European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 1, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                April 1985 the stars and stripes beached ship becomes an artificial reef fort up the venezuelan freighter Mercedes which spent the Winter wedged against a seawall at Palm Beach millionaire Mollie Wil Mots has been sent to the Bottom of the blasts of int saturday sent the 197foot freighter 110 feet below the surface for use As an artificial reef about a mile eight 45pound charges of int were used to blow holes in the Bottom of the freighter so it would the Rusty 570ton vessel gained notoriety when a thanksgiving storm rammed it into the seawall of Wil Mots Palm Beach wedged in Beach it defied All efforts to remove it for More than three its sitting upright in 110 feet of water with the Bow facing coast guard spokesman Dale Potvin it went Down real in about 30 Wilmot reportedly was there in the Goodyear Blimp to watch the sinking of the freighter which spent 105 Days wedged in Beach Sand behind her she had not planned to attend the but changed her mind at the i might regret not seeing her said Shes been gone three weeks and i didst realize How much i had grown accustomed to Wilmot said she wished the freighter didst have to be blown id much rather have her disappear quietly and but i dont know if its possible to sink a boat that she when salvages finally tugged the Mercedes i Back to sea last the occasion touched off a round of parties at Palm More parties developed saturday As about pleasure ships circled the weathered vessel in Prepa ration for its hundreds of Beac goers watched the ship go it took a massive Effort by Salvage Crews to free the Mercedes i from where it broke through a seawall and beached itself beside Wilmot swimming Pool along millionaires Row in Palm Beach during the when it finally was at a Cost to the state of it was determined the ship was no longer sea worthy and the decision was made to sink it for use As an artificial the Mercedes i goes Down in a Cloud of smoke off fort a photo san Francisco cops ripped for classroom takeover san Francisco up outraged City officials lambasted the chief of san Francisco embattled police department Over a training exercise in which two Rifle wielding officers seized a classroom filled with frightened 5th Board of supervisors president John Molinari indicated that chief Cornelius Mur who has come under criticism for a series of embarrassing incidents by the de should be its up to the mayor to Molinari she appointed him and Shes got to be the one to decide whether he should remain or but when these incidents keep piling the blame can Only go to one mayor Dianne Feinstein asked the police department for a written report of the exer i want to know Why the exercise was authorized and what it was intended to Feinstein if the incident is As reported it is 100 percent the mayor according to the police were conducting a training stakeout of an abandoned Junior High school on March 13 when the two officers entered the nearby Taylor elementary school in the cites visitacion Valley witnesses said the armed with walked into a 5th Grade classroom and ordered the teacher and 33 students to the officers said they were using the classroom As an observation i thought they were going to kill said Natalie a student at the Lakisha i was really they had a they were going door to at the end of the 40minute witnesses said the pair of officers strolled through a playground filled with startled the men reportedly Slung the rifles Over their the very idea of allowing Rifle toting members of the police As part of a training to invade a classroom filled with Young children is sheer stupidity and is highly supervisor Willie Kennedy i think this incident provides compelling evidence the police department needs new management All across the Kennedy top department including chief said they were unaware of the exercise until an account of it was printed by the san Francisco Board of education president Myra Kopf urged the superintendent of schools to fire Virginia the elementary school principal who police said allowed officers to conduct the 1 know it was bad and maybe in was the Only time she had bad but in my estimation it was Kopf school superintendent Robert Alioto reportedly refused to fire Gordon but said he will begin an investigation into the san Francisco police have come under fire for the arrests of porn Star Marilyn who was apprehended on stage for charges that later were and san Francisco chronicle columnist Warren a critic of who was taken into custody on a traffic warrant and for walking his dog without a criticism of the department reached a High Point last summer after training offi cers in an initiation stunt hired a prostitute to perform a sex act on a Rookie officer tied to a chair in a downtown restau now that super stars and stripes is delivered to mailboxes in most government housing areas for just per keep up with news and enjoy your favorite comics 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