European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 26, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 4 a a. The stars and stripes sunday May 26, 1991winnebago leads police on 25-Mph Chase los Angeles times los Angeles a police chased after a stolen vehicle from Santa Monica Calif., to the los Angeles Community of Granada Hills on Friday but without the usual High Speed drama. For what the fugitive lacked in zip he made up for in mass. Although the lumbering flight lasted More than three hours and the fugitive was moving Only about 25 Mph. 40 tops police were not about to try to Force him to the Side of the Road. Not while he was at the wheel of a 40-foot-long/9-ton motor Home. Quot a the was like a Semi truck Quot said Santa Monica police sgt. Don you put a car in front of him someone is going to get a a it a kind of like chasing a tank a Santa Monica it. Jim Dawson said. Sidney Tapia 25, of los Angeles was eventually arrested when he pulled off the freeway a the either ran out of Gas of just decided to give up Santa Monica it. Robert Taylor said. But after stopping the motor Home Tapia locked himself in waved a knife and threw garbage at officers Dawson said. He tried to flee but was tracked Down by a police dog named Oscar Taylor said. Tic a , front the California Highway patrol and Santa Monica and los Angeles forces a began in Santa Monica when a Motorist re ported seeing the motor Home being driven Down the wrong Side of the Street Taylor said. Officers saw the motor Home hit a parked car and signalled the Driver with lights and sirens to pull Oyer. The motor Home headed toward two other Santa Monica police cars intentionally blocking the Way Dawson said but they managed to swerve out of its path. A a the Winnebago then headed off at about 25 Mph and got on the freeway. Quot a a a the motor Home turned out to have been reported a. Stolen and Tapia was being held of a grand theft Auto hit and run driving assault with a d e a d i y we a Pon a the Winne a go a a n d failing to yield to an emergency vehicle. 1. A Bank thieves turning from tellers to technology Concord . A Teller shy robbers have found a new source of easy Money without having to set foot in a Bank. They re stealing automatic Teller machines a not just the Cash inside but the entire 900-Pound contraptions. A a a within the past month police have investigated four thefts and four attempted in Southern new Hampshire and northeastern Massachusetts a most recently last weekend at a grocery in Gilford. Ltd a. ,. The first occurred last november at a supermarket in Hudson and appeared to be an isolated incident until robbers began walking of with More of the May Chines. A a a a a a a a a. A a a a a. Police say arms Are inviting targets. A i certainly done to want to put out a motivating Factor so More people will get olt on this hut probably its less risk for burglars than walking into a Bank and holding it up a a said Hudson police sgt William Pease. Not Only that Tun tines and prison sen Tances for Are lighter than for robbing a Bank said Fri spokesman William Mcmullin in Boston. Also its usually easier Bank robbers have to do their work in seconds contending with tellers Security guards and automatic cameras. By comparison an atm theft is leisurely impersonal and frequently More profitable. But its not Lor everyone. A no Ordinary person can steal an aim believe me Quot Nilson said a it takes very sophisticated knowledge and equip ment to do it. I done to think Many amateurs arc doing police agree the thieves in new Hampshire and Massachusetts probably Are professionals with some expertise in alarm systems and knowledge of the intricate machines Pease said. The stolen machines Are among 11,0 10 nationwide found in sup markets malls and other Public areas that Aren t inulin into a Wall icy hold an average a $10,000 to $50,000 Sulho ivies say aim thefts Aie not confined to new England a Chicago Minneapolis and Pittsburgh were hit earlier this veal and a machine was listed with a tint end loader in Buffalo a. Tin tuesday a hut thieves ate most Active m the Region a it appears All the Brcak is m Southern new Hampshire Are somewhat related a a said Salem police 11 John Boudreau in those cases the thieves Cut phone lines and disconnected alarms that allowed time to Complete the Job. The next step was to undo the Holts pinning the machine it would take at least two peo pie to move the machines which weigh 500 to 900 pounds Boudreau said. Two machines stolen in new Hampshire were recovered this month along the Merrimack River in Lawrence mass. In april a 900-Pound machine was removed with a forklift from a Market Basket supermarket in Lowell mass. A week later the same method was used to remove an at pm holding More than $13,000 at a store in Strathan Blair or an automated Teller machine remains at a supermarket in Gilford ., after thieves took the half containing the Money. Ining the Money the Fri was called machines held federally insured Money said Mcmullin who could not provide details of the investigation. Only one arrest has been made. Joel Donovan 18, of Lowell. Mass., was arrested May 7 As he tied a Salem department store where police had responded loan alarm. But there is Hope for Banks and Cus Navy won t make Gay graduate repay. Academy tuition costs crisis tamers whose Money is at stake. Atm Security devices Cost Quot Only $500 to $2,500, said Spencer Nilson publisher of the nil son report a Santa Monica Calif based newsletter on the credit card and atm businesses. A a that a cheap that a nothing its peanuts a Nilson said compared with the $15,000 to $40,000 it costs to buy and install a Money machine y Black men must Annapolis my. Apr a homosexual naval Academy graduate who quit the Navy before Complete ing his five years of compulsory service wont be required to repay nearly $23,000 in tuition costs. In a May 8 letter. Assistant Navy Secretary Barbara s. Pope said she reversed her decision to seek Money from Orlando Gotay Ora 1987 Academy graduate who claims he was forced to quit the Navy after officers Learned he was Gay Quot hopefully this will help other Navy people facing similarly unjust ultimatums a Gotay said tuesday v Gotay 26, had support from several members of Congress in his Effort to win a waiver of the tuition repayment. A based on the facts and circumstances i have determined that waiver is appropriate a Pope wrote in a letter to . Rep. Nancy Pelosi a Calif. 1 he ruling was applauded by Gay rights groups and the american civil liberties Union which have opposed the military a ban on homosexuals. A maybe they re finally realizing their Money would be better spent than chasing after Gays and lesbians a Gotay said. Quot Quot Gotay said earlier his resignation was the Baltimore Sun Washington a Black Community leaders cd caters and. Social service specialists concluded three Days of deliberations on the critical problems of Young Black american men Friday after the highest ranking Black in the Bush administration told them that they must take the Lead in finding a Way out of the crisis Quot Black men a hard working family oriented men of character a must be at the forefront of any Effort to turn this crisis around a Louis w. Sullivan Secretary of health and human services told the conference which was convened As the 21st Century commission on african american males. But some youths who had been invited to attend the conference and to participate As members of a panel in a discussion on Quot the Young Black male perspective a expressed displeasure about their role at the commissions first meeting. A a done to get us wrong Quot said delian Coates a High up school student front Richmond a. A a i he conference was a Good idea the dialogue was Good the interaction Between people at different Levels was Good. But we just feel that since it was for and about us we should have been included in More of its Coates and Erin Barnes a student from Nashville i cum said that they also found the commission a one sided in the views it represented. Asked who should have been invited to give the commission balance they suggested minister Louis Farrakhan head of the a islam they also suggested that the Rev. Jesse v Jackson who spoke at fridays breakfast session should have had a full time Rote in the conference. One of the results of the youths displeasure was that about a dozen of them held a conference of their own a a 1 night thursday a in a room of the Washington Hole w Here the 21st Century commission was meeting. We talked a lot about our personal feelings toward the world and ourselves a Coates said. A we were getting out of our system a lot of Olfield Dukes director of Media relations for the 21st c Elury commission said the conference was designed Tor Quot Pinicy makers decision makers and program operators. It was not a conference for All a but he described the youths dissatisfaction As understandable. Noting that the commission plans to have regional meetings around the country Dukes said a we will have to Deal with the youths unhappiness at a different time. There s going to be a time and place for their
