The Reporter Dispatch from White Plains, New York (2025)

April 23, 1992

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The Reporter Dispatchi

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White Plains, New York

Issue Date:

Thursday, April 23, 1992

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21

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Latest News RDC Gannett Suburban NewspapersThursday April 23 1992 A3 METROSTATE Brewster crash kills one hurts one The Associated Press One person was killed and another se riously injured early this morning after a car collided with an empty chartered bus on Route 312 near Minor Road in Brewster Details were sketchy but Putnam County Sheriffs Department spokeswoman Suzanne Heller said a car driving west on Route 312 apparently crossed the center line during a curve and collided with the bus head on about 5:50 am A passenger in the car was killed and the driver was in serious condition at Putnam Hospital Center this morning Their identi ties were not released pending notification of family members Mayor: pay us in pebbles The Associated Press NEW MILORD Conn This top official expects taxes to be paid in hard currency but that means cash not rocks The largest tax delinquent has offered to pay the $500000 in back taxes with stones from his gravel mine But Mayor Liba urhman said no thanks object of our tax collection program is collect money not urhman said yesterday The mayor has instructed attorney Jef frey Sienkiewicz to reject the proposal Real estate developer Ronald Strol of fered the stones for taxes deal as part of a bankruptcy reorganization plan filed in US Bankruptcy Court in Bridgeport NATION Climbers saved from Mt Rainier The Associated Press ASHORD Wash Three New York City climbers trapped by a snowstorm near the summit of Mount Rainier were in good condi tion after being rescued by helicopter a Mount Rainier National Park spokesman said The climbers were reported missing by a fourth member of their party on Tuesday afternoon They were trapped by the storm near Gibralter Rock about 12600 feet up the 14410 foot mountain in southwest Washington After spending the night in a snow cave on the mountain with only one sleeping bag among them the climbers were found Wednesday by three park rangers Hentges said Rangers said the men made a basic moun taineering mistake that could have cost them their lives: they decided to descend from the summit by a different route from the one they followed up the mountain term: 12 Ilves The Associated Press ARMVILLE NC Convicted day care center child molester Robert Kelly Jr was sentenced today to life in prison after main taining his innocence and telling a judge have not done these Judge Marsh McLelland rejected a plea for leniency and gave Kelly 12 consecu tive life terms in one of longest child molestation cases The judge said there were no mitigating circumstances Kelly who owned the now closed Little Rascals Day Care Center in Edenton was found guilty yesterday of sexually abusing 12 children ages 4 to 7 Kelly 44 faced up to 40 life terms plus 590 years in prison Panel: Iraq had fewer soldiers The Associated Press WASHINGTON The United States and its allies faced an Iraqi military force that was less than half the 500000 the Pentagon claimed when the ground war to free Kuwait began a congressional report said today The report by the House Armed Services Committee estimated that the Iraqi force battered by aerial bombing had been re duced to about 183000 troops when the ground war began on eb 23 1991 The Defense Department consistently claimed during the Persian Gulf War that more than 500000 Iraqi troops were in the region The panel addressed the one major issue the Pentagon avoided in its 1300 page war report the number of Iraqi troops involved in the conflict But like the Pentagon it offered no estimate of overall Iraqi casual ties WORLD 5 rench linked to spy ring The Associated Press PARIS Several rench citizens have been arrested in connection with an espio nage ring operated by Russia in Belgium and rance judicial officials said today The arrests come two weeks after Belgi um expelled four Russians including two embassy diplomats and lodged a formal protest to Russian authorities about alleged espionage In rance the state counterespionage agency has arrested at least five people at least one on spying charges and is interro gating them the sources said Details about the suspects were not released Mine blast kills 1 4 on bus The Associated Press MOSCOW A passenger bus hit a land mine in the disputed Nagorno Karabakh re gion and exploded killing at least 14 people a report said today Six Slavic separatists meanwhile were killed in overnight fighting with ethnic Ro manians in the breakaway Trans Dniester area of eastern Moldova officials said The mine explosion occurred late yester day the ITAR TASS news agency quoted the Nagorno Karabakh defense committee as saying Some of the dead were children it said without elaborating Earlier versions of some stories may ap pear elsewhere in this newspaper Protesters back to Buffalo After arrests in suburbs Operation Rescue moves to blockade city clinic The Associated Press BUALO Operation abortion protests shifted to a clinic in Buffalo this morning a day after nearly 200 anti abortion protesters were ar rested for kneeling in the street to block the entrance to a suburban clinic About 100 abortion rights demon strators massed in front of the Erie Medical Center clinic and a similar number of anti abortion protesters were across the street Police strung rows of orange plastic snow fencing in the street where about three dozen officers were stationed to keep the two sides apart Another 20 officers lined the en trance to the clinic Police read a federal injunction over a bul lhorn warning anti abortion protesters they face arrest if they come within 15 feet of a door is not going to be said Mary Lou Greenberg of New York City an abortion rights demonstrator probably going to be the last gasp of Operation Rescue We draw the line here in Operation Rescue president Keith Tucci who had a prolonged screaming match with Greenberg outside the High Street clinic this morning said there could be more arrests this morning Eighteen anti abortion demonstra tors got into a parking garage behind the clinic and stood praying at two back entrances to the center for about an hour this morning But when police backed up a van and prepared to arrest the protesters they dispersed said an Operation Rescue member Jim Anderson He said leaders of the group decided they did not want the protesters to be arrested at that point know appointments were de layed and whenever we delay an ap pointment that gives a woman time to Anderson said hour one minute it could mean life for chil Isabel Marcus an attorney for the Erie Medical Center said no appoint ments were delayed at the clinic this morning The back entrance to the center is rarely used by patients Seismologist Dr Lucy Jones holds her 19 month old son Niels Hauksson as she points to the recordings of many aftershocks following an earthquake that registered 61 on the Richter scale Dr Jones said the chance of a major quake known as the could be as high as 25 percent within three days Is the Big One next? The Associated Press LOS ANGELES A strong earthquake shook Southern Califor nia damaging utility lines and de sert towns causing minor injuries and raising official worry that the catastrophic Big One could be on the way The quake struck at 9:50 pm yesterday and measured 61 on the Richter scale Buildings swayed in downtown Los Angeles and tremo rs were felt as far away as Arizona and Nevada and from San Diego to Santa Barbara 200 miles up the coast estimates of the quake's duration ranged from 10 to 60 seconds was a terrible said Mary Gibson of Desert Hot Springs were just getting ready to go to bed and the whole house just shook It felt like an As dozens of aftershocks rum bled through the region officials warned residents to be ready for an even bigger one But the risk of that happening diminished within hours The quake was centered 110 miles east of downtown Los An geles in Desert Hot Springs It was along an unnamed north to south fault in the mountains about five miles from the big San Andreas fault said Lucy Jones a seismolog ist for the US Geological Survey In Los Angeles ire Depart ment spokesman Jim Wells said there were no immediate reports of damage or injuries in the nation's second largest city Shaking was felt at Dodger Sta dium but interrupt a base ball game there Initial reports that the quake measured 63 on the Richter scale were followed by a warning from USGS to be ready for a 75 earth quake the so called Big One Jones said the chance of the Big One striking could be as high as 25 percent within three days Ex Mayor Marion Barry out of prison The Associated Press LORETTO Pa Marion dishwashing days behind bars are over The former Washington mayor was released without fanfare today from a federal prison after a serving six month sentence for cocaine posses sion were no crowds It was a typical inmate release" prison spokes man Ron Hamm said Barry was released about 5:30 am Supporters in six buses planned to join him in a prayer service at noon in nearby Johnstown before escorting Barry back to the city he governed for three terms "We love Marion Barry for the good things he has done for the city" said Betsy Tibbs who boarded one of the buses Another supporter said Barry had been singled out for persecution in a city full of crooks Barry was done Johnny Lee said is not the only person who has done a Where Barry was spending his first hours of freedom immediately clear At a room registered under name at a Johnstown hotel a woman answering the phone this morning said she know the mayor and said he was not there Barry was caught in an BI sting and convicted in 1990 in a trial that featured a videotape of him smoking crack in a hotel room He was transferred in January to Loretto about 60 miles from Pitts burgh after a' fellow inmate at a prison in Petersburg Va accused him of receiving oral sex from a woman in the prison visiting area Barry denied the allegation At Loretto Barry worked a regu lar shift washing dishes said Hamm He started his term at Loretto living in a dorm with several other inmates and later moved to a two man cell i ubbbt k3B i At Two Brown University students cheer as they are led from the office last night in Providence Rl About 200 students were arrested for staging a daylong sit in over financial aid problems Students protest at Brown Rutgers The Associated Press PROVIDENCE Rl About 250 Brown University students were arrested in a sit in to demand that applicants to the Ivy League school be admitted without regard to their ability to pay The university brought five charges against each student includ ing trespassing and disorderly con duct They were being released late yesterday after agreeing to appear later in court Rally organizer Leslie Paik 19 of San Diego met students in the police station lobby as they were released urging them to take part in a rally today "This is just a start We're not going to break down now" said Paik who arrested In New Jersey meanwhile about 40 Rutgers University students de manding a tuition freeze at the state school spent the night in the build ing housing the main switch board Six campus police officers stayed with them The protesters unchained them selves from each other at midnight yesterday but vowed to remain there until their demands are met bam Guardian Angels founder beaten with baseball bat The Associated Press Guardian Angels founder Curtis Sliwa was attacked this morning by three bat wielding men who jumped him near his Lower East Side home wear the red beret and the shirt and you are an immediate tar Sliwa said from Beth Israel hospi tal where he was treated and released the leader and on the radio even more of a target but that goes with wearing the red beret and the Sliwa 38 was attacked from tie hind at about 5 am at Seventh Street and Avenue A by three men who hit him with baseball bats and then fled in a gray car said Sgt Tina Mohrmann a police spokeswoman Sliwa who hosts a morning radio show on WABC with his wife Lisa had just left his home and was picking up newspapers before getting on the sub 1 way to go uptown to the radio station when he was assaulted he said 1 passed one car of four guys A car door opened up and a guy popped me in the head with a sawed off base ball Sli wa said he hit me a second time as I was beginning to fall 1 and then I dropped everything I had and started to defend myself as two more people came out of the car "There were no words Sliwa said "This was just bam bam bam and when you have a sawed off baseball bat a street He was released from Beth Israel with a cast on his left hand and stitches 1 in the back of his head Hawaiian plane lost Island hopper sent no signal The Associated Press HONOLULU A commercial plane that carries sightseers around the Hawaiian Islands disappeared with nine people on board while en route here from another island au thorities said Navy and Coast Guard aircraft searched the ocean for the twin en gine aircraft that disappeared yes terday during a 250 mile flight be tween Hilo on Hawaii Island and Honolulu on Oahu Island were no reports no days Lt Scott lemming of the Joint Rescue Coordination Center said Wednesday night we know is that the plane arrive in Honolulu and Eight passengers and one pilot were aboard the Scenic Tours Beech 18 tour plane that took off from Hilo Airport on Wednesday afternoon said Coast Guard Lt Cmdr rank Tabata Scenic Tours confirmed the plane was overdue but declined to comment further yesterday The search was to resume at dawn today and would focus on the island of Maui on the south face of the Haleakala Volcano Tabata said Scenic Toups has been in busi ness here since 1980 and three years ago had a airplane crash on Hawaii Island that killed a pilot and 10 passengers Curtis Sliwa 1 METROSTATE NATION WORLD.

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