European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 22, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 b the stars and stripes Friday March 22, 1991 aci.1j v Siop Gaii Spe n fios los Angeles police chief. Daryl f. Gates second from left sits behind boxes of petitions calling for his ouster during a hearing by the City police com Mission on the beating or a Motorist by police. Motorist in . Police beating tested positive for liquor drugs cos Angeles apr Laboratory tests show the Motorist whose beating by police was videotaped and broadcast nationwide had alcohol and marijuana in his system when he was stopped by officers a police spokesman said thursday. A blood Sample taken after Rodney King was beaten showed his blood alcohol Content at a level that meant he was Well above the states Legal limit of .08 percent at the time he was driving it. Fred Nixon said. Urine tests also conducted at the National toxicology lab in Bakersfield calif., detected traces of marijuana in Kings system Nixon said. Exact Levels at the time of his arrest were unavailable Nixon said. The tests contradict earlier statements by a King lawyer Robert Rentzer who said his client was a devoted Jehovah a witness who did no to drink or take drugs Bryant Allen a passenger in Kings car told authorities that he King and another passenger Freddie Helms each had consumed 40 ounces of malt liquor before the March 3 incident said Allens attorney John Burton. In Washington president Bush said that seeing the videotape of the unarmed Black motorists beating a made me  he refused to say thursday whether police chief Daryl f. Gates should resign saying a the Manv entitled to a credible  earlier Fri director William s. Sessions called on the nations police chiefs to make Clear that a we do not tolerate excessive Force or brutality against citizens. The los Angeles City halt continued to be bombarded with Telephone Calls demanding the ouster of Gates. A     switchboard operators at mayor Tom Bradley a office have logged thousands of Calls Over the a St three weeks . V -. A   a the anti Gates Calls Are prevailing but we have received some pro Calls a Bradley spokeswoman Valle Bunting said. V during a raucous City Council meeting on wednes Day Ramona Ripston executive director of the american civil liberties Union of Southern California pro Ducco 10,000 letters demanding Gates resignation a dozen boxes were set on the stage in front of the commission and Gates. The civilian police commission that oversees the los Angeles Force met wednesday to study ways to discipline Gates for his leadership of the beleaguered department. A \ Bradley said Gates departure after 13 years could help the City heal and Community activists launched a citizen Effort to remove the police chief under a Section of the City charter that provides for recall of appointed officials. A Legal notice the first step appeared in thursdays los Angeles times. 5 . Policemen plead innocent in new York apr five police officers charged with murder for allegedly beating and choking a handcuffed suspect pleaded innocent As supporters inside and outside court denounced their prosecution. Witnesses to the incident claim they were harassed by police into lying about the it newspapers reported thursday. One witness said his dog was poisoned and had its stomach Slit open. Off duty officers packed the courtroom wednesday and cheered when the defendants appeared. They chanted a no Justice no service a. The five officers were indicted in the february death of Frederico Pereira 21. He died after being roasted from sleep in a stolen car. Turc officers had Repiha cd Pereira died after becoming violent and banging his head on the ground. But the medical examiner concluded Pereira had been choked to death and investigators determined he had been hit kicked and throttled while lying face Down his hands cuffed behind his Back Queens District attorney John Santucci said. The officers were suspended without pay police commissioner Lee p. Brown ordered a review of their precinct in Queens and the department issued new rules for handling unruly suspects. Sgt. Barry Goldblatt 49, and officers John of con Nell 25, Anthony Papparella 28, Thomas Lefell 21 and James Mcmorrow 29, pleaded innocent and wer released without bail. Newspaper reports thursday said authorities Are investigating the possibility of a police cover up. One witness who testified before the grand jury sail police coerced him into making a false statement tha initially cleared the officers of wrongdoing the be. York new Day reported. In Exchange he said the fixed three traffic tickets. Outside court on wednesday a defense attorney James j. Lysaght said Pereira had fought with officer in a drug induced frenzy. Pereira who had a record c drug and car theft arrests was allegedly carrying crack pipe and marijuana at the time of his death. The medical examiner said Pereira had. A Snia amount of cocaine on his blood but asphyxiation a ruled the cause of death. A in the opinion of the medical examiner the Victir was not in the violent throes of cocaine reaction a sail Santucci. A we have nothing to indicate there was Majo violence by the  1,700 at w. Virginia u. Inoculated for measles from wire reports Morgantown . More than 1,700 West Virginia University students were ordered wednesday to get immunization shots after a so Dent came Down with a possible Case of measles the immunizations were ordered after a meeting Between Campus infirmary officials and the Monon Galia county health department officials expected test results Friday to determine whether the student has measles. Shots were ordered for students who might have come in Contact with the ill student in a class or in a dormitory. V. Clapton s son Dies in fall new York a the 4-year-old son of Rock Star Eric Clapton plunged 48 stories to his death wednesday when he fell from a picture window apparently left open by a housekeeper who had. Just washed it. A. Police said the new York health department was investigating Why the luxury duplex on East 57th Street had no window guards As required by Law.  it a. A  a the boy Conor Clapton wandered into a bedroom on the second floor of the duplex at 11 10 . And leaned Over the ledge of a hinged window that was opened inward police said. He fell to the roof of the five Story new York Gene olog ical and biographical society. The boys Mother italian actress Lori Del Santo 32, the housekeeper and the maid were in a other rooms of the 4,000-Squ a re foot apartment. Sex teacher convicted Centerville Tenn. A a former High school science teacher was convicted wednesday of shooting ail assistant principal and trying to blow up the school. Donald Ray Givens 51, was convicted by a jury on charges of aggravated arson and murder in the May 1990 shooting of Ron Wallace assistant principal at Hickman county High school. Givens had pleaded innocent by reason of insanity .a. A  sentencing hearing was scheduled for thursday after a . Givens could face the death penalty. V Givens told police he was lighting candles and turning on propane Gas jets in the school science Laboratory to cause an explosion and prevent a baccalaureate ceremony when he was startled by Wallace and fired on him in the lab. A j Coffee makers recalled general electric co. Said wednesday that because of fuses that May pose a fire Hazard it is recalling electric drip Coffee makers that were manufactured under the be and Universal brands from 1976 to 1984. The company said the recall involving All its Coulee makers from that period except for space maker models stemmed from about 400 complaints concerning overheating including reports of fires in which three people died. About 375 of the complaints involved property damage that ranged from $300 to $1.3 million. Be said it made 9 million Coffee makers Dur my the period in question but Only a Small fraction Are believed to be still in use. Be said it is offering $.10 for every Coffee. Maker returned. For More information Consumers May Call 800 443-9000. Jet loses part on Takeoff Eagan Minn. An engine part about 5- get by 3-feet fell off a Northwest airlines jumbo Jet thursday when a Bird was ingested into the. Engine shortly after Takeoff a Northwest spokesman said c he be engine dc-10 returned safely to Minneapolis St. Paul International. Airport. No urm was injured Northwest spokesman Doug Miller said. The part a Tail Cone landed in a Grassy area about Dou Teet from a warehouse office Complex in plus Southern twin cities suburb which is just Southeast of the Airport police chief Pat Cagan said. A a. A flight 570 was bound for Miami with 219 passengers and Crew Northwest said