European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 4, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday december 4, 19b8 the stars and stripes Page 7 some Santos finding Little to fio fio he about by the associated press Pill poor Santa. He was arrested in Tennessee and sacked in California and there Are still 2 shop Ping Days led tin  in Seattle weren t too Happy with Santa either after a to program urged children to hold Aphone near the set Tor tone activated dealing of Calls to the North pole at $2 Tor the first minute and 30cents a minute thereafter. In Nashville term., a misunderstanding Over a Bill for $360 led to the arrests of two limousines full of santas who were taking Lys to children at Hospi tals and agencies for the poor. We had Santa suits on no pockets no Money no checks no id said Vernon Frank Minow. Who organized the Santa task Force. Minow said hear ranged to rent one Limo wednesday and the aaa music cily limousine service donated a second but demanded $360 for the cars before All the deliveries were made. In my 17 years As a policeman this is the lint time i be arrested Santa Claus said burglary Detec Tive Gary Mallory. Minow threatened thursday to sue All those involved trying to Slop he Good works Tor the Chil  �. Limousine company spokesman Mark Fisher declined comment. Only 10 minutes into a half hour to program called Here comes Santa angry parents began calling Kizz to in Seattle on thursday complaining that heir children were urged to hold the phone near the to set. Electronic tones automatically dialled a Call to Santa Claus. After receiving the Calls from parents program director Dan Lulgene ordered that the words ask your parents be shown continuously under the station s contract the production company phone quest must reimburse parents Tor Calls made with out their permission Lutgen said. Nancy Bernstrom of us West the local phone company said she could not release figures on the number of Calls placed during the program. Santa also was at the Center of a storm in Carson Calif. The a act threatened a Boycott of a Carso shopping mall where an employee allegedly made a racist remark about a Black Santa Taus. The protest was sparked by the firing of Rodney Newton As the mails Santa Claus and a remark a mall official allegedly made to him that there is no such thing As. A Black Santa Cam according to a act spokeswoman Ruth Anderson. On Friday the mall and officials from the nation Al association for the advancement of coloured peo ple reached an agreement calling for the firing of the mall employee suspension of a supervisor and a Public apology.-.-. Mall owner Mark Mcgaughey had said race was not a Factor noting a second Black Santa was quickly hired. Newton was fired because he was Loo big for a disappearing act in a Holiday program stunt my gauge said. Arafat s brother says . Is obstacle to peace Raleigh no. A the brother of Yasser Arafat spoke out against the United Stales for denying a visa to his brother or. Fathi Arafat in Raleigh Tor a con Terence of the United holy land organization said he was disappointed that the state department labelled his brother a terrorist and would not Grant a visa to the palestinian liberation organization Leader All people under occupation try to struggle or. Arafat said at a news con Ference. And during the struggle they May be charged by occupation authorities As being terrorists. And he is the  the state department denied the visa request Savins Yasser Arafat is a Mem Ber of a terrorist group the Palestine liberation organization and a threat to . Security. The United nations general Assembly voted Friday to move its session to Geneva to hear a speech by Yasser Arafat or. Arafat said the United slates has been an obstacle to peace. They Are not taking the Road for a solution. They Are making obstacles to a solution he said. If you follow history the nations that were liberated were always More weak than their occupiers or. Arafat said. The last one was Vietnam and Vietnam was much much weaker than the ." i Hope israelis know this history so that we can decrease the fighting and the bloodshed he said Fathi Arafat who is making his Sec Ond visit to the United states said redid not have any difficulty getting per Mission to enter the country. He said that since the palestinian uprising began a year ago 17,000 palestinians have reported being injured in clashes with israeli troops. Fathi Arafat said the figure represents Only a third of the total number of people injured be cause most do not report their injuries. He said 22 percent of the people injured Are children under the age of is and 23 percent Are women. The roots of society Are now going to struggle said Fathi Arafat they have chosen this Way and they will not  Arafat a medical doctor and the presi Dent of the Palestine red Crescent society a medical organization similar to the red Cross attended a conference of the United holy land fund. The organization which raises Money for palestinian institutions in the Israel occupied territories and around the world is holding its annual National con Ference in Raleigh. Or. Fathi Arafat homeless Man linked to arson in new Orleans new Orleans a a homeless Man was arrested Friday for arson and police said he was a suspect Inal least one of 10 fires thai broke out in an inner City neighbourhood overnight destroying eight buildings. Tips from witnesses led to the arrest of Bookert Washington jr., 46, who was picked up in the neigh boyhood while attempting to drink from a Container of gasoline said police spokeswoman Yvonne Bechel he was booked on charges of simple arson and taken to Charity Hospital for observation. He was one of the City s homeless living in an abandoned car said Ucchet. No one was injured in the ires which occurred mainly in Yacano residences. A passer by said he pulled two elderly women from what was believed to be the Only occupied building. Eight buildings were destroyed and Al least six others were heavily damaged. Washington was arrested for a one alarm tire that broke out just before 8 . Thursday about the same Lime most of the City s firefighters were working on a six alarm Blaze thai razed much of a nearby City Block said fire department spokesman Bob Whitman. Fire superintendent William Mccrosson said there was no doubt in his mind that the blazes were arson. Police said a witness reported seeing a Man running with a gasoline can just As the flames started leaping from the first fire which swept through six houses on one Street. Two More fires engulfed an abandoned Barand a vacant House respectively and seven More Brake  the next few hours All but one within three or four blocks of he first fires Whitman said. Mark Dandy said he was in a nearby restaurant when some children old him Here were people in on of the burning buildings. I smelted smoke and i ran out and there were two Young kids saying fire fire1 so then we go Over id the House and tend to kick the door Down. After i kicked the door Down they had two old ladies Intlehouse and i pulled them out Dandy said. Wilderness scouts vote to maintain autonomy Blairsville a. A despite the threat of a lawsuit Georgia s Wilder Ness scouts have decided to remain autonomous rather than affiliate with the National boy scout and girl scouts. The directors of the wilderness scouts of America inc. Voted unanimously. Thursday to keep both their name and Mission said Harold Cornwell founder of the organization for underprivileged youngsters ,.-. The boy Scoulas of America had threatened to sue the wilderness scouts Over use of the word scout which the boy scouts claim the rights to. But on monday boy scout officials offered to charter the wilderness scouts. As an affiliate of the National Organiza Tion. Under the plan female wilderness scouts would have become girl scouts and male wilderness scouts would be come boy scouts. Cornwell said his 45-member group decided to remain separate in part be cause of a child molestation Case involving one of his scouts. The Stepfather of the scout was sentenced thursday to 20 years plus fines for aggravated sodomy. We were instrumental in bringing this Case Forward " Cornwell said. We noticed he was distraught and crying inthe meetings. Thai Little boy would never have been Able to join the boy scouts Corn Well said. He did t even have a bed he slept on the floor. Who would have paid his dues some of our kids Don t even have a toothbrush.,that s third world poverty As far As i m concerned.". Cornwell said his group s Volunteer at Torney who specializes in Patent and copy right jaw says keep on with our  teen arrested in sheff of $50,000 in comics fort Wayne ind. A a 13-year-old boy was being held in the i heft of about 150,000 Worth of comic books and the crime had nothing to do with the youth s fascination with wonder woman or Batman a Detec Tive said.  .,.-.- the teen Ager was arrested and some of the stolen books were recovered thursday said detective Dan Camp the thieves apparently knew which comics to take and their value he said. Another arrest and the recovery of several Hundred More comics was cd petted later Camp said. V. The books were taken from books comics and things on oct. 21 and 23. In the first break in a from window was broken and about $2,000 Worth of comics were snatched. In the second a Rock was thrown through a window and High priced comics dating Back to the Early 1940s were taken. .-.-. I be been beating the Bushes for i month Camp said. Not just be cause it s my Job but because i torqued my jaws that they d hit the store twice id three  the stolen comics included rare. Books published during world War 11 featuring stories of superheroes  Meling nazis and More Modem issues with tales of mutants battling masked villains some of the comics were found in a trash bin behind the store and another set was left in a trash bag7 outside a Home police said the youth was being held at the Wood youth detention Center