European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 14, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes sunday May 14,1989 computer consultant convicted of killing 16 by the los Angeles times Santa Ana. Calif. Randy Steven Kraft a soft spoken computer consultant depicted by prosecutors As perhaps the worst serial killer in . History has been convicted of murdering 16 Young Southern California men Between 1972 and 1983. Authorities believe Kraft has killed More than 40 men in California. Oregon and Michigan in most cases picking Young hitchhikers As his victims then disabling them with drugs or alcohol sexually mutilating their bodies and later dumping them along freeways. Kraft. 44. Appeared stunned Friday when the Orange county court clerk read the first guilty verdict. It was for Edward Daniel Moore who was killed in 1972 and the first of the 16 victims whose murders Kraft was charged with. Kraft s lawyers had considered Moore and some of the earlier victims their Only real Chance for acquittal. Relatives of victims broke into tears when they heard the verdicts involving their loved ones. Two of Kraft s Sisters and a Niece sat in the Back of the courtroom in disbelief. Judge Donald a. Mccartin asked Law yers in the Case to return on tuesday to set a Date to begin the penalty phase of the trial. Prosecutors will ask for the death pen Alty. The jurors Only alternative would be life in prison without parole. The verdicts came six years to the week after Kraft was arrested on May 14, 1983. By two California Highway patrol officers who found a dead Marine 25 year old Terry Lee Cambrel in the front passenger seat of Kraft s car. The 10 women and two men on the jury which remained sequestered during 11 Days of deliberations found Kraft guilty of first degree murder on All 16 deaths in the charges. Kraft also was found guilty on one count of mayhem and not guilty on a sodomy charge. The jury s decision on Friday brought to a close the first phase of a gruesome nine month Long trial in Santa Ana that subjected the jury to pictures and Evi Dence on 16 battered Young men. Many of the courtroom proceedings entered on the jargon and details of human pathology of Kraft s Mcand rings in the world of Southern California s homosexual bars and of his driving impulsive nighttime excursions up and Down the freeways. "1 like to drink and drive Kraft told Long Beach calif., police in 1975, say ing that he really got into one of his driving fits on the night he was last seen with one of his alleged victims. He was questioned then after the disappear Ance of 19-year-old Keith Davin crot will but was never charged. Described As a quiet Well liked Busi Nessman who enjoyed walking his dog Kraft by some accounts lived a Normal existence in a Small Long Beach Bun Galow he shared with another Man. Tot gets a big Licking Sonny the male Giraffe at the Como Park zoo in St. An obviously apprehensive Jake Trexel. 4, held by Paul minn., gives a big longed lick to the face of his equally startled Mother. Dawn. Experts on acid rain find no fish in hundreds of Adirondack lakes Albany . A More than a Quarter of the lakes studied in upstate new York s Adirondack mountains arc so acidic that they contain few fish and hundreds contain none a study on acid rain has re ported. Shallow lakes in the southwestern Adirondacks arc the most susceptible to High acidity according to the study by the Adirondack lakes Survey corp., a com Pany formed by utilities and state environmental officials. The Survey of 1,723 lakes mostly in the Adiron Dacks is the most comprehensive work Ever done by a stale to examine the effects of acid rain said James Mahony director of the Federal acid precipitation assessment program. Program officials Hope to finish a 10-year study on acid rain next year. This whole acid rain phenomenon is so complicated that it s a great help when you Sec a big mess of data that confirms your natural speculations Maho  said. Much of the contamination of new York state s lakes can be traced to Fulfur dioxide emitted from factories in the Midwest and borne by prevailing wind to the North and cast said Charles Driscoll a civil engineering professor at Syracuse University. But since Many lakes in the Adirondacks Are Natu rally acidic it s premature to place All the blame on Midwest factories Driscoll said. Of the 1,469 lakes surveyed in the Adirondacks investigators found no fish in 346 and fewer than 10 fish in 79. Thai s 29 percent of the total the study said. The Survey found that 352, or 24 percent of the Adirondack lakes studied had pm Levels of 5 or below. The pm level is a measurement of acidity. Anything below 5 is considered unlikely to support life. But in the southwestern Adirondacks. 40 percent of the lakes studied have pm Levels of 5 or below. The Survey found More than 60 percent of the lakes with no fish in upstate new York Are in this Region. If you look Al these lakes the ones that arc acidic they Are very Small lakes very shallow  Dris Coll said. Environmentalists had some Good news. The Survey examined 254 lakes in new York s lower Hudson River Valley and Catskill mountains South of the Adirondacks and found Only 3 percent with pm Levels of 5 or below. Generally the conditions there arc excellent said Walter Krelser the Survey s pro Cal manager. And a related continuing study of 17 Adirondack lakes that has been under Way since 1982 shows thai the level of Fulfur dioxide in the air has been declining consistent with National air pollution trends. But Dris Coll said these improvements have yet to be reflected in the lakes. Stateside King of Tex mex cuisine Dies in Dallas at 81 Dallas a Joe Valdez Caballero who helped adapt mexican food to the taste buds of americans by creating a Crisp Taco Shell and smothering his enchiladas in sour Cream has died at 81. Caballero considered a Pioneer of Tex mex cuisine died Friday his family said. During a 37-year career at the Elchico restaurant in Dallas Caballero was believed to have been the first restaurateur to put sour Cream on Chicken enchiladas and he thought up the idea of the hard Taco Shell said Fred Cava of who worked Many years with Caballero. Cavazos said Caballero also perfected a praline recipe that kept the Candy from turning too sugary and developed recipes for Chili meat Taco filling and Nee sauces that arc standards of the tax Max food Busi Ness. Caballero was born in Temple Texas where his father owned and operated a Chili parlor. The family moved to Dallas when Caballero was 7. Fax attack launched against Conn governor Hartford Conn. A an All us lobbying Campaign against a Bill Banning unsolicited facsimile advertising May have backfired when the Gover nor s fax machine was jammed for hours with unwanted messages. Since thursday gov William a. O Neill s fax machine has been beeping constantly spitting out unwanted messages from angry businesses that advertise by fax. The businesses oppose a Bill now awaiting o Neill s signature that would prohibit them from marketing their products by fax without first obtaining the per Mission of the recipient. Violators would face a $200 Fine. Starting thursday morning dozens of Connecticut businesses faxed to o Neill s office a form letter arguing against the fax ban. The letter argued it would cos the average company $6,000 a year to obtain Permis Sion before sending fax messages. Record number of nannies apply to work in . Greenwich Conn. Up european nannies have become a hot commodity As american working parents struggle to find child care for the summer months a program spokeswoman said Friday. There s a lot of interest especially at this time of year said Jennifer Fountain spokeswoman for the american Institute for foreign study which operates the a pair in America program. She said Institute staff members Are interviewing a record number of applicants from the Netherlands West Germany Sweden Britain Ireland and else where. Families seeking help with child care outnumber available nannies by 10 to 1, Fountain said. Since 1986, the Institute has placed More than 4,000 live in a pairs through the program and expects 2,600 to participate this year. Fountain said. Families pay up to $ 167 a week for an in Home care giver through the program. The fee includes supervision medical insurance and an orientation program. Fountain said