European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 10, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday August 10, t990 the stars and stripes Page 5 Barry jury views Fri sting tape 6th Day of deliberations Marion Barry meets reporters As a jury continues deliberations in his trial. Washington apr jurors in Marion Barry s cocaine and perjury trial wednesday viewed the videotape of the Fri sting operation against the Washington mayor As deliberations in his trial proceeded for a sixth Day. The jurors asked to Sec the tape of the Jan. 18 sting operation in which Barry smoked crack cocaine and was arrested in the hotel room of former Model a so Coda Moore. . District court judge Thomas Penfield Jackson granted the jurors request after informing prosecutors and barrys lawyers. The jury retired for the night about 5 . The sting formed the basis of one of the 10 cocaine Possession charges against Barry. The viewing of the videotape came the Day after an unusual courtroom scene suggested to barrys lawyer and other Veteran attorneys that things were mov ing in the mayors favor. The jury s announcement tuesday that it had reached a verdict on the 12th count suggested the panel had Quot gone past the first 11 charges in the indictment and was a not Able to reach a  said one lawyer Kenneth Robinson. The first 11 of the 14 counts include the most serious allegations a three felony perjury charges caning a maximum five year prison term each. Barry lawyer r. Henri eth Mundy too said tuesday that he thought the jury had Quot passed the perjury Quot counts in its deliberation. Robinson a former assistant . Attorney who has no connection with the Barry Case said it now appears that Mundy a has effectively led the jury into favourable deliberations for the mayor the panel of nine women and three men sent out a note tuesday saying it had reached a verdict on count 12, a Misdemeanour charge accusing the mayor of possessing cocaine at a hotel with longtime Bany associate Doris Crenshaw. After jurors filed into the courtroom the jury Foreman asked that they be polled individually by the judge. That never happened and the Foreman declined to reveal the verdict the jury was supposed to have reached. That suggested a juror May have had a a second thoughts Quot and was wavering just before coming into the courtroom said Robinson. Before the trial Barry commented that a in this town All it takes is one juror saying to not going to convict Marion Barry. I Don t care what you  a a under Federal guidelines Barry would face a prison term of at least five months if convicted of just one of the felony perjury charges. But he could wind up with no prison Lime if convicted solely on Misdemeanour charges heart valve firm to warn patients Irvine Calif. Apr a cart valve manufacturer bowed to the demands of consumer activists and agreed to inform thousands of implant patients of potential defects. Hilcy inc. Of Irvine a subsidiary of new York based Pfizer inc.,-said tuesday it will identify and notify 21,000 patients in the United states of product defects that could prove dangerous. A its notices will advise patients about the warning signs of mechanical valve failure and what Steps to take should the device fail company officials said. The announcement affects those patients who received the Bjork Shiley 60-Dcgrcc a a convex concave heart valve. The company voluntarily pulled the valves from the . Market in 1986 following reports of valve fractures. Roger Sachs vice president and medical director at Hilcy said the firm was determining How patients will be notified. He said Hilcy was negotiating with another company to compile a registry of implant patients. The decision comes after Public citizen health research group a Washington based consumer organization filed a lawsuit against Hilcy and Pfizer to Force Shiley to warn patients about the defects a judge dismissed the suit in May after ruling that the . Food and drug administration had sole authority to Issue such an order. A if the company docs what it says it is going to do there is no question that some people who otherwise would die will live a a said Public citizens director or. Sidney Wolfe. A i think they saw the handwriting on the Wall and yielded to something they should have done a Long Lime ago a he added. Originally Shiley had cautioned Only surgeons about the valves problems relying on them to notify their patients. Nasa prepares to put Mother Dies in songs suicide by fire try Birmingham Ala. Apr a Man reportedly distraught Over marital problems set himself on fire and ran into his mothers House setting it ablaze. He survived but his invalid Mother was killed. Evidence indicates Samuel Taylor 30, doused himself with a flammable liquid and set himself afire said homicide detective Belinda Weldon. A the was despondent Over his marital situation a she said. Police found what they called a suicide note in the charred remains of the House. Details about the note and Taylor a marriage were not disclosed. Police and witnesses said Taylor was aflame from head to toe when he ran into his mothers House and screamed for help. A i tried to Stop it but j could t put it out a said a relative George Davis. A fire was spreading  he said Taylor ran out of the House after seeing flames race across furniture and up the curtains. Neighbors wrapped blankets around Taylor to Pul out the flames. Davis said he tried to save 51-Ycar-old Clara Taylor the victim of an earlier stroke but the heat forced him and his wife outside. Taylor was in critical condition wednesday in the Burn unit of University Hospital. Into Venus orbit a Pasadena Calif. Apr the National aeronautics and space administration on wednesday armed the rocket of the Magellan spacecraft preparing it for an orbit of Venus designed to Lake the Best radar pictures yet of the surface of the Cloud covered planet. The 3.7-ton Magellan was released from the cargo Bay of the shuttle Atlantis on May 4, 1989, and launched into a looping 948 million mile trip to the second planet from the Sun. If All goes Well engineers will spend most of the month testing Magellan a radar and making adjustments. Sometime Between aug. 26 and sept. I Magellan will Start using its radar to peer through thick venusian Clouds and map the planet. A a in Mable to sleep As Long As t done to drink caffeine but 1 suspect i m going to lie very nervous until a gullah is safely in orbit a said Magellan project manager Tony Spear. Engineers received a radio signal from Magellan on wednesday indicating the spacecraft successfully completed an electronic circuit to Arm a solid fuel Star rocket Spear said. Friday morning a computer program will automatically order the rocket to fire for 83 seconds. The rocket firing Forward will reduce Magellan a Speed from 24600 Mph to about 18,600 Mph. That will allow Magellan to be captured by Venus Gravity and go into an orbit around the  the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. Aug. 10, 1950 a North korean troops were reported on the run on two big fronts of the korean Battle line for the first time since the conflict began. Military commanders said they were confident that . Forces could hold the Taegu Pusan beachhead,30 years ago today. Aug. 10, i960 a the air Force successfully fired an Atlas intercontinental ballistic missile 7.000 Miles Over the Atlantic the second longest . Military rocket shot on record.20 years ago today. American airlines cites jump in fuel costs  fares 10% aug. 10, 1970 a soviet Premier Alexei Kosygin said the soviet in striving to promote detente in the world and eliminate armed conflicts such in Indochina and the Middle east.10 years ago today. Aug 10, 19tsu a Hurricane Allen bearing 170-Mph winds crashed into coastal resorts of South Texas and disabled a Tanker loaded with nearly 12 Gallons of Oil. J Ion was As those the ind. Million fort Worth Texas apr american airlines said wednesday it will increase its fares by 10 percent because of the rising Cost of fuel brought about by iraqis invasion of Kuwait. Michael a Gunn the airline s senior vice president for marketing said the increase will go into effect Friday for flights in the Continental United Stales Hawaii and the Caribbean and on aug. 15 for International flights. Pan american world airways and Northwest airlines also have said they would raise their fares. Quot we regret the recent events in the Middle East have caused an increase m the costs of fuel leading to an in reuse in our fare Price Quot Gunn said. Fuel costs make up 15 percent of american airlines total budget a shut at the higher prices we estimate it will be at least 20 percent a american airlines spokesman Tim Smith said. A a even with the higher fares we expect to recover Only a portion of the increased fuel costs since we have already sold half of our seals for the next two months at old prices a Smith said. The higher fares apply Only to tickets that Are nought after the increase goes into effect Srnish said. On july 1, american airlines was paying an average of 57 cents per gallon for its fuel. Smith said. A by today the system average had risen to 68 cents. But the spot Market is amends at 8s cents and the spot is what our Market is bus a on a Smith added