European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 17, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Saturday March 17, 1990 the stars and stripes a a a Page 7u.s. Discloses indictment of Asia drug lord Washington up a a Southeast Asia drug lord who Calls himself a Prince prosperous has been indicted on 10 drug trafficking counts stemming from the largest seizure of heroin Ever made attorney general Richard Thornburgh announced thursday. A was the largest dope Pusher in the Golden Triangle the Border area of Laos Burma and Thailand the title of Prince of death for thousands of heroin addicts in the United states might be More Apt a Thornburgh said. Chang Chi fun also known As Khun a was indicted by a Federal grand jury in the Eastern District of new York in december 1989, but the charges were not disclosed until thursday. There was no explanation for the delayed disclosure. Thornburgh said Chi fun has a drug army of Between 4,000 and 10,000 soldiers and operates in the Remote Jungle Region of Southeast Asia that produces up to 80 percent of the heroin smuggled into new York City. His nationality if known was not disclosed. Chi fun Calls himself a Prince prosperous and brags that his Shan United army operating out of Burma and Northern Thailand actually has 30,000 soldiers drug enforcement administration director John Lawn said at a Justice department news conference with Thornburgh. The indictment accuses the suspect of attempting to smuggle 2,389 pounds of pure heroin into the United states in 1988. The shipment was seized by Federal agents in what has been called the largest heroin seizure Ever made. He is also accused of smuggling or attempting to smuggle More than 3,500 pounds of heroin into new York Between 1986 and 1988 in various shipments that ultimately were sold for an estimated $350 million the officials said. Done to Bull doze off on the Job landscaper Mike Scarpelli does t seem to have a Tough Road to Hoe As he takes a break in a Bulldozer shovel wednesday in Secaucus n.j., and catches a few rays from the mid morning Sun. Temperatures on the mid Atlantic coast were in the 70s and 80s wednesday.3 dead 4 wounded in Bostons Day of violence Boston apr it was the City a bloodiest 24 hours this year a Mother was gunned Down wielding a Pitchfork to protect her son from suspected gang members and a woman was fatally shot at her store Over a Jar of easter Seal coins. Six separate shootings and stabbings left three people dead and four wounded Between 1 . Tuesday and i . Wednesday. A fourth victim was found wednesday afternoon but it was not immediately determined if she had died during the same time period. The deaths pushed Bostons murder rate 50 percent higher than during the same period last year. A it was a night of violence no City should have to put up with a said police Deputy superintendent William Celester who runs the City a toughest precinct area b in Roxbury. The violence erupted during a Beautiful sunny Day a Day so warm it tied a record for the Date. It occurred in Roxbury Dorchester Mattapan and Jamaica Plain Boston s poorest neighbourhoods. The deaths reported tuesday and wednesday left the City with 32 people dead of homicide this year up trom ,.1 during the same period last year. Ice Cuc 1 at East our other 24-hour periods since a it As j v no More homicides than the three recorded tuesday and wednesday but said the latest violence ranked among the worst in City history. The violence began when 57-year-old Jean strand org was shot in the Temple at the liquor store in Dor my scr n Cre Slie we it cell for More than 20 years. Two olbers fled with a Jar of coins collected for easter deals police said a she was the nicest person on the face of the said Jody Gawinn a co worker. A she was the Best Friend of a lot of police arrested Michael Adams 17, of Boston on the second floor porch of a nearby tenement after the shooting. Witnesses said he was carrying a Shotgun and that a second youth had been seen fleeing. The Jar of coins donated to help disabled children was smashed on a sidewalk the pennies Nickels and dimes and a few quarters scattered. Police said the change a no More than $10 a was All that was taken in the robbery. Adams pleaded innocent in Dorchester District court at a tense hearing during which judge Darrell outlaw decried the constant crime and suggested that the National guard May eventually need to come in to quell the violence. Around 8 30 . Tuesday Delores Newberry 33, a Mother of five was shot in the Chest As she chased at least two youths who were apparently trying to set fire to her Roxbury apartment. Police said she picked up a Pitchfork to protect her son before being fatally shot. Newberry a family has suffered before from Street violence. Her husband was shot in the heart at a housing project last summer. Newberry a sister was shot to death by her Boyfriend on a Street in 1987. About 90 minutes before Newbern is slaying 30-year-old Carl Benbow was found shot in the head near a Roxbury housing project and taken to Brigham and women a Hospital where he was pronounced dead police said. The Boston Globe reported that a Man who said he was bin bowl a brother and identified him self Only As the a terminator Quot promised revenge. Quot they just erupted guerrilla warfare Quot the brother was quoted As saying. A you Are going to have to take me in for a police commissioner Francis m. Roache mayor Raymond Flynn and Celester All echoed a similar refrain when calling fora halt to the violence tighter gun control. A a we be got to get the illegal guns out of the hands of drug runners a Flynn said when he arrived at the scene of Benbow a slaying tuesday night. Two 19-Ycar-Olds, Ernesto Morrison and Nathaniel Chaney both of Dorchester were in stable condition at Boston City Hospital on tuesday night following a shooting about 7 . In Mattapan. A Hospital spokesman said Morrison was shot in the Back and Chaney was shot in a leg. A 31-year-old Man was shot tuesday night As he stood on a Dorchester Street. Stanley Kelly was listed in stable condition at Boston City Hospital with at least two gunshot wounds. Police have not arrested any suspects and do not have a motive in those shootings. A Roxbury woman Aishah Jamaal 27, also was arrested tuesday on charges of stabbing another woman in the face during a fight in the City a red Light District the combat zone. The identity of the woman found slain wednesday afternoon behind a building in the City a Roxbury Section was not immediately known but police believed she was in her mid-20s, spokeswoman Jill Reilly said. Neither the time nor the cause of death had been determined Reilly said. Fliers play the Trump game get Trump gifts in Tam / a. Boston apr Donald Trumps p Mise to compensate passengers if one is shuttle flights is late turned into a f a hundreds of travellers when g floated Over the Airport Here and in new York City. Ihpr1 Lcy a so of the Trump shuttle say a or weather on the first two Days of Norm guaranteed the Success of the promotion. Wan to a catastrophe a Bruce Les president of Trump shuttle said in a Telephone interview. A emr. Trump is very Happy with the promotion. We Are so comfortable with the product we will guarantee that the billionaire Developer announced tuesday that Trump shuttle passengers would receive gifts if any flight was More than 15 minutes late. The next Day fog set in at Logan International Airport and eight Trump shuttle flights from new York to Boston Between 6 30 . And 1 . Were delayed More than 15 minutes. Fog closed Laguardia Airport in new York to incoming flights for about 3 �?~/2 hours thursday morning halting the shuttles 6 30, 7 and 8 . Flights from Boston and Washington Nobles said. Nobles said about 2,800 passengers were affected by the delays wednesday. He said he had no estimate of How Many were delayed thursday. The promotion intended to help Trump compete with the pan am shuttle on the lucrative Northeast routes gives delayed passengers vouchers Good for one of three gifts. They Are a 5,000-mile Bonus on Trumps frequent flier pro a free one Way companion ticket or the shuttle that can be used any weekend or a $20 american express restaurant certificate. The promotion runs through March 31. For wednesdays delayed passengers Trump shuttle could pay approximately $18,480 in american express certificates. 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