European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 17, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse Monday january 17, 1994 . The stars and stripes Page 7 authorities crack Down in Baltimore red Light zone from wire reports Baltimore More than 500 Law officers raided 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 known 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 quakes rattle Pennsylvania Philadelphia two Light earthquakes Shook 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 said. Reading 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 even 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 Angeles and threatening to use a British made Light anti Armour weapon or Law rocket against one of the company s planes Spence 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 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. Cool head helped girl escape suspected killer Pittsfield mass. A a police officer once told her to scream to attract attention. Her Mother told her to kick push bite or anything else to stir up a fuss. But 12-year-brd-Rebecca Savarese did none of the above when a stranger with a handgun ordered her into his pickup truck. She used her wits to fake out the would be Abductor. Rebecca a slight Catholic school Pupil with eyeglasses and braces did More than get away. She also gave police the breakthrough they needed to capture a Man they suspect As a paedophile killer. Rebecca says she in t tortured by thoughts of what might have been if she had got into that truck. It has t upset me she said Friday at the apart ment where she lives with her single Mother. My Mother she s having All the nightmares for Lewis Lent jr., 43, a janitor and ordained Church of Christ minister from North Adams has been charged with the attempted kidnapping of Rebecca and the abduction murder of a 12-year-old Pittsfield boy James Bernardo in 1990. Based on directions from Lent police also have been searching since last monday in new York s Adirondack mountains for the body of a 12-year-old girl Sara Anne Wood who disappeared in August. No signs of her had been found by saturday. Lent the Man suspected in child serial killings from new York to Florida reportedly has told investigators he has an alter ego named Stephen that makes him do bad Rebecca said she was walking to school alone Jan. 7 when a Man who scented to come out of nowhere stuck a pistol in her Side. I Don t even know Why i was t scared by it she said of the gun. I just was she played along walking beside the gunman for about 20 Yards. He forced her toward his pickup and told her to climb in. For Rebecca this was the moment to grow up. ". She had been warned about strangers by her Mother and a police officer who came to school last year. She knew she needed to avoid that truck no matter what. In a lightning Flash of maturity and Street Genius she faked losing her breath then bolted. The gunman who was caught off guard and left Only with the girl s Backpack in his hand jumped into his truck and sped through two red lights. For that Little moment when she said she had to catch her breath she took control Back said her Mother Christine Paoli. If she panicked for one moment it would be a witness caught a partial License plate number that helped police arrest Lent that night. She s a very Lucky and very smart girl said police detective Peter Mcguire. When she picked Lent out of a police lineup she showed no fear. It was like a a. I got you Rebecca said. Thriller for Young fans superstar Michael Jackson holds an unidentified child 100 inner City youngsters at his no Vyrland 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
