European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 13, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday april 13, 1992 the stars and stripes c Page 3fugitive in banking scandal surrenders Providence . Up fugitive banker Joseph Mollicone or. Surrendered to Rhode islands attorney general Early sunday to face charges he embezzled More than $13 million and helped trigger Rhode islands 1991 banking crisis. A i frankly do not know where he was. He did no to Given any particular reason for his surrender a attorney general James e. Of Neil told a morning news conference at his office. Mollicone 48, president of the defunct heritage loan and investment co., was last seen nov. 8, 1990, when his son drove him to Logan International Airport in Boston. A emr. Mollicone has been recognized As one of the most sought after fugitives in the history of Rhode Island a of Neil said. A emr. Mollicone has also been characterized As the individual whose alleged conduct caused the banking crisis in the state of Rhode Island which is unparalleled since the great  the surrender came after five weeks of negotiations with intermediaries of Neil said. Mollicone was arrested at 1 15 . In suburban Johnston at the Home of lawyer Thomas r. Delugio a former lieutenant governor who is related to the suspect by marriage. Of Neil said Mollicone was poised and a in control of his situation during his arrest and ride to the prison. A at one Point he did use the word As i recall a apology a whatever that a Worth. There was some Light conversation. I think you can characterize his Persona his attitude As being remorseful. That does no to do it a of Neil said. Mollicone was taken to the adult correctional institution in Cranston where he was placed in protective custody of Neil said. A there were no deals of any nature a of Neil said. A the prime concern that they had was that he be surrendered in an atmosphere that would not be a circus that he would be transported safely to the Aci and be kept in a secure  he said a grand jury investigation into Mollicone a financial dealings will be accelerated now that the former banker is in custody. Seven weeks after Mollicone disappeared the Rhode Island share and Deposit indemnity corp., a private insurer of heritage loan and 44 other credit unions and Small Banks declared itself insolvent a in part from Molli conc a alleged embezzlement. The Ridic collapse triggered a state banking emergency in which gov. Bruce Sundlun closed 45 institutions freezing $1.7 billion in  ends tense standoff outside . New York a a gasoline soaked California woman who threatened to set herself on fire in front of the United nations to protest the use of taxes to pay for War surrendered sunday after nearly 24 hours holed up in her Van. Linne Gunther 41, of san Lorenzo calif., threw several items that looked like cigarette lighters out the door of her Van shortly before emerging at 10 18 . She then got out of the Van with her hands up and walked stiffly with police into the . Secretariat building. She had spent saturday afternoon and evening and part of sunday morning locked in the vehicle in a standoff with police negotiators who were Clad in Silver heat retardant suits. Her brother Darol Chamberlain a resident of Ithaca ., had been brought to the scene to talk to her and apparently spoke with her shortly before she gave up. Their father Owen Chamberlain is a Nobel prize winning nuclear physicist. Gunther a White Van was parked about 20 feet from the . Building and about 150 feet from the Street said chief of detectives Joseph Borrelli. A a she a protesting american taxes going towards the persian Gulf War and asking for tax amnesty for those who oppose War a said police spokeswoman sgt. Mary Wrensen. Gunther drove the wrong Way up first Avenue and into the .�?Ts circular driveway at 11 . Saturday nearly crashing into a guard. She got out poured gasoline Over herself and climbed Back into the Van Locking its doors said police spokesman sgt. Norris  reservist killed in a-10 Jet crash Galveston ind. A an air Force Reserve Jet crashed saturday during a routine Mission South of Grissom fab killing the Pilot a base spokesman said. Witnesses said the Pilot ejected just before the plane went Down. The a-10 Thunderbolt ii crashed at Little Deer Creek three Miles South of the air base near Galveston said air Force staff sgt. Katherine Gandara. Col. Marvin a. Evens was returning to the base after routine training Maneu vers when the crash occurred said 2nd it. Rich Sater spokesman for the 930th tac fighter group at Grissom. Evens 57, of Indianapolis ejected from the plane just before it went Down witnesses said. His body was found still strapped in the pilots seat and hanging from the Parachute harness. Evens was commander of the 930th�?Ts medical Squadron and a flight surgeon. He worked As an Anaesthesiologist at Community Hospital in Indianapolis. The Jet was attached to the 930th tac fighter group. Linne Gunther emerges from her Van sunday at the United nations and surrenders to new York City police. She threatened to ignite herself and the standoff began. She claimed to be holding two disposable lighters one in each hand said Deputy police commissioner Suzanne Trazoff. Gunther Hung a sign in the vans Windshield claiming there were explosives inside. A curtain was Strung behind the Drivers seat and in the windows keeping police from seeing inside Wrensen said. Hostage negotiators tried throughout saturday to talk the woman out. A team of negotiators kept the Van surrounded and spoke to the woman through a Small open window. Blocks were placed under the vans tires so it could not be moved. Borrelli said there were at least two tanks of gasoline in the Van. A from the odor that is coming out of the Van there seems to be a Large Supply a he said. Dozens of police officers stood by alongside fire ambulance and Rescue personnel. At 9 . Saturday police tried to lure Gunther out with a pizza and soda. A police lieutenant Bob Nardoza posed As a television reporter and approached the Van with camera equipment. Nardoza tried to lure Gunther out by telling her she could make a statement but she stayed inside. Gunther Clad in a red ski Cap asked to see Media coverage of her protest. Police showed her footage from evening newscasts on a television Monitor. Nardoza said the woman told him she is a divorced Mother of 16-year-old twins. 30 children 3 teachers die in crash Johannesburg South Africa a a school bus crashed into a Bridge railing and was ripped apart killing 30 children police said sunday. Three teachers also died in the Accident saturday night near Dundee a Small town about 125 Miles Southeast of Johannesburg said maj. Coert Marais of the Durban police department. Marais said the crash occurred about 8 . On the buffers River Bridge Between Dundee and Nyutu a Village in the Black Homeland of Kwa Zulu. The children were returning Home to Nyutu after attending a sports event in a nearby City he said. Witnesses said sunday that the bus had been removed but that school bags children a shoes and other items were strewn across the narrow Bridge. Quot it was quite a crash a Marais said by Telephone. A total of 36 children were injured and the victims Ages ranged from 14 to 18. Marais had no other information and the line at the Dundee police station was constantly Busy. 2 pupils killed when bus slides off Road Schwoon Lake  A a tour bus carrying pupils and chaperones from a Field trip Slid off a slush covered Highway saturday in the Northern Adirondack mountains police said. Two pupils were killed. The youngsters from Woodland Junior High school in East Meadow ., were returning from a two Day trip to Montreal when the bus skidded off the shoulder of the Adirondack Northway said state trooper Raymond Tempestilli. Paul Scimeca a spokesman for Glens Falls Hospital told a news briefing late saturday that both of those killed were pupils. Three people including the bus Driver were admitted for severe lacerations Scimeca said. Another 26 passengers received treatment. The bus skidded off the right shoulder hit the Guardrail and Slid across both southbound lanes Down a 70-foot embankment said Raymond Thatcher Essex county a director of emergency services. It then rolled Over at least once before Landing upright. The Accident happened at 4 45 . About 95 Miles North of Albany police said. Mixed rain and Snow overnight and saturday morning had dumped at least 4 inches of slush on the Highway Tempestilli said. About four Miles of the highways southbound lanes were closed for about 4vi hours after the Accident