European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 23, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page the stars and stripes saturday december 23,1989 drunk Driver guilty in crash that killed 27 -,.,. A i .  Larry Mahoney was convicteatbwftdajt.of_27 counts of second degree Manseau the nation s deadliest alcohol related traffic crash which claimed the lives of 27 people Riding Home from a Church Outing. Mahoney was driving his pickup in the wrong direction on interstate 71 near Carrollton when it rammed head on into a bus killing 24 children and three adults who belonged to the Radcliff first Assembly of god Church. Forty pc plug. News Brief escaped but 12 were severely burned. Mahoney s lawyers said he admitted and driving North in the bw�t�fe4ht�4iyul�dhigh Way. Striking the Church  school bus As it returned a youth group from a Cincinnati amusement Park topsides showed the fire not the crash killed the victims. Mahoney a 36-year-old chemist Plant worker had  27  had the. _ j  c charge of manslaughter Tumcl May 14, 1988. But the defense  carries a maximum prison sentence of that the faulty design Ofili teds s Gas five to 10 years. Tank not the Coll Ujma a used the Ceplo the jury deliberated about 11 hours Sion and  the victims and returning shortly before 4 ., thaw mar school bus s fuel Lank rup when the lengthy verdict was read Ina cd and the bus burst into flames. A Carroll county circuit court. Jurors de Rufes cited to immedi Jelp a penalty pbpc4mrftrar i which Hev would Tel Sec a sentencing recommendation to circuit judge Charles Satterwhite. After the one hour hearing the jury i decided to quit for the night and resume i1"1  in recommending the f sentence to troll l Blu besides the manslaughter Penally a Honey could be punished More severely for first degree assault which carries a possible sentence of 10 to 20 years in prison. Romanian soldiers kill 13 from wire reports Vienna Austria romanian president Nicolas Caus Csc sent tanks into the streets of Bucharest thursday and Security forces with sub machine guns fired on Young demonstrators protesting his Iron Rule killing at least 13 people. In Washington the state department said a massacre of undetermined proportions was believed to have taken place the last few Days. Officials said the Bush administration was pre paring to reduce ties with Romania and hinted at possible sanctions. Polar Tomic a yugoslav journalist in the closed country said an armoured vehicle crushed two students other students rushed to their Aid and Security forces opened fire killing or wounding about 20 people. Clashes were reported in at least two other cities thursday. A polish couple interviewed by hungarian television said that in the Eastern City of Arad soldiers fired on about 3,000 demonstrators. Threats mailed in South Atlanta at least two of the four targets of mailed bombs have been sent letters apparently from the same person threatening further action Federal investigators said thursday. Officials would not reveal where the letters were sent or their contents. The four targets of the bombs were Federal judge Robert s. Vance his court the i Ith . Circuit court of appeals in Atlanta Savannah attorney Robert Robinson and the Jacksonville fla., a act. Vance was killed in his suburban Birminham ala., Home saturday when a Nail studded bomb exploded Robinson was killed in his office by a bomb monday. The packages sent to the court and the a act office were defused safely. There have been follow up letters sent since receipt of the bomb parcels said Leo a Halzel a postal inspector in Atlanta. It appears they May have been sent by the individual who sent the  a Halzel said the letters were threatening additional mailings to other  but asked if the letters specifically threatened further bombings he replied simply  Bush urges jews Freedom Washington president Bush said thursday he will continue to press Mikhail s. Gorbachev for Freedom for jews to emigrate from the soviet Union to join their families else where. Well get the Job done Bush promised an audience at a ceremony in the old executive office building commemorating the jewish Holiday of hanukkah which begins Friday. Bush said that during the dec. 2-3 Summit with Gorbachev in Malta he presented the soviet president with a list of 20  . Soldier sentenced Seoul South Korea a . Soldier was sentenced to five years in prison Friday on charges of killing a South korean Farmer in a Street altercation in the Southern port of Kusan according to news reports. Air Force tech. Sgt. Bruce a. Harayda 29, of Bridgeport conn., was found guilty in a trial at the Suwon District criminal court outside Seoul said the South korean news Agency Yon Hap. Harayda was picked up after the feb. 11 death of Chong pan Yong a Farmer in Kusan following a Street altercation with Harayda. Kunsan is a provincial port 132 Miles South of Seoul. 2 new openings Cut into Wall at Brandenburg Gate Berlin a two new Crossings in the Berlin Wall were to open Friday at the Brandenburg Gate the towering Monument that has been the backdrop of Germany s division. A crowd cheered and set off firecrackers As East Ger Man workers began dismantling the Wall thursday night. More than 20 Wall Crossings have been opened since East Germany lifted its travel restrictions on nov. 9, but the Crossings that were to open Friday had a Spe Cial symbolic meaning. For 28 years the Gate has been easily visible from the West but blocked by the Wall and barbed wire. More than 10.000 people wailed on the Western Side for the two sections of the Wall to come Down. Some climbed on Trees to get a better View. More people kept arriving throughout the night. Let us in let us in some shouted. Two pedestrian Crossings immediately North and South of the Gate were to open at 3  Friday in a ceremony to be attended by West German Chancellor Helmut Kohl and fast German Premier Hans mod Row. It was to be broadcast live on both countries television networks. Fried Helm Brinkman a Salesman from Dortmund West Germany said he drove 360 Miles to see the event. This was the Central place in Berlin where every thing happened before the War. I always thought this place would be opened again and that s Why i came  an East German Border guard films workers removing a Section of the Wall at the Brandenburg Gate. Panama from Page 1 near defense forces Barracks. The morgue is now full. We have no place to put the dead she said. She added that the Hospital was running Low on medical supplies. An exhausted emergency room doctor at the Hospi Tal could give no breakdown of civilian or military casualties. The dignity battalions and some of Noriega s elite units such As the Machos de Monte Wear civilian clothing. As the deposed panamanian Leader remained at Large meanwhile. President Bush pledged thursday that . Forces would scour Panama As Long As it takes to capture Noriega. He said the military opera Tion he ordered created a stable environment in Panama and said it s been Worth the american lives it Cost while expressing sorrow Over the deaths. He has ordered a $1 million Bounty for the capture of Noriega who has been charged in the United state with drug trafficking and Money laundering. China on Friday came to Noriega s defense charging that . Troops invaded because the panamanian strongman opposed . Attempts to gain permanent control Over the Panama canal. The official Xinhua news Agency called it a rather novel and sensational cliche that America sent troops to bring to trial what it called a drug  a Spanish photographer was killed and a French photographer seriously injured thursday in crossfire Between . Troops who mistook each other for Pana Manian forces in the Marriott hotel parking lot other journalists  president Guillermo Endara sworn in by a panamanian judge As . Forces invaded at Midnight tuesday announced an 18-hour curfew that ends at 6 . Friday. It had no immediate effect on the  s newly installed leaders appeared at the legislative Assembly building under heavy . Guard. . Soldiers in jeans sweatshirts and other civilian clothes were sprinkled throughout the building. It was unclear if Noriega remained in control of the defense forces. In a Clandestine radio broadcast late wednesday he called for a guerrilla War against the United  Chitre 100 Miles Southwest of Panama City a panamanian defense forces officer said the Gamson of about 200 men had not been attacked. We arc with Noriega until the last Bullet. We Are ready for the gringos we Are waiting for orders he said. From Page 1 training flights Over the heavily populated area Halte despite the crash Ley scr said we want i Friendship with the  to show the town s  about 70 West germans and am mems planned to gather at 2  Friday in lh#t9xdorf City Hall for Coffee and cake he said. A spokesman for  Pfalz Interior ministry said  officials Welcome the Low flying a flu they will continue to push a a Solu  Council bundesrat that Calls for a fal reduction of Low flying exercises no flights Jet and no flights Over populated areas.  Yadid not say How Long the prohibition would last  Falz officials said the expect it to last at least in Rougny to 4 end. Contributing to this report Romney Sawyer in Der Mitat. Wet of Newny