European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 21, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday March 21, 1992 the stars and stripes a Page 7swallows fail to return to Capistrano san Juan Capistrano Calif. A history hype and tourists were in abundance thursday at centuries old Mission san Juan Capistrano. But ornithologist Margaret Rubega  spot a single Swallow. Aiming her binoculars skyward the University of California Irvine graduate student searched for a sign of the migratory Birds fabled return to the Mission each St. Josephus Day March 19. Only one Hummingbird and a White throated Swift were airborne she said when 96-year-old town patriarch Paul Arbiso rang the Mission Bells at 8 02 a.m., the traditional signal of the Birds return from South America. A i think people like those myths a Rubega said. A a they re attached to the idea that Birds Are mysterious and fantastic and do strange and mysterious  As development around the Mission has displaced their insect food Supply swallows have moved to More hospitable areas such As Irvine Marshland to the North she said. In a visit there wednesday she pointed out hundreds of the Birds distinctive mud nests clinging to a Road overpass near the Marsh and to several swallows circling overhead. But Rubega must have been looking in the wrong place for Mission swallows insisted chamber of Commerce president Danny Letsinger. A a in a looking at one go by now a Letsinger said in a noon Telephone interview thursday from his office. A gosh there goes a violence against Gays climbs 31% in five cities group says Washington up violence against homosexuals increased by 31 percent in five . Cities last year the National Gay and lesbian task Force reported thursday. More than 1,822 attacks against homosexuals a record High were reported in Boston Chicago Minneapolis St. Paul new York City and san Francisco according to the task forces seventh annual report on the problem. A anti Gay violence continues to be a widespread and profoundly destructive plague upon the nation a said Kevin Berrill the task forces anti violence director. The statistics were based on incidents reported to homosexual victim service agencies in the cities. The Type of attacks included murder assault police abuse harassment vandalism threats and arson. New York City led in the number of incidents with 592, up 42 percent from last year. Figures cited for the other cities were san Francisco 473, up 11 percent Minneapolis St. Paul 338, up 202 percent Chicago 210, up 6 percent and Boston 209, up 42 percent. Victim assistance agencies attributed the increase to a combination of greater willingness on the part of homosexuals to report attacks and an Overall Rise in assaults. A a it a difficult to tease out which is the dominant variable a said Berrill. A the problem is alarmingly pervasive. The real message is not whether the numbers Are up or Down but rather that we have an epidemic on our hands one that is in dire need of a  the task Force conceded that police in the five cities listed Only 362 crimes against homosexuals in 1991, but this figure was 41 percent higher than the previous year. Three of the five police departments also reported an increase in attacks on homosexuals. Berrill complained that the Justice departments Community relations service which trains Law enforcement agencies throughout the nation on hate crime issues has failed to broaden its definition of such crimes to include those involving sexual orientation and religion. This change was required by a Law passed last rep. Nancy Pelosi d-Calif., holds up a copy of the report on Gay violence thursday while Kevin Berrill of the National Gay and lesbian task Force looks on in Washington. Year he said. A the cars is talking about hate crimes but the a go word and the a la word Are never mentioned a Berrill said. A the cars is actually undermining the intent of the hate crime statistics  rep. Nancy Pelosi d-Calif., who was a co sponsor of the act said the task Force report was particularly important in this presidential election year when a a climate of hate a if not being nurtured a is at least being tolerated in our  the task Force said that an atmosphere of anti homosexual rhetoric in government religion entertainment and the Media was creating an atmosphere conducive to anti Gay violence. They were particularly critical of anti homosexual comments by Republican presidential candidate Patrick Buchanan and the characterization of homosexuals As criminals in such Hollywood motion pictures As the silence of the lambs and the soon to be released Basic instinct. Although the report Only listed trends in five cities Berrill said the pattern suggests that other . Cities and towns Are experiencing similar increases. Aids robber holds up Small Market los Angeles apr a robber armed with a Synge he tells victims carries his aids infected blood Ruck again thursday his ninth similar attack this Eek. Threat of infection with the deadly aids virus sent t least one store clerk running in fright although the Abber has appeared More desperate than violent and be thefts have been relatively Petty. No one has been injured. It would be difficult to contract aids from a Quick Needle prick with Odds standing at less than 1 in 250, Aid or. Thomas l. Horowitz chairman of the los an Eles county commission on aids. A it is a Low risk threat. But definitely his threat is playing on Peoples paranoia a said Horowitz adding that blood clots in a syringe within 20 minutes making it difficult to squirt. After four robberies or attempted robberies monday and four More wednesday the Bandit hit again thursday morning at Small Market. A the displayed a syringe threatened aids infection and demanded Money. He got $60 and lied a it. John Duncan said. A the should be hitting again  the Bandit has focused on a 2-Square-mile area of Northridge a san Fernando Valley suburb about 20 Miles Northwest of downtown los Angeles. A i can assure you every available policeman in the Valley is looking for him a Duncan said.  the Tongue in Cheek Letsinger acknowledged that the Small Flat tailed Cliff swallows Are a a financial asset to the  about 3,000 people crowded into the Mission thursday and tens of thousands of people will attend today a annual Parade. But there is More at stake than Money said Mission docent Helen Gavin. There is tradition. A people done to go and blast Santa Claus. They report him flying Over the North pole a said Gavin. A so Why should they say there a no swallows a the heritage and history of the areas Juan no indians also were celebrated thursday. For the first time in the missions history the tribes Acac Hemom language was to be spoken during the St. Josephus Day mass. Anthropologists and tribal members had resurrected the language after resident Evelync Villegas Lobo turned Over pages her Mother had written in the obscure  who hired hit men to murder wife executed from wire reports Atmore Ala. A a Man who admitted hiring two men to kill his pregnant wife so he could marry another woman was executed Early Friday in Alabama a electric chair. Larry Gene Heath 40, made no final attempt to Appeal his death sentence for the 1981 slaying of Rebecca Heath. Instead he spent his final hours at Holman prison handing out his Supply of soft drinks to fellow inmates and turning Over his belongings to his second wife. Gov. Guy Hunt on tuesday denied a request for clemency from heaths second wife and a group of  Roberts to lose Faith Tulsa okla. A evangelist Oral Roberts who once said god told him to build a magnificent medical Center called City of Faith said thursday he is Selling it for an undisclosed sum to an investment group. Roberts 74, began shutting Down the Complex a three towering Gold buildings including a 60-Story clinic a in 1989 because of debt. He had pleaded unsuccessfully with followers to Send in $11 million to keep creditors from dismantling his ministry University and Hospital. In a fund raising Effort in 1986 for his medical missionary program Roberts claimed god told him he would die if followers did no to donate $8 million for scholarships for Oral Roberts University medical students. After the March 1987 deadline passed he said the goal was  . Flag recovered Valley forge a. A a stolen american Flag that is big enough to cover a House has been returned to the Freedom foundation. Michael Moyer assistant director for development at the non profit foundation 20 Miles Northeast of Philadelphia said the grass stained 30-foot-by-60-foot Flag was returned to them by police thursday morning. Police chief Thomas Marchegiano of Schuylkill township said the Flag was found by a youth on a bicycle wednesday night less than 24 hours after being reported missing from the 100-foot flagpole at the foundations 105-acre  Dies Washington former rep. Michael Feighan a Democrat who represented Cleveland in Congress for 28 years diet of cancer thursday at a Hospital. He was 87. Feighan entered Congress in 1943. An outspoken opponent of yugoslavian ruler marshal Tito born Josip Bro Feighan once offered a one word amendment that imposed a policy of inspection and verification of foreign Aid sent to that country. Feighan is survived by a son daughter sister and two grandsons