European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 25, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday october 25, 1994 . The stars and stripes Page 7 wite r rat Ion in g i lifted in puerto rican area from the associated press san Juan puerto Rico officials on sunday lifted a draconian water rationing plan that for the past six months has affected 1 million people in the Northern san Juan metropolitan area. Rains Over the past three Days have not substantially raised the water level at Lake la Plata one of two reservoirs that Supply water to san Juan. But gov. Pedro Rossello said he was confident that Rivers feeding the Reservoir would fill it to capacity. He said he wanted to avoid a repeat of problem with the other Reservoir. Lake Carrizo. Rains overfilled that Reservoir two months ago forcing authorities to release water into the sea to avoid flooding. Rationing ended for the More than 800,000 residents who receive water from Lake Carrizo at that time. A fld Yed missile destroyed Cape canaveral Fla. A missile from a Trident nuclear submarine lost Power during a test launch saturday and was destroyed off the Florida coast. Athe missile lost Power 2 minutes 45 seconds into us flight the Navy said. It was not immediately known what caused the failure. The test Range s safety officer ordered the missile carrying a Dummy warhead blown up and it fell into the Ocean the Navy said. The test launch was conducted from the recently overhauled submarine Ohio the Navy said. The exact location of the test firing was not disclosed. Retired lbs exec Dies Laurel , a former lbs news president who came up through the broadcast ranks and helped pick Dan rather to Anchor the news died sunday of a stroke. He was78. -. After earning a Bachelor s degree from Dartmouth College Leonard worked As a reporter for the Bridgeport Conn Post Telegram and As a radio researcher for an advertising Agency. Rejoined lbs s flagship radio station wac later webs in new York City in 1945.he anchored the radio program this is new York and later Eye on new York on television. After holding a series of executive positions he became president of lbs news in 1975. He retired in 1982. He was among the group that helped create 60 minutes and years later he chose rather to succeed Walter Cronkite As Anchor of the lbs evening news a v. Gorbachev weighs race new York former soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev has not filed out a run for the russian presidency in 1996, Newsweek reported. I m letting the people in Russia think about that Gorbachev said in an interview in the oct. 31 Issue. I m allowing them to decide whether they want it or  is very unpopular these Days because Many russians blame him for the collapse of the country. Gorbachev devotes himself to writing his memoirs speaking on russian politics and travelling the world for the International Green Cross an environmental organization he helped found. New woes for abortion foe Portland Ore. A woman already in prison for wounding a Kansas abortion doctor has been indicted in attacks on clinics in four other states the sunday oregonian reported. Rachelle Shelly Shannon was indicted last week by Federal grand juries in Portland and Sacramento Calif but the charges were sealed until monday the newspaper said citing unidentified sources. The indictments charge Shannon m arson attacks at clinics in Oregon California Idaho and Nevada in 1992 and 1993, the newspaper reported be is also charged with using acid in attacks at climes m Reno nev., and Chico calif., m september 1992. Authorities in Portland refused to comment citing the secrecy of grand jury proceeding Shannon of Grants pass Ore., said in a letter to Chico police in january that she spread acid at the " Chico feminist women s health Center in 1992 the acid him employees eyes and made some of them ill. The attack forced the Center to close for several Days. Polish visitors at noontime mass president Lech Walesa arid his wife Danuta Kneel during . The polish Leader is in Buffalo to celebrate the 50th a mass on sunday at St. Stanislaus Church in by flashy anniversary of the polish american Congress. Martin Luther Kin a to Runi by the new York times Atlanta the youngest son of the late or. Mar tin Luther King in has been named for a second time to become chairman and chief executive of the Martin Luther King or. Center for nonviolent social change. Dexter Scott King who left in a dispute shortly after being named to the Post in 1989, will take Over from his Mother Coretta Scott King. She has run the Center virtually since its founding in 1968, the year her husband was assassinated. ".-. "  King 33, was first elected to direct the non profit group which seeks to preserve and promote his father s legacy five years ago. In an emotional ceremony in 1989 at Ebenezer Baptist Church where his father was pastor Dexter King took Over As president. But he resigned four months later amid reports of managerial and personal differences with his Mother and older members of the Board of directors. In announcing Coretta King s decision to step aside and Dexter King s unanimous election by Board Mem Bers late Friday the Center s spokesman took note of those disputes and said that Dexter King believed the differences had been fully  others present at the Friday Board meeting de scribed it As an emotional session in which septic aboard members were persuaded to support Dexter King by the widow s impassioned declaration of sup port for her son. She declared that her son had grown in maturity Dur ing the last few years Board members said. They implied that now As was the Case five years ago the problem with Dexter King s assuming the leadership was not so much his Mother s unwillingness to cede control of the $5 million a year group but differences that Dexter King had with others on the 36-Rnem- Ber Board. ,.  Board members might have had concerns about Dexter but they could t see As deeply into Hamas mrs. King can said wih Iani Sonny Walker a Board member for 18 years who is the interim executive director of the Center. So it was her Faith in him which moved the Board and since it was her vision which created the Center and her tenacity which sustained it she had a right to make the recommendation neither Dexter King nor his Mother 68, was Avail Able for interviews. Dexter King a local concert producer is also the head of the King estate the family run group that controls licensing and use of civil rights Pioneer King s name and likeness. It was in that role that he recently had been promoting the creation of a multimedia civil rights museum near the King Center. The changes in leadership come after several other recent changes at the Center which has 58 employees and operates programs in leadership training conflict Resolution and Community development in several american cities and in South Africa. The Center also directs planning for the official annual Observance of the King Holiday. King will formally take Over in March 1995, and he is expected to spend the next few months assembling a new team of managers. His Mother is to continue As aboard member and assume the title of founding presi Dent. Gang members kill 3, wound 6 i re a err r r pc vap _ a Tina pm her or non in in Thev shot my Uncle in the stomach and there alos Angeles a gang members drove up in a car and opened fire on a card game killing three peo ple and wounding six others late sunday in a drug plagued neighbourhood of South Central los Angeles. Two of the wounded were in critical condition said fire. Department spokesman Bob Collis. The others suffered less serious injuries. Some of the victims were playing cards in the front Yard when a car pulled up and someone opened fire with a machine gun said 8-year-old Danny Guerrero who lives a few houses away. Shot my Uncle in the stomach and there Are two other men they killed the boy said pointing at two bodies covered by sheets. Other neighbors said gunfire was common near the two Story stucco House which  from an abandoned lot on a Street strewn with litter and Beer containers. But there were never As Many shots As there were sunday they said. It s tragic that people get shot. But it happens every week there said officer Don Cox a police spokes Man