European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 20, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Monday August 20, 1990 the stars and stripes 3 found guilty in Central Park rape to icing was set for sept. I if sentenced to jail time they will be held in a juvenile detention Center until age 18, then transferred to an adult prison to finish their sentences. Despite repeated denials by authorities that the attack on a White woman Jogger by Black and hispanic youths was motivated by Bias racial tensions ran High throughout the trial. The months Long Case came to symbolize the increasing outbreaks of senseless violence in the United states largest City. Outside the courtroom after the verdict Mccray a father Bobby broke into sobs As he walked Down the hallway. His wife Linda walked several paces behind him also sobbing. Two Young girlfriends of Mccray and serious new York Puri a three teen agers were found guilty by a jury saturday of beating and gang raping a female investment banker attacked while jogging through Central Park on a Moonlit night last year. After 10 Days of deliberation in the racially charged Case the state supreme court jury found Yusef Salaam 16 an tron Mccray 16 and Raymond Santana 15 guilty of rape assault and a series of lesser charges in the april 19, 1989, attack of the woman who was beaten with a pipe and left for dead. The panel of 10 men and two women cleared the three youths of attempted murder the most serious charge against them. The youths each face a maximum san tence of five to 10 years in prison. Sen boy with aids once embraced by Pope Dies at 7 san Francisco apr Brendan of Rourke a boy embraced by Pope John Paul ii in 1987 in a symbolic gesture of compassion and acceptance of people with aids has died from an aids related illness. He was 7 years old. Brendan who was born premature and contracted the disease from a blood transfusion at the age of 2 months died Friday at the University of California san Francisco medical Center the Hospital said. The cause of death was not Given. The boys Mother Elaine of Rourke said Brendan was hospitalized with pneumonia last month. A photograph of the Pope reaching through a crowd to embrace the boy during the 1987 papal visit to the United states was printed in newspapers throughout the world. A that picture tells a great Story a said monsignor James. D. Mckay the former pastor at St. Cecelia a Catholic Church which the boys family attended. A when the Pope embraced him it was sort of a Symbol an expression of acceptance and compassion and encouragement and support for him and All the things he represented children the disadvantaged a Mckay said. Brendan met with the Pope again during a 1988 visit to the Vatican for the beatification of Junipero Serra the founder of californians Mission system. Brendan Wasny to at All ill at ease with the Media attention his encounters with the Pope received his Mother said. A the was just a neat kid a she said. A after a while he got to be a bit of a his Knack for humor was evident even during his Hospital slay she said. A at one time he was playing his Harmonica in the hallway with a sign saying please give Money a a of Rourke said. Brendan collected $7, which he intended to spend on toys. A the last two Days he was very sick a she said. A but he went 4 killed in Louisiana when Oil storage tank explodes Salaam were also seen sobbing outside the courtroom. Courtroom Security was extremely tight with dozens of officers stationed outside and Blue barricades placed All around. The three youths were part of a gang of about 30 teen agers who entered Central Park on april 19, 1989. With plans to go a Wilding Quot a randomly beating and mugging passers by. During the 2-hour rampage the gang attacked a homeless Man a couple on a. Tandem bicycle and a male bicyclist before the woman Jogger was spotted. Gang members seized the 30-year-old investment banker and hit her in the head with a pipe then dragged her into a Muddy ditch where she was gang raped sodomized and left for dead. Still hungry for violence the gang headed for the jogging track around the Reservoir attacked four male joggers and then fled the Park. The trial was the first in a series for six youths indicted in the attack. The others will go to trial at a Laler Date. In addition to the rape and assault counts Mccray Salaam and Santana were convicted of first dog acc sexual abuse robbery and riot. A the victims name has not been published by most news organizations because of the nature of the crime. During the 7-Weck trial she took the stand and testified she could not remember what happened the night of the attack. She said that because of the head injuries she suffered in the attack she had trouble keeping her balance had lost her sense of smell and suffered from double vision. Bush says he wont discuss on course Kennebunkport Maine apr a testy president Bush brushing off reporters questions said saturday that he no longer will discuss a serious matters like the persian Gulf crisis while playing Golf. The president displayed Clear misgivings about president Bush watches his son Georges drive during a round of Golf saturday. The image he was projecting by juggling his annual end of August vacation with a massive . Military build up against Iraq in the Middle East. Bush Cut off reporters inquiries on the first ice As he set out on an Early morning round of Golf. Asked if he had been in touch with the while House situation room the president snapped a i talk to them every morning at 5 30 and in a not going to take any More comments up Here Bush sire May have been sparked by footage shown on television networks of some lighthearted remarks the president made on the Golf course Friday. Asked then if he had signed rules of engagement for . Naval forces in the Gulf. Bush quipped a i Haven to done anything yet. 1 just got up a he then sped off in his Golf cart. When he finished saturday s speedy round on the Cape Arundel Golf course a reporter asked the president if he was still a a made at the Media. A a in be never been mad at you. I just done to like taking questions on serious matters on my vacation a he said. A a it a just not a Good thing to keep doing it like this. But ill try to be available a said Bush who has held two formal news conferences and two informal ones since he came to Maine on aug. 10 for a 25-Day vacation. A i think we be been readily available to the press probably More so than most and ill try to continue that a he said. A but it just does no to seem appropriate and so i Hope you la understand if 1, when in a recreating will recreate and then when we re working which in a trying to do up Here also ill work in past golfing rulings Bush regularly answered questions on the first tee. Logansport la. Apr four people apparently climbing on an Oil storage tank were killed when the tank exploded authorities said saturday. The victims including two teen age Sisters were apparently climbing a ladder to the top of the tank Friday night when a spark ignited the explosion said it. Robert Davidson of the Desoto Parish sheriffs office. A places like these Are gathering places for lie said. Quot at most of these places the Gates Are unlocked or broken. They Are a pretty Good place to get out of town. Hopefully after this that will the explosion Shook House windows in the area and threw one of the girls 65 feet from the tank he said. The dead were identified As Becky Wall 16, and Heather Wall 14, both of Keatchie David Price 21, of Logansport and Tony Walker 21, of Flat Wood Texas. No one else was injured Davidson said. A authorities Hadnot determined the cause of the spark Davidson said but it might have been a cigarette lighter. The tank about 30 feet High holds several thousand Gallons but was far below its its capacity he said. A a sheriffs investigator said it was not immediately known who owned the tank which was about five Miles North of this West Louisiana town near the Texas Border. Ai a a. V 1 a a j in the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. Aug. 20, 1950 a counter attacking . And South korean troops pushed Back the North koreans from four to six Miles North of Taegu but the communists were reported massing in the South for what appeared to be a new offensive. 30 years ago today. Aug. 20, 1960 a . Spy Pilot Francis Gary Powers was sentenced to 10 years in prison by a soviet military court which found him guilty of espionage. Powers 31, was spared the death penalty because the court agreed he had shown Quot open hearted Quot repentance. 20 years ago today. Aug. 20, 1970 a i he United slates informed i Kracl it had found no evidence to support charges that Egypt violated the Middle East cease fire which had gone into effect aug. 8. J 10 years ago today. Aug. 20, 1980 a communist party officials began using a Divide and conquer strategy to weaken the general strike by More than a a Tju polish workers negotiating with strikers irom individual factories m the Gdansk Region but refusing to meet with the joint strike committee
