European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 24, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 20 stars and stripes april 24 2007 Page 21 Spain recognizes tribes sovereignty Elpaso tigua leaders have accepted a Cane of authority from the Spanish government As part of a symbolic gesture recognizing the tribes sovereignty during a ceremony at the Ysleta Del sur mis Sion Spanish ambassador to the United states Carlos Westendorp passed the Baston or Cane to tribal chief Santiago busta Mante this ceremony Here is a reaffirmation of that authority the King gave to the Ysleta Del sur Pueblo tigua gov Art Senclair said the Ysleta Del sur Pueblo lived near Albuquerque in 1682 but the tribe was overtaken by the Spanish during the Pueblo revolt and forced to move they received an original Cane of authority from Spain in 1751 Board wants life ban for principal in sex tape Lynwood a school Board has taken the first Steps to bar a former principal secretly videotaped having sex with one of his teachers from working at any Illinois school the Sandridge District 172 school Board voted to file a com plaint demanding that Cook county education officials suspend Prin Cipal Leroy Coleman teaching and administrative certificates after that school officials would ask the state to permanently re Voke his certificates the Board said it might also seek the same penalties against the teacher who appeared in the video tape Janet Lofton Coleman and Lofton have re signed teachers aide Anjala Reed also resigned after the superintendent contacted her about allegations that she appears on a Sepa rate portion of the tape hugging and touching Coleman Man 50 critical after setting himself on fire Long Beach a Man set himself on fire inside City Hall and was in critical but Sta ble condition at a Hospital police said Shaouy Nguyen 50 of Fountain Valley walked into the building lobby approached an information desk and set himself ablaze police said police dont know How he set the fire but a Security guard who tack led the Man and extinguished the fire reported smelling gasoline Nguyen had Burns Over 20 per cent of his body police sgt Dina Zapalski said the Security guard suffered minor Burns to his hand she said reservation is raided in drug and gun probe Melville fed up with illegal drug and gun Deal ing by members of their own tribe Shinn Ecock leaders invited police to launch an investigation that authorities said culminated in an unusual High powered raid that broke up a major narcotics distribution network the Early morning raid by suf Folk county detectives state troop ers Federal drug enforcement administration and secret service agents resulted in 14 arrests in american Roundup eluding the son of tribal trustee Lance a Gumbs according to state police police seized four vehicles eight handguns eight rifles eight shot guns and along with Mari Juana heroin crack and drug paraphernalia authorities said they also confiscated a computer and Fiat screen Monitor jury awards million to Man beaten dumped jury awarded million to a Black Man who suffered permanent brain damage after being beaten and dumped in a Field by four White men in 2003 Billy Ray Johnson 46 lives in a nursing Home because of the injuries he suffered in the beating in the criminal Case the men accused of assaulting him were fined and sentenced to probation and jail time but none served More than 60 Days behind bars in a fou Day civil trial in District court jurors found James Cory Hicks and Christopher Colt Amox responsible for Johnsons in juries defendants Dallas Chad Wick Stone and John Wesley Owens previously reached confidential settlements attorneys said mayor uses ceremony to protest Gay Union ban Madison the mayor and half the City Council denounced Wisconsin new ban on colourful cardio a Jogger runs under Cherry Trees on a warm afternoon in Philadel phia Gay marriage by add ing a strongly worded statement to their oath of office mayor Dave Cieslewicz and 20 City Council members elected april 3 raised their right hands and vowed to uphold the state and Federal constitutions and the City charter during a midday ceremony at City Hall but then Cieslewicz and 10 Council members signed a statement saying they took the oath under protest because the ban approved by 59 percent of voters in november besmirched our Constitution they vowed to work to minimize the bans Impact and overturn it in the future thief nabs Piggy Bank with from counter Lincoln this Little Piggy had its rightful owner now has none a Pink Ceramic Piggy Bank filled with quarters Dollar coins and some Bills was stolen from the counter of the smokehouse Deli the owner reported the 8inch tall pig weighed about 30 pounds and was filled about Halfway with personal change owner Beth Borgmann said Lincoln police had no suspects capt Genelle Moore said Borgmann said she had spent be tween one and a half and two years avidly filling the Bank she had planned to visit the Bay islands of Honduras where she has a House she said court rejects blocking citizenship voter Rule a Federal appeals court rejected an at tempt to halt enforcement of an Arizona Law that requires voters to show identification before casting a ballot and submit proof of citizen ship when registering to vote the 9th us circuit court of appeals upheld a trial judges refusal last year to Block the requirement while a Legal Challenge awaits trial in Federal court in Phoenix now we know we get to enforce the Law while the lawsuit is Pend ing state solicitor general Mary Ogrady said the 2004 Law requires that Vot ers at polling places produce gov Enmen issued picture id or two pieces of other no photo identification specified by the Law other parts of the Law dealt with in Eligi bitty of illegal immigrants to receive some government services and benefits court no Rule broken in travel contract Case Madison a Federal appeals court explained the reasons it freed a state worker from prison in a Case that has Fig ured into a congressional investigation of fired us attorneys the 7th circuit court of appeals said that department of administration purchasing official Georgia Thompson Likely used political considerations to help Adelman travel group win a state contract but that want a crime Thompson 57 served four months of an 18month sentence in an Illinois prison before the appeals court took the unusual step of ordering her immediately freed from prison after hearing Oral arguments april 5 smoke on the water River from Louisville by smoke fills the air from fireworks during Thunder Over Louis Ville As seen from the Indiana Side of the Ohio River across the bikers heaven some of the More than thirty classic motorcycles that were sold at auction in Marshall Texas after 30 years of collecting Gene Ponder auctioned off his Exten Sive collection of cars motorcycles and models estimated at More than million furry mend Aaliyah Dilliard 4 interacts with a Llama at Hatcher gardens in Spartanburg so which celebrated Earth Day with events games and Booths set up to help people learn More about animals and nature footloose competitors in the seven mile Bridge run race across the longest of 43 spans that make up the Florida keys overseas Highway near Marathon Fla the annual race attracted 1500 runners you talk to the Phillie Phanatia gets in the face of Wagner trophies Catcher Kurtis min Ster Between innings of a Little league game in Bloomsburg a the Phillie Phanatia was in town As part of opening Day festivities fish in Ernest Burton left and Permell Siffel of Florence by fish in Camp Ernst Lake Zibil Lilg in Berington by temperatures reached into the 70s foreign Moth quarantine imposed in five counties san Francisco state agricultural authorities have expanded their efforts to Stop the spread of a voracious austra Lian Moth by imposing a quaran Tine on the hundreds of plants the pest eats in a five county Region the Light Brown Apple Moth which feeds on everything from grapes to eucalyptus Trees was spotted in the san Francisco Bay area on feb 27 in what officials be Lieve was its first appearance in the Continental United states since then trappers have caught More than 170 of the invasive Moths the quarantine restricts the movement of More than 250 Host Plant species the Moth eats in a 182square mile Region in portions of Alameda Contra Costa san Francisco Marin and Santa Clara counties prisoner wrongly freed with bogus fax to jail Hickman officials re leased a prisoner from a state facility after receiving a phony fax that ordered the Man be freed and didst catch the mistake for nearly two weeks Timothy Rouse 19 is charged with beating an elderly Western Kentucky Man and was at the Ken Tucky correctional psychiatric Center in la Grange for a mental evaluation he was released from that facility on april 6 after officials received the fake court order it contained grammatical errors was not typed on Letterhead and was faxed from a local grocery store the fax falsely claimed that the Kentucky supreme court demanded Rouse be released Lexington police arrested Rouse at his mothers Home official no ferry funding until parking quiz solved Honolulu the City needs to find parking for a new water ferry service Between Malaeloa to Aloha Tower before seeking a million Federal Grant to fund it a Federal transportation official said the Lack of parking at Malaeloa pier could severely limit the ser vices Appeal Federal transit administration regional director Leslie Rogers said space adjacent to the pier is not currently suitable for commuter parking and an attempt to lease spaces at a shopping Center has been unsuccessful officials said the ferry service would link the ferry terminals with new shuttle bus routes serving Waianae Mak Akilo Kapolei Haimm and the University of Hawaii Senate bks moratorium on private toll roads Austin the Texas sen ate approved a Bill placing a two year moratorium on private toll Road contracts and creating a panel to review the terms of those agreements gov Rick Perry had urged the legislature to reject the freeze he said the states current transportation system which involves Public private partnerships to build toll roads needs to continue if Texas is to keep attracting big companies and jobs but growing opposition to per Rys proposed Tran Texas Corri Dor a combined toll Road and rail system that would whisk traffic from the Oklahoma line to mexi co have made some lawmakers nervous about the project Cin tra Zachry a Spanish american consortium plans to build the Corri Dor in Exchange for getting to oper ate the Road and collect tolls police arrest suspect in brutal City rape Case new York a homeless a convict has been arrested in the rape and torture of a co Lumbia University graduate Stu Dent who was held hostage for 19 hours Cut with a knife and left tied up with the bed set ablaze Robert Williams 30 faces at tempted murder rape Kidnap Ping arson and other charges Stem Ming from last weeks assault police said investigators said evidence found at the victims apartment and an Anonymous tip pointed to Williams the suspect also known As William Roberts has previous convictions for attempted murder and assault the victim who is nearing her degree at the graduate school of journalism was still hospitalized with cuts to her eyelids and other injuries two plead not guilty in youth prison sex scandal Monahans two former Texas youth prison administrators pleaded not guilty to charges they sexually abused in mates at the juvenile detention facility they managed the charges Are the most Seri Ous to emerge from the scandal that erupted after news accounts revealed that Texas rangers an elite Law enforcement unit had found rampant sexual abuse at the Remote prison in 2005 but prosecutors and the Texas youth commis Sion took no action the rangers report accused Ray Brookins assistant superintendent at the West Texas state school in Pyote and John Paul Hernandez principal at the jail of sexually abusing inmates Ages 16 to 19 both were allowed to Quiery quit their jobs in Early 2005 the indictments were issued More than two years after the rangers report was handed to a local prosecutor who has since re used himself Texas attorney general Greg Abbott has taken Over the Case some colleges Settle in student loan probe Albany new York at Torney general Andrew Cuomo intends to sue Drexel University in his investigation of Stu Dent loan arrangements that resulted in More settlements from colleges in Rhode Island and new York the Drexel action would be his first lawsuit against a College or University in the investigation Al though he has settled with Fordham University St Johns University and Long Island University in negotiations that avoided court action stories and photos from wire services
