European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 4, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 6 a a a the stars and stripes tuesday september 4,1990 stateside9 wounded by gunman outside Texas nightclub port Arthur Texas apr a gunman opened fire with an automatic Rifle outside a popular nightclub Early sunday wounding nine people police said. The nine people shot outside the speakeasy lounge about 1 15 . Remained hospitalized in stable condition sunday night said port Arthur patrolman Paul Arvizo. The gunman remained at Large sunday night Arvizo said. No witnesses have come Forward he said.400 evacuated from Homes after Plant emits toxic fumes la Verne Calif. Up a a fire at a computer circuit Board manufacturing Plant produced a toxic Cloud that forced evacuation of More than 400 people from a residential area late sunday and Early monday authorities said. Six people were treated for nausea dizziness and headaches after breathing chemical fumes officials said. The fire broke out about 9 . Sunday at super tech a computer circuit manufacturer Plant 32 Miles East of los Angeles la veme police sgt. Jim Strona said. An hour later a Small surrounding area was evacuated and the evacuation zone was widened before Midnight to 1 Square mile. By Sunrise the fire had almost burned itself out but some embers were still blazing Strona said. Some residents on the outskirts of the evacuated area were allowed Back into their Homes about 3 ., but about 200 others remained out of their Homes in a five Square Block area because of lingering fumes he defending his parents in subway Holdup is killed new York apr a Young Man from Utah who intervened after subway muggers punched his Mother and robbed his father was fatally stabbed police said. Brian Watkins 22, of Provo Utah was in new York with his family for the . Open Tennis tournament on sunday when he was attacked on a Midtown subway platform transit police spokesman sgt. Bob Valentino said. Watkins along with his wife father Mother and 26-year-old brother ventured into the subway station at 53rd Street and seventh Avenue for a two Stop ride to a station near the tavern on the Green restaurant in Central Park. As they waited on the northbound platform five Young men approached a knife was brandished and the victims father was robbed Valentino said. A during the robbery one of the assailants punched the Mother in the face and the two sons interceded a Valentino said. The victim was stabbed during the fight. No immediate arrests were suspected after bags of mutilated animals found la Canada Flintridge Calif. Apr bags containing decapitated animals and indications of ritual animal sacrifice were discovered by Hunters in Angeles National Forest authorities said. The Hunters found the bags saturday near a . Forest service station on Angeles Crest Highway said los Angeles county sheriffs sgt. Dan Cox. A the animals were possibly used in a spiritual ritual. There a no further information or suspects a he said. Authorities said one bag held a Black rooster wrapped in a Black Sheet bearing a Pentagram Coconut shells a handmade doll and candles. A sheep and two roosters All decapitated were in a second bag. A third contained a rooster and a Goat both decapitated. The roosters Heads were in the bags but the Goat and sheep Heads were missing. Deputies filed a cruelty to animals report and gave the Case to the county a animal control Board. Conn. Victim of rape in 88 tells her Story in newspaper Hartford Conn. Apr the director of the states permanent commission on the status of women has come Forward to Tell her Story of being raped two years ago saying in a detailed newspaper account that she spoke out because rape is a a crime of a i want people to understand it i want people to understand that its an act of violence and i want people to know that it does no to have a Damn thing to do with sex a Fredrica Gray said in an interview with the Hartford courant published sunday. Gray the executive director of the commission was sexually assaulted on feb. 3, 1988, in her Home in Bloomfield a Hartford suburb. She said she convinced her attacker that she had aids a a lie a and lured him Back to her House telling him she had Medicine to treat the condition. When the Man returned he was arrested. The Man Johnny b. Williams of Hartford pleaded no contest and was sentenced earlier this year to 13 years in prison. A for every Johnny there Are a million other ones other men who commit these crimes and a lot of them Are never caught Quot Gray said. Gray 44, said she hoped her account would focus More attention on violence against women and encourage More victims of sexual assault to report such crimes. In publishing Gray a Story the courant broke with its policy of not printing the names of rape victims. While most newspapers have similar policies the Issue has been debated in journalistic circles recently especially after the Des Moines Iowa Register printed stories earlier this year naming a woman who came Forward with the Story of her 1989 rape. As a women a rights activist Gray had previously helped write a Booklet on procedures for gathering evidence in rape cases. At the time of the attack she was preparing for hearings on new statewide procedures for dealing with rape victims. Still she said the attack left her devastated. Even after Williams arrest she received mail from him. At one Point she said he sent her a extremely Gross pornography in another letter he wrote �?o1 love you very much. I want to come Home a she said. A it was like being assaulted again and again a she said. She sold her House 16 months after the attack. A i never could sleep there again a she said. A a there a something that happens about the place you live the place in which you Are assaulted. You can to live there you can to feel Safe there. It traumatized you every time you walk through the Gray caught her attacker through an elaborate lie that she Tola him during the attack which occurred when she was Home sick from her work at the commission. A i said to him a you know Why in a Home i have aids if you done to believe me there a Medicine on my Dresser a she said. When the attacker asked if he could Call her later Gray said she gave him a false name and her real phone number. A i wanted him to Call the House a she said. A because i knew that if i could get him to Call me that we would have a pretty Good Chance of apprehending the Day after the assault Gray waited with a police detective and the attacker called again. To lure him Back to the House for Medicine she told him a you May have raped me but in a going to live and you re going to Williams then 22, was arrested soon after he entered the House. Winning loser Michael Pigeon 18, receives his blood test while sign him up until he neared 219 pounds. So being inducted into the Marine corps in san Diego. Pigeon slipped out of his parents Home walked and the 6-foot 3-Inch Man had weighed 245 pounds and hitchhiked 2,500 Miles to san Diego dropping 20 was told by his Detroit Recruiter that the marines pounds along the Way. Woman who lied about rape apologizes in ads Lexington neb. Apr a woman who falsely accused a Man of rape apologized sunday in court ordered radio ads saying she Hopes time will heal the damage to the Many a reputation. Elizabeth Irene Richardson 24, was ordered to run radio and newspaper ads throughout Dawson county in Central Nebraska As part of her sentence for a perjury conviction last february. She was later to begin a six month jail term for falsely accusing Gary Nitsch 44. A i want the Public to know that these allegations were not True and that i made up the Story for personal reasons a Richardson said in the radio add while i realize there is nothing i can really do or say to repair the damage i have caused i sincerely Pray that time will heal the wounds my false allegations have inflicted on or. Nitsch and his Richardson accused Nitsch of raping her in september 1988. He was charged with sexual assault but the Case was dropped for Lack of physical evidence. Authorities later Learned that Richardson had told friends the rape was a hoax. Dawson county attorney John Marsh said Richardson was trying to get the attention of her husband a truck Driver who was often away from Home. Nitsch said he had met the woman briefly when he went to her House inquiring about a painting Job she had advertised. As a result of the false charge Nitsch lost his Job and his family was harassed. A Dawson county District court judge sentenced Richardson to apologize in a half Page advertisement in every newspaper and a prime time spot on each radio station in Dawson county. The county in Central Nebraska has about 22,000 residents. Nitsch does not have a Telephone and a message was left sunday at his brother a Home. The woman who answered said Nitsch was working and not available for comment
