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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 2, 1980, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page the stars and stripes tuesday september 2, 1980 Fri seeking 4 in Casino bomb plot Sta Teune. Nov. Up Fri agents fearful that Harvey s bomb extortionists might strike again because they Felt they were double crossed said monday they have a number of suspects Fri special agent in charge Joseph Yablonsky made inc comment in response to a Story in the san Francisco chronicle that agents have four specific suspects in connection Wilh inc $3 million extortion at tempt last week at the 11-Story Lake Tahoe  chronicle which attributed its information to a source close to the investigation said the Fri Learned the identities of the four through leads provided after Casino officials offered $200,000 in Reward Money. Asked whether the Fri had pinpointed the suspects Yablonsky said we have a number of suspects As is Normal in All investigations of this nature. However to ask if we have a Concrete situation where we have focused in to the exclusion of All other suspects the answer is  the source said inc four went separate ways after the bomb was accidentally detonated wednesday by three bomb squad experts trying to disarm it by Remote control. Two men and one woman were known to have delivered the bomb to Harvey s on  urgency of the Fri search was intensified because of a warning in the extortionists three Page letter which said in the event of a double Cross there will be another time sometime in the future when another attempt will be made. We have the ways and Means to get another bomb  the Fri said the Ransom Money was flown to a Remote spot at the instruction of the extortionists but there was no one there to continue the Exchange which would have led authorities to a Safe Way of removing the bomb from the second floor executive offices. Yablonsky called the extortion attempt a fiendish scheme and Fri agent Daniel Camillo said since they did it once there s always the possibility of them doing it a second  added that the extortion team has inc expertise. The other Factor is How Long it will take to construct another  had said it would take two weeks to construct a bomb like the one that ripped through Harvey s. But it could be sooner if the team had All the materials at hand. Like a miniature mount St. Helens Pittsburgh s Carlton House hold which hid stood proudly Tor 28 years and housed a Galaxy of famous dignitaries including soviet Premier Rituta Khrushchev crumbles o the in fwd in Ullh seconds. A Cloud of Black dust cloaked the sky where la 16-Story Structure had stood moments before. It looked like a miniature mount s. Helens one of scorer said. Owned by the is. Steel corp., the elegant $5-million downtown hotel built in 1952, was raied by a controlled implosion to make Way for a 54-Story building As part of the City s Renaissance program. A some residents frightened commandos train in Tex. Bristol Texas a a Small group of men who gather near this Small Ellis county Community for the fun and relaxation of commando style military training exercises has brought complaints from frightened local residents authorities say. But investigators admit they cannot prove any  group called special combat operations team is led by Dallas weapons dealer Ricardo Clofas Lopez 40, who denied in a recent interview that he and his com Mando team arc doing anything wrong. Scot is both a non political and non met stagehand not told of rights times reports subversive organization he said. We re just out in arc training in the event of disasters riots strikes or economic collapse. We re just a Bunch of Guys who gather together to get training mainly Middle class americans that can see fun and relaxation in Good  but Ellis county residents and Law offi cers do not see the fun in what Lopez group does. They re preparing for a revolution said Paul Martin police chief of nearby Ferris who claimed his officers have information that lopc7. Trainees have included members of the Brown berets a militant mexican american organization. Ellis county sheriffs it Virgil Crow said he investigated the group and its privately owned 250-acre training Camp for several months. We did everything from checking their gun dealer licenses to taking Down License plate numbers of those participating in the War games Crow said. They just weren t doing anything  s just nothing illegal about shot ing machine guns on private  local resident Johnny Hart recalls a time when he and a Friend were fishing along the Trinity River and heard automatic weapons fire. Then he said four men dressed in military uniforms carrying military weapons leaped out from Bushes lining the River  looked like they were straight out of Cuba Hart recalled saying the men ordered him and his Friend to leave or they would be killed. Lopez whose organization has been advertised in Soldier of Fortune Magazine defends the commando style activities on the basis of self preservation. New York a a 21-year-old stagehand charged with the murder of Violi nist Helen Hagnes Mintiks made admissions to police the night he was arrested according to published reports. The Case against Craig s. Crimmins who was arraigned saturday following his arrest Friday night is based on circumstantial Evi Dence and statements he made before his booking according to reports in monday s editions of the new York times. However there is some question As to whether such statements would be admissible in court. No lawyer was present when Crimmins made the statements the times report said citing a police source. Accord ing to the paper police said Crimmins had been advised of his rights to have a lawyer. However the times quoted a source familiar with the Case As saying police had not advised Crimmins of his rights before the questioning but had done so later during the interrogation process. According to another report published monday in the daily news Crimmins broke Down and made a statement to police about the slaying of the violinist. The news reported that Crimmins told police he had smoked marijuana for the first time on the Day of the murder. He also agreed to repeat his statement before video tape cameras the paper said. Police refused to comment on either re port. Robert Ellis an attorney retained by Crimmins family said sunday he was just b ginning to investigate the Case and had no basis to suspect the police of violating Crim mins rights. According to police the evidence against Crimmins includes a partial fingerprint found on the roof of the metropolitan opera House from which Mintiks nude gagged and bound but still alive was hurled Down an air Shaft last july 23. Crimmins is said to have told investigators in the course of a series of interviews before his arrest that he had gone to the roof from time to time before and after the murder according to the times. Arthur Zarke wins Hugo for Sci i novel fountains Boston up the fountains of Paradise by Arthur c. Clarke has been awarded the Hugo award for the Best novel of 1979 at boreas icon ii. The 38th world science fiction convention. The awards were resented in a 90-minute ceremony at the Lynes auditorium. Winners in the other categories included Best Novella enemy mine by bar by b. Longyear. Best novelette  by George . Martin. Best Short Story the Way of Cross and  by George . Martin. Best non fiction the science fiction encyclopedia edited by Peter Nichols. Best dramatic presentation the alien produced 20th Century Fox. Best professional artist Micha  
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