European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 15, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and stripes . Sunday november 15,1992dinkins targets jewish Black tension by the new York times new York mayor David n. Dinkins warned new yorkers on Friday not to allow the acquittal of a Black youth in the slaying of a jewish scholar to Divide the City. He said the decision should not be used As a litmus test for Peoples commitment to Justice and civil rights. The mayor made his comments at a City Hall news conference in response to assertions by some jewish new yorkers that the acquittal of Lemerick Nelsonjr. In the killing of hasidic scholar Yankul Rosenbaum should be denounced. They have also sought to make the verdict a lit mus test for elected officials. Specifically the mayor was weighing in on an emotional dispute thursday Between two City Council members Noach dear an orthodox jew who represents Borough Park and Mary Pinkett a Black whose District includes parts of Crown Heights where the killing occurred during rioting last year. The rioting started after a Black child was hit and killed by a car that was part of a jewish leaders motorcade. Dinkins comments also represent yet another Effort perhaps his most passionate and Resolute to Date to Calm the debate and heated emotions since the ver dict by a jury in Brooklyn two weeks ago. However Dinkins also clearly placed himself in support of Pinkett. It is not Clear whether the strategy will soothe the debate or inflame it. Dinkins said jewish new yorkers who feel aggrieved by the verdict should not make its condemnation a test of other Peoples commitment to Justice. He cited the acquittals of while police officers in several highly charged cases in which Black new yorkers had been shot by police or died in custody. A if we take it to its logical conclusion a Dinkins said a especially those who seem to equate concern for civil rights and fairness with whether or not one is willing officials Tell Boston paper the re Gay Boston apr two top officials in gov. William f. Welds administration have acknowledged that they arc a homosexual couple and said growing support for Gay rights made them speak out. Keyin m. Smith the commissioner of the division of capital planning and operations shares a Dedham Home with Mitchell l. Adams welds Revenue commissioner. Smith said the two had been considering the possibility of going Public a since the Day we came into office. Either we were going to do it or we let it  the two men revealed their homosexuality and their 12-year relationship in an interview published Friday in the Boston Globe. They said they hoped that revealing their status would head off any rumours about them and set an example for other Gay professionals. A a it a very liberating but there a also a degree of anxiety a Adams said. . Rep. Barney Frank who revealed he was a homosexual in 1987, said he admired enormously the stand taken by Smith and Adams. A there is no other Case like this two Gay people living together who Are in High Public office a he said. A a it a very important toward combating hate and  Weld has a Strong record in support of Gay rights including extending state bereavement leave and some other benefits to non traditional couples in state government management. Weld expects to offer similar benefits to unionized state workers. Adams and Smith said they did not Clear the Globe interview with Weld or the governors press office but Adams said he told it. Gov. A. Paul Celucci of the plans. Weld is attending a governors conference in Colorado. Kevin a Smith left end Mitchell l. Adams two top officials in Massachusetts gov. William of Weld s administration discuss their 12-year Gay relationship. Remains from colonial Era coffin to condemn this verdict i say where does it take us i have cited for you some other cases that some of us were most displeased with but were obliged to  on thursday dear introduced in the Council a Resolution that condemned the outcome in the Rosenbaum Case. He noted that the Council passed a similar measure in the Spring that lambasted the jury that acquitted four White defendants on most charges in the los Angeles police beating of Black Motorist Rodney g. King. Pinkett blocked dears measure sending it to a committee for hearings. Such resolutions which have no Force of Law Are generally passed without much debate.. Students Lack ethics study shows san Francisco a High school and College students Are replacing the three res with the three Dos dishonesty deceit and duplicity. That is the conclusion of a two year nationwide study on ethics that found widespread admittance of lying theft and cheating among 9,000 people aged 15-30. \ summary was released thursday. A clearly the youth of today did no to invent cheating stealing and lying but they re perfecting it a said Ralph Wixler vice president of the non profit Joseph amp Edna Josephson Institute of ethics which conducted the study. Wexler placed much of the blame on society at Large for any increase in dishonest irresponsible conduct. A in today a society less than 2 percent of the High school and the College kids get caught a he said. A a we re creating a society where cheaters do Prosper and we can to Tell them honestly that honesty is the Best  Wexler said the Marina Del Ray based Institute hoped the report would act As a a Call to action to mobilize the millions and millions of people who want to make our society More caring More fair More honest and More  the report also found that a one third of All High school students and 16 percent of the College students admitted stealing something within the past year. A More than a third said they would lie on a resume or Job application to get work. Sixteen percent of the High schooners and 18 percent of the College students said they already had done so. A sixty one percent of the High school students and 32 percent of the collegians said they had cheated on an exam during the past year. The study consisted of Anonymous interviews using open ended questions with 3,243 High school students and 3,530 College students from More than 40 schools. The margin of error was 2 percentage Points. St. Mary a City my. A scientists opened a 17th-Century Lead coffin Friday believed to contain the remains of Maryland a fourth colonial governor but weren table to Tell if the body inside was male or female. It was the second time the coffin the largest of three found under the ruins of a Catholic Church had failed to live up to expectations. An attempt oct. 23 to extract unpolluted air from the coffin before it was unsealed was inconclusive said Mark Moore the technical manager of the project. The scientists had hoped to compare the air with modern Day air in a study of the Impact of pollution Over the last three centuries. In opening the coffin Friday the scientists had hoped markings inside would confirm that the remains were those of Philip Calvert a member of Maryland a founding family. He died in 1682. A fall we can say is that it is adult Quot said Clyde Snow a forensic anthropologist. The remains had shoulder length curly Brown hair. The leg Bones and feet were visible but a White powder covered the remains which had decomposed. A a it a another Calvert mystery Quot Moore said. Henry Miller director of research for historic St. Mary a City said scientists Hope to identity the remains eventually by studying Dan which can be extracted from the Bones. The Dan could be compared with samples from Bones found in the two other Lead coffins. Scientists also Hope to establish the burial Date by examining the tree Rene markings found on the Wood coffin that held the body. That coffin was placed inside the Lead coffin. Scientists Hope the Skeleton examined Friday and the two others in coffin opened earlier this week also will Yie information about the health and diet Early colonists. One of the other two coffins contain the remains of an infant. The other he the remains of a woman believed to be her 50s when she died. Irs , s we it Ann Wolsley died 1681 in her late 40s or Early 50s. The coffins were found in the ruins the Church called the great Brick Chaj Al which was built in Maryland a Coloni capital in the 1660s