European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 4, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes wednesday May 4,1994 Denver apr Denver International airports opening was put off indefinitely monday As Glit Dies in its automated baggage system forced a fourth dewy worries that the temperamental $193 million computerized system would my route Luggage or Chew up suitcases prompted mayor Wellington Webb to choose the a a unpleasant Over the a disastrous. A in Good conscience i cannot i will not open this Airport if it is unable to meet our standards Webb said. A i will not cause embarrassment to this  the baggage system designed by bae automated systems inc., failed critical tests thursday raising doubts that the $3,2 billion Airport would meet its May 15 opening Date. The Airport was originally set to open in october but that was pushed Back to december because of construction delays. More construction problems and training needs delayed the opening Date to March 9, and problems with the baggage system forced another delay to May 15. The delays Are costing an Esti mated $33 million per month. The City will pay $17 million from Reserve funds and the airlines will pick up the other $16 million Webb said. A the Short term consequences of not opening Denver International Airport Are unpleasant at Best a Webb said. A but compared to a premature opening. The consequences would be  As word of the latest delay spread Webb said dozens of people offered to help the City get the Airport open. One of them was cattle and Hay Farmer Jerry Griffin who volunteered to let the City use his tractors to pull loaded Luggage carts. Although he said he disagreed with some of the costs involved in constructing the Airport Griffin added that now was not the time to quibble. V 1 a a a Quot a a Quot a. A Quot it does no to do any Good to stand Back and cast stones a he said. A i think we All ought to try to solve the  Webb said that he appreciated the offer but that tractors  do the Job. A unfortunately this system is a highly technical and Complex one requiring the expertise of specially trained engineers and technicians and we will have to be patient Businesslike and Tough minded in our approach to this admittedly vexing problem a the mayor said. Webb a decision to delay the airports opening Indef. Finitely was a Wise and courageous a said United airlines spokesman Stephen steers. A a United airlines the airports biggest tenant will pay half the airlines monthly share. The other airlines will be assessed after the Airport opens. Webb said a consultant will assess the baggage system a a network of 4,000 rail cars operated by computers a and determine what is needed to make it . Ground was broken for the Airport 23 Miles East of downtown in 1989, but within two years rising costs forced the City to pare the project from 120 Gates and six runways to 84 Gates and five runways Denver a Stapleton International Airport has 108 Gates and five runways. In the stars and stripes 10 years ago May 4,1984 a the Pentagon bowed to the twin pressures of Congress and the deficit cutting nearly $14 billion from its proposed budget for the coming year including trims in nine major weapons. 20 years ago May 4,1974 a a Federal appeals court ordered the Senate watergate committee to try to make do with transcripts or copies of five White House tapes rather than push in court for the originals. 30 years ago May 41964 a . And vietnamese military authorities clamped tight Security on jittery Saigon following the second of two terrorist acts a bombing within sight of the Harbor that wounded eight americans. A a a a a a a. A 40 years ago May 4,1954 a the antagonists in the bitter Indochina War will probably face each other across a Geneva conference table within 72 hours official sources speculated. 50 year Sago may4,1944�? two months of combined . And British bombardment have left railroads in Northern France and Belgium in such chaos that they cannot Bear the Peak traffic necessary to repel the allies invasion a British official said. V e world War miso years ago today May 4 a. L>7txa.1. 9.4.4 the Roosevelt administration ends civilian rationing for Many kinds of meat with the exception of steaks and some Choice cuts of beef for roasting. Supported by tanks artillery and warplanes nationalist chinese troops drive the japanese from  of the Kamying Road in Northern Burma. Mora american infantrymen join the. Offensive in the aitana area near Hollandia in new Guinea. Source 2194 Days of War w. H. Smith publishers inc. The world almanac of world wet ii Bison books corp., 1981 Landing some attention police reroute traffic As officials Check put a Cessna aircraft Power. There were no injuries and the Cessna was Only slightly that landed on Rio Grande Avenue in Orlando fla., on Mon damaged. The Avenue and nearby streets were closed while Day. Flight instructor Mary Jane Wood threaded the aircraft workers prepared the plane for transportation by truck to near through a Maze of Power lines and Trees after the plane lost by Orlando executive Airport. Con i los Angeles a the final defendant in the 1992 riot attack on trucker Reginald Denny was acquitted monday of the most serious firearms assault charges against him but convicted of two lesser charges. A Superior court jury found Lance Jerome Parker guilty of shooting at an unoccupied vehicle and vandalism for shooting at a filling station. The counts carry a maximum punishment of three years in  28, was acquitted of assault with a firearm shooting at an occupied vehicle and discharging a firearm in a grossly negligent manner. Prosecutors used video footage of the rioting in arguing that Parker fired at Denny struck at nearby gasoline pumps and into a passing car. The jury deliberated four Days before reaching its verdict. Last year two of Parker a co defendants were also acquitted of the most serious charges against them. Damian Williams 21, was sentenced to 10 years in prison on a conviction for felony mayhem. Henry Watson 29, was convicted of Misdemeanour assault and in a Deal with prosecutors was sentenced to probation and the time he served from Nis arrest until the conclusion of the trial. Another defendant Antoine Miller 21, pleaded guilty to grand theft and receiving stolen property in a plea bargain that netted him probation. Denny who is White was pulled from the cab of his big Rig truck and nearly beaten to death in the first hours of the riot which began after a jury acquitted four White defendants of most charges in the police beating of Black Motorist Rodney King. Two of the police officers were later convicted of violating Kings civil rights and each was sentenced to 2vi years in prison. Mexican sewage forces . Beaches to shut san Diego a beaches along a 15-mile stretch of californians coast were closed after a broken pipe in Mexico sent at least 24 million Gallons of raw sewage into the Pacific. A. The sewage a its flowing from a 42-Inch pipe that broke sunday morning near a treatment Plant in Tijuana not far from the .-mexican Border. It was t expected to be repaired until tuesday afternoon said Dan Avera san Diego county a Deputy director of environmental health services. The International water and Boundary commission estimated that the pipe was releasing 12 million Gallons of sewage a Day. Signs warned swimmers of High bacterial Levels at beaches from the Border to Nas North Island at the Entrance to san Diego Sharbor. The closed beaches included Imperial Beach the Silver strand and the Beach that runs through the affluent Community of Coronado where president Clinton and his family vacationed a month ago. A i wish president Clinton were Here today. I think head see things a Little d fervently a said City councilman jul Vargas. The san Diego area has struggled i mexican sewage for years As Tijuan population arid water Supply have of stripped its sewage infrastructure. A new Border sewage treatment Pla should open by 1997 or 1998. Until the san Diego is treating an estimated million Gallons of mexican sewage a Day. But the san Diego Plant cannot a die excess sewage