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To: paret who wrote (10335)	1/23/2003 12:46:44 PM
From: Bucky Katt	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 48463

More than 100 underage sailors from the Great Lakes Naval Training Center face possible discipline after Waukegan police caught them drinking at an unlicensed nightclub, authorities said Wednesday. "They were just a bunch of young people trying to have a good time who were duped into doing something maybe they shouldn't have," said Waukegan Deputy Chief Artis Yancey. "We'll let the Navy deal with them." Authorities said 110 sailors--all but eight of them younger than 21--and 100 other people were in Club ATOMIX when it was raided just after midnight Saturday. The Navy used several buses to haul the sailors back to the base in North Chicago, Yancey said. None of the sailors or other patrons was arrested, authorities said. The sailors were given breath and urine tests when they got back to the base, Navy spokesman Lt. Cmdr. John Wallach said. Any sailor found to have been using illegal drugs will be discharged, he said. The results of the tests should be ready in about a week, he said. "The Navy has a zero-tolerance policy when it comes to drugs," Wallach said. "They all know about this. The first thing we do when they [arrive at the center] is take a drug test." All of the sailors face a reduction in rank, forfeiture of pay and the loss of leave privileges for underage drinking and failure to prevent other sailors from engaging in illegal activities, he said. The club's operator, Adam Dukas, 30, was charged with possession of marijuana with intent to distribute, unlawful use of a building and 102 counts of contributing to the delinquency of a minor. Dukas, who lives in the 400 block of Besley Place, above the converted garage where the club operated, is being held in lieu of $25,000 bond. The two-story orange-brick building is on the edge of a residential neighborhood and has been the source of numerous complaints about noise and parties over the past few years, said Ald. Sam Cunningham (1st), who represents the area. The club had a bar, disc jockey, coat check, wet T-shirt contests and even a private VIP room, police said. Police believe the operation was part of a circuit of impromptu moneymaking parties put on by Dukas and others in Waukegan and elsewhere, including Chicago, for the last few months. Chicago police were unaware of the operation, a spokesman said Wednesday evening. Authorities are not sure how long the club had been in operation but said they believe parties were held there every few weeks, Yancey said. The club employed about 15 people, including security guards and bartenders, and had a video-monitoring security system, he said. Employees checked out visitors through a peep hole in the heavy steel door before letting anyone into the club. Patrons were charged $20 for admission. Brightly colored signs announced the midnight wet T-shirt contest with a $100 prize and a reminder to tip the bartenders. "It was quite an elaborate setup," Yancey said. During a search, police found videotapes made by the club organizers, apparently as a way of advertising the parties, he said. The club was also advertised by word of mouth, fliers and on the Internet, he said. Police found 14 small plastic bags of marijuana in the club, which they believe belong to Dukas, Yancey said. Cunningham said police were tipped off about the club as a result of a taxi rivalry near the naval base. Police said Dukas is a driver for a taxi company that drove most of the partygoers to the club Friday night. One of the company's rivals called police, Cunningham said.

To: paret who wrote (10335)	1/23/2003 1:21:06 PM
From: Bucky Katt	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 48463

FTSE falls for record ninth day The FTSE 100 index of leading UK shares has closed lower for a record ninth day in a row. It is the index's worst losing streak since it was launched in 1984. The FTSE closed down 55.8 points at 3,622.2, and is at its lowest level since 19 December 1995. This compares with a peak of 6,930 touched in December 1999. Over the last nine days, the index has shed almost 9% of its value. Worry over a possible war with Iraq was the main negative factor driving the market downwards. Not even better-than-expected retail sales figures, showing a 1.1% rise last month compared with an expected fall of 0.2%, managed to lift investors' mood. "The economic numbers and the figures from companies, even the most pessimistic would say have stopped getting worse, even if they couldn't admit they're getting better," said Stephen Ford, investment manager at private client stockbroker Brewin Dolphin. "War is dominating everything." Dixons, Abbey National and BT Group were among the biggest individual fallers on Thursday, dropping by between 4% and 6%. Mixed trading in the US At the point when the FTSE closed, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 47.57 points at 8,271.16. Cautious outlooks from AT&T, Caterpillar and McDonalds had cast a cloud over trading. Some positive economic data and a smaller-than-expected rise in weekly unemployment also failed to cheer the market. The technology index Nasdaq, however, was up 7.21 points at 1,366.69, boosted by positive results overnight from Texas Instruments and Qualcomm. news.bbc.co.uk