European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 26, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse Saturday August 26. 1989 the stars and stripes Page 7 White youths kill Black teen Ager in Brooklyn new York not a 16-year-old Black youth was shot to death wednes Day night in an attack by 10 to 30 White teen agers in the Bunso Nurst Section of Brooklyn police said. The Whites were lying in wait for Blacker hispanic youths who they thought were dating a White neighbourhood girl authorities said. But the victim was not involved with the Girt police said and had come to the predominantly White neighbourhood with three Black friends to look at a used car. Mayor Edward i. Koch and police commissioner Benjamin Ward were among Many officials and Community leaders who denounced the attack As a Bias crime. The victim Yusef i Lawkins of the East new York Section of Brooklyn was shot twice in the Chest and died shortly afterwards at Maimonides medical Center. A companion suffered a slight Graz wound possibly from a Bullet and the two others escaped injury. Koch called the killing an enormous this he said is a Case involving Bias but it s More than that. It s a army gives dying boy lifetime wish Fairmont . A an 8-year-old boy dying of cancer gothic lifetime wish thursday when he became a special Soldier in the army and Rode in a helicopter and a Mobile howitzer. It certainly is a dream come True for him said Robert Riley. As his son. Chris put on a special helmet worn by Drivers of the howitzer. He s a big . Joe fan. He was just As thrilled As anyone could be with All these things. Chris Mother Gale said her son has undergone surgery twice since november 1986 for a brai tumor. She said chemotherapy was stopped last month after the can cer spread to Chris spine leaving him in pain and too weak to walk. Now he s on constant mor Phine to keep away the pain she said. And he s lost most of his mobility. There s nothing More the doctors can do for Chris wearing an authentic camouflage uniform with a Black military police armband an Riley stitched above the right pocket of his jacket nodded weakly when asked if he enjoyed the 10-minute ride in the Mobile howitzer across a Hilly held a couple of blocks from his Home. I saw the look on his face and i sent them around the held again said maj. John pack of the 201st Field artillery unit of the West Virginia army National guard As the howitzer roared up a Hill with Chris and his parents inside. He s just totally wiped put he s so said mrs. Riley. His doctor called and said she did t want him to go up but he wanted to do Chris was sworn in during a Spe Cial ceremony by capt. Duane hawn of the army s Fairmont recruiting office which organized inc event after a family Friend Sug a std that seeing a couple of live .1. Joes might cheer Chris members of the army s Pitts Burgh recruiting battalion sent four Man Colo guard and a Camou Flage suited stuffed Bear. Spurned Lover. This says that in the . There instill racism. The racial relations Are far better than in Many other cities hut they Are not Good he said. Four White teen agers were taken inti custody thursday questioned by the police and placed in a lineup before wit Nesses. No charges were immediately filed. Police identified the four As Steven Curruri. 18. A student at Kingsboro Community College Pasquale Gucci. 19. An employee of video elections Brian o Donnell 18. A student at Brooklyn College and Keith Mondello. 18, a construction supervisor. Stephen g. Murphy a lawyer rep resenting Mondello said Mondello had been at the scene of the shooting and had had a Bat. But he said Mondello had nut had a gun and had not been the one who shot. Murphy also denied that Mondello was the girl s Boyfriend. They have no other relationship than that they were neighbors he said. He also denied that the killing was a racial incident. It was caused by Youn jealous he said. The girl. Gina Feliciano. In. Caused a confrontation by telling Mondello that she was going to bring As Manv As .10 outs to heal him and his friends. Mur Phy said. As described by the spurned last week by Feliciano. Who he heard was dating Black and hispanic men. The while youths armed with 31 Lea Stone but probably several guns and at least seven baseball bats were slaked out by the girl s House wednesday night about 9 20. Police said when Hawkins and his friends passed by. This group was building and talking and Ward said adding that at least one witness heard the word nig Ger used. They were looking for the new Feliciano was to have celebrated her 18th birthday at Home thai night. Mcgil lion said but cancelled the party amid signs of trouble. From her second floor apartment she looked out the window and saw a group of youths gathering on the Street. She later joined them witnessed the attack and has since been cooperating with police. Mcgillion said. Mayor de Koch Pierce denies anyone got special treatment while he was Hud Boss los Angeles a former Secretary of housing and Urban development Samuel r. Pierce jr., in an inter View published Friday in the los Angeles times denied allegations of Favori Ismat Hud and accused critics of miss epic sending his performance. Everybody was ire aled the retold the times. That was the advice and the word that i gave 10 the people the interview was Pierce s first Public comments about the Hud juror since he Lesli fied before Congress on May 25. Pierce contradicted that testimony in asserting in the interview that he was a hands on manager. He said however that he did not know of inc extensive influence allegedly exercised by his former executive assistant. Deborah Gore Dean. Pierce said his efforts 10 help former la partners did not breach his pledge to sever his ties from the firm because he received no financial Benefit from the favors and had no agreement to return to the firm. Testimony by former Hud officials and documents has portrayed the Agency under Pierce who served throughout the Reagan administration As plagued by Samuel Pierce mismanagement and influence peddling. Pierce would not discuss some subjects the times reported. He noted that he is scheduled to testify again sept. I5 and has a Deal to publish his Complete Story next month with a Magazine. But Pierce strongly rejected allegations thai High powered republicans were Given preferential treatment by Hud. Saying that funding for projects was based on the merits. You would look Al their project and. If it was a worthy project they would retreated favourably. If not they would lose it he said. Thai was the Basic approach to All of these. Ii was l an approach that if Alliey arc a Republican you have got to acid 10 Points or give them something Pierce said he believes some members of Congress arc attacking his operation of Hud and misrepresenting his performance because these lawmakers traditional role in lobbying for Hud Grant was taken Over in part by consultants. Developers have testified that they paid Large sums to consultants because the developers thought that doing so was essential to winning Hud action during the Pierce years. Package has a Gem of a Surprise Knoxville Tenn. A Busi Nessman Larry Jackson expected a overdue shipment of weightlifting gloves. The package he received however contained an estimated $2 million in uncut gems. The 50-Pound locked and sealed steel Container was delivered by american Eagle airlines to Jackson s business. Atlas fitness products inc. Wednesday. The Box had no return address but airline paperwork indicated it was the lost piece of a 25-Packagc shipment gloves Jackson received in july from Pakistan. Jackson look delivery even though in did t resemble his usual Glove ship ments. You Don l have to be a rocket scientist to figure out that this was not what it was supposed to be. 1 mean it came in what was like a Little he said. So Jackson called the . Custom office the inspector on duty said just to hold in and return it to the shipper said i Orgeron a customs spokeswoman in new Orleans. But Jackson a Reserve Deputy with the Knox county sheriffs department said he became concerned when no one retrieved the Box by inc end of the Day. I did not want to be Ressio Snible for it because 1 knew in was something that appeared to be of great value he said. Jackson called the sheriffs office and a detective was sent out. But refused to take Possession of the package without knowing what was inside. "1 understand his Jackson said. The thing came from the islamic world. God knows what was in it. It could be cobra venom or a bomb or with the help of a local Auto Mechanic and his Blowtorch the Box was opened upside were More than 50 some purplish others Milky White wrapped m afghan local jeweler after consultation with a colleague determined the uncut Gem were Kunzite which arc native to Afghanistan and conservatively estimated their value at $2 million. Orgeron said american Eagle was try ing to track Down inc gems owner. She said in was nol Clear where inc package was supposed logo but the air line determined it was definitely nol Knoxville. She said the routing problem Likely occurred when the package passed through new York s John f. Kennedy Airport. The gems were placed in a vault at the sheriffs department awaiting pickup by customs officials sheriff Joe Fowler said Jackson meanwhile is still wondering where his missing gloves Are. Custom promised me they were going to make an Effort to find them he said. That s the least they can do since i m not allowed to keep the stones. Do i feel like a fool for turning themis he added with a laugh then an swered himself with one word
