European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 24, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday december 24, 1988 the stars  Stripe . Angels recruiting for London London a a rash of violence in London s rail network including two fatal stabbing this month has convinced the crime fighting guardian Angels of the United states thai Britain needs their vigilante style patrols. The dare to care brigade is to begin patrolling violence tainted stretches of the underground Lon Don s subway system in March said David Edmonds a 3j-year-old London resident who is coordinating the move. The brigade will be recruited mostly Tram mania arts clubs in London he said. The angers. Who became famous Tor helping to curb crime an new York s subways could be of tremendous use Here said Lisa Sliwa wife of guardian Angels founder Curtis Sliwa after a two week tour of London Birmingham  Manchester this fall. A radio phone in poll wednesday by London broadcasting corporation recorded that 94 percent of 654 callers were in favor of die Angels moving in. The Angels who have chapters in More than go cities in the untied states Canada  Mexico will initially take on so recruits Edmonds said. They will undergo a 12-week training program  study first  railway Law  How to make a citizen s arrest. But the Angels face opposition from several sides British police  lawmakers say Taw enforcement should be left to the professionals. And Curtis Sliwa was stabbed in the face at a London youth club by thugs who said they did t want the Angels interfering in their activities London in t new York says transport police chief superintendent Vernon Whitehouse. We Don t carry shooters. We certainly Don t have armed police patrols. The people Are different the philosophy is different the scale of crime is  in an interview he said the Angels were free to operate provided they comply with the  How Ever he added that he fears the Angels Lack accountability  professionalism. Catherine Burke a London underground spokeswoman said we cannot possibly condone anyone taking the Law into their own hands  that s really what it comes Down  critics say the 350-Mcmbcr British transport police that patrols the underground with its 2.2 million daily passengers in underfunded undermanned  unable 10 Cope with the surge in violence. The government has promised so More police will be recruited  police Are getting radio equipment to enable them to communicate below ground. London underground has set up dosed circuit television cameras panic buttons on platforms  secure wailing areas for passengers in High risk stations. But Overall in the first 10 months of this year compared with inc same period of 1987, robberies jumped by 59 percent to 1,075  assaults by 11 percent to s44, according to the underground. Two murders  a near fatal stabbing within three Days Thi month have injected new urgency into the debate. On dec. 9, visiting turkish student Hakan Boseoglu 17, was stabbed through the heart at Holborn station in Central London. Six hours later John Heron a 35-year-old father of three was stabbed to death in Waterloo station by an unidentified Man. Two Days later a 29-year-old Man was knifed in the Back on an underground train travelling into London Bridge station  Tost a kidney. Scholars dote Book of psalms find to 4th Century god to cobra i expert in Early christianity pones Over the Parchment More than 3,600-year-old Book of psalms in Cairn wednesday. Pages of the Cairo Egypt a scholars have determined a Book bound in Wood  leather  buried under a child s head More than 1,600 years ago is the curlies Complete Book of psalms  probably the oldest Book of any kind. We have for the first time a Complete Book of psalms dating from the second half of the fourth Century ., making in the oldest Complete Book of psalms Ever found an expert in Early christianity gawd Al Gabra said wednesday never before have we seen such an Early Book in Egypt  i can find no evidence of an earlier True Book any where. This volume is a Book in every sense of the  Gabra director of the coptic museum tint saw the Book within Days of its discovery four years ago  has Stu died it for the past 214 years. He is an Egypt Logist As Well As one of the world s top experts in coptic studies. The coptic Church the native Chris Tian Church of Egypt is among the world s oldest Christian faiths tradition nil dating from St. Mark s arrival in Egypt Between the years 48  75  The Book includes about 490 parch ment pages bound Between wooden Cov ers stitched with leather. The psalms Are Handwritten in a dialect of coptic a now dead language of old Creek charac ters supplemented by seven hieroglyphs from ancient Egypt s late period. Gabra said the text contains Many greek  some coptic words never seen before. Ii is written in Brown Ink derived from Iron except in a few Pas sages where words were written Over in Black Carbon Ink to apparently repair damage. Wear from fingertips turning the Parchment pages is obvious. The Book s pages were stuck together when it was found in 1984. All but inc last five two of which arc Blank have been separated. A Liny key of life or ankh carved from Bone was attached to the Book by leather threads the key is an ancient egyptian Symbol that was incorporated into the Christian Cross. The Book was discovered by egyptian antiquities inspectors in a cemetery for the poor about 85 Miles South of Cairo  25 Miles North of a  a Greco roman City. Nothing indicated much of historical interest in the cemetery. Gabra said. Some bodies were burned with textiles but there was Little else to be found. Then workers found the grave of a Little girl about 12 years old  under her head was this Book with the tiny key of  he said it is not known Why the child was buried there because the Book s value indicates her family must have been Rich. They must have loved her very much. Perhaps she