European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 14, 1995, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday september 14, 1995 . The stars and stripes Page 7 no More Bare a Chuting mayor warns skydivers from the associated press fort Dodge Iowa they floated Down from the sky wearing nothing but parachutes. Next time City officials want to see some clothes too. About 14 or 15 men parachuted in the Buff during the ninth annual labor Day weekend skydiving show. There were people coming Down nude and Landing in front of the Public mayor Joe   ,.-. Mcbride said airborne nudity is unacceptable especially since the City recently battled to prevent a nude dancing juice bar. The problem is we re trying to make sure the City runs on a moral playing Field Mcbride said.  As far As nude skydiving hell you can see nudity anywhere on  " v. Fungus Likely in deaths Cleveland researchers Are All but certain an uncommon fungus killed two infants and made 12 others sick from a rare illness that causes bleeding in the lungs. The illness known As pulmonary demos Derosis infected the children in Cleveland and two suburbs Between january 1993 and january 1995. The disease is so rare that we May never be 100 percent sure of the cause but this is Likely to be As close As we Ever get Timothy Horgan Cuya Hugai. County health commissioner said monday. The fungus is a Black Slimy Mold that grows Only under very wet conditions and Only on cellulose materials such As Wood and paper. Researchers found it in All but one of the Homes where the infected babies lived and More in those Homes than in neighbouring. Houses where children did not get sick. In the two years that the 14 illness were reported in Cleveland Only 31 other eases appeared nationwide the researchers will now try to determine Why so Many cases were concentrated in the area said Dri Dor Dearborn of Rainbow babies and children Hospital.  a a a. A a. Dead cop s crimes unravel Bedford . A Veteran police officer who apparently killed himself less than a week after he was charged with sodomizing a teen Ager had molested As Many As 50 boys the police chief said tuesday. A. Police chief David Mardeh told Gannett suburban newspapers that Joseph Peters 54, had a secret life that began unravelling july 18 when a Man now in his 30s, told police that he had been molested by Peters More than 20 years ago that prompted a six week investigation that revealed the 24-year department Veteran had been using his position to prey on Young boys Marden said. He said there were Between 25 and.50 victims although fewer than 10 have come Forward. Peters was arrested sept. 6 and suspended from the Brce. His body was discovered monday near a Reservoir. He apparently shot himself once in the head sunday evening. Marden said Peters would not be accorded traditional police officer s ceremony and officers would not be allowed to attend Hist neral in uniform. Baltimore mayor easily beats rival in prior dry Baltimore a mayor Kurt Schmoke launched a last minute get out the vote drive that swept him to a 20 Point democratic primary Victory against an opponent who had seemed within striking distance Only Days earlier. The City s first elected Black mayor who enlisted at least 50 trucks borrowed from minority contractors to haul Vot ers to the polls helped push turnout to More than 50 per cent tuesday. /. According to unofficial results Schmoke the two term mayor led Mary Pat Clarke by 59 percent to 39 percent. With All votes counted except for Absentee ballots sch Moke had 83,959 votes compared with 54,658 for Clarke the White president of the City Council. Kelley Brohawn who drives a water taxi had 2,809 votes or 2 percent. With democrats making up 85 percent of Baltimore s 338,000 registered voters winning the primary is Tanta mount to winning the mayor s seat. Republican car Salesman Victor Clark jr., 50, will be Schmoke s opponent in november. Ladies and gentlemen you won we won Baltimore won Schmoke said at a Victory Celebration where sup porters chanted four More years Clarke had trailed by a statistically insignificant 4 percentage Points in a poll Over the weekend. Polls had shown voters split largely along racial lines. So in a City where 63 percent of residents Are Black getting the vote out was key for Schmoke said Brad Coker a pollster for Mason Dixon political Media research. It was a turnout game Coker said. They got out the vote in West Baltimore which is predominantly Black. Schmoke received 96 percent of the vote in his Home precinct compared with 78 percent for Clarke in her Home precinct. Clarke who earned a reputation in 16 years on the City Council for fixing potholes and getting rid of rats told supporters that she s through with politics and plans to go to divinity school. It was always a Ibn shot Challenge a David and Goliath fight she said. I gave it my Best shot.". Schmoke a Rhodes scholar Yale graduate and for Mer policy wonk in the Carter administration gained the attention of National policy makers for his stand on Urban renewal and decriminalizing drugs. Crime and c Urban de Cline have been major Campaign issues in Haiti More where there is an average of about a murder a Day. The mayor s own parents were robbed at gun Point earlier this year in front of their Home. Schmoke outspent Clarke raising $1.2 million to her $800,000. But she won the endorsement of Schmoke Baltimore s Only major newspaper the Sun which supported Schmoke when he ran successfully in 1987 and 1991. Schmoke s ads criticized Clarke As a woman with strange notions such As taxing drug deals and no solutions to the City s problems. Clarke s ads held Schmock responsible for a crime rate that has risen 41 percent Over the eight years he. Has been in office. By Timothy m. Phelps new Day / Fairfax a. Supreme court Justice Clarence Thomas who often works at Home when the court is not in session was not there tuesday when the Rev Al Sharpton and 400 other protesters came to Call. He had Rush Limbaugh s wedding at his House shouted Sharpton Over a megaphone referring to the stridently conservative radio commentator. But today Clarence guess who s coming to dinner Sharpton comedian Dick Gregory civil rights Leader the Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth and other Blacks angry with Thom As voting record got no closer to Thomas dining room tuesday than the beginning. Of the Short suburban Street on which he lives in an upper class neighbourhood ,. Where Washington suburbs meet Virginia Farmland. Sharpton the $550,000 House that Thomas and his wife Virginia had built for them on a acre lot after his confirmation four years ago was Well out of sight around a Corner and behind a thick screen of Trees. The protesters were not allowed any farther because the Street is private property belonging to the 22 Honic. Owners in the Haven word neighbourhood association. Fifty Fairfax county police officers plus Security from the court and the Justice department were on hand to make sure no one trespassed but. There were no Inci dents Sharpton said the prayer Vigil 25 Miles outside Washington was in response to remarks attributed to the Justice last month by his Friend newspaper columnist Armstrong Williams. Williams quoted Thomas As saying that he had voted against affirmative action and legally mandated school desegregation because they were against god s  you cannot embrace racism to Deal with racism. It snot Christian Williams said Thomas told him. Sharpton said tuesday that using religious beliefs to decide Legal questions violates tie doctrine of separa Tion of Church and state. What s More he said the presence tuesday at the Vigil of Many ministers who Are in the. God business makes Clear that Thomas is wrong. �. A supreme court spokesman said tuesday that Thomas had no comment. David Paxton a neighbor of Thomas said the demonstration was a waste of time and created anxiety for the schoolchildren whose parents had to drive through the crowd to get them Home. But one boy seemed to have a different reaction. He gave the demonstrators the thumbs up sign from the Back of a car entering have Wood. Powell Clinton share some ideas Mccurry says Washington a retired . Army Gen. Colin l. Powell s views on abortion and gun control Are Akin to president Clinton s and starkly differ ent from those of gop presidential hopefuls a White House spokesman said tuesday. There is some common ground think ing there said presidential spokesman Mike Mccurry citing Powell s comments in an Abc interview and trying to poke fun at republicans. While applauding Powell s comments on Domestic matters Mccurry bristled at his criticism of Clinton s handling of for eign policy. The policy process for making foreign policy in this administration is consider ably advanced from the time that Gener Al Powell last checked in on it Mccurry said. The world  turned and time and things have moved  Powell was chairman of the joint chiefs of staff in the Early part of the Clinton administration. He has kept the political establishment guessing about whether he will enter the presidential race. He won t even say whether he might run As a Republican Independent or Democrat. In the interview Powell said he sup ports abortion rights sees a Benefit in affirmative action and does not object to some gun controls or to a moment of is Len prayer in schools As Long As it is not mandatory. I wonder How easy it would be for him to Advance those types of ideas with in a Republican presidential primary pro Cess Mccurry said. He suggested that Powell represents a Breed of Liberal republicanism in the vein of Jacob javits of new York Clifford Case of new Jer sey and Charles Mcc. Mathias or. Of Maryland. A i did t think that Wing of the gop was alive and Well,.but maybe it is my Curry said. Mccurry said americans still need to hear detailed comments by Powell on tax and budget policy and other issues. So 1 can t make any judgment about whether he is an Echo of president Clinton at this Point the White House spokesman said