European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 12, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Tuesday april 12, 196& the stars and stripes Paga 5 1,000 arrested in . Police Blitz task Force floods streets in War on gang los a More than 1,000 to Pewere arcs leu in a weekend police Blitz against drug dealers and direct Gap responsible for Waves of Vio Junce hat have been miming hundreds of lives a year in los Angeles. A 1 you optic or task pc acc flooded streets in Pang areas Friday nip it and i Oloc chief Daryl sirs or dered them Mil saturday night. The task Force nude s /2 arrests Friday Nicon and Early saturday morning during round one of the unprecedented crackdown in gangs that have terrorized neighbourhoods in the nation s second largest City Between Saiu iday evening and l30 . Sunday police reported is i More arrests almost half of themon the gang infested &uu1h Side. About half of Hose arrested Tri Ilay night and Early saturday and about 150 of those arrested saturday Gas prices up reach level of one year ago los Aloeus a the average retail Price of Gas inc raw by More than a Penny in the Pamo weeks bringing the Price even with ? in was a year ago according loan Industry Survey re leased sunday. The Price to Serra fur All grades of Gaso line was 1.1 it Emu a gallon pushing the average Price to 96. U cents a gallon in the period ending april 8. According to the Lundburg Survey of prices from stations around the United states. The inc iras followed a 0.78 cent Al gallon decline in the previous two weeks nut the average Price was virtual a 1 he Craa same average Price that americans paid in april oust Lund Berg said. According to the latest Survey prices per gallon at self sen ice pumps were regular unleaded reims Premium unleaded 101.84 cents i Gular leaded. 83,97 events. Prices at full service pumps were Reg night Etc suspected gang members police raid. Officials said figures were not available on How Many of those arrested in Chr sweep code named Fly the Flag had been released. Of was the department s biggest operation eve against gangs which specialize in inc cocaine Trade and which were blamed for 205 killings in the City of Losangeles last year. Gang killings in All of los Angeles county reached 387 last year. Aboul half of the special Force formed by pulling officers on overtime at a Cost
