European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 30, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday april 30. 1991  and stripes. A Pago 9sister seeks american s release in Iran Tehran Iran apr the sister of the Only american known to be jailed in Iran Hopes the time May be right for his release Halfway through a 10-year sentence for espionage related charges. Since Ellen Pattis and her 79-Ycar-old Mother arrived on a visit april 9, they have written to president Hashemi a Sfanjani and chief Justice Ayatollah Mohammed. Yazdi appealing for Jon Pattisu Freedom. A Sfanjani has been seeking to improve relations with the West and last month Iran freed British businessman Roger Cooper also jailed on espionage charges in Tehran Ellen Pattis said. She said her brother a could not have been guilty. Jon came to work in Iran because he loved this country and its people and not for any ulterior  Jon Pattis 54, a telecommunications Engineer from Aiken s a Vas sentenced in 1986 following an iraqi attack on a satellite facility that he had been helping to repair. A a. A v a. A year earlier he had Heen appointed chief Engineer by the country s telecommunications authority after several stints in the country. The satellite facility that was attacked in Asada bad about 200 Miles Southwest of Tehran handled most of Iran a Telephone and telex links abroad. Although it was a frequent target of iraqi attacks during the 1980-88 War Between the two nations the accuracy of the 1986 strike May have led iranian authorities to suspect that a spy was involved Ellen Pattis said. 1 a a  a a she accused the . State department of not actively pursuing her brother s Case leaving the matter to Swiss diplomats. Switzerland has . Interests in Tehran since the countries severed diplomatic tics in 1979, when the . Embassy was seized by iranian militants and 52 staff members were held hostage for 444 Days. Quot a v a a a spokesman for the Swiss embassy in Tehran said he could not comment on Pattisu ease. The women said that although Pattisu spirits were High he suf tors from Chest pains and an unspecified kidney ailment and has received medical attention in jail. A a a a a a a a a a in a hoping that in View of Jones frail health and Niy mothers advanced age we May he allowed to leave Tehran together Quot Ellen Pattis said. Quot Hope Springs eternal., its the Only lung that a kept us going for the past live years Quot wanted forgers to test signature id system Murray Hill. . A Eyal Kishon is looking for a few Good forgers. Kishon a scientist at at amp Tbell laboratories has devised a signature identification system he thinks could Snag the baddest of bad Check artists. Testing the system on other scientists at Bell labs produced Sterling results but Kishon wants to give it a real workout. That a where the problem lies. A we need impostors and forgers to really test this a he said. A however most Are in prison and the really Good ones Haven to been  if the system is developed for Commir Cial use companies could make sure the right person is signing a credit card entering a building or logging on to a com a Puter. A a a a a. A. A a a a. A a a a a a there Are other virtually foolproof methods for identifying people but the signature is most suitable for everyday transactions at Banks or department stores. A a a a a a fingerprinting is Loo closely associated with criminals Dan or genetic fingerprinting is considered highly accurate but a most people done to want to give blood every Lime they go to the grocery store a Kishon said. Mapping the blood vessels in the Eye is used by the Pentagon for top secret projects but is far too expensive for use with Consumers Kishon said. Kishon v system consists of an electronic pen to sign a transparent pressure sensitive writing pad. Three elements of the signature arc recorded a the shape. A the pressure applied. A the Speed at which it is written. A a forger can copy the shape of your signature a Kishon said a shut he does no to at amp to scientist Eyal Kishon signs the electronic pad he developed to detect forgeries. Sign Gambler claims $35,000 loss in vegas was due to free booze know and can to imitate the pressure you use. The Speed Wittiv which you write or the sequence in which you Cross your to a and Dot your i s.�?�. In Kishonis system the modern John i Landock gives 10 Sample signatures. A computer Breaks Down the samples and comes up with a Model signature. The Model does not look exactly like the original but contains All the critical information pressure Speed and shape. In his test Kishon gathered the Model signatures of 20 scientists. Some were told to practice forging the signatures of their Peers. When processed through the computer real signatures look like a Shadow or double image of their stored Model. A forgery a even one that looked identical to the naked Tye a looks like tangled string when imposed Over the real thing. The reason the Speed and pressure dont Maich that on the  Markardt an Fri spokesman said the Bell labs system measured one variable that Law enforcement officials cannot a Speed. In addition he said a a skilled document examiner can look at the shape and see pressure Points but Only alter the  Kishon said the Yel Unna Nied system will not be foolproof but could serve a variety of uses. For example someone making a ered it card Purchase could sign directly on a computer pad. The computer would instantly compare the signature with one stored in a data base or information stored in the cards magnetic Stripe. At the same tune the computer could Check the shoppers credit and spit out a paper receipt of the transaction. Sterling Heights Mich. Up a a jury will hear a Many Sclairr that he should not have to pay the $35,000 he lost gambling during a four Day complimentary trip to Las vegas because free liquor was. Responsible for his losses. Bill Kassab 42, of Sterling Heights claims the free liquor provided by the Casino caused him to lose the Money playing craps Blackjack and the Slot machines while on the Riviera Casino trip from dec. 30, 1985, through Jan. 2, 1986. The Riviera collected $2,000 from Kassab but filed a lawsuit when he refused to pay the remaining $35,000 because he claimed the hotel supplied him with drinks to the Point where he was incapacitated. Casino officials w anted Kassab s intoxication defense thrown out of court but Macomb county circuit judge George Montgomery ruled recently that a jury should decide the Issue. Kassab a father of four who owns a video store in. Clinton township a Detroit suburb declined to be in. Ter viewed but his lawyer told the Detroit news the Binge could have Cost Kassab even More. A it was financially devastating to him Quot said George Stechschulte Kassabas lawyer. A under these circumstances he could have lost his wife business and.  a. A a a a. Or. Terence Campbell a psychologist who examined Kassab said in a court affidavit that Kassabas a a behaviour was consistent with pathological gambling and that the Gambler a lost control Over his behaviour and was proceeding on impulse because of the heavy drinking. But Mark Snitchler a Michigan lawyer representing the Riviera said Kassab was claiming intoxication to escape paying a legitimate debt. Court depositions he said show neither Kassab nor  thought he was drunk. A i think that san incredible argument by or. Kassab that he was drunk All four Days and did no to know what he was doing Quot Snitchler  lawyer Mckissick Dies at 69 Durham , a. Floyd u. Mckissick a longtime civil rights lawyer and sex director of the Congress of racial Equality has died at age 69. Mckissick who died sunday at his Home had suffered from lung cancer family members said. Gov. Jim Martin appointed Mckissock a District judge last june. Mckissick in 1966 replaced James Farmer As head of Core a group at the Center of the some of the biggest Battles of the civil rights. Movement Mckissick alienated some Black leaders when he switched to the Republican party and supported president Nixon. Lie also conceded that the switch could help his soul City project a residential Industrial do a a elopement that was envisioned As a Home to More than 45,000 people by the year 2000. The government eventually Cut off funds to the project. Parts of soul City now resemble a ghost town although Mckissick and his wife Evelyn continued to live there