European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 7, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes july Black voting rights activists found innocent in fraud Case a a Federal court jury found three Black voting rights activists innocent Friday on All counts of the Justice departments vote fraud Case against them after Only about four hours of the jury of seven Blacks and five Whites had gotten the Case earlier the 15th Day of the trial in this land Mark City of the voting rights applause broke out in the courtroom As the jury re turned verdicts for Albert Turner his Evelyne and Spencer Hogue All of Marion in Rural Perry county and All Active in Black voting rights the Case had drawn the Jesse Atlanta mayor Andrew Young and other Black leaders to the defense of the so called Marion defense attorneys say it could have been a turning Point for Black voting rights in the the defendants were accused of altering ballots in an alleged conspiracy to boost the vote for local candidates they a Veteran civil rights worker who helped Lead the 1965 Selmat Montgomery voting rights joined the other two in collecting hundreds of Absentee ballots from Rural Blacks during the democratic primary last president of the Perry county civic league which fielded local candidates in the said he and the others did not alter any ballots without the voters the defense had labelled the Case a Justice department Witch paper rebuked for printing data on License codes Washington a the state department rebuked the Washington Post on Friday for publishing de tails of a new based on coded diplomatic License that enables the Fri to keep better track of foreign the Post said two letters at the Side of each plate identify the diplomatic Mission to which the plate has been it added that the Fri has been apprised of the coding for 18 missions that Are on what it called a special watch state department Deputy spokesman Edward Djerejian said the Reagan administration views with concern publication of the Post he said under International it is the duty of the Host country to assure the Security of foreign Diplo the United states relies heavily on the countries to help protect american and we do everything we can to assure the Security of diplomatic personnel he the Post was aware of the departments concern that publication of this mornings article would make it More difficult to meet this but chose to run the Story he asked for comment on Djerejian the posts managing Leonard said the newspaper decided to publish the Story because it didst reveal any thing not readily available to the average in a Telephone Downie said that anyone who took the trouble to stand outside the soviet embassy could see that the code for soviet vehicles is he said the Post gave the same comment to administration officials in asking the newspaper to suppress the said they were afraid its publication could encourage some people to throw stones at soviet had called several Black voters who testified they did not change their Absentee ballots and did not authorize any Justice department attorneys also said the allegedly altered votes were in elections involving Black candidates Only and that there was no racial Factor in the govern ments Turner was charged with one count of one count of voting More than once in an election and 14 counts of mail fraud stemming from the mailing of Alleg edly fraudulent Absentee ballots the night before the elec Turner was charged with one count of conspiracy and 13 counts of mail Hogue was charged with one count of one count of voting More than once in an election and four counts of mail each count would have carried a maximum penalty of five years in prison if they had been District judge Emmett Cox earlier had dismissed so other counts against the defense lawyer Morton Stavis of new York said the Case threatened hard fought rights by Rural Blacks not to be intimidated by government officials in the election pro he said it had a historic importance going far beyond the interests of an individual assistant attorney told the jury in closing arguments thursday that the voting rights marchers of 1965 didst go across the Bridge so Albert Turner could vote More than once in an hungry horde a photo an army of Grasshoppers with insatiable appetites makes Short work of a Corn crop in a Field near Farmers in the Midwest Are suffering heavy losses from the worst Grasshopper invasion anyone in the area can a Federal fund of million has been set aside for pesticides to fight the stateside 1 1 injured in attempt to make firecracker pipe bomb a one Man was killed and another injured in an explosion that occurred while they were trying to make a pipe bomb out of police Thomas and Paul both of apparently were packing powder from firecrackers into a Metal pipe or Container in Sinclair apartment when it blowing a Hole in the floor and shatter ing a police Sinclair was dead on arrival at our lady of Victory Hospital in authorities while Russillo was reported in fair condition at the Erie county medical Center after undergoing surgery for leg and Arm 3 other men receive shocks from microphone a Gordon hum and three other men received electrical shocks from an ungrounded microphone at a Celebration honouring a world War i none of the men was seriously Lionel Leblanc and Clement City Parks and recreation superintend were taken to the Catholic medical Center and later police a Friend of 91yearold Fred who received a purple heart during the had just finished singing god bless America into the microphone wednesday night when he yelled and fell the master of was shocked when he took the microphone to Calm the when Humphrey and Manchester mayor Robert Shaw grabbed the wire to free they were shocked and Humphrey was knocked bouncing Shaw off the Shaw was caught by a daughter of Stephen Foster apparently no match for dad a a Man who bought a Box of old Sheet music for is the owner of the Only known manuscripts of music by Marion the Daugh Ter of 19thcentury american composer Stephen unfortunately for Walter Leo Predmore the two piano pieces he discovered probably Arent Worth because Marion Foster was no match for her who wrote such classics Asoh Susanna and old folks at Marion Fosters Ruth two step and fairy tales have the wrong number of beats in some measures and jarring indicating a Youthful according to Deane a curator at the University of Pittsburgh who verified their Marion Foster complained bitterly in her correspondence that Little of her music was Ever Root she inherited no estate and made her living teaching she died in first cashless Slot machines of be fessed by vegas Casino Carson a officials of nevadas gaming Industry say there unsure How the Public will take to Slot machines that dont take the first cashless Pilot program is scheduled to begin this summer at the mint Casino in Las where about 200 slots Are being modified to accept a coded Plas tic card bearing the players amount of casinos like the idea because the Cost of handling Cash and coins cuts Down their state gaming regulators like the idea of better accounting More tax its our Contention that the whole gaming Industry has to go said Fred Collier of Kenilworth which is installing the we Start with Slot machines because they Are the most in need of and they Are the easiest to amusement Parks plagued by gang violence Santa up1 Security officers at Disneyland and Knotts Berry farm Are receiving police training in an Effort to eliminate gang violence from their family oriented amusement last month six people were stabbed and 21 gang members were arrested following a series of brawls during an Al night graduation party at the six flags magic Mountain amusement Park in the magic Mountain rumbles and gang related fighting last weekend near Knotts Berry farm prompted the training two teen discotheques were and crowds were leaving Knotts Berry farm when the fighting broke out last police Knotts Berry farm employee Michael Bonoffski tried to Stop the fighting outside the but he was beaten and knocked unconscious by at least 20 men As he walked in pretty sure they were gang Mem said the 19yearold who was hospitalized for treatment of a shattered facial the problems began inside the Park when several gangs showed up at two dance the fighting occurred outside the Park and involved about so some members of samoan and hispanic witnesses spokesmen for Knotts Berry farm and Disneyland have said the Parks do not have gang last weekends for took place outside the Park after it Knotts Berry farm spokesman Jim har Diman but Security guards at both Parks receive Gan related training from police police agreed neither Park has a gang but said the training of the Security forces is a preventive