European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 9, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Friday August 9, 1991 the stars and stripes Page 9ex-Beauty Queen suing Tyson for $100 million by new Day new York a a former Beauty Queen is trying to hit former world heavyweight Champion Mike Tyson where it hurts a his Wallet. The former miss Black America Rosie Jones 27, of Bridgeport Conn., slapped Tyson with a $100 million lawsuit in Manhattan Federal co dirt wednesday. Jones alleges Tyson 25, committed assault and Battery by touching Heij buttocks and whispering a sexually perverted a comments in her ear at the miss Black America pageant in Indianapolis on july 18. Jones was at the pageant to turn Over her Crown to this years Winner. An unidentified 18-year-old contestant at the same pageant has alleged that Tyson raped her in his hotel room later that night. A grand jury in Indianapolis is deciding whether to bring charges. A spokesman for Don King productions Tyson a promoter declined to comment wednesday afternoon and also said Tyson would have no comment. A phone Call to his Washington d.c., attorney Vincent Fuller also was not returned. In the complaint filed with United states District court in Foley Square Jones alleges that Tyson a a humiliated her. The suit asks $1 million for emotional distress and mental anguish and $99 million in punitive damages. In an interview outside the courthouse Jones said a i was very angry that he would disrespect me. Like that. It was As it to him i was a prostitute or something. I thought about slapping him and then you realize he a Mike in november a Federal jury concluded Tyson had committed Battery by touching the breasts and buttocks of Sandra Miller Reese of Rosedale Queens at a Manhattan disco in 1988. It awarded her $100 in compensatory damages. Another suit for $7 million had been filed by Lori Davis 31, who claimed Tyson grabbed her posterior the same night at Bentley a. A settlement apparently has been reached in that Case but details could not be Learned wednesday protest . Warship s Canada visit Vancouver British Columbia apr Greenpeace environmental protesters in inflatable boats greeted the battleship Missouri with shouts and Spray paint As it sailed into English Bay. A a we re not against americans we re not against you personally a John mate yelled tuesday night As the huge battleship made a Public visit. A a we re against nuclear capable ships being brought into the Vancouver Harbor. We ask you to leave the Missouri the ship on which the japanese surrendered to end world War ii was used to Shell iraqi targets during the Gulf War. Authorities in keeping with . Navy policy did not say whether the ship was carrying nuclear weapons. It had sailed to Vancouver from Seattle wash., where it was on display during the City a sea fair festival. The main Greenpeace ship and five inflatables were joined by several one and two person boats Many with homemade protest flags. Protesters in the inflatables rushed toward the Missouri and some succeeded in painting the International nuclear Symbol on its Side. They were chased away by police in catch Barbara Bush batches it As Quot reels in a fish wednesday morning. The president who began a scheduled monthlong vacation with his family earlier this week nabbed the fish while aboard the boat Fidelity near the Shore of the couples vacation Home in Ken Nobu Niport May alter Asylum Law to Stem flood of Eastern refugees Bonn Germany apr Germany a leaders said they May alter one or the worlds most Liberal Asylum policies to keep out Eastern european refugees who Are not fleeing persecution. Interior minister Wolfgang Schauble indicated to reporters on wednesday that Germany considers Many of the Asylum seekers scores of whom arrive daily to be a serious financial Burden. He hinted that Many merely Are seeking better economic conditions. He said a review of the country a Asylum policy might Lead to a change in the Constitution which prevents turning away any foreigner with political or religious refugee status. Even if an application for Asylum is rejected appeals can take years. Chancellor Helmut Kohl meanwhile said he would invite the leaders of Germany a major parties to a meeting next month to look into changing the Constitution. People from Poland Hungary Czechoslovakia Yugoslavia Bulgaria and Romania have been flocking to wealthy United Germany since the disintegration of the Iron curtain. A an increase of democratic processes leads to More migratory movements because the people want to achieve economic improvements As quickly As possible a Schauble said. A but Freedom to travel cannot mean Freedom to settled in a More prosperous country he said. The government is worried that the massive influx of Asylum seekers a More than 112,000 already this year a will severely tax the Treasury and the patience of the German people. Xenophobic right Wing extremists have surfaced in former East Germany alongside the growing number of refugees. 1 last years 193,000 Asylum seekers set a German postwar record and Schauble said the final count for this year will Likely exceed 200,000. The social welfare budget is strained and germans have to compete with foreigners for scarce housing and jobs. Schauble said that a Many German children no longer have athletic training because gymnasiums have been converted to refugee shelters. He endorsed drawing up a list of countries whose citizens Are no longer subjected to persecution and would no longer be granted refugee status. Foreign minister Hans Dietrich Genscher has proposed that people from Poland Hungary Czechoslovakia Bulgaria and Romania be barred from seeking political Asylum in Germany. Kohl echoed Schauble saying priority for Asylum should be Given to people truly fleeing persecution. A whoever is persecuted for religious political or comparable reasons must be Able to find a Home Heth. This must never be placed in question a Kohl said in a television interview. He also said the 12-nation european Community should adopt uniform Asylum Laws to prevent people from moving into wealthy Western Europe for economic reasons.5 teen agers charged in slaying of deliveryman Waterbury Conn. Apr five teen agers were charged with murder in the ambush slaying Ofa chinese food deliveryman shot in front of a Small audience invited to watch the robbery police said wednesday. A a group of youths hatched this plan others had heard about it and just kind of Hung around and watched a capt. Robert Moran said. The Holdup monday night went awry when the 21-year-old deliveryman Yeung Fai refused to give up the $18 Worth of food Moran said. Yeung started backing away and was shot once in the Chest he said. The boys scattered running off with the food and abandoning their plan to steal the deliveryman a Money and car police said. A 13-year-old who had borrowed the .22-caliber Rifle from his mothers gun collection returned the weapon then several of the boys sat Down and ate the food Moran said. The teen agers Range in age from 13 to 18. A a it a kind of like murder is now in the Arena of Spectator sport a Moran told the Hartford courant on tuesday. He said none of the spectators was charged. A on tuesday authorities charged Ger Rod Ellis 17, Linas Zelvis 18, and Vince Hancock 17, with one count each of felony murder robbery and conspiracy to commit robbery. Police believe Ellis fired the fatal shot. Two boys Ages 13 and 14, were arrested on charges of felony murder robbery and conspiracy. Their names were withheld because of their age. Some teen agers familiar with the neighbourhood where the killing occurred disputed police reports that other boys witnessed the slaying. But 17-year-old Jamie Hunter said Ellis told him of plans to hold up a a chinese food he said he told Ellis he did no to want to get involved. Yeung a sister Yeung Hong said her brother was assaulted while making a delivery last week. A we All told him to be careful a she said wednesday at the family a Kwok Hing restaurant in downtown water Bury. A a it a dangerous out there. I think he was kind of Yeung smother still lives in China and is too ill to be told of her Only songs death relatives said
