European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 28, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday april 28, 1986 the stars and stripes Page 7 $5 million intercepted on Way out of . New York a a . Customs service task Force in the last six months has seized nearly $5 million in undeclared Cash bound from Kennedy Airport for Central american drug factories and Swiss Bank accounts officials said. As an indication of How dirty the Money was suspects were willing to walk away from $500,000 in Cash found in their suitcases or carry on bags saying in effect i Don t know where that came from but it s not mine the daily news reported in its sunday editions. The customs service instituted its operation Buck Stop last october after intelligence sources reported a Sharp increase in the amounts of . Currency being shipped abroad by drug wholesalers bound for Central America to buy cocaine by White Collar criminals hauling their loot to Switzerland and by organized crime figures carrying Cash to finance illegal operations overseas. With a specially trained Money sniffing dog and informants agents have seized Money in carry on bags false bottomed suitcases and even children s toys. Between october 1984 and last october seizures of currency at the Airport amounted to $1 million but in the six months since last october we have seized close to $5 million John Lubczik special agent in charge of customs at Kennedy Airport said. There have been 20 arrests since october. About 90 percent of the Money confiscated has been drug related Lubczik said. And there s no Way to know How much we Haven t seized. What we get is probably Only the tip of the  anti alcohol candidates lose bitter Texas contest Mesquite Texas a two write in candidates backed by a preacher who opposes private clubs that sell liquor and railed against Liberal Loose living leaders have lost a hotly contested City Council Runoff election. Incumbent Terry Brimer 32, vice presi Dent of a Cement contracting company Defeated write in candidate Mary Lassiter 57, a Cable television producer 2,176 to 1,904 saturday. Mike Anderson 29, a com Mercial real estate agent Defeated Archie Palmore a sales representative for a Dallas welding Supply firm 2,180 to 1,880. As for the controversy they tried to make it sound like an alcohol religious Issue Anderson said. That really was t the Issue. The voters turned out and showed they re in favor of the Sale of  mayor Brunhilde Nystrom contended that Palmore and Lassiter were Able to Force runoffs in their races because of a Sermon by the Rev. Ronnie Yarber that blistered Liberal Loose living  the Sermon ran on a Cable television Channel several times during the week pre ceding the april 5 election. Yarber pastor of a local Baptist Church. And other ministers bitterly oppose allowing alcohol serving private clubs into the City. Public Sale of liquor by the drink is Ille Gal in Mesquite but the City Council Cre ated a special zone allowing private clubs within 500 feet of interstate 635. The coun cil has granted two variances one allow ing a dance floor in a restaurant and the other permitting a Bowling Alley outside the zone to operate As a private club. Yarber s sermons run on Cable to a week after he delivers them from the pulpit of Gross Road Baptist Church. He said it was just a coincidence that his Loose Liv ing Sermon ran during the week before the april 5 election. Although Yarber did not mention specific names in his address Nystrom says his message amounted to political trespassing on publicly funded airwaves. I Don t have any problem with their Freedom of speech but they re not going to use our Public Access Channel to indirectly Call me a godless mayor Nystrom said. Yarber claimed it was Nystrom who had turned the election dispute into a personal mat Ter and said his political tactics Are As Ameri can As baseball hot dogs and Apple  would be Bagel chief nabbed after terrorizing Colorado couple Boulder Colo. A a Man who eluded police after they stopped him for trying to shoplift a Bagel terrorized a couple for several hours before he was arrested police said. Richard Dale Hickey 29, of Colorado Springs was being held in the Larimer county jail after being booked for investigation of kidnapping robbery motor vehicle theft and criminal extortion. On thursday fort Collins police responded to a Call from a convenience store that two men had tried to steal a Bagel. Moments later officers stopped a car and arrested the Driver Jerimiah Ardell Cushon 31, of Colorado Springs. Hickey who was in the car fled into a residential neighbourhood. He entered an apartment bound and gagged Alice Mes ser 65, and forced her husband Raymond 65, to withdraw Money from two Banks and drive him out of fort Collins police said. Cushon gave authorities the address of a Boulder apartment where Hickey might be found. Police who arrested Hickey while he slept found two loaded pistols in the apart ment said police spokesman David Grimm. Soapy Bandit has a slip up new Orleans a a Man who broke into a computer consulting office took time for a snack and Shower and police said that was a big mistake. Christopher Patron the owner of the company told police he was spending the night at his office which has a Kitchen and bathroom when he noticed the refrigerator was open and that someone had been snacking on Peanut butter and Orange juice. The naked intruder lunged at him with a piece of pipe. He was All soaped up Patron said. He was definitely in the Middle of his bathing  Patron who said he brought his gun in from his car pointed the weapon at the intruder and held him until police arrived. Cecil s. Freeman 50, of Mineral Wells Texas was charged with aggravated Bur Glary police said. Sunbathers Are dwarfed by what is billed As the world s largest Sand Castle. A photo Florida Sand Castle is a whopper treasure Island Fla. A it s a Castle worthy of a King though it s not Likely to withstand the Sands of time or even the next rainstorm. Billed As the world s largest Sand Castle the lost City of Atlantis stands 250 feet by 150 feet is 58 feet High and weighs an estimated 35,000 tons. Its intricate detail which includes several buildings adorned with staircases Spires and mermaids is the work of architect Todd Vander Pluym and his partner Gerry Kirk two californians who formed Sand sculptors International in their spare time. For the last several years Kirk has taken time off from his general contracting business to build his Sand sculptures around the country. The Atlantis project is their biggest Ever and is believed to be the largest Sand Castle Ever built. It s the Centrepiece of a nine Day festival of concerts and contests that began saturday in this Gulf coast Community near St. Petersburg. The two men their Crew of 20 and hundreds of local volunteers spent two weeks building  it took nearly a week to dredge the Sand and a second week to Complete the actual building. Accident defense held no wafer with this judge Cincinnati up flushed with anger a judge convicted a prisoner of con tempt by abusing the plumbing in his cell and dousing his Honor with toilet water. The judge disregarded arguments by a Public defender that it was All an Accident. Ricky Malone who was unhappy with his cell in the Hamilton county Justice Center faces an additional 60-Day stay for pouring his frustrations onto the head of municipal judge Albert Mestemaker. Malone 33, plugged the toilet in his Sec Ond floor cell with a plastic cup Friday and began Flushing said chief sheriffs Deputy Victor Carrelli. The overflow from repeated Flushing made its Way Down through the vents and crevices to the floor below where Meste maker was holding court Carrelli said. It started As just a few drips the judge said. We did t really think much about it at first. I just moved Over out of the  the drops soon turned to a deluge and Mestemaker was forced to Dodge the water splattering All Over the Bench. At one Point a Bailiff held an umbrella Over the judge before recess was finally called. One of the deputies then came in and said they had figured out what the problem was said Mestemaker. I told them to get the Pris Oner and bring him Down to the  Malone was brought in shackles to the Damp courtroom where the judge charged him with contempt of court. Mestemaker first heard testimony from a guard about the toilet