European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 21, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 16 o stars and s tripe s March 21 2007 Page 17 War gear dispatched amid Antiwar rallies Tacoma a ship carrying 300 Stryker vehicles and other Mili tary equipment has left the port of Tacoma bound for Iraq after More than a week of Antiwar demonstrations port operations Are Back to Normal after the ship left Taco w a police detective Brad Graham said the eight wheeled strikers along with 700 other vehicles and equipment Are being shipped to Iraq in Advance of the 4th brigade 2nd infantry division a fort Lewis based Stryker combat team heading to the country next month War foes protested while the equipment was loaded onto the uses Soderman resulting in the arrest of 37 people since March 5 including 23 arrested for crossing a barricade or bringing backpacks into a Security area recovered sea treasure coming to to buyers new Orleans the Franklin mint has bought 360000 coins recovered from the wreck of Al Cazador a Spanish Brigo War that Sank in 1784 Dur ing a storm in the Gulf of Mexico As it tried to reach the Span is controlled Louisiana the Cache will be offered for Sale Over a Cable to shopping net work by the company which produces its own lines of collectibles fishermen discovered the wreck off the states coast in 1993 when coins were snared in a trawl Franklin mint acquired the coins from the salvages tales of shipwrecked treasure and dead mans Gold have always fascinated us said m Moshe mall Amud chairman of Auston abased Franklin mint the trove mostly consists of Sil ver coins denominated in Reales commonly regarded As the predecessor to the peso Mallamud said his company plans to begin Selling the coins next month on Cable shopping Channel ivc the coins have been desalinated cleaned and will be packaged in a display along with a historical Book wild Bison Are returned to states front Range Commerce City after an absence of More than a Century wild Bison were re turned to Colorado front Range in full View of Denver Skyline sixteen Buffalo from the nation Al Bison Range in Northwestern Montana were released in an enclosed 1400acre Section of a wild life Refuge that formerly was the Rocky Mountain Arsenal where nerve Gas and other chemical weapons were manufactured the release went very smoothly we would say this was a tremendous Success said Matt Kales spokesman for the us fish and wildlife service he said the Ani Mals were released in an area that had never been used for the Manu facture of weapons the 17000acre Arsenal is being cleaned up and transformed from a chemical weapons and pesticide manufacturing Center into the Rocky Mountain Arsenal National american Roundup wildlife Refuge woman gets prison term for having sex with boy Wilmington a sixth Grade science teacher who was accused of having sex with a 13yearold student has been sentenced to 10 years in Pris on Rachel l Holt 35 had pleaded guilty of second degree rape she sobbed in court As Superior court judge Calvin l Scott gave her the mandatory minimum sentence prosecutors had wanted Scott to sentence Holt to the maximum of 25 years she was initially charged with 28 counts of first degree rape police accused her of having sex with the boy that Many times Dur ing an intense we Klong affair she was also accused of plying the boy with alcohol and allowing him to drive her car citizens evacuate town after train ammonia leak Lake City anhydrous ammonia leaked from a Railroad tank car and the fumes led authorities to evacuate several Homes in Southern Lake City there were no immediate re ports of injuries the Wabasha county sheriffs office said the leaking car was part of an Iowa Chicago Eastern Railroad train operating on Canadian Pacific tracks Railroad officials said Lunatic Moon a waning Crescent Moon fades away As the Sun begins to Rise Over Terrebonne Ore the leaking car was moved three Miles South into an unpopulated area authorities said however the fumes kept building and the evacuation began other residents were urged to stay indoors court Grants mans execution request san Francisco condemned murderer who wants to die should get his wish a Federal appeals court ruled even though a dissenting judge said there were grounds to reverse the death sentence ruling 141 the 9th us circuit court of appeals said Robert Charles Comer could end a Long Odyssey of appeals and be executed by lethal injection for the 1987 Mur Der of an Arizona camper during a crime spree in which he also raped a woman after tying up her boy Friend in september a panel of the san Francisco appellate court ruled 21 that Comer was competent to waive his appeals but the majority said the court should review the claims lower courts rejected in reviewing the appellate claims Comer wanted to void the three judge panel upheld his conviction but found his sentencing violated his constitutional rights be cause he was hauled before the judge in a wheelchair nearly naked bleeding shackled and exhausted priest pleads not guilty to attempted murder Las vegas a roman Catholic priest pleaded not guilty to charges he beat and sexually assaulted a female soloist at a Parish office his attorneys said they intend to show that the woman and their client had a relationship beyond that of priest and parishioner no bail was set for the Rev George Chaanine 52 who has been jailed since his arrest feb 1 near Phoenix after nearly a week on the run he faces life in prison if convicted of attempted murder sexual assault and other felonies Chaanine accuser a 54yearold former Las vegas strip Singer and Church employee said the priest hit her in the head with a wine bottle groped and choked her until she began Pray ing and he suddenly stopped and fled apology nets rapist prison term Charlottesville a Man who sexually assaulted a fellow University of Virginia Stu Dent in 1984 and apologized to her two decades later As part of the 12step alcoholics Anonymous pro Gram was sentenced to 18 months in prison Charlottesville circuit court judge Edward Hogshire ordered a 10year prison sentence with All but 18 months suspended with the suspended sentence contingent upon William Beebe performing 500 hours of Community service re lated to issues of sexual assault and alcohol abuse on College campuses Beebe pleaded guilty in novem Ber to one count of aggravated sex Ual Battery for his attack on Liz Sec euro to Mindoro participants head to the starting line in downtown Jefferson City to about 250 re Ilikas runners and walkers braved the nearly freezing temperatures and heavily falling Snow to compete in the annual Luck 0 the Irish 5k sponsored by the Jefferson City Yucas follow the Leader a Snow machine caravan pulling sleds rides into the Sunrise on the Frozen Cherta River As a team of researchers of the Snow Star 2007 Al Skacan Ada Barren lands traverse prepare to leave on the expedition from fair Banks Alaska to Eastern Canada Stoa Stoa Jason ones25 practices Sac o cd by tidily group of friends at Drake Park in Bend Ore for Ipoh 11 icim pilots License in Bend Ore Mark Craig 29 sits next to his bulldog Tucker As he studies outdoors for his a Friendly face with the help of a Little paint this tree appeared to be keeping an Eye on traffic As cars passed by it in Dover by Whf f powdered Snow doughnuts Roll Down the l u Hucl cd Mountainside in Washington states North cascades pass near Miz Amma Snow rollers form when there is a hard layer on the Snow covered by several More inches of dense Snow according to Mike Stanford an Avalanche control expert with the state department of transportation morning Bliss lated up to 8 inches an Amish buggy draped in the Early morning Sun glow travels along a Snow covered Road near Strasburg a following a lat season Snow and sleet storm that Accuu City pays religious order Back expenses of new Orleans the Little Sisters of the poor Are a bit wealthier now a month after new Orleans officials told the religious order famed for their vow of poverty and ser vice to the poor that it would get the million it was owed Mother Mary Paul Wilson was finally Able to pick up the Check it seems like a Miracle Mother Paul said its been a Long Jour Ney the Federal emergency management Agency paid the Money to reimburse nuns because one of its faculties the Mary Joseph Resi Dence for the elderly in new or leans was used As an emergency operations Center after the storm but the Money had to go through channels first to the state and then to the City of new Orleans it sat in the cites coffers for at least two months the Money was needed to pay the More than million in Katri Nar elated expenses owed by the orders no closed new Orleans residence for Low income seniors report blames managers for letting Blaze grow june fire that led to the voluntary evacuation of the North rim of the grand Canyon grew out of control because of errors by fire managers and senior supervisors who let the lightning caused Blaze Burn in dangerous conditions a us Forest service report says the warm fire ended up Char ring 59000 acres on the Kaibab plateau Between june 8 and july 4 with some of the area scalded so badly the soil was sterilized the report obtained by the Ari Zona daily Sun newspaper blames supervisors and Kaibab National Forest District Ranger Jill Leonard for a series of mistakes including inaction when the fire flared out of control making Deci Sions on the Fly and allowing the fire to Burn unsought during the Peak Arizona fire season a spokeswoman for the Forest service said Only a few of the re ports findings relate specifically to Leonard who now is assigned to the Washington do Headquarters and that blaming her alone would be simplistic traffic cops Buzz Drivers with Leprechaun Wand was no pot of Gold behind the danc ing Roadside Leprechaun Only speeding tickets dozens of Drivers in the Orlando area found out the hard Way after passing an Orange county sheriffs Deputy dressed As a Leprechaun and warning Drivers to slow Down a laser Detector clocked cars above his sign Reading watch your Speed or it will Cost you your pot of Gold and several officers on motorcycles chased those who didst heed the advice Deputy Richard Lockman said police had been giving out about a ticket a minute since he was dressed in a Green Leprechaun out fit with a hat tight White knickers and a fake red Beard directors panel resigns in jail sex scandal Wake Austin the entire Board of directors for the states troubled youth prisons re signed following weeks of criticism sparked by reports that Agency workers covered up sex abuse of inmates the six member Texas youth commission submitted resignation letters to gov Rick Perry after recommending a Reform plan that Calls for stricter supervision and new rules on sex abuse allegations Perry spokesman Ted Royer said the commission has been in tur Moil since reports surfaced last month that employees had covered up allegations that two officials at the West Texas state school in Pyote had molested male inmates police link baby rescuer with inattentive car thief new Orleans a woman claimed to have res cued a baby from car Ackers at a convenience store but she turned out to be a relative of a car thief who had asked for help when he discovered a baby in the Back seat of the stolen car police said the baby Mother had left her keys and her 19monthold Daugh Ter in her 2006 Nissan Altima when she went into a convenience store in Picayune miss said sgt Joe Narcisse a spokesman for the new Orleans police department he said police in Picayune knew the alleged thief s name and Loca Tion almost from the Start he had left his girlfriends car behind when he stole the Altima new Orleans police found Corey rankins 24 Riding a bicycle and arrested him Narcisse said meanwhile a woman claiming to be a convenience store clerk called police saying she overheard car Ackers talking about a baby in a car she claimed that she sneaked the baby out of the car while the men were in the store this lady his aunt Shes not even a clerk there this is just the Story she and rankins devised Narcisse said were still pretty pleased that she did the right thing by turning in the baby he said Hospital system allows instant capacity tracking Pawtucket emergency workers can instantly track patient capacity in Rhode is land hospitals under a new pro Gram that been in the works since Rescue workers scrambled to find places for people injured Dur ing the station nightclub fire the we based program enables emergency responders and medical staff to Check the number of Beds in hospitals and Tell officials if they need to Send patients elsewhere officials Hope the system will help them determine the Best place to take patients in the event of an emergency the need for a better Way to track patients was apparent after the 2003 nightclub fire that killed 100 people and injured 200 More stories and photos from wire reports
