European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 18, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday june 18, 1992 the stars and stripes c Page 113-Way split proposed for California lawmaker wants re apportioned new states new budgets Sacramento Calif. Up a Radical plan has emerged in the legislature to split California into three separate states and break up a a bloated totally gridlocked government the chief architect announced tuesday. The blueprint shows californians 58 counties divided into three new states North California Central California and South California. Their budgets and populations would be apportioned unequally but fairly assemblyman Stan Statham said. A California has always been divided. All this does is make it Legal a Statham told a news conference. He asked Assembly speaker Willie Brown to name a five member select committee that would develop a specific plan for splitting the state three ways. If approved by the legislature and signed by the governor the proposal would appear on the 1994 state ballot. Once voters agreed to it the final hurdle would be congressional consent. A this gives us a new Start and a Chance to do things right. Its a three Way no fault California divorce a said Statham a Republican from Shasta county in the far Northern part of the state. Brown a san Francisco Democrat said he has liked the idea of dividing California since 1971 and intends to appoint the select committee to study it closer. A it s the Only shot i have at being elected governor Quot Brown quipped. Statham conceived of the idea after his earlier plan to Divide California into two states won voter support in 27 of 31 Northern counties where it appeared on the june 2 primary ballot As an advisory measure. The two state plan separated the Rural Northern end of the state from All of the major Urban areas which were placed in the larger Southern portion. Rural voters liked the idea but san Francisco and three other Northern counties rejected the notion. Statham said san Francisco voters did not want their county in the Southern a a state with los an Geles. The revised plan puts the northernmost 28 counties including wealthy Marin county on the West and Tuolumne county on the East into one state with 2.3 million people. The Central California state would have 10.1 million people in 22 counties including san Francisco and Sacramento. It would take in san Luis Obispo and Kern counties on the Southern end and Mono and Inyo counties to the East. The Southern state would have Only eight counties a Santa Barbara Ventura los Angeles Orange san Diego san Bernardino Riverside and Imperial a but the largest population nearly 18 million and the biggest budget $27  letter sent to Sailor killed on Iowa Cleveland apr the Sailor cleared of blame in the battleship Iowa explosion that killed him and 46 shipmates has seen invited to join the Navy Reserve his sister said tuesday. The Navy apologized for the letter sent to gunners mate Clayton m. Hartwig at his parents address. A needless to say my parents were severely traumatized a said Kathy Kubicina who fought a 2v2-year Battle to Clear her 25-year-old brother of blame in the april 19, 1989, explosion inside a gun Turret. A my father at first thought it was a joke a said Kubicina. She said he removed the address Label to see if it had been mailed to someone else and then re addressed to his son As a hoax. A my Mother of course had been heartbroken. She was really traumatized a Kubicina said. Three months after the blast the Navy blamed Hartwig Hartwig As the most Likely to have caused the explosion but it recanted the allegation oct. 17, saying there was no a Clear and convincing proof of a cause. The naval Reserve recruiting come in Burtonsville md., wrote to Hartwig at his parents address saying a you May still be eligible for military service in the United states naval  the letter arrived the week of april 19, the third anniversary of the explosion Kubicina said. The letter signed by master chief Petty officer . Koch jr., said a a in a like to talk to you about using your Active duty  Kubicina sent a copy of the letter to adm. Frank b. Kelso ii chief of naval operations to complain. A i Hope that you will personally see to it that nothing like this Ever Ever happens again a she said. In a response thursday Kelso said he deeply regretted a the distress and anguish you and your family experienced because of the letter. Burst of Energy three youngsters look As if they re taking to flight As in Lancaster county a. The Trio silhouetted against they leap from a Rise at Windmill Point Marina Beach the Sun were having their outdoor fun  out of Hospital after surgery Raleigh . A sen. Jesse Helms was released from a Hospital wednesday two weeks after quadruple bypass surgery. Helms 70, who also had his heart valve replaced june 3, raised his fist in the air and said he Felt a a great As he was wheeled out of Rex Hospital. A now do you want to know the truth a said Helms clutching a stuffed red heart. A i feel pretty Good considering the shape in a  Helms said he planned to a go Home and see my Kitty  or. Bertram coffer head Anaesthesiologist at the hos Pital said the senator would Start cardiac rehabilitation in a week or two. The average Hospital stay for such surgery is 10 Days to two weeks followed by recuperation at Home Tor up to six weeks coffer said. A setback May have added a Day or two to Helms Hospital stay coffer said. Helms was placed on a Respirator several Days after the surgery when he stopped breathing because of an accumulation of fluid in his mothers matter the most to children Survey shows Pittsburgh up a sunday May be fathers Day but children say their mothers Are the person who most often does things with them a Survey shows. The proportion of children giving moms credit outnumbers those crediting dads by Large margins the Heinz kids speak out Survey said tuesday. The study was part of Heinz a two year television Public affairs Campaign a family works a motherhood continues to require being a a Jack of All trades a the Survey said. Despite the greater number of women with full time jobs most women seem to be full time parents while most men still seem to be part timers the Survey indicated. Mothers Are by far the primary taxi Drivers teachers and Counselor for children although fathers Are starting to play an increasingly Active role the Survey said. The top Job for mothers appears to be principal cabbie. Some 67 percent of children who were surveyed said mom is the one who usually takes them to places they need to go like to school or the doctor. An additional 43 percent said mom takes them where they want to go like to the mall. Only about one in 10 kids said dad most often drives them whether it be to places they need or want to be taken. This is Likely caused in part by the conflict Between the fathers work hours and their children a schedules. Moms also serve As principal teacher. Almost four limes As Many kids said mom helps them with their Homework As dad. Help with Homework declines the most As kids get older twice As Many of the youngest kids Ages 8 and 9, As the oldest kids Ages 16 and 17, said mom a most often a is the one to help them. The majority of kids of All Ages said mom is the one who most often shows them How to help out around the House