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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 24, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday september 24, 1990 the stars and stripes Page 5california tops drug alcohol busts Washington a Tennessee ranks no. 1 in alcohol related arrests nationwide and the District of Columbia holds the top spot for drug related arrests but California has the most such arrests combined per capita according to Fri data. The findings for 1988, included in an appendix of a general accounting office report on Rural drug abuse Are based on previously unpublished Fri information. Tennessee had 21.4 alcohol related arrests per 1,000 residents. The violations included driving while under the influx police seize ton of cocaine at a. Airport Allentown a. Up a police seized a dc-3 air plane carrying a ton of cocaine when it landed at Allentown Bethlehem Easton Airport on saturday. Police arrested Harold Hill of Canada and were looking for two other men a William Mcgoldrich of Florida and a Man identified As Rick. Hill was jailed on $10 million  traffic controllers called police when the world War ii Vintage twin engine plane landed without clearance or Landing lights at the Airport 50 Miles North of Philadelphia and taxied to a Remote hangar. Police searched the plane and found 20 Duffel bags stuffed with cocaine. A we Are not Able to determine if they had intended to land at Allentown or even in Pennsylvania a Lehigh county District attorney Bill Platt said. A the plane was Low on fuel and it May have landed in an Effort to get  he said the drugs have an estimated Street value of $130 million. Platt said police believe the contraband flight originated in Colombia and was in route to Canada with possible drops along the Way. Ence liquor Law violations and drunkenness. New Mexico was second with 20.3 alcohol related arrests per 1,000 residents. Virginia had 19.3, California 19.0 and Wyoming 18.5. There were far More per capita alcohol related arrests than those for drug violations even though much of the Public a focus the past few years has been on the drug crisis. Thirty one states had per capita alcohol related arrests in double digits. At the same time Only the District of Columbia had per capita drug related arrests in the double digits a 16.8 per 1,000 residents the report said. In second place was new York with 8.0. Nevada and California each had 7.7. Connecticut had 7.2. California topped total alcohol and drug related arrests with 26.7. Tennessee had 24.9, new Mexico 24.7, Virginia 22.0 and Mississippi 21.4. At the Bottom of the list for total alcohol and drug related arrests were Delaware 15, Rhode Island 8.1, West Virginia 10.2, Vermont 10.3 and Montana 10.9. On alcohol related arrests the lowest number per capita were in the District of Columbia a 0.3 per 1,000 residents Rhode Island 3.8 new York 3.9 Delaware 5.2 and new Jersey 5.8. The state with the fewest per capita drug related arrests was South Dakota with 0.6. West Virginia had 0.6, Iowa 0.9, North Dakota 1.0 and Montana 1.1. The National average for alcohol related arrests was 12.6 per 1,000 residents while the average per capita drug related arrests was 4.5. The combined average was 17.0, the report said. Dalai Lama in Philadelphia a the Dalai Lama Winner of the Nobel peace prize in 1989, flashes the peace Symbol during his visit saturday to the Liberty Bell in Philadelphia. The exiled Leader of Tibet and spiritual Leader of tibetan buddhism said the world must View the chinese occupation of his country in the same Light As the iraqi invasion of Kuwait. He later addressed students at the University of  judge s rape ruling upsets now s Anford Fla. Up the National organization for women on saturday denounced a judge who released a confessed rapist on probation because he Felt the victim was partly to blame gov. Bob Martinez demanded that the judge resign. Mark David Mcculloch 37, who pleaded guilty to sexual Battery false imprisonment and Battery was released Friday from the Seminole county jail after circuit judge Kenneth Leffler rejected a plea bargain that included a 4vi-year prison term and instead sentenced him to two years probation. A i was just As shocked at his decision As anybody else a Mcculloch said. Leffler cited the woman a divorce which he handled about two years ago in handing Down the sentence saying he believed she victimized men who cared for her. A the judge basically told me he did no to know How anybody could get involved with a woman like this a Mcculloch said. A i think judge Leffler had a Good handle on her personality from experiences with her in the  Mcculloch said he did no to remember dogs that mauled Tot had been recently fed raping the woman but agreed to plea bargain because his Public defender told him he was facing a life sentence. The victim described Mcculloch As a tenant but he maintains they had been lovers for two years and that he had taken care of her when she was sick. Leffler said the victims a past conduct has demonstrated to me there is something seriously wrong with this  Patricia Ireland the National vice president of now said her groups members deluged now a state and county offices Sands of time with inquiries of what could be done about Leffler. Ireland told about 200 delegates to the state now convention Kcf Flery a comments were the worst she had Ever heard of in a rape Case. A a in be just never seen such a blatant statement of hostility toward women and Gross misogyny a she said. A it Isnit even just sexism its  on Friday Martinez wrote Leffler a letter demanding his resignation. Leffler 62, intends to retire in december after 15 years As a judge. Pittsburgh a six Rottweiler dogs that mauled and nearly killed a 2 i year old boy had been fed an hour before the attack the victims Cousin told investigators. Jamie Ross 11, said she had fed the dogs about 6 . Tuesday Butler township police chief Gary g Arm an said. Jamie a Cousin Steven Selfridge was severely bitten Over most of his body and had his Trachea and a lung Tom in the attack tuesday evening. He remained in critical condition saturday at Pittsburgh a Allegheny general Hospital. Jamie was baby sitting for her Cousin at their grandmothers House. Donna Saul the children a aunt owned the six show dogs and brought them to her mothers Home within the past month Garin an said. Moments before the attack the girl opened the three cages to let the dogs out for their evening run Garman said. The girl told police she then walked to the Back porch where one of the dogs snatched Steven from her arms. She struggled with the dog fell and broke her wrist then ran into her grandmothers House and phoned authorities. The dog draped the boy to the Back Yard where the five other dogs began mauling him Garman  the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. Sept. 24,1950 a Congress enacted into Law the communist control Bill that president Truman vetoed the previous Day As a danger to National security.30 years ago today. Sept. 24,1960 a Nikita s. Khrushchev proposed to move the United nations out of new York shake up its organization and eliminate the office of Secretary-general.20 years ago today. Sept. 24,1970 a Jordan a military claimed it had driven syrian forces from its country while Washington said there was no proof that the syrian invaders had left Jordan and that fighting was continuing.7 0 years ago today. Sept. 24,1980 a iraqi soldiers invaded Iran while iranian planes bombed six iraqi cities including Baghdad the capital As Mideast tensions Rose and the Border dispute began being called a a full scale   
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