European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 19, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 6 a the stars and stripes Friday june 19, 1992 300-store Chain dropping rapper s cop killer music Albany . Apr a protest Over cop killer spread wednesday when a Large record store Chain removed the compact disc containing the rap song from shelves and a sheriffs group called on police nationwide to Boycott time Warner inc. Super club music inc., based in Atlanta said wednesday that it would Stop Selling ice to a body count compact disc at its 300 stores in 19 states that go by the names turtles record bar and tracks. The decision was made because of complaints from police religious groups and Alabama a governor said Kimberly Garwood spokeswoman for the retailer. The new York state sheriffs association demanded that time Warner subsidiary sire records pull copies of the song off music store shelves. Rapper ice to brags in cop killer that he so bout to dust some cops off and shouts a die pig die in the profanity laced chorus a this is outrageous conduct by a socially irresponsible corporation a said Peter Kehoe executive director of the sheriffs association. A list of time Warner products is being sent to agencies across new York state in the Hope that new Yorkus 30,000 police officers and their families join the Boycott Kehoe said. He said he will encourage police new York apr thirty eight 4-year-Olds, most of whom were crack babies or suffered from the effects of fetal alcohol syndrome graduated wednesday from a special school preparing them for the Rigours of kindergarten. The children wearing Caps and gowns received diplomas and Teddy bears at the ceremony at the new York Institute for special education so readiness program in the Bronx. A total of 150 preschoolers were enrolled in the program the largest at the school. It is geared toward working with developmentally delayed preschoolers. The children Are referred by family court said Leslie Nae by spokeswoman for the school. She said the kids Are Wilmington Del. Dpi a an executive and his wife were among four people who died tuesday when the corporate air plane in which they were Riding crashed on approach to new Castle county Airport authorities Saia. A authorities identified the victims As a Peter Osterchrist 56, chief executive of 1tc inc., a Telephone service company in Towson my. A his wife Elizabeth 56, of Timonium my. A the Pilot James Ball 57, of Baltimore. A the co Pilot Janies Kestner 56, of Lititz a. Groups across the country to join. Among the products and companies police were urged to Boycott Are time sports illustrated and people magazines the Book of the month club six flags theme Parks Hob can and the Black entertainment network. Texas largest association of police unions last week called for a similar Boycott and Alabama gov. Guy Hunt on tuesday urged record stores in his state not to sell copies of the song. Ice to in new York for the new music seminar said that in his album a the enemies Are racists racist parents and brutal a a it a not done maliciously in any attempt to make anybody go out and Hurt commit a crime a he told the Dallas morning news. A in the song cop killer in a saying that they Are so brutal they Are putting people to the Point that people might want to go do that. That a called poetic License and obviously these ignorant pigs done to know nothing about in a statement responding to the Boycott time Warner said a we stand by our commitment to the free expression of ideas for All our authors journalists recording artists screenwriters actors and directors. A in this Case just Banning the song will not make violence and rage us president pays tribute to american fathers from wire reports Washington a president Bush saluted fathers in a fathers Day proclamation wednesday saying the presence of a father a makes a profound difference in the lives of his Bush urged americans to observe the Day with a appropriate activities a including prayer. He also directed that the Flag be flown on All Federal buildings and urged the Public to do the same at Home a some dads no matter How hard they might try encounter extraordinary obstacles and setbacks a Bush said. A however the american who counts himself Lucky on fathers Day gives thanks not for the Blind Charity of Fate but for the deliberate courage of a father who always tried his Best even in the face of leaks into sewer Utica Ohio a officials searched wednesday for the source of an apparent gasoline leak that set off several explosions in the villages sewerage system and forced the evacuation of about 800 residents. Tuesdays blasts blew the covers off manholes but no injuries were reported. The evacuees Many of whom spent the night in Utica High school were allowed to return Home about 6 . Wednesday police said. Thirty four patients at the Utica nursing Home were among those evacuated. They were taken in school buses and ambulances to the school gymnasium. The sewerage system was flushed with chemical foam and officials said the threat of More explosions had passed Early spills in Texas Houston a liquid Sulphur dioxide spilled at a chemical Plant injuring about 30 people when the fumes drifted across the Houston ship Channel authorities said. About 100 Gallons of the chemical spilled at a Rhone poulenc Plant tuesday night when a Tanker truck pulled away from a storage tank too soon during loading said Bill Colvin Plant manager. The chemicals quickly vaporized he said. The Accident injured one employee of the French based chemical company and 10 workers who were repairing a nearby production unit Colvin said. Up to 20 workers at a shipbuilding company across the Channel also were Hurt by Drifting advocate Dies Eunice la. A Dewey Balfa the fiddler credited with getting cajun music out of the bayous and making it fashionable for a National audience died wednesday of cancer. He was 65. Balfa whose album souvenirs was nominated for a grammy in 1986, began playing professionally in his late teens making is a night at a club in Ville Platte. He worked Days As a Farmer furniture Salesman and school bus Driver. Balfa discovered a National audience for cajun music when he was drafted in 1964 As a last minute replacement at the Newport jazz festival. Ten years later Balfa helped the smithsonian institution set up the first tribute to cajun music tied to cookie theft Sandusky Ohio a nine police officers and a dispatcher were involved in the theft of girl scout cookies in addition to an officer previously charged the police chief said. A what makes this so reprehensible is that they enforce the Law. You expect them to at least obey the Law Quot chief Gerald Lechner said Linsday. Eight officers and a dispatcher were suspended or reprimanded. One officer resigned. Misdemeanour theft charges still could be filed Lechner said. Last month officer Kenneth Hutton 35, of Sandusky pleaded no contest to a charge of Petty theft and resigned. About a dozen off duty officers had been hired to deliver cookies from Sandusky to distribution Points covered by the Erie shores girl scout Council. Eric Bosco and Erica Maldonado smile after receiving diplomas from a special education program in new York City. School helps former crack babies 4 people killed in Delaware air plane crash usually diagnosed within the first six months of life. They often have Short attention spans caused by prenatal neglect and Are physically cognitively and mentally delayed. The school provides intensive therapy for the kids so they can learn to adjust to other settings. Some will be mainstreamed into Public schools others will continue to attend special schools. A without this kind of program the kids would be lost a Maeby said. The program stresses family involvement Maeby said. School staffers go to the children a Homes and get their parents or guardians involved in their education she said. The twin engine Beechraft owned by Omega air was in route from Baltimore to Toledo Ohio when it crashed into thick Woods South of Wilmington about 2 50 . And burst into flames. There were no survivors. New Castle county police col. Tom Gordon said the Pilot planned to pick up a passenger at the Delaware Airport. A obviously there was some problem with the air plane a Gordon said. A we have reports that possibly something had fallen off the
