European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 18, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday november 18, 1993 . The stars and stripes pag7 Fried Chicken stand Hadi hot gup sales police say 1 i from wire reports new York a Fried Chicken stand in the Bronx also sold guns to go authorities say. Fare Dullah Mohammed Nawabi a 23-year-old from Afghanistan pleaded innocent tuesday to illegally Selling weapons from mama s Fried Chicken and was held without bail. Authorities said he bragged he had sold a million  an undercover officer first bought a gun at the mama s takeout window Over the summer police commissioner Raymond Kelly said. Police said the fast food business served As Little More than a front for dealing in weapons and sold practically no Fried Chicken. Agents seized 64 guns from the restaurant including an assault Rifle with a Bayonet and ammunition Worth $26,000 on the Street. Most of the guns were bought in Ohio where there is no waiting period and buyers must show Only a Driver s License to Purchase an unlimited number of weapons police said. . Lawmaker won t run Washington rep. Tim Valentine , told the House on tuesday that he will not seek re election next year but will return to the practice of  helped to set the Agenda of the 90s, i believe it is time to offer an Opportunity to a new generation of leaders who can move our country along toward a More responsive and fiscally responsible government Valentine said in a speech on the House floor. Valentine 67, who was first elected in 1982, is serving his sixth two year term. He won 54 percent of the vote in 1992 that was a Sharp drop from the 75 percent he received in 1990. It s lights out for bears Kaktovik Alaska the Polar bears on barter Island will punch your lights out. The animals have knocked out As Many As 26 runway lights in a single night at a Airstrip on the Island about 200 Miles above the Arctic Circle. The 4,800-foot strip is illuminated with coloured lights on 3-foot plastic stems. The Polar bears seem to be fascinated with these lights As if they were toys said Peggy Kelly air Force radar station chief on the Island. They be been seen punching the lights like a punching bag until they  tracks in the Snow show the bears Are single minded in their quest. They move in a straight line from one Light to another Kelly said recently. The Island is dark virtually round the clock this time of year. Man survives Rifle mishap Brownsville Texas a City commissioner accidentally discharged a Rifle inside his Chevrolet suburban hitting an aerosol can of hair Spray that exploded and destroyed the vehicle. Commissioner Pete Benavides escaped from the burning vehicle but his hair was singed and his forearms were burned. I m alive and i feel great and that s what matters he said tuesday. Police said the Accident occurred monday morning near Benavides campsite in the Rio Grande  had just shot at but missed a Buck Benavides said so he placed his loaded Rifle in the Back seat in Case the Deer reappeared. He later reached Back to unload the weapon. I Don t know How i grabbed it or whatever but it just went off he said. $2 million in Brink s Cash new York the 350 pounds of Cash recovered thursday from an East Side apartment which authorities say was part of the $7.4 million stolen from a Brink s armoured truck in Rochester in january amounted to slightly More than $2 million Marvin Moss a Brink s official said tuesday. Moss said s5.4 million was still  suspects have been arrested and charged with receiving or possessing stolen Money. They Are the Rev Patrick . Moloney 61 Samuel i. Millar 38 who served six years in an Irish prison for smuggling arms to the Irish Republican army and Thomas f. O Connor a retired Rochester police officer working As a Brink s guard at the time of the  of recruits fell Pentagon figures show Washington a the Quality of the men and women recruited to join the military services declined in the last year Pentagon statistics showed wednesday. However the Pentagon said that Overall recruit Quality was excellent and that All four military services met or exceeded their goals for signing up As Many peo ple As they intended during the past fiscal year. The report is seen by military analysts As a crucial indicator for the ability of the military services to entice High Quality men and women into a military Force that is shrinking and under severe budget constraints. The defense department uses several measurements to determine the Quality of its newest forces the proportion of High school graduates the share of acc nits who score in the upper half of their enlistment test and the proportion of recruits who Are both High school graduates and score in the upper half of the recruitment tests. Overall. 95 percent of the 206,927 new recruits brought in during fiscal 1993 were High school graduates compared with 99 percent one year ago. The lat est counting ended sept. 30. The army suffered the largest drop from 100 per cent to 95 percent the numbers showed. The air Force was Able to hold onto a 99 percent Fate which it has maintained since 1984. The Navy s diploma holders dropped from 98 per cent to 94 percent while the Marine corps numbers fell slightly from 99 percent to 97 percent. The share of recruits who scored in the upper half of their enlistment test also dropped from 74 percent to 71 percent Overall. The army suffered the largest drop from 78 percent to 70 percent. The air Force s High scorers fell from 86 percent to 80 percent while the marines dropped from 71 percent to 68 percent. However the Navy s numbers Rose from 68 percent to 70 percent. The largest drop Overall came in the third category which combines both High school graduates and those who score in the upper half of the recruitment test dropping from 74 percent in fiscal 1992 to 67 percent for fiscal 1993. Again the army s share fell the most from 78 per cent to 66 percent. The air Force fell from 85 percent to 79 percent the Marine corps from 70 to 66 percent and the Navy from 66 to 64 percent. The report followed one issued in May which stated that recruit Quality has declined slightly and had prompted expressions of concern from defense officials including Gen. Colin l. Powell then the chair Man of the joint chiefs of staff. New York Man hailed As hero for gunning Down teen muggers Arthur Boone is escorted sunday at a Brooklyn n.y., police station after he was charged in the shooting deaths of two teen agers who had attempted to Mug him. New York a it seemed like a perfect night for a mugging. The Street was dark the hour late the Brooklyn neighbourhood rough. But the teen age boys who stalked Arthur bronc As he left a Comer Market sunday missed one thing the .44-caliber magnum tucked in his Belt. One of the muggers nicknamed a boy put the barrel of a by gun to Boone s  other Taz reached for his Wallet. Then Boone fired three shots heard round the City. In what investigators arc calling a Swift act of self de sense Boone shot and killed his assailants with the unlicensed .44. He waited for police to arrive told them he was a victim of past muggings and quietly surrendered. As news of the incident spread through the crime Wear City some hailed the 41-year-old machine worker As a hero. The muggers used poor judgment and i m delighted they did said Jerry Preiser president of a City gun club that sent Boone a $500 courageous victim award. I think they got what they  Boone was arraigned on charges of criminal posses Sion of a weapon and freed monday without bail. Boone a father of two daughters who has worked at a Domino sugar factory for More than a decade had one arrest in 1989 for Drunken driving authorities said. Boone later told police that a by gun was pressed to his Temple by cart a boy James 15. Meanwhile James partner 19-year-old Mottaz Taz Pell pulled out Boone s Wallet authorities said. Boone told investigators that he thought the by gun unloaded it turned out was real and that he feared Pell might discover his own weapon. So he pulled his .44 and fired three times. 4th-graders arrested on cocaine charges Tampa Fla. A police and school officials said they were stunned when six fourth graders got their hands on 3vz Grams of cocaine and brought it to class. It s hard to Shock me said it. John Garcia who has spent most of his 20-year career in drug enforce ment. I be seen a lot of things. But this was really  administrators met with concerned parents tuesday night to explain the situation that unfolded Friday when the boys Ages 9 to 11 were arrested and charged with cocaine Possession. The arrests came after a teacher noticed a boy hiding something in his hand and found it was a plastic bag with White powder. She took him to the principal s of fice. ,. Police said it was not Clear How the children got the cocaine or what they intended to do with the drug which had an estimated Street value of $300. Police said they Don t believe any of the youngsters had used the drug. You Don t Ever imagine children so Young Are going to get their hands on a drug like cocaine said Sandra thrower principal of Dale Mabry elementary school. The boys were returned to their parents within hours of their arrest and were suspended for 10 Days. None had prior arrests or had been suspended be fore said Hillsborough county schools spokeswoman Donna Reed. Because of their Ages they probably will go through counselling and be put on probation police said