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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Tuesday, August 30, 1988

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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 30, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday August 30, 1988 the stars and stripes Page 25 Bruce Kimball enters plea of innocent Tampa a former olym Pic diver Bruce Kimball pleaded innocent monday to alcohol re lated manslaughter charges in a traffic Accident that killed two teen agers and injured six others. He also had his driving privilege suspended. The 1984 Silver medallist stood in silence hands clasped behind his Back As attorney Frank Quesada entered the plea before Hillsborough circuit judge Harry Lee Coe. Kimball is charged with two counts of Drunken driving Man Slaughter and three counts Drunken driving in an Accident with serious injury. If convicted he could face As much As 45 years in prison in the aug. 1 Accident. Coe set a tentative trial Date of nov. 14 and allowed the 24-year old diver to remain free under $10,000 Bond with no travel restrictions. He said he was satisfied that Kimball posed no risk of flight because he was present in the courtroom monday. The judge also said the High profile Case had drawn so much publicity that the whole country in a sense is watching  Kimball competed for a spot on this year s olympic team after the Accident but failed to make the squad. Coe suggested a driving restriction As a condition of Bond. Co defense counsel Lee Fugate said it would not be a  would be attending the University of Michigan this fall and working part time at his father s diving school and could get around either by walking. Taylor suspended for 30 Days new York a Lawrence Tay Lor the new York giants All pro line Backer has been suspended for 30 Days by the National football league for Vio lating the league s substance abuse policy the nil announced monday. The suspension will cause Taylor to miss the first four games of the season starting with next monday night s  against the super bowl Champion Washington redskins. Taylor will be eligible to return for the fifth game against the redskins at Washington. Ironically Washington defensive end Dexter Manley returned to Camp Mon Day after serving a 30-Day suspension for substance abuse. Lawrence Taylor of the new York giants has been notified that he has Bee placed on that club s non football illness list for a period of 30 Days effective today nil spokesman Joe Browne said. The action was taken after Taylor violated provisions of the nil s substance abuse policy. He has been instructed to remain out of the giants training facility until sept. 28." Browne would say Only that sub stances showed up during a recent drug test. Other league sources  was Dur ing the team s routine training Camp test. Taylor who voluntarily submitted him self to treatment for drug abuse in the win Ter of 1986, returned to have his finest sea son becoming Only the second defensive player in nil history to be named league map As the giants won the super  has been named to the pro bowl in each of his seven seasons. Taylor became the ninth player sus Pended this season for violation of the nil s substance abuse policy. Seven including Manley served their 30days during training Camp like Taylor it was their second violation. The eighth Tony Collins of Indianapolis was sus Pended for the season for a third violation. The difference according to league officials is that teams were Given their preseason tests at different times. Because the giants were tested later and the tests proc Essed later he will miss four regular season games rather than four exhibition games. Giants linebacker Lawrence Taylor will miss the first four games of the season. Up Browne said those tests Are set around the team s  that would mean that it was the giants who determined that their test was later than other teams. Those suspended during the preseason lost $500 a week the training Camp salary while Taylor making $1 million a year will lose $62,500 a week unless the giants choose to pay his salary anyway. Following new York s final preseason game Friday a 17-13 loss to the Cleve land Browns Taylor said i do be Lieve i be never been in condition As much As i am  soc disqualifies Myers Angel Myers was All smiles while setting records at the . Olympic swim trials los Angeles Angel Myers was disqualified from the United states olympic swim team sunday after testing a positive for a steroid in drug tests con ducted at the . Swimming Long course National championships in aus tin Texas the meet that also served Ashe olympic qualifying meet. She is challenging the finding and de Nying that she used steroids but the soc Board of review meeting in col Orado Springs saturday and sunday upheld the original ruling the los an Geles times reported. Myers who had qualified to swim the50-meter freestyle 100-meter freestyle 100-meter Butterfly and the 400-meter relay and who had a Chance to make the400-meter Medley relay team returned to her Home in Americus ga., sunday morning. Although the soc did not identify the banned substance Myers family is sued a statement saying that Myers had been informed by the soc that she had been de certified from the team due to the fact that her urine Sample tested positive for a  the statement which was read to re porters calling the Myers Home continued Angel and her representatives Are exploring every Avenue of Appeal that is available to her because we feel that the test results Are  Myers the statement said was taking Legal prescription for Ortho ovum a birth control Pill which has almost identical characteristics to the steroid the soc claims she was testing positive  in conclusion the statement said Angel denies that she was taking this banned steroid or any other banned sub  Mike Moran a spokesman for the soc said we stand by the integrity and Validity of our test. We have tested Over 10,000 people since 1984. We have tested thousands of women a significant number of them on birth control and we have not had this problem before. I m sure that or. Don Catlin and his staff were aware of the claim that Angel and her father were  Catlin runs the drug testing lab Atuila where the soc tests Are con ducted. Replacing Myers in the 50 freestyle and also swimming in the qualifying heat of the 400 freestyle relay will be Jill Ster Kel of Austin who becomes the first .woman swimmer to make four olympic  added to the . Team is Jane Jorgenson of Ridgefield conn., who will replace Myers in the 100 Butterfly. Dara Torres of Beverly Hills calif., who had already made the team As member of the 400 freestyle relay with a third place finish in the women s 100freestyle, will move up to second place and will swim the 100 for an individual medal also. Torres has been reinstated As the . Record Holder in the 100 be cause All of Myers swims in Austin have been disqualified. Myers a 21-year-old student at fur Man who had competed Well in both the Goodwill games in 1986 and in the pan Pacific games in 1987, still surprised the Competition when she won three events. She set records in the 50 freestyle and100 freestyle and also won the 100 Butterfly  
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