European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 21, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday August 21, 1990 the stars and stripes Page 5 in water ils dam in Indiana Rochester ind. Apr a Hospital and apartments were evacuated As a precaution sunday after High water threatened to burst through a dam on Lake Manitou police said. At least 100 people were evacuated from the area immediately below the dam after 6 inches of rain on saturday swelled the Lake to about 2 feet above flood stage officials said. Other residents of the lightly pop Ulaler area below the dam were advised to leave their Homes or prepare to evacuate said Fulton county chief Jailer Robert Bryant. Patients at Woodlawn Hospital were sent Home or taken to other hospitals nursing Homes and the local High school gymnasium officials said. Volunteers fire Crews and civil defense officials Laid about 13,000 Sand bags along the dam sunday Bryant said. A a it a holding at this Point. Our main problem is now we re expecting another 2 to 3 inches of rainfall Quot he said sunday afternoon. The army corps of engineers brought Large pumps to attempt to lower the level of the Lake the National weather service said. Lake Manitou is about 12 feet above , which flows along the Eastern Edge of Rochester a town of 5,000 in North Central Indiana. Mill Creek flows into the Tippecanoe River. A Complete failure of the dam could raise  by 6 feet the weather service said. It said the Creek would Crest in Rochester within a half hour if the dam would burst. A the biggest problem it would affect would be our Hospital. If the dam was to go out a Large Quantity of water would hit it Quot Bryant said. Antron Mccray Raymond Santana in logger rape Case sex in acquittal on attempted murder count new York apr jurors say they decided to acquit three teen agers of attempted murder in the Central Park Jogger Case because they did not think the youths intended to kill the Young woman who suffered brain damage. Juror Rafael Miranda said the mood in the jury room was often tense with a a lot of screaming and a lot of names called a before the teen agers a Yusef Salaam 16 Antron Mccray 16 and Raymond Santana 15 a were acquitted of the lop count of attempted murder and a lesser count of sodomy. They were convicted of raping and assaulting the Jogger. They also were convicted of first degree riot of assault and robbery in an attack on one male Jogger and of assaulting a second Man. The Anonymous victim now 30, became a National figure As she recovered from the Savage assault by a youth gang during her nightly run on april 19, 1989. The teen agers were tried As adults but will be sentenced As juvenile offenders on sept. 11 by Justice Thomas Galligan who ordered them held without bail. They face up to five to 10 years in prison on the top count of rape. The defense attorneys plan to Appeal. Three other defendants have yet to stand trial. A the defendants supporters Demon Stratch frequently outside the courthouse accusing the victim of promiscuity and questioning her reasons for being in the Park late at night. When prosecutor Elizabeth cd err left the courthouse a group shouted a the Devil herself. The Devil she a going to  for  Charles Nestorick the Only other juror who agreed to talk with reporters after the verdict was read said the attempted murder charges Quot gave us a lot of difficulty because she had really been  but he said the jurors Felt the teens did no to realize How badly they had Hurt her a youths that age Are not Well versed in How Many blows it takes to kill someone Quot he said. After three Days of deliberating on nothing hut the attempted murder charges Quot we saw that we  prove intent Quot he said. Asked Why it took 10 Days for a verdict Nestorick said one person held out to acquit Mccray on rape and assault. The defendants statements to police were the heart of the prosecution s Case. A detective testified that Santana told him he counted 33,youths who entered the Park to Quot wild some Hogg cars. Beat up and rip Oft joggers and  the defendants told detectives the woman was struck with a Metal pipe bashed in the head and face with a Brick Cut on the legs with a knife and sexually attacked cd err  evidence claimed in Macdonald murders Boston apr the defense attorneys who won an acquittal for Claus von Bulow say they have new evidence in the Jeffrey Macdonald Case the subject of the Best Selling Book a fatal vision a Boston attorneys Harvey Silverglate and Alan Dershowitz said they will file a writ of Hareas Corpus in . District court in Raleigh n.c., to overturn the conviction. Macdonald a Green Beret Captain was found guilty of murdering his wife and two daughters 20 years ago. Silverglate said his team has uncovered forensic evidence that he says was hidden by the government during Macdonald a trial and subsequent Appeal. He did not describe the evidence but said it corroborates a claim by a woman now dead who allegedly had told others she participated in the killings. A had it been available to Jeffrey Macdonald prior to the trial he would have been acquitted a said Silverglate. A it will demonstrate that the Story he told on the night of the murders was True Quot Macdonald a doctor was convicted in 1979 of the bludgeoning and stabbing deaths of his pregnant wife Colette and two Small daughters Kimberly and Kristen at their fort Bragg n.c., apartment in february 1970. He has maintained from the beginning that he and his family were attacked in their Home by three men accompanied by a woman. He said the woman chanted a acid is groovy kill the  James Blackburn prosecutor in the 1979 trial said in a Telephone interview from his Home in Raleigh where he is now in private practice that he has been hearing for Over a year that the writ would be filed. A once it is filed i or the appropriate authorities will file a response Quot he said. Quot during the trial certainly absolutely no evidence was hidden from the defense that they were entitled to Quot he added Macdonald 46, is serving three consecutive life sentences at the terminal Island Federal Penitentiary in san Pedro Calif. He said he is convinced he will finally be vindicated once the new evidence is made Public. A then i can go Home and rebuild my life Quot he said. Author Joe Mcginniss wrote the Best Selling 1983 Book a fatal vision Quot in which he concluded Mac Doh and was guilty of the murders. Macdonald later sued Mcginniss claiming the author lied to gain his Confidence and write the Book. Macdonald won a $325,000 out of court settlement but was allowed to keep just $50,000. 150,000 Gallons of Gas spilled in Delaware Bay Quot a a. T i Lewes Del. Apr a fuel Barge and an Oil Tanker collided in the Delaware Bay Early sunday spilling about 150,000 Gallons of gasoline from the Barge the coast guard said. The Tanker had Hull damage in the Bow area but did not spill any of its cargo and there were no injuries coast guard officials said. The gasoline was expected to evaporate before it reached the Delaware or new Jersey shorelines and did not pose an environmental threat said coast guard cmdr. Ste a Gilbert in Philadelphia. A the panamanian registered Tanker the Faith i was Cam ing eat iced Stock a substance used in refining and was headed to coast Eagle Point in new Jersey. A tugboat was pushing the Barge which was in route from Marcus Hook pa., to Boston. Both were taken to big Stone Anchorage where the Barge was being unloaded. The Anchorage is an area in the Middle of Delaware Bay used As a parking lot for tankers which draw too much water to proceed farther up the River. The Barge s seven tanks were loaded with 7.1 million Gallons of gasoline and fuel Oil. The remaining Gas from the damaged tank was emptied onto another Barge sunday evening Gilbert  the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. Aug. 21, 1950 a a White House efforts to Avert a National Railroad strike failed and Union officials said a Token Quot stoppages would begin soon.30 years ago today. Aug. 21, 1960 a soviet scientists brought a spaceship safely to Earth after n had orbited the Earth the official soviet news Agency Tass reported.20 ears ago today. Aug. 21, 1970 a a the Senate gave president Nixon a Clear Cut Victory when it voted to add a third and fourth site to the safeguard defense against attack by enemy nuclear missiles. 10 years ago today. Aug. 21,1980 a for More than eight weeks military postal and customs authorities in Europe had not been allowed to Cheek mail moving Between Apos in Europe for illegal drugs explosives and other contraband. The searches were halted but the department of defense