European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 8, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday january 8, 1991 the stars and stripes Page 7sneak preview for 1991 Auto show entries Al it two sporty models were among three concept cars matured in displays at Chrysler a a Highland Park mich., sneak preview for the 1991 North american International Auto show. One of the vehicles is the Dodge Neon left photo about which Thomas c. Gale second from left the firms vice president of product engineering answers questions. The Economy Sedan is powered by a 1.1-liter two stroke engine. A second is the Chrysler 300 right photo deluxe four passenger sport Sedan powered by an 8-liter, v-10 engine. The International Auto show is expected to open to Large crowds beginning saturday in Detroit. New yorkers get tour of deadly Sites new York apr kindly look to your left folks Here mobster Albert Anastasia was gunned  a Barber chair meeting his maker with a fresh shave and haircut. Over there legs Diamond ran a deadly speakeasy. A a a a a. A a. Step Lively folks for the next Stop on the murder tour of new York. Death is nothing special in a City where homicides topped 2,200 last year. But tour guide Sam Stafford includes Only those Sites with a certain cachet the Dakota apartment building in front of which John Lennon was gunned Down the opera House where a violinist met her end and the building where the real woman portrayed in the movie a looking for or. Goodbary was fatally stabbed. A a some people really like the Tours others Are kind of shocked because we talk about murder crime sex drugs and the mafia a Stafford said. A we get some morbid curiosity seekers but we also get some people who feel very sentimental about some of the people we do on the tour. We get a lot of Catle fans because of John Lennon. Its sort of like visiting a persons  a review of deadly things past began sunday at the Corner of West 56th Street and seventh Avenue. There Anastasia Boss of a hit team known As murder inc was rubbed out in 1957 in a hotel Barbera a chair at what is today the Omni Park hotel. The hotel was also the site of the 1928 death of Gambler Arnold Rothstein who helped fix the 1919 world series. He left a Trail of blood leading to the room where he was shot for not paying a $300,000 debt after a 48-hour poker game. A a a a about a Block Over on West 55th Street and Broadway Diamond ran a speakeasy in the 1920s where he Quot some people really like the Tours others Are kind of shocked because we talk about murder crime sex drugs and the  r a Sam Stafford often ordered the orchestra to play louder to cover the sound of gunfire that Over the years snuffed out about 50 rivals in a Back room Stafford told the handful of people turning out for the tour despite a cold rain. At Columbus Circle Stafford pointed to the spot where reputed mobster Joe Colombo was gunned Down during an italian american Unity rally in 1971, Colombo lingered for seven years in a Semi coma before he died. Also on the tour is the metropolitan opera at Lincoln Center where in 1980 the body of a musician was found. She was murdered during the intermission of a Ballet by a stagehand who attacked her with a Hammer in an elevator forcibly taking her to the roof tying her up undressing her and kicking her  a Shaft. From there the tour continued to 253 West 72nd st., where the teacher portrayed in a looking for or. Goodbary was stabbed 14 times in 1971 by the last of a legion of men she had picked up at bars the tour ended at 1 West 72nd st., where Lennon was killed by a deranged fan As he was coming Home front a recording session in 1980. Mary Ann Oklesson who took the $10 tour said she became interested in crime lore after she was the victim of financial fraud perpetrated by a Man who was later shot and is now in prison. She said her testimony helped convict hint. A never since then in be been Reading the new York Post a said Oklesson advertising director for a women a Magazine. The 50 Tours Stafford s company sidewalks of new York offered to about 36,000 walkers last year include a trek through Jacqueline Onassis new York the haunted houses of Greenwich Village and a tour of Little Italy called a nah in Tulve  on one recent tour reputed mafia godfather John Gotti walked right past the group. Stafford moved to new York about three years ago from Dallas where lie conducted Tours of the Kennedy assassination site. A people want to see How the other half lives and Dies a he said a Reading about it in the newspaper is one thing but standing on the spot is  Chicago apr homeowners and wildlife officials Are battling a booming population of beavers that snack on valuable Trees and flood roads but Anir Nal rights groups claim killing the critters could damage the environment. People and beavers Are sharing the same habitat As cities and suburbs expand and humans Are demanding the right of Way animal rights proponents claim. A we humans Are so Pushy and anxious about having somebody a tree Cut Down that we resort to killing As our no. 1 method of solving a perceived problem a said Mary Beth Sweetland a researcher with Maryland based people for the ethical treatment of animals. A a we re going to end up decimating the Beaver populations and destroying the ecosystem a she said. Beavers Are helpful because of their skills As natures engineers. They Clear old dead Trees from forests and build dams that in turn create Ponds which Are Home for Many aquatic plants and animals biologists say. A instead of killing beavers states should try  or relocation programs Sweetland said. But officials said beavers once near extinction in the Midwest because of fur trapping Are now so plentiful that relocating them Isnit feasible. Beavers Are unpopular to landowners and homeowners because they dam Waterways that flood roads and Dine on Young Trees Bushes and shrubs said Gary Larson assistant director of animal damage control at the . Department of agriculture. At least 12 states including Oklahoma Texas Alabama Mississippi and Wisconsin have asked for Federal help in controlling the tens of millions of dollars of damage that beavers have caused Federal authorities said. Larson said that whereas the amount of Money spent on Beaver damage is insignificant compared with a state or National budget the destruction can be catastrophic to an individual. A if an Orchard St located on a Stream has half his Trees destroyed it can ruin him a he said. Larson said the growth in the Beaver population May be linked to the decline in value of the pelts. Top Price now is $20-28, compared with up to four times that amount Only a few years ago he said. Illinois is one of several states trying to Deal with the problem itself. In Libertyville families of beavers have felled scores of Trees around Butler Lake Park. Some Homes in Hawthorne Woods have been flooded by drainage ditches clogged by Beaver dams. Most states have been prodded by private property owners into extending trapping seasons and drastically relaxing Hunting regulations. Goodwill toward the industrious rodents a some As big As 80 pounds a has. Been gnawed away officials say. A when you have a person who has land on a Lake and the outlet on the Lake is plugged up  Lake rises and threatens their septic system the owner can get pretty hot under the Collar a said Laine Stowell a Wisconsin wildlife damage specialist