got their City officials attention by saving 1 May want to stick around until july 15.�?� Gates  "1 will admit that that was a threat a Bluff but it s the Only thing a lame Duck has these  a earlier mayor Tom Bradley condemned the Gates threat and said the chief a cannot hold this City hostage any longer by threatening to delay his retirement. The City has been rocked since four White police officers were videotaped beating King a Black Motorist in March 1991. The april 29 acquittals of the current and former officers on most of the charges touched off the nations worst spate of rioting in decades. One officer laces retrial on an unresolved count of assault under color of authority. Meanwhile a gang truce inspired unit 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 Carlo sunday morning w Ith the arrest of three people police said. 1 dirty 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 acquittals in the King beating. In the stars and stripes 10years 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. 20years ago june 9, 1972former 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. 30years 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. 40years 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 ii50 years ago today june 91�?�9.42 nazi troops murder All the men in Lidice Czechoslovakia in retaliation for the assassination of 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 troops surrounded by the germans at Bir Racheim at the Southern end of the Battle in the libyan desert. Source 2194 Days of War w h Smith  inc. World almanac Book of world War ii b son books corp1981 a 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 seats open. Democratic reps. Dante b. Fascell 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 Weldner 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 1948 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 lie has not worked in More Ilian a year. A i thought they were going to wait until after 1 died a said Cady 46, who was recently hospitalized for a stomach infection. 44 suits against computer makers combined new York apr forty four lawsuits against major computer equipment makers by news editors and others complaining of painful wrist and Arm injuries have been consolidated into a single Case in Brooklyn. The plaintiffs say they suffer from repetitive stress injury the nations fastest growing workplace disability. It is caused by the repetitive motions involved in such jobs As typing at a computer or operating adding machines or supermarket scanners. I he employees work at several news papers including new Day the new York times the Philadelphia inquirer and the Philadelphia daily news and in such settings As Telephone companies supermarkets and a new Jersey state tax office. They say flawed equipment design caused their injuries. The defendants include ism Apple Latex Panasonic nor corp., at amp to and Wang. Workers compensation Laws bar employees injured on the Job from suing their employers. . District judge Jack Weinstein ruled last week that the lawsuits will be considered together by judge Denis r. Hurley to Speed their handling and reduce costs. Sixteen similar cases Are pending in Manhattan Federal court and 84 More have been filed in new York state courts Weinstein said. The plaintiffs have not specified the amount they Are seeking in damages. The computer makers opposed the consolidation arguing it unfairly lumped their products together regardless of design or purpose