European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 23, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday february 23, 1993 the stars and stripes b Page 3 r for Florida tourism bad news is a crime  associated press Tallahassee Fla. A British tabloid has dubbed it the state of  canadians have been advised to be careful Down there. And Florida appears to have heard the message. A spate of crimes against out of state visitors include ing the recent slayings of two canadians a German and a briton has Florida officials unsure whether they face a real crime wave against tourists or overblown death during an apparent robbery attempt Jan. 23 in sunny Isles and Mark Nadeau an air Canada executive from Quebec was shot and killed in a dec. 29 robbery in nearby Lake Worth in South Florida. A German tourist was killed during a robbery at tempt in fort Myers in december and a briton was killed in Orange county in november. In 1991, 36,512 visitors were robbed raped killed or otherwise victimized the Florida department of Law but they arc taking action to make sure vacationers keep coming and return Home Safe and sound. If we allow the assaults to continue on our International visitors the. Sound that you hear will be our state s Economy collapsing said state rep also red Dick chairman of the tourism and economic development committee in the Florida House. Tourism is Florida s biggest Industry pumping $28 billion into the state s Economy every year. We almost cancelled the trip because of All the crime said Jaak Valiotis 21, of Ontario As he relaxed Friday on a Beach at fort Lauderdale. We heard about a lot of canadians getting killed in Miami. But you can get killed anywhere in the  so far the publicity has not caused the number of visitors to drop said state Commerce department press Secretary april Hurrle. When a tourist gets Hurt in Florida it makes head lines everywhere she said. If you or i were mugged walking Down the Street no one would think twice about  headlines however arc for crimes More serious than muggings. Ontario businessman Ralph Masscro was shot to of need to stay out of bad areas of town. You need to know where those areas Are. You need to lock your  april Herrle Florida Commerce department press Secretary enforcement said. That represents 3.5 percent of All crime victims in the state and is virtually unchanged from the two previous years said spokesman John Joyce. Florida s problem is not so much crime against tourists but crime in general he said. Its state crime rate is second Only to that of the District of Columbia. To combat the problem gov. Lawton Chiles last week proposed a cigarette tax increase of 25 cents a pack to add 21,000 Beds to Florida s prison system Over the next five years. Prisons arc so overcrowded that boxing Champion Bowe brings Aid morale boost to Mogadishu Mogadishu Somalia a heavyweight Box ing Champion Riddick Bowe saw hungry Somas in this devastated and filthy capital monday but the one thing that convinced him . Soldiers had it rough was hot soft drinks. You know it s hard when these Guys Are drinking hot soda Bowe said while brushing away flies during lunch with marines and army troops. Hardened soldiers grinned like schoolchildren and posed with Bowe during his four hour visit to Mogadishu with Amer icare a . Relief Agency. The Champion also visited a feeding Center operated by the Irish Relief Agency concern. Tiny somalian Chil Dren Sang for him and he gave his Cap to an emaciated 13-year-old girl who smiled with pleasure. I m very Happy to see him and we Are Happy to Wel come him said Abdi Mohamed Abi incr Codon whose arms were barely thicker than Bowe s thumb. He looks like he s really interested to see  John Riehl executive director of Amer icare said Bowe paid $94,000 to charter a flight from new York to Nairobi Kenya that also carried $1.8 million Worth of Medicine to be distributed in Somalia and Kenya. Bowe said he also wanted to give a morale boost to . Troops securing Somalia so Relief agencies can Dis tribute food and Medicine to millions in need. Perhaps i can make the troops feel a Little better he said after Landing in a c-130 transport plane accompanied by his wife Judy and an entourage of publicists photographers and bodyguards. He put on a camouflage flak jacket and helmet com menting it s heavy and was asked for the first of several Hundred times when he would fight Lenno Lewis the Champion recognized by another boxing  guess when he gets enough heart was the Stock reply always drawing laughs Boxer Riddick Bowe shakes hands with Abdi Mohamedali incr Codon after giving her his Cap in Mogadishu. Convicts Are being put Back on the streets after serving half or less of their sentences. Chiles planned to meet this week with tourism Law enforcement and government leaders to discuss ways to specifically combat crime against visitors Rcd Dick said he is considering suggestions to Reallo. Cate part of tourism taxes from promotion to Security and Law enforcement and give hotels tax credits for beefing up their Security. Legislation has been introduced to Stop issuing Spe Cial License tags for rental cars. Existing tags have the notation lease on the Bottom or begin Avith the let Tersy or  the Canadian automobile association issued a warning this month advising Canadian visitors to Flor Ida to carry Low amounts of Cash avoid bad neighbor hoods and keep their doors locked among other things. Orange county police have increased patrols of areas with heavy tourist concentrations and the metro dad police department has formed a robbery intervention detail using undercover agents to try to catch criminals who prey on tourists. Tourist bureaus in Miami and Orlando have been distributing brochures at hotels rental car agencies and elsewhere that include safety tips. The state also is pre paring such a pamphlet. People must remember even though they Are relax ing and they arc enjoying their vacation and everything is wonderful that they be got to use common sense Hurrle said. You need to stay out of bad areas of town. You need to know where those areas arc. You need to lock your  do s wrong number angers travel agent Newark . Up controversial disc jockey Howard Stern no has had his run ins with the Federal communications commission now has to Deal with an irate travel Agency owner. Lori Mcdon has filed suit against Stern and Wor to of Secaucus . She took offence at a skit that ran on Stern syndicated to show in 1991. Stern urged viewers to Call or. Death for pointers on committing suicide. An 800 phone number was flashed on the screen for viewers to Call. That number was supposed to be phony but it turned out to be the toll free number for go Don s business. Mcdon told the Star Ledger of Newark that for Days her office was Fielding 1,300 Calls a Day filled with filth. Filled with Profan Ity from Stern fans hoping to speak to the controversial broadcaster. The episode has since been rerun a number of times in various markets prompting further floods of Calls. Mcdon claims Stern Ana the Sta Tion Are at fault for not checking the number. Stern could not immediately be reached for comment and the station declined comment on the suit. Film Art director Haworth Dies Provo Utah a Ted Haworth an Oscar win Ning motion picture Art director died thursday As a re sult of a blood clot in his brain. I in was 75. Haworth whose Given name was Edward won a Academy award for the 1957 film Sayonara. Other films he worked on included Marty some like it hot the longest Day and batteries not included. Irish nurse killed after giving Bowe tour Mogadishu Somalia a . Troops postponed a pullout from Kismay on monday after at least seven somalis were killed in fighting in the Souther City and an Irish nurse was shot to death in an ambush on a Relief Convoy. Several Aid workers have been killed in Somalia despite the presence of the More than 30,000 foreign troops. The latest was 23-year-old Valerie place who hours before her death in a Roadside am Bush had Given heavy weight Boxin Champion Riddick Bowe a tour of a food station in the capital. Place a nurse for the Irish Relief Agency concern was shot and killed in an at tack on her vehicle outside aug of about 30 Miles North of Mogadishu. Earlier in the Day she showed Bow around a feeding censer operated by concern in Mogadishu leading him to an emaciated 13-year-old girl to whom Bowe gave his Cap. Bowe left Somalia before news of place s killing became known. Grief stricken officials at the concern residence in Mogadishu said place of Dublin had been in Somalia for six months. We re All devastated said Mike Mcdonagh Field director of concern. Relief workers have expressed concern that violence will increase when the United states turns Over control of the mis Sion to the United nations and pulls outmost of its remaining 15,000 troops. The Kismay fighting was the most serious in Somalia in weeks. It came a Day before about 1,000 american troops hereto Transfer command of the Security operation in Kim ave to belgian forces and Start to head Home. Marine col. Fred Peck the . Military spokesman said the Transfer of command and departure of . Troops had been postponed