European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 25, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse Page b the stars and stripes . Friday november 25,1994 revenge blamed for . Slayings by the los Angeles times Washington the Felon who killed two Fri agents and a Washington police detective inside the . Police Headquarters tuesday was motivated by a deep hatred for police officials say. A Federal official said the gunman Bennie Lee Law son 25, who had a record of drug and weapons of lenses did not know his victims personally. Fri director Louis Freeh deplored this senseless violence aimed at Law enforcement officers who had placed self risk ahead of their own Freeh said in a statement that the nation can per haps finally learn there Are no longer any sanctuaries from deadly crimes not even inside a police he said it was dreadful irony. That the victims were part of a nationwide Effort by the Fri and local police departments to join forces in cooperative efforts against the worst Street crimes and drug Lawson died of an apparently self inflicted gunshot wound in his head officials said wednesday. Convicted of weapons violations in 1990 and Misdemeanour drug need treads for a tank see fort Ord by Kevin Howe Scripps Howard news service Monterey Calif. It in t quite the Mother of All garage sales but fort Ord is unloading the last of its surplus equipment in a series of sales beginning next week. The base s defense re utilization and marketing of fice will conduct a Cash and carry Sale tuesday through . 3. This May be the Public s last Chance to buy a collection of used tank treads or a Hopper full of hand me Down uniforms at the base which is closing Down. There Are More familiar items for Sale As Well including typewriters computer components televisions furniture Kitchen equipment filing cabinets play ground equipment and household appliances stacked in warehouses or lined up in the Sale Yard. We re supposed to be out of Here by Jan. 31," said Lupe Balderas acting chief of the re utilization and marketing office. We re going to try to dispose of everything. It s the last Elmer Mendoza property disposal specialist at the office said other Federal agencies get first Call on sur plus property and equipment then state county and City governments and finally schools and nonprofit organizations. Warehouses that once bulged with cast off goods now stand empty and the Yards that teemed with used vehicles heavy machinery and Row on Row of refrigerators stoves and filing cabinets show vast stretches of Bare Asphalt. It s very sad Mendoza said noting that he and the remaining eight employees at the office will be retiring or going to new jobs after the office closes. This stuff is in Good shape Mendoza said pointing to stacks of razor edged concertina wire normally used to fortify pillboxes and Battlefield trenches. So far he said no one seems interested in the tank treads. A Jumble of computer Monitor screens keyboards disk and tape drives some from the army sortie from the Navy along with mysterious items of medical equipment from the former Silas b. Hayes Community Hospital will probably be bought by a technician who can put it together and make it work Mendoza said. Monte Vista Christian school he said hauled away a number of aluminium bleachers once used at the Parade grounds for the school s football Field. On . 10, a Row of rusted army pickup trucks a scoop loader and a truck from the Navy will be auctioned along with the remaining property Balderas said. He said that anything left from the auction will be hauled away to other property re utilization offices. All sales will be final As is where is Balderas said. Felon had deep hatred for police officials say charges in 1993, he was trying to get Back at police who had pulled him in a month ago for questioning about a More recent triple slaying in the District of co Lumbia. But Lawson had no reason to be inside the police Headquarters tuesday. Instead he entered the building armed with the apparent intent of taking revenge against . Homicide police who recently questioned him officials said. He was unintentionally misdirected to the wrong squad room by other visitors in the build ing who did not know his purpose. The slain Law enforcement officers were members of a Federal City cold Case homicide unit that tries to solve old murder cases whose trails have grown cold. They were not the regular homicide officers located on the same floor who had questioned Lawson earlier officials said. Fri spokeswoman Susan Lloyd said wednesday that Lawson was carrying a Tec-9 semiautomatic assault weapon slightly larger than a handgun. It fires multiple rounds in seconds. It is among the types banned for future Purchase by ant crime legislation signed by presi Dent Clinton in september. Law enforcement officials said the threat of revenge from a crime suspect was a risk endemic to their profession. It s something you think about. How you pre pare for it i Don t know said . Officer Anthony o Leary who works in the building. In the usually Security conscious capital visitors to . Police Headquarters Are not required to pass through Metal detectors and often Are not questioned. But police chief Fred Thomas said he would review such procedures to see where we need to make \ v. Thomas added that because it s a Public building. It s hard to control Access he noted that the Sta Tion five blocks from the Capitol occupies one Wing of a municipal building where residents must go to apply for Driver s licenses and obtain License plates. One of Las vegas Many hotel casinos stands behind the shrine of the most holy redeemer. Pilgrims to vegas can bet on Church s coming through Las vegas a visitors to the shrine of the most holy redeemer often make the same re quest of the priest father will you Pray for me Towin .-.-,. I Tell them if it was that easy do they think we d still have a debt on this place i believe in the Power of prayer but even that Power has its limits said the Rev. Patrick Leary Rector of the $3.5 million 2,200-seat roman Catholic Church at the South end of the Las vegas strip. The shrine was built nearly two years ago to serve Many of the 29 million people a year who come from All Oyer the world to visit Las vegas most of them Bent on testing the whims of lady Luck. Four of the world s largest hotel casinos the Mem Gianiou Igor Excalibur and Tropicana Are no More than a Block away from the Church. In the warmly lit Sanctuary where elegant Bronze statues of the nativity the last supper and Crucifix Ion line the Walls gambling reaches right Down to the pews worshippers Are invited to put Casino chips in the collection plate. Now and then Well find a $500 Chip in one of the plates Leary said in a soft Irish Brogue. Chips can also be used for currency at the gift shop where a $5 donation to the building fund can get you a souvenir gaming Chip bearing the likeness of Christ. A Church worker makes a run every few weeks to Cash in the collection plate chips at the casinos. A franciscan Friar who once held that Job Andre be May was dubbed the Chip when Casino chips piled up at the shrine he would Exchange Disbrown habit for jeans and a to shirt and make the rounds at Casino cages. Be May has since built a sideline business out of making chocolate Candy and now friends Call him the chocolate Chip the shrine draws thousands of worshippers a week,80 percent of them tourists. Pat Downey and his wife Stella of Pasadena,Calif., were staying at the nearby Luxor hotel on wednesday and said they found the Church a convenient place for mass. You can t Gamble All Day Long Downey said. This is a Nice change. Religion is a part of our life. Just because you re in Las vegas you Don t have to give that asked if he Ever thought of praying for a Good Roll of the Dice John Kress of Saskatchewan Canada said anyone who thinks that is Here for the Down the strip the guardian Angel Cathedral another roman Catholic Church has served worshippers for decades. But with major resort opening on the South end of the strip the Catholic diocese decided it was time to build a Church close to the action. Leary a native of Buffalo n.y., took Over As rec Tor in july. It s been great fun. You see people from All Over the world he Aid. On saturday night they come All dressed up. I think we re getting the crowd that stops by before going out to
