European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 13, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 6 a the stars and stripes monday april 13, 1992 Gotti s associates claim Fri harassment since trial new York up a Fri agents Are warning reputed mobsters to keep their hands off the Federal prosecutor and the judge who presided Over the trial of convicted Gambino crime. Quot Boss John Gotti a published report said saturday. But friends and associates of Gotti who have been visited by the Fri in recent Days Are denouncing the Effort As harassment the new York daily news reported. The Fri began sendin out the message last wee in the Wake of the april 2 verdict against Gotti who was convicted of racketeering and murder in a Gotti Long trial marked by threats against . Attorney Andrew Maloney and judge i. Leo Glasser the newspaper said. The Federal courthouse in Brooklyn was emptied several times because of Anonymous bomb threats during the trial. The Fri wants to make sure Quot All the Hothead realize that. They should stay Cool or else we will take this personally a one Fri source told the newspaper. But one Gotti Friend Carlo Vaccarezza owner of the posh a Noi restaurant on Manhattan supper East Side did not appreciate the message. A who in their right mind wants to Hurt judge Glasser or Maloney a asked Vaccarezza who told the news he had been approached recently by two Fri agents outside his restaurant. A these Are Crank rumours a he said of the threats. A they Are using them to further Poison the Waters against John when he legally appeals an unfair Law enforcement sources told the news that among those they have visited was Joseph Arcuri whom Gotti allegedly picked to replace Salvatore a Sammy Bull Gravano As unde Boss and May have now taken Over the reins of the crime family. The testimony of Gravano who turned informer when he was charged with 19 murders was seen As key to the conviction of Gotti and Gambino Counselor Frank Locascio. They face life in prison when sentenced june 23. Carving of civil War figures besieged by strange growth Stone Mountain a. A Stonewall Jackson looks As if he needs a face lift. Part of the general a jaw appears ready to fall off Stone Mountain the Granite Monolith near Atlanta that depicts Confederate legends from the civil War. But dark lines that appear to be cracks threatening the sculpture s integrity Arentt what they seem. They re a fungus or Lichen a officials Arentt sure which a growing in patches in the carving of Jackson Confederate president Jefferson Davis Gen. Robert e. Lee and Leeds horse traveller. Quot its not cracking even though it May look like it a said Larry Allen general manager of Stone Mountain Park a joint venture of the state and a private concern about 20 Miles East of Atlanta. A but if it looks bad we be got to do the substance is growing on the edges of Rock hoisted up the Side of Stone Mountain and attached with brass rods More than 40 years ago to give the sculptors More Rock to work with. Spaces Between the Rock and the Mountain gaped up to 1w inches wide on Jackson Sbeard Leeds Elbow travellers neck and Davis hat. Workers filled the spaces with Grout. Whatever the stuff is its growing on the Grout. Allen commissioned an $11,000 study to determine How badly the growth will Discolour the carving and How soon cosmetic repair will be needed. The $1.3 million carving was begun in 1915 by gut Zon Borglum the sculptor who created mount Rush More in South Dakota. He was fired before he finished the Georgia artwork however and destroyed what he had begun. The work was completed by sculptors Walker Hancock and Augustus Lukeman in 1972. Tim Vogt inspects what appears to be a crack on the carving of Gen. Stonewall Jackson on Stone Mountain in Georgia. The crack is patches of fungus or Lichen. Transit Union oks Back to work order Pittsburgh a transit employees agreed saturday to obey a judges order that they return to work today ending a 4-week-old strike that halted the City a buses and trolleys. A a we re going to abide by the court order a Larry Klos president of local 85 of the amalgamated transit Union said after emerging from a 75-minute closed door meeting with Union members who walked off the Job March 16 Over wages and pensions. Because of the decision buses were expected to begin rolling by this mornings Rush hour with trolley service resuming tuesday said Judi Mcneil a spokeswoman for the port authority of Allegheny county. Service will be free through saturday in an Effort to lure Back riders. Commonwealth court senior judge Silvestri Silvestri ruled Friday that the strike was threatening Public welfare. He ordered the 2,700 Drivers and mechanics Back to work and ordered negotiators for the Union and the authority to resume contract talks today in his Chambers. Mayor Sophie Masloff filed a lawsuit asking for the order earlier this month. After Silvestri issued his order the unions attorney Joseph pass jr., said strikers would begin reporting for work at 12 01 . Sunday a Day Early. But Klos said the Union decided to follow the letter of the court order and return today. The judge rejected the unions request that contract negotiations be submitted to binding arbitration. Transit officials earlier had objected saying the process would be too expensive. grand dragon admits he shot into synagogue from wire reports Nashville Tenn. A a state Kun flux Kjan Leader has pleaded guilty to shooting into a City synagogue in june 1990, shattering a window. Leonard William Armstrong 35, of Lenoir City about 140 Miles East of Nashville pleaded guilty Friday before . District judge John to Nixon. The guilty plea was part of an agreement that . Attorney Ernest Williams said was sealed. He would not disclose details. Armstrong grand dragon of the Tennessee White knights of the Kkt told the judge he wanted to intimidate the jewish congregation. He faces up to 10 years in prison. No one was inside Nashville a West end synagogue at the time of the shooting. Fri special agent Utley Noble said Armstrong fired four shots into the a Admiral moving up Washington a vice . Stanley r. Arthur who commanded . Naval forces in the persian Gulf War is being promoted to vice chief of naval operations the no. 2 position in the Navy. In announcing the move Friday the Pentagon said Arthur also is being promoted to the rank of Admiral. The selections Are subject to approval by Congress. Arthur 56, currently is serving As commander of the 7th Fleet at Fleet activities Yokosuka charged in beating Venice Iii. A two 11-year-old boys were charged in juvenile court with attempted murder after an 81-year-old woman was beaten with Lead pipes in what authorities called a murder attempt. A you have to construe from the facts that they intended to kill her a Madison county states attorney Bill Haine said Friday. A i think she was incapable of resisting. It was a Wanton Haine said Lorene Morris who was attacked in her Home thursday required surgery. She was in stable condition saturday at St. Elizabeth medical Center in Granite City. Two watches were taken in the attack police said. The states attorney filed a juvenile delinquency petition Friday charging the boys with attempted murder Home invasion armed robbery and armed violence. The youngest age for trial As an adult in Illinois is 13,zoo May not get pandas Columbus Ohio the . Interior department said the Columbus zoo May borrow two giant pandas from China but the world wildlife fund threatened to Block the loan saying it is unhealthy for the bears and illegal. In a statement Friday the Interior department said the zoo a met the strict criteria of the Panda the world wildlife fund said it would ask a Federal judge to Block the loan. It said Short term visits Are not Good for the animals and even a loan would violate endangered species Laws. The zoo filed its own suit to Block the conservation group from interfering. A permit for the pandas wont be issued before april 20 because Federal regulations require 10 Days notice for formal aids chief has virus new York the City s new aids chief announced he is his positive surprising mayor David n. Dinkins who had just announced his appointment. Ronald s. Johnson was named to the new position of citywide coordinator of aids policy. He told a news conference that in october 1989 he tested positive for the human immunodeficiency virus which causes aids. A was a person who is his positive i am directly affected by this epidemic a Johnson said. Quot i Ana a member of a group that in this City alone can possibly be measured m the hundreds of thousands of Johnson 44, is a homosexual and has been executive director of the minority task Force on aids since 1988, Dinkins said he had not known Johnson was his positive
