European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 18, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes Friday August 18,1989 pfi/7/y cops arresting style steals the show Philadelphia a the City s streets May be Grubby but the police officers who patrol them have been named Best dressed in the nation. Leaders or the National association of uniform manufacturers and distributors a new York based Trade association proclaimed Philadelphia police the Best in uniform among 45 Large cities. Runners up were Louisville ky., and birding Ham Ala. Denver won the award last year but did t enter this time. Police commissioner Willie l. Williams wearing a Gray suit accepted a plaque wednesday from Rich Ard Bistrong who Heads the Trade association s police committee. The award is to the men and women Williams said. In spite of the criticism and at times the Adverse conditions they have to work under the stresses they present an outstanding  Williams was surrounded by police in various uni forms Basic patrol stakeout mounted traffic and canine squads. The Basic patrol uniform consists of Navy Blue dress jacket and Cap Navy pants with a half Inch wide Royal Blue Stripe Black tie and Light Blue shirts. Commanders Wear White shirts. The Basic look has been the same since the 1970s, when Frank Rizzo a former police commissioner was mayor. The department entered seven types of uniforms for special duty from the helmets and High boots of the Highway patrol to the Blackt shirts pants and baseball Caps of the stakeout unit. An Independent panel of Taw enforcement an garment experts evaluated entries in the contest on the basis of image projection immediate recognition reflection of authority professionalism practicality standards and regular inspections. To be quite Frank Jot of police officers around the country look like slobs one of the three judges Scott Kingwill of Law and order Magazine said rep. Smith s Pilot seemed nervous Prober says Jackson miss. A the Pitot of the Small plane that crashed and killed rep. Larkin Smith appeared nervous be fore the flight ran the aircraft off the runway before Takeoff and flew in the wrong direction an investigator says. A second investigator with the nation Al transportation safety Board said weather May have been a Factor in the crash on sunday night. The single engine plane carrying Smith 45, and Nolot Chuck Virling 58, travelled cast of its planned flight path slamming into a 70-foot Pine tree in a Forest. The Mississippi Republican was flying to Gulfport from Hattiesburg 70 Miles South. Both men died in the crash. Witnesses reported that before Takeoff Virling appeared kind of nervous. Like he was concerned about the flight Jorge pc Luczo regional director for the National transportation safety Board said in an interview wednesday in Miami. William Dowdin an employee of Southeast aviation said he observe Vierling s plane during and after Takeoff from the Hattiesburg Airport. He taxied straight out off the ramp area onto the grass and when he realized what had happened he made a 180-Dcgrce turn then taxied slowly out to the runway said Pilot had indicated to controllers he would follow the established route along a Highway but instead flew about nine Miles cast Over the Forest. After taking off he headed cast and after taking off he headed East and when he contacted air traffic control at Houston they told him Well if you want to go to Gulfport you had better take a southerly heading " Jorge Prellezo Dowdin. The taxiways arc lit up with Blue when he contacted air traffic control at lights and what happened struck us As Houston they told him Well if you Tanttu Ina Hiohio Mutual \ 0 g0 to Gulfport you had better take southerly heading Prellezo  highly unusual Prellezo said there were other questions about the flight including Why the Virling was a licensed Pilot and a Friend of Smith s. He had been flying since 1963, said his Stepson Glenn Terrell. The plane belonged to Gulfport s Institute for Marine mammal studies authorities said. Jeff Kennedy another Nosb investigator said at a news conference in Biloxi on wednesday that although weather re. Ports cited visibility of nearly six Miles darkness and Haze May have affected the Pilot s vision. Virling would have had few ground lights to guide him Over the Rural area Ken Nady said. He noted that search helicopter were grounded by fog about 4 30 . It s hard to determine what kind of Fly ing conditions he was in Kennedy said. Charles Tho logos a part time Feder Al aviation administration instructor said Virling was not certified to Fly by instruments atone. But authorities said the weather was Good enough for him to take off sunday night. Investigators were also examining the possibility the plane ran out of fuel Fol lowing reports there was no smell of Gas Oline at the crash site pc Luczo said. Treatment May help prostate cancer victims Denver a a new treatment can extend by 7.3 months the average life of victims of prostate cancer the  male cancer in the nation a University of Colorado study has found. This is not a cure not a quantum leap Forward said or. E. David Crawford who coordinated the study of 617 patients at health centers around the nation. It is a step in the right direction and one that we feel is important he said. The study was detailed in the thurs Day Issue of the new England journal of Medicine. Crawford an associate director of the University of Colorado cancer Center said the treatment is for what he called an ignored male  this year it surpassed lung cancer As the no. 1 cancer in men he said. He said about 103,000 mates in the United states develop prostate cancer each year and 28,000 die annually. We increased survival rates by patients 7.3 months or 27 percent Craw Ford said. We did that without adding any extra  the current survival rate is about 2 i years. At the advanced stage prostate cancer is not curable but is controllable he said. Crawford said the treatment involves administering two drugs both of which work on the level of the male hormone testosterone which is needed by the can cer cells to multiply. One drug leu Prolic Lowers the body s Overall level of the hormone while the second Fula mid blocks the receptors of the cancer cells where testosterone connects Crawford said. Woman says cops violated her rights in checkout Coper Lebanon ind. A a woman accused of writing a bad Check for groceries on Christmas eve tried to cat the evidence and now is charging authorities with violating her civil rights by pulling the Check from her Mouth. The Fri is investigating a complaint by Patricia l Conner. 42,that authorities injured her while stopping her from eating a Check inthe bronc county prosecutor s office last week John a. Telling. An Fri special agent in Indianapolis said wednesday. Conner who is unemployed was charged with writing a bad Check for is 16.20 to a supermarket. She grabbed the Check from her file after asking to see the file and stuffed it into her Mouth said prosecutor re Becca s. Mcclure. An off duty state trooper put his hand underneath her Chin to Stop her from chewing and asked her repeatedly to spit out the Check. The trooper finally took it out Mcclure said. We spread it out and dried it overnight and it was Fine. It will be used As evidence in the bad Check trial Mcclure said. If Conner had eaten the Check a photocopy was available to use As Evi Dence Mcclure said. Conner who was released on bail wednesday also will stand trial on charges of obstructing Justice and re sisting Law enforcement. Court overturns award against Soldier of Fortune new Orleans a a Federal appeals court thursday overturned a jury s $9.4 million award to relatives of a woman murdered by a mercenary hired through an and in Soldier of Fortune Magazine. The 5th . Circuit court of appeals said that holding the Magazine responsible for the slaying of Sandra Black in 1985 would impose too great a Burden on publishers to screen ambiguously worded advertise ments. Although the Magazine said the judgment against it had violated its first amendment right to Freedom of the press the court did not address first amendment arguments Basing its ruling instead on Texas liability Law. Soldier of Fortune owed no duty to refrain from publishing a facially innocuous classified advertise ment when the and s context at most made its message ambiguous judge w. Eugene Davis wrote for the unanimous three judge panel. Black was slain in Bryan Texas. A Federal jury in Houston in 1988 awarded her son and Mother $9.4 million Over an and John Wayne Heam placed in a 1984 Issue of the Magazine which is aimed at adventurers and military enthusiasts. Black s husband Robert was convicted of hiring Ham to kill her. Robert Black is on death Row in Texas and Ham is in Florida serving three life sentences for the Black killing and two other murders. Soldier of Fortune s lawyers argued that there was. No Way its publishers could have known that Hearn s and offering an sex Marine and Vietnam Veteran s serv ices for High risk assignments was a solicitation for murder. The Burden on a publisher to avoid liability from suits of this Type is Loo great the appeals court ruled thursday. The court said without a More specific indication of illegal intent than Hearn s and or its context provided we conclude that Soldier of Fortune did not violate the Standard of conduct by publishing an a that later played a role in criminal  v " John Roberson a lawyer for mrs. Black s son Gary 19, and Mother Marionc Eimann 65, said High risk assignment clearly meant gun for hire in the Lingo of the Magazine., attorneys for the Magazine conceded that possibility but said the and could be seen simply As a solicitation for a Job As a bodyguard or Security officer