European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 27, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes wednesday december 27,1989 catch a. Cold Tom Wiley in t your everyday surfer. No Wiley likes to hang 10 when the Waves Are an invigorating 39 de Grees As they were last week when he decided to catch a few Waves off old Orchard Beach in Maine. Wiley says his new dry suit keeps his body relatively warm. Some might say it also keeps him All wet. Noriega officer jailed in Florida on drug charges Miami a a panamanian officer accused of helping deposed dictator Manuel Anionio Noriega smuggle cocaine Tor the my Dullin Cartel has been jailed in Florida after surrendering in Panama the Justice department said. I. Col. Luis Del Cid who commanded a Panama defense forces unit in the province of Chriqui. Was placed in the custody of . Drug enforcement administration agents after he surrendered saturday said Deborah Burstion Wade. An Agency spokeswoman in Washington. He was flown to the United slates under Light Security monday and held at the Federal metropol Itan correctional Center South of Miami Burstion Wade said. Del Cid pleaded innocent to drug related charges tuesday before . District judge William Hoeveler and was ordered held without Bond pending a Jan. 2 hearing. Del Cid. 46. Repeated his claim that he turned himself in to fight he charges. I surrender myself. I wanted to be brought Here he told the judge through a translator. Frank Rubino one of Noriega s attorneys said he came to tuesday s court session to Monitor the Situa Tion and to arrange to speak with Del Cid who is now represented by a Public defender. Rubino said he did not think he would defend Del Cid. We Are confident that we have the evidence to convict him . Attorney Dexter a Chucnin said tuesday before heading to Del Cid s first court appearance. Del Cid was one of Noriega s right hand men serving As the ousted panamanian Leader s Liaison courier and emissary in trafficking deals with colombian drug lords sch Lenin said. 8/ue Laws will Moke new year s eve a drier one by the associated press it s 9 59 . On new year s eve in Little Rock Ark. At a downtown bar the revellers arc already Chan Ting the countdown. Four. Three. Two. One. It s closing time new year s eve or not when it s sunday in Arkan Sas the bar closes at 10. Most slates have some sort of Law restricting liquor sales on sundays. So when new year s eve Falls on a sunday As it docs this year it s a ices than pcs tic Holiday for those who make a living Selling alcohol. I think it will Hurt the Industry said Ray Bruzzo who owns a liquor store in Glastonbury Conn. We re very very  in Connecticut As in Many states in the Northeast bars and restaurants can serve alcohol on sundays but liquor stores cannot. For new year s eve Brezzo is hoping his customers will buy what they need on sat urday but he s far from confident. Nobody knows what to expect he said. Everybody s sort of sitting on the Edge of their  liquor stores in new York City arc posting signs to remind their customers to buy Early. In grand Forks n.d., Happy Harry s bottle shop is taking out newspaper advertisements with a similar reminder. Although North Dakota has among the nation s Tough est Blue Laws the legislature did agree this year to allow bars and taverns to apply for special sunday permits. But some communities such As Minot opted against issuing the permits much to the dismay of bar owners. We re put in an unfair disadvantage to the other major cities complained Jim Mellow manager of the International inn in Minot which caters to Canadian tourists. The people i have talked to arc bypassing Minot and heading to Bismarck or  in Alabama where restaurants and nightclubs can t sell alcohol Between 2 . And Midnight sunday some places will hold parties the night before. Others will Start their festivities at Midnight. As in several other Southern states private clubs Are exempted from the  states such As Pennsylvania specifically exempt new year s eve from Blue Laws. In Baltimore county md., liquor store owners successfully sued this year to open arguing thai a convoluted liquor Law was intended to exempt new year s eve from sunday restrictions but unintentionally had the opposite effect. In South Carolina the executive director of the state hotel and Motel association said she feared that restrictions on Public venues Selling liquor on sundays would Lead to an increase in Drunken  happens is so Many people. Might have spent the night in the hotel rather than drinking and partying Anc driving on the Road said Susan Young the association s executive director. Others noted that South Carolina s Blue Laws Send some people Over the Border into less restrictive North Carolina to drink. Court overturns convictions of 3 in Howard Beach Case new York a Misdemeanour riot convictions against three teen agers in connection with the Howard Beach racial attack in which a Black Man was killed have been overturned on Appeal. The three Page decision by a panel of Brooklyn appellate division judges on the three defendants convicted in 1988 was handed Down dec. 11 and reported in tuesday s new York Post. Three other youths were convicted in a separate trial of manslaughter and As Sault in the fatal racial attack. The Case involved an attack on dec. 20, 1986, by a group of White males on several Blacks one of whom Michael Griffith was chased onto a Busy High Way where he was hit by a car and killed. The defendants William Hollander Thomas Farino and James Povinelli were sentenced in september 1988 to 34 Days in jail to be served on weekends Over a four month period. They were acquitted of a More serious felony riot charge. Under the ruling the indictments and convictions of the three Are thrown out. Prosecutors can resubmit the Case to a grand jury or drop the charges. A lawyer for the three defendants spi Ros a. Tsimbinos said tuesday that he had not yet seen the ruling. The appellate judges reversed the conviction because of errors in the verdict sheets provided to the jury and because the trial judge Justice Thomas Duma Kos failed to give the panel the option of finding the three guilty of disorderly con duct which carries a maximum sentence of 15 Days. Baby Christie eve recovering after being abandoned in cold Chicago apr a Newborn girl found abandoned in freezing weather on christinas eve was recovering tuesday from frostbite As authorities searched for her Mother. The baby dubbed Christie eve Noel by a paediatrician at Loyola University medical Center in suburban Maywood was in Good condition nursing supervisor Barbara Nostiz said. If we in fact find the Mother she could be charged with child abandon ment said detective Dave Kniebes of the Hillside police department. She suffered some frostbite to he feet due to the cold but it s not be  Loyola spokesman Mike mag Gio said. There will not be any Long lasting problems for  the 6-Pound, 3-ounce baby was found wrapped in a Blanket sunday afternoon outside a vacant apartment in Hillside just West of Chicago authorities said. Residents of other units in in Complex apparently heard the infant crying and notified local officials Maggot  were unsure How Long the child had been outside in the 12-Degrcc weather. Her feet were red with frostbite when she was admitted to the Hospital but were returning to a healthy Shade of Pink paediatric nurse Gale Goodfriend said monday. I Don t really understand How the Mother could do this Goodfriend said. She s a real Beautiful baby and it s real Nice having her Here. It Christmas and we got a Little