European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 15, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday february 15, 1994 . The stars and stripes Page 7 shooting suspect linked to clinic fires paper says Wichita Kan. A a woman accused of trying to kill an abortion doctor has provided details linking herself to abortion clinic arsons around the country Over the past three years the Wichita Eagle reported sunday. In a series of letters to the paper Shelley Shannon provided details that suggest she was involved in sever Al arsons or knows who was. Her activities Are under investigation by the Fri and the Bureau of alcohol tobacco and firearms. / this could go on for some time. I figure at least six different states several places in some states she wrote in a letter to the newspaper. That s what i get for travelling hither and Yon doing this that and theother thing. Shannon 37, of Grants pass ore., was charged with attempted first degree murder in the aug. 19 shooting of George Tiller outside his clinic women s health care services. Tiller was slightly wounded in both arms and returned to work the next Day Shannon is being held in lieu of $1 million Bond awaiting a March 21 trial. In one Telephone interview Shannon said she decided in 1990 that violence against clinics was justified. In fact i think one baby s life is Worth More than All the buildings in the world she said. So As far As somebody bombing a place i came to the conclusion then that there was nothing wrong with that especially when you see the results like we be had Down in red Ding calif., where the place was closed for eight  the reference was to a june 1992 fire at a clinic there. In one Telephone interview Shannon declined to Tell the newspaper if she committed the arsons and said she was not worried about a conspiracy investigation. In december Shannon s 20-year-old daughter an i was subpoenaed to testify before a Federal grand jury in Portland. At the time Oregon authorities said Shelley Shannon was a prime suspect in an april 1992 arson at an Ashland ore., clinic. Federal authorities have kept quiet about their investigation much of which has focused on diaries and let ters found buried in Shannon s Back Yard in septem Ber. It s a very High priority for us right now for obvious reasons said John Mcmahon group supervisor in the Portland at office. Shannon told the newspaper that two confiscated diaries provide detailed accounts of clinic violence. She said that based on her diaries she believed fed eral authorities Are looking to see if she was involved in clinic fires at Helena mont., and Boise Idaho. Shannon s letters also mentioned the Redding fire As Well As clinic fires in january 1992 in Beaumont Texas and april 1992 in Fargo . She said authorities do not have her diaries from be fore 1992. Those diaries she said Are not any place where they la Ever find them. Those Are taken care of  four wheel dive when Dennis Salazar took a wrong turn at a Martinez,calif., housing Complex his  ended up in this swim Ming Pool. The Driver from Antioch calif., was trapped in the submerged vehicle until he was rescued by apart ment resident Chuck Mills who dived into the water and broke a window to pull Salazar out. Poll gives Robb Edge Over North Washington a Virginia democratic sen. Charles s. Robb holds a substantial Lead Over gop challenger Oliver l. North although fewer than half of Virginia s registered voters believe Robb should be re elected according to a poll published sunday. Robb led North by 53 percent to 37 percent among registered voters the Washington Post poll showed. But six in 10 democrats and half of All republicans polled said they wished other candidates were running for the Senate this year. It s definitely the lesser of two evils for me said Robert Moyer 66, of Linden va., who is reluctantly supporting the incumbent. Robb s not the Best but he s not the worst. Ollie North How can you be a sen Ator when you lied to the Senate North a retired Marine lieutenant colonel was involved in the Iran Contra affair and lied to Congress during its investigation of the arms for hostages Deal. Robb has been damaged by a Public feud with for Mer Virginia gov. L. Douglas Wilder and allegations that Robb attended parties where drugs were being used when he was governor in the 1980s. When asked whether Robb should be re elected 48 percent of those polled said no and 43 percent said  but when Robb was pitted against North his support jumped to 53 percent. James c. Miller Iii a former Federal budget director is competing with North for the gop nomination. Robb faces Sylvia Clute a Richmond va., lawyer in the june 14 primary. The poll was based on interviews with 748 registered voters conducted from Jan. 30 through feb. 3. The margin of sampling error for the Overall results was plus or minus 4 percentage Points. House Breaks through ice during move across Lake from wire reports Walloon Lake Mich. Thickly Frozen lakes easily support ice fishing Camps and anglers cars an pickups. I Ull sized houses Are a different Story. Victor Bruce of Petoskey was watching professional House movers tug his parents Home across Walloon Lake to a new lot saturday when the 2,400-Squarc-foot building fell partway through the ice. Bruce said the wheeled undercarriage of i beams that had been built under the House got snagged on a 3-Inch bump in the ice and slowed the House enough that part of it broke through the ice. Something that big you be got to keep it moving Bruce said. Although the or building movers Crew jacked the House up and got it moving again he said it broke through a second time. But the House estimated at 30 tons managed to stay mostly out of the water. Bruce said there might be some carpet damage but nothing major. The movers still hoped to have it off the Lake and onto its new lot. 86 flee plane engine fire Savannah a. Eighty one passengers and five Crew members were evacuated from a us air flight sunday after an engine caught fire As the plane was leaving the Gate for Takeoff. Flight 1881 from Savannah to Charlotte n.c., and Washington was about 50 feet from the terminal when flames were reported coming from the left engine of the dc-9, airline spokesman Dave Shipley  extinguishers in the engine quickly put out the fire but those aboard were evacuated As a precaution. Four people suffered minor injuries he said. Fare Deal turns foul los Angeles a taxi Driver got a fat tip for driving a Man to and from a Bank and that tip put his generous passenger behind bars. Police say cabbie Ira Goldberg was the unwitting getaway Driver for a Man accused of robbing a coast Federal Bank in suburban Granada Hills. Goldberg said he picked up his passenger at a Motel thursday took him to a liquor store then to the Bank and finally dropped him off at another Motel. The fare was $29.90, and the passenger gave him a total of $73.in the meantime police who knew the robber had Ridden away in a Valley cab co. Car contacted Goldberg s employer and tracked him Down. Goldberg directed officers to a Motel in suburban North Hills where they arrested James Thomas Traversino. Cardinal leaves Hospital Philadelphia Cardinal John Krol was discharged from a Hospital sunday after More than two weeks of treatment for dehydration that doctors said was caused by a virus and diabetes. Krol 83, left Thomas Jefferson medical Center in a wheelchair. Asked How he Felt he replied  Krol was admitted to the Hospital s intensive care unit Jan. 29 with dehydration and an elevated potassium level. Minimalist artist Judd Dies new York Donald Judd one of the most influential minimalist artists of America s postwar period has died at the age of 65. Judd died saturday of Lymphoma at new York Hospital said his son Flavin. The sculptor and designer began to make his Mark in the Art world while still a philosophy student at new York s Columbia University in the 1950s. By the Early 1960s, he was a Well respected artist and Leader of the minimalist movement. By the end of that decade his cubic and rectangular works had helped redefine the direction of postwar sculpture. He is Best known As a sleek sculptor who thoughtfully used space scale and various materials to compose his works. He was also a Tough critic who was Well known for his outspoken reviews in arts  recently Judd had been designing a Fountain in Winterthur Switzerland and a new facade for a Railroad station in Basel Switzerland in addition to his son he is survived by his Mother Effie his daughter Rainer and his companion Marianne Stockebrand