European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 28, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday july.28, 1993 the stars and stripes Page 7 nine British tourists sue Over attacks in Florida Orlando Fla apr lawsuits on behalf of nine British tourists who were shot robbed or beaten in the past year were filed monday against those who provided them lodging. A Central Florida can no longer continue to tout itself to the world As a wholesome and Safe destination for tourists when attacks. Continue at this rate and at this level of violence a said attorney Michael swindle who is representing the plaintiffs. The lawsuits claim the victims weren to provided with adequate Security. One lawsuit filed on behalf of the family of postal worker Keith Alan Thompson of Chelmsford Essex is seeking up to $2 million swindle said. Thompson was shot and killed oct. 3 in the parking lot of a Comfort inn 90 minutes after arriving in Orlando swindle said. A spokeswoman for the Comfort inn said the company had no comment. Two other victims John Williams and Edward Kokke were on a Golf vacation when they were beaten in their rental Home feb. 3 by men carrying Pellet guns. Their lawsuit seeks unspecified damages from the owner and the management company that rented the House. Another lawsuit was filed on behalf of David Cornwell and his family a Tower attacked at their rental Home june 14. Cornwell survived a gunshot wound to the head As he and his son and son in Law fought to keep out the attackers. To 6 months new York up a judge on monday sentenced two Queens computer hackers dubbed the masters of destruction to six months in prison for breaking into the computer systems of some of the county a a largest corporations. To Industry experts the Case revealed How vulnerable corporate computer and communication systems Are to aggressive knowledgeable hackers Bent on illicit activity. The two 23-year-old defendants Are Paul Stira known by his hacking Moniker of a scorpion a and Elias Quot acid pure aka Ladopoulos last month they pleaded guilty to conspiracy after three co defendants had done the same. The two remained free on bail after being sentenced monday and Are scheduled to surrender in september. The five hackers All from Queens were 18 to 22 years old at the time of the hacking. They used Little More than personal computers and modems to finagle computer passwords to steal credit information Ana corrupt data bases. . Attorney Mary to White said the closely knit group dubbed itself mod for masters of destruction or masters of deception. White said the group had infiltrated computer systems from new York to California including those operated by Telephone companies Banks credit reporting services and educational institutions. Prosecutors said the group was motivated by a desire a to enhance their image and prestige among other computer  they also said the group used its underground computer network a to harass and intimidate rivals and Quot people they did not  a to use Telephone and information services without paying for them. A and to obtain information they could sell to others. 1 Down 8 to go at Greg Hess left and Randy Travis firefighters in Washington township ind., revive a cat that was rescued from a fire at an apartment Complex in Indianapolis on sunday. A Well he s got eight lives left a firefighter said As the animal began breathing normally. The Blaze ignited by a Short caused $350,000 in damage. New Orleans hires Veteran to Lead its police Force from wire reports new Orleans a the mayor appointed a new police chief monday to take charge of a 1,500-Strong Force beset by scandals budget woes and Low morale. Joseph Orticke jr., a 25-year Veteran who became a Deputy superintendent in 1991, takes Over from retiring superintendent Arnesta Taylor on aug. 1, mayor Sidney Barthelemy said. Taylor 56, served two years As chief. Taylor a handpicked vice squad was dismantled this year after its commander and two subordinates were indicted on charges of filing fake search warrants stealing Cash and shaking Down bar owners in the French Quarter. Boy drowns in Church Pool Security Colo. A a 2-year-old boy drowned in a churches baptismal Pool after wandering away from his parents at a potluck lunch. The body of Waylon Christopher Mcconnel was found sunday afternoon in the 8-foot-Long, 3vi-foot-deep Pool after a two hour search around the Church of Christ building. Church members and 65 volunteers searched a Field and irrigation canal until a Church member discovered the boys body during a final search of the building said Steve Perry of the Elpaso county search and Rescue team. Woman shoots 2 at Hospital Detroit a a woman complaining that her Mother had been a a butchered shot and wounded two technicians at a City Hospital police said. The 57-year-old, whose name was not immediately released made her Way to the 10th-floor ophthalmology clinic monday at Henry Ford Hospital. It is the Only part of the Hospital that does no to require a visitors pass for entry. The woman was arrested in the clinic. No immediate charges were filed. A this woman came in and was saying something about her Mother was butchered or something to that effect and began shooting at them a said or. David Bogorad who spoke with two colleagues who witnessed the shootings. It was not immediately Clear Why the woman went to the ophthalmology clinic. Nasa fighting Napa bugs Mountain View Calif. Nasa began airborne mapping of Napa on monday to help winegrowers Battle an aphid like insect that nearly. Destroyed vineyards in France and California last Century. Officials said a single engine Cessna fitted with an electronic sensor will map 50 acres of the Robert Mondavi vineyards infected by phylloxera. Nasa scientists said the sensor can record Light reflected from the vines Leaf canopy. They Hope it also will be Able to detect signs of the Bug. The Bug sucks juice from Grapevine roots killing the  violence in America sets off Chain reaction Baton Rouge la. A it is much smaller than the aids quilt the vast Patchwork dedicated to victims of the disease. But this is not a Competition anybody wants to win. The Chain of remembrance a quilt like collection of tributes to victims of gun violence dead and alive already is 1,200 panels Strong. Its creator Phyllis Wetherill would like to have one for every shooting victim in the United states. But what she really wants is for the killing to Stop. According to the Fri More than 24,000 americans each year a 65 people a Day a Are killed with handguns in homicides suicides and accidents. A i started to think about gun violence and How we could put faces to the numbers a said Wetherill a retired psychotherapist. A the statistics really did no to hit  the 18-Inch Square panels Are cloth and can be decorated any Way the donor wants. They have crude sketches slogans computer generated pictures. The writing is in Crayon or pen or embroidered. Several have drawings of a gun sometimes with a dotted line tracing the path of the Bullet As it fells a Friend or relative. And they All have the name of a victim. Most of the panels were sent to Wetherill by people who have lost a loved one. Others who have been spared from tragedy have called Wetherill to get a victims name which she collects from police reports and the news. There is one for Martin Luther King jr., offered by a boy who did no to know any shooting victims personally. He was Lucky one Washington d.c., High school sent a panel with 15 names a ail alumni. There Are a couple for major league baseball Umpire Steve Palermo who was shot and paralysed in 1991 when he tried to break up a bar fight. More than a dozen have been sent in for Yoshi Hattori a 16-year-old japanese Exchange student who was shot to death in Baton Rouge last year when he went to the wrong House while looking for a halloween party. About 150 of the panels came to Baton Rouge in connection with a gun control rally last week. A when i look behind me and see those names and the Ages a said state rep. Kip Holden whose Mother was shot and nearly killed years ago a i see that guns have no respect for age culture or