European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 27, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 stars and stripes thursday february 27, 1986 a Nae brought in from Pittsburgh lifts stranded dc-9 from Asbury Road in Erie a. The us air plane emergency Airlift skidded off the end of the runway during a snowstorm after Landing last Friday. Tif cyanide found in body of Man i and in nearby tylenol bottle Nashville. Tenn. A traces of what appeared to be cyanide were discovered tuesday in the body of a 32-year-old Man and in an extra strength tylenol capsule found in a bottle underneath his death bed officials said. Preliminary tests were done tuesday which Indi Cate cyanide is present metro Nashville medical examiner or. Charles Harlan said wednesday. But Westill have some confirmatory tests to make sure that s what s there. If we confirm that it is indeed cyanide then we have to determine How much is there. That will help us determine if the amount there is sufficient to cause death Harlan Laid. Obviously i have no comment. I just heard about i from you Johnson & Johnson spokesman Lawrence Fos Ter said Early wednesday in new Brunswick n j. We Vlcheck into it  food and drug administration spokesman Jack Martin in Washington said he did t know anything about the Case. We Don t have any comment at this Point he said. The slightly decomposed body of Timothy r. Green was found on his bed sunday night by police after several of Green s friends told authorities they had been unable to Contact him  Days. Police found under Green s bed a bottle of extra strength tylenol from Batch Apa 327, with one capsule inside said metro homicide detective Larry King adding that be initially rejected suggestions that Green s death could be related to cyanide poisoning. It seems awfully strange to me King said. Here Weare in Nashville when All those other deaths occurred up North. It seems very  Johnson & Johnson the maker of tylenol decided ear Lier this month to take capsules of the non aspirin pain reliever off the Over the counter Market after a new Yor woman died from taking an extra strength tylenol Cap sule that had been laced with cyanide. Her death occurred 314 years after seven people in Illi Nois died after ingesting cyanide contained in extra strength tylenol capsules. Police said they initially believed Green died of natural causes since investigators noted he had recently been through a series of operations and was not in the Best  but metro police chief Joe Casey said the investigation into Green s death was to be reopened. If cyanide is found to be the reason he died then obviously it s not a natural death. We will get Back into it Casey said. Harlan said Laboratory tests to be completed wednes Day by the Tennessee Bureau of investigation should show whether cyanide was the cause of death. 7te? f " different into of possibilities Here he said. Were not sure whether the cyanide got into the capsule after he had bought it and opened it or if it was done before then or if he did it himself. Everything will have to be looked  7 stateside firm finds White House paint hazardous to its Check Book Hartford Conn. Up the company that stripped old paint from the White House was fined $20,000  transporting it into Connecticut where the scrapings believed to Date Back o the War of 1812 were ruled hazardous  technologies which was hired to remove numerous Coats of paint from the executive mansion paid the Fine As settlement of a lawsuit  the state. The old paint and solvents used to remove it were Classi fied As hazardous because the waste had a Flash Point of less than 140 degrees stale attorney general Joseph Lio Barman said. The suit filed in december 1984 accused the firm of shipping about 110 Drums of paint waste sludge and liquids to store in the  state charged the firm with operating a hazardous waste storage facility and transporting hazardous Materi als without permits and failure to properly manage Hazar Dous  addition to agreeing to pay the $20,000 to the state Lieberman said the company also spent about $50,000 to meet the hazardous waste management regulations. 2 repairmen convicted of scam to overcharge widow $50,000 Chicago a two Home repairmen have Bee convicted of trying to bilk an 82-year-old widow out of noun ar., 44, guilty of conspiracy to commit theft conspiracy to damage property and criminal damage to prop Ron Norton 47, was convicted of the same charges by judge Fred suria after a Bench trial held simultaneously with the jury trial. Nearns son Willie jr., 18, was acquitted of All charges. Prosecutors accused the elder Nearn owner of Centra heating sales of arranging in september 1984  work ers to sabotage the woman s toilet rip up her basement sewer system and charge her $50,000 to fix a leak that required Only $3 in parts to  was accused of persuading the victim. Rose Rolek to sign a $50,000 work order. But Bank employees alerted police about a $25,000 withdrawal Rolek made and officers intervened before she handed Over any Money. Woman won t face charges in mistaken Rescue of 2 girls Columbus Ohio a a woman who thought she was foiling a kidnapping by rescuing two runaway girls from a police detective trying to pull them into his Carwon t have to face obstruction of Justice charges a judge Janet Leclair 32, was charged after she told the girls Torun and yelled  bystanders to Call police. That was when officer James Daugherty pulled out his badge and identified himself. Leclair thought the badge was phony went Home an called police to Tell them there was a Pervert trying to abduct girls. She then Learned that Daugherty was a officer assigned to the juvenile Bureau and had been track ing the two girls. Franklin county municipal judge Robert Wasylik Dis missed the charge tuesday at the request of the City attorney who said Fie acted with the approval of police and Navy officer found guilty of fraternization Newport . A a Navy com Mander was convicted tuesday of sexually pursuing enlisted women under his com Mand in violation of military custom bar ring fraternization Between officers and enlisted personnel. Cmdr. John r. Hollis 38, wearing his dress uniform showed no reaction As the verdict was read by the president of the All male court martial panel of six Navy captains. The jury which deliberated nearly 3h hours at the end of a seven Day trial found Hollis guilty of four counts of fraternization and one of adultery. The fraternization counts stemmed from his close social con tact with four women and the adultery count from an eight month affair with on of the four. Hollis faces penalties ranging up to nine Yean in prison two years on each fraternization count and one j charge plus dismissal from the Navy. The jury is expected to impose a sentence after a sentencing hearing monday. The defense which said it would Appeal the verdict claimed in closing arguments tuesday morning that the accusations against Hollis were fabricated by Over sexed women and military  conspired against him. The prosecution dismissed the defense assertions a a fairy tale and said Testi Mony from the women and others proved Hollis was guilty of conduct unbecoming an officer and a gentleman and failing to meet the Navy s Standard of morality  it . Evans the Navy prosecutor told the court martial panel that the Hollis Casenas the Story of an officer on the  Evans said Hollis sometimes in uniform and other times wearing dark suits open neck shirts and shoes with Playboy Bunny logos took the women out on dates to new port area bars where he kissed them in pub Lic. One of the women testified that she Hadan eight month affair with the commander. Hollis treated the women on terms of military Equality Evans said. This is breaking Down the Chain of com Mand said the prosecutor. Hollis told the women to address him by his first name an had sexual relations with them said Evans you cannot Check dignity and Honor and duly and respect at the Gate when you Check out at the end of the Day Saidt Evans said the government did not Parade before you a list of virgins but said the four women who All testified had no reason to lie. However defense attorney Stephen r. Mills told the jury that the women lied an that Navy investigators folded the testimony to get Hollis and Advance their Ca Reers. They got the facts together then the sat Down with the witnesses and fabricated the testimony Mills said. Mills said the women s stories were products of a Section of the Newport naval base he described As a Rumor Mill comprised of Over sexed women who had nothing to do but gossip All Day and talk about Chas ing men. Hollis. Whose wife and children live inner York was accused of having the rela Vossi from Decemb a "84 through augusti9oj, he was relieved of his Post in May 1985following placing of the charges. He was in charge of Navy pay and personnel in Rhode Island and Massachusetts