European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 18, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                A Page 6 the stars and stripes uj3. Tuesday May 18,1993 police guard Venice Beach which was temporarily evacuated sunday alter gangs moved in and started fighting. Gang brawls Lead la. Police to close Down popular Beach los Angeles up prompted by clashes among rival gangs los Angeles police temporarily closed a popular Southern California Beach on sunday. One person was arrested and at least one gun was seized As the result of crackdown at Venice Beach. No injuries were reported and the Beach was reopened four hours later. Officials defended the move As necessary to protect Brach goers and patrons drawn to one of the state s most popular tourist spots. It. Steven Allen who made the decision said my concern was that they gang members would get tired of fighting each other and turn on the  the trouble began As isolated outbreaks of violence mostly involving members of two area gangs. At one Point police were called in after fighting broke out among As Many As 30 gang members on the Boardwalk. Additional police were called in. But Allen who commands land s Pacific station said the skirmishes did t Stop and crept closer to major thoroughfares heavily Laden with traffic. Finally warring gang members turned on a police officer who issued an urgent Call for help. About 90 police officers evacuated the two mile stretch of Beach starting at 5 45 p.m., and barricades were placed at the a trance of All streets leading into the Beach area. At Sunset the Venice Boardwalk normally bustling with vendors bodybuilders skaters and tourists turned into a ghost town. Allen said such incidents Are fast becoming the Rule rather than the exception in Venice. Such violence left one person dead last week despite a Large police pres ence. Prison control returned to Tennessee Nashville Tenn. A a Federal judge has re turned control of the Tennessee prison system to the state after 11 years of . Supervision. There can be no doubt that the shocking conditions which existed at that time in the Tennessee prison sys tem. Do not exist today . District judge Thom As Higgins said citing an improvement in conditions and construction of new prisons. Higgins order ended Federal supervision that began in 19s2. Inmates sued the state in 1981, claiming they were being held under unconstitutional conditions because of overcrowding Lack of medical care and other prob lems. Higgins then appointed a special master to Over see the state s compliance with his order that conditions improve. The state since has spent $340 million building six new prisons and expanding others. We have built 7,000 new prison Beds in record time to relieve overcrowding gov. Ned Mcwherter said Friday. Today thanks to our dedicated state employees we Are operating a prison system with More in mates at a lower Cost per  under higgins1 order the Tennessee state Penitentiary which was closed in june 1992, must remain closed forever. Higgins said the state also must provide monthly reports ensuring that inmates get adequate healthcare. Hunting club won t let Black policeman join Midland a. A a private Hunting club re fused to give an application to a Black police officer be cause Only White males can join according to the club Leader. This is a private club. We can do what we want said James Boyle president of the Midland sportsmen s club. We Don t want Blacks. We Don t want  the state human relations commission is in Esi Igat in the club s membership rules said spokeswoman Laura Treaster. Right now we can t answer if it s Legal or not but we can certainly say it s not right she said. Kenny Williams 40, was denied an application several times during the last two ears. Williams a Black is a policeman and Crane operator in Midland about 25 Miles West of Pittsburgh. Williams said he first was told he could t apply be cause his brother broke a screen door at the club during a graduation party in 1976. Later friends who belong to the club told him privately he could t get in because he is Black. I think it s dumb Williams 11-year-old son Gino said in sunday s Beaver county times. What does it matter what color i am i just want to  the 50-year-old club has Between 400 and 500 Mem Bers. It boasts a Lake social Hall Archery Ranee and gun 25 gis Back from Somalia show symptoms of malaria from wire reports a fort drum by. About 25 fort drum soldiers who served in Somalia have been hospitalized after developing malaria symptoms Amy officials said sunday. Only one Case is serious said spokesman Randy Murphy. Most of the soldiers stricken Are members of the 10th inf Mountain div s 3rd in 14th inf regt that served in Somalia during operation restore Hope. Malaria is transmitted through bites of infected mosquitoes or blood transfusions. Symptoms include severe chills and fever. / other fort drum soldiers who served in the same area of Somalia but have not come Down with malaria symptoms Are being treated with drugs that kill malaria parasite Murphy said. A four member team from the Walter Reed army medical Center in Washington arrived saturday to help Monitor the situation. Historic items to be sold Acton Maine an assortment of goods ranging from a lock of John Lennon s hair to a new York Yankees uniform worn by Mickey Mantle to a military order signed by Adolf Hitler Are up for auction. In All about 600 documents letters and other items signed by famous and infamous people Are scheduled to be auctioned saturday. Remember when antiquities said a two Page order issued by Hitler in january 1943 to reorganize his forces on the Eastern front should bring $15,000 to $25,000. A baseball signed by babe Ruth is expected to go for $4,000 to $6,000, while a uniform Mantle wore at Spring training was assigned a value of $30,000 to $40,000. The hair of former beatle Lennon is estimated to be Worth $1,000 to $1,500. The Maine based company is holding the auction in Portsmouth n.h., because it is a More convenient location for bidders owner Jim Smith said sunday. Plane lands on interstate Kingmont . A flying instructor and his student Pilot escaped injury and missed motorists when they were forced to land on an interstate after the plane s engine failed. The instructor and p. Clermont 32, took the controls to land the single engine plane saturday on interstate 79. The plane bounced off a Guardrail and spun around once shearing off its right Wing and rear horizontal Stabilizer police said. The student Loy Shawn Kelley 23, was practising touch and go takeoffs when the plane s engine sputtered. The interstate runs parallel to the runway. Baby born after mishap Sioux Falls . A baby boy was delivered a month prematurely after his Mother fell 30 feet from a Ferris wheel and his father said sunday they were hopeful about the infant s  Rozenboom 30, and her 4-year-old daughter Heidi fell onto a 12-year-old boy in the cart below at the Orange City Iowa Tulip festival on saturday Kasfy to in Sioux Falls reported. Witnesses told the to station that it appeared a bar on the perimeter of the Ferris wheel broke and caught the cart tipping it Over. Tammy Rozenboom was taken to a Hospital where she delivered a son by caesarean Section. Dave Rozenboom said his wife and son were taken to Sioux Valley Hospital in Sioux Falls where the Newborn was in intensive care and placed in a ventilator to assist his breathing. He said that in addition to giving birth his wife had surgery to repair a broken Elbow. Rozenboom refused to give his wife s condition and said they were guardedly optimistic about the baby s condition. Heidi received minor injuries and the 12-year-Oldboy broke an Arm. Polio said they would investigate the Accident