European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 24, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 b the stars and stripes sunday March 24, 1991 k Pamela smart enters the Rockingham Superior courthouse in Exeter ., on Friday. Story of sensational  Murder soon be in Heaters on to by Jim Van Dongen United press International Concord  A it had illicit sex a murder plot and High courtroom drama and it will be coming soon to a television set or movie theater near you a the accomplice to murder trial of Pamela smart which ended Friday in guilty verdicts and a life sentence without parole held television viewers and newspaper readers spellbound As they followed the Case like an unfolding mystery. A local television station quadrupled its Normal ratings whenever it abandoned afternoon soap operas for the real thing. The attractive 23-year-old smart who served As Media director of winna Dunnet High school in Hampton ., was accused of enticing her teen age Lover and two of his friends into murdering her husband a six Days before the couple s first wedding anniversary last May. Smart s Lover William Flynn now 17, testified about his first sexual encounter with smart saying she donned Turquoise lingerie arid performed a sultry strip-1 tease in an elaborate seduction after the two watched the film �?o9 i weeks when he was 15 and a Virgin. Flynn said smart later threatened to break off their relationship unless he carried out the murder of her husband Gregory 24, an insurance Salesman. The boy testified he and Patrick Randall ambushed smart As he returned Home from work May 1. They forced his face to the floor holding a knife to his Throat. Flynn pulled a .38-Calibcr handgun from his pocket whispered Quot god forgive me and pulled the trigger. The slaying was initially believed the result of a bungled burglary and the Case has been a Media event from the moment the body was found. Pamela smart returned from a meeting at winna Dunnet to find her husband dead and at first she was the picture of a grieving widow. She described for television interviewers her love for her husband and lamented that he was slain before the couple could celebrate their first anniversary. A smart was readily available for to interviews. She had once boasted to fellow students at Florida state univer. Sity that she would be the next Barbara Walters. The Case took a twist in june with the arrest of Flynn Randall and Vance lattime or. All students at winna Dunnet. And on aug. 1 smart was arrested at her office largely As a result of tape recorded evidence. Cecelia Pierce 16, a Friend of Flynn a and smart s student intern at winna Dunnet High knew that smart and Flynn had become lovers. She also knew that smart had talked frequently about How bad her marriage was and even about having her husband killed Pierce agreed to have her Telephone tapped and to Wear a concealed microphone so police could caves drop on her conversations with smart during the 2vz-week trial prosecutors claimed she had her husband killed in order to maintain her affair with Flynn and because she feared losing her Home arid dog Halen if she got a divorce. It defense lawyers maintained smart was innocent and that Flynn and his friends were a thrill seeking Quot killers who tried to implicate her in the crime to win lighter sentences for themselves. The Case quickly attracted the interest of supermarket tabloids and their television equivalents / a Story on the Case appeared in a the Star a Cecelia Pierce was a guest on the syndicated television programs Quot hard copy and Quot a current  she was paid for both appearances. She sold the rights to her Story to a movie company for $100,000. A Friend of Greg smart s said he had been offered $10,000 for a movie contract. With that kind of pretrial publicity amur to in Manchester ., knew it had a surefire hit on its hands. When it broadcast Exten Sivc portions of the trial live most of the state tuned in. People brought in television sets to work or set up videocassette recorders to record the Days testimony. The station even broadcast hour Long summaries of the Days court action after abcs  the secretly recorded conversations Between smart and Pierce gave viewers the Chance to be part of the investigation. Even though they were barely audible to viewers at Home they let people listen in on scenes that were the real life equivalent of. Television crime dramas. Quot if you Tell the expletive truth you Are probably going to be arrested and you re Gonna Send. Me to the expletive Slammer for the rest of our life a smart was heard to say. But the main attraction of the trial was the testimony of smart the Blond a Nice Maiden Quot who sat in the courtroom showing no emotion As her sex Lover described the execution style murder of her husband. On the witness stand she gave an impressive performance answering state prosecutor Paul Maggiotto a questions and More repeatedly challenging him with Quot was that a question Quot smart barely blinked As the jury announced its verdict and uttered not a w Ord As the judge immediately sentenced her to life without parole in the slate prison for women.  concern prompts recall of toy bunnies from wire reports Washington Kellogg co. Is recalling 15,576 bunnies Given away in supermarket promotions because eyes and noses could break and choke Young children. The bunnies Are White with Pink ears feet and noses and carry the name a a Kellogg so on a tag attached to the Back the consumer product safety commission said Friday they were Given away in some stores on March 14 and 15 in 33 states and puerto Rico. A spokesman for the Cereal manufacturer in Battle Creek mich., said the company had no reports of injuries from the bunnies. The states where bunnies were distributed Are Arkansas California Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia Hawaii,.illinois. Indiana Iowa Kentucky Louisiana Maryland Massachusetts Michigan. Minnesota Nebraska new Hampshire new Jersey new Mexico new York North Carolina Ohio Oklahoma Oregon. Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina Tennes. See Texas Washington Wisconsin and  toll increases new York a the port authority of new York and new Jersey on Friday voted to raise the Cost of crossing the Hudson River from $3 a round trip to $4. The increases arc Effectiveapril-7. A a. Bridge and Tunnel tolls were raised from $2 to $3 four years ago. The new toll was adopted unanimously after authority commissioners Defeated a move to increase the $1 fare for the authority a path commuter rail line. A. The governors of new York and new Jersey had opposed raising path  fined $10 million Baltimore a a pharmaceutical company was fined $10 million Friday for Selling adulterated and miss Abele generic drugs. It was believed to be the largest criminal Fine Ever imposed in a Federal food and drug administration Case. . District judge John r. Hargrove sentenced Bolar pharmaceutical co. Inc. To pay a Maxi rum Fine of $5.00,000 on each of 20 counts. Bolar was also ordered to pay More than $23ls,000 in investigation fees. Bolar pleaded guilty last month to Selling Adul titrated and miss Abele drugs and to obstructing a and lying to  prosecutors said the company substituted Brand name drugs for its own during testing and manufactured its drugs using a formula or pro Cess not approved by the Fra. The company admitted to Selling More than $192 million Worth of nine adulterated or Misla holed  delivery Albuquerque . A a Texas woman i on her first air plane ride said All she remembers about giving birth during the flight was walking toward the front of the  i guess my baby was born first class a said the 23-year-old woman who asked that her name not be used. The birth of the baby girl forced the America West Airliner heading from Dallas fort Worth a to Las vegas to make an unscheduled Landing in Albuquerque Early Friday. An airline spokesman said the woman went into labor and was escorted to the first class Cabin where she gave birth without complications. Mother and baby were doing Welt the spokeswoman  to visit Maxwell fab Washington a president Bush will Fly to Montgomery ala., on april 13 to speak at Maxwell fab before the air War College and the air command and staff College it was announced Friday. Alter his speech Bush probably will go fishing. A White House statement said he will spend some time with Ray Scott founder of the Bass anglers sportsman society