European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 6, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse Illegal aliens using traffic As cover for entry to . Thursday february 6, 1992 the stars and stripes b Page 7 san Ysidro Calif. Apr illegal aliens from Mexico have adopted a terrifying a and effective a new tactic of Rushing the Border in Masse and running headlong into traffic. Border patrol agents can to get their hands on the illegals because they Arentt allowed to make arrests on the open Highway for fear of causing accidents. To counter the tactic the Border patrol announced it will station 25 to 30 armed agents near the crossing beginning today and two lanes of four Lane interstate 5 will be closed just North of the Border. The Highway runs perpendicular to the Border. The idea is to slow traffic enough so that Border agents can Stop cars Chase the migrants and arrest them without anyone getting Hurt. A this situation really has the potential for a catastrophe a William t. Veal Deputy chief of the Border patrols san Diego sector said in announcing the plan tuesday. The mad dash took on organized dimensions about two weeks ago when Border agents first saw at least 100 people Rush the Border together and run straight into traffic veal said. Overwhelmed mexican and . Immigration officials could do nothing but stand by As motorists on the american Side braked to Avert the throng. In the past illegal aliens tried to slip into the country alone or in Small groups usually by jumping a Border Fence when no one was looking. For motorists the Border crossing consists of a Tollbooth Type checkpoint. A a it a a Nightmare a said California Highway patrol it. Joe Garrison. A a we be never seen anything like this before and until now there was nothing we could do about in fact once inside the United states most of the migrants simply walk straight up the Highway on the median because they know that under Border patrol policy agents cannot pursue them there Agency spokesman Steven p. Kean said. Migrants rights advocate Roberto Martinez of the american friends service committee said his group does no to mind any Steps taken by the Border patrol to prevent death or injury. So Many mexican migrants have been killed trying to Cross the Busy freeways in Southern California that a migrant crossing signs have been posted. Tyson trial postponed after fire kill St at hotel used by jurors Indianapolis apr fire killed three people and injured 12 Early wednesday at the hotel where the jury in the Mike Tyson rape Case was sequestered authorities said. Jurors were safely evacuated but the trial was postponed. The Blaze erupted in a lounge of the Indianapolis athletic club and was largely confined to the third floor of the seven Story hotel authorities said. Two firefighters and a hotel occupant were killed said a fire department spokesman capt. Gary Campbell. Eight other occupants and four firefighters were injured two seriously. A total of 26 people were evacuated. The club housed in an older Brick building about four blocks from the trial site has guests As Well As permanent residents. All 15 jurors were taken to an undisclosed location said Rob Smith spokesman for the Marion county prosecutors office. Prosecutor Jeffrey Modisett said the trial might resume in the afternoon. He planned to poll each juror to make sure none was tainted when they left the hotel where they had been shielded from the Media and Public. Jurors had to flee in their night clothes leaving behind the rest of their clothing he said. Indianapolis mayor Stephen Goldsmith said he re Quested the help of Federal arson investigators in part because the jury was staying at the club but added that there is a absolutely no evidence of arson right the dead firefighters were identified As Cpl. Elwood m. Gelenius 47, and pvt. John j. Lorenzano 29. The name of the hotel guest was not immediately released pending notification of relatives Goldsmith said. Campbell said the firefighters were felled by a burst of flames in the ceiling of the lounge. A the civilian was found dead in a sixth floor stairwell apparently overcome by smoke a he said. On tuesday the judge in the Case threw out the least serious charge after the prosecution rested. The defense opened its Case suggesting the boxers accuser concocted the Story so she could sue him later. During tuesdays session judge Patricia j. Gifford dismissed a charge of confinement against Tyson at the request of his lawyers. The defense in a criminal Case can ask a judge to throw out a charge if the prosecution fails to produce enough evidence. Tyson 25, still is charged with rape and criminal deviate conduct and could get up to 60 years in prison. The former heavyweight Champ is accused of raping an 18-year-old miss Black America contestant in his hotel room july 19. He says she consented to sex. The prosecution rested its Case after calling 20 witnesses in five Days. Dahmer says he injected acid into boy Milwaukee apr Jeffrey l. Dahmer claims he had drilled a Hole in a boys head and poured in acid before police found the dazed naked youngster on the Street and handed him Back to Dahmer who then killed him. Psychologist Judith Becker who testified for the defense tuesday at Dahmer a sanity trial is the first witness to indicate police failed to notice a Hole in the boys head. She was to return to the stand wednesday. The boy 14-year-old Koserak Sintha Somphone fled the apartment May 27, but police returned him when Dahmer convinced them that the boy was his adult Lover and that the two had had a spat. After Dahmer was arrested in july and his crimes became known two police officers were fired Over their handling of the incident. Becker who interviewed Dahmer for nine hours testified that after the officers questioned Dahmer and left him and boy inside his apartment a where a naked Corpse Lay in the bedroom a Dahmer injected the boy again and he died. Defense attorney Gerald Boyle said at a news conference after Beckers testimony that police could not have noticed Sintha Somphone a injury. A there was no blood apparent from the boys head a he said. Sintha Somphone a slaying outraged Blacks and homosexuals in Milwaukee after Dahmer a arrest. Blacks complained that their earlier warnings to police that Sintha Somphone was in danger were not taken seriously Dahmer has pleaded guilty but insane to 15 murders. The trial will determine whether the 31-year-old former chocolate factory worker will receive life in prison or an open ended stay in a mental Hospital. Becker testified that Dahmer told her he was driven to kill by his urge to have sex with corpses. A the had a driving compulsion to do this a she said. A the told me his fantasies involved having Complete control Over the University of Arizona psychologist said Dahmer also admitted that he Cut open the Abdomens of 14 of his victims and had sex with the bodies. Becker said Dahmer told her he became fascinated with body parts when As a child he watched his father Cut open a fish and he saw the Bright Orange egg Sac inside. By age 16, she said Dahmer was cutting open dead animals he found along the Road and by 18 he was plotting a murder. Dahmer has admitted to 17 slayings in All since 1978, but prosecutors said they have insufficient evidence to charge him in one murder and another took place in Ohio where he will stand trial later. Sea Wolf sub cancellation could Cost 4,000 jobs from wire reports Groton Conn. A general dynamics electric boat shipyard announced tuesday that it will Lay off up to 4,000 workers this year because of president Bush a plans to cancel the sea Wolf submarine program. Bush a budget proposal Calls for the completion of one sea Wolf submarine but cancels two others even though Congress has approved Money for them. The sea Wolf program represents $17 billion of the $42 billion Bush Hopes to save in weapons purchases Over five years. Roger Tetrault the shipyards general manager said layoffs of about 2,000 workers would be needed this year even if the two sea wolfs were restored. If not he said 4,000 employees will lose their jobs by the end of the year. Electric boat said last month it anticipated laying off 10,000 of the 17,000 employees at its Groton Plant by 1997. The Plant is Connecticut a second largest private employer. Films Don t help robbers Garden City . A a Security guard and a Mechanic who said they were inspired after watching the movies Good i cd his and new Jack City Over the weekend held up a convenience store in Bethpage on monday night police said. The would be mobsters should probably have watched a few More films before making their move. They robbed a 7-Elcvcn where one of the thieves was a regular customer and was easily recognized police said. They borrowed a car belonging to one of their Sisters and then went Home. And they collected Only $75, authorities added. The Nassau county police arrested Christopher f. Sanatass 22, a in chanic and Phil Levine 22, a Security guard. Postal service feels Pinch Washington a the lingering recession is affecting the . Postal service causing a slightly lower growth in the expected volume of mail and significantly lower revenues the government reported tuesday. Comer s. Coppic senior assistant postmaster general for finance said the postal service is responding by a deferring some planned expenditures in anticipation of the expected shortfall in revenues. Coppic said total volume for the first Quarter of fiscal 1992, which ended dec. 31, 1991, was Down 2.7 percent. The postal service built its 1992 volume plan around the Assumption that the Economy would recover last fall Coppie said. Nonetheless Coppie said the postal service realized a net income of $649 million during the first Quarter of the fiscal year despite less volume than last year and less Revenue than planned. Haste blamed for theft South Bend ind. A a tractor trailer truck carrying three humvee was stolen from a parking lot by a Man who got tired of waiting for the Driver police said. Ricky Allen Welsh 33, of Napa Calif., was released on a $10,000 Bond monday pending a hearing wednesday on a Federal charge of theft from an interstate shipment. Welsh told a magistrate that he did not steal the truck. State police said he told them he was a Friend of the Drivers and had been out drinking with him Early saturday. The Driver was not identified. The truck was stolen in Ellettsville about 30 Miles Southwest of Indianapolis. Welsh was arrested As he returned to the truck in Lapaz about 125 Miles North of Indianapolis. Fire victims lose tax break san Francisco a people who lost their Homes in last Falls Oakland fire got some More bad news tuesday from the internal Revenue service no House no mortgage interest deduction. Homeowners can deduct mortgage interest payments on a personal residence but not a when their personal residence no longer exists a said irs regional spokesman Larry Wright
