European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 27, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                6 tugs haul Ore vessel off Bridge Bay City. Mich. Api six tugs pulled a Foo Foo freighter away from a drawbridge thursday night and moored ii in lilt Saginaw River while officials checked i he vessel and the Bridge for damage. The Joseph Friml. Carrying 13,000 tons of rocks an gravel was freed from the Independence hide no Abou to . By the lugs  . Const guard  Hosl Cvar. The Ore freighter bound for the win Stone Dock on theother Side of the Bridge in Bay City is owned by Oglebay Norton co of Cleveland. It was pushed into the Bridge wednesday morning about 36 hours before in was freed by High water and Strong currents in the rain swollen River. Officials have  there did t appear to be any serious damage to the ship or the Bridge. Both will be examined More closely before the ship is allowed to continue and before the Roadway across the Bridge is reopened the . The drawbridge which had remained in the raised Posi Tion since the freighter hit it. Was lowered after the ship was freed Stover . Saturday. September 27, 1986 the stars and stripes Page 5 tugs get into position to pull the freighter Joseph r. Nintz away from the drawbridge in buy City Mich. Chicago property taxes raised . Troopers As angry aldermen Square off crack major gambling Rin Chicago up mayor Harold Washington won a major Victory and i i ,000 City workers averted Layoff when his City Council backers passed a record $79.9 million property tax increase amid debate so hostile that two aldermen nearly came to blows. The action taken during the nearly violent City Council meeting wednesday avoided threatened layoffs of thousands of critical cily employees. The tax increase pushed by Washington to bal Ance the 1986 budget and avoid layoffs including police officers firefighters and health and sanitation workers was passed 26-24. Afier the vote one Alderman nearly punched another. The City Council also approved a 5-Ccnl-a-gallon increase on All fuel purchased in Chicago which could mean an additional s27 million in Revenue thai would be used to offset the property lax in crease. The showdown brought a standing room Only crowd into the Council Chambers. Police also received an Anonymous Call saying a bomb would go offal cily Hall before and after the property tax increase Wao passed aldermen on both sides of the Issue shouted personal a lacks at each other and the mayor. 14 postal workers face drug charges Pittsburgh up fourteen employees have been indicted on charges of Selling drugs at . Postal service facilities authorities  thursday. The employees Are accused of Selling heroin cocaine marijuana Ltd  and Percodani at mail distribution centers in the Pittsburgh area according Loa grand jury indictments. Authorities began making arrests wednesday night a government statement . The sales Are  to have occurred primarily at the air mail facility at the greater Pittsburgh International air port the main Branch of the Pittsburgh Post office on i Herity s North Side and at a bulk mail Center in Warric Ndal  of the 14 have Pittsburgh addresses and the others arc from surrounding areas. They Range in age from 25 toss. Marijuana Farmers set deadly traps Washington a deadly Viet Cong style trans such As camouflaged pits studded with Sharp ened Slakes Are being used by marijuana growers on trails leading to drug plantations in some Stales a Forest service official  thursday. Fish Hooks dangling from Trees at Eye level an pipe bombs detonated by trip wires also Are being used by armed growers who at limes launch sniper attacks on Federal agents w keep them off the plantations according to Deputy chief Dale Robertson. The situation has prompted the Forest service toward the Public off of 946,000 acres of its 191 Mil lion acre system. We re telling people that these areas Are unsafe for the Public Robertson . The marijuana growers Don t realty want to Hurt anyone. They do want to scare people away from the plantations. Robertson confirmed that some growers have hoi Lowed out pits along Forest trails placed sharpened Slakes on the floor of these traps and then covered them with branches and leaves. Belief that the situation is getting out of control has spurred the agriculture department to draft legislation thai sets up a Law enforcement Arm in the Forest service. The measure would enable Forest service employees to carry firearms serve warrants and make arrests searches end seizures. Nancy Reagan film focuses on teen problems ,.  n .,.b1i or a re tinn Pink i far in Etc 1ft i raft us i Holt 11 a Pittsburgh a first lady Nancy Reagan w2�r_"T._?_-.i1 a suicide and school Iruan drug abuse is often related to a Host of other prob lems facing teen agers and they a item torn i a com Sair a saw Dunn i a Well and doing right each needs to know that exploring one s own talents is More satisfying than the false Promise of escape through magic potions secret in riles truancy or suicide she told about 165 Community task Force organizers. Nobody was really listening when she began speaking out against teen age drug and alcohol abuse in the Early 1980$, she Saida int of or of or met an Espair u  Nah Natof nabs we elsts. It s taken five years 10 get us to this Point. Wet h .7T T sen Hope thai life is won did t reach this Point quickly and it s not going to be livin7sen it i " All right to Ste Pride in doing solved quickly. But we have made Progress . Totowa . A state police arrested 44alleged members of the Genovese organized crime family thursday on charges of running a 11 million a Weck gambling ring that included a Clandestine Casino and $30,000 card games. Authorities  the arrests dismantled a major fac Tion of the family in new Jersey. Rather than arresting selected leaders who can be re placed this Lime we re going to try to take the entire corporation  stale attorney general a Cary Edwards. Putting $52 million of business out of operation you re putting a major Dent in the Reno vase family he .in Early morning raids in seven counties 200 troop cars seized gambling records and j 149.000 from Homes a Union local office a social club and a lounge. They also seized $650,000 in Bank certificates of Deposit. Among those arrested was Andrew m. Gerardo 56,whom Edwards  oversaw the operation from his cell at the Clinton correctional institution where he was jailed on previous racketeering and gambling convictions. Sands of time in the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. Sept. 27, 1946 the 355,000 poles still in Ger Many were offered a two month Supply of food i they would leave their displaced persons Camps and return to Poland before the first of he year. 30 years ago today. Sept. 27,1956 israeli Irp Ops thrust into Jordani an territory in what officials in Jerusalem called a reprisal against repeated aggression 20 years ago today. Sept. 27, 1966 the California slate Republican chairman was accused of receiving More than 130,000 from a secret slush fund maintained by financial backers of the cop candidate for governor Ronald Reagan. 10 years ago today. Sept. 27. 1976 the presidents of five Black Afri can countries in a joint communique from Lusaka Zambia rejected White ruled Rhodesia s terms for surrender Loblack majority Rule within two years and called on Britain to Convene a rhodesian Constitution Al conference outside the country immediately