European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 03, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday february 3, 1993 . The stars and stripes a Page 7 Good neighbor act blamed for death . Father m wire reports new York Hector Hidalgo did a favor for neighbor and that apparently Cost him his life police said. Police said Hidalgo 25, and his wife allowed a female neighbor to use the phone in their Brooklyn apartment and took messages for her. But one Man phoned so much that on sunday Hidalgo asked him to Stop calling police  was really disruptive one detective said of the Calls. Then about 5 p.m., a Man believed to be the frequent caller appeared at Hidalgo s apartment and started arguing with him police said. During the dispute the Man pulled a gun and shot Hidalgo several times in the Chest. The father of three die Don the Kitchen floor. The gunman fled in a four door Burgundy car and police said monday that they were looking for him. Convicted Man gets bail Burlington it. A Man convicted of involuntary manslaughter for failing to disclose an ultimately fatal defect in a Home he sold was freed from prison monday pending an Appeal. Three family members died in 1988 from Carbon monoxide poisoning when a Gas powered Heater used to melt ice on their Steep driveway malfunctioned and vented Carbon monoxide into their  Converse Brooks was convicted in october of three counts of involuntary manslaughter for the deaths of John Cifarelli 34 his wife Linda 26 and their 23-month-old daughter Nina. Brooks was sentenced to four years in  was released after posting $25,000 bail. Vermont District court judge Edward Cashma agreed to let him go free on bail until the state supreme court decides his  had sold the House to the Cifarelli family. Prosecutors said he knew about the problems with the driveway heating system but did t disclose them. Key . Editors defect new York the daily news has hired the new York Post s top  Post s Star columnist Mike Mcalary and two other key editors also have defected to the rival  s defections came a week after financier Steven Hoffon Borg took Over the Post minutes before the tabloid was to suspend publication because of financial woes. J i find this prospective owner impossible to work for said metropolitan editor Richard Gooding one of the departing editors. His business practices Are objectionable and i Don t find him credible in the  Zuckerman the news new publisher announced he had hired Post editor Lou Colasuonno. The Post s managing editor James Lynch also is joining the news Gooding said. Hospital copter crashes " ch1no, Calif. A medical helicopter carrying victims of a freeway Accident crash landed after hitting electric wires. No one was Hurt. Two men injured in the single car Accident on . 60 were put on the helicopter sunday said Don Coffman a fire battalion chief. The helicopter began to Fly to Loma Linda University Hospital but hit some Southern California Edison wires near the freeway.  freeway was briefly closed while the wires were removed Coffman said. The injured men we retaken to the Hospital by another helicopter and were in fair condition sunday night. Klan barred from Parade Boston the sponsors of Boston s annual St. Patrick s Day Parade has told a Kun flux a Cero our that it May not  told them no because they Are not part of the Parade s theme said Chester Darling lawyer for the South Boston Allied War veterans Council which sponsors the Parade. The theme of the Parade is a family , the organizers denied permission to participate in the March 14 Parade to the bos Tongay lesbian and bisexual Irish Pride committee. Senator won t seek fourth term by the new York times Washington sen. John c. Dan Forth an influential Republican moderate from Missouri announced monday that he would retire rather than seek a fourth term in 1994. Danforth 56, an episcopal priest and a lawyer said he was looking into the possibility of working for the Church and might become associated with a Law firm. He said he would retire because he did not want to end my Days in government and i did t want the claim of government the claim of politics to be  instead of running again he said he would rather go Back and Start the next phase of my  he said his departure was not out of frustration with the Senate or his party. In24 years in Public office which began As state attorney general in 1969, he said it s been More interesting More exciting More challenging than anything i would have  of his departure was immediately regretted by Senate minority Leader Robert j. Dole a Kan. Whether it s taking on the Tough Issue making the Tough votes or moving us with his rare eloquence sen Ator Danforth has earned the lasting respect of republicans and democrats Dole said in a statement. Dole May miss Danforth s voice in the Republican party where harder edged conservatism exerts increasing pressure. Danforth tangled with that Side of his party repeatedly in 1991, when he led Republican efforts to agree on a civil rights Bill that would undo Sev eral supreme court decisions making it harder to sue sen. John will retire Danforth r-mo., with his wife Sally announces that heat the end of his term. In Job discrimination cases. His efforts which Dole did not join but sometimes encouraged forced president Bush s administration to Retreat and Deal with democrats led by sen. Edward m. Kennedy of Massachusetts. Just a few Days before the civil rights struggle Dan Forth prevailed in one of the toughest fights of his Ca reer As the Senate narrowly voted to confirm Clarence Thomas As a supreme court Justice. Thomas was a pro tege1 and former aide of Danforth s in both the Senate and the Missouri attorney general s office. Rep. Alan wheat a Democrat from Kansas City put out the word that he was considering running for the scat. Wheat a Black who represents a District with a White majority May be Only the first of Many demo cratic hopefuls. Missionaries abducted in Panama Miami a guerrillas snatched three american missionaries from a Village in Panama and took them across the Jungle Border into Colombia Mission officials  members of the new tribes Mission were abducted sunday night from the Village of Cucuro said Guy sier the Mission s crisis management director we re not sure they purposely came across the Bor Der to get our folks sier said by Telephone from the protestant Mission in Sanford Fla. Why they decided to take missionaries is beyond us. We re usually consid ered More trouble than we re  said the Mission had not yet been contacted by the  state department spokeswoman said late monday that she had no immediate information on the report. Panamanian and . Officials in Panama City also were unable to confirm it  said the three men were teaching the Bible to members of the Kuna tribe in the southernmost part of Panama. The men s wives who were unharmed witnessed the abduction and contacted panamanian Mili tary and . Officials he said. There have been reports for several years of drug gangs operating in the Jungle Region known As the Darien Gap. The area has few roads. The missionaries were identified As David Mankins 43, of Susanville Calif. Richard ten coff 36, of St. Petersburg Fla. And Mark Rich 23, whose Hometown was t immediately  and Tenenoff had been living in the Village for More than 10 years with their wives and children. Rich was teaching and studying tribal languages. Dear Bart Don t make fun of ailment Renton Wash. Up a Renton boy has hired an attorney in an Effort to make Bart Simpson apologize for mimicking symptoms of Tourette s syndrome. The neurological disorder affects speech and motor skills. It is characterized by frequent involuntary tics and vocal outbursts. Joshua Smith 13, was offended by the nov. 5 Epi Sode of the Fox to series the Simpsons when the Star of the cartoon made fun of the disorder. The boy turned off the television. The next Day Smith and his Mother Donna Smith wrote letters to the series creator Matt Groening and executive director Mike Reiss in los Angeles. Reiss apologized and sent Smith some show souvenirs. He also agreed to edit the show for reruns removing the segment in which Bart mimicked Tourette s. But the Young Smith wants Fox broadcasting to make Bart admit he was wrong in a future episode. He wants Bart to befriend somebody with Tourette a and he wants Bart to apologize at the end of the show. Smith is doing extra chores to pay a $200 retainer for an attorney to handle his Case. Donna Smith said her son just wants to educate peo ple about Tourette s syndrome. Barf and family now available in comic Book new York a the Simpsons Are mov ing into another bastion of american culture comic books. The cartoon family appears in Simpsons comics and stories which hit Newsstands monday. It s the first comic Book from Simpsons creator Matt Groening. The Book reveals Springfield s costumed Cru Sader Bartman and his Battle to save fellow hero radioactive Man. Also in the Issue Graffiti artist Al Barto goes to jail Maggie saves Spring Field from a nuclear meltdown Lisa turns to crime and itchy & scratchy give tips on Power tool safety. About 400,000 copies of the comic Book which costs $2.50, have been printed. A special edition bagged with a radioactive Man meets Bartman poster will be available Only in comic Book shops