European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 12, 1980, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes Friday september 12, 1980 Fri reports 616 bombings in first half of 1980 Washington a there were 616 bombings in the first six months of i to a 4 percent increase Over the first half of 197. I by director William h. Webster has announced. The Fri said the bombings included 420 explosives and 196 firebombs. They caused 12 deaths seven injuries and More than $3.3 million in property damage. The prime target of the bombings were Homes which accounted Tor 31 percent of the incidents. The other major targets were businesses vehicles and schools. The Fri said that eight of those who died in the blasts were the individuals responsible for the bombings while three of those killed were the intended victims and one was an innocent bystander. There were eight bombing deaths in the . The first half of 1979. The Fri also said that in arc were 70 injuries from bombings in the first six months of 1980, a decline from the 85 in the same period the previous year. Anderson suggests voter pick another candidate los Angeles Dpi John Ander son has done something unusual for a presidential candidate he suggested to a voter that it May be Best if be was to vote for someone else. An unidentified caller told Anderson who was heard on a Kab radio talk show that he was confused because he liked Anderson s personality but disagreed with him on most issues. He then asked the Illinois congressman for advice. I m going to be very careful Ander son said i Don t want to lose your vote. But i think issues Are the important  Anderson said be 4id not expect every one to agree with him All the time. But fundamentally i have to be honest with you sir Anderson added. I Don t think you should elect a Man on the basis of personality but on a basis of where be comes Down on the issues an Derson said. Suspect held for threatening to kill Reagan Milwaukee up the . Attorney s office announced it has filed charges against a 39-year-old Man who allegedly told an acquaintance he planned to kill Republican presidential nominee Ronald Reagan. Frank Salandich 39, of Milwaukee was charged with attempting to interfere or intimidate Reagan and of wilfully making a threat against him. Reagan recently made a Brief Campaign appearance in Milwaukee. Police said they got a Telephone tip from an acquaintance of Salandich saying the suspect had made the threatening statement. A police spokesman said officers went to Salandich s Home where the suspect readily admitted. He was going to kill gov.  the Only weapon police found at the Home was a starter pistol. The Man was being held in the City jail on a parole violation and As soon As that is disposed of he will appear for arraignment on the Federal charges. Bag Eton s Niece pleads innocent in extortion Case St. Louis a a Niece of sen. Thomas f. Engleton and her former attorney pleaded innocent o charges hat they attempted to extort 3220,000 from the Missouri Democrat s family business. Elizabeth  Weigand 23, and Stephen Poludnik 29, turned themselves in to . Magistrate William s. Bahn a Day after being indicted by a Federal grand jury. The two were charged with attempting to extort the Money and to harm the rep he took a Joyride through High school Halls Lakeside Springs Ark. Up a pickup truck crashed through the wide Glass doors at the Entrance to Lakeside High school and careened through the Halls tearing Down parts of the Walls and ceiling knocking out lights and causing an estimated $30,000 in damage to the school officials said. Jimmy Anderson 21, of hot Springs was arrested about two blocks from the school. He was charged with criminal mischief and computers could t play chess Worth beep san Jose Calif. A beep hoop blink Buzz were in most often Beard comments among players at the us fran Cisco Bay area Home chess computer championships. There were also models that could Actu ally talk like the $360 memory Ohms challenger that walked off just sat there actually with first prize. Some of them played like patsies said George Koll Snowski who writes a chess column for a san Francisco newspaper. One machine was ahead a whole Bishop and could t via. I Don t know Many people who can play that  he said the computer that won did t play particularly brilliantly and Didu t really have to. The Field included 10 computers each playing four games under strict tournament conditions. Contestants got three minutes before each Mote. Ariz couple wins $4.5 million in insurance suit Phoenix Ariz. Up a Mesa Man and his wife have won a m.5 million judgment in their suit against two insurance companies which cancelled their medical insurance after they were injured in a plane crash. An eight member Maricopa county Superior court jury awarded the judgment to Calvin and Susan Sparks at the end of an eight Day trial. The couple claimed Republic National life insurance co. Of Dallas and american life pension health associates corp. Of Baton Rouge. La., wrongfully cancelled their medical insurance policy. 5 Klein suspects indicted in Detroit nations of Eagleton and . Thyson Man aging director of Missouri pipe fillings co. If convicted Weigand and Poludniak face maximum penalties of seven years in prison and fines totalling $10,500. Eagle Lon told a news conference the Day after his Niece s arrest that she and Poludniak bad threatened to release derogatory information about him unless he and the  business paid $220,000 for com Pany Stock she held. Detroit a five alleged Kun flux klan members were indicted by a fed eral grand jury wednesday in a series of shootings intended to discourage Blacks from frequenting a bar and moving into White neighbourhoods in Detroit the . Attorney s office said. The six count indictment charged that the defendants conspired last month to intimidate George Stewart who is Black from patronizing the sky club bar. Two defendants Raymond Echlin 30, of Detroit and Ronald Richard Bishop jr., 20, of Romulus a suburb Southwest of Detroit were accused of firing gunshots at Stewart while he stood outside the bar and again at Stewart s Home. Stewart was not injured in either Inci Dent. They also were charged with attempting theft of property. He just drove into the school in Adf and drove up and Down the hallways and ran Over doors and everything doing extensive damage said it. Delpp Adams. Police said a White pickup truck that an Derson was driving had been stolen. Superintendent . Shuffield sur rounded by work Crews sweeping up the debris at the High school said damage could reach $30,000. Hirsute thinker the expression on this Frankfurt zoo Gorilla shows that even in a Monkey House a few moments of pensive thought Are needed. Is Heslor stagehand pleads not guilty in violinist s death new York a a stagehand on wednesday pleaded innocent to charges that he murdered and attempted to rape a violinist at the metropolitan opera House in july. Craig Crimmins 21, of the Bronx entered his plea before Justice Milton Wil Liams in Manhattan supreme court. Crimmins lawyer Lawrence Hochheiser did not ask that his client be released on bail immediately saying he wanted to obtain a bit More  Crimmins was being held without bail at the Brooklyn House of detention Segre gated at his own request from other prisoners. He is charged with murdering Helen Hagnes Mintiks 30, on july 23. The victim s body nude and bound was found on a third floor ledge of the Lincoln Center building the next morning. The indictment charges that Crimmins dragged her to the Sirti floor roof bound her and pushed her into an air Shaft. The woman was last seen alive about 9 30 . During a performance of the Berlin Ballet. She left the orchestra pit during a sequence that did not require her presence. After a Large scale manhunt Crimmins was arrested aug. 30, and allegedly made incriminating statements to police to injure James Moore a while bartender at she sky club because Moore had served Blacks at the bar according to the indict the other defendants Are Donald John son 40, of Detroit Richard Johnson 38, of Fenton and Charles Furtaw 56, of Detroit a separate count charged that Bishop Echlin and Richard Johnson tried to Bitalia Date Bernard alien who is Black to Force his family to leave a White neighbourhood in Romulus. According to the indictment a drawing was held among Michigan Kkt members at Bishop s Garden City Home to select someone to injure and harass Allen s family. The indictment did not say who was chosen and a spokesman in the is. Attorney s office declined to say whether violence had been carried out against Allen. No Early solution seen to toxic waste Washington a a surgeon general s report made Public thursday concludes that toxic chemicals seeping into the environment pose a major not growing Public health problem that will plague the nation for years. The report released by three senators supporting legislation dealing with toxic wastes said the extent of the problem is Only now becoming evident. While it will take yrs to fully assess the Hazard the report says we believe that toxic chemicals Are adding to the disease Burden of the United states in a significant although As yet ill defined Way. In addition we believe that this problem will become More Manifest in the years  the report says recent environmental control legislation May help prevent future problems but added we believe however that through this decade we will have to confront a series of environmental emerged  love canal problem died environmental emergencies is the term officials use for such disasters As love canal the new York neighbourhood that discovered it was built on a toxic chemical dump which was poisoning it residents. The surgeon general s report was re leased by Sens. John Culver a Iowa Robert Stafford a it. And John Heinz r-pa., All co sponsors of superfund legislation to Deal with toxic wastes. Two Senate committees were Holteg hearings on the superfund Bill thursday. The Bill is intended to clean up tone chemical Sites and pay their victim through a $4 billion Trust fund financed by fees on the chemical Industry. The Industry has been lobbying to change the legislation to have tie Cost paid for by general tax dollars. But Oft Only a few weeks left before co Greta adjourns there Are serious questions about whether legislation can be enacted. Culver and Stafford said the Surposa general s report and an accompanying re search report by the Library of Cocren provide Clear and convincing evidence for enacting a i Jpe fund Bill this year. Ii he Library of Congress study exam ined 32 major chemical contamination it i dents in which humans were exposed. However the report noted that of Flaky hazardous chemicals and Post Kydes Art so Long lasting and so pervasive in the environment that virtually the entire Ham to population of the nation and indeed Ike world carries some body Burden of one a several of