European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 24, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday March 24, 1987 the stars and stripes air plane scam relieves players of Cash by the associated press air plane he newest twist on the age old illegal Pyramid scheme is turning up in communities around the nation and authorities Are urging unsuspecting players not to be taken for a  these Pyramid Type schema Tor the most part the victims Are just about As greedy at he promoters said Spencer Barasch associate general counsel for the stale securities commission in Oklahoma where Doz Ensor air plane games have sprung up then Are variations but a typical air plane games started by a Pilot who persuades two people to pay him an entry fee to be co pilots the fee reportedly has been As High As$l,500, but typically is$100. The co pilots in turn recruit two players each. These four who also pay the fee become flight attendants and each recruits two passengers  a plane is toll say with 14 entries the Pilot has s1,400 and the Pyramid splits in half with Theca Pilot becoming pilots night attendants becoming co pilots and passengers becoming night  recruited passengers pay the Pilot $100 each and the Pyramid continues spilling and  longer the Pyramid is run the More difficult it is to find players. Those not yet pilots end up losing Money when the Pyramid collapses. Such games arc called pyramids because a Tew moneymakers at the top arc supported by lots of Money payer at the  the game got started is a mystery but it has been reported in Miami and Tampa a. Oxford miss. Rochester . Los Angeles towns in Colora do Tennessee Indiana Georgia South Carolina an Texas and in Montreal and Toronto in Canada the came grew so popular at the University of okla homa that Barasch s commission sent a cease and desist order to the   people i talked to said it has been going on in the dorms for a couple of months said Linda Lynn a re Porter for the Oklahoma daily the student newspaper. One student a freshman who declined to reveal his name called the game a rip off after his air plane folded and he lost his i to entry  was a rage earlier this month at the University of Florida in  Many As 1,000 students May have been involved police said. There were no arrests although such schemes Are punishable by up to a year in Pris on and at 1,000 Fine in  in Stanton Calif., broke up an air plane game at a custom car shop March 12, and cited 132people under a City code against running gambling establishments. Ponce recovered $9,000 in Cash handbooks and receipts. Endangered species in Wyoming Bank robber has officials Waif for ferrets to Breed f6 heists under his baseball Cap Laramie Wyo. A stale wild life officials Are having Little Luck convincing 17 Black fooled ferrets to pro  Tittle ferrets. We Haven l Given up but it s frustrating As can be and getting worrisome said Tom Thome of the Wyoming Gam and fish department s Sybille Canyon research facility we Haven t had a female yet that we can identify As being in heat or a male that has wanted to  department has provided the Ani Mals with bigger cages and is working with two on site experts and leading authorities in Small animal reproduction units second attempt to Breed the endangered animals in  believe the animals Breed in february or March each year but Tho Esaid thursday none of the 11 females or six males has displayed any mating behave ordering seven weeks of pairing. The 17 ferrets along with an adult male ferret in Laramie were removed from the Only known North american Colony of in animals near Meeteetse. The Colony believed decimated by an outbreak of Canin distemper was not Large enough to survive officials said. Black footed ferret scientific Mistela nig ripes a Small bold member of the weasel family Range once occupied the great Plains of United Stales and Western Canada but is now considered Trie rarest of North american mammals description Yellowish Buff coat with striking Mack facial mask feet togs and last Quarter of so Inch Law size males average 22 inches and weigh about 2 pounds females Are smaller use Tyte mostly nocturnal. Black footed ferrets appear to feed almost exclusively on Prairie dogs while using their Burrows for shelter inc Veo Triton no Gap pc Sou Gao ency Opada  world Book a hmm Flag i mow. Last known Black footed ferret Colony f Wyoming Meeteetse Spokane Wash. Up a Bank robber blamed for 26 holdups Over the past three Yean has provided investigators with but one slim Lead he tikes to Wear a baseball  Ball Cap Bandit has frustrated authorities in Idaho and Washington states with his string of heists. The latest was one week ago in Post Falls Idaho just across the Border from the City of  Crook made off with j 1,000, bringing his career earnings to about$70,000. All 26 robberies have one thing in common they were committed by someone wearing a baseball Cap pulled Tow Over his face. He wore different clothes and sometimes obvious disguises but he always wore the baseball  would not feel As frustrated As i would if he were leaving a whole lot of evidence behind said Jim Hansen a Spokane county sheriff s  s not. He s not leaving us anything to work  we find this Guy we might find a whole Houseful of baseball Caps?1 Han sen said. Would t that be  pal requesting donations As a sign of support fort Mill . A the Rev Richard Dorton. In his tint sunday Sermon since succeeding evangelist Jim Bakker in the pal Pupil asked the often applauding and sometimes weeping congregation to give Money to let the world know this ministry is going to stay  we will not be Defeated Dortch said during the two hour service at heritage Usa now controlled by the Rev. Jerry Falwell founder of the moral majority. We will move Forward and we will see our go walk us through the storm he told the congregation of2,300. 61 that storm began thursday when Bakker admitted he had been blackmailed after a sexual encounter seven years ago. He turned Over his 500,000-Memberptl ministry to Falwell. Dortch who had been executive director of plunder Bakker was elevated to pal president and Host of its television ministry he told the congregation sunday that it should Bothan Ful for Falwell s Rescue of pal i want to say on behalf of this Church How deeply we appreciate Jerry Falwell reaching out to us Dortch said. His comment was greeted with a standing ovation. Falwell who delivered his own Sermon sunday Athis ministry s Headquarters in Virginia has acknowledged that he faces problems in operating pal which stands for people that love and Praise the Lori the Charlotte  observer reported that it officials have been seeking a loan to refinance Long term debt and to raise Cash. Falwell said the loan would be for More than $50 million pal documents say it would be backed with property at heritage saused As collateral. The Complex includes a Soo room hotel shopping mall cafeteria convention Center water amusement Park offices a school a television studio and several real estate developments fal weirs takeover came two weeks after Bakker admission that his wife Tammy Faye Bakker was being treated for drug dependency at a clinic near their Home in Palm Springs Calif. Don Hardister who described himself As Bakker Security guard was quoted saturday by the los an Geles times As saying mrs. Bakker was at the Pettyford Center. The bakkers Are secluded in a Spanish style Home protected by closed circuit television an guards the times said. Denver leaders oppose plan to shelter homeless Denver a a proposal to Gua Rantee shelters with an atmosphere of dignity for homeless people could Opena costly Pandora s Box if approved in a referendum City officials who oppose i claim. But advocates for the homeless say the plan which gives Street people the right to sue if not provided Safe dignified shelter Only binds the City to meet its obligations. We took to government to do a lot of things for us to coordinate things said Kathleen Mullen president of the non profit Colorado coalition for the Home less we say that Patching streets is Nomore important than caring for the most vulnerable of our  the group gathered 10,418 signatures to gel the measure on the May 19 ballot. Estimates of the number of homeless in Denver vary from 1,200 to 3,000, providing emergency space to absorb the overflow from existing shelters would Cost no More than $438,000 per year said Mullen. But opponents say the Ordi Nance could Lead to costly litigation an judgments against the City. The main problem is the right Toque Deputy City attorney Patricia Wells said but Mullen a Veteran leg Alaid society lawyer said the City s fears arc unfounded. You can count on on hand the number of lawsuits we brought against Denver on behalf of poor peo ple she said. Both sides blame economic condition Sand cutbacks in Federal and state social programs for the burgeoning numbers of homeless. Mary Krane manager of Denver s department of social services says the homeless need Job training not More Beds. Salvation army Dpi. George while who directs one of the City s larg est shelters agrees. The Denver plan is modelled after a ordinance approved by Washington d.c., voters in 1984. The District fought the plan arguing that it would Cost too much but it was upheld by the District of Columbia court of appeals