European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 29, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse Sunday november 29, 1992 the stars and stripes Page 5 the red Coats Are coming forty volunteers of America a sidewalk santas ring Bells As they walk Down a Midtown Manhattan Street on Friday. The santas carrying on an 83-Ycarold tradition solicit donations for needy people by standing next to Small chimneys. The Voa santas distinguish themselves from other santas by wearing White belts. . Aboard ship escape capture Miami i Jim a an estimated 70 haitians were smug glad into Miami aboard a 60-foot wooden hulled freighter hut vanished by the time Border patrol agents arrived the Agency a chief patrol agent in Miami said riday. Marshall met Gar said the freighter Victoria express came into Miami about Quot Quot i l . Thursday and docked at Brickell Point just East of Dupont Pla a at the Mouth of the Miami River. A a its. Customs patrol boat boarded it and could see there had been a lot of people on it judging from the food remnants clothing and waste scattered around a he said. Quot we found at least four people on the Dock who said there were at least 70 or More people aboard and a whole Bunch of vans parked on the Dock waiting for them when they arrived met Gar said the Border patrol found suitcases and bags left behind filled with female clothing. Quot the Crew or male so that was enough evidence of smuggling and we seized the vessel a Metzgar said. The Captain and three Crew members were detained. Metzgar said the ship had left port de paix Haiti about nov. 20 and then stopped in the Bahamas leaving nov. 24. Metzgar said under . Law the Captain of a ship smuggling illegal aliens upon conviction could be fined $2,000 and receive five years in prison for each alien. He said shipping companies can be fined $3,000 per illegal alien for smuggling people not listed on a list of Crew members with visas. In the stars and stripes 10 years ago nov. 29,1982 a deadly fumes blocked rescuers trying to enter a 250-foot-deep my missile silo near Tullahoma tenn., As they tried to recover the bodies of four men killed in a Flash fire. 20 years ago nov. 29,1972 a Secretary of defense Melvin r. Laird said that fewer than 10,000 men will be drafted in the final six months before selective service is phased out june 30. 30 years ago nov. 29,1962 a search parties resumed the grim task of recovering the bodies of 97 persons killed including 15 americans in the crash of a brazilian jetliner. 40 year Sago nov. 29,1952 a thirty six of 39 persons on Board including five women and eight children died in the crash of an air Force c-54 near fog bound Mcchord fab South of Tacoma Wash. L world War ii 1 50 years ago today of a a a my 1. 9 .4 2 rv3 British prime minister Winston Churchill broadcasts a warning to the italian people telling them they must choose Between a full scale Allied attack and a Revoit against fascist Leader Benito Mussolini German attacks push the allies Back from a Edeida in Tunisia a British paratrooper battalion is dropped m an attempt to capture oud a Airport but is repulsed and forced to Retreat source 21 sudd Sci Ilaf. W h a Quot in in wond almanac boo of War ii. B 50r boo s co 2 "58�?T death risk from aids violence increases for Blacks under 65 Atlanta up1 aids and violence Are responsible for an increasing number of deaths among Blacks under age 65, while the death rate for Whites in the same age group is declining Federal health officials reported Friday. Quot Overall the rates for potential life lost for Blacks under 65 is 2.2 times greater than that for Whites a said Robert a. Hahn a medical epidemiologist Wjt the centers for disease control and prevention. The cd report examined trends in the causes of premature death a before age 65 a for the decade from 1979 to 1989, the last year for which statistics were available. The rate of Early deaths among Black males due to aids has increased a a substantially a said men Are dying prematurely at a rate four times greater than that for White males and nine times greater than the rate for Black females the cd said. In 1989, homicide replaced unintentional injuries such As traffic fatalities As the leading cause of premature death among Black males the report found. Heart disease was the third leading cause and his infection matched cancer As the no. 4 cause the cd reported. Hahn said the rate of premature deaths among Blacks due to homicide a is a direct reflection of the violence in the major cities of the while the premature death rate for Blacks increased during the decade it declined by 14.4 percent for both White males and White females the report found. Among White men unintentional injuries were the leading cause of premature death before 65 in both 197,9 and 1989, followed by heart disease a Beer Anil suicide. In 1989, his infection replaced homicide As the fifth leading cause of death in White males under 65, Hahn said. Hahn said the report a a indicates an increasing disparity in Early deaths Between Whites and Blacks in recent years a with the greatest disparities reflected in homicide his infection and heart disease. He said the higher death rates for Blacks could be due in part to differences in socioeconomic status and health care Access and premature death rate for Black males actually decreased from 1979 through the mid-1980s, Hahn said. The rate per 1,000 population decreased from 142.1 in 1979 to a Low of 121.7 in 1984 but increased to 141.8 in 1989. For Black females the rate dropped from 79.2 in 1979 to a Low of 68.9 in 1985 and increased to 74.3 in 1989. Quot a lot of these deaths Are thought to he preventable Quot Hahn said. He said the cd is assisting communities in developing programs to prevent youth violence. The programs would include restriction of Access to firearms and teaching nonviolent ways to resolve conflicts plus instructions about Safe sex. As of sept. 30, there had been 242,146 eases of aids reported to the cd and 160,372 deaths. The number of aids cases reported among Blacks stands at 71,984. Suspect 2 teens die in sports store robbery in a a Richardson Texas a a sporting goods store employee was shot and killed by police As they tried to arrest him in. A robbery that left two co workers dead and a third seriously injured. James Curtis Langston 26, was killed about 4 . T thursday As he tried to run Down an officer with his pickup truck outside his Dallas apartment police said. The employee who survived die Holdup said Langston was one of the robbers who bound and gagged her and two teenage co workers with duct tape and slashed their throats wednesday night at Herman a world of sporting goods police said. About 35 weapons mostly rules and shotguns and an undetermined amount of Cash were taken from the store in Richardson just North of Dallas police said. Langston had worked at the s11re or a year said Richardson police Apt. David Golden. An officer responding to an emergency Call about 10 3 1 . Wednesday Lound the three workers at the Backol the store their throats Cut and their eyes Mouths and hands bound with duet tape Golden said. The one w to sure iced apparently pretended she was dead then struggled to a desk and called police Belore passing out Golden said. Angie King 22, of Denton a supervisor at the store was m serious condition at Parkland memorial Hospital. It was unclear whether Langston s coworkers let tie robbers into the store after it closed at 9 . Or whether the forced their Way in police said Justin s. Marquart. 1 \ was dead at the scene Golden said Ami Frederick j. Ban hat. To died 1 Hood in morning at Parkland. Eighteen of the stolen guns Weig recovered after a Friend of Langstone a contacted police thursday and told them head been asked to keep the weapons police said. Officers found a Shotgun and a 5s-caliber revolver in the cab of Langstone struck said Dallas do put chief Lam Walt. A the Dallas morning news reported that Richardson police had detained four other suspects for questioning. Marquart and ban Haf were close friends who were both Active boy scouts in this affluent Dallas suburb relatives said. Marquart had graduated from High scam 4 this Spring and had put off College fur a ear to earn Money while Banzat was a Hil ii so hoc>1 Honor senior
