European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 23, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                3 die in police chases during 5-hour period by the los Angeles times los Angeles a the death toll rom 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 it in the stars and stripes 1 10 years 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  20 year Sago 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. 30 years 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. 40 years ago nov. 23,1952 a Secretary of de Fonse 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. L world War ii50 years ago today 1 nov. 231 a 9 a 4 2 five romanian divisions trapped by the soviet offensive in the Don River Bend surrender around rasp Pinskaya Adolf Hitler forbids German forces surrounded in the Stalingrad pocket from trying to break out in Libya British troops Force the afrika Korps out of aged Abia and Back to Al Athelia. A nearly 600-Nnle Retreat in 14 Days since the Battle of Al Al Mem source 219- do s of a of. W h s a n pud Visners ire Zofija mar do Book of a or j wat ii. B Sor Boos Ccu or  1 a including four to can 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 Lasley 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 or Hurricane Andrewes devastation in August. Habitat for humanity is an Americus ga., organization that builds housing for the poor. Capsized boat of . Yachtsman found at sea but no word on Sailor Providence . A the capsized boat of a leading Yachtsman who disappeared during a Solo voyage to France was discovered at sea sunday but the sailors Fate was still unknown the coast guard said. The 60-foot Sloop Coyote was spotted by a passing freighter about 480 nautical Miles Southwest of Ireland the brother of Sailor Michael Plant said. A a we re told the Hull looked intact a said Tom Plant of Gaithersburg my. A the Tanker was not Able to get close so we done to know if the life raft is still on the boat or  Tom Plant said the coast guard was hesitant to dispatch a boat because of rough seas. Chief Petty officer Alan Burd said officials would decide quickly whether to Send out a search team. Michael Plant 42, of Jamestown ., left new York City on oct. 16, planning to arrive in Les Sables do Yolonne France on oct. 30 to participate in an around the world race that started sunday. Three Days after leaving new York Plant asked a passing freighter to relay that he had lost electrical Power preventing him from using his Long distance radio gear and automatic Pilot. The last Contact with Plant was believed to have been a Beacon signal picked up oct. 27 by the Canadian coast guard. It was too weak to determine a position. Canadian authorities did not immediately notify . Officials that an american was involved because Plant had not registered the beacons identification code. Family and friends in Rhode Island later tracked the identification number through the store where he bought the device. Tom Plant said the family is still holding out Hope that the Yachtsman who has sailed around the world three times is still alive. A knowing Michael and the Way he Sable to think quickly we believe he could still be in the boat and have found an air pocket and poked a Hole in the Hull. He would still have food on Board a 1�?Tom Plant said. A a coast guard officials initial feeling is that a hard to believe but i done to care a Plant said. A a we re pressing hard for the coast guard to get someone to the boat to  plants brother in Law said the Sailor a is very much a  a the has been in a situation like this a Bob Simmons of Wayzata minn., said. A a it a not a wholly uncommon experience for these Short handed Ocean  in other cases the boat has righted itself he said. The vessel was found a Day after the coast guard agreed to reopen the search for the Sailor. An initial search was suspended after five Days wednesday. Tom Plant said the coast guards decision came after a meteorologist several world class sailors and others Drew up an alternative search area based on the Assumption that Plant continued roughly on course to France. The boat was found in the revised search area Tom Plant 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 carriers 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 Hack 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 hire chief Rodney Parnell. A they just  exit a Parnell said adding the Home had no smoke detectors. The cause of the fire 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 Quot 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. Apr 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. The dogs sneaked onto zoo grounds but 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. A after 15 years of building up our w Allaby collection our work has gone Down the Drain a said Lee Simmons zoo director. The dogs 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 tried 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 tall