European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 4, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday december 4. 1993 jury convicts 3 women counterfeit Art . The stars and stripes Page 7 a a from wire reports new York a Federal a.  my Loi ind three w0iv?.n a a Eland family guilty of being the world s largest known paddlers of counterfeit Art. _ new York Eastern District us. Attorney Zachary Carter said the amiels of Rockville centre.y., were caught with More than 77,000 counterfeit prints. The Art bore such names As Pablo Picasso Layador Dali Marc Chagall and Joan mind Carter said. Carter said Sisters Kathryn 49, and Joanne Amiel 46, As Well As Kathryn a daughter Sarina 25, each were convicted tuesday evening  one count of  Tkv  f a it of conspiracy. The three also shared convictions  mail fraud charges. Prosecutors said the three ran original artworks ltd., the worlds biggest counterfeit Art business. Carter said the family a scam was discovered when . Postal inspectors searched the company s  Piliu  a Cut a i amm t. L. A.y. Officers investigated new York a a dozen police officers  Brooklyn a 73rd precinct Are suspected of going into the drug business while  duty a Law enforcement source said thursday. The police officers assigned to the Bedford Stuyvesant precinct allegedly would select a crack House descend upon it  police cars draw their guns and Rob the occupants. Later they would Divide the drugs guns and Money. _  investigation of the officers began after the arrest of officers Michael Dowd Daniel Eurell and three others who were allegedly running a cocaine ring  suburban Suffolk county  May 1992, the source said. Eurell tipped officials about the 73rd precinct operation which was investigated by the Brooklyn District attorney by the City s Mollen commission  police corruption and then by the Federal government. Separated twin improving Philadelphia a Angela Lakeberg a. Siamese twin separated during risky surgery 14 weeks ago is making surprising Progress and could be released from a Philadelphia Hospital  a few weeks doctors say. A or. Russell Raphaely director of critical care at children a Hospital of Philadelphia said thursday that Angela a a May have turned the  Angela now 5 months old was Given Only a Remote Chance of survival after the aug. 20 surgery to separate her from her sister with whom she shared a heart and liver. Amy Lakeberg deprived of the shared organs died during surgery. Doctors said angelas heart is performing Well although she remains connected to a breathing ventilator and is fed through a tube. They remain optimistic that she can be released to the care of her Mother Reitha Lakeberg of Wheatfield ind., within six weeks. . Times chief to retire los Angeles a David a. Laventhol has said he will retire Jan. 1 As president of times Mirror publisher of its flagship newspaper Thi times because he a being treated for the los co. And Angeles Parkinson a disease. Laventhol said  a memo to the staff of the times  thursday that he will become editor at Large of the newspaper a role that a will be a Little. Less demanding which will be helpful  Laventhol will be replaced As publisher by Richard t. Schlosberg Iii a senior vice president at times minor co. Who joined the group  1983 As publisher of the Denver Post. Mande  Law charged Hartford Conn. A a professor charged with rape was identified  court As a son  Law of South african Leader Nelson Mandela. A defense attorney said the relationship should not have been made Public. Isaac Awuah a professor at Manchester Community College is accused of sexually assaulting a student from his algebra class. The student was allegedly assaulted three times  april and May. Awuah 37, is charged with first degree sexual assault and unlawful restraint. He has been free  $10,000 Bond since his arrest  May. Clinton had Good year with gop Aid. Dole save a a Washington Fuji a Senate Republican Leader Robert a Dole said thursday that president Clinton had a fairly Good first year  office but Quot it was Republican votes Thal delivered his Triumph  the North american free Trade agreement. A i think he had pretty a Ood year but i certainly Oitt think it was any blockbuster a said Dole of Kansas. A the looked better at the end of the year than he did at the  Early  his term Clin ton stumbled twice Over his nomination for  at Dole Torney general then had to withdraw nominee for  assistant attorney general Post because he disagreed with her views. He also encountered stiff resistance from the military and his own party Over allowing Gays  the armed services and saw Doles Senate republicans shoot Down his economic stimulus plan. But from late summer  Clinton managed a number of victories. Some were late hour turnarounds from near defeats a budget deficit reduction and tax  . Asks russians to allow change  72 arms treaty by the new York times. Washington a the Clinton administration has proposed updating the 1972 anti ballistic missile treaty to accommodate  anti missile system designed to protect against third world threats officials say. To underscore the significance the administration attaches to the change a White House official flew to Geneva Early this week to propose the modification to russian arms negotiators. The Clinton administrations proposal to a a clarity the treaty has drawn Sharp criticism from arms control groups which complain that it will undercut one of the Central pillars of arms control the abm treaty which puts Sharp limits  the testing and deployment of antimissile defences a if the russians were to propose this to us i would counsel the Clinton administration to reject it a said John Pike  arms control expert at the federation of american scientists. A it basically eviscerated the abm  administration officials said the treaty needs to be adjusted to Cope with the growing threat of missile attack by third world nations against . Forces and allies. At the heart of the debate is a system the Pentagon has dubbed Thad a heat seeking interceptor to shoot Down enemy missiles. The purpose of the system would be to defend american forces not the Continental United states against attacks by medium Range missiles such As scuds. To give the Pentagon the leeway it needs to build the Thad the administration is proposing the abm treaty be interpreted less strictly. That Accord is designed to prohibit nationwide defences against Long Range missiles such As the american my missile and the russian ss-18. To achieve that objective the treaty also limited the capabilities of interceptors that could shoot Down Shorter Range missiles. A we did not want defense against Long Range missiles to be built under the Guise of defense against Short Range systems a  administration official said. But now administration officials said the greater danger is not a superpower arms race but rather third world governments with Shorter Range and medium Range missiles. A the line  the treaty has to be moved to reflect the threats we face a the official said. To accommodate the Thad program the Clinton administration is proposing that Only interceptors which demonstrate the capability to shoot Down enemy missiles that travel at More than about three Miles per second be subject to Twig treaty limits. Crease package survived by narrow margins  the House and Senate. Clinton helped push through legislation to make voter registration easier to guarantee unpaid family leave to workers and to create  educational Community service program for the nations youth. And then there was  a Holdover from the Bush administration. Two members of the House democratic leadership and most democrats opposed the Tariff cutting agreement with Mexico and Canada. When it came to the showdown. Republicans provided the majority of votes for . A i think the president has done a pretty Good Job and i think Congress did too a Dole said at a news conference. A i think everybody can take a Little piece of it. A we think republicans bailed him out  nafta., we had big big democratic gridlock that nobody wrote about. But it was there and it was up to republicans to do the right thing. 1 think we did the right thing a another season closing Victory was passage of handgun control legislation known As the Brady Bill. Dole gave no laurels to Clinton there either. A i done to think the president was even a player  the Brady Bill a Dole said crediting vice president a1 Gore for making a a few phone Calls  its behalf. Senate republicans nearly killed the Bill twice  a filibuster but some last minute negotiations with democrats enabled the Bill to pass. Missile inspection Gen. Maj. Anatoly Svart Kov one of four visiting generals from the russian strategic rocket forces emerges from a missile silo thursday  Newell is. The silo houses minuteman i nuclear missile formerly aimed at the soviet Union.  thursday the unarmed missile was being pulled from the silo As part of  arms treaty. Famed Wii photographer Dies Sarasota Fla. Apr Robert a. Wands a photographer credited with some of the most enduring images of world War 11, has died. He was 84. Wands who spent much of his career with the a amp so dated press photographed president Harry a Truman British prime minister Winston Churchill and soviet Premier Josef Stalin sitting together at the Potsdam conference  1945. He was also aboard the battleship Missouri  Tokyo Bay recording the scene As Gen. Douglas Macarthur accepted the japanese surrender  world War if. Wands who died at Home nov 26, spent three years with the . Army signal corps rising to the rank of Captain while providing photo coverage of the War