European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 15, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday february 15, 1992 bogus Chanel handbags seized in ., . 5 held by George James the new York times new York a one Hundred thousand handbags awaiting a Chanel Label a but not prosecutors said from Chanel a were confiscated in what the Manhattan District attorney called one of the largest seizures of counterfeit merchandise in the nation. District attorney Robert m. Morgenthau said the bags sold at hundreds of dollars less than the luxury items they were imitating would have brought As much As $50 million. The bags were seized in raids on two warehouses in Manhattan and one in Carlstadt  Five people including officials of two handbag companies were arrested tuesday and charged in the fraud. The investigation began in october after Chanel inc. Officials complained to the District attorneys office that More than 50,000 fake handbags bearing the interlocked double c trademark were being shipped through the metropolitan Region every  virus rate frightens students at Texas school Bogata Texas apr students at a High school where 3 percent of the student body has the aids virus a More than six times the National rate a said thursday that they were afraid for their future. A i was devastated a said Julie Hammond a 15-year-old Sophomore at River Crest High school. A i can to believe that Many people you know have the aids virus. A should i be around them should i go out with this Guy you know you re  six of the 197 students at the Northeast Texas school have tested positive for human immunodeficiency virus the virus that causes aids superintendent Freddy Wade confirmed at a news conference thursday. The National average infection rate is one in 250 people. School officials done to know the students identities and wont try to find out or have them removed from school Wade said. A an individual has a right to privacy a he said. A i done to waste my time questioning  River Crest principal Ray Miller added that he is proud that students Are not conducting a Witch Hunt for the six. Some students were angry at the Media for coming to the school thursday after the cases were reported by the Dallas morning news. Television Crews and reporters were met with shouts of a go Home a after the news conference. A i done to particularly like what a going on now a said . Thompson an 18-year-old senior. A it makes us look  neither school nor health officials could say Why the six students sought testing. They told health officials that they had contracted the virus through heterosexual activity. Reliable statistics for his infection in Texas Arentt available said officials at the Texas department of health. Of the 14,782 texans with aids 58 Are Between age 13 and 19, according to the departments Survey updated last week. School officials were informed in november that six students had the virus but did no to Tell teachers and students until december Wade said. Students and health officials praised school officials for their handling of the situation. A they show us films and they re being real open a said Tyler Texas up a a District court jury ruled thursday that a 17-year-old High school girl was justified in the 1991 shooting death of her father. The 10-woman, two Man panel deliberated 8 /2 hours Over a two Day period before returning the verdict. The Case tested a new state Law which allows evidence of family violence to be used to justify a homicide. The girl testified she has been sexually emotionally and physically abused for years by her father. Testimony indicated the 49-year-old truck Driver had also abused his adopted son and wife. The teen Ager emptied a .357 magnum into her a leather Chanel handbags Range in Price from $600 to $1,500, although bags made out of special skins such As Crocodile Are More expensive Chanel officials said. Charged with first degree scheming to defraud criminal Possession of forgery devices and criminal simulation were Errol Devli 30, of Saddle River ., president of Sasha handbags inc., and Aziz Fermano 31, also known As Nicolas Khouri an officer of Lovely handbags inc. Of Dumont  Morgenthau said the two corporations arc also defendants in a civil forfeiture proceeding. He said the two companies also had a Legal business importing and Selling unaltered handbags to such department stores As Macy a and Nordstrom a. Also arraigned on the charges were Sophie Chan 30, of Summit ., and Jimmy Vul also known As Charlie 29, and his brother Long Vul 28, both of Jersey City. In making the arrests Morgenthau said the authorities also broke up an operation that counterfeited watches under such Brand names As Chanel and rolex. A principal Ray Miller discusses aids virus cases. Donna Strain a 17-year-old senior. Teachers have been issued rubber gloves and told to treat All injured students As if they have the aids virus. �?o1 am so proud of that school District a said Dona Spence his aids Case manager at the Ark Tex Council of governments in Texarkana where the six students went for counselling. Spence notified school officials of the cases. A a they re really trying to educate their kids. They Are living in the real world a Spence said. However two Junior varsity girls basketball games were cancelled when opponents refused to play River Crest although none of the infected students participates in extracurricular activities. At other games opposing athletes wont shake hands. A they wont touch us a Strain said. Year. She testified her father had threatened to a stomp her guts  although she hit the Man with at least five shots the girl said she was not consciously aware of killing him and had the gun in her hand in an Effort to take her own life. She said she had attempted suicide several times previously. Had the jury not acquitted the girl of delinquent conduct she could have been remanded to the Texas youth commission until her 18th birthday and then could have been sentenced to 30 years in prison. The stars and stripes a Page 7  Section retrieved in record Salvage Effort from wire reports Honolulu part of a Navy helicopter that crashed in the Pacific Ocean last summer was retrieved in the deepest Salvage recovery on record the Navy said. The Forward Section of the ch-46 sea Knight helicopter was pulled from a depth of 17,250 feet wednesday about 140 Miles off Wake Island the Navy a Pacific Fleet said in a statement thursday. The previous record was 14,800 feet off the coast of Madagascar in 1988, the statement said. The Crew was lost at sea and the Navy needed the wreckage to determine the cause of the crash. Efforts to recover the other Section continued. The recovery was made by a Crew operating off the Salvage ship Salvor. A Remote controlled vehicle attached lines to the wreckage which was then hoisted aboard the  whale rescued Pensacola Fla. A rescuers freed a 48-foot whale that was beached on a Sandbar for More than 24 hours and towed it Back out to sea. After trying unsuccessfully to free the whale by washing Sand out from under it rescuers fashioned a harness with hoses and a Chain to free it thursday. The 20-ton whale believed to be a Young adult Brydes whale had been trapped about 500 Yards from Shore in Pensacola Bay since wednesday afternoon. The coast guard Florida Marine patrol and biologists released the whale about seven Miles into Trie Gulf of Mexico. They used their boats to Herd it farther away from Shore said coast guard Petty officer Eddie  flight postponed Akron Ohio a the launch of the Earth winds around the world balloon was scrubbed Friday because it was too Windy. The wind at the Loral corp. Launch site in Akron was too Strong and blowing in the wrong direction Early Friday causing fears that the balloon would blow into the Dock said Earth winds spokesman William g. Armstrong. The launch is not Likely to be attempted for another four or five Days he said. Earth winds would be the first balloon to Circle the world. The flight is expected to take two to three weeks. The unusual double balloon is designed so that the top balloon has helium that makes the balloon Rise and the Bottom holds compressed air that acts As ballast. The Crew compartment is Between the two  s hat shoes bought new York a a collector who had paid $220,000 for the gun Jack Ruby used to kill Lee Harvey Oswald accused of assassinating president Kennedy spent another $13,420 for the hat and shoes Ruby wore that Day. The Gray hat with a Black band was seen by millions of to viewers when Ruby rushed from a crowd on nov. 24, 1963, and shot Oswald. A Jack Ruby is imprinted inside the hat. The hat fetched $12,100 thursday night from the Anonymous new Jersey collector who bought the gun at an auction in december said Herman Darvick who ran the auction. The collector paid $1,320 for the  haitians returned Miami a the . Coast guard returned 251 haitians to their Homeland thursday As part of the continuing repatriation of the boat people a spokesman said. The haitians who left on the Cutter steadfast from the . Naval base in Guantanamo Bay Cuba the Day before were taken to port a Prince said Roger Wetherell a coast guard spokesman in Miami. All were transferred to the haitian red Cross without incident he said. The repatriations thursday brought to 2,157 the number of haitians forcibly returned to their Homeland by the coast guard Wetherell said. Some 3,112 Nave been returned since get. 29. The coast guard has intercepted 15,417 haitian boat people since oct. 29. Teen Ager acquitted in father s death there a body in their Rural Winona Home in May of last