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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 4, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday. September 4, 1989 the stars and stripes Page 7 marchers protesting teen s killing taunted Texas train inaugural Galveston mayor Jan Coggeshall left and i Knuston mayor Kathy who Loire Toast Houston businessman Franklin Dunson after the inaugural of the Texas limited an excursion train link ing Galveston and Houston. The train developed by Denson will run twice daily thursdays through sundays. New York not in the fourth such protest since the killing of a Black to can Agar 12 Days ago about 500 demonstrators bearing african liberation flags and chanting Yusuf. Yusuf marched through the heart of the Bensonhurst Section of Brooklyn saturday. Along the route As they had during two similar marches last weekend residents taunted the marchers with obscenities and racial epithets. But More than 400 police officers in riot gear flanked the marchers one line of officers on fool and another on motorcycles and other than some pushing there was no violence. On several occasions some Resi dents tried to breach the police lines but officers pushed them Back onto the sidewalks. The protesters walked about 10 abreast and residents lined both sides of the Street three deep. We Don t go to Harlem the kids were in the wrong  said Joseph Bono 22, referring to the group of Black teen agers including the slain youth Yusuf k. Hawkins who were attacked by about 30 Whites in the neighbourhood on aug. 23. This is Bensonhurst Bono Conlin cd. It is All  another resident. Michael Fenga 26, said no one likes no one if they Don t look the same. Everybody s prejudiced. And that s the Way it  As they marched some protesters shouted animals animals an Gering residents. Christine Mohamed a is year old Secretary who lives in Bensonhurst said it s a disgrace. We re being la bleed animals and we re decent  another resident who identified herself Only As Josephine said if we were animals we would t let them into our  Elizabeth Rina 62, said the whole thing was a terrible tragedy but now the Issue is not the death of the boy. It s a platform for racism and agita  saturday s protest was the fourth March staged since Hawkins was killed. Two were held last weekend. A March through downtown Brook Lyn last thursday billed As a Day of outrage and  turned Vio Lent when demonstrators and police clashed on a ramp leading to he Brooklyn Bridge. At least officers and two marchers were injured. Saturday marchers had gathered by 2 . At the slave theater on Fullon Street in the Bedford Stuyvesant Sec Tion chanting what do we want Justice when do we want it now on stage the organizer of the March the Rev. Al Sharpton accepted a standing ovation from the crowd an then criticized the release on bail of some of the defendants in the Case. For them to allow two of the murderers to go Home shows you today that there is an imbalance of Justice he said. All of the so called accused in Cen trial Park were remanded without bail he added referring to the suspects All of them Black in last april s beating and rape of a Jogger in Central Park. Now with a murder we find the assailants arc sent Home to enjoy the labor Day weekend Sharpton declared. 4 die As 2 planes in dinner Convoy crash in . Laconia . A two Small planes in a Convoy of six crashed within minutes and Miles of each other As they were returning from a dinner ruling authorities said saturday. Four people died in one crash and three were injured in the other. Both planes went Down in bad weather Friday night. But the fatal crash was not discovered until saturday morning police said. State aeronautics director Harold Bukur said survivors of the other crash said eight planes had flown about 60 Miles from Newburyport mass. To Laconia where the travellers had dinner. The travellers returned to the Airport in Laconia. 23 Miles North of Concord at about 9 . Bad weather prompted two of the pilots to stay in Laco Nia but the other six took off. One plane crashed into a Hill in Sanbornton about five Miles Southwest of Laconia. The three Massachusetts residents on Board suffered sprains cuts and other minor injuries. The second plane crashed into Woods near North Field about 10 Miles South of Laconia but authorities Busy with the Sanbornton crash did not immediately discover that crash Bukur said. I think they both happened within minutes of each other he said. A satellite passing overhead after rescuers finished work at the Sanbornton site picked up an emergency signal from the Cessna 172 that went Down near Northfield. Killed in the crash were Harry Avakian 63, and his wife Beatrice Avakian 62, of Newburyport and Bruce Magoon 60, and his wife Alice Magoon 60, of Manchester mass., Northfield police dispatcher Diane Heath said. Of the other four planes that left Laconia two arrived at Newburyport and two made it to Law rence mass., about i5 Miles to the Southwest. The Federal aviation administration and National transportation safety Board arc investigating both accidents. Honest cleaning woman gets a belated Reward fort Worth Texas a a businessman took it upon himself to Reward a cleaning woman who recently stumbled upon $100,000 lying around at a Bank and turned the Money in. Marvin Smith who owns a building and contracting company said he was shocked and a Little bit peeved when he read that Nancy Carroll had received no Reward. He gave her $ 100. "1 just Admire someone with that much honesty Smith told the fort Worth Star Telegram. It s easy for someone to be honest and return $10 not $100,000." Carroll 49, discovered the Cash Ashe was emptying trash cans by a Teller s Booth last month. She called Bank Security and told them of her find. A Tot of people arc going to think i m a fool she said. I m Happy with  officials said it was the fourth time in four months that she had found Money and returned it. But for the $100,000 find the news paper said she received nothing More than a thank you letter from the Bank s president. And that letter was sent to the maintenance company for which she is employed not to her personally. I iry to Reward my employees for their honesty Smith said. "1 was to tally shocked that the Bank had not rewarded  Carroll also was shocked when she Learned of Smith s gesture. I Don t believe this. Is it real she said. Man held for threats against Bush Quayle los Angeles a a Manas arrested saturday after he called a 911 emergency number from a Tele phone Booth at los Angeles International Airport and threatened to kill president Bush and vice president Dan Quayle authorities said los Angeles police traced the Call and arrested the 36-year-old Man while he still was talking to the Emer gency line operator said police sgt. Diljeet Singh. He declined to reveal the name of the Man who was transferred to secret service custody for investigation. Secret service officials were not immediately available for comment. The Call was traced to the 200 Block of world Way which runs through the Airport while the Emer gency line operator kept the Man on the line Singh said. He basically said he intended to kill the president and the vice presi Dent he said. The officer at the scene said the gentleman appeared mentally troubled. We take such incidents seriously and re ported it to the secret service he said. Los Angeles police did not file charges Singh said. He said the Man was not armed and had no Luggage or airline tickets in his Possession when he was arrested. He gave no motive. He just kept rambling on and on saying he wanted to kill them Singh said  
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