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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 3, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday March 3,1993 the stars and stripes b Page 5 a a it a a a a tape might provide Lead to . Bombing ered videotape of a newly disco cars coming and going new York a ape of car _ at the world Trade Center parking a supreme Effort rage could yield clues to who planted the bomb that rocked the twin towers. Additional video cameras May be buried in the rubble. A it s being reviewed and copied a James Fox head of the of big a new York see related stories on Page 13 a a i. ,. I office said monday. A a we la know  other cameras were missing he said tuesday but he did not know How Many. Investigators said theories for the on what Type of explosive was used. It it the port authority of new York and new Jersey said police were also Able to collect parking stubs from the garage with the plates of each car written on them and Fox said the stubs have yielded leads. The port authority operates the Trade Center. Also Fox said witnesses described a pattern of suspicious movements of Chi Clos near the Center before the blast a activity. That we find Vicy interesting and that we re following up  he did not elaborate. Lbs quoted an anon Nous source As the  Jackson  iwo h�lll.n�, a und Juring. A Dkl Light Vigil in to i Tan Gefrom Aorist a track to pig Lom tort Quot before i Nasty Tea sol. Revenge by a disgruntled employee and truck was Riding so High on its Springs haitian refugees on the eve of a hearing at the court in which the Clinton adm Elstra ton planned to ask that the policy of refusing entry to haitian refugees be upheld. In the stars and stripes 10 years ago March 3,1983 a the govern merits main economic gauge took its biggest leap in 33 years the Reagan administration said adding to recent evidence that an apparent recovery May be stronger than a modest forecast had estimated. 20 year Sago. March 3,1973 a Black september guerrillas executed Cleo a. Noel the . Ambassador in Khartoum Sudan his top aide and the belgian charg6 do affaires according to a radio report. 30 years ago March 3,1963 a assistant defense Secretary Paul h. Nitze said it is a myth that the soviet Union has overwhelming superiority in non nuclear arms. 40 years ago March 3,1953 a a flood of 6,000 German refugees fled communist East Germany and begged for safety in West Berlin. -50 years ago March 3.1943 a Raf bombers dumped tons of bombs across Berlin leaving fires visible for 200 Miles in a raid the British air ministry described As the heaviest yet on the German capital. World War ii 50 years ago today March 3 1-9-4-3 Thev on j v soviet forces enter Rah eve the Central front and capture i gov West of kursk in the South the germans counteroffensive a reaches the donets River having killed 20.000 soviet soldiers. In London 173 civilians die from suffocation when hundreds of people stumble White Rushing Down Steep stairs to a subway station during an air raid Alert. Source 2194 Days of War. W h. Orrun Pilsner inc. World almanac Book of world wat ii. Bison boo a corp. 1981 a they arc still unsure what kind of explosive killed at least five people and injured More than 1,000. But investigators believe they got a break monday when they found a Security videotape of vehicles entering and exiting one of three entrances to the underground garage before the blast. Or any Van Quot making it conspicuous on the tape. Investigators have pegged the bomb at up to 1,500 pounds depending school forced to cover up Jesus painting Bloomingdale Mich. Up the framed print of Jesus measuring 2 feet by 3 feet still hangs in a corridor at Bloomingdale High school As it has for 30 years. But it was shrouded monday in keeping with a judges order. On feb. 3, . District judge Beniamin Gibson told the school to remove the picture by March 1. Later he said it could remain As Long As it is covered while school officials Appeal his ruling. School Board president James Dickerson said the picture was covered in red and White fabric at 11 59 . Sunday while neighbors staged a candlelight Vigil outside the school. Artist Warner Sallman s. Head of Christ has Hung near the intersection of two main hallways since it was donated to the school in the 1960s, but Eric Pensinger a 17-year-old senior sued to have it removed charging  the trial begat that it is an endorsement of christianity 47>ear-old Memphis Democrat was Hospi that it hit the garage s ceiling suggesting it might have been rigged to carry a heavy Load lbs said. The rib would not confirm the report. 1 the new York times on tuesday quoted Anonymous Law enforcement and intelligence officials As saying they had _ _ information suggesting a possible serbian Fox did no to explain Why the existence of connection to the bombing though no the tape emerged Only monday after suspects have emerged Days of authorities saying the garage had Fox said investigators have not decided no Security camera whether the bomb was the work of Ter but he said it could be important be a wrists. He said investigators were asking cause experts believe the bomb was so the port authority about disgruntled pm Large it would a test the Springs of any car Plo yees. Meanwhile police continued to receive bomb threats 95 were phoned in monday 10 times the Normal number. Prosecutors say Memphis Tenn. Apr the Bank Loans Only after the butchers Banks failed fraud retrial of rep. Harold Ford began Humble said. The Loans began in 1976 and monday with prosecutors saying he took payoffs disguised As Loans. His lawyer called the deals legitimate and said a it is not a crime to borrow  the trial began a week after the Tali Zed with Chest pains and failed to get an appeals court to Stop the proceedings. And therefore violates the constitutional separation of Church and state. On Friday the 6th . Circuit court of appeals denied the schools request for an emergency stay of Gibson s order. No Date has been set for the Appeal to be heard. T. Pensinger said he Nas faced considerable offs disguised As Loans from form hostility from his fellow students in the Nessee Bankers Jake and . Butcher conservative Western Michigan Community in opening statements assistant . A a in be been called everything you count attorney. Gary Humble said that the. A a a butchers created a complicated string of unsecured Loans to Ford and that Many continued until 1982. A was Long As the butchers were in control. He was t expected to pay it Back a Humble said. Defense attorney William Mcdaniels said the butchers Loans to Ford and his family a funeral Home in Memphis were legitimate business arrangements Al _ a Fin Ford Tennessee s Only Black member of though he acknowledged that Ford was Congress is unhappy with the racial makeup of his jury of 11 Whites and one Black. Ford is accused of taking political  in possibly think of a a Devil worshipper and everything a he said. A i get a lot of letters telling me to read the Bible and telling me my momus bringing me up wrong. A group called Bloomingdale fights Back has been raising Money to pay the District s Legal expenses. A while we Are Happy that the picture Isnit being taken Down we Are unhappy it inf set la a Ina Barl pail w a m11  it were moved from Bank to Bank to hide them from Federal regulators. A they wanted to have a congressman in often in arrears on them. Mcdaniels said it made no difference that Ford and the butchers were political allies. Jake Butcher ran unsuccessfully for governor in 1974 and 1978. A it is not a crime to support a fellow democratic politician Mcdaniels said a it is not a crime to borrow  while Fords indictment lists Loans of $1.2 million Many subsequent Loans Over lapped earlier ones and the interest owed on them. Ford puts the loan total at their Back pocket and that a what they $600,000 and says All the Loans have been did a Humble. A a a. Said. A it was a match made settled in  the trial s jury was picked feb. 10 in the butchers banking Empire col Jackson Tenn., 80 Miles North of Memphis has to be covered a said Cheryl Sullons a lapsed in 1983, and the Brothers went to because of heavy news coverage surround member of the group. R prison for fraud. Ford began repaying his ing Fords first trial in 1990. Archdiocese goes easy on abortion critics say Chicago up More than 300 catholics say the archdiocese of Chicago Isnit doing enough to oppose abortion. The committee of pro life catholics sent a letter dated feb. 17 to Cardinal Joseph Bernardin saying its members would withhold donations to the Church a until there is convincing evidence of greater opposition to abortion. The letter was signed by 331 catholics. A we cannot wait any longer a the letter said. A we must have your immediate leadership and support. We Are simply asking that you do what Pope John Paul 11 has asked you and All of the Bishops in every country of the world to do a de fend life and teach the  two group leaders said they have stopped contributing to their local parishes. Instead Mary Anne Hackett of Lagrange and Bonnie Quirke of Liberty Ville said they arc giving Money to a orthodox Catholic parishes in the Arch disc amp a that highlight opposition to abortion. 3 a a we Pray for Bernardin every Day and we Pray for his removal a Quirke said. Quirke said the letter was timed in part to precede the cardinals regular report made every five years to Pope John ii. Bernardin is scheduled to visit the Vatican on March 15-21. A i Hope the letter has some information the holy father can speak to him about Quot Quirke said. The letter said that a homilies on abortions Are rare or non existent and that those opposing abortion Are a even vilified from the pulpit Quot by Parish pastors. The letter said that a pro abortion teachers work in archdiocese schools that High schools offer contraceptive programs and that Young parents Are not told about a the abortifacient character of the contraceptive   
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