European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 5, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday May 5, 1994 . The stars and stripes Page 7 three in Kerrigan Case Settle for 18-month terms. From wire reports Portland  the remaining three defendants accused of attacking figure skater Nancy Kerrigan reached plea agreements that will Send them to prison for 18 months. Sources told the associated press that Shawn Eckardt Shane Stant and Derrick Smith will plead. Guilty to conspiracy to commit second degree assault a any fines  set by the judge. Reached at his Home Smith confirmed the Deal and said he was satisfied with it. A to a Happy that its finally happened a Smith said. A it seems like its been a while but i think the charge is Correct and in a Happy to be getting on with my  prosecutor Norm Frink declined to reveal details of the agreement. Earlier Frink worked out plea bargains with Kerrigan a skating rival Tonya Harding and her a husband Jeff Gillooly. Eckardt Stant and Smith were indicted March 21 on charges of racketeering assault and  confessed to their roles in the Jan. 6 attack on Kerrigan but pleaded innocent. Alleged slur makes Waves Spokane Wash. A the state democratic party decided tuesday to move its convention out of . House speaker Thomas Foley a District because of a dispute Over whether local party officials used a racial slur against asians. The june 10-11 convention will be moved about 120 Miles Southwest to a High school in Richland. Party chairman Charles Rolland said threatened Boycotts and picketing by asian Anteri cans and others upset with the party would disrupt proceedings in Spokane the states second largest City and Foley a Hometown the alleged slur and the party a response have frayed relations with asian americans and led to party infighting. On nov 9,.1992, a Leader at a Spokane county party meeting allegedly referred to the Hong Kong based owners of Spokane a Davenport hotel As  party members who reported overhearing the slur in a private conversation at the meeting disagreed about who said it. Quot the officials alleged to have made the slur state committee woman Marge Davis and 4th legislative District chairman John Workland denied saying it and refused Calls to resign. The state part investigated the allegations and concluded at least one of them used the word. Court rejects Gacy Appeal Chicago a the Illinois supreme court on tuesday denied a motion to Block the execution of serial killer John Wayne Gacy scheduled for next week a a a a or a a a 1 a1 a a Gacy 52, still has two other lawsuits pending that he Hopes will delay or Block his execution scheduled next tuesday for the sex killings of 33. Young men and boys two decades ago. He originally was scheduled to die june 2,1980, but appeals have kept him alive on death Row at Menard correctional Center in Chester 111. The . Supreme court already has rejected appeals from him three times since 1985. Gacy a former building contractor who worked As a Clown at children a parties was convicted in 1980 of More murders than anyone else in . History up to that time. That record was surpassed seven years later by Donald Harvey an Ohio Mursey a aide now. Serving a life sentence for 37 slayings. A  gets pop Billi Kansas City to. A moviegoers will be Able Quot to Gorge themselves on Popcorn made with canola Oil rather than fat Laden Coconut Oil said the am entertainment movie theater Chain. The Kansas City based Chain said monday that it would make the switch a week after a consumer group reported movie theater Popcorn prepared with Coconut Oil contained High Levels of saturated fat which can cause heart disease. The groups study provided a startling information a said am chief operating officer a Hil Singleton. The Coconut Oil report came from a _ group called the Center for science in the Public interest. Am has been testing the use of canola Oil for Popcorn in the Western United states and plans to serve it nationwide by the end of May Singleton said. Plan put air Washington a the Clinton administration hoping to strip away the tangle of Federal rules that critics say has stifled modernization launched an Effort tuesday to switch the nations air traffic control system to a corporation. A a today a announcement is Good news for the travelling Public for the airlines and for the controllers and technicians who keep the Dir traffic control system running a transportation Secretary Federico Pena said. He said a Federal corporation would be Able to Purchase technology More flexibly borrow for Long term capital investments a and deploy  its workers More effectively.�?�. He said the current system operated by the Federal aviation administration is hampered by an out of Date personnel system antiquated equipment and a Complex process for replacing it and the need for Lon term funding. Vice president a1 Gore joined Pena for a news conference at National Airport and said a i want to serve notice that we mean business about  Gore held up a vacuum tube representing the older technology now used in the air traffic control system. In his other hand he held a computer Chip that he said can do More work than 3.5 million of the vacuum tubes. The american air traffic control system is the safest in the world a thanks to the herculean efforts of the people in the control towers a Gore said. A we need to move Forward with change before catastrophe  the plan announced tuesday Calls for establishing a government run corporation funded by fees paid by airlines to manage the system that controls movement of an estimated 22,000 commercial airline flights daily. Currently government corporations run the . Postal service Tennessee Valley authority Amtrak and some other activities. The idea of adding air traffic control has been kicking around Industry and government for years and was revived in Gores proposals to a reinvent  separating air traffic control from the Faa could permit faster installation of new. Technology save. Money and improve service while still protecting safety said Frank Krucsil who Heads the transportation department committee that worked up the plan a but the idea faces a mixed reception in Congress where opposition has already been expressed by rep. James Oberstar a Minn a who Heads the House subcommittee on aviation. He would prefer to keep air traffic control with the Faa. Barry Krasner head of the National air traffic con trailers association supports a government corporation a a the air line pilots association was less enthusiastic however worrying about Lack of Public Confidence the possibility of work stoppages and the idea of a Corpora. Tion running a system vital to National defense. The Faa run air traffic control system now employs about 37,000 people and absorbs 80 percent of the Agency a $9 billion budget. Continental to Europe Houston a Continental airlines announced new one Way fares to Europe that slash some ticket prices up to 67 percent. The fully refundable unrestricted fares Are available on every seat on every flight and do hot need to be purchased in Advance Continental said tuesday a flight to London costs Between $349 and $499 each Way. Fares to Paris Range from $399 to $499. Fares to Frankfurt and Munich Germany and Madrid Spain Are from $349 to $549. Fares for weekend travel a Friday saturday and sunday a Are $50 higher. A these fares can produce better financial results for us and better value for travellers than did the traditional fare Structure a said Dave Messing a Continental  airlines said it would match Continentals fares but Only on a round trip basis and Only until sept. 15. Trans world airlines said it would respond with fully refundable one Way fares in certain International markets. Twas one Way fares from new York to Paris or Madrid will run $399 from new York to Frankfurt $349 and from St. Louis to Paris Frankfurt Madrid or London $449. A As with Continental weekend flights on Twa would be $50 More. Delta air lines spokesman Todd Clay said Delta is looking at the new fare Structure but Isnit sure if it will follow suit. Fugitive added to list Washington a Jorge Enrique Hernandez charged with attempted murder and drug distribution has been put on the . Marshals service list a of the 15 most wanted fugitives. Hernandez 31, is wanted in Detroit on Federal charges of Possession of cocaine with intent to distribute. He also is charged in Miami with attempted murder and in Orange county calif., for narcotics distribution. Cle patrician a rare White dromedary Camel named Cleopatra rests beside her Mother about five hours after the haughty looking infants birth monday at rolling Hills ranch near Salina Kan. Cleopatra is one of about 40 White camels in the world a 10 in the United states and 30 in a private saudi Herd. Their Market prices Range from $30,000 to $50,000. Court rebuffs California on welfare benefits plan san Francisco a w a Federal appeals court refused to let California Cut welfare benefits for newcomers from other states. _ the Law took effect in 1992 but was blocked less than a month later by a Federal judge who said the state must treat new and old residents equally with respect to the necessities of life in a Brief order Friday a unanimous three judge panel of the 9lh . Circuit court of appeals left that decision intact and endorsed its reasoning. Amy Albright spokeswoman for the state department of social services said the ruling probably will be appealed to the . Supreme court which earlier this year refused of review similar rulings invalidating a Minnesota Law. V a a there a no reason that californians generous welfare benefits should be available to newcomers and we think its perfectly fair to keep them at the level that a newcomer would have received in his or her Home state a Albright said. The Law applied to welfare applicants who had lived in California for  was proposed by gov. Pete Wilson As a Money Saver. State officials said it would have reduced spending by $22.5 million in the current f fiscal year and Cut Bene fits for about 50,000 people. Mark Rosenbaum Legal director of the american civil liberties Union of Southern California said the governors office had presented no evidence that the state was a Quot welfare  taking Cost of living into account he said 29 states pay higher benefits than California