European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 27, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Antenna wielding youth foiled in mugging attempt from wire reports Chicago a two radio antennae done to make much of a weapon when you re trying to Mug someone. A 13-year-old youth was held monday by authorities after a 34-Ycar-old russian immigrant said the boy accosted him with the antennae. The Man told police he was headed Home from buying cigarettes late saturday when the youth allegedly threatened to Cut him if he did not turn Over his Money. The Man reported that the youth whipped out the two antennae and thrust them Forward like swords. The Man backed away prompting the youth to hurl his weapons. When Botn antennae had been thrown Lidman chased the youth in the direction of a passing police car. A i guess  use just about anything that looks like a knife or a sword these Days a police tactical sgt. John Hickey  review not in line los Angeles no Siskel amp Ebert. He May be president but he a president Clinton described the new Clint Eastwood movie in the line of fire As a a real rip roaring thriller a but Columbia pictures decided against using the quote in its ads for the film. The movie so hrs Eastwood As an aging secret service agent vying to foil an assassination attempt on the president by a former Cia agent played by John Malkovich. Clinton attended a screening last week at the White House. Later he told can Host Larry King a i thought Eastwood was terrific. I liked the movie very much. I think it was As realistic As it could be and still be a real rip roaring  Columbia executives considered putting the quote in newspaper advertisements but decided against it. Producer Jeff Apple and Columbia executives thought the quote might look strange alongside those of such popular reviewers As Joel Siegel a movies Don t get More exciting than this and the team of Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert Quot two big thumbs up a Snake venom in demand West Newton a. A rattlesnakes bit three Amateur handlers on their hands at an annual Snake Hunt forcing doctors to scramble to find enough anti Chin. Quot everybody has a few vials but when there san acute need like a Rattlesnake Roundup it becomes scarce a said or. John Reed of Westmoreland Hospital in nearby arc Insburg. Five to 10 vials of anti Chin per patient Are needed to neutralize venom. Reed said he called a Hospital in Johnstown about 40 Miles away for extra vials to treat one victim. The Man who was bitten on the left thumb was treated for pain and swelling and released. Two other men were treated Early sunday at the University of Pittsburgh medical Center for chills fever and delirium. Or. Michael Heller said the Pittsburgh zoo and a Hospital in Columbus Ohio a nearly 200 Miles away a donated a Tivenin to treat the two men. The two Day Competition in West Newton included Rattlesnake Hunting judging and a contest to stuff rattlesnakes into a  Bird causes stir Cape May . A Bird lovers descended on this seashore resort hoping to catch a glimpse of a Small Bird that showed up thousands of Miles from Home. The whiskered Tern usually found in the Inland Waterways of Africa Southern Europe and Asia probably ended up in the Cape May area because of a malfunction of its genetic Compass said Paul Kerlinger director of the new Jersey Audubon scape May Bird Observatory. It is believed to be the first time a whiskered Tern has been spotted in North America he said. About 400 Bird watchers from across the nation have travelled to a Small Field Between Cape May and Cape May Point since the first sighting of the a very very lost was reported july 11, Kerlinger  fund to Aid minorities running for office Washington apr As a graduate student Brian Mathis found that the number of minorities running for office was so Low he could almost count them All on his fingers and toes. And he figured out Why Money. A i started looking at where minority candidates received their Money from a Mathis said. Quot there was no network of Small individual  Mathis mentioned his findings to a Friend a who told a Friend who told a Well connected Friend a and the result was americans fund a political action com Mittic for candidates of color. Americans fund is structured much like Emily a list a political action committee created in 1985 to give Start up Money to democratic women candidates who support abortion rights. Other groups patterned after Emily a list raise Money for candidates supporting environmental and Gay and lesbian issues for example. Quot there a been a void out there for a Long time Quot said americans fund activist Michael Brown an attorney and son of Commerce Secretary Ronald h. Brown. Quot a lot of our candidates arc Beholden to people they really done to want to be Beholden to. So few dollars come into Urban areas and for minorities each is it cd against the other. Our vision was we should All c natural  americans fund plans to hold its first fund raising reception wednesday in Washington Michael Brown i said. Future fund raisers Are planned in new York and los Angeles. Quot in be talked to them about getting started. I think its great they re doing it a said Ellen Malcolm president of Emily a list. An acronym for achieving More equitable representation in the Congress and the states americans fund seeks to funnel Money to Black hispanic or asian candidates of any party who support a wide Range of issues of concern to racial or ethnic groups. Those issues include Urban Aid Iob training support for minority businesses Public school Reform uniform health care gun control and efforts against drugs and crime. But americans fund is coming to life at a time when Congress is moving toward closing the Campaign finance loophole that has helped such groups get Money into the hands of Small donors chosen candidates. Last month the Senate passed a Campaign finance Reform Bill that among other things would bar contributions by political action committees. If passed by the full Congress and signed into Law it would effectively erase a bundling Quot a crucial tool for Emily a list and a major part of the plan for americans fund. Bundling is accepting political contributions earmarked for a particular candidate then presenting the Money to that candidate in one chunk or bundle. A House version of the Campaign finance Reform Bill docs not bar  Young survivor Sharon Mcroberts helps her 13-year-old son Gary mahr As he leaves a Hospital in St. Louis on sunday one Day after being rescued from a Cave in St. Louis county. Gary was among a group exploring Cliff Cave county Park when Flash floods swept through the Park. At least five others in Gary a group two adult Counselor and three children were killed. Another boy is missing. Mom arrested in son s ritualistic killing Corpus Christi Texas apr a woman who claimed her son had a dragon inside him was arrested after the 4-year-old boy drowned in what police described As a ritualistic killing. When he was found dead in the Back of a pickup truck parked near a Creek Adam Shook was clutching two Teddy bears and was surrounded by family Memorabilia officers said. The child smother Elaine Shook 37, was taken to the psychiatric unit of memorial medical Center on sunday night after telling a Fisherman that she killed her son. No charges were immediately filed. Makeshift altars were found near the truck and Shook began quoting scripture when officers found her nearby said an officer with the nieces county sheriffs department. Quot she spoke of dragons and cited a lot of religious scripture Quot the officer said. Quot at one Point she said the dragon was inside of  the boys body was wrapped in a Sheet in the Back of the truck. A Bible and a family picture had been placed next to him the officer said. Quot it looked like a ritualistic sort of thing a nieces county medical examiner Lloyd White said. A fall these Little piles of objects had been stacked up in the Sand and so  a Man who arrived at the Creek shortly after 5 . Sunday told investigators that a woman approached him and said Quot in be just killed my son a police reported