European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 1, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday november 1, 1992 . The stars and stripes b Page 5n.y. Police chief bids to restore credibility by the new York times new York a faced with what he considers to be an alarming loss of credibility for the new York City police department commissioner Raymond w. Kelly on Friday lashed out at a general climate of a police bashing a in the City and at Public officials a whose knee Jerk response is to criticize the police at every  in an Effort to Deal with the problem of lost Trust the City agreed to Kelly a request to postpone the next police entry examination by six months to give recruiters the time to attract More minority applicants to the Force. Kelly in his strongest remarks since being formally appointed commissioner two weeks ago after serving in an interim capacity appeared to be trying Friday to Deal with the fallout from two issues a the Crown Heights verdict and the announcement thursday that City leaders had reached agreement on an Independent police review Board a proposal that had been bitterly opposed by his rank and file. Speaking at a promotion ceremony the commissioner said he was upset with reports that the jury that acquitted a Black teen Ager in Crown Heights on thursday in the stars and stripes 10 years ago nov. 1,1982 a a bomb exploded in a parking lot at the . Army s Dulles housing area in Giessen Germany destroying five cars and damaging 12 others. No one was injured. 20 years ago nov. 1,1972 a the conservatives stunned the ruling Liberal party of Pierre Elliott Trudeau by forging to a narrow parliamentary Lead in late Canadian election results. 30 years ago nov. 1,1962 acting . Secretary general u Thant ended talks with cuban Premier Fidel Castro without any sign of an agreement on dismantling soviet missile bases. 40 years ago _ nov. 1,1952 president Truman denied having relieved Gen. James a. Van Fleet As commander of the . 8th army in Korea. World War ii 50 years ago today nov. 1 1 9 4 2 two Marine regiments attack Westward from the Guadalcanal beachhead toward a japanese stronghold at Cruz Point while other  troops push eastward toward Koli Point on the Southern soviet front the struggling German offensive in the caucasus mountains captures Alamgir an important Road Junction about 30 Miles West of  source 2194 Days of War. W h sir n publishers in world almanac boo of Aorta War ii. Bison books Coro 981 did not believe testimony by police officers. The teen was acquitted in the slaying of a jewish scholar from Australia. While saying that he had Learned Long ago not to question a jury a verdict he asserted that loss of police credibility was not Only a problem for the department but for a society As a  a police bashing has become fashionable in Many quarters and the truth often takes a Back scat to political expediency a he said his speech. A a institutional Lack of credibility in a court of Law May Well be one of the unfortunate results. A we All can use constructive criticism. Irresponsible criticism benefits no one. It simply heightens  in remarks afterwards Kelly singled out councilwoman Una Clarke who he said had unfairly accused a Brooklyn police officer with brutality stemming from an incident outside Medgar Evers College last week. He said that a situation like this can create a credibility problem that May even reach into the court system. A if in fact the jury a decision was be or. Betty Shabazz widow of Malcolm a smiles Friday during a ceremony in Phila cause it did not believe the testimony of Delphia dedicating a mural of the slain civil rights Leader. The mural is a project of olice officers it May be a product of to the City a anti Graffiti network. Malcolm x was assassinated in 1965. Ice  a honouring Malcom x a p ii . Deported 35.390 aliens in past year Washington a a record 35.390 aliens were deported in the past 12 months nearly half of them because of criminal and drug convictions immigration and naturalization service officials said Friday. Officials also said 1,068,882 aliens were removed from the United states in the fiscal 1991-92 year that ended sept. 30 after they waived their rights to deportation hearings. Criminal deportations after formal proceedings totalled 16,841, an increase of nearly 30 percent Over the previous year and double the level two years ago. The increase reflects a growing Effort particularly in California Texas and Florida Over the past four years to hold deportation hearings for convicted felons while they Are still in prison said Duke Austin an ins spokesman. With a hearing completed when the sentence expires ins agents can then pick up aliens Austin described As a bag and baggage cases Quot before they leave prison. Then they can physically remove them from the country. More than two thirds of the aliens deported because of criminal and drug convictions were returned to Mexico according to the Agency. Other countries to which Large numbers of aliens were returned upon completion of their prison terms were Colombia 664 Al Salvador 648 the dominican Republic 642 and Jamaica 607. Outlook remains Cloudy for Long Range forecasting by Douglas Birch the Baltimore Sun Camp Springs my. It May seem a Cheeky goal for a profession that can still the Day before confidently predict Sunshine for a ballgame that gets rained out. But a Small cadre of meteorologists across the United states is Hunting for what May be the professions holy grail a reasonably reliable Way of forecasting weather trends a month a season or even a year in Advance. After decades of research its a goal that remains As elusive As the mythical grail itself. A your accuracy in Long Range forecasting is very poor a admitted Anthony s. Barnston of the National weather services climate analysis Center. But the potential payoffs arc enormous. Reliable Long Range forecasts could save lives improve agriculture and help Industry plan for the production of everything from parkas to electric Power. In 1955, computers using dynamic models a programs that mimic the flow of temperatures pressures and winds through the atmosphere a could accurately calculate the local weather patterns for Only about three Days in Advance said a. James Wagner senior forecaster with the climate analysis Center. Since then computers have become vastly More powerful. Scientists have built improved computer models. And deep a forces driving Earth a climate. Researchers have a deeper grasp of the the result detailed local predictions can be made at most about six Days into the future Wagner said. Long Range regional forecasts meanwhile cannot rely on the same dynamic models used for Short Range local forecasts a the dynamic models cannot keep up with the complicated changes that occur in the atmosphere Over Tong periods. So in making its 30-Day and 90-Day forecasts the National weather service mostly relics on what it Calls statistical models which use elaborate and ingenious methods for comparing current weather maps with historical data. The results arc not exactly impressive. The weather services 24-hour forecasts arc More than 95 percent reliable Wagner said. But monthly forecasts Are a minuscule 14 percent better than random Guesswork for temperatures and 5.7 percent better for rain or Snow. Ninety Day forecasts score a dismal 5 percent for temperatures and 3 percent for precipitation a the fact that the climate is a chaotic system does no to mean that you can to predict it a said Eugene m. Ras Musson a meteorologist with the University of Maryland. A it Means your ability to predict it is  House reviews handling of War trophy cases Washington a the House armed services committee is investigating whether the military is dispensing equal punishment to enlisted personnel and officers who bring War trophies Home from Battle a spokesman said thursday. Non allegations have Arisen since opera it a desert storm that senior officers have been treated far less harshly than lower Grade or enlisted personnel and the Issue is not a new one said Warren Nelson the committee s chief counsel. A a it a been a perennial problem after every conflict. We need to gather the facts and then decide what to do about it a Nelson said. Nelson said the probe focuses on a the Equality of the handling of cases among the various services. The study has been under Way for several months and is expected to last several More he said adding that it is too Early to determine whether the Issue will become the subject of hearings by the committee. The military bars its forces from return ing with firearms or explosives but there Are some exceptions. Military personnel May bring Back Cap tured military equipment that is not weapons related such As backpacks mess kits helmets and provided they Are shipped properly bayonets. In recent months the military has investigated More than 280 iraqi War trophy cases. Some soldiers and marines have been court Martiale while More senior officers have received lesser forms of punishment