European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 8, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Toledo voters approve teen curfew City s police Force in quandary Over How to enforce it Toledo Ohio a a police officials say they were caught off guard election Day when voters approved a curfew for teen agers. Now they have to figure out How to enforce the Peoples mandate. A i did no to expect it to pass and quite frankly i Wasny to prepared for it to pass said Deputy chief James Wie Gand head of police Field operations. The curfew takes effect dec. 4. Police chief Marti Felker said he would meet with City leaders to discuss How to make it work. Crystal Ellis superintendent of Toledo Public schools said he has been asked to set up a program to inform the districts 41,000 students Ana their parents about the curfew. The referendum was passed by a margin of is percent to 45 percent in response to growing concerns about crime in this Blue Collar City of 330,000. In the past two months seven Young people have been killed in drive by shootings or robberies and most suspects have been teen agers. The Law ban children 11 Yean old and under from City streets Between 10 . And 5 . For children 11 to 15, the curfew applies from 11 . To 5 . The curfew for 16 and 17-year-Olds will be Midnight to 5 . Exceptions will be made for minors returning Home from a school activity a Job or entertainment such As a movie. Violation will receive a warning for their first offence and their parents will be called. On a second offence youngsters and their parents could be charged with a minor Misdemeanour and fined $100. A curfew violator with a previous conviction could be charged with a fourth degree Misdemeanour which carries a 30-Day sentence and $250 Fine. Supporters say the curfew will curb crime. But opponents Nave argued it can to be enforced because there Aren t enough police and curfews in other places Haven to worked. Some civil rights leaders say the curfew will make innocent Black youngsters the target of harassment and add to racial tensions. Blacks comprise 20 percent of the City a population and live mostly in the poorer and More dangerous inner City. The petition drive began a year ago after the City Council twice rejected curfew proposals from two Council members. But councilman Carty Finkbeiner said police  have been surprised that the curfew was approved since 30.000 people signed petitions to put the referendum on the ballot. Michael Collins president of the Toledo police patrolman a association said the Law will be hard to enforce because the department is Short staffed with 640 officers a 135 less than the authorized strength of 775.but the Union chief said Quot the curfew is a decision made by the voters and Well handle  Wiegand said police could have problems getting accurate information from teens about their age and keeping track of who has been warned. Quot until we have some experience with it we re not going to know How it s going to work Quot he said. Tina aver a 17-year-old High school senior said she does no to think its fair that All teen agers Are being punished for a few who break the Law and cause trouble. Quot we re definitely being picked on and that s not right Quot she said. Quot kids that cause trouble Are going to cause trouble a kids Are going a curfew or not. A lot of innocent  anyway to be i unlucky 7s Send officer to therapy Dearborn Mich. Up a Dearborn police officer has been suspended without pay for three Days and ordered to undergo a psychiatric evaluation because he can to remember to write the number seven the american Way. Chi. Brian Yinger 42, said he got in the Nabit of writing sevens the european Way a with a horizontal line through the blazing a new Trail for bicyclists Gerry Hawkes rides his bicycle on Hir. Newly patented Bike Al the lightweight a shaped path is made of fibreglass and track an alternative to Bike paths at his Home in Bridgewater assembled in sections. Middle a in the seventh Grade. He a done it that Way since including More than 15 years on the police Force. Six months ago Ying cry a superiors decided his sevens could be confused with Fps orzo a and ordered him to leave out the Cross stroke. Yinger said he tried to break the habit. But when he slipped up a few times on reports he was suspended. A i have been making these sevens for 30 years. In be never had a problem before Quot said Yinger. Police chief Robert Deziel also ordered Yinger to undergo a psychiatric evaluation to determine whether the old sevens Are out of his system. Public responds to to show on woman s disappearance Decatur Iii. Up a Brief reenactment on a nationally syndicated television show of a Young Decatur mothers disappearance has triggered dozens of tips to Macon county sheriffs detectives. The disappearance of Penny Timmons on halloween was portrayed in a three minute re enactment at the beginning of the Fox television networks America s most wanted show on Friday night Timmons disappeared a Short time after dropping her 18-month-old daughter at a baby Sitters Home she was last seen in a Gas station near interstate 72 with an unidentified Man. The woman a Boyfriend works in the service station and summoned Macon county sheriffs police after he found a plea for help in the restroom Quot he has a gun in his pants help this Isnit a joke a the note said. Macon county detectives said that within an hour of the broadcast the Fox network forwarded to the sheriffs office 51 tips from the Public. Detective Bill Valentine said Macon county authorities also received 27 Calls directly from people in the Decatur area which is about 175 Miles Southwest of Chicago in Central Illinois. Valentine said the tips entered mainly on the suspect in the Case a White male in his 20s, described As around 6 feet tall weighing about 160 pounds with shoulder length Brown hair the telecast featured an artists sketch of the suspect Timmons is a 20-year-old White female about 5 feet 5 inches tall with Long Brown hair police found her abandoned car later halloween afternoon on the opposite Side of Decatur in the parking lot of the suburban mount Zion Kmart where Timmons worked As a photographer Timmons purse and Wallet were found in the car. Singer Reba Mcentire s Jet makes emergency Landing Nashville Tenn. A a twin engine Jet carrying country Star Reba Mcentire made an emergency Landing and skidded Down a runway after the Pilot was unable to lower the nose gear. There were no injuries an official said the 12-passenger Hawker 25 Jet carrying Mcentire two other passengers and two Crew members had taken off Friday evening from an Airport near Mcentire a Home 25 Miles Northeast of Nashville the Pilot noticed something wrong shortly after Takeoff circled for nearly an hour while trying to get the nose gear Down and then made the Emer gency Landing said Nashville International Airport spokeswoman Deann Bradford. The plane spewed Sparks As it skidded Down the runway. Mcentire took another plane to Madison wis., for a concert there Bradford said. Seven Mem Ibers of Mcentire a band were killed in a i March 1991 it Lane crash near san Diego. Bradford said i the plane that u _ 4l made the Emer Mcintire gency Landing was operated by starstruck aviation the business Mcentire opened earlier this year because of her concerns about air safety