European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 05, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse I. The Sims and stripes vol. 53, no. 141 50c monday september 5,1994 d 8693 a striking workers play a Washington a Linda Geiszler and Bobby Bonilla have some thing in common. Joth walked off their jobs in much publicized strikes. But the two share few other similarities. Geiszler of Woodbridge calif., worked in relative obscurity grading Wal for $9.82 an hour before she walked off her Job three years ago. Bonilla was pulling down$5.7 million this year As third baseman for the new York mets when he and other players began a walk out three weeks ago. Geiszler sees parallels but has Little sympathy for the striking players who earn an average $1.19 million a year. Everybody has a right to make As much Money As they can said Geiszler Schb has struggled to make ends meet since the teamsters Union struck Diamond Walnut growers three years ago sunday. But. When you make $1.2 Mil lion a year i really Don t feel sorry for them a Randy Morrell of Decatur 111., is a baseball fan. He used to Root for the new York Yankees but says he now tries to be Neutral and stay out of his wife is a Chicago fan his parents sup port the St. Louis cardinals and his son see play on Page 2 a photo Cragg Hardaway above left16, and his brother Derrick 14, Are charged in the slaying of 11 year old Robert Sandifer above right. Sandifer was suspected in the killing of Shavon Dean left14. Suspects called talented but angry. Chicago a two teen age Brothers accused of killing an 11 year old murder suspect were award winning students whose violent tempers and gang involve ment got in the Way of their Abili ties a school coach said. Cragg Harda Way 16, and Der Rick Hardaway 14, were charged with first degree murder for the execution style shooting of fellow gang member Robert Sandifer. Cragg Hardaway was charged As an adult and his brother As a juvenile. Prosecutor see teen on Page 2 . Sites in Panama readied for cubans by Tracy Wilkinson los Angeles times Empire Range base Camp Panama the Issue was babies. A room full of . Military planners preparing for the Arri Val Here of 10,000 cuban boat people was trying to figure out How to prevent babies from being born at four tent cities that will House the would be refugees for up to six months. What s the Legal Issue on babies born in Panama or in the canal operating zone Brig. Gen. James l. Wilson commander of the operation asked his people. _ a Legal affairs officer offered " our determination is. That the Wisdom is to pre screen these people so that no such Issue arises. The answer was greeted witha sceptical round of guffaws. The baby question illustrates the complexities confronting the governments of Panama and the United states As the two embark on operation Safe Haven the Transfer of thou Sands of cubans from the Over crowded . Naval base at Guantanamo Bay Cuba to a Jungle Refuge on . Military bases along the Panama canal. As Panama becomes the first country apart from the United states to shelter cuban Refu gees an array of political Legal and diplomatic entanglements looms. American officials have assured panamanians that the cubans will be wards of the . Government and not a Burden on Panama but a baby born to a cuban in one of the Camps is entitled to panamanian citizenship. To solve the dilemma the american -. Hundreds of cuban refugees occupy the deck of the Dock Landing ship Ashland in the Straits of Florida As they wait to be transported to the . Navy base at Grant Namo Bay Cuba. Ing to Airlift any women who become clock Over the weekend to erect hundreds pregnant at the Camps Back to Guantina of tents in four Camps along a stretch of to to deliver their babies. The new administration of panamanian president Ernesto Perez Balladares risking Domestic opposition but eager to cooperate with Washington said last week that it would accept the cubans. Military planners Are contemplating hav american troops worked around the the Panama canal called Empire Range an old practice firing Range covered with pampas grass and Jungle Forest. The cuban detainees who could arrive As Early As tuesday will not be allowed to leave the fenced in Camps. The United see cubans on Page 2. � .. Must labor to keep nation working Clinton says West Tisbury mass. A paying tribute to working class americans on labor Day weekend pres ident Clinton said his administration has helped improve their lives but warned that our work won t be done until All americans enjoy of that can Only be done by taking a new direction not a government that says we can do it alone and certainly not a government that sits on the sidelines but one that works in partnership with business and our individual working men and women and families Clinton said broadcasting his weekly radio address live on saturday from an elementary school during his Vaca Tion on Martha s Vineyard. The president will also interrupt his vacation today to make a labor Day trip to Maine to attend a rally at the Bath Iron works. Clinton said the state s largest employer shows How the Federal government can help workers and employers keep a company afloat. That is important Clinton said for More than eco nomic reasons. Work gives Structure and meaning to our lives and is divinely ordained he said. A new contract ratified by the shipyard s largest Union last month is a key element in the defense con tractor s ambitious plan for breaking into the fiercely see labor on Page 2
