FINALLY, SOMEONE WHO TAKES "NEVER AGAIN" SERIOUSLY (David Hill, The Bronx):

Rabbi, Olathe man cited in KCI dispute (MIKE RICE, JUDY THOMAS and HELEN GRAY, 4/19/05, The Kansas City Star)

A rabbi and a man wearing Nazi insignias were cited for disorderly conduct Sunday after an alleged fight at Kansas City International Airport.

Rabbi David S. Fine, 36, of Congregation Beth Israel Abraham & Voliner in Overland Park and Steven T. Boswell, 30, of Olathe were released at the airport on a personal recognizance bond. They are scheduled to appear June 22 in Kansas City Municipal Court.

In an interview Monday, Fine said he was arrested but was released in time to catch his flight to New York.

Boswell could not be reached for comment, but a spokesman for a neo-Nazi organization confirmed that the incident occurred as members of the group were leaving the Kansas City area after attending their national convention here. Boswell was at the airport to drop off one of the convention's speakers, the spokesman said.

The incident occurred about 5:40 p.m. in Terminal C when Fine encountered Boswell, who was wearing a red shirt with a swastika logo and a necklace with a swastika on it, according to airport police reports.

“I told him that he should be ashamed himself for wearing those symbols in public,” Fine said Monday from New York.

According to the police report, Boswell responded by calling Fine “unhuman.”

The report said Fine, who was wearing a black business suit and yarmulke, then threw a cup of coffee at Boswell and punched him in the face.