Salina Journal (Newspaper) - February 7, 1993, Salina, Kansas the Salina Journal i i A Serving Kansas since 1871 INS OF Journal tins Category directory Page 16 Kansas February 1993 Dinkins Crusader Ashe dies of AIDS By The Associated Press New York Mayor David Dinkins said he lost a very loving friend when he learned of the death of tennis great Arthur I have lost a very dear and very loving Arthur Dinkins said in a state Simply words cannot suffice to capture a career as glori a life so fully or a com to justice as firm and as fair as was Nor can words suffice to capture the sense of loss I feel in knowing he is no longer among a crusader for human rights and AIDS died Saturday afternoon of pneu He was the only black man ever to win the Wimbledon championship and the revealed April 8 that he had He said he was infected by a blood transfusion dur ing heart bypass probably in an avid tennis said Ashe was one of his idols on and off the Ashe and the mayor played tennis together many times and were close friends off the said Jen a spokeswoman for the From his very early Ar thur Ashe always kept his eye on the not just on the tennis court but in every single aspect of his Din kins said in the He cele the many championships he the many records he But day in and day always he won dered about and worried for those less fortunate than Tireless leader Arthur Ashe fought for human rights and against Page 33 POOL PLAYERS Steven Hanson and Blues and Bluegrass plays poolside at the YWCA Saturday morning while swimmers take laps in Scott Journal the Lessie Deiner joined Hanson to help the YWCA kick off the various activities of Clinton set to buy insurance for economy Stimulus program to get goahead By The Associated Press WASHINGTON In the past the economic news could hardly have been better brisk retail a big jump in factory orders and even a significant decline in the unemployment With all these signs of an economic some might wonder why President Clinton is going ahead with a program to give the economy an extra shove a move that could add billion or so to a budget deficit already headed into the strat Private economists say there really is no they is taking out a small insurance policy to guard against the economy doing to him what it did to George A year Bush administration officials decided they did not need to put forward a massive stimulus pro gram because the economy was well on its way out of the But encouraging signs that winter faltered in the spring as the jobless rate climbed to an high of a rise that played a big part in dooming Bushs While the recovery looks sus right it is still on a razors edge and the administration The good news the positive economic news reported last week Dow Jones Average Climbs points to re Cord Unemployment Falls to percent In Productivity Jumps Retail sales Strong soles reported in Factory orders crease percent in Jan Index of leading In Up percent in New sales Soars percent in De is trying to buy a little said Roger an economist at Hill the largest private forecasting The government reported Friday that the unemployment rate dipped to percent in the lowest level in a as employers added jobs to their the biggest gain in six But economists were less than Page 11 Nanny problem a pitfall of new era Wichita area braces for Boeing layoffs By MICHAEL BATES The Associated Press WICHITA Boeing Those two words attract quick attention in an area where the states largest private and other aircraft manufacturers are the mainstay But after the initial questions Is it true How many For how long people seem to find ways to cope with another decline in a cyclical Thats the process that began two weeks ago when Boeing announced it was cutting airliner production more than onethird and would make significant layoffs in Though the com pany still hasnt said how many of its roughly workers will lose their Machinists union officials and others say the number is between and This is no experience for said Don president of McGinty Machine one of dozens of small machine shops that rely heavily on Boeing for subcontracting Weve been through this before many McGinty wants to keep his full staff of 21 but he knows that means hustling new His 45yearold shops output is 75 per cent Boeing Well have some voids in our production he But theres still Beech and Learjet here and Bell Helicopter in And this may force us to go outside the aircraft manufacturing businesses to medical equipment parts or something like Boeings workers live in rural areas and small towns all over southcentral Kansas and northern spreading the economic effect far outside For in about 250 families are Thats a third of the school districts population in the city east of Without firm layoff economists are reluctant to estimate the But a 1990 Wichita State University study found for every dollar in wages Boeing another dollar in wages was paid University of Kansas economist Bob Glass said every job lost at Boeing will be matched by another job lost elsewhere in the Its going to start out in the Wichita and it will he El all those places are going to be About Kansas companies sell million in goods or services to Boeing each Some estimates say Boeing generates almost 6 percent of all the wages earned in Charles president of Kansas the states economic development said the recession may finally be catching up to Kansas after its effects were only lightly felt Boeing cut almost workers in In recent Sears announced the closing of a Wichita catalog center that employed almost and Beech Aircraft announced 375 layoffs in Wichita and The cumulative Warren is million in wages pulled from the Kansas By The Associated Press WASHINGTON From the the spotlight on Clinton has il not just a man but a gen His hapless search for a female attorney general is providing an awkward case in The nanny problem has now sunk two potential attorneys general and given the first BabyBoom pres ident a unwelcome tutorial in one of the new pitfalls of this new Zoe Baird might have been dis missed as a fluke but for Kimba Both women hired illegal immigrants as baby reflect ing what turns out to be a relatively common practice among profes mothers around Clintons Obviously we have here a social a social said Todd a sociologist at the Uni versity of Professional women want com petent help that they can hire Those people tend to be recent and a considerable number of them will be Clintons dilemma The president resumes his search for an attorney general lawyers disagree on the federal ban of hiring illegal 8 Clinton took responsibility for Bairds downfall but is blaming the second half of the double stumble on whom aides said denied three times she had this type of Its hardly the way a president wants his term to as potential rivals and foes assess his But some observers say these are the inevitable consequences of moving beyond the conventional pool of older male candidates for top government Clinton is trying to break a pat said Ann former polit ical director of the Democratic These nominees are break ing new Not that earlier contestants didnt See Page 11 We talk them through the and help them get over their Cynthia Martinez RAPE CRISIS TEAM FOR THE VICTIMS SAKE Team approach helps victims through ordeal By SHARON MONTAGUE The Salina Journal She had dialed the phone number of the Domestic Violence Association of Central Kansas several only to hang up when the call was I knew I needed Georgia but I didnt know how to ask for at the urging of her two finally reported to police last April that her husband had raped and beaten but she still didnt have the courage to ask for So when the victim advocate from showed up at the hospital where she was who asked that her real name not be was I wanted her Georgia but I wouldnt have asked someone to call Thats just the reason the Salina Police Department and the Saline County Sheriffs Department formed a team to deal with rape detectives in rapes told victims theyd call if the victim and most times the victim the ad are called in with the detectives to provide support to the The team has been in force since June Officials said that partly because of the support the team provides a higher percentage of reported rapes are being and law enforcement and vic tim advocates are working together better than According to records from the Salina Police Department and the Saline County attorneys 25 rapes were reported to police in and 15 of those cases were found either to be false reports or arrests were Three people were prosecuted for rape in In rapes were and 17 were either found to be false reports or arrests were Eleven cases were Building a team The rape team is made up of two detectives each from the police and sheriffs and three victim advocates from The advocates are volunteers and are on call 24hours a day for a month at a The four detectives on the team are the only ones in the two departments who in rape Each time a rape is one of the three advocates is called in to Team members have specific training to deal with Marlene director of taught the three advocates how to collect evidence from the rape victims in the hos Page 10 Photos by Scott The victim really needs an objective per someone whos not going to get Marlene Hansmann Sunny highs 55 to West winds 10 to 15 Increasing cloudiness lows in the
