European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 01, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday october 1, 1989 the stars and stripes Page 5 Gabor guilty of Battery 2 other counts prosecutor to seek trial costs but no jail Beverly Hills Calif. A Zsa Zsa Gabor was convicted of Battery for slapping a police officer and two other Misdemeanour charges Friday prompting the fiery actress to remark i think rus Sia can t be worse than  but Gabor was acquitted of disobey ing the officer when she drove away Dur ing a traffic Stop confrontation. She said she interpreted an obscene phrase he allegedly used As an order to leave. In addition to the Battery charge the hungarian born actress was found guilty of driving without a valid Driver s License and having an open bottle of alcohol in her Rolls Royce. Cabor convicted of the most serious of the charges faces a possible 18 months and five Days in jail and a Maxi mum Fine of $3,500, defense attorney William Graysen said. Sentencing was set for oct. 17. I am very disappointed Gabor told reporters outside court. I can t believe in a country As great sours that a 6-foot-4 policeman can beat up a lady of s-foot-4 and use dirty Lan Guage like you were a streetwalker. Think Russia can t be worse than this or communist Hungary either. 1 think it s  prosecutor Elden Fox said he would not ask for jail time for Gabor but that he would seek compensation for the Cost of the trial estimated at $30,000. I want restitution to the court for this Media circus Fox said. Gabor contended she was convicted because of her celebrity status. "1 know it s Zsa Zsa Gabor the diamonds. She loves to talk up she s not a Milquetoast she said. But jury Foreman John Burke a Holly Zsa Zsa Gabor leaves court after verdict. On her right is her lawyer William Grays. Wood accountant disagreed. That s not the person we really tried. We tried a person who had a conflict with the police he said. The 12-Mcmbcr jury deliberated 90 minutes on wednesday All Day thurs Day and returned their verdicts Friday afternoon. Juror Kevin Goodman an attorney said there were plenty of arguments Dur ing the 12 hours of deliberation. We weren t in a Deal striking mood. There was no Compromise Goodman said. We came to the conclusion there was reasonable Force used even if she was pulled from the  officer Paul Kramer a motorcycle officer stopped Gabor s car june 14 after noticing expired registration tags on the Auto. As he checked for other violations she drove off. Gabor slapped Kramer when he pulled her Over a second time. He said the at tack was unprovoked but she said she reacted in self defense when he forcibly removed her from her car. Gabor s defense hinged on the Conten Tion that Kramer was a  brute who had a history of manhandling suspects. I was screaming help help help she said in tear filled testimony. I was afraid of the police. They were going to shoot  Beverly Hills pop inc chief Marvin Ian none said the verdict vindicated Kramer who has been berated for the last three months simply because he was doing his  Veteran celebrity s trial which lasted far longer than originally anticipated was marked by colourful expletives and theatrics normally associated with Themack Bali Csc jurisprudence of television s divorce court and Perry  the carnival atmosphere culminated Friday in a late afternoon bomb threat that forced county marshals to briefly empty the courthouse. No bomb was found. Later a county sheriffs bus filled with inmates drove away from the court House with its occupants chanting Zsazsa Zsa  chattering on topics from Jailhouse lesbians to comparisons of . Justice and nazi Germany. Gabor attracted As much Media attention during her Case As she did in any previous to or film per  am the daughter of a Freedom fighter the Star of such films As Queen of outer space and boys night out told reporters during her trial. I am a horsewoman. I am a Princess. I am Zsa  upset by testimony that depicted Herin a different Light As a self important foul mouthed shrew Gabor stormed out of the courtroom in tears on four occasions. "1 want to go to Europe she said after one such  is evasive about her age but court documents put it at 66.during the 15-Day trial Gabor was fined $500 by municipal court Jud Echarles Rubin for violating what she called a gagging order by commenting to reporters on witnesses in the Case. An other gag order violation allegation was dismissed by Rubin. Funds of d to compensate japanese americans Washington a the Senate voted Friday to waive budget restrictions and Grant an estimated 60,000 japanese americans compensation for their internment during world War ii. The 74-22 vote keeps a Promise made last year by making the compensation an entitlement under Law which provides automatic reimbursement for those who meet the qualifications. If we Don t act we will have committed another act of incivility passing a Law and then doing nothing said sen. Pete v. Dominici r-n.m., a member of the Senate budget committee. To be for the Bill that created the right and not be for the waiver to provide the Money Borders on  Congress last year authorized reparations for japanese americans who had been interned during the War but appropriated no funds because of the budget crunch. The $500 million reparations program will make $20,000 payments available to each of an estimated 60,000 eligible japanese americans at the beginning of the 1991 fiscal year oct. 1, 1990. No funds arc provided for fiscal 1990, which begins sunday. Last year s legislation authorized $1.25 billion for the payments but limited the amount that could be appropriated in any single year to $500 million. Sen. Jesse Helms r-n.c., tried to Block the Senate action. We can t afford to make these payments he said adding that the Senate was Correct in its initial Deci Sion to make the compensation payments discretionary rather than obligatory. Mistakes Are made in every War Helms said Dis missing arguments that the United states must make the payments to Correct a mistake that harmed an entire class of .  other senators said that guaranteed compensation was essential to rectify an  arc times Here when we Deal with fiscal reality but there arc also times when we have to set fiscal reality aside and look at what is the right thing to do said sen. Warren Rudman r-n.h., one of the principal authors of the Gramm Rudman deficit reduction act. Sen. Daniel k. Inouye a Hawaii w to is of Japa Nese american descent told the Senate that he had Only rarely spoken in behalf of compensating the inter nees because of my own ethnic , he said that because of that reluctance i May have done Many of those japanese americans with whom i served in world War ii a great disservice Inouye lost his right Arm in combat in Italy during service with a japanese american infantry regiment and was awarded the distinguished service Cross. Hud refuses to help fund Rock n Roll Hall of Fame Sands of time Washington a the Federal government Friday rejected a $6.9 Mil lion request to help Cleveland build the Rock v Roll Hall of Fame. Rep. Mary Rose Dakar a Ohio said the department of housing and Urban development rejected an Urban development action Grant request because of a misunderstanding. There s so Little Money to go around they re not going to give you the Uda if they think you can raise the Money nationally she said. But the Rock n Roll foundation Board in new York said none of the construction Money could be raised nationally. They did t understand that at Hud she said. Cleveland where late night disc jockey Alan freed introduced a generation of teeny toppers to the music of fats Dom Ino and the term Rock n Roll beat out other aggressive contenders to win the right to build the Hall of Fame. But the designation came with strings attached including a requirement that the City line up $40 million in construction Money by nov. 15. The City earlier this year approved the Sale of $18 million Worth of tax exempt Bonds to pay for construction of an 18 Story 85,000-Square-foot Glass Pyramid on the Bank of the Cuya hoga River. The state promised to kick in about $4.4 Mil lion Cuya hoga county committed $5 million and corporations and other do nors pledged $7.4 million. Oakar said she would encourage the City to apply for some of Hud s discretionary funds. In the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. Oct. I 1949 following a similar action by the soviet Union the hungarian government announced that it was renouncing its Friendship and Mutual Aid pact with Yugoslavia because of unfriendly actions committed by the Tito government 30 years ago today. Oct. I 1959 All 34 people aboard a Braniff airways Turbo prop Airliner were killed when the plane exploded and crashed on a Central Texas farm while in route from Houston to new York. 20 years ago today. Oct. I 1969 the while House announced that the United states would withdraw 6,000 of its 48,000 air Force and army personnel from Thailand beginning within a few weeks. 10 years ago today. Oct. 1, 1979 West German foreign minister Hans Dietrich Genscher called for an increase in his country s defense budget to bring it closer to the 3 percent real growth target sought by the Carter administration