European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 11, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 18 b the stars and stripes Friday october 11,1991 faces n places Rowling plumber flush with privies prizes from wire reports a four Flushing criminal plumbing the Depths of depravity has made off with the handles of 92 toilet bowls from All Over lower Manhattan a including one just Down the Hall from mayor David Dinkins office. A this is really going on a said Lisa Ryan spokeswoman for the City department of general services. A it s a problem that can cause a real mess. It sounds funny but we re not Happy about  the toilet thief began striking in March with May his busiest month. �?o1 Don t know Why i assume that had something to do with Flowers and april showers a Ryan said. Things slowed Down during the summer but picked up again last month 20 disappeared in september. City employees have been warned about the prowling plumber who also makes off with the inside hardware attached to the handle. A if you hear someone working with wrenches in a stall be cautious a said a memo from general service s Robert Carney. City officials believe the thief is posing As a plumber to gain Access to the bathrooms which arc usually kept locked. Once inside several Quick twists of a wrench produce the prize. The thief strikes Only in menus rooms. His most Brazen bathroom heist a May robbery in a City Hall stall a Short distance from Dinkins basement office. What motivates this Man in his lavatory larceny a a there a a Little brass in there. Or maybe he a refurbishing and reselling them. Or maybe he a using them for another purpose a Ryan said. A i done to know Why anyone would want  s Story Newsweek has acquired first serial rights to Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf autobiography and will publish a 10,000-word excerpt a week before the books publication next fall. The commander of Allied forces in the persian Gulf War retired from the army in August and is writing the Book with a co author journalist Peter Petre. Bantam books reportedly paid nearly $6 million for the Book. Stuart Applebaum a spokesman for Bantam said the Book is not yet titled. The joint announcement did not disclose what Newsweek paid for the North american first serial rights. Schwarzkopf a autobiography will be at least the sixth Book about him since the War ended in february. The Book will recall the general a life and military career behind the scenes events of the War and his View of America s world role after the cold War the announcement said. The Newsweek Bantam agreement also provides>1 Birds Eye View Nicole Brown shares her sunglasses with two baby budgerigars a the australian name for parakeets a on world animal Day in Sydney Australia on monday. World animal Day honors St. Francis of As Sisi the Patron Saint of animals. For Schwarzkopf to discuss his Book on Newsweek on air a program carried by the associated press radio network the armed forces radio network commercial stations in Europe and Asia and several .  officer honoured a Chicago narcotics officer who played dead after being shot four times in the Abdomen said thinking about his son helped him survive. Patrolman James love was honoured with the car Ter Harrison award the Chicago police departments highest Honor. On july 6, 1990, love was dropped off at state Way gardens to make an undercover drug buy. A Van pulled up and love was forced to get in lie face Down and his gun was taken. The kidnappers shot love four times in the Abdomen and the heart and left him for dead. He said he thought Only of the possibility of a not being around to raise my  loves 4-year-old boy was among those at tuesdays City Hall ceremony where he was presented the award. Other heroes in the Chicago police and fire departments were also honoured in the  title for Good Friday Wyandotte county workers in Kansas got some Good news and some bad news this week. First the bad Good Friday is no longer a Holiday. The Good Good Friday is still a Holiday observed under a new name. County commissioners voted tuesday to observe the newly named a Spring Holiday a which will be observed next year on Friday april 17 a the same Date As Good Friday. The action came in response to a complaint by the american civil liberties Union that the county was observing a religious Holiday. Dick Kurtenbach executive director of the Acle of Kansas and Western Missouri said the civil liberties group is satisfied with the name  cops Are real cards children Are encouraged to collect them and Trade them but they had better not steal one. It would be pretty embarrassing to get busted with a hot cop card. Campbell calif., a san Francisco Bay area suburb in an Effort to improve police child relations is putting pictures of police officers on trading cards. On the Back Are Short biographical sketches and a message. A because collecting baseball cards is so popular with children today it seemed a natural Way for the officers to attract the attention of kids who otherwise would have avoided them a said police chief James Cost. The card for motorcycle officer Michael Alameda says his goal is to promote traffic safety. Also known As a pro Tocop a the martial arts enthusiast urges kids to a play hard but play  the 21 officers selected for the program carry their own cards. Schoolchildren Are encouraged to Flag Down officers meet them and ask for a  cutting Corners today its easy and its convenient. 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