European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 27, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and stripes . Thursday january 27,1994 m ,.v it 5.it Ltd a pm piffle it it Ltd it  s a a it by  in. We a <4 i a a for Quot ? v a a a a it y z it a e2�?o s8 Apple the dog poses tuesday in new York with an a Ray taken after she swallowed the 8-Inch knife. To remove Blade from belly new York apr if there a a championship for Chow hounds 9-month-old Apple unquestionably takes the cake of yes a did we mention the cake knife too humans at the animal medical Center Are still marvelling Over the Border Collie that swallowed a Large chunk of devils food cake and an 8-Inch knife a and lived to wag about it. A she must have a guardian Angel a said her owner Eric Fuchs. The Tail or tale began Friday night. While Fuchs was out playing Bridge Apple hopped onto the table and helped herself to a piece of cake. A a we re three men sharing an apartment. We leave things in weird places All the time a Fuchs said tuesday. A though Why somebody left a carving knife in the cake is beyond  one of the roommates Claudio Fernandez came Home to find that Apple was sick. Fernandez rushed Apple to the animal Hospital where a rays revealed the knife in her belly. A a it a really funny now. But on Friday night my head i thought it was going to explode a Fuchs said. A they thought she was going to  a pulling the knife out was kind of a sorry thing a said the surgeon Elaine Caplan. A it was just amazing the knife did no to slice through the  Caplan said the 33-Pound Black and White dog survived because she swallowed the 4-Inch handle first instead of the 8-Inch Blade. Apple came Home monday bearing a 13-Inch incision and lapping up All the attention. Already a she wants to play a said Fuchs. Apple Wasny to the animal medical centers first sword swallowing dog a Beagle survived a similar feat 10 years ago. A and i once pulled a whole Blanket out of a Doberman a Caplan said. Down store Gainesville Fla. A after stealing $22 and a Carton of cigarettes two robbers left a convenience store a then came Back and shot the clerk As an afterthought. The 1984 slaying and a rash of holdups led this North Florida City to pass a Law designed to make convenience stores safer. The Law requires two clerks on duty Between 8 . And 4 a.m., Well lighted parking lots safes that employees cannot open no More than $50 in the Register and an unobstructed View into the store. Police said its working so Well that it became the basis for state Laws in Florida and Virginia and about 260 communities around the United states have asked for copies of the ordinance for study. A a we be reduced convenience store crime 80 percent Over the last six years a police chief Wayland Clifton said. From a High of 61 reported convenience store robberies in 1986, the number fell to 23 in 1987, the year the ordinance went into effect. There were 18 reported in 1988, 16 in 1989, seven in 1990, 12 in 1991 and 11 in 1992, the most recent year for which figures were available. A i think it is a Good idea but my Boss does no to like it a said a convenience store clerk in Gainesville speaking on condition of anonymity. A having two people on definitely helps at  outside Gainesville City limits a 32-year-old clerk works the night shift alone because the City ordinance does no to apply and the store is exempt from the state Law because it Hasni to been robbed for More than two years. He said he is in Washington apr the department of Educ cation loaned $118 million to students in overseas medical schools Over a five year period without assuring the schools met . Standards for training doctors congressional investigators  was a result educationally under qualified physicians May be entering the mainstream of american Medicine a said a report by the general accounting office. As admission to . Medical schools becomes More competitive More american students seek education in other countries especially in the dominican Republic and elsewhere in the Caribbean. But the education departments procedures do Little to ensure that those students get a sound medical education according to the report released this week. Often the department merely accepts the certification by a foreign government information from the schools themselves or a listing in a medical school directory As evidence of Quality education. Even those limited standards however Are sometimes not applied the report said. A management problems. Have resulted in Loans being made to students attending medical schools that education has neither reviewed nor approved a it said. The department says it requires that schools reapply to participate in Federal student Aid programs every two years. But in practice the Gao found that in 1992 the eligibility period for 88 of 91 approved foreign medical schools had expired. And the departments a Lack of enforcement effectiveness led to its approving four foreign schools for Federal financial support after . State medical boards had disapproved them the Gao said. The problems continue despite the Gao a efforts to Point them out in 1980 and again in 1985, the Agency said. Radical Larouche leaves prison plans to seek presidency again Rochester Minn. Apr political extremist Lyndon Larouche was released from prison wednesday after serving five years for fraud and said he would run for president in 1996. Larouche left the Federal medical Center about 5 a.m., said officer Jill Kruger a prison spokeswoman. Larouche 71, served one third of his 15-year sentence. He was convicted in 1988 on 11 mail fraud charges and one count of conspiring to defraud the internal Revenue service by deliberately defaulting on More than $30 million in Loans from supporters of his presidential Campaign. On the eve of his release Larouche said he filed papers from prison to run in 1996. He has run for president several times since 1976. This is a Battle. We re now in the greatest crisis of our nations history in the 20th Century a Larouche told a sep to. _ the . Parole commission decided to parole Larouche after a sept. 29 hearing. Under his parole Larouche will be under the supervision of a Federal probation officer until 10 years from wednesday when his original sentence would have expired. Constant fear. A i am looking for another Job and i have asked for a Transfer into the City a said the clerk who also spoke on condition of anonymity. A it should be a state Law for All stores to have two clerks because i think two people deter  police agree and have the data to prove it. In studying holdups that took place before the ordinance a we found that 92 percent of the time there was a single clerk on duty during the robberies a said Pat Callahan planning and research coordinator for the police department. Both Gainesville and the state of Florida met stiff opposition from the convenience store Industry when they tried to impose the Laws. Business owners went to court to try to Block the City a proposal As costly and unnecessary. A the robbers Are not going to go a because you have a convenience is Law a said Victor Jackson executive president of Jacksonville based Champ stores which owns 530 store Florida and Georgia. It costs Lite Champ about $400 a w to add an extra clerk on a night is Jackson said. Lily Champ is instead c ing some stores at night he said. The state Law passed in 1989 amended in 1991, says stores must h two clerks on duty from 11 . To 5 a. Or provide a bulletproof Glass enclose for employees or provide a Secu guard or close the business at 11  does not apply to family businesses a stores that Haven to been robbed Sii mid-1989