European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 3, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Tuesday april 3, 1990 the stars and stripes a a a Page 7bush pays respects to slain Maryland trooper by the Baltimore Sun n in Burnie my. A president Bush paid his Fps a pets sunday to Cpl. Theodore d. Wolf a state or who was shot to death thursday along interstate 95 after apparently stopping a speeder. He offered his widow sympathy promised their a ins a guided tour of the White House and left with eyes that brimmed with tears. The president and his wife Barbara were whisked into the Singleton funeral Home through a rear nor they consoled the troopers family for about 10 minutes before returning to their limousine parked at the same rear door. A ooh my god its the president a one of wolfs relatives said As the president and mrs. Bush approached the casket where the troopers uniformed body was watched Over by a color guard of troopers. The parlor Walls were crowded with roughly 100 Floral arrangements. The president hugged wolfs widow Virginia a Ginnie Quot Wolf Shook hands with her three sons a 16-year-old Teddy 14-year-old Greg and 12-year-old Nicky a and chatted with them As the family huddled in a semicircle near the head of the troopers casket. Mrs. Bush gave the widow a hug then talked with the rest of wolfs immediate family. At least 50 other mourners stunned at the unannounced visit craned their necks and edged closer for a look. It. Robert Johnson commander of the state police Barracks where Wolf was assigned stood at mrs. Wolfs Side during the presidents visit keeping an draped around her shoulder for support. He said later that Bush asked the three boys about themselves and told them How important their fathers work was to the nations Law enforcement efforts particularly in the area of drug Laws. A the told the kids they should be proud of their dad because he was in Law enforcement and that these Days its a particularly important career a Johnson said. The president also offered the boys a guided tour of the White House an offer that brightened them up a bit he said. A you could say he gave the kids an emotional Little Pep talk a he said. He said the family was touched and bolstered by the presidents visit. A a it a something that always look Back on and be Able to remember with Pride. always know that their father was Given quite an Honor a he said. As they departed both the president and mrs. Bush appeared moved by the visit. The half dozen people who Shook hands As they left could Sec tears brimming in their eyes above wan. Pained smiles. A White House spokesman said that the visit was unannounced because the president did not want to focus attention away from Wolf and his family. He said the president decided Friday on the personal visit after Reading news reports about the shooting wanting to offer sympathy to the family and support to the Law enforcement Community. Bush arrived by helicopter at Baltimore washing ton International Airport and was driven to the funeral Home several Miles away. Chuck Jackson a state police spokesman said the visit came about two months after the president was made an honorary Maryland state police trooper and presented with a state police baseball Cap at White House ceremonies. The 40-Ycar-old trooper was shot to death Early thursday. About a half hour after the body was discovered an abandoned 1989 Chevy Nova with a bloodied Interior a believed used by two men involved in the shooting a was found parked behind a Delicatessen about nine Miles from where the 16-year police Veteran was shot. No arrests have been least 1 killed in fiery Colorado plane crash firefighters Battle a fire in Boulder Colo., sunday caused by the crash of a Small plane. Suspected brothels in Baltimore could be part of National Chain Boulder Colo. Apr a Light plane swooped out of the Foothills and crashed into a vacant Home and several outbuildings killing at least one person and setting three buildings on fire. The twin engine private plane smashed into the Only vacant Home in the neighbourhood said City spokesman David Grinam. It hit four or five garages and other outbuildings setting the Home and two of the outbuildings on fire. Firefighters recovered one body from the wreckage of the plane Grimm said adding that it was burned beyond recognition. _ _ _ a flight plan raised the possibility there was a passenger on the plane but searchers failed to find a second body authorities said after Nightfall sunday. Eyewitnesses reported seeing a twin engine plane obviously in trouble. A the engine was screaming wildly a said Gary Faris who watched from his Back Yard. The plane swooped Low along a Ridge its Wing dipping Low. A it went out of sight and a second later we heard the Impact a Faris said. The plane crashed Between 3 . And 4 . On the Northwest Edge of Boulder a City of about 100,000 some 30 mile lightning strikes Man sought in wife a stabbing St. Petersburg Fla. Apr a Man sought for questioning in the stabbing of his wife was in critical condition sunday after being struck by lightning police said. Kevin Callahan a wife Janet was in critical but stable condition at the same Hospital Bayfront medical Center. Her husband was found Semi conscious at 8 . Saturday on a fishing catwalk at the Gandy Bridge police said. He muttered to rescuers that he was wanted by police the Pinellas county sheriffs department said. Doctors determined he had been hit by lightning said sheriffs spokeswoman Marianne Pasha. Mrs. Callahan was stabbed in the Throat and Back with a Large Butcher knife on thursday police said. Baltimore up1 a five suburban Massage Parlours under investigation Are suspected of being part of a National network of brothels employing mostly korean born women the Baltimore Sun reported sunday. Police said the Loose knit coast to coast network of Massage Parlours believed to be brothels Are independently owned and shuttle their women from town to town one step ahead of the Law or after one of them has been convicted of prostitution. The suspected brothels Are staffed mostly by the korean born wives and a wives of american servicemen authorities told the Sun. In october Baltimore county police arrested a 30-year-old korean woman working at the japanese spa in suburban Timonium and turned up a link Between that Massage parlor and one outside Canton Ohio. Maryland state police arrested another woman on prostitution charges in february at the Miami spa of the Orient in suburban Ellicott City and found she and others shuttled Between that parlor and the japanese spa in Timonium. Spas near Baltimore Washington International Airport and Elkridge were also reported under investigation but there have been no arrests at them the Sun said. Similar Massage Parlours have operated quietly for a number of years nationwide often near military posts said James Goldman a senior special agent for the . Immigration and naturalization service in Washington. But said Goldman in the last decade the number of Massage Parlours has skyrocketed to a a National epidemic of brothels managed and staffed by korean Goldman who headed a task Force on asian organized crime said Many of the korean women were prostitutes in their Homeland and nearly All came to the United slates married to american sol Northwest of Denver. A flight plan filed for the Cessna 421-c indicated it took off from the Denver area at 1 50 . Sunday. The flight plan showed the plane taking a passenger to Granby a across the Continental Divide in the Colorado Rockies. It was then to return to Denver said Verlin b. Tranter an investigator for the National transportation Board. Investigators had not determined if the plane made it to Granby and was returning or had turned Back with two people on Board he said. The plane was owned by Skyway associates o Raton. . Lee Hill a spokesman for Boulder Community Hospital said one Man was admitted shortly after the crash with hip injuries. The Man Harold Parks 54, was working in his garage when the plane crashed said Steve Davis a Boulder county Deputy sheriff and Parks Stepson who saw the plane crash and rushed Over to find Parks lying on the ground. Quot he appeared to be Davis said. Quot i kicked in a door looking for my mom who was gone. My Slep Tather said he heard a loud explosion and was literary blown out of the garage about 40 Diers who were stationed there. The recent explosion in the number of Parlours has led to an explosion in prosecutions and repeat offences. Quot in be got files on close to 300 korean prostitutes that operated in Houston Quot said Oscar Farrell a vice squad detective who made dozens of prostitution arrests there. A and in be gotten Calls from other places a new Jersey and new York especially a about some of the girls we be arrested subpoenaed Long distance Telephone records show Calls Between Parlours in various cities but authorities have not been Able to prove beyond a Shadow of a doubt that the spas Are conspiring to violate the Law. A there seems to be an organization to some extent. They know each other Quot said Frank Kinney a detective in the state of Washington who investigated Massage Parlours there. A but whether there a a commonality of Enterprise we can to
