European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 22, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 4 b the stars and stripes . Tuesday december 22,1992clinton names More Cabinet official former governor Black female executive chosen Little Rock Ark. Apr president elect Clinton on monday named former South Carolina gov. Richard w. Riley As education Secretary and Hazel of Leary a Minnesota Utility executive to run the Energy department As he worked to Complete his Cabinet by Christmas. The South carolinian has known Clinton since Riley a tenure As governor in the late 1970s and 1980s. He has held a key Job in the transition to the democratic administration. A there is no magic Bullet to solve our education problems a Riley said. A we need to continue our Effort. To bring about fundamental change but to do it in a positive like Clinton Riley was first elected governor in 1978. Both were among the new South group of governors who put education Reform at the top of their states agendas. The two have remained dose friends with the 59-year-old Riley heading a intone a search for sub Cabinet and other senior administration appointments. Of Leary a 55-year-old executive vice president of he Northern states Power co., is the second woman and the third Black selected for a Cabinet Post by the president elect. Carol Browner tapped to head the environmental Protection Agency is the other woman. Blacks already named to the Cabinet Are democratic party chairman Ronald h. Brown who was chosen Commerce Secretary and disabled Vietnam Veteran Jesse Brown who was selected to be Secretary of veterans affairs. Former san Antonio mayor Henry g. Cisneros who is hispanic has been named Secretary of housing and Urban development. Of Leary served in Federal Energy posts in both the Ford and Carter administrations and worked As a state and county prosecutor in new Jersey. In 1989, she joined Northern states Power which serves 1.6 million customers in Minnesota Wisconsin the Dakotas and part of Michigan and recently was promoted to head the Utility a natural Gas subsidiary he had been senior vice president for corporate affairs. Her selection As Energy Secretary came after an Early front runner retiring Colorado sen. Timothy Wirth faded As a Prospect and As Clinton was accused of choosing too few women for Cabinet posts. Of Leary said a like president elect Linton i believe we need change in the department of Energy. Change is necessary because the same tried and True strategies do not a fourth woman or. Joycelyn m. Elders has said she was asked to be . Surgeon general. Clinton however has not publicly announced that appointment. Other women chosen for High ranking administration posts Are Laura do Andrea Tyson who will head the White House Council of economic advisers and Alice Rivlin who was named Deputy chief of the office of management and budget. Mondays appointments left Clinton with six Cabinet slots to fill and he planned a flurry of pre Christmas announcements. The unfilled jobs Are at the Interior state defense transportation agriculture and Justice departments. Clinton confidant Bruce Lindsey said the president elect a believes that once All the decisions Are made that those groups that Are worried will be Happy with the choices. But Clinton is not going to sacrifice Quality for Tower of Joy for hanukkah jews in los Angeles celebrate the beginning of the hanukkah festival on sunday by performing a three tiered dance in Plummer Park. Dancers Are Lillya Topa Young russian emigre rabbi Chaim hanukah Middle and rabbi Joseph Kruper. Ila Sukkah or the festival of lights is an eight Day festival commemorating the jewish recapture of the Temple in Jerusalem from the syrians in 165 . To jews hanukkah symbolizes the jews steadfastness of Faith under oppression. It s beginning to look too much like Christmas by the los Angeles times Phoenix a Bob Rix is saying a Bah Humbug to a new City ordinance aimed at getting some homeowners to rein in their massive Christmas displays. A a in be put out the biggest display Ever just to show the mayor that in a not going to quit a he said. This year the 54-year-old, self employed exterminator has transformed his Centra Phoenix Home into a a Santa a Christmas Castle a a wonderland featuring More than 56,000 lights 11 towers with 52 lit up windows a Moat and Fountain Santa and his helpers singing Angels three nativity scenes two miniature villages three train sets and a room full of stuffed animals. Its the largest residential display in a City where some believe the spirit of Christmas has gotten out of hand. A folks just go crazy a said Victor mor Rison Vega head of the Phoenix department that regulates neighbourhood displays. What began As an annual ritual for a merry group of homeowners Lias grown into a bigger is Butler undertaking that spreads not Only Joy but also traffic litter noise and animosity. Morrison Vega said problems began in 1989, when the dozen major Dis players increased the size of their exhibits. A they started getting really big. People were building themselves a new Disneyland a he said. Residents worked for months readying their Homes for Christmas. Some quit their jobs or took time off work to install lights figures and decorations. One couple bought a Home solely for its Christmas Dis play possibilities. Others incorporated music live santas and hot chocolate sales. Local newspapers highlighted the biggest displays on their annual Christmas lights maps and some of the most elaborate displays Drew As Many As 20,000 visitors Many of them in tour buses. As the displays grew so did the Price tags. Homeowners who spent thousands of dollars in decorations and electricity Bills began charging $1 a visitor to help defray costs. After grappling for several years with How to control the displays without seeming like trinches members of the Phoenix City Council passed an ordinance last summer prohibiting exhibitors from charging admission. Collecting Money amounts to illegally operating a business in a residential zone Morrison Vega said. Some residents have Cut Back on their displays this season saying that without admission fees or donations they cannot afford to keep their exhibits so Large. Pittsburgh school Board Rule curbing criticism is protested Pii Isburgh apr a school Board Rule that forbids criticism of District employees volunteers or school directors at Public Board meetings has come under fire from the american civil liberties Union. Witold Walczak executive director of the aclus Pittsburgh chapter said the policy violates the Birst amendments free speech guarantee and will be challenged in court if its not changed. The Board has used the Rule recently to Squash attempts by several residents to discuss a Board members conviction for assaulting a Federal drug agent and to keep others from discussing what they saw As the inadequate qualifications of newly appointed superintendent Louise Brennan. A the Board cannot Force the Public front discussing certain subjects which is what the school Board is doing a Walczak said. School Board solicitor Robert j. Ste Tanko said the policy does not prevent criticism but changes the manner in which it is presented. He said complaints must be presented in writing and the District provides written responses. A every Public body has the ability to control the time the place and the Man nov Quot a a Tinct of its meetings a Stefanko a Jid. It someone wants to say some thing you can to muzzle them. But you can control the Stefanko acknowledged that the criticism of the superintendent and the Board member led to the policy. The Boa if did no to like some of the re of said it a Stefanko said a the reaction of the Board was not to let peo Puhler and Embarrass other people in
