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Show 1 Page 4 Wednesday, November 16, 1977 The Berry 5 STILL OUT THERE Heist Of 1896 INTERNATIONAL Frankfurt, West Germany Terrorists threatened to blow up three Lufthansa airliners on or after November 15 and West German pilots were ordered to fly special missile-evasion patterns pat-terns Monday. Protective measures for Lufthansa Lufthan-sa planes also were in effect at American and other foreign airports. The terrorists' threats were contained in letters let-ters sent to Lufthansa and several news agencies promising to avenge three jailed anarchists who were found dead or dying in their Stuttgart prison cells Oct. 18, the day after German commandos com-mandos stormed a hijacked Lufthansa jet in Mogadishu, Somalia and freed all 85 hostages aboard. The Bonn government has ruled that the deaths were suicides but leftist extremists claim the three were murdered by German officials. London Britain's fire protection was left in the hands of 9,000 hastily trained soldiers with obsolete ob-solete trucks Monday when the nation's 32,000 firemen went on strike for higher wages ; Britain has been plagued by strikes and slowdowns for the past six months but the firemen's strike, described by trade union officials of-ficials as unprecedented, has raised more governmental rebukes than any of the others. Nairobi, Kenya Somalia has expelled all Russian advisors, terminated Soviet use of air and naval facilities at two ports and has broken relations with Cuba, the Somali radio reported Sunday. Once one of Moscow's closest allies in Africa, Somalia also ordered the Soviet embassy to cut back its staff and renounced its 1974 friendship .treaty with the Kremlin, the radio said. The abrupt actions climax a steady decline in Somali-Soviet relations resulting from Moscow's increased support of Ethiopia, Somalia's bitter rival. Somalia-backed insurgents are fighting in Ethiopia's southeastern Ogaden desert and Somalia clalmSj.Cuban. 5 troops are assisting Ethiopian forces." The Russians have been sending sen-ding arms to Ethiopia while, at the same time, cutting supplies to Somalia. Panama City Panamanian Chief of State Omar Torrijos Saturday offered to resign if his leadership leader-ship proves an obstacle to ratification of the Panama Canal treaties by the U.S. Congress. President Carter said he did not consider Torrijos to be an obstacle and the Panamanian leader later qualified his statement by indicating he might run for the presidency in an election. "If the senators ask me, I will sacrifice my political future," Torrijos said in a news conference con-ference to conclude a four-day visit by seven U.S. senators on a fact-finding mission to Panama. Seoul, Korea Thousands of homeless families gathered in makeshift tents in near-freezing temperatures Saturday after the worst peacetime peace-time explosion in South Korean history. Police suspected arson as the cause of the dynamite blast on a freight train in the southwestern city of Ira. Officials said 56 persons were killed and 1,348 injured, many of them critically, when 30 tons of dynamite blew up Friday night on the train parked at the railroad station. Nahariya, Israel In retalliation for Palestinian guerilla rocket attacks that killed three Israelis last week, Israeli war planes crossed the southern Lebanese border early Wednesday, hitting hit-ting hard at Palestinian strongholds. The air attacks at-tacks killed 87 persons and wounded 105, accor-! ding to Palestinian and Lebanese officials. It was the first Israeli air raid announced in nearly two weeks, and the first time the hardline government of Menahem Begin , has usedj military force since taking office in June. j NATIONAL ! Santa Monica, Calif. Daredevil Evil Knievel Monday was sentenced to six months in jail and placed under three years formal probation for beating a television executive with a baseball bat. Saying the punishment should serve as a deterrent to those who revert to "frontier justice," Superior Court Judge Edward Rafeedle added that he was "very impressed" by Knievel's refusal to plead no contest or to offer a legal defense for his attack on Sheldon Saltman, j author of a book on the famous motorcyclist. Knievel said he broke Saltman's left arm and : wrist with a baseball bat last Sept. 21 because Saltman "wrote a vicious book of pornography j about me.. and you write with your hands." New York The International Longshoremen's, Association, which represents dockworkers from Maine to Texas, Sunday reached a tentative agreement on a master contract with shippers serving North Atlantic ports which could signal an end to a six-week dock strike. Shippers and union officials expressed hope that tens of millions of dollars worth of cargo could begin moving by this weekend. But many merchants whose goods have been held up in the strike said they were afraid the end to the East and Gulf Coast dock dispute would come too late to salvage their important Christmas selling season. St. Louis Three bombs have exploded in automobiles in south St. Louis County recently, killing two persons and causing extreme apprehension ap-prehension among drivers in that area. Authorities say they have no motive in the bombings bom-bings but they believe the bomber is highly skilled in explosives and will strike again. A 30-man team of investigators has worked round the clock, checking out more than 160 fruitless leads and police have held a series of community meetings to help ease the terror that has prompted more than 100 calls a day from residents afraid to start their cars. Washington President Carter predicted Friday that "we will have a SALT agreement" and foresees negotiations for new treaties to further reduce nuclear arms and ban killer satellites designed to wage war in space. Speaking to a group of newspaper editors and broadcast news directors, Carter said, "My prediction is we will have a SALT agreement. There will be SALT II. We will immediately continue con-tinue with a SALT III effort... "We have proposed to the Soviets that we begin discussions on prohibiting anti-satellite weapons." The President's statements appeared to show renewed optimism about negotiations for a strategic arms limitation agreement. Nashville, Tenn. Police officials reported last Wednesday that more than 300 people were tricked into selling $2.3 million in stolen goods to an undercover agent in the nation's most successful suc-cessful "sting" operation. W ? Charles Lowe, operating under the name -"Nick the Greek," told thieves he worked for the Mafia and opened a bogus typewriter repair shop May 5 as a front and continued to buy stolen goods until Oct. 12 when the shop was closed. Engraved calling cards identifying the shop as C.T. & T., and including a phone number and motto, "We Buy and Sell," were distributed by prostitues. Nashville was the 25th city to host a "sting" operation funded by the federal Law Enforcement Enfor-cement Assistance Administration. "When you're sick or hurt, I can give you some old- fashioned attention!' Tom Ligare Mount Air Mall 649-9161 if See meforState Farm health insurance. Like a good neighbor, State Earm is there. STATI FARM INSURANCI Stale Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company . Home Office: Bloomington. Illinois By Denice Wheeler Reprinted from the Salt Lake Tribune Randolph, Rich CountyLaw Coun-tyLaw enforcement officials of-ficials the world over throughout history have pondered how some people turn to a life of crime. Why and when is the decision made to break the law or what event, or events, cause an individual to commit a criminal act? The answers to these questions were clear in a crime committed in 1896 which started in Park City, and eventually involved Evanston, Wyo., Randolph, Ogden, Kaysville and Salt Lake City. It all started with a cup of strawberries! Two young boys by the name of Fred George and Patrick Coughlin stole a cup of strawberries from a peddler ped-dler on the main street of Park City. The sheriff publicly vowed that the berry thieves would be severely punished. The boys stole a neighbor's horse and rode it to a sheep camp in Crandall Canyon about 15 miles away, with the sheriff and his deputy in hot pursuit. Exchange of Shots There was an exchange of shots and the sheriff was slightly wounded, forcing the youths to race to Wanship, Summit County, where they bought 300 rounds of ammunition. am-munition. From there they rode to Coalville, up Chal Creek in Echo Canyon and onto the Wasatch flats. They hid in a small cabin on Duck Creek just west of Evanston. Four lawmen from Evanston Evan-ston surrounded the shack during the night and opened fire on the boys at daybreak. Coughlin started shooting back, killing N.E. Dawes of Evanston. Constable Parry Stagg from Echo was killed in the crossfire by his own lawmen. The remaining two officers retreated to Evanston. The next morning 100 men, led by Salt Lake Sheriff Harvey Har-vey Hardy, left Evanston to comb the countryside for the "killers." The two fugitives by then had ridden over Monte Cristo and down Ogden Canyon. They were reported to have been seen in Ogden, Kaysville, and Farmington. The two boys were finally surrounded in City Creek Canyon in Salt Lake City but managed to scramble over the ridge and disappear once again. The following day, citizens reported seeing a pair of well-armed youngsters riding west. Toward evening the two dragged into the camp of the Third Term Mine, south of Grantsville, Tooele County, where they were given supper and then turned in to law officers in Grantsville. After the capture, the two boys stated that "it was the first they had been given a chance to surrender and that it had been 'shoot or die' at Wasatch and City Creek encounters." They both expressed ex-pressed regret that they had gotten into so much trouble. Randolph Trial Their trial was held in Randolph, and Coughlin was found guilty of murder and was sentenced to be shot. He was taken to Sage Hollow, a mile north of Woodruff, and became one of the first men executed in Rich County. George was also found guilty of murder but was given life imprisonment. He was released within a few years and lived an exemplary exem-plary life from that time on. The unique circumstances surrounding those crimes and the trial that followed has become part of Rich County folklore. Old-timers still debate the frightening ; and deadly events that followed the simple crime of S stealing a cup of strawberries. QAYAWAY f CHRISTMAS W 1 0 Sneeds I Hi Risers Motocross I Skateboards jjAccessjjries raois 2925 East 3300 South Salt Lake City, Utah Phone 485-3204 PARK WEST CONDOS SKI SEASON IS NEAR! Beat the Rush and Take a Look at These Custom Finished Condos featuring! oak cabinets c 3 bedrooms hardwood floors ' 2 or more baths top quality lighting and plumbing fixtures sauna in each unit AmenitiesHBHHHsassBEBB clubhouse c tennis courts swimming pool rental management programs available $67,500 TO $69,500 CALL COURT KLEKAS 364-5 1 04 ' or 649-8879 MEEKS-WIRTHLIN r. I would like to thank the people of Park City for electing me to the City Council on November 8. 1 will do my best to represent you in all matters mat-ters and to work for the specific goals that I discussed with you. Particular Par-ticular thanks to all of the people who worked so hard for me during the campaign. BOB WELLS |
