European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 10, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday. February 10, t987 the Star Sand stripes Page 7 Florida female ring robbing wealthy men fort Lauderdale Fla. A \ ring of attractive and fashionably dressed women armed with potent knockout drugs has been stalking wealthy men in Sou i Florida going Home with them and stealing their valuables police said. Investigators believe the ring is responsible for 20 robberies in the last Sis months Wilh takes of $ 10,000 to $20,000 each the fort Lauderdale news and Sun Sentinel reported Sun Day. One woman has been arrested. It s the use of these drugs that makes it unique and dangerous said Melra dad police detective Mike Crowley. Right now there Are prominent wealthy people being robbed. Just As easily to Morrow there will be prominent wealthy people who arc  deaths caused by Strong sedatives and hypnotics have been recorded after similar robberies in new York los an gics and Chicago detectives said. It s just a matter of Lime before it Hap pens Here said Miami detective enc Camil. We be just been Lucky so  a couple of these Guys have been out for 12 to 17 hours and Don t re member a thing said or. William Hearn chief Lexicology is at the dad county medical examiner s office. Investigators say the women in their Rnid-20s to mid-3qs, look for dates in High class nightclubs and hotels. When the robber is invited to a victim s Home she slips the drug into a drink to Knock him out. These Are women who come off As schoolteachers on vacation or airline stewardesses in Between flights said fort Lauderdale detective Jim Ives add ing that Here is no offer of sex for Money. She was a very articulate attractive woman. Far from anyone you would presume to be setting you up said one victim a fort Lauderdale businessman who spoke on condition of anonymity. It was not a situation where any Money or favor was discussed. It was the kind of meeting that Coulch have taken place in a  investigators us Spiel the number of robberies is higher and More wide spread than reports indicate. They say Many cases May not have been reported because the victims arc from out of town or Are married men who want to avoid explanation or embarrassment. Recent victims include a French Law enforcement official. In almost every Case the victims were wearing expensive rolex watches. Another distinction is the women s habit of removing Telephone Mouth pieces at the victims Homes of prevent them from calling police when they Wake up. Police have been Able to document a dozen cases in dude arid seven in Bro Ward plus one in aim Beach county that led to the arrest of Connie Black. Black was being held in the i film Chach county jail and dec Clivos have issued warrants for two women believed to work with her. Minister hands out condoms to dramatize problem Williamsville . A a minister handed out condoms to his congregation at sunday s serv ice to dramatize the need for measures to Slop the spread of the disease aids. We should be having a dialogue about these issues should t we but most of us Are still squeamish the Rev. Carl f. Titchner told about 250 people who packed the unitarian universalist Church of Amherst. Acknowledging that some people might Call his dramatization a gimmick Titchener said he hoped to make people More aware about aids and other sexually transmitted diseases. Two thirds of the Way through his Sermon Titchener and six Ushers dispensed about 125 boxes cud containing three condoms which he said arc symbols of the fight against aids. It should not be necessary for me to do what we Are doing this  Tilch incr said but the Only ways we have to Stop the spread of this dread disease is to abstain or if we do not abstain to use  the overflow audience applauded him four times and gave him a standing ovation at the end of his 30 minute Sermon. But he quickly left the Church after the service in this suburb of Buffalo saying he had received threats. The Liberal protestant Church s Parent organization in Boston officially took no position on his Effort. Outside the Church about 10 protesters marched in freezing rain some reciting the Rosary others carrying placards Reading a Wolf in sheep s clothing and pro motion of condoms will procure the Wrath of  alluding to an increase in Early diagnoses of Colon cancer after the publicity of president Reagan s treatment for the disease Titchener said similar Progress can be made against acquired immune deficiency syndrome. He called for television stations to accept Advertis ing for condoms which . Surgeon general c. Ever Ett Koop has called the Best deterrent aside from abstinence against the spread of aids. When you go to bed wih another person you go to bed with that person s sexual history said the 56 year old minister. When you go to bed with that part Ner you also go to bed with the sexual histories of All of his or her sexual  noting that other members of the denomination have embraced unpopular causes in the past Titchener said educating people about aids is like a crusade parishioners pass a Box of condoms sunday Al the unitarian universalist Church in Willlams Volle . Against slavery or Hitler. Titchener who is married with four children said he probably would not have spoken on the subject if a fellow minister had not contracted aids. The disease for which no cure is known attacks the body s immune system leaving victims susceptible to a spectrum of cancers and infections. As of feb. 2, aids had been diagnosed in 30,396 peo ple in the United states and claimed 17,338 lives Accord ing to the centers for disease control in Atlanta. Aids is most often transmitted through sexual con tact but other Means of transmission include transfusions of tainted blood or blood products and the Shar ing  hypodermic Needles or syringes by drug abusers. A spokeswoman for the demonstrators outside the Church Man Lou Babak said the protest group rep resented Many denominations. We Are out Here to protest the message this min ister is giving she said. He s basically saying to the youth of Western new York that it s All right to be promiscuous to have sex with prostitutes and to engage in homosexual activities As Long is you Wear a condom. We think that is irresponsible inside Church member Nancy Stubbins said the ser Mon will help her speak about sex to her 13 and 8 year old children. I thought it was a very timely necessary  she said. We were probably going to talk to our children about it anyway but this will probably make it  school offers pricey prizes As attendance incentive Bayard . A Gold stars Al cobra High school Are being Ien laced by an All terrain vehicle por table cassette sic reus. Calculators and typewriters and officials Lay the re sult is belter attatdana1. Students to Don t Iii any classes or who maintain Gigli grades will be eligible fur a drawing Tor the prizes at i he end of the who Oryx a. Bayard s school Board asked for contributions from businesses and individuals to pay for the in a. School Board member Roque Gar Cia who pushed the pan said that rather than just concentrate continuously on punishment for poor Atten dance 1 thought we should give re wards to students who Aren t  principal  Maldonado says the number of students on the Honor Roll during the first sin week period nearly doubled from last year from com to 2 18, and Hal about 25 percent of the school s 570 students had perfect attendance. Cardinal s residence in new York burglarized new York a the residence of Cardinal John j. O Connor was burglar ised sunday evening by two men who fled after encountering a priest and a Church worker police said. The two men broke into the Cardinal s bedroom another bedroom occupied by monsignor Patrick Sheridan and o con nor s off a according to i. He its Hack a department spokesman. Luss not Minu Dildy known what was taken Mcshack said but one of the priest who lived in the building reported his Wallet was missing from his room. Sheridan encountered one Man on the first floor of the residence which is mostly offices Mcshack said. The thief said he was looking for the chief Cardi Nal he said. He walked out the front door after Sheri Dan asked him to slay and went to Call police Les Hack said. The other Man left through a third Story window after he was spotted by a housekeeper police said. O Connor was not at Home at the Lime. A ipod Nirun for the archdiocese of new York Joseph Zwilling said Sheridan who is the vicar for religious orders is one of several priors who live in the Cardinal residence behind is. Patrick s Cathedral