European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 31, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday May 31, 1990 the stars and stripes Page 7 dreading crunch Chicago braces for invasion of bugs Chicago a this City is going bonkers Over bugs. There Are nightly updates on the to news Reci Pes in the newspaper even a special hot line. All the fuss is about the imminent coming of billions of Inch Long critters called cicadas which unearth themselves every 17 years to mate. If they did it with Well some decorum it would t be so hard on every one. But the male insects shriek incessantly during their rites and drive homeowners crazy. Billions of the winged creatures Are expected to emerge in parts of Illinois Iowa Indiana and Wisconsin during the next few Days covering Back Yards an forests with their Brownish Crunchy bodies. After mating and laying eggs that will remain under ground for another 17 years the cicadas will die. The orgy should be Over by Early july and experts say the creatures Are harmless. But that has t calmed the hysteria. It s completely unfounded said Field museum entomologist Phil Parrillo. People Are going out and getting insecticide to Spray on them but they re Only going to be Here for a few weeks. Gee Whiz Don t worry about  Parrillo said the insects May be a nuisance because of All the noise they generate. And they can damage Young Trees where they Lay their eggs. But other than that they re really not going to cause a problem he said. Midwesterner might get a different impression from Reading the newspaper or watching the news lately. The cicadas have reached Elmhurst a broadcaster announced in a recent film at 11" teaser for a television newscast. Was to news has run five or six reports saying that they re on their Way and also a Story on what people can do to protect their Young Trees said Jim Lichtenstein assignment editor. The cover of a recent Chicago Tribune sunday mag Azine featured the warning get ready the 17-year itch of the Cicada is about to  the Chicago Sun times last week set up a hot line which has received at least 60 Calls a Day from curious or horrified homeowners with questions about the bugs said Jim Martinez metropolitan editor. The newspaper even printed recipes for readers Brav enough to eat the creatures. Michael Kendall a Chicago attorney tested one of the recipes with some cicadas he found monday night in his brother s suburban Back Yard. We parboiled them and then sauteed them in but Ter and garlic and ate them sort of like shrimp Ken Dall said. They taste like sort of a starchy  had a sort of Scallop like  Parrillo says this Batch of cicadas Brood 13 lives in the top third of Illinois parts of Eastern Iowa and Western Indiana and in Southern Wisconsin. Other broods on different 17-year cycles live throughout the Eastern United states and some Cica Das emerge every 13 years he said. Three year old Rubby Graves of Elmhurst iii., watches with fascination As a Cicada emerges from its Shell tuesday. Al members of the fierce family stand on the porch of their Home in Glouster flooded View Ohio after overnight Rains flooded parts of the City. As much As 6 feet of a water flooded the area cutting off electricity and closing Many roads. Traffic deaths showed drop ending climb Washington a Highway fatalities dropped last year after three straight years of increases. The nation Stop Highway safety officer credits tighter Laws advertising campaigns and greater Public awareness for the drop from 47,087 to 45,454. The death toll represented the lowest Ever relative to Miles travelled. Most of these regulations went in about two years ago but they really did t take effect until last year Jerry Ralph Curry the head of the National Highway traffic safety administration said tuesday. Deaths involving passenger car dropped from 25,808 to 24,929 As part of the Overall decrease in Highway fatalities the National transportation safety Board reported. Highway fatalities account for 95percent of All transportation deaths. Before All the figures were in the safety administration in february estimated 1989 fatalities at 45,500. It said this Fig ure was 2.2 deaths per 100 million Miles travelled the smallest death rate on re Cord. The 1988 figure was 2.3 per 100 million Miles and the 1980 rate was 3.3per 100 million Miles. He noted an increase in seat Belt us and that 35 states have seat Belt Laws. Judge refuses to void Poindexter convictions Washington a a Federal judge refuse tuesday to overturn John m. Poindexter s five Iran Contra convictions ruling that the former National Security adviser had presented a weak defense against Strong evidence. . District judge Harold h. Greene denied de sense motions for a judgment of acquittal on the five felony convictions of then president Reagan s National Security adviser. A review of this evidence reveals that proof of defendant s guilt of the charges is compelling Greene said of the conspiracy obstruction of Congress an false statement convictions that were returned april 7 by the jury in the Case. Jurors found Poindexter guilty of lying to Congress and destroying documents to conceal Covert Reagan administration assistance of the nicaraguan rebels and the . Role in a 1985 israeli shipment of Hawk mis Siles to Iran. The judge rejecting defense arguments that prosecutors did not prove their Case against the retired Navy rear Admiral found that Poindexter s defense was neither Broad nor particularly  other than to attempt to weaken the testimony of the government s witnesses through Cross Examina Tion Poindexter simply did not have a defense of disown the judge said. Poindexter did not testify at his trial. He is to be sentenced june 11 and could get up to 25 years in prison and be fined As much As $1.25 million. The judge noted that neither Reagan who gave videotaped deposition that was played to the jury nor former National Security Council aide Oliver l. North was willing to relieve defendant of culpability in their testimony. The judge found that Reagan May have helped Gener ate an atmosphere at the White House which led subordinate officials to conclude they were carrying out the presi Dent s wishes by repeatedly stressing his commitment to freeing . Hostages in Lebanon and helping the Nicara Guan rebels after Congress had Cut off Aid. But Greene said there is no evidence to contradict the former president s testimony that he warned his subordinates against acting outside the  the judge also dismissed a defense Contention that Iran Contra prosecutor Dan Webb improperly argued to jurors in his final summation that Reagan had lie to the american Public when he denied Selling arms to Iran for hostages. Poindexter s lawyers argued this was an improper expression of personal opinion not based on the facts