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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 10, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 a the stars and stripes monday february 10,1992 a Marine guard and an official View the wreckage of a Marine helicopter that crashed saturday at Nas Cecil Field. 4 marines killed when copter crashes at Jacksonville base Jacksonville Fla. Up a a military helicopter crashed and exploded at a naval air station saturday killing All four marines on Board authorities said. The fatal crash occurred two Days after another military aircraft smashed into a restaurant and hotel in Evansville ind., killing 16 people. The Marine ch-53 super stallion went Down about 4 . At Nas Cecil Field one of three major naval bases in the Jacksonville area said Bert Byers Public information officer for the base. The bodies of the four marines on Board had not been recovered Byers said. He added that authorities feared the bodies had burned with the wreckage. The ch-53 and another helicopter were in route from Nas key West to the new River Marine corps base in North Carolina with a Stopover at Cecil Field Byers said. A the helicopter was one of two in route from Nas key West to new River. They stopped at Cecil Field for fuel. Eyewitnesses reported smoke and or fire came from the rappers say Bush Minneapolis apr two College students who recorded a rap song titled How i killed George Bush meant it to be a parody but said the secret service took it seriously. One of the students David Macdonald said secret service agents visited him. And a clerk at a record store Selling the tape by Macdonald and Andrew Knighton who Call their group of Kriz said an agent also visited there. A i was exceedingly and unpleasantly surprised a said Macdonald 21, a political science major at the University of Missouri. He said the agents questioned him and read him his rights but did not arrest him. He said he has not heard from the Agency since that visit which occurred two weeks ago. Knighton and Macdonald High school buddies from Fargo n.d., said they intended to parody mainstream Lakewood Calif. Apr a convicted killer who jumped bail in Texas after being accused of sexual assault was arrested saturday after a person saw him featured on a television crime show and alerted authorities. Richard l. Roberts 50, was arrested in his car in nearby Paramount said sgt. Ron Spear of the los Angeles county sheriffs department. Roberts was featured Friday night on Fox televisions americans most wanted. Spear said sheriffs deputies were tipped by an Anonymous caller. A i was surprised he was caught this soon a very released that be was caught this soon a said detective Ila Price of the Temple police department in Central Texas. Helicopter before it crashed and exploded a he said. Byers said it was not Clear whether the helicopters were Landing or taking off from Cecil Field when the crash occurred. The crash did not affect the second helicopter. That aircraft landed safely and its five member Crew a went to offer whatever assistance they could a he said. No one on the ground was injured and the fire was quickly extinguished Byers said. Marine corps investigators were trying to determine the cause and find the remains of the victims whose names were being withheld until their families could be notified. The Accident occurred As authorities investigated the crash thursday of another military aircraft. A c-130 transport crashed during training killing All five air National guardsmen on Board and another 11 people on the  just a joke rap. The song includes such lyrics As a to be All i can be ill kill the or a a cause the sedition act done to mean a thing to  a a clerk at a music land record store in Minneapolis said someone who claimed to represent the secret service came in and asked questions about the tape. A they just wanted to Check it out and see if the threat was real a said the clerk who identified himself Only As Jon. He said the store has voluntarily withdrawn the tapes. Dennis Burnham a secret service agent in Minneapolis declined to comment. A we did no to intend for it to be this provocative a said Knighton a University of Minnesota student. A a it a not some sort of political statement. We were trying to play off the themes in rap music. Its sort of a mockery of the ambiguity and rhetoric that shrouds rap  Roberts failed to appear for trial in january 1991 on charges that he sexually assaulted a 7-year-old girl Price said. He was free on $25,000 bail at the time. The sexual assault charges arose when a schoolteacher became worried about the child a behaviour and contacted police. Roberts had been previously convicted of shooting a Man to death in Texarkana ark., in 1976, Price said. Roberts told authorities he had been working As a Painter. It was not Clear if he had been in the los Angeles area the entire year Spear said. Price said her office will try to have Roberts extradited. Roberts was being held in los Angeles without bail Spear said.  Art collection Worth $9 million stolen from wire reports los Angeles a an uninsured $9 million Art collection featuring works by Picasso Chagall and Degas was reported stolen from a self storage warehouse police said saturday. The owner eve Weisager had stored the Art at the warehouse for 13 years because she did no to have room in her Small apartment said police detective Barbara Bella. A she thought they would be real Safe there a Bella said. A she had them wrapped up in boxes with warm blankets around them. They were protected from the  Weisager who lives in Van Guys discovered the theft wednesday. She told police she inherited the Art from a sister. Police said the collection was estimated to be Worth $9 million. Police Are investigating the theft As an inside Job because there was no sign of forced entry. The collection includes the party an Oil painting by Pablo Picasso Bella said. Also taken were Ballet Euse fixing her shoe a pastel drawing by Edgar Degas Well in a Spanish courtyard an Oil painting by andr6 Derain and Flowers on a Windowsill a Watercolour by Marc  Trail Laurens . A police tracked Down a burglary suspect by following his footsteps a right across the ceiling. Officers investigating a break in at a tavern arrested a Man last week known to do handstands on the bar leaving his footprints on the ceiling said investigator Kevin More of the state police. It turns out the footprints on the ceiling matched those that left a Trail out of the taverns bathroom window More said. Mark Vergari 30, was arrested tuesday and charged with third degree burglary a felony More said. Police recovered items including an antique firearm antique bottles and some change taken from the tavern More  break up drug ring Normal 111. A police raided an off Campus apartment and broke up a ring that peddled thousands of dollars in cocaine marijuana and Ltd around an Illinois University authorities said saturday. Officers from the Illinois state police criminal investigation division the Normal police department and the Illinois state University police participated in the raid Friday which capped a three month investigation. The ring operated on and around Campus and sold tens of thousands of dollars in drugs in recent months said George Cushing a drug task Force spokesman. Police seized marijuana cocaine and Ltd with a Street value of More than $5,000, and $18,000 in Cash. Three vehicles apparently used to transport drugs also were confiscated in the raid. Arrested were Chung Kang 20 Keith Klock enga 22 and Gregory Connor 22.Berkeley student stabbed Berkeley Calif. A a 20-year-old student was found stabbed to death in a building at the University of California at Berkeley officials said. A custodian found the body of Grace Rualo Asuncion late Friday in Eshleman Hall which houses student government offices said Jesus Mena a spokesman for the  killed while skiing red Lodge Mont. A a 15-year-old ski racer was killed saturday when she lost control during a practice run and slammed into a tree authorities said. Erin w. Ogle of Bozeman suffered head injuries and was dead on arrival at a red Lodge Hospital said Deputy Coroner Luke Shroder. Ogle was preparing to compete in the . Skiing association Northern division races at red Lodge Mountain said ski area spokeswoman Marcella Manuel. Ogle was t wearing a helmet Shroder said. To viewer s tip leads to killer s capture  
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