European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 22, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse Age 28 the stars and stripes Friday december 22,1989 Drunken Driver guilty in school bus Accident Carrollton by. A a jury thursday convicted Larry Mahoney of 27 a Mats of second degree manslaughter and Drunken driving for causing the nation s Lead list alcohol related traffic Accident. The jury which deliberated about 11 hours also convicted Mahony on 12 ounts of first degree assault and All but one of the 42 Wanton endanger Mcnol counts he was charged with in the May 14, 1988,crash. The Lone acquittal was for dint Bradley one of the motorists who dodged Mahoney As he travelled Down the wrong Lane of an interstate Highway. Jurors were to consider a possible sen tence later thursday. Jurors deliberated until shortly before 4 ., when the lengthy verdict was read in Carroll circuit court. Altogether the indictment contained 82 charges including Panama briefs 27 counts of murder one for each of the victims. Mahony 36, stood impassively bowing his head slightly As the verdict on each of the counts was read. His lawyers said Mahony admitted being drunk and driving North in the South bound lanes of interstate 71, five Miles South of Carrollton striking the Church owned former school bus As it returned a youth group from a Cincinnati amusement Park. But the defense said his intoxication was unintentional and the faulty design of the bus Gas tank not the collision caused the explosion and fire that killed the victims. Before the verdict Mahony said he thought of the 27 victims not every min Ute every it s in my mind that i might go to jail. But another part of my mind says every thing will come out All right Mahone said in an interview in thursday s edition of the courier journal of Louisville. If 1 have to go to prison i la have to Deal with it he said. I Don t want to but there s nothing i can do about life in prison is something he cannot quite grasp he said. That would be hard he said. I be tried to picture it in my mind but i Don t know How i could Deal with it being locked up for years and Mahony interviewed for five hours tuesday night at a Friend s House said he can t erase memories 9f the crash i think about it not every minute but every Sec Ond. I think about those children those families. They re always there. They re never going to his lawyers said Mahony admits driving in the wrong direction on interstate 71 on the night of the Accident when his pick up smashed an 11-year-old bus owned by Raddiff first Assembly of god former school bus fuel tank rup tured and the bus burst into flames killing 24 children and three adults. Forty people escaped but 12 were severely of Many of the victims watched intently wednesday As Mahony lawyers and special prosecutor Paul Rich Walsky gave closing arguments in the trial that began with jury selection nov. 8.lead defense attorney William sum men said Mahony had been beaten by Public opinion like a cur dog since the . An assistant attorney Gener Al said it was difficult to reconcile the spirit of the season with the task before the jury. But he told jurors they should not be More charitable because Christmas was near. Red Cross announces limit on Panama messages Stuttgart West Germany messages to . Service members in Panama should Deal Only with serious illnesses or deaths of immedi ate family members american red Cross officials said red Cross station manager at fort Gay ton Panama said he is unable to respond to any other Type of the Agency warns that delays can be expected for message responses and that information about emergency travel plans May not be available. Inquiries about panamanian citizens cannot be accepted until the red Cross society of Panama assures that they can service them officials said. 12-year-old . Pen pal worries about Noriega Marquette Mich. Up a 12-year-Oldamerican girl who visited Panama at the per Sonal invitation of Gen. Manuel Antonio Noriega criticized the attempt to oust him and said she Hopes Noriega is doing of while hiding from the . Military. I m really disappointed about what our two governments arc doing and i feel for the safety of panamanian and United states soldiers Sar Hyork told Marque the television station Woluc. Sarah said she was worried about the safety of Noriega her former pen pal who went into hid ing when . Troops Hope that he s doing of and nothing will happen to him she said. He s very Nice an intelligent and seems like the kind of person someone can . Schoolteacher killed by stray gunfire in Panama Dixon Iii. A an american school teacher due to return to the United states in the Spring was killed by stray machine gun fire from panamanian forces during the . Invasion the state department said thursday. Candy Helin a 43-year-old Dixon native was the Only . Civilian reported killed in the inva Sion that began Early wednesday. Oclin who had spent All of her adult life in the Central american country was a teacher of gifted students at a . Government school and was the daughter of a former army port commander. Panama from Page 1 that a military aircraft arrived in Dover del., bearing the bodies of some of the americans killed in Panama. The Pentagon said 19 soldiers had been lulled in action,117 were wounded and one was missing. In addition the wife of an american Serviceman was hospitals in san Antonio Texas reported they were treating about 190 wounded troops evacuated from Panama a higher count than reported at the Pentagon. . Officials said 59 panamanian soldiers had Bee killed and 66 wounded. The Pentagon said the . Offer of a $ i million Bount for Noriega had prompted Many Calls but no results. We be had a lot of nibbles said rear adm. Ted sheaf or an intelligence specialist suddenly the number of re ports on his location has gone up dramatically. A lot of i turns out to be very bogus. Bush said thai s $ 1 million Bucks i d be very Happy cosign the Check Noriega is under indictment in the United states on drug charges. Bush joked that Noriega s wanted poster will be in every Post office in Noriega dropped from sight and eluded capture a american troops began their assault. Bush said he had a certain level of frustration that Noriega had escaped. Asked How Long he would Chase Noriega Bush said As Long As it Secretary Dick Cheney had suggested that some elements of the invasion Force might be withdrawn by Christmas although the while House later suggested that might be Overly , . Forces encountered sporadic firing in Panama City on thursday while trying to recover Ameri can hostages capture Onega and restore democracy Pentagon officials said those were the three main objectives of the More than 20,000 . Troops who on wednesday dispersed the panamanian defense forces. A key to restoring order was gaining control of the streets of Panama City where looting was reported overnight . Forces were in control of several key Points in the City including the legislative building Laid Pentagon spokesman Pete Williams raising the possibility that Endara would go there during the Day. It Gen. Tom Kelly director of operations for the join chiefs of staff said . Troops were protecting the Panama canal against sabotage by Noriega loyalists. He rate the chances for successful attacks As Low not impossible but said All Panasian bases were in . Hands although some shooting was reported in the appears there is some resistance that is organized and some that in to Kelly said. Noriega was not believed to Bein command of any units that were resisting he said. The lives of american hostages became a prime concern for . Forces As the fighting died Down. Williams said there were reports of an unknown number of american being held in three separate locations. We take them All seriously he said. John Menon acts news television producer was believed to be one of the hostages.. Troops freed 29 americans and 35 foreign nation als mostly panamanians from the Marriott hotel in Panama City late wednesday night. Overall. 35,000 . Citizens live in Panama and there Are americans scattered throughout the City said Wil Liams defending the failure of . Forces to protect the Marriott and a smithsonian institution research station on an Island Early in the fighting. Eleven researchers there were held hostage for a time but then freed. Flights from Pago 1 3, Bui such a suspension occurs every year around Christmas said a Canadian forces spokesman army maj. John Paul Macdonald. He said the division has no plans to alter its flight sched Ules because of the collision. A spokesman for supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe in Belgium said no other countries have announced a training suspension. In Maxdorf mayor Eckhard Leyser called Chambers decision a step in the right but he said the Low flying prohibition is not enough pointing out that Mon Day s collision occurred above 10,000 feet. Leyser said he is pushing to have All training flights Over the heavily populated area the crash Leyser said we want to have Friendship with the to show the town s desire for Friendship about 70 West germans and americans planned to gather at 2 Friday in the Maxdorf City Hall for Coffee and cake he spokesman for the Rheinland Pfalz Interior ministry said thursday that state officials Welcome the Low flying ban but they will continue to push a Resolution in the Federal Council bundesrat that Calls for a Radical reduction of Low flying exercises no flights under 1,000 feet and no flights Over populated Chambers did not say How Long the prohibition would last Rheinland Pfalz officials expected it to la stat least through year s end. Contributing to a report rom fury Sawyer m firms tide wet or. Nuny romanian from Page 1 a College made to stand against a Wall and then shot dead. The report did not make Clear when that incident occurred. The trouble in Bucharest began when unprecedented Boos and jeers from a crowd of Young people interrupted a Public speech that Caus Csc was giving to a pro govern ment rally outside the presidential Palace. Radio and television transmission of the speech was halted for about three minutes As the protesters approached and booed and jeered the 71-year-old Leader whose Rule has brought increasing hardship to his 23 million people. But the protesters marched on apparently undeterred by tear Gas grenades that the soviet news Agency Tass reported were fired at 25 minutes later the first chants were heard in Central Bucharest of Down with Ceausescu Liber tale Freedom and Timisoara Timisoara a Western Diplo mat said fire brigade trucks and military trucks with personnel were hastily brought to the Center and All approaches to Ceausescu s Palace and romanian communist party Headquarters were blocked by army units. Military tanks rolled through the capital and formed Circle around several thousand mostly Young people at a main intersection said a yugoslav journalist . Diplo Mats estimated the crowd at 10,000 to 15,000, Boucher the Central Street of the capital tanks Are moving following the lines of sub machine gunners pushing Back the crowds Tass said in a one of a series of unusually graphic soviet reports from Eastern of automatic weapons fire Are being heard. Panic stricken people Are hiding in doorways and
