European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 13, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 c the stars and stripes monday january 13,1992 a gulls take flight Altig with a British airways Concord Jet at new Yorkus Kennedy International Airport. Plan to resume Gull shootings spurs protests from Bird lovers from wire reports new York a Federal officials shot almost 15,000 gulls near Kennedy International Airport last year in an Effort to reduce air plane Gull collisions. They plan to resume the program this Spring which is angering conservationists and Bird lovers. In the latest Battle of a Long War to reduce interference with air planes department of agriculture biologists armed with 12-gauge shotguns killed 14,886 gulls Between May 20 and aug. 8, 1991, according to a report by Richard a. Dolbeer of the agriculture departments animal and Plant health inspection service. Almost All the victims were said to be laughing gulls with Brood patches on their bellies a sign that the Birds were Breeding. The gulls Are the airports main problem because they nest in the marshy area at the end of the runway. Terry Benczik a spokesman for the port authority of new York and new Jersey which operates the Airport said the shooting would take place again in this years Breeding season. She emphasized that the port authority had been dealing with different Federal agencies and had tried a variety of solutions to resolve the Gull problem in a a humane  a this is a passenger safety Issue Birds getting into engines Are a problem a she said. A think How horrible it would be if human lives were lost if we did no to do  she said port authority officials were sensitive to the Pittsburgh apr a postal service official has been convicted of stealing $16,818 in postage Stamps. James s. Gall jr., a former marketing director from Green tree was found guilty of two counts of theft of postal property. Prosecutors said he stole Stamps stamp collecting kits and stamped envelopes. Also a member of the stamp destruction committee at the City s general mail facility was convicted of falsifying records. Two other panel members were acquitted. Houston up a a University of Houston drama professor charged in the brutal stabbing murder of an actress was found dead at his Home. Police said it was an apparent suicide. Claude Caux 57, was found Friday by family members. He was hanging from a staircase leading to the second floor of his condominium. Caux was accused of killing Mary Avery Chovanetz 45, last july 22 in a Houston Park. After arguing with Chovanetz he allegedly stabbed the woman 15 times in the Chest Abdomen and legs As joggers and others looked on. Witnesses told police that when a passer by tried to fact that a this is an emotional  the Agency has received a number of Calls from people upset Over the news. Gull plane collisions destroyed or damaged 37 air plane engines at Juk Between 1979 and 1990, wrote Dolbeer. No people were injured As a result of the collisions although Bird strikes led to 40 aborted takeoffs during the period Dolbeer wrote. In one incident last May a Boeing 747 that ingested a Gull blew 10 tires and burned out its brakes stopping. Naturalists who have gone along with previous experiments to handle the Bird problem by making the Airport area unattractive to Bird colonies were angry Over the latest approach. A this atrocity was performed in the most underhanded fashion a said Jack Hoyt chairman of the new York City Sierra club. He said the conservationist group had Only heard about the shooting after it occurred and never received any response to Calls to the port authority. The National Park service which supervises the Jamaica Bay wildlife Refuge has warned the port authority that what it does at the Airport should not affect the Refuge said John t. Tanacredi a Park service official. He noted that Jamaica Bay was a major open space Haven to some 350 species of migrating and nesting Birds. The port authority says is very concerned about the Jamaica Bay wildlife refugees being adjacent to the Kennedy runway and has tried various solutions to frighten the Birds away from the Airport. Betty a. Hickman of Braddock Hills was convicted of falsifying documents. Philip Dorsey Iii the head of the stamp destruction committee testified against Gall. Dorsey had been charged with taking $275,700 in Stamps stamped envelopes and other materials and with falsifying records. He has pleaded guilty and will be sentenced later. In All about $500,000 in outdated or unpopular Stamps or postal goods meant for destruction were stolen. Eight postal service workers were indicted. Stop the attack Caux began stabbing himself. He was taken to a Hospital for treatment and recovered from his wounds. After Caux was charged in the woman a death the French born mime artist and expert fencer was released on $50,000 Bond. Police said Caux had tried to kill himself on two previous occasions. The woman had reportedly turned Down his advances. Caux a native of Abbeville France was a colleague of mime Marcel Marceau. He had taught at the University for 17  wreckage found but 5 aboard still missing from wire reports Crockett Calif. A divers found three Large pieces of wreckage from a helicopter that crashed in a murky swirling waterway but no sign of the five people who had been aboard official said sunday. The pieces including the Rotor indicated that the Bell 206 Jet Ranger was damaged or broke up in the saturday crash in Marquinez Strait Contra Costa county sheriffs it. Ron Rodrigues said. Quot we done to know How much of its left a he said As the search continued. The pieces were found several hours after the crash by clean Bay an Oil cleanup cooperative that had chartered the helicopter. Officials disclosed the discovery on sunday. The chopper hit Power lines plunged into the Channel and Sank within seconds in 70 feet of water about 100 Yards from Shore. On Board were a Pilot a coast guard officer two state wildlife workers and an Oil spill expert investigating a minor  run Over Lakeland Fla. A Connie Chancey a daughters car had just been stolen at gunpoint so when a teen Ager pulled out a pistol Ana shot at her she defended herself with the first thing at hand a her car. A it was him or us a Chancey 45, said after running her attacker Down thursday night. She had picked up her daughter after the earlier theft and was driving Home when she noticed someone following them. When she pulled around a Cul de Sac to face her pursuers a boy got out of the other car and shot at her. The shot missed and she gunned the engine hitting the boy and breaking both his legs. Two companions dragged him Back to their car and sped off. A 16-year-old later checked into a Hospital claiming he was a hit and run victim. A Polk county sheriffs spokesman said charges were expected against the boy and his  killings unsolved Tampa Fla. A suburban cat owners were warned to keep a Sharp Eye on their pets amid a wave of unsolved cat killings. Nine cats were found fatally burned dragged behind a car or stabbed since november prompting two animal rights groups to offer a 1,000 Reward for information about the slayings. The most recent killing was discovered Friday at a Mobile Home Park. A residents pet died from puncture wounds to the Throat. In four of the other cases the cats were burned or dragged behind a car. In one Case occult symbols were painted in cat blood. The killer could be charged with third degree felony animal cruelty which carries a penalty of up to five years in Anson and a $10,000  Dies Man charged new York a a Bronx Man who allegedly threw an 18-month-old girl head first into a Wall when she blocked his View by crawling in front of his television set was charged saturday with killing her police said. Adriana Rodriguez died Friday night at Montefiore medical Center. A spokesman for Monte Fiore Fred Yeager said she had suffered a fractured Skull and severe brain damage. The Man Giovanni Piquard lived with the girls Mother Sylvia Rodriguez 25, in University Heights in the  interrupts burglary Roswell . A a newsman monitoring police radio Calls heard one that got his attention his own House is be ing burglarized. Too far to get Home in time to do any Good Dave Matthews improvised. He called Home and when his answering machine picked up he yelled a drop that right now and get the hell out of my House in Matthews Roswell Bureau chief for boat to immediately heard another police radio Call saying the burglars were fleeing has House. Police arrested two teen agers said it. Richard Lucero. The rear door of his Home was broken Down and a Wristwatch and some jewelry valued at $200 were missing Matthews said. Postal official convicted of theft Houston professor hangs himself