European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 8, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes monday decembers. 1986 tyke on a Bike eleven month old Kristofer Thomas has the look of a big wheel As he Sils in a $12,000 motorcycle in new York recent Cycle powered by a 1970 Volkswagen by. The three wheeled Chrome plated engine was one of Many that were on display the new York custom or and hot Rod show Boston area Banks join forces to Reward robbery informants Boston a in something of a return to the old West 33 Boston area financial institutions have gotten together to offer rewards leading to the capture of Bank robbers. The cooperative called the metropolitan Holdup Alert Liason team halt has paid out four ,000 rewards since it began running newspaper advertise ments in february said founder George Coleman head of Security at the Boston five cents savings  key to the monthly ads Are photographs of suspects snapped by surveillance cameras. Most of the Banks also Post the ads in heir lobbies to discourage criminals and reassure customers about Security. We Haven t had any robberies since we joined said South Weymouth savings Bank Security officer William Babbit. I think some of them think twice if they see the ads posted in the  the Reward incentive has worked quickly according to Bank Security officers. A week after Capitol Bank joined the program for example it was robbed and suspect was captured the next Day thanks 10 an informant s lip. In another instance a Man wanted for several hold ups was captured in new York City after someone noticed his picture in an and and called the Fri. He has since been charged with 17 Bank robberies including two at member Banks. The Cash awards arc presented to people who give information that leads to an indictment. The determination is made by the Bank robbery task Force whose Telephone number is on the ads. Even if a jury fails to convict the alleged robber the informant still keeps the Money. We Don t gel too Many Crank Calls. Most of the people have information we can use Coleman said. All informants remain Anonymous. Coleman said he is pleased with the operation s successes. He estimates that the percentage of armed hold ups has decreased by 25 percent in member Banks. Coleman said the Banks Are charged a yearly fee based upon the number of offices and branches they have. The Boston five for example pays $3,000 per year. The smallest Banks with Only one office pay $300.the program co founded by Peter Howerton of the provident institution for savings was modelled after a similar program in Detroit. Diver crib Ca offer shark attack Monterey Calif. A a scuba diver was at tacked saturday by what experts say May have been a great White shark up to 15 feet Long. The diver was hospitalized in critical condition. Frank Gallo 27, of san Jose suffered a punctured right lung and lacerations 10 his right shoulder jaw neck and forearm in the attack of Carmel River stale Beach said Bob Miskimon a spokesman for Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula. He s doing incredibly Well considering what he medical Center faces fines new York a mount Sinai medical Center faces thousands of dollars in fines for performing its first heart transplant without state certification a spokesman for the slate health department has said. The transplant was performed aug. 27 on an unidentified Young Man. Went through,11 said Charles Bancroft a Ranger appoint Lobos state Park who was on duty near the Beach and went to the Hospital later. He s going to have quite a Story to  said one of the doctors told him the size of the shark bite wounds made it Likely that a great White shark at least 12 to 15 feet Long was responsible. The Ranger said he was aware of Only two previous shark attacks in the past five Yean both involving great  Beach was closed after the attack As a precautionary measure said Claude Wilkerson a Park  was about Iso Yards offshore and 30 feet beneath the surface when he was attacked Bancroft said. He signalled to friends that he was in trouble and was carried to Shore on a diving mattress ban Croft  whiles which can measure up to 25 feet Long Are considered the most dangerous Sharks. The movie jaws was about such a shark. Scientists do not know Why Sharks sometimes attack people. Stateside police arrest couple who harboured 104 dogs lawrencev1lle, a. A authorities raiding a Home found 104 dogs some jammed in pairs into travel carriers and others packed into pens and a storage  had obtained a search warrant far the Home of Dale and Bobelle Phillips after complaints from neighbors. Most of the animals lacked food and water and were surrounded by excrement and mud according to the Gwinnell county animal control officer Regina , is was charged with obstructing an officer a felony. Mrs Phillips was charged Wil cruelty to animals a Misdemeanour. Both were released on property Bonds. Priest shortage May Spur Parish closings mergers Providence . A a shortage of Young priests has forced the roman Catholic diocese of Providence to consider closing or merging up to 25 parishes in the next is Yean. Bishop Louis e. Gelineau said. While the priest shortage Hai not been acute in Rhode Island one of the nation s meat heavily Catholic Stales there still Are not enough recruits to take the place of priests approaching retirement Gelineau said. The diocese foresees a drop from the current 310 priests to about 245. Or a 20 percent Cut inthe year 2000, he said but added that the Esti mate is just the human  damaged poo table Falls crushes boy 3, to death Baltimore a a 3-year-old boy a crushed to death when a damaged Pool table propped against a Wall at a recreation Center Fenon top of him police said. The table fell on Harold Long after be bad crawled behind it to retrieve a checker j piece police said the boy was pronounced dead at  about an hour after the Accident at the Robert c. Marshall recreation Center in West Baltimore