European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 17, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday August 17, 1991 the stars and stripes Page 5mass murder claim viewed cautiously by the Washington Post Gulfport miss. A investigators stressed thursday that they Are being cautious in trying to decide whether Donald Leroy Evans May be the nations worst known serial killer or a Jailhouse braggart. Evans is being held in Gulfport for the kidnapping of a 10-year-old girl whom he says he killed. He told authorities this week that he has murdered More than 60 people in 14 years. A you Are not going to see us doing a Henry Lucas thing a Gulfport police chief George Payne told reporters thursday. A you Are going to see this thing done right by the numbers right Down the line. You done to see anybody jumping in a car with a suspect and running off  Payne was referring to Henry Lee Lucas a one eyed drifter on death Row in Texas who claimed in 1983 to have killed 360 people in 27 states. Dozens of Law enforcement officials went to interview Lucas and he travelled around the country in chartered planes for further interrogation. He later recanted All but one confession that of killing his Mother. The . Attorneys office in nearby Biloxi has established a task Force to sift through hundreds of Calls from authorities and citizens after Evans claim that he has killed people in As Many As 17 states. But. Federal and local authorities released no details thursday about tactics or Progress in the Case. A we intend to do a Long solid grind it out investigation a said Kent Mcdaniel who represented . Attorney George Phillips at the news conference a just so we done to get into problems that have sometimes Arisen in these cases which Are naturally  Evans 34, is expected to be arraigned monday for kidnapping Beatrice Louise Routh on aug. 1. Harrison county prosecutor Cono Carana said thursday that he expects to charge him with capital murder soon. Evans led authorities to the girls body along a Mississippi Highway sunday. Police in fort Lauderdale and Daytona Beach Fla., said thursday that Gulfport investigators have relayed information about homicides in both jurisdictions but not enough to confirm that Evans committed them. Daytona Beach police sgt. Bill Tillard said his department wants to talk to Evans about the 1985 murder of Jeannette Movich 38, a transient found in Woods off a Highway. A the has a knowledge of the incident a Tillard said of Evans. A certainly we need to go talk to him. We have been holding off six years. We can hold off a few  one reason for authorities caution May be a psychiatric evaluation of Evan serial killers Trail states where Donald Leroy Evans of Galveston Texas claims to have killed More than 60 people since 1977. A Martha p. Hernandez in Galveston Texas in 1987 that found a five years until his release on parole last a life Long history of behavioural difficult april ties and Frank mental illness a according to examining psychiatrist John w. Goodman. Goodman interviewed Evans after his arrest in Galveston for aggravated sexual assault in 1986. He was convicted and sentenced to 15 years in prison serving police also Are holding Tammy Giles Routh 30, the dead child smother on a $10,000 Bond As a material witness and said they Are afraid that she will leave the area. Authorities said she allowed Evans to take her daughter to a supermarket. Evans and the girl never returned. _ a 2 gis Hurt following training death at fort Dix fort Dix . Up two soldiers were injured in a night combat exercise just two Days after a servicemen Ber was killed on a base training course a base spokeswoman said thursday. Pvt. Luis Rivera 17, of Elizabeth ., and pvt. Donovan Scott 19, of Hinesville ga., both from the 26th inf regt sustained a flesh wounds wednesday night during obstacle course training spokeswoman Dianne Felder said. Fort Dix units were ordered to devote in the stars and stripes one Day before sunday to review training procedures and re certify instructors. Training will resume As each unit completes the review Felder said. The injuries occurred the same Day a memorial service was held for Sean elms 19, of Brooksville Fla. Elms was killed monday during a live fire exercise on another course at the sprawling base. Fort Dix is a combat training base for soldiers and air Crews. Rivera and Scott Clad in camouflage were hit by fragments of a round fired from an m60 machine gun mounted in a Tower. The round hit the ground and exploded As flares bullets and explosives streamed Over the night infiltration course. Fragments Tore into Rivera a left leg while Scott was struck in the right Arm. The two were taken to Walson army Community Hospital where Rivera remained thursday following surgery. Scott was treated and released. The decision to Issue the a stand Down order was prudent after the series of accidents Felder said. Before elms death no Accident had been reported at the base since 1983, when a Soldier was injured by a misfired machine gun Bullet. A flares demolitions and overhead live fire Are employed in training to expose soldiers to the sights and sounds of Battle to increase their self Confidence should they Ever face combat a Felder said.10 years ago aug. 17,1981 a members of the defense science Board recommended the Reagan administration go ahead with the land based shelter scheme for deploying the my missile. 20years ago aug. 17,1971 a officials predicted the possibility of Brief world economic crisis after president Nixon set in motion his drastically overhauled economic program.30 years ago aug. 17,1961 a for the first time since the communists sealed off Berlin a member of the East German army jumped Over the barbed wire barricades separating the City in a desperate leap to freedom.40 years ago aug. 17,1951 a an italian delegation to the communist youth festival in East Germany Rose up in arms upon discovering that festival organizers were giving them Only 5 East zone Marks to 1,000 lire while in free Berlin they could legally convert their lire at the rate of 29 East Marks to 1,000  ending ads in Chicago minority areas Chicago a . Reynolds tobacco co. Has begun removing its billboard advertisements for tobacco products from Chicago a predominantly Black and hispanic neighbourhoods the company said. A roman Catholic priest said the move was a response to charges that the company targets minority communities but an Rwjr spokeswoman said the decision was made for business reasons. A a it a a marketing decision. Beyond that we can to elaborate a company spokeswoman Maura t. Payne said wednesday. Payne said Rwjr removed some billboard ads in Chicago several decks ago but added there were no plans to follow suit in other  Rev. Michael Pfleger a South Side priest campaigning to remove tobacco and alcohol billboard ads from the City a minority areas said the company began tearing Down the ads aug. 1. A a it a a very smart business decision. People Are ticked off about the Bill boards and they re also ticked off about the products on them a Pfleger said. Rwjr which makes Winston Salem Camel and doral cigarettes has come under fire in the past for targeting minority communities in its advertising. After a protest the company cancelled plans in january 1990 to use Philadelphia As a test Market area for Uptown a menthol cigarette designed to lure Black smokers. Rwjr a subsidiary of Rwjr Nabisco inc., is based in Winston Salem . Philip Morris puffs Way past Pesky suit by the Washington Post Richmond a. A you done to tug on Superman scape. You done to spit into the wind. But anti Public smoking activist Anne Morrow Donley does no to mind blowing smoke however furtively in the face of cigarette giant Philip Morris. Here in the tobacco capital of Virginia citizen Donley Cut a Lone non lawyer figure in Richmond general District court on thursday arguing that Philip Morris violated a year old state Law regulating smoking in Public places by not posting a no smoking signs at its two service and cashier lines in a Richmond Plant. Philip Morris has 10,000 workers in the Richmond area. The company had not one but two lawyers from the pre eminent Richmond Law firm of Hunton amp Williams defending it from the suit. Phillip Morris won thus escaping a maximum penalty of $25 plus $10 in court costs. General District court judge Edgar l. Turlington or. Agreed with Philip Morris that a service line is not defined in the Law and said it was not Clear whether the retail area at the Plant was Large enough to be affected by the Law. Donley citing an opinion by Virginia attorney Genera Mary sue Terry that the Law does not place enforcement duties on any Public official or Agency said her unsuccessful attempts to get a no smoking signs put up at the Philip Morris gift shop cashier line and tour Center service desk show that the general Assembly must Amend the Law to strengthen enforcement. The hour Long trial was just one of several actions brought across the state by private citizens who claim the state has left it up to them to enforce the states smoking Law approved with much angst by the 1990 general Assembly. The Law bans smoking in certain areas a such As common areas of schools emergency rooms and at indoor service and cashier lines a and requires that nonsmoking areas be set aside in larger restaurants grocery stores and retail stores. A a in a getting a ton of Calls from people who. Want to know what they can do to help me because the Law is not being obeyed a said Donley executive director of a shoestring group called Virginia group to alleviate smoking in Public inc., who lobbied hard for smoking regulations