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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 9, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday february 9, 1987 the stars and stripes Page 5 Drunken Driver bumper sticker prompts suit Oklahoma City a a Man convicted of Drunken driving has filed a 15,5 Mil lion lawsuit claiming that his rights were Vio lated when he was ordered to proclaim his come on a bumper sticker. Leonard r. Rudlang of Midwest cily filed suit in . District court to Challenge a 2-year old program that offers convicted Drunken Drivers a deferred sentence if their cars display a bumper sticker for at least is months. The sticker reads i am a convicted Dpi dui Driver in Midwest cily municipal court. Report any erratic driving to he Midwest cily  dw1 stands for driving Whit intoxicated dui for driving under the influence of alcohol the suit says the sentence is invalid unauthorized unlawful and excessive  such sentences subject people to Embarrass ment humiliation harassment and intimidation All in denial of their rights it contends. Police spokesman Sid Stell agreed that the bumper slickers arc a form of Public Humilia Tion. Bui it s your Choice to be publicly humiliated he said. It is not  Jack Freeman Rudlang s lawyer said Rud Lang s rights were violated when the sentence was imposed and again when Rudlang was later arrested for not displaying the sticker. $17,7 million in bogus Bills seized counterfeiters held a photo secret service agent Al Joaquin displays bogus Money. Los Angeles up two labourers who spent a decade trying to make the perfect counterfeit s100 Bill arc in custody and bogus Bills with a face value of j17.7 million arc in the hands of the secret serv ice. The Case represents the largest seizure of domestically produced counterfeit Money in More than 100 years of secret service h Iszory. We feel real Good about this said Mike Cohen supervisor of he Agency s counterfeit squad. We Ted we nipped ibis in the Bud. These Bills were very Good Quality. Some of them got All the Way to the Federal Reserve before they were  Harold c. Cooper 56, of Buena Park Calif., and Wick a. Helmandollar 40, of Salmon Idaho were arrested thursday evening in a parking lot after they delivered $3.7 million in bogus Bills to under cover agents posing As buyers Cohen said. Subsequent investigation led agents to an Orange county storage locker and about 14 million in phony $100 Bills Cohen said. Agents also found Jio million in the Bills in Idaho on Friday along with a printing press and plates. The arrests and seizure followed an investigation begun in late january after an informant lipped agents that counterfeit Money was turning up in los Angeles. Cohen said the two men arranged with undercover officers to have More counterfeit Cash distributed outside the United Stales Cohen said he said Helena Dollar experimented for 10 years to perfect the Bills. Cooper was in charge of finding partners to help distribute the fake Money he said. Only 1 percent of reality mock terrorist attack on teens toned Down Marietta a. A a mock at tack designed logic teen agers at a jew ish youth conference an idea of terror ism s effects was toned Down saturday to what one sponsor said was Only 1 per cent of  the attack during saturday s session had been planned As a Surprise to give the i 12 teen agers at a conference a taste of what it s like to be involved with terrorists said martial arts instructor Jason Lau who was paid by congregation Elz Chain to stage the attack and give instruction on How to react. But word of the plan got out. Some jewish groups including the israeli con sular office in Atlanta objected saying there was possible physical and emotion a harm to the teens. Cameras were waiting when the at tack began with a single shot at the rear of the synagogue. Several girls giggled. A dozen terrorists dressed in camouflage fatigues walked Down the aisles and took positions around the room. Enactor dressed As a Security guard was wrestled to the floor and held Wilh a gun pointed at his head. Everyone was told to put their hands on their Heads Lau dressed in Black leather shot one person at close Range. It was All Over in four minutes. What you have seen is probably Only percent of the reality Lau said during a 45-Minutc lecture that followed the demonstration. His main message was to keep Calm. I Hope that one Day this can save your life. Be Calm. Don t play the hero. If you hear a shot and go crazy you draw attention to yourself he  this would show there never was intent to in any Way jeopardize the children said rabbi shalom Lewis of congregation Etz Chaim which was Host to the meeting. Burglar left Clear Trail for lawmen Portola Valley Calif. Up lawmen followed the gouge Marks a dumb Crook left while dragging a 400 Pound Safe to his Home and found the sleepy suspect the pried open vault and s1,100 neatly stacked on a table. Glenn n. Frank 30. Was booked into the san Maleo county jail on a burglary charge sheriffs deputies said after crack ing the Case of the missing Safe. Frank liked to hang out at Jan s Valley inn end that was his undoing Deputy Ken Jones said noting the suspect could compete for the dumb crime of the year award if there was one. We were told thai Frank had left the place at closing Lime around 2  Fri Day Jones said. He admitted returning a Short time later though an unlocked rear door in search of something to  instead Frank apparently found the Safe which he could t gel open. So he dragged it outside and about a half Block Down the Street to his cottage Jones said. A private Security guard noticed the Safe was missing and followed the gouge Marks straight to Frank s front door. Deputies were summoned and through the window they saw Frank sound asleep the Safe overturned Wilh the Bottom pried partially open and the Cash on a table. We recovered a the Money Jones said. Wealthy new yorker Young wife missing new York a sir Rudolf Bing wealthy but senile former manager of the metropolitan opera and his younger Bride Are being sought by court appointed conservators of his estate a newspaper reported saturday. Bing 85, and Carolyn Douglass 47, have been missing since a Jan. 12 mental competency hearing in a new York court found that Bing was senile and unable 10 Nubra Lional decisions according to the new York daily news. They were married at Arlington va., on Jan. 9. Two Days after they were or dered to appear Al the hearing. By court order Bing has no Access to his nearly $1 million estate until he re turns to new York. He has nol been officially reported missing. The daily news said that while the conservators attempt to locale Bing the couple travelled from fort Laud Crdal fla., to the Iroquois hotel in Manhattan and to the guest quarters and watergate hotels in Washington . According to the news officials at the Iroquois said the couple stayed there for 10 Days in november and Bing left be Hind his formal cutaway tails Knight Hood medals ribbons from Queen Eliza Beth and his austrian medal of Honor. Bing managed the met until 1972 and is on its Board of directors said Johanna Fiedler of the met. He has also recently worked for Columbia artists manage ment she  Paul Gulf a longtime Friend of bings was appointed to oversee the estate on Jan. 29 after a judge ruled that Bing was suffering from alzheimer s Dis ease a degenerative brain disease and was unable to make rational decisions or care for his  charged in court papers thai Bing had come under the Complete domination of Douglass. We intended to Leach the children. We wanted the children to know what itis like to be under a terrorist attack he said. Lewis had said he had reservations about allowing the demonstration in the synagogue but recent violence against jews particularly the attack last septem Ber on Istanbul s main synagogue that left 21 people dead convinced rim that these people have no respect for a Sanc  it can happen anywhere he said. We want to give  kids a sense of what reality is  Panasof time in the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. Feb. 9, 1947 the British fuel min ister said Public failure to cooperate in an electricity Cut to combat Britain Swinter fuel crisis would mean Complete disaster for the country in 10 Days. 30 years ago today. Feb. 9, 1957 the Justice depart ment ordered a sweeping grand jury investigation into charges thai the Oil Industry illegally took advantage of the Middle East crisis to boost Oil prices 20 years ago today. Feb. 9, 1967 Viel Cong terrorists shattered the lunar new year truce with a hand grenade explosion thai killed seven people in Cholon the chinese District of Saigon. 10 years ago today feb. 9, 1977 president Carter called . Nuclear Power Superior to in soviet Union s and invited Moscow to conclude a Quick agreement on Strate Gic arms limitation by Selling aside differences Over particular weapons. Carter also vowed to speak loudly in defense of human rights in the soviet Union  
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