European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 18, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday january 18, 1993 the stars and stripes pages 5rigs at by Cliff Edwards the Actori Floril of pc a. Palatine Iii. A Shock and grief Over the slayings of seven people working at a restaurant have turned to a quiet terror in this Chicago suburb As police keep mostly silent about the unsolved crime a everybody is afraid. My kids Are afraid a said Jemma Adan a neighbor of two victims who owned the restaurant. Quot somebody is on the Loose and we done to know who it  gun stores report booming sales. Residents in a town where few worried before Are increasing Security measures. People Are less willing to go out at night Quot people Are scared a Locksmith Edward demos said. A people who done to need More locks want  the 60-member police task Force investigating the Jan 8 killings at Browne a Chicken and pasta restaurant has released Little information arguing that any disclosure could jeopardize its investigation. But unidentified sources close to the investigation said robbery was the motive in the shootings the Chicago Sun times reported in its Early sunday edition. Two or More robbers escaped with nearly $1,700 in Cash the sources told the newspaper. The bandits also ordered something people d about to eat before the Holdup the newspaper said. A Man apparently question cd in the Case was arrested Friday on unrelated in arcs. He was among five picked up at an apartment Complex and questioned the slayings. The other four were released. A a it a a Bunch of Hogwash a resident Jeanette Saubert said after fridays arrest. A they done to know anything and they re grabbing Here at  a week before police questioned another Man a former employee of the restaurant who had been fired. His Alibi checked out and he was released. The Small Square restaurant building remains closed now ringed by police tape and bouquets of roses left by mourners. Amid the police silence rumours abound about the deaths of the restaurants husband and wife owners Richard and Lynn Ehrenfeldt and five employees. The Cook county medical examiners office last week reported that several victims were shot More than once and that Lynn Ehlenfeldt a Throat had been slashed. Unidentified sources told the Chicago Tribune that robbers Cut Lynn Ehlenfeld to a Throat to Force others to open the Safe then gunned Down two High school students who May have resisted. On saturday the Tribune cited unidentified sources As saying $1,200 was taken from the Safe. Police have held Security seminars every few Days for students business owners and anyone else worried about safety. But the Scarcity of information about the Case itself has sent imaginations running wild. Quot a police May be fueling fears by keeping silent said William Gill or of the police executive research forum a National organization based in Wilmette. Quot what you want to do As a Law enforcement organization is you done to want to blow an investigation by revealing crucial information a Gill or said Friday. But at the same time you want to have a method in place to give reassurance to the  that puts authorities in an impossible situation Deputy police chief Walt Gasior said. Quot we would like nothing better than to reassure the Public but we can to do that a Gasior said. A we Are not going to reassure them by giving them false  a common sense tends to suggest that a Case like this is going to be very hard to crack said Dan Polsby a Northwestern University school of Law professor. Quot most cases Are solved because there is a witness a he said Quot if the criminal kills All the witnesses its  in the stars and stripes 10 years ago Jan. 18,1983 a up correspondent Ruth e. Gruber said in Berlin that her expulsion from Poland was a warning to Western journalists and to Quot scare poles away from contacts with the foreign  20 year Sago Jan. 18,1973 a Gen. Alexander m. Haig or. Met in Saigon with South Vietnam president Nguyen Van Thieu to discuss a revised draft of a proposed peace agreement. 30 year Sago Jan. 18,1963 a president Kennedy dispatched to Congress the biggest budget in history a colossal $98.8 billion proposal that was $499 million More than the previous record in wartime 1945. 40 year Sago Jan. 18,1953 a a . Air Force c-54 crashed into the sea off the rugged Newfoundland coast killing All 14 american servicemen aboard. 50 year Sago Jan. In 1943 a two Waves of enemy planes swept Over London in retaliation for a massive Raf attack in which 300 bombers dropped thousands of High explosive and incendiary bombs on Germany s capital Berlin. R world War ii 50 years ago today Jan. 18 1 a 9 a 4 3 the German stranglehold on Leningrad is partially broken when the narrow corridor opened by soviet troops South of Lake Ladoga is opened to Supply trucks the rain of German artillery shells on the route leads Drivers to dub it the Quot death corridor Quot in Burma Indian troops of the British army attack Dobaik on the a akan Peninsula. Source 2194 Days of War w. H. Smith publishers inc. World almanac Book of world War ii Bison books corp. 1981 a members of the american women s trans Antarctic expedition give thumbs up signs dec. 11 during their 67-Day so journey across Antarctica to the South pole from left arc Anne dal Vera sue Giller Sunniva Sorby and team Leader Ann Bancroft women skiers reach South pole end trek St. Paul Minn. Apr less than a Day after reaching the South pole four women skiers decided against continuing their trek across Antarctica because they Felt they a be unable to make up lost time. Members of the american women a trans Antarctic expedition reached the South pole on thursday two weeks later than planned because of poor weather minor health problems and weight loss the team took 67 Days to travel 660 Miles by ski mostly Uphill and against the wind. A a they re two weeks behind Quot said trek spokeswoman Gail Shore. Quot a Little bronchitis a Little tendinitis they be lost cuban students once stranded in Russia reach . Weight they re a Little weaker. Under any other circumstances they would just work through that but they had to make up time to  the women decided it would be too difficult to finish their trip by feb. 17, when a ship was to pick them up at he . Facility at Mcmurdo sound 900 Miles away. If the team had missed the deadline or had to be rescued from the ice it would have been extremely expensive to get them Home said Carol North a spokeswoman at the groups Headquarters in St. Paul. Quot we arc thrilled to have accomplished this major personal goal a team Leader Ann Bancroft 35, of Sunfish Lake Minn., said from the South pole. Quot wed love to go on but recognize that two weeks is impossible to make up a the team will remain at the South pole until wednesday when an air plane will kick them up and take them Back to their ase Camp. They re expected in Minnesota in two  other skiers arc sue Giller 44, of Boulder Colo. Anne dal Vera 37, of fort Collins Colo. And Sunniva Sorby 31, of san Diego. Miami apr thirty cuban University students stranded in Russia for months after requesting political Asylum in the United states arrived in Miami on saturday a cuban american organization said. Within two weeks an additional 110 students and their families Are expected to make their Way to Miami said Pepe Hernandez president of the cuban american National foundation which helped the students obtain their russian exit visas. Some of the students who had made families in the former soviet Union were Able to bring their wives and children with them said Joe Garcia head of the foundations exodus program. Quot we Are very Happy Quot said newly arrived Juan Carlos Bencomo 31, Quot but there a always the unhappiness of having left a great Many of the cubans behind with whom we have shared All the difficult  most of the students went to Russia years ago part of a cuban government program to educate its brightest in what was then the soviet Union. Problems began Early last year however when the students said they were harassed by the cuban embassy in Moscow after demonstrating against Fidel Castro s communist government. When the group finally tried to Fly to the United states on dec 30, after securing temporary visas they were stopped at Moscow s Airport. Russian officials told the group they needed both russian and cuban passports. But the students had neither because their documents had been confiscated by the cuban embassy in Moscow. The students finally obtained political refugee visas from . Immigration officials in Moscow i Lei Zandez said. They were welcomed saturday night at Miami International Airport by relatives and foundation members. They will live with american friends family and sponsors