European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 17, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday january 17, 1994 . The stars and stripes Page authorities crack Down in Baltimore red Light zone from wire reports Baltimore More than 500 Law officers aided the City s red Light District the notorious Block in a crackdown on prostitution and drug dealing that resulted in at least 44 arrests police said saturday. State troopers and other officers served More than 25 search warrants and 60 arrest warrants said Mike Mckelvin a state police spokesman. Twenty four businesses were shut Down and some Are not expected to reopen he said. Police closed off several streets for Friday night s raid and trucks were driven in to haul away gambling machines drugs guns records and other items said Greg Shipley another state police spokesman. The raid culminated a four month joint investigation by City and state police Shipley said. After the raid gov. William Donald Schaefer and mayor Kurt Schmoke toured the area once know for burlesque Heaters and bars. The Block As it was years ago was an attraction but the Block i saw tonight was a detriment Schaefer said. It s really gone Down As a tourist area. ". Quakes rattle Pennsylvania Philadelphia two Light earthquakes Hook Southeastern Pennsylvania on saturday night. There were no immediate reports of injuries. The first quake measured 4.0 on the Richter scale and hit at 7 43 p.m., said John Minsch a spokesman for the National earthquake information Center in Golden Colo. The second quake measured 4.6 on the Richter scale and hit at 8 49 p.m., he said. The epic enters of the earthquakes were near Wyomissing Hills just West of Reading Minsch  is 50 Miles Northwest of Philadelphia. Bulletproof car marketed los Angeles the makers of a new Sedan Hope their steel plated car will be no. 1 with a Bullet. Customized from used police cars the four door defender boasts a retractable Armor screen behind the Grille and a set of tires designed to work eve after taking a blast of machine gun fire. This is the Only car where people run from me when i operate it said Marcus Hays who designed the car at Chatsworth s performance coachwork. The bulletproof car costs around $33,000 with cellular Telephone and leather steering wheel. Hays introduced it at an Auto show last week in a Booth adorned with razor wire and Graffiti. Alleged extortionist held los Angeles a Man who allegedly tried to extort $1,5 million from United airlines by threatening to use an anti tank rocket against a flight bound for los Angeles has been arrested authorities announced saturday. Fri agent Charlie Parsons said Orville Spence 48, was arrested late Friday about eight hours after calling airline officials in Chicago and los Angel Sand threatening to use a British made Light anti Armour weapon or Law rocket against one of the company s  was arrested without incident As he tried to collect the Ransom in Lennox Calif. He was charged saturday with extortion. New charges in killings Santa Ana Calif. New charges have been filed against a Man accused of stabbing his Mother to death and then killing a former colleague at the Post office where he used to work. An indictment issued Friday against Mark Richard Hilbun supersedes previous charges and includes two counts of murder seven counts of attempted murder and numerous other felonies prosecutor Bryan Brown said. Prosecutors have not decided whether to seek the death penalty Brown said. Police said Hilbun a diagnosed manic depressive with a history of emotional problems was infatuated with a colleague and was fired from his Job in the Dana Point Post office in december 1992 for allegedly stalking her. Hilbun is accused of stabbing his Mother to death in her Corona Del mar Home May 6, then killing a mail Carrier at the Dana Point Post office 40 Miles Southeast of los Angeles. Dee p freeze numb ing sections of East South by Roger Petterson the associated press water Mains and Power lines snapped and people stayed indoors across parts of the East on sunday As temperatures fell to record lows As far South As the Carolinas. About a fourth of the residents of Hallock in North Western Minnesota trudged to neighbors Homes an the City Hall for water sunday after a water Tower pipe froze following Days of subzero temperatures. We be left the City Hall open so people can get water from the Kitchen said City clerk Hank Noel. The town of about 1,300 people 20 Miles South of the Canadian Border was waiting for Crews to arrive wit equipment to thaw a pipe from an underground storage tank Noel said. Temperatures hit record lows sunday from the great lakes to the Carolinas including 28 below Zero at Al Pena Mich. 17 below at Syracuse . 18 below at Elkins . 1 below at Asheville . And 6 above at Greenville Spartanburg . Watertown ., chilled out at 43 below Matching lows saturday in parts of Northern Minnesota a combination of a temperature of 20 below and 22 Mph win made it feel like 69 below sunday at Greenville Maine. The Northern North Dakota town of Adams Popula Tion 250, also was without water after four water Mai Breaks since thursday. We re melting Snow City auditor Linda Grove said. Some people have stores of water. People Are driving out of town to get water at friends and rela Tives  temperatures fell below Zero As far South As Ken Tucky. In the town of West Point about 1,325 custom ers were without water sunday because the Well that supplies the water treatment Plant froze said assistant fire chief Jeff Wright. Most of West Virginia fell below Zero and the appalachian Power  As Many As 7,000 customer without service sunday said spokesman Jack Shaver. In Eastern Kentucky about 330 South Williamson residents lost Gas heat sunday when a pipeline froze said Ziad Shah can of Columbia Gas distribution co. In nearby Belfry ky., a shelter for people without heat was set up at the courthouse said fire depart ment spokesman Mike Davis. People crowded shelters elsewhere. Philadelphia s Ridge Avenue homeless shelter for men had More than a full House saturday night about 411 men com pared with the usual 250, said supervisor Aubrey Stone. Workers in the District of Columbia spent the week end distributing blankets and hot chocolate to Home less people who refused to go to shelters. A temperature of 4 below and a wind chill of 38 below hampered firefighters battling a three alarm House fire in Revere mass. Deputy fire chief Dan do Herty said hoses froze equipment became encrusted with ice radios would not function and retractable lad Ders jammed. The body of a 35-year-old Man was found in the ruins. Thriller for Young fans superstar Michael Jackson holds an unidentified child 100 inner City youngsters at his neverland ranch on As others look on during a party the pop Singer held for saturday in los Olivos Calif. Young Gays shown in aids posters new York up a new York City aids prevention Campaign with the slogan Young hot Safe broke new ground with posters showing homosexual couples embracing and urging Young people to take precautions against contracting his. The taboo busting ads sprinkled around the City s sprawling transit system show Gay men and lesbians As Well As straight couples kissing while holding con Doms water based lubricants and other disease pre venting devices. The ads target Young people both Gay and Hetero sexual Between the Ages of 15 and 21. That age group is considered to be especially at risk for transmission of the human immunodeficiency virus which causes aids. When one is a teen Ager there is a sense of being indestructible. You never think about death said David eng of the Gay men s health crisis which formulated the Campaign. What we need to do is to make them aware that they Are part of this equation and if they re not careful they can put their lives in  the ads show the smiling couples embracing while captions underneath read Young hot  some of the couples Are wearing Latex gloves which could guard against possible infection with the aids virus if the person has cuts on the hand and touches the other s genitals. Others in the ads grasp a piece of Latex known As a dental dam to be used for Oral sex on women. Eng said the organization especially wanted to target the City s Young homosexual population. It s important for Young Gay men and lesbians to see themselves in the ads because they so infrequently see themselves in anything he said. And when you re not part of an image it s easy to not identify with  so far eng said the ads have not stirred up any controversy. Last week the Federal government unveiled an explicit television and Campaign with celebrities and others talking frankly about using condoms to prevent aids