European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 28, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes monday August 28,1989 pair charged with laundering Cash for Colombia drug Cartel Roslyn. By. A a couple were arrested Early saturday surrounded by what one officer called enough Money to Bathe in and charged with running an operation that transported nearly $350 million to the Medellin drug  Posada 28. Of Medellin colom Bia and his wife. Deysi 26, of Venezuela were arrested shortly after Midnight at their residence in Roslyn Heights on Long Island said Art Stifil. A special agent with the . Customs service. Llola were charged with Money Laun Dering and conspiracy. Mrs. Posada is additionally charged with making false statements for giving police a phony name Stiffl said. The posadas were held without bail at the metropolitan correctional facility in new York City pending a hearing thursday. An infant believed to be their child was taken from the Home and placed in the custody of Nassau county children services he said. He said $4 million in $10 and s20 Bills and a Money rolling device were confiscated during the arrest. No drugs were found in the apartment. The place is covered with Money Sli Tel said. There s enough Money Here to Bathe in. You could actually fill up your entire Pool. We believe it came from drug sales but we Haven t gotten that far into the  the arrests came after a we Klong probe by the customs service the drug enforcement administration and Nas Sau and Suffolk county police. A Federal search warrant was issued Friday night in Brooklyn. The couple allegedly had been Laun Dering Between $48 million and $50 Mil lion per year for the past seven years to the Colombia based Medellin Cartel the world s largest cocaine Selling operation  investigation began with the arrest of a courier with $250,000 in his Luggage who was attempting to Fly to puerto Rico from Laguardia Airport. Stifle i said the operation employed an average of 16 couriers a month each carrying More than $250,000 in their suit cases. The bags some weighing More than100 pounds were filled with Money lined Light bulbs Bug Spray cans and toys. They were checked in at Laguardia Airport and shipped directly to colom Bia for pickup Stiffel said. Stale police investigators Victor Rosati Center and Anthony Kulakoski display some of the $4 million taken from the Roslyn n.y., Home of John and Deysi i Usu Dii. Banks cite Advance in equal hiring Washington Dpi women and minorities arc reach ing the highest professional ranks at the nation s main Banks in greater numbers than Ever before the american Bankers association said sunday. Women now represent almost 70 percent of employees at Large Banks and almost one half of the country s top banking officials according to the association s data collected from the nation s largest Banks based on assets. In 1988, women accounted for about 47 percent of All officials and managers the top employment level and More than 57 percent of professionals the second highest employ ment level in the nation s so Mam Banks the Aba said. By comparison a decade ago women comprised about 33 per cent of officials and managers and More than 41 percent of All professional jobs in the top 50 Banks the study said. The total percentage of women in the banking work Force grew from 65 percent in 1978 to 69.3 percent in 1988, the Aba said. The association noted that minorities during the same period have also gained. The percentage of All minority group members in the officials and managers category grew to 15.9 percent from 12.3percent, the Aba said. Among professionals minorities grew to 20.9 percent from 15.8 percent. The proportion of minority group members in Banks in 1988was 29.3 percent up from 25.8 percent a decade ago the Aba  the minorities category growth of Black employees in Man Agni Cut positions during the same period also escalated the study found. The percentage of Blacks in the officials and managers category inthe top 50 Banks increased to 6.9 percent from 5.4 percent in 1978. In the professionals category Black employment Rose to 9 percent from 8 percent. Lightning makes Way into deadly limelight Washington a researchers have found lightning to be an even More widespread danger than was believed with More than 60 americans losing their lives and hundreds More injured by lightning last year. A Hazard whose scattered victims usually attract Only local notice lightning finally made the National headlines in 1988 by sparking Forest fires that ravaged much of Yellowstone National Park. In the past weather observers have recorded the presence of lightning through the simple expedient of listening for the Thunder that comes after the electrical discharges. But electromagnetic detection systems have discovered that because of interference with sound Waves Between 22 percent and 40 percent of All lightning occurs without observers hearing the Thunder that Fol lows. That is not Good news researchers note pointing out that lightning can strike with no warning some times occurring prior to storms or reaching out ahead of the Clouds. Detailed thunderstorm records go Back to the late 1800s, but they have always depended on the reports of trained observers primarily listening to Thunder. This Means that the operators of electrical plants and others who use weather records to anticipate the Dan Ger of lightning have underestimated the risk. The toll of 68 lightning deaths in 1988 was the same number As in 1986, lying for the lowest in this decade. In Between however 1987 recorded the most in the decade with 86 fatalities. The Long term average is 96 lightning deaths annually an average boosted by several very deadly Jears Back in the 1960s, including 1963 when 210 people were killed by lightning. As usual in 1988 Many victims were in the open or under Trees with several on Golf courses or in boats Florida retained its place As leading in lightning deaths with nine while six died in Colorado. There were four lightning deaths each in Georgia. Michigan. New York North Carolina and Wisconsin the National weather service reported. And Stales with three fatalities each were Minnesota new  co Texas and Virginia. Alabama Kansas. Louisiana Oklahoma Pennsylva Nia and puerto Rico had two lightning deaths  reporting one fatality last year were Arizona Connecticut Kentucky Nebraska Nevada. New Hampshire new Jersey Ohio and South Carolina. More than half of All electrical storms had Only a few Cloud to ground lightning hashes while a Small num Ber of storms had hundreds of strokes. In Washington d.c., three years Worth of records showed that nearly one Quarter of All the lightning strokes were accounted for in just two big storms. One reason lightning does t get the respect that meteorologists think it deserves is that it is like Auto Mobile accidents usually claiming victims one or two at a time Over a scattered area. The sudden arrival of thousands of volts of electricity however can sometimes involve a lot of people. For example on july 17, 1988, lightning struck a Utility pole at a Speedway in Snyder county a. Twenty two spectators were injured by the charge which travelled Down the pole and into the bleachers. No one was killed. On july 10 of last year a group playing volleyball in new York s Prospect Park was t As fortunate. Seeking to avoid a sudden downpour they sought shelter under a tree. Lightning struck killing a 28-year-old Man and injuring a dozen others. Lightning results from a buildup of electrical charges in a storm Cloud. The process in t fully understood but it appears to involve movement of raindrops up and Down in the Cloud propelled by Strong winds. When the electrical charges build up to Large Levels an invisible step Leader moves Down from the negatively charged Cloud base in segments about 50 Yards Long until it reaches the positively charged ground. When that Contact is made thousands of volts of electricity move in that circuit often in several bolts giving lightning its sometimes flickering Char Acter