European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 6, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday August 6, 1991 the stars and stripes a Page 5countermarch backs Milwaukee police from wire reports Milwaukee a nearly 300 people marched sunday outside City Hall to show support for the police department amid allegations that police May have been Able to Stop Jeffrey l. Dahmer a alleged killing spree two months earlier. The a operation Blue ribbon rally was organized by officers and their families to counter demonstrations by outraged residents the residents protests began after last weeks disclosure that three officers on May 27 left a 14-year-old, naked laotian boy in Dahmer a apartment even though neighbors pleaded that the boy needed help. The boy s remains were among 11 dismembered bodies discovered in Dahmer a apartment july 22. Police recordings show the officers concluded the boy was Dahmer a Lover and returned him to the apartment. They joked about needing to be Del used afterwards. Dahmer has confessed to killing 17 people since 1978, including the boy and at least four others after him authorities said. On sunday demonstrators said police should not be blamed for Dahmer s alleged actions. They vowed to Wear Blue ribbons until a departmental investigation is Complete. A your spirit is i6w and our hearts Are broken a alderwoman Annette e. Scherbert told the rally. A if the police officers Are not judged fairly and with compassion a part of this City will never  mayor John o. Norquist declared sunday a Day of Healing and urged ministers across the City to preach about the theme. The Milwaukee journal reported results of a poll sunday that show 70 percent of White residents and 41 percent of Blacks believe the police department does a Good or excellent Job. Pan am flight from Germany lands safely in . After fuel runs Low Islip . Up1 a a fuel shortage forced a pan am flight from Europe to new York City to make an emergency Landing sunday at Long islands Macarthur Airport officials said. There were no injuries. Pan am flight no. 92 from Hamburg Germany to Kennedy Airport an Airbus 300, landed without incident about 3 ., said Dianne Spitaliere a spokeswoman for the Federal aviation administration. There were 183 passengers and 10 Crew members on the plane pan am spokesman Jeff Kriendler said. A about 2 50  The aircraft was in radio Contact with the Faass new York Tracton terminal radar approach control Center in Garden City and indicated because of a Low fuel situation they wanted to divert to Macarthur Airport a Spitaliere said. Path parities at the Airport said because of a a conditions at the facility the pan am flight would have to declare a a fuel emergency in order to land Spitaliere said. An emergency was declared and the plane landed at 2 58 ., the Faa spokeswoman said. The aircraft took on fuel at Macarthur Airport leaving at 4 10  For Kennedy Airport about 35 Miles away where it arrived at 4 30  Pan am said. Its scheduled arrival time was 2 55  An Vianca flight from South America to Kennedy Airport on Jan. 25, 1990, ran out of fuel and crashed on Long Island while trying to land at Kennedy filling 73 people3. The crash was blamed of the Crew for failing to declare a a fuel emergency that would have Given the Airliner a priority for Landing. 1,429 Miles later cat finds his Way Home Tucson Ariz. Apr it took Sam four years to traverse More than 1,400 Miles but the Black and White siamese cat finally made it Home. Same a owners Linda Thompson and her two sons moved from Beaver dam wis., to Southern Arizona in 1986. A year later they returned to Beaver dam. They left Sam behind in Arizona at the Tucson humane society. Thompson said she was driving Back and did not want to be bothered with a cat. In june the cat showed up a few in the stars and stripes houses from where the Thompsons used to live in Beaver dam. Neighbors alerted Thompson to an a anti social cat that had made a Home in their garage she said. One of her sons recognized Sam now about 7 years old she said. A the cat seemed to remember All of us a Thompson said. A it feels real Good to have him Back  they identified Sam by distinguishing features including scars on top of his head she said. He was thin and malnourished but now a a he a fattening up and his coat is looking healthy a she said. No one knows How the cat made the journey of 1,429 Miles. A a it a unusual for any animal to travel that distance but some dogs have done it a said James Bassett Tucson humane society operations director. The cat probably slipped away from an adoptive family in Tucson Bassett  dancer Kyle Shenandoah 6, Peers from behind a chair after performing in an inter tribal dance at the 17th annual pow wow in Philadelphia. Kyle who now lives in the City is an Onondaga Indian from a Syracuse ., tribe. The United american indians of the Delaware Valley put on the festival. .10 years ago aug. 6,1981 a five defiant striking air traffic controllers were sent to jail and others were fired As air traffic controllers across America continued their illegal walkout for the third Day. 20years ago aug. 6,1971 a americans first working spacewalk was performed by Apollo 15 astronaut Alfred m. Worden As he retrieved a film canister from the Side of command ship Endeavor 196,000 Miles above the earth.30 years ago aug. 6,1961 a the bodies of seven tourists were recovered from Lake Lucerne in Switzerland after a bus carrying 35 american tourists and a Crew of three plunged into the Lake killing 16 passengers. 40years ago aug. 6,1951 a chinese communist spokesmen said the presence of armed chinese soldiers inside the Neutral zone of Kaeson North Korea was accidental and promised that strict orders had been Given to prevent a similar incident. 43 injured when Hail battered tent tumbles onto fleeing concert crowd Snowbird Utah a a Freak hailstorm sunday collapsed a Pavilion tent while a crowd of 1,500 was fleeing an outdoor concert. Forty three people were injured none seriously. The storm rolled through this ski and summer resort during a concert by the Letterman who were performing with the Utah symphony. The tent began to Sag under the weight of the Hail. Snowbird officials stopped the concert about 35 minutes after it started and told the 1,500 participants to leave said resort spokesman Rusty Martin. A there was some panic. I guess people got scared a Martin said. The 10,300-Square-foot tent which covers most of the outdoor Plaza where the concert was being performed collapsed moments after the evacuation was ordered Martin said. Tony Butala founder and Leader of the Letterman said dozens of people were beneath the tent when it fell. �?o1 had to crawl under to help pull people out a Butala said from the Salt Lake International Airport. A they made the announcement we were Clearing the stage and it  have been 20 seconds before it  Martin said those injured were Hurt during the evacuation not by the collapse. But Butala said his 81-year-old Mother suffered an abrasion when a Metal support bar struck her on the head. The collapse radiated from the stage into the audience said Salt Lake county sheriffs it. Ben Anjewierden. A somebody yelled a get Down a and that probably saved a lot of grief Quot he said. Many of the concertgoers fell to the ground and were protected by Metal folding chairs which took the Brunt of the blow from the falling tent he said. Of the 43 people treated for injuries 22 were sent to hospitals and 21 others were treated at Snowbird clinic which is usually open Only during the ski season. The storm dumped 2 inches of Hail a some of it three quarters of an Inch thick a on nearby Alta ski resort said Brenda Graham a meteorologist at the National weather service in Salt Lake City. Fixing of traffic tickets halted in Georgia City Augusta a. Apr the mayor told his police chief to Stop fixing traffic tickets after a newspaper investigated the longstanding but Legal practice that has Cost the City thousands of dollars in uncollected fines. Augusta police chief Freddie Lott voided or reduced dozens of traffic citations a month at the request of offenders and Public officials the Augusta chronicle reported in a series of stories. Lott who became chief in 1986, said his predecessors did it Tot. And he said he Only did it when Given Good reasons. Mayor Charles Devaney ordered him to Stop the practice in May when the chronicle used the states open records Law to request copies of the voided tickets. Lott Send he voided about 30 tickets a month. But a former police records clerk testified in a june 27 hearing that she deleted up to 150 tickets a month from police computers on orders she assumed were coming from Lott. Using lotto a estimate the City lost about $21,600 a year in Revenue from fines the newspaper reported. Using the clerks estimate the amount of lost Revenue could have been As much As $72,000 a year. There a nothing wrong with throwing out tickets written by mistake or for people who could not afford to pay them Lott said