European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 10, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday september 10, 1990 the stars and stripes a Page 5utah eulogies a a real life hero Man stabbed in . Subway station buried by the new York times a Young Man a stabbed to death in a new York City subway station sept. 2 while defending his Mother a was eulogized by relatives and friends As a a real life hero a at a burial in Provo Utah on saturday. At a simple mormon service where speakers and mourners wept openly 22-year-old Brian Scott Watkins was held up As a shining exemplar of his Faith and a Beacon for others a both in the College town of Provo in the Shadow of the Wasatch Mountain Range and thousands of Miles away on the increasingly violent streets of new York. A that throbbing City is showing its love and its tenderness to this family a said Thomas s. Monson one of the leaders of the mormon Church. A the last heroic act that took Briana a life May have saved  the idea that Watkins death had resonated across the country stirring souls in Little towns and great cities seemed a Comfort to those who remembered him. A mom and dad always wanted Brian to go on a Mission a said Todd his 25 year old brother referring to the 2-year missionary assignments which the mormon Church encourages its Young members to undertake. Looking Down at his family from the pulpit As he spoke through tears Todd said a Well mom and dad Brian has gone on a Mission and he a already touched More lives than most missionaries do in a  Todd Watkins and two friends Rhett Johnson and Michael Hill recalled the minutiae that was Briana a life until his stabbing at the hands of muggers who the police say wanted Money to go dancing. They spoke of Brian As a Small but determined child making a Bare handed catch at first base in Little league and breaking a Finger. They spoke of his comeback from a serious knee injury that did not keep him from winning a state Tennis championship in High school. A somewhere in the heart and breast and soul of Brian Watkins was a giant a said Hill retelling the now famous Story of a Young Man defending his Mother against the flying fists of eight muggers. A new York is shocked and Provo is shocked and so is the nation. We have witnessed a real life  meanwhile in new York the Quick Roundup of suspects in the subway killing of the Utah Man was a result of information provided by a bystander who spoke to the youths moments before the killing and Learned they were planning a robbery and were bound for Roseland ballroom investigators said saturday. Four of the eight suspects in custody were picked up at the nearby Roseland dance Palace within hours thanks to the information supplied by the bystander a Locksmith who works for a nearby hotel and who happened to be waiting for a Friend when he encountered the suspects. The crucial witness whose identity was withheld by investigators for his own safety saw about 30 youths emerge boisterously from the ind subway station at 53rd Street and seventh Avenue shortly after 10 . On sept. 2. A a where a the party a the witness asked them casually. Quot Roseland a one member of the group responded. Then the investigators said the witness overheard someone in the group say a a let a go Down and do a  the investigators said that the precise meaning of this remark was unclear but that it was probably a suggestion to Rob someone a to a make a killing Quot a rather than a proposal to kill someone. The witness then saw eight to 10 members of the group go Back Down into the subway. It was there that Watkins was stabbed to death in a scanning robbery knife attack when he tried to defend his Mother who was punched and his father who was Cut. Investigators said the witness after the Brief Exchange on the Street returned to the hotel where he worked. Later when he Learned there had been a killing he called the police accompanied officers to Roseland and pointed out two of the suspects who were arrested inside the dance Hall at 239 West 52nd St. Two others were seized As they emerged from Roseland later. Mir lib bpm St a Ltd x Seattle a decision on racial guidelines causes funds delay Seattle apr the . Department of education is withholding $2.8 million from Seattle schools while it reviews the school boards decision to relax racial balance guidelines District officials say. School superintendent William Kendrick told Board members Friday that the government wants to review the new guidelines before deciding whether to release Federal funds for Magnet programs designed to encourage desegregation. The new guidelines approved wednesday on a 4-3 Board vote seek to reduce mandatory busing by allowing More minority and White students to attend the schools of their Choice. The plan allows 75 percent of a schools population to come from a single group including Whites. It also allows 100 percent minority student population a 75 percent asian and 25 percent Black for example. Previous guidelines called for a maximum of 50 percent from any one minority group 70 percent total minorities or 65 percent White. Supporters said the new guidelines would help curb White flight from the District. Critics contended the move was a step Back that could Lead to All minority schools. Proposed Dolphin Swap stirs animal rights protest Boston apr animal rights activists picketed the new England aquarium on saturday Over a proposed Swap of dolphins with the Navy. The aquarium director said a final decision has not been made. Under the terms of the proposal Rainbow an 11-year-old, 450-Pound male Blue pay bottle nose Dolphin would be swapped for a partly deaf female in the Navy a secret underwater mammal program at the naval Ocean systems Center in san Diego. A we Are vehemently opposed to any Dolphin being Given to the Navy under any circumstances a said Doreen close a spokeswoman for the Boston Marine mammal coalition. John h. Prescott the aquariums executive director said Public concern Over rainbows future has led him to reconsider the Trade. About 60 members of the coalition and Lake Erie tragedy a an Ohio department of natural resources boat late last week when it crashed into a breakwater cruises past the wreck of a Sailboat in Lake Erie near during a thunderstorm that struck Northern Ohio. Cleveland. Three women aboard the Sailboat died three men aboard the Sailboat were rescued. Sands of time other activists picketed the aquarium protesting the proposed Swap. Aquarium officials say Rainbow is too aggressive and has become less compatible with other dolphins at the aquarium As he has matured. The naval Ocean systems Center studies and trains 142 Marine mammals a 109 of which Are dolphins a in underwater surveillance and detecting and marking objects for recovery. Other details on the centers purpose Are classified. Prescott said the Swap was considered because the Navy could use rainbows sonar and hearing for its research while the partly deaf female from the Center would be compatible with dolphins the aquarium. In May a former Trainer of the Navy Center alleged that the Navy was training dolphins with .45-caliber guns mounted on their snouts to kill enemy frogman. Officials at the Center denied those claims. In the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. Sept. 10, 1950 a counter attacking americans and South koreans plugged gaps in the United nations Northern defences but the communists moved to within two Miles of Pahang Airfield in the Northeast Corner of the beachhead. 30 years ago today. Sept. 10, 1960 a Guinea threatened to withdraw its troops from the . Command in support of Congo Premier Patrice Lumumba a charges that the United nations was interfering in the Congo a internal affairs. 20 years ago today. Sept. 10, 1970 a the West German government ordered increased Security measures for International flights leaving Frankfurt International Airport. 10 years ago today. Sept. 10, 1980 a a polish National who worked in the . Embassy in Bonn was arrested in an espionage investigation an embassy spokesman said. Henryk Dimski 48, was arrested by German police As part of an investigation of spying at the embassy