European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 3, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse Pago 6 the stars and stripes . Sunday january 3,1993 Perot Cam p under probe by Fri newspaper says Pallas athe Fri is investigating charges that Ross Perot s presidential Campaign used stolen computer codes to obtain credit reports on some Campaign workers the Dallas morning news reported saturday. The Fri refused to confirm the investigation but the newspaper quoted Perot Campaign coordinators in Sev Era states and officials at Equi fax an Atlanta credit reporting company. Quot i have talked to the Fri several times Quot said Bob Penn a former Perot worker in the Dallas Campaign Headquarters. Quot they re trying to put together a Penn said in a lbs to interview in october that he had observed Campaign staffers in Dallas trying to break into credit reporting agencies computers. The morning news said Perot was unavailable for comment. A. A a he previously has acknowledged his Campaign hired private investigators to Check backgrounds of some Campaign workers who had been accused of misusing Campaign Money Perot has denied that any of the investigations were illegal. ,. R six former Perot petition drive coordinators in Maryland Ohio and Missouri told the morning news their credit reports were pulled without their knowledge. Equi fax said at least 17. Credit files of former Perot Campaign workers May have been accessed illegally in Panl and May. Quot some Equi fax reports were obtained using the Security code of Orix consumer leasing in Secaucus n.j., officials of the two companies said. Orix never requested credit reports on Perot volunteers said company spokesman Glen York. Officials at Orix and Equi fax have said they believe Orix a Security codes were stolen. Four men above cling to their overturned boat in a cold Wood River near Memphis tenn., on Friday. A police helicopter right hovers above the men As a Crew member throws them life jackets. The men and two others who swam to Shore were uninjured said police it. Larry Hunt. Hunt said the six were testing a Small boat that they were considering purchasing when it overturned. The helicopter took a rope to the men who were about 50 feet from Shore and Rescue workers on Shore reeled them in. Ohio boy spree claims sixth victim Dayton Ohio up a a convenience store clerk who was wounded in a shooting spree during the Christmas Holiday weekend has become to lure sixth fatal victim of the killing rampage Sarah Abraham 37, who had been in critical condition since she was shot dec. 26 during a robbery at the store died thursday. Jones Pettus a customer in the store remained hospitalized Friday. Three victims of earlier shootings a Wendy Cottrill 16 her Boyfriend Marvin Washington 18 and Richard Mattox 19, All of Dayton were buried thursday. Another shooting victim Joseph Wilkenson 34, was found in his House and one person wounded in the shootings was not seriously Hurt. Investigators had said robbery was the initial motive of the suspects but the shootings allegedly turned into Quot Joy killings.�?�. Charged in the killings were four Dayton residents a Heather Matthews 20, charged with aggravated murder and aggravated robbery. A marvellous Keene 19, aggravated murder and aggravated robbery. A Drmarcus smitty-17, delinquency counts of aggravated murder and robbery a Laura Taylor 16, delinquency counts of. Aggravated murder and robbery. Authorities said Abraham was opening the convenience store when the four suspects entered and demanded Money. A she showed them she had Only $30 in the Register and told them to take it a said her brother Solomon Abraham. A they shot her in the Mouth. It makes no sense. All they had to do was take the Money and go. Instead they shoot her. They care nothing for life a he said. Police said the first killing that of Danita Gullet who was shot to death Christmas eve while using a pay Telephone triggered a a Joy killing spree that left the six people dead and two others wounded. The Rev. Mary Olson said area ministers have scheduled a Community prayer service monday night to provide a voices of Hope to a City in the midst of also City commissioner Tony Capizzi said he will seek gun control legislation at both the state and local Levels. Denver hepatitis outbreak traced to party caterers from wire reports Den ver a hundreds of people went to hospitals for injections to help Stem an outbreak of hepatitis a As the number of confirmed cases More than doubled to 24. A a a. Thirteen new cases were reported Friday from the outbreak traced to a catering firm that handled nearly 100 Holiday parties. So far 16 party goers and eight employees of Lepetit gourmet catering and its Battery Sweet Soiree have become ill. Both establishments have been closed indefinitely by the state health department. Health officials said 15,000 people in the Denver area May have been exposed to the virus. But state epidemiologist Richard Hoffman has predicted Only about 50 would get sick. Hepatitis a is a serious liver disease transmitted orally through food or water contaminated by human waste. Symptoms include fatigue poor appetite fever nausea jaundice and dark urine. Plan set for combat zone Boston a the last remaining adult clubs in the City a notorious Quot combat zone May be demolished under a new redevelopment initiative. Mayor Raymond a. Flynn said Friday that the City is trying to help one landlord get Bank Loans to demolish three buildings in the shrinking red Light District. The buildings contain a nude dance club and a porno theater. The landlord w. Kevin Fitzgerald wants to replace them with a parking we want a future use of the combat zone so it has jobs development and economic growth a Flynn said. The mayor also said he has authorized the Boston redevelopment authority to bid for the foreclosed China Trade Center at the zones Edge when it goes on the auction Block monday. That could Cost up to $2 million. A a a liar wins that s the truth Burlington wis. John Hilger does t claim to be a Carpenter but his Story about a frustrated Home builder whose House fell apart earned him the title of world Champion liar. Hilgers 64, of Lodi won the Burlington liars club 1992 contest with a tall tale that be thought was Quot sort of judges apparently Felt the Story from the retired engineering assistant was funnier than Hilgers thought. His contribution is As follows Quot we built a House out of Green lumber. The lumber was so wet and Green it caused the nails to rust so completely that the House fell apart before it was deaf Man solves mystery fort Lauderdale Fla. A deaf Man who a a overheard officers talking about a missing 4-year-old boy found the child minutes later. Timothy Weiner 28, read the lips of Broward county sheriff s deputies when they discussed strategy shortly after the boy was allegedly kidnapped wednesday outside a Bank. Weiner hopped on his Bike and found the Chilto with a Man minutes later. A the came Back really excited and tried to convey he saw someone with the baby a detective Kathy Koon said of Weiner who also had trouble speaking. A the was making hand gestures like he was cradling a baby and pointing in the direction where he saw deputies arrested Everton Thomas 20, on charges he lured Norris Vickers away from a car where the boy was waiting for his Mother. The boy was unharmed. A i prayed to god and he showed me the Way a Weiner said. Mormon Leader hospitalized Salt Lake City a mormon Church. President Ezra Taft Benson has been hospitalized with pneumonia a Church spokesman Saia Friday. T jenj9n� was admitted to lds Hospital on thursday. He remained in serious but stable condition Friday and was not in the intensive care undo Hospital said spokesman Don Lefevre. A a he Salert and responding to treatment a Lefevre said. Benson Leader of the 8.3 million member Utah based Church since 1985, has been in frail health in recent years and rarely appears in Public
