European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 9, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday july 9. 1987 the stars and stripes Page t Texas Mississippi killers executed 82nd, 83rd since death penalty reinstated by the associated prs a Man who killed a convenience Giorc clerk during a sep Nih Hery was be Fulcd wed newly in Mississippi s Pas chamber while n t ii Mosi the same moment the convicted murderer of a 711 year old woman was executed by inject lion intcx.15. John r. Thompson 32. Was pronounced dead at 12 10  nine rom pics after the lethal injection was begun at the Walls unit of the Texas depart ment of corrections in Huntsville attorney general Jim maalox said. Connie Ray Evans 21, was pronounced dead Al 12 22  17 minutes after officials Al the Mississippi stale prison at Parchman began the release of Gas into the chamber. Warden Donald Cabana said. The supreme court late tuesday re fused to slay the deaths of either Man and governors of Belli states refused to Grant last minute stays. The executions were the k2ntt and  in the United slates since the supreme court reinstated the death Penally in 1476. Thompson appeared to be sleeping when witnesses entered the death Cham Ber and made no response when Sud if he wanted to make a final , maalox said. Thompson was convicted of murder in the shooting death of Mary Kneupper. 70, of san Antonio during a 1977 Rob Bery. He claimed the shooting was Acci dental. He had spent he Day with family members and prison chaplains As he awaited his execution. Thompson was the 25th  inmate executed More than in any other stale since Texas resumed the death penal by in 1982. Two opponents of Tho death penalty had candles in a protest outside the Pris on tuesday night. In Mississippi Evans wailed through the night a Tew feel l Rynn the iras Clum  the supreme court ruling Civ. Hilt main refused in Block leans execution saying he had admitted Thi crime and thai ins rights had been pro let Ted. Evans was convicted if the if lbt shooting death of Arun i aha 2s, whom he admitted shooting in the head during a robbery that Nell cd him and an accomplice is -10. The accomplice who lest Ifird again of , pleaded guilty to manslaughter and armed robbery and was sentenced to 20-year and 25-Jcar prison terms but All but five years of the two terms was sus Pended. About so opponents of capital punish ent held a candlelight Vigil outside the governor s mansion at Jackson to protest his execution and enraged in shouting matches wish about i periodic a dozen backers of the death penalty. Earlier . District judge . Sunk1 of san Anu imn and the . 5th circuit court of appeals in new Orleans denied Thompson s request for a stay. At Thompson s parole Board hearing monday his Lauer Mark Slevens said i client had caused in problems during his 10 years on death Row. Thompson s Mother told the Huard that her son had had a severe drug prob Lem 10 Jears ago but has grown spiritually and every other  dul in a statement to the Board the victim s family described he option of a life sentence As a very thoughtless unfair and insulting question to ask us As a  on monday Virginia executed Rich Ard Lee Whitley for murdering a neigh Bor and sexually assaulting her Corpse. Whitley a a 1-year-old former House Painter went to Virginia s electric chair Al the stale Penitentiary after the supreme court denied a slay and nov. Gerald l. Balics denied a plea for Clem ency. John acis of Austin Minn stands in his front Yon among rows of White crosses which he placed there to mourning lost jobs up photo protest the loss of 840 jobs it the Ilo Mcl co. Meal Plant last vow in Austin during it course of a strike. Lexington bound jetliner mistakenly lands at Frankfort Frankfort by. A a Delta air lines Jet liner landed ill Frankfort s municipal Airport during a storm Early tuesday when Crew members mistook it for Blu grass Field near Lexington officials said. The Boeing 737 landed without difficulty and its 27 passengers and five Crew members were bused the 30 Miles to Lexington Delta spokesman Dick Jones said in Atlanta. The pilots who were not  by the airline were relieved of duty pending an inquiry by company officials Jones said. Flight 699, which originated in Dallas fort Worth made a scheduled Slop in Louisville and was to cab its trip Al Lexington Jones said. It landed at capital City Airport in Frankfort about 12 10 . Don Zochert of the Federal aviation administration in Chicago said the Oill was operating under the direction of an air traffic controller in Indianapolis shortly before Midnight when he was cleared to land in Lexington. Shortly after Midnight Zor Hurt said the controller reported he lost radar and radio Contact with the air liner. Al 12 10 ., another aircraft in the area contacted the Delta Jet. The Delta Pilot stated lit was on the ground bul did not know where Zochert said. The air traffic control Tower Al Lesin Glon is closed from Midnight to 6 . Zochert said the 5,000-foot runway Al the capital City Airport in Frankfort was considered too Short for the Jet to take offal night. Another Crew look off later Wilhoi incident and flew the plane 1o Lexington. Aids death rate the work was gambling expands in nyc judge cancels work release1 new York a aids replaced c3. ,._ Aid cancer As the leading cause of death Lor women age 25 to 34 in new York fit last year a City official said tuesday. Aids continued to be the no. I killer of men age 24 to 44 in 1986. A1, it was in 1985, said or. Stephen c. Joseph the City s Heath commissioner. He said aids killed 186 women ape 2s to 34 Lasi Yar. While cancer was responsible for j3 deaths of women n that age bracket. In i98s. Aids killed 17 women in that category while Caneer killed 122. Of the 1,100 women diagnosed Wenli aids in the City 80 percent were Intra venous drug abusers or the sex partners of such drug abusers Joseph said. New Castle a. Al a Man sentenced to jail for Drunken driving persuaded a judge to allow him to leave jail during the week to pursue his profession race track gambling but the judge later changed his mind. I Vegol to Tell you. This is highly  Lawrence county judge Ralph d. I Rall told Albert j. Mangino of me f Amle last week when he granted Mangino s request for a work re  Majino had submitted tax records showing that he reported race track winnings to the internal Revenue serv ice. He also submitted a letter from an official at Mountaineer Park race track in Chester  vouching Hal he is a regular Hector there. Dul frail vacated the older monday because there s no Way of overseeing the defendant to assure that he actually is working and because it would Sel a bad  his Secretary. Carol hawing said. I d Hale to think the action is because of the  Mangum s attorney. Anthony Kosciusko. Said. He said Mangino s Recti Ucol was based on a r fent supreme court ruling that More or less legitimized gambling As a profession. This ruling was the Onk reason a fell comfortable going in and asking Kosciusko said. He said Marino s i sift to return re ported track income if s2i,Uoo. Mangino pleaded guilty to a charge of Drunken driving and was ordered to serve 30 Days n 12 month in jail and pay a Jijoo Fine plus coils of prosecution he also must serve at least to Days in the Lawrence c Nunly jail on a Drunken driving conviction from neighbouring Beaver county. The two sentences will run consecutively and Mangino is expected to he released after serving the minimum