European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 01, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 stateside the stars and stripes thursday february 1,1990 libel charges filed Over Man s identification Eagle Lake. Fla. A a newspaper publisher and writer have been charged with criminal libel for failing to publish the full name of a policeman criticized in an article. The Misdemeanour charges stemming from a rarely used provision of Florida Law were filed monday against former Polk county sheriff turned newspaper publisher Dan Daniels and former Eagle Lake City commission candidate Dave Whitacre. Polk state attorney Jerry Hill said the two failed to publish the full name of Eagle Lake police officer Roy t. Harper in an article in the Eagle which is published in this Central Florida Community. The newspaper accused the officer of lies threats and in Chi. Harper said he found a Florida Law makes it a first degree Misdemeanour for a writer or publisher to make accusations of immoral conduct against a person unless the article contains in full the True name of inc person intended to be charged with the commission of such acts of immorality first edition of novel by Poe sold for $ 165,000 new York a one of 12 known first editions of Edgar Allan poc s first published Book sold at auction for $165.000. Rotheby s said. The Book. Tamerlane and other poems went to a private american collector said Laura Stewart a spokeswoman for the auction House. The copy sold was one of two in private hands the other sold at rotheby s last year for $198.000. Stewart said. Also tuesday a four Page autographed letter by Herman Melville to Nathaniel Hawthorne s wife was bought for $132.000 by profiles in his tory a Beverly Hills. Calif., dealer in books and manuscripts she said. In inc Jan. 8. I8s2, letter to Sophia Peabody Hawthorne who had complimented Melville on moby  the author denied thai the Book contained any symbolism. 1 deaf brother killed 1 injured in shooting los Angeles a teen agers shot two deaf Brothers killing one in an apparent traffic dispute thai escalated because the victims knew Only sign language police said. It is unlikely that they understood what was being said or what was  la. Harvic Eubank said. It was just a senseless  Cesar Vic Ira. 30. An unemployed Carpenter died at a Hospital monday from Chest wounds. Edward Vic Ira. 25, an unemployed Auto me chanic was treated for hip and shoulder wounds and released after the attack sunday night out Side a suburban shopping Center. No arrests were made. The two victims had visited their Mother and brother sunday and were heading Home on a motorcycle when they noticed five Young men in a car. Gesturing and Yelling police said. The Young men forced the two Inlo a lot. Shouted at the Brothers and opened lire police said. Parking fire . Crash survivor charged for carrying drugs internally new York a a jetliner crash survivor re covering at a Hospital was charged with drug posses Sion after passing about 5 ounces of cocaine through his digestive tract. Meanwhile what is believed to be the first lawsuit in the Vianca crash was filed by a survivor tuesday in the . District court. Antonio Zuluaga who was critically injured was the second passenger from Vianca flight 52 to be charged with smuggling drugs by carrying cocaine filled con Doms inside his body. The Boeing 707, in route from Bogota and the colombian drug capital of Medellin crashed into a Hill Side thursday night 15 Miles Northeast of Kennedy International Airport. The crash killed 73 people and left 86 survivors. Zuluaga was being treated at Nassau county medi Cal Center in East Meadow for a fractured spine Bro Ken ribs a dislocated hip and possibly a broken knee. Each of the 19 condoms he passed was filled with about 8 Grams of the drug police sgt. Richard Snizek said tuesday. Another Man. Jose Figueroa was found to have co Caine filled condoms in his intestines when doctors trying to Stop internal bleeding operated on him the Day after the crash authorities said. Figueroa s body May contain As Many As 70 More cocaine packets of varying size. Police were waiting to determine the amount before charging him said Donald Kane Dep Uty chief of detectives. Meanwhile one of the survivors has filed a lawsuit seeking $205.5 million from Vianca. The new Jersey Man claims he was disabled by inc crash and that the airline was negligent because it failed to furnish a Safe aircraft and a competent Crew. The plaintiff Jesus Manuel Pinzon 31, of Elizabeth . Suffered multiple broken Bones cuts and internal injuries. He was returning from a visit to relatives in Bogota. Pinzon s lawyer Robert a. Solomon said his client has been permanently disabled and will be unable to return to his $40p-a-Weck Job at a new Jersey clothing factory. Pinzon is being treated at Elizabeth general Hospital. Pinzon s 2-year-old son Brian who was sitting in the scat next to his father suffered minor head injuries and was not hospitalized. A Telephone Call to Vianca s offices for comment was not answered. A final report of the crash is unlikely for at least nine months. So far inc investigation has entered on who was responsible for the decision not to land when fuel was running Low. A sign of the times pier in . Seems to Hove ban on weddings the City posted the sign after local residents complained that the popular pier has often closed for weddings. New York a new yorkers Are used to being told what they can t do in Public spaces no parking. No dogs. No smoking. No spitting. No left turn. But no weddings that s what a sign on an East River pier seems to indicate but a spokesman for the department of ports and trades wants lovers to know the City is not getting into the wedding busting business. The sign using the International Symbol for prohibition has a Bride and Groom inside a Circle with a slash through it. It s a Funky sign and we made it in a fun Way department spokesman Frances Reshesky said wednesday. We did t mean to imply that weddings Are prohibited just that people arc not allowed to close off the pier to the  Reshesky said Many couples holding receptions at an adjacent restaurant in the Borough of Queens were led to believe they could hold private ceremonies on the pier. The pier has an unobstructed View of the Manhattan Skyline and has become a popular pedestrian Walkway for residents and a wedding hot spot. We were gelling complaints that it was being closed Many saturdays and sundays in the summer said Rush cake. We re not anti weddings. If someone wanted to go out tomorrow with a judge and gel married on inc pier Fine. You just can t close it off violators can be fined up to $5,000. Nasa plane carries new rocket in 2-hour test Edwards fab Calif. A a Nasa plane carried a Pegasus air launched rocket Over the Pacific Ocean on tuesday during a dress rehearsal for the Booster s first real launch in March officials said. I m very Happy. This was a very Good Day for the Pegasus program said Bob Lovell vice president of Orbital sciences corp., the Virginia company that developed the 49-fool-Long Rockol in a private joint Ven Ture with Delaware based Hercules aerospace corp. The 41.000-Pound rocket designed to put Small satellites in orbit cheaply was carried about 50 Miles West of Morro Bay. Attached beneath the wings of a b-52 bomber said Nancy Lovato spokeswoman for the National aeronautics and space administration. It was inc third captive carry Light test for Pega sus which remains attached to the plane during such tests. This third night lasted two hours and reached a maximum Alli Lude of 43.000  it. Col. De Nicastri of inc Pentagon s defense advanced research projects Agency said. Two attempts to launch the rocket were simulated during the test flight but the rocket which has a 22 foot wide Delta shaped Wing was t released he added. The b-52 took off from this Mojave desert military base at 8 . And landed at 10 01 ., Lovato said. During its first real launch Pegasus is to place in orbit a Small Navy communications satellite a Nasa Experiment and perhaps a Small satellite that Virginia win use for environmental monitoring of Chesapeake Bay. Dur ing tuesday s lest the rocket carried full scale models to simulate the Navy and Nasa satellites. The Pentagon and Nasa want to use the Small rocket to launch Small military and science satellites but Pegasus also is expected to attract business from companies foreign governments and University scientists who need a cheap Way to place payloads in orbit. Lovell said the Cost will be $6 million to $8 million per launch depending on How much business Pegasus gels. There were some Brief losses of radio communication Between the plane s Crew and ground controllers during tuesday s test but they were fixed quickly Ovalo said. We also had a launch lock Light come on when it was t supposed to but the plane s Crew knew through backup systems that the rocket was still safely locked in place Lovell said adding. We need to get a belter Light bulb in  skies were Clear when the rocket bearing plane took off from Edwards fab but weather was Cloudy Over the Pacific. So the lest demonstrates the Validity of the Pegasus concept which is to Lake off Over the desert where you almost always have Good weather and Fly above the storms to carry out a successful launch Lovell said