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   European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 28, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and stripes . Wednesday. September �8,1994 16 More seized in sweep against Gali drug Cartel los Angeles the drug enforcement administration made 16 new arrests monday to Cap a two year investigation targeting the Cali drug Cartel. -.-. Two alleged ringleaders among 166 arrested in an earlier sweep pleaded innocent monday to charge accusing them of heading two primary Cartel operations within the United states. Yit  very very successful operation and we think it s going to have a very tremendous Impact said William Mockler who coordinated the de investigation. The Dea says the Colombia based Cali carte brings As much As 2 tons of cocaine into the United states each week. Alleged leaders Diego Fernando Zorro Salazar Izquierdo and Over Arturo Acuna pleaded innocent to charges of conspiracy land drug distribution assistant . Attorney Lisa Lench " said. Officials said cocaine was shipped from Colombia to los Angeles via Mexico then distributed to cities throughout the country. Woman says shark bit her Hilton head Island . A woman swimming off this resort Island was bitten from he Chest to her thigh by what authorities suspect was a 10 to 12-foot shark. Lioubov Kozar Inova of Gaithersburg md., was i Good condition monday. She should be of Friend Alex Grinberg said from Kozar Inova s Hospital room. The pain is not too bad now. She s been Given painkillers. She told me that it was a shark that attacked her but she did t know what  Kozar Inova had been swimming sunday about 50to 75 Yards offshore. Whatever bit her had a bite radius of 18 inches said fire chief Eddie Johnson. It was probably 10 to 12 feet Long and May have been drawn into the area by a nearby shrimp boat i "  r he said. It was typical of a shark attack. She was bitten then it pulled away and let go which is what shark usually do Johnson said. The last serious shark attack Here was in 1988,when a Man was bitten As he swam in Waist deep water.  ". A v Sadat grandson arrested devils Lake . The grandson of Chelate egyptian president Anwar Sadat was arrested at a Rural North Dakota Airport Over the weekend for vandalism and fleeing from police. Police were called to the devils Lake Airport saturday morning because of a problem with an unruly passenger on a great lakes aviation flight. Police said Haytham Al Sadat 19, apparently cutoff his seat Belt with a Utility knife during the flight. When the plane landed Sadat fell to the floor and claimed to be injured police said. They said that when they confronted Sadat outside the terminal he ran and threw the knife into ditch. He was tackled by police and taken into custody. Sadat was released saturday afternoon and was scheduled to appear in municipal court in devils Lake on tuesday. Vandalism and fleeing Are both misdemeanours punishable by up to a maximum of 30 Days in jail and a $500 Fine. Sadat spent the summer in North Dakota studying business at two Banks and an aerospace firm. Teen swapped at birth admits lying about abuse Tampa Fla. A Kimberly Mays the teen who was switched at birth accused the Man who raised  sexually abusing her for years then admitted she made it ail up authorities said monday. The 15-year-old could face a charge of filing a false police report against Robert Mays said Phil Ramer head of the Florida department of Law enforcement Stampa office which investigated the Case. She needs professional help Ramer said explain ing that officials have no Way of forcing her to get coun Selling. -. " Kimberly has spent nearly six years in the Middle of custody Battle Between Mays who had raised her since her birth and Regina and Ernest Twigg her biological parents.  once testified tearfully How she pleaded with Mays not to let the Twiggs take her away fro him she told a judge she wanted any ties with the Twiggs severed and finally got her wish in August 1993. Seven months later she ran away from the Mays Home in Sarasota to a shelter and last Spring she moved in with the. Twiggs in Sebring. On sept. 12, the state Law enforcement Agency Learned from the Sebring state attorney s office about allegations by Kimberly that Mays had sexually abuse her from age 7 until this past june Mays had visitation rights with Kimberly after she moved in with the Twiggs. V _. Kramer said he did not know when the allegation were made. State investigators interviewed Kimberly a number of times and began detecting inconsistencies. On Friday she admitted she lied he said. He said his Agency made the Case Public monday be cause news reports had surfaced that Mays was under investigation. Mays cooperated in the investigation Ramer said. He described Mays As relieved about the probe s out come but worried about Kimberly. He feels she needs help Ramer said at a news conference he is quite frankly concerned about her Well being. He is More concerned about her than anything  Ramer refused to Dis cuss details saying a re port was being turned Over to the state attorney s office for possible action Judy Lee a Legal assist ant for Mays attorney said he had no comment. Kimberly could not be reached monday for Corn Mays ment. The Twiggs Phon number is unpublished. The baby Swap came to Light nearly 10 years after it occurred when Arlena Twigg the girl the Twiggs too Home from a Hospital died of a congenital heart defect. Tests revealed Arlena was not the Twiggs biological daughter. Their search for their biological daughter led them to Kimberly who was born at the same Hospital within afew Days of Arlena and was taken Home by Mays and his wife who later died of cancer. Genetic tests confirmed Kimberly was the Twiggs daughter. She has been through an emotional hell rame  of ill military personnel new facility at Andrews fab Andrews fab my. A philanthropist Zac Hary Fisher celebrated his 84th birthday and the opening of his new Home for families of ailing military personnel with the help of 300 Well wishers including defense Secretary William Perry. Monday s gala with entertainment by Ray Charles took place in a huge tent set up at Andrews fab next to the 18th Zachary and Elizabeth Fisher House a hos pice for families of service members undergoing medi Cal crises. The red Brick Green shuttered two Story Home with a Marble entry Way lofty ceilings Well stocked Kitchen and space for up to 20 people Cost More than $500,000 to build and furnish said Fisher spokeswoman Susan Mclean. Each family pays $12 a night but the fee is waived for those who cannot afford it said Home manage Janet Grampp. The Fishers plan to build 25 such Homes at military installations nationwide. Like Many couples Zach and Elizabeth have made it their Mission in life to support their family Perry told the formally attired crowd. The difference is in How they define their family. You see Zach and Elizabeth define their family As the 314 million men and women of the United states armed forces and they have supported this family in a com passionate and Bountiful  although it was intended As a thank you and birth Day party for Zachary Fisher from the military air Force spokesmen said Fisher who never served in the military paid for the whole Celebration estimated by Forbes Magazine to be Worth $400 Mil lion in 1992, Fisher made his Money through Fisher Brothers a building and real estate investment Busi Ness he began with two of his Brothers in the 1920s. In the 1970s Fisher founded the intrepid museum foundation to save the aircraft Carrier intrepid from being scrapped in the late 1970s. He later created the Zachary and Elizabeth Fisher armed services foundation to help services Emberland their families. The fund provides scholarships and it also donates Cash to the families of military personnel killed in the line of duty $10,000, for example for the families of each of the 241 victims of the 1983 Marine Barracks bombing in Beirut and $25,000 per family for More re cent tragedies such As the 1989 Turret explosion on the battleship Iowa that killed 47 sailors. Spilling Beans on Bosses pays off for mobster new York a Salvatore Sammy Bull Gravano gambled that turning on his mob Bosses would out weigh his confessed involvement in 19slayings. He won his bet by a mile. On monday a Federal judge slashed 15 years from the 20-year prison sentence the one time Gambino family unde Boss had faced under a plea agreement. Gravano has already served almost four years. Considering time off for Good behaviour he could be released into the Federal witness Protection program next Spring. Judge Leo Glasser sentenced Gravano to five years in prison three years of pro Bation and a $50 Fine saying he has seen a very significant change in him and noting that he risked his life by testifying against other organized crime figures. Gravano 49, was sentenced for a sweeping racketeering indictment that accused him of killing three people Al though he has confessed to involvement in 19 slayings. Gravano s testimony took Down his for Mer Boss John gotta who had been acquitted in three previous trials. Gotti who was head of new York s powerful Gambino crime family was convicted in 1992 and imprisoned for life without parole. Gravano has been the most significant witness in the history of organized crime in the United states . Attorney Zachary Carter said in a 31-Page sentencing memo. The memo listed 37 mob figures including Victor Orena Boss of the rival Colombo crime family convicted in cases where Gravano Testi hed. Gravano also is supposed to testify against 10more mobsters Carter said. Those convicted included a police detective who served As a mob spy and a juror bribed to acquit Gotti in a 1986trial. As Gotti s most trusted aide Gravano earned hundreds of thousands of dollars a year from labor racketeering loan sharking extortion and his own construction company. He earned a Niche in crime history with his 1991 Jailhouse Deci Sion to turn on his Boss. His testimony was instrumental in convicting Gotti of racketeering and of the murder of Paul Castellano Gotti s predecessor As head of the Gambino family outside a Manhattan Steakhouse in 19s5  
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