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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 6, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes monday january 6, 1992 Carina Baker 7, clutches a stuffed Panda while sitting on the Lap or her Stepmother Heidi at their Home. Slain Samaritan remembered As always helping people by Bob Pool and Stuart Wasserman the los Angeles times As a kid he took in stray animals. As an adult he opened his Home to friends when they were in trouble. So David Scott Baker Wasny tone to hesitate when he saw the plastic a help Quot sign dangling from the Back of a 13-Ycar-old Toyota Corona stalled along a lonely stretch of interstate 5 outside of los Banos calif., on Friday. Baker stopped and tried without Success to help jump Start the disabled Sedan. When Baker disconnected his jumper cables the sedans Driver shot him twice in the Chest with a Shotgun. The gunman then fled in bakery a 1988 Nissan. The shooting prompted a 300-mile Chase that ended More than four Baker hours later in Southern California when police killed bakery a assailant As hovering news helicopters beamed the scene to a stunned television audience. Darren Michael stroll 22, died As he raised his sawed off 12-gauge Shotgun at California Highway patrol officers authorities said. Baker 26, of Castle Rock wash., a Small town 45 Miles West of the mount Saint Helense Volcano always offered a helping hand his friends and relatives recalled saturday. Key West Fla. Up1 a the historic building where Jose Marti rallied compatriots to fight for cuban Independence from Spain was rededicated saturday As a cuban american cultural Center. The refurbished san Carlos Institute was reopened in a ceremony marking the Centennial of Martins first visit to key West. A a Phis project is not just the restoration of a building Quot Saiu Institute president Rafael Penalver a Miami lawyer who led the Effort to save the building. A it s the restoration of a  during the past 20 years the san Carlos had been used As a movie House and a Pawn shop before it was abandoned and invaded by crack addicts. A it was dirty filthy. The Walls were crumbling Quot Penalver said. Quot this used to be a cocaine House. A five year $3.8 million restoration project turned the building into a showcase for cuban culture that will House a school museum Library theater and Contr ence Center. Marti. Cuba s exile poet Patriot founded the c Uhan a was far Back As i can remember he was always bringing Home stray dogs and cats a said his brother Bruce Baker a Law student who lives in Glendora calif., 30 Miles cast of los Angeles. Quot after he was married he kept bringing people Home who needed help. A if this Guy had asked my brother to stay or even give him his car he would have. He would have probably Given him a ride to Fresno. Instead he got shot Baker was headed toward los Angeles to visit his brother when he turned Good Samaritan for the last time. He planned the trip because his brother is recovering from knee surgery and had been unable to attend a family reunion during the Christmas holidays. Baker had tipped off other family members about his trip but planned to Knock on his brother a door Friday and Surprise him by casually announcing a i just thought id drop in for  instead Bruce Baker spent the dinner hour Friday night watching the dramatic death of his brother a killer As the chilling videotape was shown on the evening news. �?o1 was very relieved that i  have to worry about the Legal system seeking Justice Quot Baker said saturday. He said someone in his wife a family had been killed a and now they have to go through the agony of a trial. I guess 1 was somewhat appeased that Justice had been  Heidi Baker was at work As assistant manager of a Kelso wash., Mcdonald a restaurant when she Learned of her husband s murder. The Bakers had been married 2vi years. Quot he was a wonderful Man a she told reporters. Quot he would give someone the shirt off his Back. He was always helping  revolutionary party at the old Institute. A today As we restore this landmark of Liberty we also rededicate ourselves to the cause of Freedom a said sen. Bob Graham a Fla. Quot this is a shrine Quot said Arturo Espinola a key West resident and member of san Carlos Board. The old institutes major goals were education and the preservation of cuban culture. C lasses were taught in Spanish and English. Espinola said he still has photos of the class he attended there in the 1920s. The building is actually the third incarnation of the san Carlos Institute. The first was destroyed by fire in the 1880s and the second by a Hurricane in 1919. The cuban government donated $100,000 for the present Structure and opened a consulate there in 1924. Exiles gathered at the Institute on May 20, 1902, to celebrate Cuba s Independence from Spain. When Fidel c Astro seized Power in Cuba his government Cut funding for the Institute and the building began to deteriorate. The school closed in 1973, and part of the facade collapsed in 19sl injuring a passing tourist. U.s.3 killed after Small plane crashes at resort Airport from wire reports Steamboat Springs Colo. A Small plane crashed on Takeoff during Light Snow at this ski resort s Airport saturday killing three and injuring six others on Board. The twin engine Cessna crashed into a ditch at the end of the runway said Routt county sheriff de Burch. The Federal aviation administration said the plane was bound for Anoka county Minn. Hospital officials said one of the injured was in critical condition and the others were in stable  shoots himself Mankato Minn. A a Man shot himself in the Mouth saturday inside a crowded grocery store after allegedly trying to Cash a stolen Check police said. The Man Patrick James Johnson 32, was hospitalized in critical condition. No one else was injured during the noontime shooting. Police were called to the Market after receiving a report of a Man trying to Cash a stolen Check. When officers arrived Johnson pulled a .22-caliber revolver the gun from his jacket put it in his Mouth and fired said a Public safety  pipeline ruptures Anchorage Alaska an Oil pipeline ruptured off the coast of Alaska on saturday dumping an estimated 16,800 Gallons of crude into Cook Inlet environmental officials said. The Oil Slick was one mile off the Kenai pipeline co. Dock located about 70 Miles Southwest of Anchorage said a state official. Officials said damage to wildlife should be minimal because few animals Are wintering in the Region. The cause of the rupture in the Chevron pipeline was under investigation. Cleanup was expected to take several  s widow arrested Aspen Colo. A the widow of former indonesian president Sukarno was arrested at a posh ski Lodge on charges that she slashed a fellow party guest with a Champagne Glass. Ratna Sari Dewi Sukarno 51, was charged with second degree assault said police chief John Goodwin. She is free on $5,000 Bond. The incident occurred thursday night during a dinner party at the Aspen club Lodge. Aspen Valley Hospital identified the victim As Victoria m. Osmena 43, of new York City. She was released Friday after receiving 37 stitches in her face Goodwin said. Dewis late husband indonesians first president lost Power to current president Suharto in an abortive communist coup attempt in 1965.school again denied Aid Wales mass. A voters rejected for the second time a referendum to help the towns financially strapped school system which was forced to Lay off teachers and cram some classes with 75 students. A referendum Friday to generate $160,000 by raising school taxes was rejected on a vote of 407249, said town clerk Laura Foster. Voters in the town of 1,500 turned Down a similar referendum in november by about 65 votes. School superintendent David Roach said he will apply for a share of $32 million in emergency school funding offered by the state last week. Rachael Steadward manager of a Wales video store said she opposed the school referendum Quot mainly because no one has the Money for  three permanent teachers a temporary instructor and a principal have been teaching the 200 students at Wales elementary school the Only Public school in town. Third graders shared a teacher with fourth graders. Fifth and sixth grades were consolidated into one class. Under a regional arrangement other Wales students go to school elsewhere. Landmark of Liberty resurrected  
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