European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 24, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday april 24, 1990 the stars and stripes a Page 52 More . Cabbies killed total now 7 the stars and stripes new York apr the killing of the sixth and seventh cabbies in just Over six weeks prompted mayor David Dinkins to order stepped up police action a including undercover officers As Drivers a sunday. Police Are trying to determine if the latest killings a sunday in the Bronx and saturday in Brooklyn a were related. Investigators have said they Are unsure if two other earlier killings Are related. Ajl but one of the seven Drivers killed worked for car services which generally dispatch cabs to pick up customers who Telephone. So called medallion cabs make up the bulk of the City a Fleet and cruise the streets looking for passengers. Dinkins noted the importance of car services in outer often poorer neighbourhoods largely abandoned by cruising cabs for fear of crime and for Lack of paying passengers for the return trip to Manhattan. A these killings represent More than a brutal attack on the Drivers who have fallen victim a Dinkins said. A they have also become an assault on a vital link in our transportation  car service companies report they have lost Between one fourth and one half of their night Drivers since the killings began on March 7. A they Haven to been quitting a Tony Carter a spokesman for the taxi and limousine commission said. A they just Haven to been showing up for work for fear for their  three of the shootings involved car service Drivers who were called to pick up passengers late at night in the same general area. Ballistics tests have shown the bullets were from the same .22-Calibcr gun. Robbery was the presumed motive. The body of the latest victim whose name was withheld was found sunday morning in his car in the Bronx. He had been shot in the head. The Driver shot saturday in Brooklyn was identified As Ferdinand Jeannot 27. The Bullet that killed him was fired from the Back seat and went through a plastic partition police said. They speculated the gunman May have intended to Rob Jeannot but  reach his Wallet containing $100, because of the partition and because the two front doors were  rights leaders other mourners pay their final respects to Abernathy Atlanta apr hundreds of mourners filed past the coffin of the Rev. Ralph David Abernathy sunday at the Church where he preached during the turbulent civil rights Era. About 300 people mostly members of his Church lined up after the regular service at the West Hunter Street Baptist Church where the civil rights Leader was pastor from 1961 until his death last week at age 64. At an evening memorial service civil rights figures praised the Man who marched and worked beside the Rev. Martin Luther King or. The Rev. Harold a. Carter of Baltimore who once trained under Abernathy in the civil rights movement recalled his Mentor. A though he received tremendous acclaim he never once forgot that it would take the prayers of the righteous to make change Carter said. The Rev. Robert g. Grant president of the american Freedom coalition in Washington commented on the epitaph Abernathy wrote for himself a i  a yes Ralph you did try a Grant said. A you tried to bring your people those Normal things of life that most people take for  most of those who lined up Early sunday either were members of Abernathy a Church or residents of the neighbourhood. Family members viewed Abernathy a body privately then left the Church. One of Abernathy a daughters Donzaleigh Abernathy Bosley of los Angeles arranged Flowers around her fathers open casket and placed a single red Rose in his left hand. Ethel Bell 83, a member of West Hunter since 1932, said Abernathy hinted during a february Sermon that he expected to die. A the said he had really enjoyed being pastor a she said. A the said he wanted us to always get  Donzaleigh Abernathy Bosley places a single red Rose in her fathers hand rally in n. Y. Asks turks to accept blame new York up a thousands of people rallied sunday in times Square to urge the government of Turkey to accept the responsibility for slaying 1.5 million armenians Between 1915 and 1923. Speakers said the United states should Stop referring to the armenians deaths at the hands of the turkish ottoman Empire As  a the armenian genocide was the beginning of the bloodiest Century in the history of Man a said sen. Alfonse do Amato r-. A Hitler looked to the turks and discovered the blueprint for the holocaust when he asked the chilling question a who remembers the armenians a a do Amato also said a just last week the soviets admitted that they were responsible for the massacre of 15.000 polish officers in Katyn and the East germans admitted their responsibility for the holocaust. Quot when will the turks finally admit their responsibility for the vicious Slaughter of 1.5 million armenians a red Blue and Orange flags abounded among the somber thousands on Broadway in Midtown Manhattan. Many wore Black paper armbands with a armenian genocide and the dates in White. Mayor David Dinkins sporting an Earth Day Button called for Healing words and referred to attempts at a Senate Resolution to Mark april 24 a a National Day of  Don Donglian 77, of Hackensack n.j., bore pictures of his grandparents from a string around his neck. He said they were among 38.000 armenians from Avion Turkey who were killed by the turks. Start of �?~90 2nd warmest on record statistics show Washington apr this year is off to the second warmest Start on record the Federal climate analysis Center reports. Only the first three months of 1921 were warmer according to climate records going Back to 1895. The nations average temperature in March was just Over 45 degrees fahrenheit making it the 10tn warmest March on record the Center noted. That followed the nations warmest january on record with an average temperature of about 37 degrees and the 15th warmest february when temperatures averaged just above 37 degrees. The warm first Quarter contrasts sharply with 1989, which went out with the fourth coldest december on record. Overall 1989 was somewhat cooler than average in the United states. January swarm weather has been attributed to Strong Westerly winds that carried abundant moisture ashore in the Northwest and blocked cold air from moving South out of Canada during the month. That blocking prevented Normal cold from developing and led to the record warm month. The first half of february was a continuation of january a weather pattern but by mid month weather began to look More Normal with severe outbreaks of cold  of time in the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. April 24, 1950 a president Truman watched an air Force fire Power demonstration of bombs bullets and rockets that turned the Eglin Field Fla. Firing Range into a swirling mass of smoke and flame.30 years ago today. April 24, 1960 a East Berlin communists claimed jurisdiction Over the elevated railway in West Berlin in an Effort to catch refugees.20 years ago today. April 24, 1970 a in an overhaul of the draft system president Nixon ordered an end to future draft deferments for occupational or agricultural activities and for fatherhood. He also asked Congress for authority to end student deferments.10 years ago today. April 24, 1980 a Nineteen Amateur american athletes asked a . Federal court to overturn the . Olympic committees decision against sending a team to Moscow for the summer olympic games