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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Monday, November 23, 1992

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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 23, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday november 23, 1992 . The stars and stripes Page 5 3 die in police chases during 5-hour period by rhe los Angeles times los Angeles a the death toll from an extraordinary spate of fatal police chases in Southern California mounted Over the weekend As three separate pursuits ended with the fleeing suspect crashing and killing an innocent Motorist officials said saturday. Including saturdays crashes which occurred in a five hour period eight police pursuits in the Region have ended in death in the last two weeks. Altogether police said 10 people have been killed a All but two of them bystanders caught in the path of speeding suspects. The fatal collisions have raised new concerns about the adequacy of police guidelines on High Speed pursuits. The debate began last summer when a car being chased by . Border patrol agents crashed in front of a High school in Riverside county killing six people in the stars and stripes 10years ago nov. 23,1982 a soviet communist party chief Yuri Andropov made a major new overture to the United states declaring that detente Quot is not a thing of the past. It has a Bright  20years ago nov. 23, 1972 the first b-52 believed lost in combat in the Indochina War crashed in Thailand while returning from a Mission Over North Vietnam the . Come said. 30years ago nov. 23,1962 a the Indian army was ordered to withhold fire against chinese troops who were observing a self imposed cease fire sources said. 40years ago nov. 23,1952 a Secretary of defense designed Charles e. Wilson prepared to accompany his new Boss president elect Eisenhower on a trip to korea.50 years ago nov. 23,1942 a new methods of treatment have greatly reduced fatalities from wounds suffered in the War . Navy surgeon general adm. Ross t. Mcintire told a Chicago medical convention. World War ii 50 years ago today 1 nov. 23 1 a 9 �4 �2 a Judi five romanian divisions trapped by the soviet offensive in the Don River Bend surrender around Raspop Skaya. Adolf Hitler forbids German forces surrounded in the Stalingrad pocket from trying to break out in Libya  troops Force the Fanka Korps oot of aged Abia and Back to Al  a nearly 600 mile Retreat in 14 Days since the Battle of Al a Mem r a Guys j  w h s a s  a c a .7 a poc a including four teen age students. After last june a crash the . Immigration and naturalization service revised its policy on pursuits ordering agents to terminate a Chase when a the danger posed to the Public. Is greater than the Benefit of apprehending the  a you can Only control your own actions you can to control the actions of the suspect a said Steve Kean a Border patrol spokesman in san Diego. A the suspects seem like they re becoming More reckless a Kean said. A they often have a Gross disregard for the value of human life and sometimes for their own  but James Lascy a criminal Justice professor at California state University at Fullerton who has studied the los Angeles police departments policy on pursuits contended saturday that High Speed chases have no place in today a congested Urban landscape. Home bodies Volunteer workers help build a habitat for humanity Home thursday in Homestead fla., site of much of Hurricane Andrew s devastation in August. Habitat for humanity is an Americus ga., organization that builds housing for the poor. Family friends persuade guard to resume search for Yachtsman Providence . A the coast guard said saturday it would resume its search for a missing Yachtsman after family and friends on both sides of the Atlantic convinced officials they May have been looking in the wrong place. A the weather Over the Atlantic is bad but they say the search will resume As soon As the weather clears up possibly monday a said Melenie Soucheray spokeswoman for sen. David Durenberger a Republican from Mike plants native Minnesota. Durenberger on Friday asked the coast guard to reopen the search citing a new thinking and new information from a variety of  the coast guard also agreed to ask authorities in France England and Portugal to get involved since the revised search area is near the coasts of those countries Soucheray said. The last Contact with Plant of Jamestown ., was believed to have been a Beacon signal picked up oct. 27 by the Canadian coast guard. It was too weak to get a fix on the position. The National oceanic and atmospheric administration also picked up the signal but  come up with a solid location because it Only recorded two transmissions from the Beacon. A a he la be 42 sunday a said Tom Plant the sailors brother during a Telephone interview Friday from his Gaithersburg md., Home. A it would be a Nice touch to find him on his  Tom Plant said a group of sailors navigators and a meteorologist have plotted his brother a Likely route As if he had continued roughly on course after losing Power aboard his 60-foot Sloop called Coyote. Plant who has made three Solo trips around the world set out oct. 16 from new York. He was last heard from three Days later when he notified a passing freighter that he had lost his electrical Power. Plant was due in los Sables do of Lonny in France on oct. 30 to prepare for the Vendee Globe Challenge a race that began sunday. Tom Plant said most of the race entrants sent copies of their predicted plots of plants whereabouts to the coast guard in a bid to reopen the search. A a we re holding up Fine a said Tom Plant. A Michael has a tremendous ability to come through situations like this lies come through things like this before. Its just a matter of finding  Petty officer 3rd class Dave Silva a coast guard spokesman said no developments have been reported since the initial search for Plant was called off wednesday. A a we re afraid they were searching in an area where Michael never was a said Tom Plant.  estimates probably Only have at Best a 10 percent probability of being right. We understand. It was the Only thing they had to go  Todd Davis 21, the son of Helen Davis Mike plants Fiancee said in a Telephone interview from los Sables do of Lonny that participants of the Vendee Globe have promised to search for Plant during the Solo race around the world. Quot everyone thinks he a still out there a Davis said. Security devices trap 2 in burning Home Detroit up a steel Gates Over doors and bars on windows designed to protect occupants from crime became barriers that Cost the lives of a Mother and son who were trapped in their burning Home authorities said saturday. Angela Dejesus 24, and her son Jamal Hill 3, died Friday when the Security devices blocked their escape and prevented rescuers from reaching them. Two men attending a meeting at a Community Center a Block away saw smoke gushing from the Home and ran to help. A we tried to get in. We tried Man. We tried a said Tyrone Winfrey 33, of Detroit. Winfrey and Bob Bricault 34, of Livonia kicked in a door through the bars but were driven Back by smoke. A you  get in. You  get out a Winfrey said. When firefighters arrived they heard screams from inside the rear of the House. When they pulled Back a steel Security Gate at the rear door and entered they found the Mother and son dead nearby. Dejesus apparently had tried to open the rear Security Gate but was overcome by smoke before she could do it said fire chief Rodney Parnell. A they just  exit a Parnell said adding the Home had no smoke detectors. The cause of the lire remained under investigation. A i thought Many times of taking those bars off a said Raymond Hill Jamal a father and Dejesus Fiance. He said Dejesus had a set of keys to the Gates. A we see this All the time people trying to protect themselves a said capt. John Bozich of the arson Section. A a in a like to see a City that did no to have a single Security  23 panic stricken wallabies die in Nebraska zoo Omaha neb. A the City zoos Wallaby population was virtually wiped out when stray dogs sneaked in and spooked the Kangaroo like animals causing a Bone crushing panic that left 15 adult wallabies and eight babies dead. Keepers at the Henry Doorly zoo discovered the carnage Friday when they arrived in the morning to feed the wallabies said spokesman Randy Wisthoff. Two adults survived. T he dogs sneaked onto zoo grounds hut never got inside the 200-foot Wallaby enclosure. The wallabies suffered Many broken Bones and internal injuries As they crashed into the Fence and each other. Quot after 15 years of building up our Wallaby collection our work has gone Down the Drain a a said Lee Simmons zoo director. The Dot s were found on the grounds and were killed by a zoo Security officer. Wallabies Are marsupials meaning females rear their Young in belly pouches. The zoo Trizil to save six babies that survived the panic but could not keep them alive. They would not have left the Pouch until late Spring. An adult Wallaby stands about 3 feet tall and weighs 40 to 50 pounds. An adult Kangaroo averages about 5 feet toll  
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