European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 7, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 6. The stars and stripes sunday february 7,1988 2 Brothers sentenced for we tech dealings Baltimore a stale sen. Michael b. Mulch Ell and his brother former stole sen. Clarence Mitchell Iii. Were sentenced Friday to 2ft years in prison each for taking payoffs to Block a probe of scandal plagued we tech corp. They were convicted in november of fraud and obstructing a congressional investigation of we ditch the now defunct new York based defense contractor. The investigation was led by their Uncle. . Rep. Parton Mitchell did. Michael Mitchell 42. Who was found guilty of two counts at wire fraud also was fined $7,000. He faced up 10 15 years in prison. Clarence 47, who was found guilty of one count of wire fraud was fined j6.000, he could have received up to 10 year in prison. . District judge Norman p. Ramsey said the Brothers besmirched the Mitchell name by bringing ii Down to the level of the Brothers arc sons of the Laic civil rights Leader Clarence Mitchell jr., 4 former president of the nation Al a act. Ramsey ordered them to begin serving their sentences april s. They could be eligible for parole after 10 months. The Brothers have vowed to Appeal. They reiterated that icy were targeted for prosecution by . Attorney general Edwin Meese because they Are Black an Reagan administration policies in Central a Bear Market Chicago department stare employee Charla so Riano arranges a display of Teddy bean in As sorted sportswear to promote the upcoming olympic games in Caluory Canada and Seoul Korea. The store and diner sponsors of the Pines Hope to bring in s4q million with he Sale of these fury mascots to Bane do american teams. jury found the Mitchells guilty of fraud and trying Sci obstruct an investigation of we tech by the House Small business commit acc of which their Uncle was chairman. The Mitchells admitted accepting j50,000 from we tech but said inc payments were for consulting work and Legal services. There was no evidence during the trial that Michael Mitchell a lawyer had done any Legal work for cd Lech. Parren Mitchell was not implicated in the Case an the government acknowledged inc Mitchells never actually tried to influence their Uncle who retired from Congress in january 1987. Upon sentencing Michael Mitchell was immediately suspended from office. The Date democratic Central committee will appoint a temporary Succes won multimillion Dollar government con tracts by claiming k was substantially owned by minorities and collapsed under investigations of Spiega tons of bribery and influence peddling. Also Friday a slate grand jury indicted Michae Mitchell on charges of bilking a Law client out of 177,417 from a life insurance guardianship account. In another unrelated Case Warence Mitchell Facea up to five years in prison and fines of $250,000 for his conviction on charges of obstructing a grand jury investigation of his alleged connection with a heroin dealer. Police sift clues in karate slaying new York api More than 90 tipsters have phoned detectives with possible clues in the extensive search for a martial arts expert who killed a Youn businessman with a karate kick police said Friday. Many of the lips seem to have some substance said chief of Manhattan detectives Aaron Rosin Hal. I feel we re gelling closer the family of 24-year-old Daniel Klagsbrun has offered a 125,000 Reward for information leading to suspect s arrest the attacker described As in his 20s, with i Bounder length Blond hair was wearing army style combat boots when he fatally kicked Klagsbrun in the Chestand face with both feel inc night of Jan. 24. Klagsbrun lapsed into unconscious Ness and was taken to St. Luke a Roosevelt medical Center. He died two Days later when he was removed from a victim who worked in his family s business had been drinking with about five other friends in popular bar on Manhattan s upper Weil Side. Klagsbrun s group got into a Brief verbal argument with a Young Man from another group while the other group was being ejected from inc bar. Rosenthal Klags Nin s group left the bar a few minutes later the suspect confronted them and challenged them to fight. Klagsbrun s group refused the Challenge but the suspect followed them when they walked away and con fronted them was during the second confrontation that Klags Nin was attacked. Stateside $80,000 awarded estate of misdiagnosed woman Washington a the estate of a deaf woman who died in the Home for the retarded where she had spent so years was awarded 580,000gy a jury hut heard testimony her intelligence had ran Mimeau Rcd because of her Superior court jury ruled Friday alter two Days of deliberations thai the District of Columbi violated the civil rights of Malik hog 75, who died sept. 27 in the aty s Forest Haven City was preparing to comply with a court order la move the woman to a group Home when she died. She wits Jusi put away deprived and forgotten for All those Yean said Barbara sos Nice an attorney for the estate. Psychologist Mckay Vernon testified that the tests used by the City in 1929 and 19jo, when Hoge was diagnosed As being severely retarded were inappropriate even then and that virtually any deaf person would have scored Low. 267 Antelope rounded up moved to Range near la. Horse Mountain Calif. A Hereof 267 pronghorn Ari Elope has been moved from Northern California to a Reserve near loan Geles As part of a program to re introduce the animals to ranges they Haven t roomed in europeans first reached California there were 500,000 prong Orrt on Elope in Testate officials estimate. California still has about 7,000 pronghorns but almost All of them live inthe state s northeastern Corner. California department of fun and game officials spent eight Days capturing the animals then trucked them 650 Miles to san Luis Obispo county. They will roam in an b2.000-acre preserve owned by the nature conservancy on the Carru Plain l40 Miles Northwest of los Angeles. The delicate looking animals stand j a fee tall with Black horns and a telltale while Patch on their Rump and can run is fail As 60 Tuph. Case of mistaken identity shocks Tennessee couple Jonesborough Tenn. A Terry l Brookshire is married 10 Connie s. Brookshire he does t owe Connie j. Brookshire s14,000 in child Connie s. Brookshire Learned that sheriffs deputies were seeking her husband she said she about had a heart attack."11 turned out to be a Case of mistaken identify. First Terry l. And Connie s. Brookshire live in Washington county in Eastern Tennessee. Terry s. And Connie j. Brookshire who were fighting Over non payment of child support lived Al one Lime in Louth county about 100 Miles began when the he uni county officials found Oul there was a Terry Brookshire in Washington , when authorities cheeked they found that social Security numbers names of children and birth dates did no match said Connie s. Brookshire. Officials Are still looking for Terry s. Brookshire. Deaf mute awarded $2.3 million for loss of Eye Minneapolis a a deaf mule Man who lost an Eye to a Stone allegedly hurled by a Lawn Mower was awardedj2.j million by jurors sympathetic to arguments that he Accident put him on the rink of being unable to communicate lawyers said Friday. With a deaf person their eyes Are god said Robert Carlo right sr., the lawyer for Mark Bailes is of Salem Ore. Mark worries constantly about los ing his one remaining Way of communicating with the outside attorney Jean Seaburg who rep resented the defendant bloc Mington based Toro co., said the company will seek a change in the verdict which was resumed wednesday by a District court jury. Juries just Don t award that kind of Money for the loss of an Eye Seaburg said. We be seen awards that big for quadriplegics but not for an Eye Seaburg said the jury probably Wouldhave awarded a smaller amount if Bailes were not deaf and mute. Bailes a deaf mule since birth wat injured at age 13 while silting on his bicycle in a Friend s driveway. Green fee away a Gardener was culling grass with a 1966 Model Toro Lawn Mower which allegedly kicked up the Stone that hit Bailes in the right Eye. Although inc Accident occurred i Oregon the suit was tried in Minnesota because Toro i Headquarters is there. Cartwright argued thai Toro was negligent because its Lawn Mower had what he called an open port that made it Possi ble to spew rocks and Sticks mowers with open ports have caused More than 2 million injuries nationwide he said. Seaburg. However said Toro s Evi Dence suggested that a Rock could not be propelled High enough out of the Lawnmower to hit Bailes in the Eye she argued the Stone must have ricocheted of the driveway something for which the company could not be held liable. The jury s award included $931,000for past and future wages lost some is 14.000 for past and future medical expenses 1500,000 for past and future emotional distress and More lhan$800,000 for pain and disability. Seaburg said in was the largest Mone tary decision against the Toro co. In personal injury v. Norton another of Bailes lawyers said Bailes is Tik Cly to receive Only about 5700,000 of the award after it is trimmed under a Minnesota insurance Law and lawyers fees Are taken out. Under Minnesota Law judges Art required to reduce portions of verdicts under a controversial formula designed to act rout the effects of inflation and the potential for earning investment income. In Cue involving Young people verdicts often have been reduced by Oregon Law applied the Case Likely would have been dismissed because suit cannot be brought in that Ilalue on products More than eight Yean old Seabur guid
