European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 20, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday december 20, 1993 . The stars and stripes Page 7shootout at crowded mall leaves 1 dead in California prom wire reports Redondo Beach Calif. A Man was shot dead at a packed mall saturday scattering hundreds of shoppers. Dozens of shots were fired in the slaying sgt. Avery Richey said adding a hundreds of people scattered everywhere screaming and Yelling and  police took two men into custody right after the shooting which took place in a mall restaurant but the motive for the attack was not known he said. The victim whose name was not immediately released died at a Hospital he  Hurt in mishap Baton Rouge la. Gov Edwin w. Edwards fractured a Bone in his Back saturday in a horse Riding Accident in Mississippi his spokeswoman said. Edwards 63, was in stable condition and a in Good spirits at Baton Rouge medical Center spokeswoman Kim Hunter said. It Wasny to immediately known exactly How Edwards fractured his spinal Lumbar at his ranch in Poplarville miss., Hunter said. No surgery was planned. Doctors prescribed at least four to five Days of bed confinement according to a news release issued by the governors  firm seeks $202,833 Wilkesboro . A a Utility company wants More than $200,000 from a Rural resident who admits he stole electricity for More than a decade. But John w. Minton who runs an electric supplies business says that the $202,833 sought by Duke Power co. Is far too much and that he won t pay. Starting in 1982, Minton used an elaborate system to bypass the electric meter on his Wilkes county Home Duke said in a lawsuit filed last month. The system delivered Power to his House and his songs the lawsuit said. Minton admits using Power he did not pay for but said Duke is overstating How much he owes. A a they be exaggerated what was going on a he said in saturdays Charlotte observer. Minton said Duke Power a a robs Small businesses such As his by charging High rates. He said he pleaded guilty in 1992 to fraudulent diversion of electricity Ana paid the company $3,200. Duke is seeking $192,833 in compensatory damages and a minimum of $10,000 in punitive damages.. Outlaws cat drug Washington a the manufacture of a Home brewed drug was banned Friday by the Federal government because it is spreading to other states from Northern Michigan and Wisconsin. The legislation signed by president Clinton and introduced in Congress by rep. Bart Stupak a mich., is an attempt to thwart the spread of Metcha Tsinone a drug likened to cocaine and known on the streets As  the Law enables the drug enforcement administration to restrict sales of Ephedrine the primary ingredient in  available by mail order and Over the counter Ephedrine a legitimate use is As a treatment for  tied to aids deaths Washington a drug resistant strains of the aids virus triple the likelihood of death according to scientists who say the finding should Spur development of drugs that attack the virus differently researchers began to detect drug resistance among people with his which causes aids in 1989. But a study announced last week is the first to show resistance is linked to progression of the deadly disease. Tests of 170 strains of the human immunodeficiency virus found people with strains highly resistant to the main aids drug az1, were three times More Likely to die in a Given period than other patients the study found. Scientists Are studying whether resistance to another aids drug Del also is As deadly. But the Only approved aids drugs on the Market All work the same Way said or. Clyde Crumpacker of Beth Israel Hospital in Boston one of the study a authors. Noncitizen welfare cuts by the Washington Post Washington a members of a Clinton administration task Force have discussed cutting welfare benefits to Legal noncitizens As an option to fund welfare Reform programs administration sources say. The Issue is so potentially divisive that the 33-Mem-Bcr inter Agency task Force that has been drafting ecu fare Reform options made no mention of noncitizens in its most recent draft which is confidential the group is drawing up options for president Clinton to consider As he attempts to put into practice his Campaign pledge to a Send welfare As we know  White House Domestic policy adviser Bruce Reed a co chairman of the task Force declined to comment on the internal discussions about welfare benefits for noncitizens in the United states saying it was a a premature to talk about funding measures before the task Force completed its work on Broad policy changes. However administration sources said that reducing benefits paid to noncitizens has been discussed extensively among some task Force members As a potential source of Money for costly reforms. Among these is a proposal to create Community service jobs for welfare recipients who Are forced off the Rolls at the end of a proposed two year time limit for Public assistance. The sources said that the administration is Likely to come under increasing pressure to address the Issue As a House Republican welfare Reform plan advances next year. The plan includes cutting Aid to Legal immigrants. Hundreds of thousands of Legal immigrants refugees and other noncitizens who arc added to the welfare Rolls each year would be affected. According to the congressional budget office they will receive $21.3 billion in Federal Public assistance funds in four major categories in the next five years. The categories arc supplemental Security income medicaid food Stamps and Aid to families with dependent children the main Cash assistance program. Other estimates of combined state and Federal assistance for Legal noncitizens Range As High As $11 billion a year. In addition illegal aliens Are estimated to Cost the government $2 billion More a year in Federal Public assistance although those costs Are difficult to assess because they often involve deception. Undocumented immigrants Are ineligible for Public assistance although their .-born children can receive benefits. The package of welfare changes unveiled last month by House republicans proposed ending welfare for most noncitizens under age 75. That cutback would be implemented after a one year adjustment period and. Would save As much As $8 billion in the fifth year according to a congressional budget office estimate. The congressional analysts said that in the five years halting Aid to noncitizens would save $9.4 billion in Clinton has taken no Public position on the matter so far. Supplemental Security income $8.1 billion in medicaid $2,8 billion in food Stamps and $1 billion in Ardc. A total of 61 Federal welfare programs would be denied to most Legal immigrants the main exception being emergency medicaid services. Just lion around a 2-week-old lion cub attempts a regal stance at the zoo in Idaho Falls Idaho last week. The male youngster who was the result of an unplanned pregnancy is ready to move out of a special b Cuba Tor donated by the Eastern Idaho regional medical Center there a just one problem however he needs a permanent Home. The youngster will soon grow out of his quarters at the zoo and it does no to have the Means to keep another adult Ilon. Rostenkowski in new probe paper says Chicago a . Rep. Dan Rostenkowski a hiring practices for his congressional staff Are being investigated by a Federal grand jury the Chicago Sun times has reported. A the democrats payroll included double dipping City workers and employees who did not show up for work the Sun times reported sunday. Rostenkowski s lawyer Robert Bennett would not answer questions or comment on the newspapers report. The Justice department already is investigating whether Rostenkowski improperly received up to $21,300 from the House Post office in a Stamps for Cash scheme. Rostenkowski chairman of the House ways and Means committee repeatedly has denied wrongdoing. No charges have been brought against him. The Sun times copyright Story said that a the wife of a Rostenkowski not did Chicago Alderman Terry m. Gabinski remained on Rostenkowski a payroll for five years after she quit working in his Chicago District office in 1987. She received $79,000 Over that time the paper said. A instead of paying rent on a satellite office Rostenkowski put the storefronts co owner on his payroll. A Many full time Chicago City workers have been temporary Rostenkowski employees. A from 1979 to 1990, Rostenkowski averaged one third More employees per year than any other member of the Illinois delegation even though they All had the same amount to spend for staff. \