European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 30, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday january 30,1989 the stars and stripes Page 5 an a Ray shows the knife s Metal Blade lodged in Pixie s Throat. Tony Strollo right holds knife next to the Pup to show the approximate position in which it was lodged. 7-Inch knife removed from Pup s Throat in Florida Brooksville Fla. A for a week the own ers of Pixie a normally playful Puppy did t know Why she had slowed Down and would whine anytime she was picked up. The answer came when a veterinarian removed the7-Inch Long serrated Steak knife the dog had somehow swallowed. If i had known a knife was in her i would have freaked said owner Tony Strollo. The English bulldog German Shepherd mix was Les than 2 months old and weighed just Over 10 pounds when she wolfed Down the knife probably on Jan. 14. The knife apparently fell on the floor during a Mealand nobody noticed said Strollo s wife Barbara. No one that is except Pixie. Teeth Marks found on the knife testify to the fac the Puppy gnawed at it before she swallowed it. Or. Joann Helm a veterinarian  an surgically removed the utensil Jan. 21, said the knife Lay neatly packaged in Pixie s Throat with the handle pushing Down on the stomach. The first signs that something was wrong came when the Pup tried to cough something up but nothing happened. Then Pixie started acted funny. She could t coordinate her front legs and she would give a tiny yelp when people picked her up the strolls said. A first trip to the vet revealed nothing. A Ray were taken on a return visit and clearly showed the knife. Dogs Swallow anything. Pantyhose balls Sticks Helm said. Just like a Young human child a Puppy explores with its  Jackson s half brother gets 10 years in prison Greenville . A Chicago millionaire Noah Robinson was sentence to the maximum 10 years in prison sat urday after being found guilty of a felony i connection with the attempted murder of a woman who witnessed a slaying. Robinson half brother of the  Jackson and a Greenville native was charged with murder and conspiracy in the death of Leroy Zambone bar ber. State circuit judge James Moore declared a mistrial on those counts when the jury failed to reach a verdict. The jury convicted Robinson of accessory after the fact of assault and Battery with intent to kill in connection with the attempted murder of Janice Denise Rosemond. Robinson 45, was accused of hiring someone to kill Rosemond who witnessed the 1986 murder of Barber. Rose mond survived a stabbing attack. Moore sentenced Robinson to 10years in prison and Robinson was led away in Handcuffs to the Greenvill county detention Center. I be said All along i m innocent of the charges but i m prepared to take the punishment the court will mete on me Robinson said during sentencing. Moore declared a mistrial for the four other charges murder and conspiracy to commit murder in the Barber slaying and criminal conspiracy and accessory before the fact of assault and Batter with intent to kill in connection with the Rosemond attack. Solicitor Joe Watson the prosecutor said Robinson will face another trial on those charges. Defense attorneys said they would a peal the conviction and an Appeal Ondof $100,000 was set. Moore also re instated Bond of $ 1 million on the other charges. Robinson remained in custody late saturday officials said. Robinson was accused of hiring Mem Bers of a Chicago gang to come to Green Ville to kill Barber an sex employee an childhood Friend. Before beginning deliberations sat urday the jury members asked the judge what would happen if they reached a ver dict on Only some of the charges. Moore told jurors a mistrial would be called Only on indictments they could t de cide. The jury spent 16 hours  trial began Jan. 16. Earlier defense attorney Robert Simone asked that one of the jurors be removed because Watson had coached 3 die 17 Hurt in fire at historic hotel Bethlehem a. A a smok fire erupted saturday in the Middle of a landmark nine Story hotel killing at Leas three people and injuring 17, officials said. The fire started at about 7 15 . In fifth floor room in the Bethlehem hotel and spread to the hallway and an adjoin ing room before being extinguished be fore noon. Floors above suffered smoke damage and the fourth floor suffered water dam age fire commissioner Carmen Olive said. Robert Decker who owns the hotel with his wife Dee estimated damage a several million dollars. Among those staying at the hotel were20 residents of a nearby apartment building for the elderly which was being renovated. Others were business travel ers and music teachers attending a convention. You could see the flames going out the window said Ruth Edwards who was staying on the ninth floor while attending Eastern division convention of the music teachers National association. At least 100 rooms in the 126-room hotel were occupied by people attending the convention mrs. Decker said. The fire started in the room of Muri Albrooks of Croton Falls . I plugged an Iron into the Wall socket and there was a Flash. The chair caught fire and i tried to beat it out said Brooks who was not injured. Oliver said firefighters had not yet officially determined the cause of the fire. One guest said there was no warning of the Blaze. There was no fire alarm there was no sound said Bob Gregory who was staying on the fifth floor while in town on business. I knew where thedoor was and i could feel where the smoke was coming from he said in de scribing his escape. But the Deckers said the fire alarms did sound and four hotel employees went upstairs to Knock on doors and Alert the guests. We had four people who said the alarms were definitely going off mrs. Decker said. The fire system is Excel Lent. We updated it when we bought the hotel four years  hotel which opened in 1922 and has been renovated in recent years also is the site of major social events in this Eastern Pennsylvania City about 60 mile North of Philadelphia. Two of the dead were identified a Monique Forbes 58, who lived at the hotel and John Kelly 75, a resident of the Mono Cacy towers retirement Home said county Coroner Joseph  third victim was identified As Charles r. Knouse 69, address unknown said Lehigh county Coroner Wayne Snyder. Six people were taken to St. Luke Hospital for treatment including a 65 year old woman from the retirement Home who was in critical condition. Among six victims taken to Muhlenberg Hospital two Ages 79 and 83, were also in critical condition said spokeswoman Melissa Wright. An Easton Hospital spokeswoman Faith Jendzeizyk said two victims were treated there and  firefighters suffered minor injuries Oliver said. The woman s children on a swim  denied the request. Simone said he was really upset about the sentence but said there was logic behind that  i think the jury probably inferred that Robinson knew about the attack on Rosemond Simone said. But they did not reach a conclusion that he was involved before or during the incident he said. Watson told the jury of Robinson Stormy relationship with Barber with. Whom Robinson had physically fought and whom Robinson believed broke into buildings he owned in Chicago. In the stars and stripes 40 years ago foday. Jan. 30, 1949 the United nation Security Council called on the nether lands to reinstate the indonesian govern ment and free the dutch East indies by july 1, 1950. 30 years ago foday. Jan. 30, 1959 Prince Rainier of Monaco partially suspended the Princi Pality s Constitution and sent his National Council on vacation after the 18-Man lawmaking body refused to pass his pro posed budget. 20 years ago foday. Jan. 30, 1969 president Nixon whose salary was doubled to $200,000 a year by Congress endorsed a 41 percent automatic pay raise an increase from $30,000 to $42,500 per year for Mem Bers of Congress. 10 years ago foday. Jan. 30, 1979 president carte welcomed chinese vice Premier Deng Xiaoping to the White House As the began talks on improving relations be tween the United states and China