European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 8, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse Florida guard patrols sniper plagued Road Jacksonville Fla. Up the j Londa National guard began patrolling interstate 295 on. Friday in Hopes of stemming sniper attacks on motorists. Jacksonville sheriff Jim Mcmillan asked for the help at a meeting with Florida National guard Gen. Richard Capps Florida department of Law enforcement commissioner Tim Moore and other state officials. The Duval county sheriffs office has recorded 36 confirmed sniper attacks since feb. 15 on vehicles on the interstate that bypasses Jacksonville. There have been one death and two injuries. Guard spokesman sgt. Doug Johnson said a verbal activation order was received from the governors office shortly after Mcmillan a plea for assistance and that troops would be a highly a instead of putting them out there wearing face paint be in vehicles with searchlights near overpasses both to act As a deterrent and to reassure the Public a Johnson said. Helicopters also will be deployed for night surveillance. Johnson said the number of troops activated was not being released but he called the deployment a a Small Mcmillan said his department and the in the stars and stripes 10 years ago nov. 8,1982 a the soviet Union rolled a Brawny display of military hardware through red Square including two weapons never seen before in its revolution Day Parade. 20 years ago nov. 8,1972 a rival German regimes agreed to initial a historic treaty ending the cold War giving a boost to the re election Hopes of West German Chancellor Willy Brandt. 30 year Sago nov. 8,1962 a democrats captured a 68-32 Senate majority two More than a two thirds majority. 40 year Sago nov. 8,1952 a president Truman asked president elect Dwight d. Eisenhower to Send representatives of his state and defense departments for briefings As soon As possible. World War ii 50 years ago today nov. 8 1"9�?T42 american soldiers in operation Torch splash ashore in French Morocco and Algeria opening a front to the West of Axis troops retreating across North Africa from the British offensive begun at Al Al Mem Vichy French forces put up a stiff resistance at Casablanca and Oran but . Troops have firm footholds everywhere by Nightfall source 2194 Days of War. W h Smith publishers inc. World almanac Book of world War ii. Bison books corp1981 a Fri believe the culprits could be members of any one of at least four youth gangs known to exist in the City a West Side. In addition to the troops Florida Highway patrol troopers will step up patrols and Florida department of Law enforcement agents will become involved in the investigation. Mcmillan also asked the state department of transportation to erect fencing and additional lighting on and around overpasses. The american automobile association announced thursday that for the first time in its 90-year history it was advising travellers to avoid the Highway for safety reasons. The association also offered a $10,000 Reward for information leading to the arrest of the snipers and Rock throwers. A Duval sheriffs spokesman said other Reward offers had been received and estimated late Friday that More than $20,000 will be offered. In Tallahassee nervous state tourism officials kept a wary Eye on the developments since Jacksonville is entry Point for a majority of Florida a visitors. A fall we can do is keep informing the visitors that Law enforcement is working on the problem a said Dean Sullivan of the division of tourism. Time runs out on $6.5 million lottery Jackpot Harrisburg a. A its enough to make a person cry loudly and for a Long time. Somebody held a Penn Sylvania lottery ticket that was Worth $6.5 million a until Friday. The super 7 ticket was bought nov. 6, 1991. Tickets Are Good Only for one year and no one showed up with the ticket at state lottery Headquarters before the deadline Friday afternoon. So $3 million of the Jackpot goes into programs for senior citizens that Are funded by the lottery. The rest of the Jackpot would have been interest on the principal. A this is a lifetime Opportunity. To have somebody denied that Opportunity after they actually won is terrible. I Hope they. Never find it a said lottery spokesman Mark Schreiber. One time a Winner came in the Day before a Jackpot was due to expire Schreiber said. The winning numbers were 8, 21, 23, 32,34, 36, 37,62, 70 and 71, and the winning ticket had seven of those numbers. The Money would have been paid out in 26 annual instalments of $252,325. Since the state lottery started 10 years ago 22 jackpots have gone unclaimed Schreiber said the richest unclaimed Jackpot was $9,2 million in 1987, he said. Time of reflection Ruth Harmon of hot Springs ark., pauses at the Vietnam veterans memorial in Washington d.c., to read the name of her son in Law s brother. The 10th anniversary of the dedication of the memorial will be held wednesday. Judge wont identify woman suing magic Kalamazoo Mich. A a Federal judge has refused to identify a woman who claims magic Johnson infected her with the aids virus saying the woman a right to privacy is More important than the Public a right to know her name Johnson declined to answer questions about the lawsuit Friday at the los Angeles lakers season opener against the clippers in los Angeles. But he added a you know people Are going to come out when there a Money the woman sued oct. 30 in Federal court claiming Johnson gave her the human immunodeficiency virus when they had sex in june 1990. . District judge Richard Enslen said Friday the privacy rights of the woman and her 4-year-old daughter outweighed the Public a right to know who she is a undoubtedly revealing plaintiffs identity would cause them much humiliation and embarrassment particularly the 4-year-old child Quot Enslen said. Malt liquor company not so crazy about Law Washington a the distributors of crazy horse malt liquor contend that Congress violated the Constitution when it passed a Law to prevent the company from using the name of the Sioux Indian chief. Hank Shafran a spokesman for Hor Nell brewing co. In Brooklyn n.y., said Friday the distributor was considering Legal action against the government. The Law unconstitutionally a singles out one company for doing the same thing hundreds of other companies have done a he said. But surgeon general Antonia a nov Ello said passage of the Law was a Triumph for american indians who found naming an alcoholic product for crazy horse offensive. A it is time we Clamp the lids Down on profits made at the expense of Peoples Pride and dignity a Novello told a meeting Friday of the american Indian science and engineering society. A i probably feel better about this Victory for All of us than almost anything else that has happened while in be been surgeon general a she said. Novello has strongly opposed alcohol advertising that targets Young people indians and Blacks. In october Congress passed a measure to prevent Hornell brewing from using labels with the name crazy horse on the malt liquor. The provision in an appropriations Bill instructed the Bureau of alcohol tobacco and firearms to rescind approval for the labels and deny any future applications to use that name. But Shafran said the government has in effect taken away the company a registered trademark
