European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 05, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday january 5,1990 the stars and stripes Page ? 2 traffic cops write 5,000 tickets in Illinois Village of 70 National City. Iii. A keep an Eye on the speedometer when driving through this Village or be prepared to reach for your Wallet and join thousands of people ticketed in 1989. National City with just 70 residents has 11 officers to patrol the one mile stretch of Illinois route 3 that bisects the Village. Last year. National City police wrote More than 5,000 traffic tickets and earned More than si22,000 for the Village coffers one Quarter of the City budget. The 35-Mph limit is posted on at least eight signs on each Side of the Road. Assistant police chief Jim far Rell said. You can hardly Call it a Speed trap because the Speed limit is Well posted he said. The Illinois department of transportation Esti mates 8.700 cars daily pass through National City which is across the Mississippi River from St. Louis and Home to the National stockyards co. Livestock Complex and related businesses. It s sort of like a Racetrack out there at times Farrell said. We try to keep the traffic Speed Down and keep somebody from getting  police began closely monitoring the Highway five or six years ago after residents complained about the number of accidents. Farrell said. County records show National City police wrote 5.091 traffic tickets from Jan. 1 through dec. 28. 1989. Most Drivers were ticketed for speeding although some were cited for multiple violations. Those citations accounted for nearly 8.5 percent of the 60,000 moving violation traffic tickets issued last year in St. C Lair county which has a population of 265,000, said Barney Metz. County court clerk. State police capt. Bobby Henry area commander said he was surprised by the High number of tickets issued in National City. That s not a negative  he said. For a Small department they re obviously out there working to get that Many  route 3 has a 30-Mph limit As it enters National City from East St. Louis. The Speed limit then goes unto 35 Mph and stays there As the Road leaves National City. Police chief Edward Daubach said tickets Aren t issued unless Drivers exceed the limit by at least 10mph. Village clerk Kathryn Kun Cockcr said National City s annual budget is about $400,000 to $450.000, with most of the Revenue Corning from property and sales taxes. St. Clair county is one of the stale s most impoverished. We really Don t know How much would come in in a Given year from traffic tickets. Zuccker said tucs is Susan Harris Day. However the minimum penalty for a moving violation in Illinois is $50. Of which local authorities keep $24 that would mean National City received More than $ 122,000 from the tickets issued last year. The Village with five full time and seven part time officers is patrolled at All times by two officers in one car who use a radar Detector. Officers have heard their share of excuses from speeders Farrell said. We had one Guy Tell us he was in a hurry to go Home and take his Medicine he said. Identical bomb threats mailed to 20 states Austin. Texas a government offices in at least 20 states received let ters containing bomb threats according to state and Federal officials. The letters believed to be identical All were from Santa Ana calif., said Paula Smith director of the unclaimed prop erty division of the Texas state Treasury where one of the letters arrived tuesday. The letter Only had one sentence which read As follows consider this As a bomb threat " said Smith who added that the message is being taken seriously. There Are at this Point 18 to 20 states including California that have received identical letters Smith said. She said the slates include new York Virginia Tennessee Nevada Utah North Dakota Maine and Pennsylvania. The letter written with a Felt tip pen on a half Sheet of paper was postmarked dec. 28 and mailed from Santa Ana with no return address. The letter has been turned Over to the police who have started an investigation. The Fri and the . Postal serv ice also have been called in on the mat Ter. Byron Sage supervising agent in the Fri s Austin office said he sees no connection Between Icse threatening cillers and the letter bombs that killed a Federal judge and a Chil rights attorney in the South last month. The unclaimed property office in Texas oversees Money and goods found in dormant Bank accounts and is not involved in any civil rights activities. Smith said. Asked Why a person would Send the threatening letter. Smith said no one has a guess except that someone is unhappy with unclaimed property  but Bill Oryce. Press Secretary to trea surer Ann Richards said of the letter you just have to take it seriously Given what s been  Smith said the director of Mississippi s unclaimed property office after receiving a threatening letter warned her tuesday morning that one might arrive. Sage said the letter violates a postal regulation against mailing threatening communications. Al this time he said i does not warrant further Fri investigation because there was no specific threat of bodily injury and no bomb. San Antonio postal inspectors Are handling the Texas investigation. They were unavailable for comment wednesday. Postal inspectors in California were tight lipped about the matter. Inspector Donald Obritsch said. We re just in the process of finding out what s going on  remains of 6 servicemen Are identified Washington a six remains returned from Indochina have been identified As those of american servicemen the Pentagon said wednesday. Al the request of the next of Kin one of the names was withheld officials said in a statement. The five names released were air Force col. Woodrow h. Wilburn. Born june 16, 1917, from san Antonio. Air Force it. Col. William v. Frederick born june i 1933, from dec afield Ohio. Air Force maj. Lawrence g. Slow. Born nov. 24, 1945, from Hau Bladl ind. Air Force capt. Dale f. Koons born dec 13, 1946, from Eaton Ohio. Army sgt. Richard a. Fills born feb. 23. 1946, from Abingdon. Mass. The remains of Wilburn. Frederick Stolz and Koons and the individual whose name was withheld were repatriated by the vietnamese. The fills remains were recovered during a crash Silc recover operation in Laos the Pentagon statement said. The statement said the remains of three of the servicemen were to depart Hickam fab in Hawaii with full military honors and travel to Travis fab calif., on thursday. The remains of the three others have been returned to California but the Pentagon declined to say which remains those were. Rosella and Waller f itts hold a hat that belonged to their son sgt. Richard fills whose remains have been identified