European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 18, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday March 18,1968 the stars and stripes Page 7 stowaway killer bees trapped in . New Orleans a two swarms of so called killer bees were discovered on the waterfront earlier this month in a leaking shipment of hone from Guatemala but were apparently trapped and destroyed authorities said. We. Have begun a tvo week trapping program Atixhe wharf to ensure none escaped however said slate Agricula Urt commissioner Bob Chatom. Africani Zed or killer bees arc Marc aggressive than the Domestic Honey Bee. Since they take Over Oiler hives they arc considered a threat to the  Industry. The bees were taken from Africa to South Ameri Ca where they escaped in the 19505, they have been advancing northward since then but Mieir move ment is believed to have been stopped near Tehuantepec South of Mexico City. Odom said customs officials spotted them bul Ling around two containers. The swarms were destroyed. The Queens  did Tom Rinderer director of the Louisi Ana state University Laboratory thai is he federalgovernment1 main research Center on Africani Zed thai s an important discovery. This ii a com plete destruction. No question about it he said. Rinderer said most of the bees were workers which Are not involved in reproduction. If one of two of them got Loose it does t mean a thing he said. The shipment on which the bees were found had originated in Al Salvador said state entomologist John Impson. Odom said that killer bees have been found i Florida and California but officials believe the swarms were contained. Mecham sees himself As naive victim of enemies Phoenix Arit. Cap gov. Evan Mecham took the stand at his impeach Mem trial wednesday and said that he did not protect an aide accused of Mak ing � death threat and did not sell appoint menu for Campaign contributions. The governor portraying himself As a naive victim of political enemies who skewered him with bad publicity said the Public never saw him As the Nice Guy i really  i be Learned a  he said in his firs appearance at the Senate trial which opened feb. 29. Mcchamp. 61, is the first . Governor to free an impeachment trial in sin dec Ades. Wednesday s session was his first return to the Seal of state government Indore than a month. He is accused of trying to obstruct a investigation of an alleged death threat against a former aide who was about to testify in an investigation of Mecham finances. He is so charged with concealing a 1350,000 Campaign loan and misusing 580,000 in state Money by loaning it to his Auto Dealership. Mcharo has denied wrongdoing. The 192-seat Senate gallery Wai jammed As Mecham took the stand. Senators remained  he look an oath to Tell the truth. Defense attorney Fred Craft asked whether Mecham intended to protect the aide accused of making the death threat Lee Watkins. Protect him from what Mech masked. I be heard those allegations. 1 wish somebody would Tell me what i protected him  Craft mentioned a conversation in which Mecham was alleged to have or dered the slate s lop Law enforcement officer to resist the attorney general s investigation of the alleged threat. Were you intending to do anything to protect Lee Waikins in that Conversa Tion asked Craft. Not in the least said Mecham. Mcchamp has claimed he was inadequately informed about the death threat allegation. He has acknowledged he May have told the state s top police official department of Public safety director Ralph Mij mad to resist the Aii Orney general s Pitons to investigate. Mils lao has said he cooperated with the attorney general. Mcchamp on wednesday also denied allegations that he rewarded fund raisers with tabs. Money was never on object and it was never used As a criteria to Gela Job he said. Byrne Calls it quits after 3rd straight election loss Chicago a former Mayo Jane Byrne kicked in the door of Chi Cago s fab cd backroom politics nearly Aduf Juk ago unsmiling and unafraid of mixing it up with the democratic machine s big buys. But after her third straight electoral setback this one for clerk of the Cook county circuit court and viewed by Many political observers As the first step in a comeback bid Byrne apparently i calling it quits. When we say the people spoke Byrne said of tuesday s primary defeat they apparently shouted and therefore she added i m very Good at taking hints."1 truly believe that politically it s All Over for me Byrne said before leaving for Phoenix. Ariz. Stic headed West for some rest an relaxation said Joe pc Cor her Campaign  whether she would run again. He said where she is concerned on should never say never she has demonstrated time and again that she has a very wild Core of support running somewhere Between 35 percent and 40 percent of the democrats in Chi Cago and the county but that was t enough to stave off the ate Harold Washington s upset bid inthe three Way 1983 democratic mayoral primary and it was t enough when Sli tried to avenge that loss against Washington last  turned out to be too Little again tuesday when she lost to  endorsed by the party organization that Byrne once held Vise like inner grip. And this latest loss came in a race Rich with resonance and names Pucinski Byrne and Edward fast Eddie Vrdolyak that speak to the past present and perhaps even he future of Coo county s Quirky democratic politics. Accidental cure ends 36 years of Hiccup ing Boston a a 75-year-old woman finally found Relief incr 36 years of Hiccup ing according to report just published. Her Hiccup ing stopped after Doc tors gave her a drug to treat her newly diagnosed Par Kinson s  then the patient s Hiccup bouts were almost continuous with rare remissions lasting a maximum of six to tight weeks the doctors wrote even during the periods of remission sporadic hiccups were observed. She had been hospitalized several times an had undergone a great Many  the hiccups immediately stopped when she Gat the drug Amanta Dinc for Parkinson s disease. The doctors Thor ii that the disease was somehow responsible for the  treatment was reported by or. J . Askenasy of Tel Aviv University and colleagues from i Lasharon hos Pital in a letter in the new England journal of Medicine. In a separate letter drs. Jzidor s. Losses and Raphael Breuer of Hadassah Hospital in Jerusalem de scribed another Odd Case of Hiccup ing this one involve Ings 19-year-old woman. She complained of a two hour bout of hiccups along with an unpleasant itching sensation in her left car. The doctors found that both problems were caused by an ant that had crawled into her car. Academy oks Deer Hunting Colorado Springs Colo. A the air Force Academy grounds will be opened to limited Deer Hunting this fall for the first Lime in is years because of a burgeoning Deer population and dwindling forage. Without the Hunting season some of the estimated1,500 to 2,000 Deer could starve to death. Contract on Rocky this is Rocky who with he Purl or Barco a been thu $130 million in drug mar urn in the Kio grand targeted by smuggler with � reported $30,000 Boon Villey Ince joining the pit nil in april fit last year to. The is. Border Purol dog work the Border they Miff out Surj Ruitu cocaine opiates and hid r or Sarita Totua and favat Txton cred Ltd with More Den humans