European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 28, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Monday. March 28, 1988 the stars and stripes Paga 7 Moke my Day gunman guilty in 2nd killing Brighton Colo. Api a Man who became the first coloradoan to cite inc state s made my Day Law Afler he shot and killed a neighbor was found guilty saturday in the unrelated murder or his estranged wire. David Guc her 35, showed Little emotion As an Adams Comly jury found him guilty in the death of his wife and he attempted murder of her Friend in March 1987, the jurors had Delict Rales for three hours. La made my said prosecutor Bruce Ocvin in a reference to an earlier Case in which thu Ensher achieved notoriety As the first person to invoke Colo Rado s Taw allowing homeowners to use deadly Force against intruders. The Law was nicknamed after a line in a Clint Eastwood film in which a detective invites a criminal to make my Day and give the detective an excuse to Shoal. Authorities dropped the charges against Guenther in the 1986 shooting death of a neighbor and the wounding of two other people on the basis of that jaw. He shot the three after his wife got into an argument with them on the genl hrs front porch. However a higher court later re versed that ruling tightening the Crite Ria under which homeowners could claim immunity from prosecution under the a. Guenther Hen was acquitted of All charges in the Case last fall Basing his argument on self de sense rather than the make my Day Rule. Levin who called Guenther a Mur Derer who can t keep his Story straight in closing arguments saturday said the guilty verdict was supported by the evidence and it was a just prosecutors said earlier they would nol seek the death penalty sentencing was set for May. Gun Thor s estranged wife Pamela was killed and n Friend Stanley Slin son was shot several Tinics outside a restaurant in Commerce. City on March i 1987. The gun thurs two children Ages 11 and 13, witnessed the shoot Ings and testified at their father trial. Gun Thor initially denied any involvement but later claimed he shot the two because he saw them kissing. Genl her s attorney argued he shot the pair in an act or passion and without premeditation prosecutor maintained the shoot Ings Erc pan of a pattern of threats and violence by gun Thor Aco inst his wife. Testimony showed he had taken mrs. Gun Thor hostage at their Home one week before her death violating a court order to stay away from her. He released her unharmed after a standoff with police that lasted several hours. Guenther was free on Bond from i hit Kincid Chii when hit wife Anil Stinson were shot. Aids treatment blocked by Federal regulations san Francisco a City health officials arc ready to begin clinical trials on drugs to treat aids victims but arc prevented by cumbersome Federal regulations the City s chief health officer told a presiden tial commission Friday. We could do Community trials we d be Happy to. We could get clinical trials with controls going Tomor Row or. David Werdegar director of the City s health department told members of the presidential commission on the human immune deficiency virus epidemic Large teak clinical trials that could begin at san Francisco genial Hospital Community hospitals and Ine University of California health science Center arc prevented by a National cooperative drug trial policy Werdegar called the National policy is unduly Long and Cumber some said Vverda git. Who Nic City s 4,5 4 aids patients will increase to As Many As by i9m. As our on projections show Only too Well time is of the essence he said. Former mayor Diann a Fin slain who also testified during the second Day of the commission s three Day stay in san Francisco urged the panel to eliminate the use of Placebo control la trials in patients with aids where possible. Science protocols must not be used to deprive individuals with these fatal conditions of possible Relief from suffering Feins ctn told the seven commission ers. She also called for National civil rights legislation aids hot line Joseph peace manager of he aids education pro Gram for the Pennsylvania department at health in Ilver Fasburg display a poster with the detriment s toll free hoi line number for aids information. Barring discrimination in housing jobs medical care and insurance coverage against people with aids despite local ordinances aids patients arc still summarily fired from jobs evicted from apartments and denied insurance when people learn of their conditions said fins twin who left office in january. Cities such As san Francisco which has spent �50 million since 1931 to fight aids More per Capila than any other City in the nation will not be Bulc to keep Pace with the epidemic unless Federal Grants to cities increase Fin std said. Meanwhile several blocks away at United nations Plaza demonstrators including Angela Davis joined supporters of the City s aids arc Vigil who chained themselves briefly to the doors of the old Federal building in a protest against a silent Reagan s response to aids. The Money that should be used toward an Enlen Sivc system of education around aids and toward development of a National health Jan for every single person is going into the War machine said Javis. A member or the communist parly of the Usa which helped organize the demonstration. Acquired immune deficiency syndrome is caused by a virus that damages the body s immune system Leav ing victims susceptible to infections and cancer to is spread most often through Sci Al Contact Needles or syringes shared by drug abusers infected blood or blood products and from pregnant women to their offspring. As of monday 57,024 cases had been reported la the National centers for disease control of those 31,836 victims have died. Spec a Salamander tunnels prove an Early bust Amherst mass. A a Lone Salamander made its Way through a Tunnel built to prevent cars from crush ing the amphibians during their annual trek across a Street in ii College Lown. It was an historic event. It was the first Salamander to to through a Tunnel Al on its own Shutesbury school teacher Ken Lindsay said Friday. But 39 other salamanders bypassed the tunnels to the dismay of onlookers. Fifty people turned out on a drizzly night to watch the salamanders Cross Henry Street to reach a Breeding Pond a route that results in death for Many of the creatures each Spring. The watchers ended up barricading lie Street and carrying about 40 of the struggling yellow spotted amphibians across the Road. Shouts went up when the Lone Sala Mander was discovered crawling along a Fence leading to one of the tunnels. The creature made it through in 5 min utes 20 seconds said Lindsay who lives about a mile from the Street. The Salamander tunnels were in stalled after a Public outcry Over the amphibians plight. Local naturalist Robert Winston persuaded Lown officials id close the Street last year until All the salamanders had emerged from their underground Hiber nation to make the nighttime trek during warm Rains which usually takes a week. The three 19-Inch-Hijh tunnels Fpo Lymor Concrete were donated by ago polymer products of Cleveland and in stalled in november for about 12,000. Volunteers reeled fences in january to guide the salamanders to the tunnels. The fences failed their first test but townspeople said it was too Early to Tell How the Experiment would fare. There were very few salamanders out probably because there s not enough of a saturation rate yet to Rouse the rest of the population said Lindsay. The town s superintendent of Public works said he is in the process of hanging the crossing signs designed by Shutes Bury fourth grader Rachel Mackintosh. Crowd taunts As Chambers leaves for prison new York not As protesters neighbors reporters and the curious looked on in a soft steady rain Robert e. Chambersjr. Left his Home saturday stepped into a Black Cadillac and headed off to jail. At exactly 10 . Chambers wearing Green Khaki pants and an Irish knit sweater came out of a manhat Tan town House Al 11 East 90th Street where his parents have an apartment. With the Aid of his defense lawyer. Jack t. Lilman and several police officers. Chambers his face Ashen and expressionless moved through a crowd of about 75 spectators As Many shouted in unison murderer murderer eight of Chambers friends were on the roof of the four Story town House watching the scene in silence about 25 members of the guardian Angels sporting their trademark red berets were also chanting Cham Bers Chambers have you heard it s time for you to do the Bird and hikers Island the Guardi an Angels an anti crime group had backed the prosecution in the Case. Lilman got in the Driver s scat of the Cadillac while Chambers 21, entered the Back Seal with another de sense lawyer Roger Stavis. Chambers who pleaded guilty on Friday 10 first degree manslaughter in the death of Jennifer Levin faces a Pris on term of five to 5 years. Several of he friends on the roof were in the courtroom late Friday after Timon some distraught and others tearful As Chambers admitted to Justice Howard e. Bell that he had intended to cause Levin serious physical injury thus reversing his position that he Hod kilted her by Accident. Chambers arrived at the Manhattan House of detention at 10 20. There he was taken into protective custody and processed before heading to a Hospital on hikers Island where he Wassgr Gatea from the other prisoners. Chambers will May Al hikers until april is when Justice Bell is to sentence him formally. He Wili then be moved to a state prison. Al the detention Center Chambers remained silent but his lawyer Litman. Told reporters All i can say right now is thai what occurred the prosecution agreed to this arrangement confirmed what we had been saying All along that this was nol and never has been a murder Case
