European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 14, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes . Monday december 14, 1992 decent Rodney King starts Media Blitz to repair image secret service agents Battle suspects in Arkansas by Jesse Katz los Angeles times los Angeles a saying he wants to show the Public he is a a decent human being just like anyone else a a nervous and somewhat awkward Rodney g. King launched a National Campaign saturday to remake his occasionally troubled image appearing live on a los Angeles radio Call in show after almost two years of being sheltered from the Media. Billed As the first broadcast interview with the former construction worker from Altadena King spent two hours on Black owned Kolh pm telling listeners that he is not a a ruthless Bear like a a the Media portrayed  he said he is a regular Guy whose life has been turned upside Down since he was unwittingly thrust onto history a stage by the infamous videotaped police beating in March 1991. His attorney insisted that he Only wanted to give the King Public a glimpse of Kings a a True image a tainted by four subsequent brushes with the Law none of which resulted in the filing of charges. Sceptics however suggested the strategy is designed to pressure City officials into awarding a More generous settlement of Kings civil rights lawsuit. A this Case is not a Public relations Campaign a said los Angeles City councilman Zev Yaroslavsky who proposed the $1.75 million settlement that King rejected three months ago. A the City wants to make or. King whole and has offered to make him More than whole but we Are not going to set the guinness Book world record on settlements just because its Rodney  Kings radio interview marked his second Public appearance since abruptly dropping Beverly Hills lawyer Steven a. Lerman who maintains that his former client is shy traumatized and not Well served by speaking openly about his life. Now under the Tutelage of noted Southern California defense attorney Milton c. Grimes King has charted a new course. Last month he gave a Surprise talk to an african american student group at an Orange county High school a angering some parents and District officials who contended the Alrewas not an appropriate role Model. During saturdays interview King pledged to establish a youth scholarship and become involved in efforts to rebuild the City. Father Flanagan s ideals live on As boys town program turns 75 boys town neb. Apr father Flanagan is gone but his door still is open to boys and girls abandoned abused or neglected by their families 75 years after the Irish priest founded boys town. Edward j. Flanagan a 31-year-old Irish immigrant and associate pastor at St. Patrick a a roman Catholic Church borrowed $90 to open his a Home for boys in a modest Omaha House on dec. 12, 1917. On its anniversary saturday boys towns philosophy still incorporates Flanagan a axiom a there Are no bad boys. There is Only bad environment bad training bad examples and bad  from a Home that housed five youths boys town Usa has grown to a nationwide outreach program that helps More than 350,000 boys and girls including 15,000 in group Homes from Rhode Island to Florida to California. It has a $92.5 million annual budget and net assets of $465 million. A amps a a we re expanding As fast As we can for one simple reason a said the Rev. Val Peter boys town executive director. A a we be got the right stuff to heal americans increasingly troubled children and we have the support of the american people to do it. That combination is simply  a year of anniversary observances included visits from celebrities such As actor Mickey Rooney who appeared in a 1938 Oscar winning film a boys town with Spencer Tracy immortal izing the Home. A boys town runs solely on love and the Honor system a Rooney said on his visit in november. A now  it be magical if our great country and our government was run on love and understanding a the Only activity planned saturday on the boys town Campus was the Start of a worldwide Amateur radio network to allow residents to communicate with More than 300 radio operators around the world. Boys town an incorporated Nebraska Village sits on the 1,300-acre Overlook farm that Flanagan bought in 1921. Though its once Rural site now is surrounded by Omaha a expansion it has its own mayor school churches farms and fire and police departments. Mother arrested in truancy Case los Angeles apr a Mother of six was jailed for a night after she allegedly failed repeatedly to Send her 7-year-old daughter to school. Jacqueline Billingsley 37, was arrested thursday and held overnight after she failed to appear in court to present proof that her daughter is attending school officials said. A we want to show parents we re doing something about poor attendance a said Gene Ybarra chairman of the los Angeles unified school districts school attendance review Board. A it usually does not go this  under the states compulsory education Law parents must Send their children to school from age 6 to 17. Deputy City attorney Don Cocek said Billingsley was placed on informal probation after she was convicted in september of contributing to the delinquency of a minor. School officials contend Billingsley violated probation by sending her daughter to school Only 18 of 48 Days Between sept. 9 and nov. 25. In a court appearance Friday municipal judge Alan Ellis ordered Billingsley to appear in court each week with proof that her children attended school. Deputy Public defender Bill Chais said Billingsley has problems getting her children to school because she is periodically homeless but she is willing to comply. A your position is that she is doing the Best she can a Chais said. A not everybody can be an Ideal Parent. Times Are very Tough for some  Florida cars rap out warning to potential thieves Hallandale Fla. Up a car alarms in South Florida no longer simply honk Wail and Flash headlights they shout warnings to intruders in three languages a plus rap. At Ivan Baena a or. Car stereo store wary Drivers can Purchase a bilingual alarm system known As Lvii Heam which can play warnings in any two of four available choices a English French Spanish or rap. A a they re very popular in this area Quot said Baena who noted that Miami residents have made the English Spanish Model his biggest seller. Quot the devices Emit a beam around the vehicle and a when someone disturbs the Field a Issue a loud verbal message a warning you Are too close to the vehicle. Step Back. Thank  Baena told the fort Lauderdale Sun Sentinel that Many customers also favor the machines rap warning which says a step away from my ride instead of car and a see Yak instead of thank you. Baena told the Sun Sentinel the alarms retail for $400 to $500. From wire reports Little Rock Ark. A three secret service agents assigned to president elect Clinton exchanged gunfire with three suspects in a hotel robbery wounding two after their getaway car crashed into an embankment. Three men were charged with attempted murder in the shootout Friday night said police sgt. Billy of Donald. Police searched for a fourth suspect. The agents were staying at the hotel and were off duty. Police said a gunman entered the Amer suites hotel and demanded Money from a clerk. One agent witnessed the robbery and confronted a suspect outside and the suspect ran away of Donald said. Three others drove off in a car shooting at agents who chased them in a Van. The car crashed into an embankment and two of the suspects were shot As they ran away said police it. Jerry Best. Two also were charged with aggravated robbery. One faces an additional robbery charge in connection with another Motel robbery hours earlier Best  cancels speech Honolulu a sen. Daniel Inouye has decided not to speak at the University of Hawaii commencement because of sexual misconduct allegations against him a spokesman said. The Hawaii Democrat was afraid protests against him might detract from next sundays ceremony spokesman Nestor Garcia said. A a it a the kind of. Event that is supposed to be a time of happiness for family and friends a Garcia said. Ten women have accused Inouye of sexual harassment said state rep. Annelle Amaral to whom they complained. Isabella Abbott a botany professor will replace Inouye As keynote speaker at the graduation for about 1,000 . Teachers lose bid los Angeles a the state Public employment relations Board has refused to Issue an injunction blocking a 12 percent pay Cut for teachers in the nations second largest school District. The announcement Friday came a Day after members of the United teachers los Angeles Union rejected the pay Cut and voted to go on strike feb. 22. The strike would be the second work stoppage by teachers in four years. The school District in october approved the pay Cut to help offset a $400 million budget shortfall. The Cut includes a 3 percent reduction teachers accepted last year on the premise it would be restored this  considers John ads Flint Mich. A if you shop for sex in Flint Don t be surprised to see your name in the newspaper. Mayor Woodrow Stanley announced the City is considering buying ads in the Flint journal listing the names of prostitutes and their customers when they re arrested. City officials came up with the idea after the newspaper walked at their suggestion to print the names voluntarily he said. Stanley said prostitution is not the victimless crime some people believe it to be. With that in mind Flint is clamping Down on prostitutes and their Johns. Last weekend a Decoy operation netted 41 men and six women on sex for hire charges. Police said most of the men arrested were  Hussein gets of Rochester Minn. A Jordan a King Hussein was Given a clean Bill of health four months after cancer surgery and was to leave the Mayo clinic on saturday a spokeswoman said. Mayo surgeons removed the Kings left kidney and a cancerous growth in his urinary tract in August and said they expected a full recovery. N the 57-year-old King left Amman on thursday. Hying his private plane for the 13-hour trip to Minnesota for the checkup. He underwent tests Friday. He s quite Well. We re leaving ahead of schedule. I Here a no need to stay a said his press Secretary Vera Azar