European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 19, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes monday december 19,1988 5 texans Are jailed in ring that traded babies for drugs Corpus Chris Texas up police Are sulking More indictments and arrests after breaking a baby Selling ring hat exchanged Small amounts of co Caine for the babies of poor female drug addicts officials said saturday. Five people remained in jail saturday in Corpus Christ and Beeville on charges of baby Selling and kidnapping. Police sgt. John my scr said authorities think poor women sold the children As a last resort. They were in a position where they needed drugs badly and they were taken advantage of my scr said. Fit been in the police Force for 20 years and i be never Icen anything Tike  a Succes county grand jury thursday indicted 22 year old Rhonda Romero of Corpus Chesti on charges she sold her two child run Ages 1 and 2, for less than an ounce of cocaine apiece. Her Bond was set at $ 2,500. Romero allegedly traded her children for cocaine to Tomas Casas 40, and Jose Luis gomex 41, both of skid More. Casas and Gomez were indicted on charges of Pur chasing a child. Casas was held without Bond because he boy found dead after swallowing Fingernail solvent Chicago a one child died and another nearly died after swallowing solvent used to remove artificial fingernails doctors reported sunday. The doctors said in the journal of the american medical association that sup rail Nail off made by american International industries of North hol Lywood Calif., contains  which slowly converts 10 cyanide in the body. A 6-mritilh-old boy who ingested sup rail Nail off one night was found dead in his crib the next nor ring and a 2-Ycar-old boy nearly died after swallowing some the doctors said. The report did not give lie names or locations of the children. The makers of supernal Nail off did nol immediately return a Telephone Call for common sunday. Glue removers containing Celoni Grilc Are produced by other manufacturers As Well and sold under various names said or. E. Martin Caravati of inc University of Utah and or. Toby l. Lilo Viu of Georgetown University Hospital. They said the government should consider re moving such products from the Market. The products often arc sold without childproof packaging they said  is a colourless liquid often used in Industrial processes the researchers said. Sup rail Nail off removes the glue used to Al Lach so called sculptured fingernails to the underly in Nail. L was on probation fora prior drug conviction. Also arrested were Jose Luis Martinez 70 and his daughter Mercedes Martinez gome. 34, the wife of Casas on kidnapping charges related to the incident. They were held in lieu of $50,000 Bond each. A drag informant first tipped authorities to a Possi ble Swap earlier this year that led them to the skid More ranch. Police have also talked to local prostitutes to try to find More female victims. It s my opinion that there s More children involved Messer said. Romero s children Are in the custody of authorities after she produced them under court order for the grand jury hearing. Officials said inc iwo children had been out of slate but did nol say who they had been sold to or whether the buyers would be charged. Messer said police believe the infant son of a 34-year-old woman Gloria Bema of Corpus Christi was bought by Casas for a used car and possibly some cocaine. She was not arrested indicted or charged but her child was recovered by authorities. Beach patrol police Sut. Grant Loo uses an All terrain vehicle in patrol Hawaii s Waikiki Beach at night. The Wall Al improvement association with members from Wal kill s business Community purchased two $3,000 tvs for the local police department to use to help curb Beach crimes such us drinking drug dealing and muggings. Roar of efs Marks Wrights flight kill Devil Hill  Up a a i bomber and 13 of her jews roared across the outer Banks at 10 35 . Saturday precisely the time Orville and Wilbur Wright made aviation history 85 years ago with inc first powered air flight. The Wright Brothers Effort in 1903 lasted for Aboul 12 relatively quiet seconds. Saturday Sale rocked . The big bomber flew North Over inc Nal ional Wright Brothers memorial at kill Devil Hill banked West and disappeared into the Clouds. The a a bomber was Earth shattering said Law rence Greco Park Ranger and historian. It flew Aboul 1,000 feet at 400 Mph and Shook inc  f-14s also look part in the flyover. About 500 people gathered in freezing Imp erasures and Snow for the 90-Minutc ceremony. Greco said the weather did t Dampen the spirits at  Madge Barber daughter of John Daniels who photo. Graphed the 12-Sccond flight attended the ceremony. It was a Day of excitement and one that my father never forgot she said also attending the ceremony was Elmer Woody Woodard of Coinjock ., grandson of Kilty Hawk. Postmaster Bill Fate who opened his Home to me Wright Brothers when the two bicycle shop owner moved to the outer Banks from Dayton Ohio. Tribute was also paid to two other aviation i on cars. A portrait of Pilot Louise Thad Cri and her co Pilot Blanche Noyes who flew Small planes Cross country inthe 1920s and 1930s, was unveiled at the memorial. In  trophy for flying from new York to los Angeles in 14 hours and 55 minutes in a Pioneer Bench Craft Greco said. They weren t conventional said Greco of Thaden and Noyes. They did t do what everybody else did. They were unique by flying one of these planes stateside California coastal town shaken by mild quake Seal Beach Calif. A a minor earthquake entered in the Pacific Ocean South of this coastal Community hit Southern California on saturday afternoon. By no damage or injuries were reported. The offshore tremor which measured at 3.4 on the Richler scale struck at 1 44 p.m., said Robert finn a spokesman for the California Institute of technology in Pasadena the epicentre was four Miles South and slightly West of Seal Beach about 25 Miles Southeast of downtown los Angeles finn said. 2 indicted in moped scam that netted $1 million los Angeles a two men accused of prom Ising free new motorcycles to people participating in a bogus Market study have been indicted for allegedly bilking More than 4,000 people out of $1 million authorities said. Samuel Filippo 42, and Robert James Matthews 40, were charged in a Federal indictment and face 16 counts of mail fraud. Filippo also is charged with one count of using fictitious names. Both Are fugitives. Offices for their National marketing in Venice have been closed no forwarding address was left. -.-., according to the indictment returned thursday Lite iwo men failed to deliver anything More than mopeds Worth $140, despite promising participants they would receive revolutionary new motorcycle for  were told thai they had to pay $360 to s390 in promotional and shipping costs for the bikes but most never received anything said assistant . At Torney David Kalz. About 1,000 people received a moped valued at $ 140. If convicted inc men would face up to so years in prison and $4 million in fines and restitution. Flight diverted ofter Man attempts to enter cockpit Morrisville  a a Man aboard an american airlines jul tried to enter the cockpit and Hen locked himself in it bathroom while other Pas sengers held the door shut officials said saturday. The hoeing 727, carrying 113 passengers from dal Las fort Worth to Newark n.j., was diverted Friday night to Raleigh Durham International Airport where police arrested Claude Saint la Ger said Teresa Damia no Airport Public affairs manager. Saint Leger 54, of los Angeles was charged with assault on an Airport police officer and was held in the Wake county jail Damiano said. No Federal charges had been filed cd. The passenger was Nul armed or dangerous in any Way according to the police report Damiano said. The Fri interrogated Saint la Ger and other Passen Gers before allowing the flight to continue to Newark Damiano  a cd setts a i sing fees for state s Drivers Boston a p motorists in Massachusetts will pay More for a Driver s License and to Register their vehicles next year under a stale plan estimated 10 raise $158 million and ease the state s budget problems. Gov. Michael s. Dukakis vacationing in Florida issued no statement about the increases which appear to be designed to help close the slate s $636 Mil i Ion budget Gap. Bui the Dukakis administration supports the fees proposed by registrar of motor vehicles Robert m. Hint Vinson. " under the new system the fee to get or renew passenger Driver s License which is Good for four years will Rise from $25 to $35, s 40 percent m crease. Next feb. 1, the Basic fee for registering a Passen Ger car will increase from $24 to s40, a 66 percent hike. "