European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 12, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday january 12, 1994 . The stars and stripes Page 7 diocese paid $3.2 million in sex cases paper reports from wire reports Philadelphia the roman Catholic diocese of Camden n.j., has paid at least $3.2 million since 1990 to Settle complaints of sexual abuse against nine priests the Philadelphia inquirer said tuesday. The most recent payments totalling $1.8 million were made in october to 15 adults who accused diocesan priests of molesting them when they were children the newspaper said. Camden Bishop James Mchugh declined a request for an interview and other diocesan officials did not return Calls the inquirer said. Stephen Palo 31, who was involved in the october settlement told the newspaper that the Church agreed to Settle Only if no one involved spoke publicly about the Case. In All the Church has paid settlements to 19 men and women the newspaper reported. Fed Buster pleads guilty los Angeles a convicted child molester with a grudge against Federal officials has pleaded guilty to mailing letters signed fed Buster in which he threatened to Start Brush fires in Southern California. � Thomas Lee Larsen 43, could get up to 30 years in prison and $1.5 million in fines at sentencing april 4. He pleaded guilty monday to mailing threatening letters. Angry because authorities seized his car As evidence in the molestation Case Larsen sent letters to fire stations in six Southern California communities last August. Assistant . Attorney Gregory Jessner said there was no indication Larsen carried out the threats police find burning Man san Francisco two police officers thought monday that they had a burning Christmas tree on their hands. But when they looked closer they found that the tree was a Man. Officers Kim Lewis and Faenette Hutchings said they were on routine patrol in the Richmond District when they received a Call about 5 . Reporting a fire at a local bus Stop. When they pulled up they thought a Christmas tree had been set afire by vandals. However they quickly discovered the tree was actually Harry Williams 37, who lived in the neighbourhood. Police said Williams had been drinking and appeared to have been in a fight. Williams who is listed in serious condition with second degree Burns at a Hospital Burn Center had not recovered enough to Tell authorities what happened. Fire prompts Jet evacuation Denver a blown tire caused a fire in the Landing gear of a Continental airlines Jet monday forcing the evacuation of All 106 people on Board. Three people suffered minor cuts and bruises exiting the plane. The Mcdonnell Douglas md-80 blew a tire As it landed at Stapleton International Airport said Gini Bright a spokeswoman for the Federal aviation administration in Seattle. It s difficult to say now but apparently some of the tires were blown and when the Metal hit the runway it caused a very Small fire Continental spokeswoman Peggy Mahoney said. Crew members did not know How severe the fire was so they made passengers get out on the runway As a precaution Bright said. The fire was quickly extinguished. Flight 173 was in route from Houston. His related drug of d Washington Hoffmann la Roche inc. Says its drug Bactria has been approved by the food and drug administration for use against a deadly form of pneumonia common in his infected patients. Patients Given a double strength Tablet of the antibacterial drug daily came Down with pneuma Cystis Carinio pneumonia pc less often than those who received aerosol Penta Nidine the company said monday. By preventing pc we May help to increase the life Span of patients said or. Miklos Salgo Hoffmann la Roche research director. The Fra previously had approved Bactria to treat actual cases of pc. Bactria also is prescribed for urinary tract infections and Shigel Losis. Give , ars no Money riders told new York a subway riders accustomed to panhandlers pleas Are hearing a new Appeal from transit officials asking them to do beggars a favor and not give them Money. Announcements echoed through the Public address system in the sub ways and passengers received fliers urging them Don t give to the Law Breakers on the subway. Give to charities that help people in  Giuliani the transit authority also announced monday that it will threaten incorrigible beggars with jail and try to persuade others to go to shelters or seek treatment. The crackdown took its Cape from new mayor Rudolph w. Giuliani s Effort to improve the City s Quality of life and comes amid Gap Wing intolerance nation wide for homelessness and other social problems. Giuliani campaigned on a pledge to rid the streets of squeegees toting men and women who congregate abridge and Tunnel entrances washing windshields and asking or demanding change in return. Panhandling is illegal in new York City subways but police admit it s a Tough Law to enforce. You can see How ludicrous it is to try to collect $50 fines from destitute people transit police chief miss tar. So coming clean two men sit in the Shade on a Beach of san Juan puerto Rico on monday and watch the leaking Barge mor Ris j. Herman be pumped of its remaining shipment of Oil. The Barge was carrying 1.5 million Gallons of Oil Friday when a Tow Chain to its tugboat snapped and the ship went crashing into a reef. Crews have been gaining ground in cleaning up most of the 750,000 Gal Lons of Oil that had covered the sea and beaches. Bibles for guns Campaign to be launched by churches by new Day new York joining the expanding gun Trade in movement a group of Baptist churches in Brooklyn will kick off a bibles for guns program sunday. The Rev. Jacob Underwood chairman of the East new York Brownsville clergy association said the group will ask gun owners to Swap your gun for a  the sword will be a copy of the original african heritage study Bible an afrocentric work based on the King James version that is illustrated with color photographs of Blacks and notes passages said to be references to Blacks. Chael o Connor said. So the transit authority Hopes to drive beggars from underground areas by drying up what income they Doget there. I Don t think it la work rider Heather Barclay said. If they have a Good Story i always give them Money or if they look really  but Nawar Shalabi Rushing to catch a subway train said i think it s a Good idea. I Don t think they should be in the  Anthony Jones a homeless Man working a train with paper cup in hand shrugged and said they la give us a summons and Well go to the  surveys show 90 percent of subway riders consider panhandlers a serious problem said Peter Stangl chairman of the metropolitan transportation authority the Parent of the transit authority. The transit authority claims it has reduced serious subway crime by nearly 40 percent Over the past three years. Now transit authority president Alan Kiepper said the Agency is concerned that beggars whose precise numbers Are unknown but May run into the hundreds on any Given Day scare people off the sub ways. " .".-. So judges will be asked to jail incorrigible panhandlers for up to the 10 Days allowed by Law. The crackdown also includes expansion of a program in which social service workers ride the trains to per Suade homeless people to enter shelters and help them find treatment and rehabilitation. College pays to oust student for intimidation Philadelphia a a Swarthmore College freshman was accused of harassing a student who resisted his romantic overtures. Now the school is paying Himton Gonaway. Swarthmore agreed to pay Ewart Yearwood s tuition transportation and Book costs wherever he decides to enrol this Spring. Yearwood 18, said he planned to Register tuesday at Columbia University in new York City where he lives. His departure came after Alexis Clinansmith complained that he harassed her last semester. She accused him of stalking her at the fall formal dance phoning her at night and making lewd comments such As i m going to have  Alfred h. Bloom president of the exclusive Liberal arts College in suburban Philadelphia said Yearwood did not sexually harass Clinansmith but did engage in a pattern of  the Resolution of this Case makes Clear that intimidation is not to be tolerated at Swarthmore College and consistent with the College s Confidence in the Power of education provides the Means for year Wood to learn to better manage his own behaviour Bloom said in a statement. Swarthmore said it will consider taking Yearwood Back next term if he undergoes counselling at the school s expense. Columbia like Swarthmore costs More than $20,000 a year in tuition room and Board. Yearwood who was on a partial academic scholarship at Swarthmore said he accepted the Deal to avoid being suspended. If you truly think i did something wrong kick me out be said. I think the president of the College sees something is wrong Here either the penalty the process or the procedure. I made Clear that if i was sus Pended i would  Yearwood denied harassing his classmate and said Clinansmith misinterpreted his actions. He said that he shaved his head last semester revealing several scars and that he looks mean when he s not smiling. His attorney Harvey Silverglate said the Case resulted from an outrageous infestation of political Cor  Clinansmith who lives in Blooom Field Hills mich., is away during the school s Winter break and could not be reached for comment. Her attorney Carolyn p. Short did not return Calls monday