European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 13, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday March 13, 1990 the stars and stripes a a a Page 7robbers can to Bank on Ohio a capital Columbus Ohio apr Brash and sometimes humbling criminals have staged a rash of Bank robberies in Ohio a capital City and its suburbs. The Columbus area with a population of about 1.2 million has had 42 Bank robberies this year More than Chicago Detroit Pittsburgh and Cleveland combined. Quot these Are not real sophisticates a said capt. Frank Phillips head of the police detective Bureau. A a they re not getting much during the robbery and most of them Arentt getting away  Fri agent Douglass Ogden said the robberies have involved Small amounts a generally no More than $1,000. He would not release specific figures. There have been 21 arrests in the 42 robberies. All of the defendants Are awaiting trial. Quot Why Are there so Many Bank robberies frankly right now we done to have a clue a Ogden said. A if we knew that wed Stop them. Fri figures show that Chicago has had 10 Bank robberies so far this year Detroit had nine Pittsburgh four and metropolitan Cleveland three. Los Angeles in contrast has had 110. "1 think there a a combination of bravery and stupidity at work Here a said Phillips. A i mean most of these people Are walking into the Banks with no gun and in most cases no disguise and they re looking right at the camera. This Isnit Bonnie and Clyde we re dealing  authorities suspect Many of the robbers in Columbus Are Down and out drug addicts looking for Quick Cash. That theory was borne out with the arrest Friday of a Man who admitted to robbing eight Banks since feb. 7, claiming he used the Money to support a $900-a-Day crack habit. The Man a named Jesse a a James Dalton or. Although authorities say he is no relation to the outlaw Jesse James or the Dalton Brothers a confessed to the robberies after being shown photos taken by Bank cameras. A Man who robbed a Bank last tuesday lost his fake Beard and looked directly at the Bank camera before fleeing police said. One Man was arrested while counting his Booty in his getaway vehicle a a City bus a March 5 after he allegedly robbed the same Bank one Branch for the third time in a week. Police charged him in six Bank heists. On March 2, five Banks were hit prompting mayor Dana Rinehart to Call for More Bank Security and More of an Fri presence. A so far nobody has been Hurt. These people come into the Bank get the Money and leave a Rinehart said. A but sooner or later somebody will get Hurt. This will All end when one of these robbers gets shot with a .45 in the Chest. Its a Heck of a Way to terminate the problem but it sure gets the word  Ogden said his office is a quite overwhelmed by the robberies in Columbus this year. Last year Bank robberies were Down 50 percent from 1988, when 98 were reported a record for the Columbus area. A these things go in cycles a said Ogden. He pointed out that the Columbus freeway system makes for easy getaways. Two interstates Cut through the City in each direction and both connect with an outer Belt. De Billman vice president of Banc one corp., which owns Bank one said Security has been increased at the Branch. He said More plainclothes Security guards would be stationed at his Banks and that Houston crowd cheers Chamorro Houston apr nicaraguan president 1�?.v�?T elect Violeta Barrios de Chamorro told More i than 1,000 displaced nicaraguans at a roman % h 4 Catholic Church that she planned to end the draft and provide amnesty for citizens in exile. Supporters rallied after a mass at St. Thomas More Catholic Church cheering a Viva Dona Violeta and a Viva  they joined her in singing Nicaragua a National Anthem. Chamorro who is using a wheelchair while recovering from knee surgery greeted several supporters with kisses Ana handshakes at sundays mass. But As she tried to Tell them of changes she planned in her Homeland her words were drowned by cheers. A we want to show her our support a Doraldina Arguello Schiene said. A was american nicaraguans we want to show her we support her in her Victory and that we Trust her to do the Job. I Tec very confident that 99 percent of the nicaraguans who were Here today were Here to show her their  Chamorro fell and broke her right Kneecap on new year s eve and underwent knee surgery in a Houston Hospital Jan. 4. She returned to Nice x1? an it i 6and campaigned on crutches it Nei Jna opposition Union candidate against Sandim Sta president Daniel Ortega. Chamorro achieved an upset Victory Over or Mega in an election feb. 25. She takes office april Orth no it turned t0 Houston on thursday and Rem Vii Sugeon or Malcolm w. Granberry removed her Brace Friday. Violeta Barrios de sign after attending Chamorro flashes the Victory mass on sunday in Houston. Police have agreed to Stop in periodically. Banks Are fighting Back by giving informants rewards of up to $2,000 and providing tellers with Dye packs a canisters of paint that can be programmed to explode marking the loot. A i know of one Teller who stuffed a Dye pack Down a robbers shirt. There a some Guy out there with a real red Chest right now. It  be too hard to find him a Billman said. Ogden said the Fri police and Bank Security officials have met to determine the Best Way to Stop the robberies. He would not give details but he indicated Security would be increased inside and outside Bank branches in Franklin county which includes Columbus. A he also Hopes to increase his number of agents. He would not say How Many agents Are assigned to the Columbus office which oversees 12 counties. Storage tank explodes killing three workmen Cotton Valley la. Apr an empty Petroleum storage tank at Kerr Mcgee s Cotton Valley refinery exploded while it was being worked on sunday killing the three men inside. The men were on a Crew that was cutting the top off of the empty tank when a piece of equipment apparently ignited Vapours inside said sheriffs Deputy Charlie Horton nearby residents said they heard what sounded like Thunder looked out and saw fire and smoke in the air. The fire was very Brief and confined to the tank Horton said. He was unable to identify the dead. Magazine rates Best graduate schools in . Washington apr Harvard has the nation s top medical school Stanford offers the finest business training Yale has the Premium Law school and Massachusetts Institute of technology is the Best place for a graduate degree in engineering says a Survey released monday. A schools reputation among educators and in the outside world was a major subjective Factor said . News amp world report in releasing the results of a Survey evaluating . Graduate education in its March 19 Issue. The Magazine emphasized that the institutions receiving top ranking in the Survey Quot do not exercise a monopoly on Quality  a nevertheless institutional reputations matter in some professions they May be crucial Quot the Magazine said. A fairly or unfairly the value of a degree from that institution depends in part upon those  four professional programs were surveyed a business engineering Law and Medicine. Harvard and Stanford placed in the top five in three of those categories More than any other institutions. Harvard in addition to being tops in Medicine ranked second in business and fifth in Law. Stanford ranked second in engineering and third among Law schools in addition to its top rating for business. The Survey used objective standards a Quality of students accepted value of the degree in the Job Market and research spending a along with subjective measures such As a schools  Hasni to altered tax dissenters conviction Hartford Conn. Apr As Aoril  crises at americans Swint m,1il0ns of obedient they can  Glover the a 1040s so Lar us a hard earned Dol  it a Ummen tary on Intelli Public Schiff afe9ess of the american vie v from thl m m a Telephone internal prison wheret�?�10�?T w Van fed term for tax offences. Is serving a second a svy tent i changed april Tucy fooled the a t0 april 15 a a they ure required int0 behevin8 that nobody pay income  can say Schiff author of the 1982 Best seller a How anyone can Stop paying income taxes a does no to have the courage of his convictions. Schiff landed Back in prison in August when the irs found out that a year after his parole for a 1985 conviction he still Hadnot paid Back taxes and penalties for 1980, 1981 and 1982. Over the years the tax protester has sacrificed nearly everything he owns in his crusade against the internal Revenue service. Included Are an estimated $133,000 in Book royalties seized to pay Back taxes. He a also lost his insurance and investment businesses. All this because the 62-year-old former Hamden resident stubbornly refuses to yield an Inch in his position that personal income taxes Are strictly voluntary and the government can to Force anybody to pay. For nearly two decades Schiff has been preaching to anybody who la listen to his interpretation of the 16th amendment which gave the . Government authority to tax income from any source a or so the irs says. Schiff maintains that the amendment adopted in 1913, gave the government Power to tax goods and privileges but not wages. The amendment by the Way was never ratified by Connecticut. He stopped paying income taxes at least voluntarily in 1974. The irs finally nailed Schiff in 1980. He was sentenced to six months in prison and fined $10,000, he was arrested again in 1985, serving six months before being paroled. Since Landing Back in prison Schiff who is representing himself in this Legal morass has come up with yet another scheme to frustrate the irs go ahead and fill out the irs forms but done to declare any taxable income a Zero. Scheffs family wishes he would relent in his Battle against the irs. But they doubt he will. A a lot of people think he is an idiot but he is not a said his son Andrew. Unlike his father Andrew pays his taxes. A like Many people who Are obsessed with a cause he is very