European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 16, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 6 the stars and stripes monday. May 16,1988 Tiger death threats Spur Security measures at zoo Houston a zoo officials posted an extra guard and took tigers and other Large cats off Public Dis play saturday after receiving Telephone Calls demanding death for a siberian Tiger that killed a Zouk caper Houston zoo officials said that they have no plans to kill or Transfer Miguel the 450-Pound siberian Liger thai fatally mauled Ricardo Tovar on thursday. Miguel no one saw or heard the attack on Tovar but officials said the Tiger apparently smashed through a reinforced wire and Glass window and dragged Tovar outside before killing him. This is a wild animal said Parks department director Donald Olson. It s not a domesticated Ani Mal. One of the purposes of a zoo is to preserve Spe cies and tigers Are not a domesticated the tigers and other cats would be kept off display at least until monday Olson said. We re leaving them off display to let things Settle Down he said. Olson said that he did t know what was said in the phone Calls bul thai the Calls came from people who wanted the Tiger killed. Officials have said that the animal which is on the endangered species list poses no danger to inc Public. While some were calling for Miguel s death several zoo visitors vigorously defended the Tiger. I m sorry for the Man. But i Don t think he would have wanted it destroyed said pol Hodge. Suzy Sanders. 23, who has a special interest in big cats and goes to the 100 regularly said i Don t want to be mean bul i think it was More human stupidity. They knew thai animal was dangerous. Obviously 1 think More caution should have been Larry Warrendorf 52, a keeper and night watchman at the 700. Said he heard negative comments from a few visitors walking by the exhibit area where Tovar was were wondering Why the cat was t killed among other things War Orndorf said. That s inc number one question i hear what Are they going to Dowil theratt " Warrendorf said Many people seem to act As if they want Don t know what to Cincel with the nature of people and the nature of he said Bing s wife again in court new York api the wife of former metropol Itan opera director sir Rudolf Bing has again been ordered to leave her husband Lonc Tor six hours a Day and to stay away from the Voi an she is accused of slapping. Carroll Douglass Bing. 4&. Was Ai rested at inc Essex House apartment on exclusive Central Park South she shares with Ding. 86. She was arrested because she a court order that she slay Jwa from her husband so nurses can Lake care of hint police said. Bing suffers from alzheimer s disease. Lady Carroll is a former mental patient. Because of her arrest lady Carroll missed a court appearance to answer a charge that on feb. 24 she slapped Barbara Quinonis vice president of Columbia artists management inc. The judge in that Case Paula Omansky issued a Bench warrant for lady Carroll s arrest. She was brought before Omansky. Who vacated the Bench War rant and adjourned the charge in contemplation of dismissal. During the proceeding. Lady Carroll walked around talking and running her hands through her Straw col ored hair. A court officer ordered her to sit. You Don t understand lady Carroll said. "1 have to go Home. I be been All Day without food Zero food drink nothing not even one French Omansky renewed an order for lady Carroll to stay away from mrs. Quinonis and not harass later the District attorney s office said in would prosecute lady Carroll for violating the order by stale supreme court Justice Carmen ciparick to leave her husband alone for six hours a Day so that a nurse can feed and cleanse him. We re going to decline to prosecute this As a Crimi Nal matter spokeswoman Colleen Roche said lady Carroll is in a civil court fight with her Hus band s lawyer Paul Goldhamer. Who has asked Cipa Rick to annul the bings marriage. Goldhamer who charges that lady Carroll has abused her husband verbally and physically says sir Rudolf did not know what he was doing when he got married in Arlington va., on Jan. 9,1987. Stateside they certainly Don t look like $1,000 trash cans Boca Raton Fia. Us i some Are beginning in question the City s decision to buy icj7 trash cans Al about j1,000 each. It struck me As kind of strange we d spend 1107,000 on trash containers said Neil Adams of inc Boca Raton downtown redevelopment task Force. I m no authority on trash containers but it did catch my Eye mayor Emil Danciu look one look at a trash can and said they certainly Dun i look like 11,000 rash cans to the receptacles arc part of a plan for downtown redevelopment. The a food Lall 3q-gallon rash cans come with a one year War Ranty Jorge Camejo a planner for the Boca Ralo Community redevelopment Agency said they an stylish enough to be More properly thought of As works of Art. You can t Reilly Call them trash cans the receptacles Are manufactured exclusively by Canterbury International or los Angeles i Stercl scape furnishings company. Pearl owned by ago Khan sold for record $864,286 new York a a smooth Oblong Pearl about inc size of a Quail egg brought a record$864,286 at a Benefit auction ofic Wilry from the collection of the late Aga Khan Christie s spokeswoman Anne Young said thai was the mom Ever paid for a Pearl. The Pearl called la has been owned by Napoleon ii Napoleon 111 and Prin Cess yous spoof of Russia. The buyer a kuwaiti banker was not identified. A 33.13-Carat, Pear shaped Diamond also from the collection sold for j1.8 million 1o a private collector whose name was withheld. The jewels donated for Sale by Prince Sadraddin Aga Khan son of the late Aga Khan Iii and Uncle of the current Aga Khan brought 13,315.714 for the Benefit of inc Bill Crivac foun Dation which promotes the conservation of Nat ural resources. Sir Sultan Mohamet Shah Aga Khan Iii was inc 48ih Imam of the ismailian sect of the mos Lem religion for "72 years until his death in i95t. Fireworks Grandfather Dies of heart attack at 80 new Castle a. A Joseph Zambelli the Grandfather of fireworks whose talents shone during great National celebrations such As the statue of Liberty s Centennial has died of a Hcan attack. He was so. Zambelli s family said he died Al his Home inner Castle about 40 Miles Northwest of pins Burgh. The family s new Castle based company claims to be the country s largest and oldest maker and exhibitor of fireworks pulling on Mare than 5.000 displays a year was vice president of production at Zambelli International America he put together displays for sit . Presi dents including fireworks Al the inauguration of Jimmy Carter and Ranald Reagan. Great White shark caught in fishing net off California los Angeles a a great while shark one of the few known Man eaters swam into a commercial fishing net in Southern California s coastal Waters a television station reported sat urday. The 13-foot, 1,500-Poiind shark was displayed when the vessel docked saturday Al terminal Island in the los Angi Les Harbor. Anthony Tribich skipper of the aggressor had ventured out Friday on an overnight trip to san Semente Island in search of commercially marketable shark according to a report by Knic to in Bur Banc but the skipper was surprised to find tangled in the fishing net Friday morning the huge Type of shark featured in the jaw movies attacking surfers and swimmers the report said. Sir Rudolf Bing and his wife lady Cuerou
