European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 26, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday october 26, 1991 the stars and stripes a Page 5 san Francisco buyback goes great guns police officer Dave Dolan inspects a bought Back Rifle. San Francisco apr eager gun Sellers lined up at a downtown police station this week to take advantage of the City s offer to pay $50 for each firearm turned in. The program was launched wednesday when $8,500 of the $9,500 allocated for it was used. A this was a great response so great we ran out of Money a police commissioner Pius Lee said thursday. Lee said the mayor s office will free another $9,500 from the police departments narcotics fund so that the buybacks could resume monday. San Francisco is one of three cities that conducted successful gun buybacks since the summer. Among the 170 weapons sold Back with no questions asked were a .357-Calibcr magnum and world War ii Era revolvers but the response did Little to silence critics who say the offer Only dupes taxpayers into buying junk guns. The brisk first Day business included pistol toting High school students and one Man with a 34-gun collection said police capt. Tony Ribera. Some were motivated by the Cash but in most cases a a it a just a Good citizen Type of thing a he said. At least one gun was valued at $600 while others were virtually worthless Ribera said. All guns will be traced for involvement with crimes before being melted into scrap. A if you re someone who a shot by one of these the value of the gun is irrelevant Quot Ribera said. Supervisor Willie Kennedy who proposed the pro Gram said the buyback would mean fewer violent crimes and accidental shootings. She said up to $50,000 should be tunnelled into the program until demand is depleted. A some people laughed at the idea when i first brought it  she said. Quot but you see How people Are  some critics were still laughing. A it s an ignorant joke Quot said Jim Siegle owner of Sie Glens guns in Oakland. Quot in a sure they re getting junk guns that Aren t working and Worth  Siegle said one customer asked to buy All his worthless guns wednesday presumably to sell to the police. A when 1 asked if that a what it was for. He just grinned Quot Siegle said. Bob Posner owner of the san Francisco gun Exchange called the Effort political grandstanding that most gun owners Aren t taking seriously. Quot a frankly most people just kind of chuckle at  he said. Quot when someone bus a firearm they have no intention of giving it up for $50.&Quot in St. Louis 5,371 firearms were exchanged in the first 10 Days of the police departments monthlong Effort. Quot we re getting guns from Little old ladies working people people under suspicion Quot chief Clarence Harmon said. �?o1 think the Public is being sensitized to the level of handgun  in Philadelphia a two week amnesty program this summer produced 1,044 weapons about four times As Many As expected. A private group that put up $20 for each gun had to borrow $15,000 to cover payouts.1,495 fugitives nabbed in nationwide sweep new York a nearly 1,500 fugitives described As the a worst of the worst were caught in a 10-week manhunt that was one of the largest roundups in the nations history officials said thursday. Dubbed a operation Sunrise a officers from 65 Law enforcement agencies targeted violent criminals Many of them escapees in Miami Atlanta Boston Baltimore Washington and the new York City area. A we went after total career criminals. There Are no Nice Guys in this group a said William f. Fitzgerald a . In thl stars and stripes marshals service inspector. Among the 1,495 criminals captured were 47 who had either been charged or convicted of murder and 295 Federal fugitives marshals service director k. Michael Moore said at a news conference. Moore said $1.8 million in Cash and property seized As part of the Roundup would help pay for the arrests. The arrests included the capture of Augusto Falcon alleged head of a Large cocaine ring based in Miami. A there is a satisfying element of irony. These criminals helped pay for their own capture Quot Moore said. Roy Mccullum alleged Atlanta drug gang enforcer was arrested aug. 20 in his apartment. One month later his accused former gang Boss Jeffery Lee was arrested on a Tennis court on an Fri warrant for narcotics violations. He faces murder charges in another county. Deputy . Marshals from around the nation deputized local and state Law enforcement officers to allow them to go beyond their geographical boundaries to make the captures beginning aug. 12 local police often Lack the manpower and investigatory resources to track Many of these criminals. Such sweeps had occurred about 10 times in the past decade but had never focused on the most dangerous fugitives Fitzgerald said. Those sought had been accused or convicted of kidnapping robbery rape drug dealing and murder. John Stafford supervisor of the . Marshals office in san Francisco called them the Quot worst of the worst the hardest of the baddest.�?�10 years ago oct. 26,1981 a the polish government demanded an end to a mounting wave of local strikes and prepared to Send special military units into Poland a villages to help solve food troubles and local disputes. 20years ago oct. 26,1971 a typhoon Hester roared through South Vietnam leaving More than 100 dead including three american soldiers. Tens of thousands were left homeless refugee Camps were destroyed and . Military bases battered.30 years ago oct. 26,1961 a president Kennedy called for a a a truce to terror Quot and told the United nations that a peaceful solution of the Berlin crisis is possible. Meanwhile . Attorney general Robert f. Kennedy said the United states will use nuclear weapons if necessary to save berlins freedom.40 years ago oct. 26,1951 a . Truce negotiators in Korea proposed an armistice line giving the communists 200 Square Miles of hard won . Territory in North Korea. However . Allies would keep the Quot bloody Ridge Quot and Quot Heartbreak Hill Quot battlegrounds in Allied hands. Noriega got $5 million to shelter drug Cartel Bosses witness testifies Miami apr drug Barons assassinated Colombia s Tough anti drug Justice minister then paid Manuel Noriega $5 million to shelter them a witness testified at the former panamanian dictator s trial. A Welcome Mouchachos you have nothing to fear a trafficker turned witness Jose Cabrera quoted Noriega As telling the assembled drug lords. Cabrera testified that Noriega had gathered the fleeing leaders of colombians Medellin Cartel on a Small panamanian Island in May 1984 shortly after Justice minister Rodrigo Lara Bonilla was gunned Down. Cabrera who is seeking to reduce a 30-year prison sentence in Florida said he was a major transporter for the Cartel in the 1980s. He was to continue his testimony on the stand Friday. On Cross examination thursday Cabrera 60, acknowledged that his Hope to leave prison soon depended on his testimony in the trial. He faces a mandatory 15 years without parole but state prosecutors have already agreed to review that sentence he admitted on the witness stand. A you Hope to be out before this trial is Over a asked Lead defense attorney Frank Rubino. But prosecutors objected before the witness could answer. Noriega could get up to 140 years in prison on charges of taking payoffs to protect the drug Trade. Cabrera testified that in the Spring of 1984, the late Cartel chief Jose Gonzalo Rodriguez Gacha told Cabrera the group had decided to kill Lara Bonilla after colombian police raided a Jungle drug lab and seized 10 tons of cocaine. A what has to he done has to be done a Cabrera quoted Rodriguez Gacha As saying. A shortly afterwards Bonilla was shot by a motorcyclist on a Bogota Street and the colombian government retaliated by raiding Cartel members Homes and property. Cartel leaders tied to Panama where they had paid $5 million to Isi Tigre As they called Noriega Cabrera said. The drug traffickers were met at Panama City a Pattilla Airport by Noriega intelligence officials and escorted to different locations depending on whether there were . Warrants against them he said. Rodriguez Gacha Pablo Escobar Jorge Ochoa and other top Medellin Cartel leaders then moved to Contador Island and were greeted there by Noriega Cabrera testified. Orangutans escape Cage in Seattle zoo Seattle up a five orangutans escaped their exhibit area at the Woodland Park zoo on thursday forcing the evacuation of zoo patrons  tracked the animals. When zoo officials spotted the orangutans climbing the Walls to the Bear Grotto they realized the service area door in the orangutans exhibit had been left open. An electrical malfunction is believed to be the cause of the open door said zoo spokeswoman Nan Hall. About 300 people were evacuated from the zoo. Hall said. Officials were most concerned about the 23-year-old, 300-Pound dominant male orangutan named Towan. The animals strength and size posed a potential danger to patrons. A we were worried about the adult male a she said. A the literally has the strength of 10 men. If Towan fell threatened by another animal or person he might  a Security team and zoo vets used tranquil Izer guns to subdue the animals after food failed to lure them Back into their exhibit area. Hall said. I Owan was the first to be Tranquili Zed. After the animal was hit by the Dart it ran Back into the exhibit area slamming the door behind it. The team then Tranquili Zed a female which followed la Owan Back to the Cage. I he other three were Tranquili Zed and taken Back to the enclosure within two hours of the incident. Hall said. Three weeks ago zoo keepers held a disaster Drill which involved a possible orangutan escape. Because of the Drill keepers were Well prepared for the emergency i fall said