European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 27, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and stripes . \ wednesday. Aprati 27, 1994 san Diego votes to impose 10 . Juvenile curfew from wine reports san Diego despite the to Breslof a la Uit from the american civil liberties uck f the Szad Iego City Council voted mc&3ve to police officers stopping or talking to teem. Bird said police would Stop More or notifies and promised a lawsuit against what the Acle tons sad an unconstitutional ordinance 5 held in Casino heist Las vegas five los asses Gaag use the a allegedly kid Ted Cash drawers an a Cassa while holding patrons at gun Portt then cd police on a Marchase that ended in their arrests. The robbery Early sunday at Barraja s hotel and Casino was the second Casino fees a Ilse Days is Las vegas and the eighth fes the past is i oaths. Three men jumped Over the mosey a go counter and emptied Cash drawers while a feb Iirth Raja held Security guards and patrons at Bop Fiat police la Mike Hawkins said. No shots were fired As the sea end to a waiting Van driven by the if to Man. During a 2ft-Rninute Cress town pans a several police cars were rammed and 2 fire tend Rast and Street Light were battered Haw Tiss Sam. The Chase ended Feeo the men cried to escape on foot but were captured by officers to Skeg do Aad helicopter. None of the stolen Money was recovered immediately. Officials refused to say Bow mods was taken. Same sex nuptials opposed Honolulu use stale legs Watase has Seattle governor a Bill thai seeks to Callaly a court ruling that could make Hawaii the lint stale to License same sex marriages. The measure w hic i passed the Hows off 00 mob Day says a marriage most a tide at a esd a woman and asserts that any change to that policy is so Szeim a for the legislature not tree Coons to deme last year the state supreme oort naked dial denying marriage licenses to Gay costs is unconstitutional of tree basis o the Bill approved by tree Seale to weeks ago was sent to gov. John a Hwy. A Sfasie Siaana refused to say whether Xaibee woes Siga it. Lightning kills climber Aspen Colo. A a smog Suniti and tolled a climber atop a 143qmoqpeai and pissed Down two companions who tried to acis Taie  Tozer 34. Of Docx flied part died saturday on Capitol Peak his  repealed after rescuers found the two Surv Croc Meydav. They suffered Burns from tree Light big bet �7 � otherwise in Good health rescuer said Alexander Caristo 19, and Daj res Grove 38, both students at Colorado cedi text to Colorado Springs eventually made their Wiy do a Ibe Mountain to their base Camp. Killer executed in Texas huntsv1lle, to Tuci As f executed by injection Early Tohidi robbing and stabbing to death a a manager in 1982. Larry Anderson 41, Tah i hours after the . Supine g plea for a say of execution in. I -5 justices Harry Biack nun a Mhz Wiruth Bader   -. R. Anderson was act Icid in i?i3 28-year-Cid sir i two Bis of closing the bar she ran and$l,00u. She was subbed Rupea her body was left Aloe r  o i a Road. Separate social Security has president s backing Washington a president Clinton has decided to support legislation to make social Security an Independent Agency hoping to assure the Bill s smooth passage through Congress. According to congressional and administration aides Clinton told key members of Congress last week that be endorses taking the social Security administration out of the department of health and human services. A White House official speaking on condition , confirmed monday that the president thinks it is a Good idea to move Forward with the legislation. With 65,000 employees a budget of More than $300 billion and a network of 1,300 Field offices social Secu Rity is the biggest Agency in has and touches the lives of almost All americans. Funded with payroll taxes on 135 million workers social Security provides retirement disability and survivors benefits to 42 million americans. The Agency also runs supplemental Security income a fast growing welfare program for seniors and the disabled. The health and human services Secretary Donn Shalala was the Bih s primary opponent. Testifying be fore Congress last year she said separating social Security from has would run counter to the Public s de Mand for a leaner More efficient and More Cost effective  backers of the plan including the american association of retired persons the country s largest and most influential seniors group say that the Agency has seen High turnover in its upper ranks including 12 com missioners in 17 years and that service to the Public has suffered. The Bill s other supporters say Independence will make social Security More visible and accountable less vulnerable to budget cutting and better insulated from politics. Since the 1980s, when its work Force was slashed by 20 percent social Security has been unable to answer its telephones without putting Many callers on hold. The new Deal program has also been unable to Cope with a tidal wave of applications for disability benefits. As a result ill and injured americans have died lost their Homes or gone on welfare while they waited for their first Check from social Security. Lawmakers meanwhile have complained that the Agency has shown Little initiative in dealing with allegations of fraud and abuse by immigrants on the Rolls As Well As the growing numbers of alcoholics and addicts who collect benefits but fail to receive any treatment. The Agency has also virtually abandoned a require ment that it periodically review the health of disability recipients to find those who have recovered enough to work at an estimated Cost to the Trust funds of $1.4 Bil lion. Petite snafu ends High Hopes sudden co apse of contest cuts faeauf/es7 plans Short los Angeles a Karen Walker dreamed of winning a Beauty contest so much so that when she be came a finalist for miss Petite Usa she gave up her car and took out a $1,700 loan to travel to Southern Cali fornia. On monday she and 87 other women from across the country went Home after seeing their dreams Aad thousands of dollars in entry fees vanish when the contest collapsed. I m very disappointed Walker said. My dream has always been to become a Model and because of our height it is very  later monday organizer Anne Lauren president of Usa petites said the contest would be held within the next six months and contestants would have their Choice of participating or getting a refund of their sponsorship fees. Walker has Almond shaped Blue Green eyes and Long dark hair. But at 5 feet 2 inches she does t have the height to compete with the statuesque women who win Many Beauty contests. Miss Petite Usa for women under 5 feet 5 inches was perfect for her and the 87 others. Each contestant paid a $2,595 sponsorship fee that included their flights and a hotel room. Walker said she also had to pay for new Luggage photographs gowns and other items. To help meet the Bill she took out a $1,700 loan and received $300 from her Mother and $200 from sponsors. She gave up her new car so she would not be burdened with the payments. This will be difficult because we live paycheck to paycheck said the 28-year-old newspaper deliverer who lives with her husband and two daughters in Rock Ingham . At first everything seemed to be Fine. Contestants took part in a swimsuit Competition and personality interviews with judges. A judging in Busi Ness attire cocktail dresses and once More in swimsuits dreams dashed Beauty contestant Karen Walker of Rockingham ., is packed of Tor her return borne. Was supposed to happen saturday. But the pageant was abruptly cancelled saturday and its producers Usa petites and Tony Shepherd productions blamed each other. Shepherd up died Cut after failing to receive $31,120 from Lauren Shepherd s Law yer Patricia Kramer of san Rafael said monday. How Ever Lauren said that her company paid Shepherd $100,000 All he was entitled to at the time and that problems began when he asked for More mosey. Man wrongly convicted of rape sues City by the Washington Post Alexandria a. Walter Tony Snyder jr., who spent seven years in prison for a rape he did t commit is suing the City of Alexandria for $3 million saying police mishandled his Case. Snyder 2s, said in his lawsuit that police officers built their Case by convincing the victim that Snyder was the assailant even though there was no physical evidence to link him to the crime. The victim a neighbor of Snyder a initially was unable to identify him As the Man who raped her in october 19s5, but she later be came the chief witness against him. Snyder was re leased from prison last year after genetic tests showed that he could not have been the rapist. He was serving a 45-year prison sentence stemming from a conviction in june 1936. It seems like no one has been willing to accept responsibility for what happened Snyder said monday. Alexandria s City attorney Philip g. Sunderland said he had not seen the lawsuit which was filed Friday in . District court in Alexandria. Snyder is among More than a dozen Irsa a across the country released in recent ears because of advances in in a testing. Dan or Deo  acid carries the genetic information unique to individual the Dan tests which were not recognized by the courts at the Lime of   now Arsac Cepter at trials As reliable scientific evidence. Sender s attorneys arranged for his Dan test and used the find Ings to win clemency from then gov do Bias Wilder