European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 27, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday july 27, 1991 the stars and stripes. A Page 7 sanctions sought against prosecutor in Smith Case by the Washington Post West Palm Beach Fla. A William Kennedy Smiths defense attorneys thursday asked for sanctions against the prosecutor handling Smiths rape Case because they said she unethically a a poisoned his Chance for a fair trial. _ on tuesday assistant state attorney Moira Lasch released statements from three women who said they were sexually attacked by Smith. None of the women had reported the alleged attacks to police and one of the incidents dates to 1983. Two of the women said the attacks occurred the night they first met Smith and that he unexpectedly overpowered them. One used the words a a ferocious and a animal like to describe him. In the unusual motion seeking a hearing to determine an appropriate Sanction against Lasch Smiths lawyers argued that the nationally reported accounts of the women were designed to prejudice future jurors by a having the Public believe that or. Smith is a bad  it is not Clear if the women s sworn accounts of their alleged violent encounters with Smith will be admissible in his rape trial scheduled Here for aug. 5. Smith 30, a Nephew of sen. Edward m. Kennedy d-mass., is charged with a felony count of sexual Battery and a Misdemeanour count of assault on a 29-year-old Florida woman on easter weekend. Florida unlike some states allows Softie evidence of a defendants past misconduct into court. It can be admissible if it shows a a a pattern or . However comments on past acts that solely prove a bad character or propensity Are barred. Laschi a office would not comment. Jack Freese a spokesman for the state attorneys office said a even if we could comment on it we would  Smiths Miami attorneys Roy e. Black and Mark d. Seiden also said Laschi a actions throughout the Case including her previous accusation that they were using cover up tactics similar to those used by Kennedy a lawyers in the 1969 Chappaquiddick scandal were a a cynical attempt to sandbag or.  copter crash kills 5 at test site Las vegas Nev. Apr a department of Energy Security helicopter crashed during a routine training Mission at the Nevada test site killing All five people aboard a department official said thursday. The cause of the Accident wednesday evening has not been determined Doe spokesman Chris West said. The helicopter two pilots go aboard the Messerschmidt Bo-105 Lenn w. Ewton or. And Dennis j. Long Man were employees of leg amp a Energy measurements which works under contract to the Federal Agency West said. The others killed were identified As employees of Wackenhut Security a guard service also under contract to the department. They were identified As Richard Lowry George Tolster and Robert Brooks. The cause of the crash about 110 Miles Northwest of Las vegas is under investigation West said. Walkers Tell mall to take a hike mall walkers Pat Kroen left and Pam Jeffries take an Early morning March by a Welcome sign at the Eastland mall in Evanston Iii. The sign appeared after a competing mall Washington Square started charging mall walkers a $10 a club membership fee to walk before shop business hours. Mall walkers getting that uniquely american form of exercise have started boycotting stores in Washington  allegedly showing girl s face vandalized from wire reports Chula Vista Calif. A vandals Spray painted Graffiti on a Blank billboard thursday that has attracted thousands of people Many who claim to see the image of a murdered 9-year-old girls face. The billboard company announced it will cover the sign next week with a giant photograph of the third grader who was kidnapped from her san Diego Home june 19 and found murdered the next Day in Chula Vista about two Miles away. Initials Spray painted by suspected gang members were removed Early thursday from the sign where believers say the image of Laura Arroyo appeared about two weeks ago. On july 18, Between 10,000 and 25,000 people congregated near the billboard where lights shining on its surface at night created what some saw As an eerie likeness of the child. Sceptics attributed the nocturnal apparition to Wishful thinking a hoax or to the random interplay of Light and Shadow. Police action upheld Jacksonville Fla. The death of a Man who died after he was hog tied by police was unnecessary but Quot excusable a a a judge has ruled. Duval county judge Harold c. Arnold ruled wednesday that the term a excusable homicide describes a the tragic unfortunate and unnecessary death of David Michael  Sharp 35, was arrested feb. 2 for Public intoxication. While waiting outside the jail to be booked he got into a fight with police. Officers wrestled him to the ground and hog tied him and he apparently had a heart attack. When he was taken to the Hospital 90 minutes later he had no pulse. He died the next Day. The judge said he could find no evidence that officers knowingly caused Sharps death. A the officers responsible for hog tying or. Sharp and delaying his departure for the Hospital were under the impression that he merely was a passed out drunk a the judge  missile crashes Offutt fab neb. A an unarmed cruise missile being tested at the Utah test and training Range crashed in a Remote unpopulated Region of Western Utah the air Force said thursday. The self guided Low Alli Lude missile went Down just East of the Utah Nevada state line South of interstate 80 on wednesday said capt. Don Planalp of Offutt fab Home of the strategic air come. He would not say if the missile had crossed the Highway. Planalp said the advanced cruise missile designated agm-129, was launched within the test Range from a Sac b-52 bomber based at . Sawyer fab Mich. Planalp said the wreckage had been located. He said he could not be More specific about the location in the desert Region for Security reasons. Planalp said air Force officials done to know if the missile had exploded or simply flew into the  column readers tearing up donor cards Chicago apr an Ann Landers column about Organ donors whose families were mistakenly charged for their generosity has alarmed thousands and prompted some people to tear up their donor cards health officials said. A we Are extremely concerned a Esther Benenson spokeswoman for the United network for Organ sharing in Richmond va., said wednesday. A we were flooded with Calls from people calling just to make sure that their families weren to going to be charged and from people who said they no longer wanted to be  Landers said in a statement tuesday that she will run a clarifying column in August. She urged people not to change their minds about donating organs. A i find it tragic that so Many readers misunderstood the column on transplantation and Are now tearing up their donor cards a she said. Transplant organs were in Short Supply before the column. Last year there were 6,145 donors nationwide up from 5,797 in 1989, Benenson said. A anything that can Cut into Organ donation is serious a said Betty Peris spokeswoman for the regional Organ Bank of Illinois. A there Are currently 23,711 people waiting for transplants nationwide and seven a Day Are going to  the column which appeared july 14 in newspapers around the country and also appeared in the stars and stripes featured letters from readers who reported being billed thousands of dollars for relatives donated organs. It quoted an expert As saying the charges were a mistake. A the problem is a lot of people read the letters and they done to read the response. Or they believe the letters the underdogs and done to believe the authority a Benenson said. The new Jersey Organ and tissue sharing network has gotten Calls and letters from several potential donors a who appeared to be very sceptical of the position that indeed there is no Cost associated with donation a said Denise Payne executive director. A one letter i received indicated a Man and his wife had taken their donor cards out of their wallets a Payne said. The costs readers complained about May have been charges for treatment their relatives received before they died or May have been clerical errors Benenson said. A no donor family is Ever charged for the Cost of Organ removal a she said. Those costs a ranging roughly from $1,500 to $4,000 a Are borne by the transplant recipient. Officials said the concerns about costs were added to other needless worries that people have about donating organs including fear that if they sign donor cards hospitals will let them to die so they can take their organs. A january poll of 600 Louisiana residents found that 60 percent were willing to donate an Organ but Only 14 percent had taken Steps toward doing so said Louise Jacobbi executive director of the Louisiana Organ procurement Agency. Those figures Are a fairly representative  country a Jacobbi said. A a we re out there constantly walking