European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 14, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes wednesday August 14, 1991 Justice dept to pursue Case on Vii s male Only policy by the Baltimore Sun Washington a the Justice department has decided to go to a higher court to keep alive a major constitutional controversy Over Public support of single sex colleges a the Issue at stake in a Case against Virginia military Institute. The department lost the first round in that Case in mid Junet when a Federal judge in Roanoke va., ruled that Vii May continue to keep out women while receiving nearly $150,000 a year in state scholarship Money. Attorney general Dick Thornburgh said monday that the department now will press its constitutional Challenge in the 4th . Circuit court of appeals in Richmond. A the important issues in this cases should be settled at a higher level Thornburgh said. If Vii ultimately loses the Case it would have the option of either admitting women students or becoming a purely private College which would allow it to continue its male Only policy. Vii a 152-year-old military College located in Lexington va., is the Only remaining single sex institution among Virginia a 15 state supported colleges. It now has about 1,300 students 35 of whom have their entire education paid for by state scholarship funds. It is considered to be the toughest military school in the nation because of its tradition of breaking Down cadets prior views and habits so that it can remold them into disciplined  thousands of rules govern every facet of a cadets life and violations Are punished swiftly. The Institute has never admitted women and for the past two years has refused even to reply when a woman seeks admission. Over a recent three year period it got inquiries from 347 women but it is unclear How Many wanted to go there. Vii graduates Are among the states most influential business and political figures. . Agents arrest 4 in plot to ship weapons to Croatia by the Washington Post Washington a a member of a croatian group suspected of terrorism is accused of working with a fed rally licensed gun dealer in a plot to illegally ship More than $12 million Worth of stinger anti aircraft missiles m-16 rifles and other weapons to the breakaway yugoslav Republic of Croatia the customs service said monday. Four people including a gun dealer and a member of the Chicago based Topor organization were arrested last week in Miami and charged with violating the arms Export control act after the plot was uncovered during a . Customs service sting operation customs commissioner Carol Hallett said. Law enforcement officials said none of the stingers or m-16s was Ever shipped. However Hallett said the suspects Purchase of More than $30,000 Worth of assault rifles and semiautomatic pistols bought from Doug a sport and gun shop in Calumet City iii., remain unaccounted for and May have left the country illegally. The Case is the second in recent months in which Federal officials have discovered efforts by people based in the United states to Supply arms to Yugoslavia a warring factions. Croatian rebels have battled yugoslav Federal troops and serbian militias since the republics of Croatia and Slovenia declared Independence june 25. Federal troops backed by the serbs have recently wrested control of Large tracts of territory from the croatians. Hallett identified one of the suspects As Andjelko Jurkovic a us. Citizen living in Chicago and said he belongs to Topor. The group has been implicated in. The writing of extortionist letters to wealthy croatian americans demanding payments of $3,000 to $5,000 for the Purchase of arms she said. Hallett described Topor As being affiliated with the croatian National resistance and said the group operates in the United states and Canada. She referred reporters to the Fri for further information but Bob Long a spokesman for the Fri in Chicago said he had no information about Topor. Store owner Doug Russell last month contacted an undercover customs agent posing As a weapons supplier and informed him of Jurkovics interest in buying military weapons and other equipment customs agents said. Customs commissioner Carol Hallett and agent John Kelly display some of the seized weapons at a Washington news conference monday. According to officials Russell Jurkovic and two other unidentified associates made a $10000 Down payment after undercover agents showed them some of the weapons. The group indicated it was willing to pay $12 million in Cash packed in suitcases. Hallett said the plotters planned to ship the weapons to Yugoslavia through a Western German firm or by chartering an air plane for direct shipment. 100 protest closure of . Shelters Washington a about 100 people marched monday on City Hall to protest the closing of two shelters operated by the District of Columbia. The crowd marched from the Headquarters of the Community for creative non violence to the District building and the City Hall where they chanted Sang and Cha amp listed mayor Sharon Pratt Dixon for ordering sunday that the shelters be closed. Conv had unsuccessfully sought a temporary restraining order last week to Block the closures. . District judge Thomas Penfield Jackson denied the request saying he did not see How the elimination of the shelters would cause irreparable harm. But a conv spokeswoman Carol Fennelly said monday that Dixon a had no right to take away 290 shelter Beds that Are desperately needed especially when it will be getting cold two to three months from now and the spaces will be really  City Council chairman John Wilson said the Cost of maintaining shelters was a prime reason for the closures. A the City can to afford to continue to make housing available As readily As in the past a he said. A there is also major Community opposition to the homeless in some neighbourhoods because they feel their areas Are being saturated with shelters while other places hardly have  .pet-killing Cougar shot to death in s. California a \ a from wire reports Glendora Calif. A a Mountain lion that preyed on neighbourhood pets was shot in mountains bordering this Southern California Community after the big cat killed a family a 60-Pound Doberman pins Ner authorities said monday. State and City animal control officers spent sunday tracking the Cougar in the san Gabriel mountains 30 Miles Northeast of downtown los Angeles after a couple said their dog was killed Ana carried away. The partially devoured dog was found in wilderness about 200 Yards from the Home. The Mountain lion was killed sunday night when it returned to the carcass City animal control officer Rhonda Reynolds said. The Cougar was believed to have killed other pets in the area. The 110-Pound male cat was in poor health and probably found pets easier prey than Deer Reynolds  York s top names new York a Stephanie and Michael repeated As the most popular names for babies born in new York City last year and Michelle was the Only new name on the top 10 lists the City health department said monday. Michelle knocked Tiffany from the 10th spot on the girls list and Ashley Rose from fourth place to third switching places with Jennifer. Stephanie a Given to 1,155 girls a was the Champ for the second straight year. Boys names which have longer periods of popularity were led by Michael for the 11th consecutive year. There were 2,195 new Michaels Anthony switched places with David to finish fourth and Daniel switched places with Joseph to finish sixth but the top 10 names were the same As last year. For girls Stephanie Jessica Ashley Jennifer Amanda Samantha Nicole Christina Melissa and Michelle topped the list. For boys Michael Christopher Jonathan Anthony David Daniel Joseph Matthew John and Andrew were most  tourist killed Elko Nev. A a German tourist was killed when his automobile an Over a car Jack that Tore through the floorboard and impaled him police said monday. Dietrich Alt 46, of Herzog Nakrach Germany was driving West on interstate 80 in northeastern Nevada with his wife and two children when the Accident occurred sunday the Nevada Highway patrol said. As the car drove Over the Jack the tool flipped up and punctured the cards floorboard Tore through the Drivers seat and impaled Alt through the Groin area a patrol dispatcher said. Alt was Able to pull off the Road and remove the Jack but he collapsed on the Highway the patrol said. He was pronounced dead sunday at Elko general Hospital the patrol  recalls toy bottles Washington a a san Antonio company is recalling 60,000 toy nursing bottles because children could choke on the bottles nipples the government said. The bottles distributed by Esco imports of Texas inc., Are 3 inches Long with rubber nipples and either Pink or Blue Caps. Some Are marked a bottle baby and All Are labelled a polythene nursing bottle. Esco. 3-211made in China. The consumer product safety commission said the nipples can come off and urged that the bottles be taken away from Young children immediately. No injuries involving the bottles have been reported to the commission or the company. The bottles were sold in packages of two for 29 cents to 59 cents at variety grocery and discount stores from May 1982 through january 1991. The stores were located in 13 states Illinois Indiana Iowa Kentucky Louisiana Michigan Mississippi Ohio Oklahoma new York Texas Utah and Wisconsin. The bottles May be returned for a refund to the stores where they were purchased