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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 18, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday july 18. 1994 teens double suicide linked to Cobain death from the associated press Sayreville . A two teen agers despondent Over the death of Rock Star Kurt Cobain. Were found dead in an apparent double suicide police said. Thomas Rodriguez 15, and Nicholas Camperi 14, died from blasts from a Shotgun that had been locked in a gun locker at Rodriguez s House Middlesex county prosecutor Robert Gluck said saturday. Two suicide notes a indicated that they were depressed Over his Cobain a death a Gluck said. Interviews with relatives Aiso led investigators to believe that Cuba in a death May have prompted the suicide pact. Gluck did not elaborate. The teen agers bodies were found Friday afternoon in the basement of the Rodriguez House. The gun locker had been forced open. Cobain Lead Singer of Rock band nirvana killed himself with a Shotgun in his Seattle Home on april 8. He was 27. Pilot 3 sky divers killed Tremont City Ohio a single engine plane carrying three sky divers for an air show crashed saturday killing them and the Pilot. The Cessna 172 slammed into Trees just East of the mad River Airport about 20 Miles Northeast of Dayton said state police sgt. Steve  three sky divers had parachutes on and were preparing to jump in the third annual mad River air fair at the Airport said Craig Cochran who helped organize the show. The show continued As planned. Restaurant owner relents Merrimack . A a restaurateur refused to refund a $1,500 Deposit even though the wedding was cancelled because the Bride to be died. He changed his mind after the Story appeared in newspapers. A i personally apologize for any Lack of timeliness in the decision that was made a Mark Haseltine wrote thursday in a letter to Daniel Barretto. Barretto a Fiance Nancy Ogrodowczyk died in april after suffering an asthma attack. They were to have been married aug. 13 and had made the Deposit at Haseltine a restaurant Levi Lowell a restaurant. It was where he had proposed to her. Hasel Tirier a apology came after Barretto complained to at least two newspapers which published his Story. Haseltine called the complaint premature though he had earlier written a letter to Ogrodowczyk a estate calling the Deposit a totally nonrefundable As stipulated in the  he also had written that he would consider refunding part of the Deposit if he could Book a function similar in size and Cost for the Date. Parking fight turns deadly Las vegas a a Man who found his parking space taken by a new neighbor shot one Man to death and wounded two others police said. The alleged shooter Michael j. Burgess was arrested and booked for investigation of murder and attempted murder. The trouble began when Burgess arrived Home thursday to find that someone moving into his apartment Complex had parked in his space sgt. Parker Mcmanus said. A the became irate and they became irate and a fight broke out a Mcmanus  gunman pulled out a Large it Aliber revolver and shot three of the men. One died Friday. The other two were in fair condition at a Hospital. Police were seeking a fourth Man who May have been wounded in an Exchange of gunfire with the shooter. Finder of lost cities Dies Sharon Conn. A Walter a. Fairservis jr., an archaeologist and author known for locating and exploring lost cities died tuesday at age 73. Fairservis who went to work for new York City s american museum of natural history in 1941, led the first american archaeological expedition to Afghanistan in 1949. There he and two col leagues found the ruins of a Long forgotten Imperial City. He led a team to Pakistan in 1960 and discovered a ceremonial Complex that shed Light on the prehistoric inhabitants of the Region. Fairservis retired last year from Vassar College where he was a professor of anthropology and director of asian studies. He came to the school in 1969 to head its new anthropology department. A . The stars and stripes r Page 7 . Agency says Washington apr Young people Ages 12 through 17 Are the most common victims of violent crime in America being raped robbed or assaulted at five times the rate for adults 35 and older the Justice department said sunday. One juvenile in 13 was a victim of a violent crime during 1992, the year the statistics were gathered up 23 percent from 1987, when one juvenile in every 17 was a victim. A. A a. A these statistics Are disturbing and they Are compelling proof that we must get the crime Bill to president Clinton a desk a said attorney general Janet Reno. A the crime Bill a combination of policing punishment and prevention will give us the tools we need to help reduce this grim  the crime Bill now before Congress Calls for 100,000 More police on the Street a a three strikes and you re out measure to lock up repeat criminals and Boot Camps for Young offenders. A disturbing figures about violence in America Are released so often we treat them As if they were a Box score from yesterdays baseball Gripe a said rep Charles e. Schumer ., chairman of the House judiciary subcommittee on crime. A your country has to take Radical a Ion to counter our country has to taks Radical action to counter this trend of violence a rep. Charles e. Schumer  This trend of violence a he said. In 1992, there were about 6.6 million violent crimes in the United states and about 23 percent of the victims were juveniles. The rate was 74.2 cases per 1,000 juveniles compared with 13.9 per 1,000.people age 35 and older. Assaults accounted for 83 percent of the violent crimes against juveniles arid about 56 percent did not involve weapons or serious injury. But there were about 420,000 aggravated assaults against those 12 to 17 years  a a a a a these figures show that the nations Young people face a significant risk of harm Quot said John j. Wilson acting administrator of the Justice departments office of juvenile Justice and delinquency prevention. A the trend is sharply up and this is greatly troubling a Heartfelt Effort fails Jeff Foster a staff biologist at the Point Defiance zoo and aquarium in Tacoma wash., attempts to breathe life into a Newborn whale As another biologist performs cardiopulmonary resuscitation on the Beluga whales heart. Despite their efforts the biologists were unable to save the calf. A killer bees Bumble info fatal la. Trap by Nicholas Riccardi los Angeles times los Angeles a yes the first swarm of killer bees Ever detected in los Angeles county landed at the City Sharbor last week. Yes a Bee or two could have escaped from the 90 minutes of spraying by county officials. And yes the body of the fearsome Queen was not among those collected by the department of food and agriculture after the port Side massacre so there san outside Chance she survived. But Bee experts say its unlikely that there s really a killer Queen on the Loose or that there a any danger from the bees which hitchhiked into port on a dutch freighter. The ship has now sailed off to the san Francisco Bay area. A we feel at this time there a no threat a said Robert Donley chief of the county department of agriculture a environmental Protection Bureau. A a we re sure that 99.99 percent were killed a said Donley who did some of the spraying. A Queen on the Loose Southern California could mate with local bees to create a new killer Bee Colony. But even if the Queen somehow escaped the ship Donley said a the chances for her survival would not be very  nevertheless eight Bee traps were put up around the docks As a precautionary measure. Experts have been 0 preparing for a migration of killer bees also known As Africani Zed honeybees across the Arizona Border but this swarm came overseas. The dutch cargo ship Ned Lloyd Van Dieman left Guatemala on july 7 with the swarm stowed away in a Latch Hole. The Captain alerted . Agricultural officials that he had bees on Board As he prepared to Dock tuesday. Two members of the county department of food and agriculture met the ship As it arrived at berth 136. They suited up in protective garb boarded and started spraying. Donley said he was surprised at How Mellow the bees were. A a few were flying around a he said. A we were div bombed by a couple but Normal bees will do  after 90 minutes of spraying the bees were a a drenched and dead Donley said. Donley and the county a Bee expert bagged several bees for examination. The remaining corpses were left in the Latch Hole on the boat because Donley said it was impossible to reach into the narrow space to extract the bodies  
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