European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 25, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday november 25, 1990 the stars and stripes a a a Page 7 diapers among drug addicts loot of Choice Holyoke mass. Apr drug addicts trying to scrape up Quick Cash in this struggling Mill City Are turning to the unusual plunder of disposable diapers baby formula and tylenol police say. Across the country addicts in los Angeles Are Likely to grab car stereos while in Miami aluminium awnings and Copper wire Are snagged by those looking for ready Money police there said. A the times keep changing on what a the hot items. I suppose its like the fashion world a said Holyoke police capt. Richard c. Page. Reports of disappearing diapers at area pharmacies and supermarkets started about six weeks ago said Page head of the Bureau of investigations in Holyoke a factory City of 60,000 that has fallen on hard times. A a we be been noticing a real pattern of it a he said. A we started talking to some of the people that we Deal with and they said that a the thing to take. Everybody will buy  the thefts Are not sophisticated Page said. This time of year its so Busy you can walk out the door with a cart with three or four cases of baby formula. If challenged they just walk away from the cart or run off a Page said. The diapers can net a return As High As 50 cents on the Dollar said Page much higher than the usual 10 cents or 15 cents realized on stolen goods. The goods Are sold on the Street or to Small stores that Are not choosy about the merchandisers origins he said. Although some major metropolitan police departments such As new York and Detroit said they Haven to noticed trends in thefts by drug addicts others had saying the predominant theme is items that Are hard to Trace and easily unloaded. A most people out Here what they rip off tend to be car stereos to turn a profit for their narcotic Trade a said officer Don Lawrence a spokesman for the los Angeles police department. Police said the addict thefts became noticeable Over the past decade. A what we re getting is a lot of them Are stealing aluminium and Copper. They steal aluminium awnings off the buildings and Copper wiring a said Miami police department spokesman Bobby Navarro. A at first it caught us by Surprise and then we began id King out for things like  in new Bedford a once prosperous Massachusetts port that has seen a decline like Holyoke addicts seem to be stealing guns mainly from House burglaries said sgt. James Sylvia. The stolen guns can easily be sold to dealers for a few bags of heroin he said. A a they be got everything from uzis Down to the smallest. Although hard to Trace easy thefts Are the usual target there Are exceptions a Sylvia said. A a we be had news Crews who Are out covering news for whatever reason turn their Back on their camera turn around and its gone. These Guys Are going for whatever they can get their hands  Benefactor was frugal All of his life Birmingham Ala. A Gerow Hodges once gave his Friend multimillionaire Ralph Waldo Beeson a pair of corduroys. After Beeson told him How much he enjoyed them Hodges gave him another pair. But As Hodges recalled a the would not accept them because he already had one pair and he said that was  Beeson who made his Money in insurance practice frugality All his life and spent sparingly. A two or three years ago he gave his Yard Man $10 and sent him to buy groceries and the Man came Back with three or four dollars in change a said Thomas Corts president of Samford University in Birmingham. A the asked the Man for the rest of the change and was told that was All there was. A Well Good gracious you must have bought enough groceries to last a month a he  Beeson died oct. 15 at age 89 and left More than $80 million to schools and to his Church. The bulk goes to Samford University to which he had Given $14.4 million Over the years and to Asbury theological Seminary in Wilmore by. Each gets $38.8 million. A i never expected a gift of this magnitude a said Corts whose school has 4,200 students. Lesser amounts were left to two Small colleges in Tennessee and North Carolina and to Independent presbyterian Church in Birmingham where Beeson gave no More than the churches average contribution. According to the american association Ralph Waldo Beeson with statue in his Honor at Samford University two years ago. Of fund raising counsel the $38.8 million was the largest gift to individual schools since 1986, when the estate of lil Liore Green Rains gave $40 million each to Stanford University Loyola Mary mount University California Institute of technology and Pomona College. Beeson and his wife Orlean who died in 1987, lived in an unpretentious Home overlooking Samford where a Bronze statue of the philanthropist sits on a Bench near the Center of the Campus. A the had a deep sense of stewardship a Corts said. A the did no to Wear a Halo and did no to want to impress anybody with How pious he  Beeson waited until he was 40 to marry. A the wanted to make certain he could appropriately provide for a wife a Corts said. They had no children. A his frugality also came ahead of personal Comfort at Home. A the  let you turn on the air conditioning in the summer a Corts said. A you just sat there and wiped your  Beeson was a native of Meridian miss., where his father John Wesley Beeson was president of old Meridian College. His fathers three Brothers also were College presidents. In 1927 he got in on the ground floor of a fledgling Birmingham insurance company called the heralds of Liberty. He helped build it into Liberty National life insurance co. And eventually became a director. The company was founded by Frank Samford for whom the University is named. Epa blocks huge water project Washington a the environmental Protection Agency said Friday night it would not approve construction of the two Forks dam project in Colorado the largest non Federal water project in the West. The Agency a assistant administrator for water Lajuana s. Wilcher said she would uphold the recommendation of Epars Denver office to bar construction of the 615-foot dam just downstream of the Confluence of the South Platte River and its North Fork. The City of Denver and 40 suburban water providers sought approval to construct a 359 billion gallon Reservoir Southwest of Denver to meet water needs Well into the next Century. The army corps of engineers said in March 1989 it would Grant a permit to dam the River subject to Epa review. Conservationists opposed the project because it called for flooding 30 Miles of Scenic River. The opposition forces said the Reservoir would also ruin a top class Trout fishing area. Denver proposed a smaller 147-billion gallon Reservoir and a package of measures aimed at minimizing harmful environmental effects. A the applicants made a Good Faith Effort to downscale the project size and compensate for the loss of wetlands and aquatic resources Wilcher said in a statement. A however the smaller project would still flood 24 Miles of freely flowing Scenic Stream and almost 11 Miles of Gold medal Trout fishery. It would inundate an area of unquestionable natural Beauty that provides a diversity of fishing and recreational opportunities and a Rich aquatic habitat close to the Denver metropolitan area a Wilcher said. The army a environmental Impact statement in 1988 identified several other choices. Wilcher said Epa agreed that a less environmentally damaging practicable alternatives exist a and the Agency would a make every Effort to provide timely comment and guidance on other alternatives. A before Epars announcement both sides agreed that the expected veto by the Agency would not end the Battle. William h. Van Schooneveld chairman of the group behind the project said his group the metropolitan water providers received a letter last week that pretty much indicated what they were going to  a this decision affects not just Denver but it May be the end of All big water projects a he said. A if the Epa can veto this there really Isnit any project that anybody can develop that can pass the  Denver Hope Babcock general counsel for the National Audubon society agreed on the significance of a veto. A it says once again that the Era of building these enormous projects is Over a she said adding that the Agency has previously used its veto Powers under the clean water act. Not All those vetoes Are final however and a Federal court in Virginia recently reversed a veto. A there Are a lot of grounds for Appeal a said Van Schooneveld. A the Denver water Board has fought like crazy for this project Over the years a said Babcock. A i would be amazed a they have a lot of High priced lawyers a if they did no to go to court on  Babcock said however that the Epa did an a incredibly careful Job of building its Case on the project. She said she was concerned however that disclosure of the decision before it became final would allow supporters from throughout the West to apply last minute pressure on the Bush administration. Big dams have made possible the growth of big cities and big farms in the West. Critics say that too Many water resources have been diverted threatening the balance of nature