European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 17, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday May 17, 1993 . The stars and stripes a Pogo 7 Clinton gives woo backing in los Angeles mayoral race by Paul Richter. Los Angeles time Washington president Clinton gave los an a Clos councilman Michael woo a boost in the tight los Angeles mayoral race on saturday praising him in an official endorsement As a candidate committed to racial Harmony economic development and Public safety. In a statement clearly aimed at the moderate Middle class voters Likely to decide the officially nor partisan race Clinton said woo has put people first consistently fighting for the Middle class appealing to our Hopes not to our  he cited woo s work on pro Grams to create Small businesses to Reform the City s ethics Laws to bring people together and to get criminals and their guns off the  he said that in the june 8 election los Angeles Vot ers will select a mayor who must re invigorate the Economy and assure the safety of All communities. I endorse Michael woo because i believe he is the Best person to meet these  Clinton will underscore his endorsement tuesday when he appears with Wop during a swing through California to drum up Public support for his own Agenda. The White House is also laying plans for administration officials including Cabinet members to Campaign and raise Money for woo. Clinton s gesture represented a much needed tonic for woo at a moment when polls have shown him lag Ging behind his opponent businessman Richard rior Dan among Likely voters. Yet the ultimate value of the endorsement is not yet Clear considering that the elec Tion is still More than three weeks off and As Clin ton himself noted on Friday the benefits of outsiders endorsements Are arguable. Los Angeles mayoral candidate Michael woo holds certificate of Honor presented o him by san Francisco supervisor Kevin Shelley after speaking at a fund Rais ing reception wednesday in san Francisco. If woo were to lose the election the support could be seen in some quarters As a sign of weakness in a state whose political support Clinton will badly need in 1996. Woo who endorsed Clinton when his presidential Campaign was in trouble last february hailed the endorsement As. A major boost to my  he noted that Clinton had won 400,000 votes in los an Geles and asserted that it was highly unusual for a pres ident to make such an endorsement. 95 claims filed against officials in world Trade Center bombing by . Mcqueen new Day new York nearly three months after the blast that rocked the world Trade Center 95 claims have been filed against the port authority of new York and new Jersey for bodily injuries and property damage caused by the explosion. A wrongful death claim was filed by the older brother of John Digiovanni 45, a dental equipment Salesman from Long Island who was visiting the world Trade Cen Ter when he was killed. Digiovanni was caught in the parking garage where the bomb was planted and late died at a Hospital. Ernest Digiovanni filed the injury claim As administrator of his brother s estate. The Digiovanni claim is the Only one yet filed on be half of someone killed in the blast although a source said the family of Wilfredo Mercado intends to file a claim next week. Six people were killed and 1,000 peo ple were injured in the feb. 26 explosion and fire. Also included were two injury claims by parents on behalf of children who were stuck in world Trade Cen Ter elevators for hours after the 12 18 . Blast. New York new Day received the information from the port authority on Friday under a Freedom of in formation Law request. Sixty of the claims were for property damage and 35 for bodily injury. Our observation is that there Are really very few claims that have been filed which is a reflection that few people were injured. Most of the property claims arc damage to cars in the garage said port authority spokesmen Allen Morrison said. Ten of the property damage claims were filed by insurance companies. Insurance and casualty companies have estimated that they will lose $500 million paying claims connected to the blast. A Dollar figure for the damages sought by victims of the blast was not available but is believed to total in the millions. Ramdial Mahadco who was one of the first to file a notice of claim against the port authority in March is seeking $750,000 in damages for his injuries alone. Sahadeo 27, manager of a parking garage under the new York Vista hotel was hit by a collapsing ceiling. Mahadco filed a negligence suit in state supreme court in Manhattan on May 3, said a spokeswoman for  Liapakis Mahadco s attorney. By Law lawsuits could not be filed against the Agency until 60 Days after the incident. Legal experts say the extent of the port authority s liability would depend on the degree to which a judge or jury could find that port authority officials did not take Steps that they could have to protect employees and visitors from harm. Port authority executive director Stanley Brezenoff has said in the past that there is no Way the Agency could be found negligent. But  has indicated that Sahadeo s suit would note a 1985.report that warned that the Center s underground parking garage should be closed because it was vulnerable to a terrorist attack. Woman finds human Finger in canned food by new Day Nesconset . As a consumer affairs in Spector on Long Island Lynn Wulf is used to hearing other people s complaints when they Are dissatisfied with goods and products. Cut when the 33-year-old Nesconset woman poured a 4-ounce can of mushroom pieces and stems into a mixture of ground meat while preparing easter dinner she found something to complain about herself a human Finger. Bandage and All. First there were these Little chunks Wulf said in i an interview thursday after filing a $15 million negligence lawsuit against the manufacturer and supermarket where she bought the canned mushrooms "1 thought they were pieces of discoloured mushrooms or something. And then 1 found this big chunk and 1 held it up and saw the Knuckles. It was swollen from being in the water so  according to the lawsuit filed tuesday in state supreme court in Riverhead the experience has caused Wulf to relapse into a pre existing eating disorder Buli Mia which involves Binge eating and purging by induced vomiting police on drug stakeout foiled by toll Booth bandits fort Lee . As notice waited on the new. Jersey Side of the George Washington Bridge to catch suspected drug buyers two armed motorcycle bandits robbed a toll Cepcar of $4,600 and fled into new York. It s just ironic that we were on the wrong Side of the Bridge said tort authority police  Harvey. As police raced to catch up with them the robbers threw Money into the air and some motorists stopped to pick up the Bills officials said. The pair not away. Police were Able to recover $342. About 40 people were arrested in operation Border crossing Friday As teams of officers tried to Cut off the flow of a drugs Between new York and new Jersey port authority spokesman John Kampic said. Police in new York who observed drug purchases relayed new Jersey License plate mime cars to the officers waiting at the Bridge. Delinquent 13, sentenced  a 13-year-old girl convicted of delinquency for plotting to vill a teacher apologized Ashe was sentenced to at cast one year in juvenile custody. I know what i did was wrong the Lori county girl told the court Friday. I would really like to go  she is one of two former Irving Middle school students convicted april 2 of delinquency by conspiracy to commit aggravated murder. A 12-year old girl convicted of the same charge will be sentenced later. The 13-year-old and her attorney Kenneth linux had asked that she be allowed to receive counselling while living at Home. But Domestic relations judge Joseph Ziuba said she needed More concentrated treatment. The girl s Case will be reviewed in one year. She could be kept in the custody of the Lorain count children services Board until she turns 21. The girls told classmates in january they wanted to kill their English teacher because she had disciplined them. An assistant principal Learned of the plot from another student and confiscated a knife from the 13-year-old. The girls said during their trial that they were Only joking and never planned to carry out the threat. 4th victim in explosion Dies Cleveland the Only adult rescued when a pleasure boat exploded alongside a riverfront restaurant has died bringing the known death toll to four. V Denzil Moss jr., 24, of Grafton died Friday  medical Center where he had been since the explosion sunday. The blast blamed on a fuel leak killed his sister Maria Hoffman 29, of Cleveland and their parents Denzil Moss 62, and Nancy Moss 51, both of  s husband Charles 46, who owned the boat is missing and presumed dead. Cleveland police boats dragged the River and divers spent two Days searching for his body. The i Loffman 9-Montn-old son Charles Hoffman jr., was pulled from the boat by off duty firefighters just before it was engulfed in flames. I be was released from the Hospital to the custody of an Uncle. The explosion occurred while the boat was docked at a restaurant along the Cuya hoga River. Actor Akins recuperating Pasadena Calif. Actor Claude Akins who underwent cancer surgery last week remained hospitalized saturday in serious condition after a second operation to Correct complications officials said. Akins 74, was in an intensive care unit at Blunt Brigton memorial Hospital but his condition had improved from critical to serious said Barbara Frum a nursing supervisor. I be had cancer surgery last week and the removed a portion of Nis stomach More than half and said they got 100 percent of the cancer said Mike Kilson Akiri s  said he had a clean Bill of health but then he had some sort of blockade. I think in the Colon Belson said. Something happened and he had More surgery and now he s Back in intensive  Akins has appeared in numerous films including a rom Here to Lite Unity and the killers and television shows such As . And the to tour Lobo and one life to live. His other film credits include the Caine Mutiny the defiant ones Rio Lara to i orgy and hew inherit the in Najand How the we t wits won