European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 17, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday August 17, 1991 the stars and stripes b Page 5evans charged with murdering girl Gulfport miss. A Donald Leroy Evans the drifter who claims to have killed More than 60 people Over the course of a decade was charged Friday with killing a 10-year-old girl. Harrison county District attorney Cono Coranna said his office filed a capital murder charge against Evans in the death of Beatrice Louise Routh of Gulfport. Evans 34, confessed to the slayings in admitting he raped and strangled the girl who was abducted from a Gulfport Beach on aug. 1, authorities said. He was arrested aug. 5 and led police to her body in Mississippi on sunday. If convicted he could face death by lethal injection in Mississippi. Evans of Galveston. Texas told authorities he killed people in at least 17 states from the time he left the Marine corps in 1977 up to his 1987 imprisonment in Texas for rape said Fred Lusk his court appointed attorney. If his claims prove True Evans would be responsible for More slayings than any known serial killer in . History. Evans spent nearly two of those years in and out of jail authorities said. He also spent a month in a Chicago Hospital seeking help with psychiatric problems said his Uncle Donald e. Walker. Evans checked himself out of the veterans administration Lakeside medical Center in March 1984, though his psychiatrist warned a the  be on the Street and that he would Hurt somebody a Walker said. A special Fri team specializing in serial killers arrived Here thursday to begin trying to verify Evans claims. Coranna also announced that the girl s Mother Tammy Giles Routh was being charged with a a accessory before the fact of sexual  Routh who lived with her children in homeless shelters Here told authorities she had made friends with Evans and allowed her daughter to go with him to a convenience store. She said she called police when the two did no to return. Coranna also planned a meeting monday with Louisiana officials. Evans spent 31/2 months in an Oregon jail in 1982 for theft and unlawful use of a vehicle Oregon corrections officials said. He had been sentenced to three years but was paroled oct. 6,1982, and extradited to Nevada on outstanding warrants. A file on Evans at the Clark county courthouse in Las vegas shows he was convicted of cheating gambling and theft in 1982 and sentenced to Nevada state prison. His sentence was suspended however and he never served time in that state. He apparently left Nevada in 1983. The court file shows there is an outstanding Las vegas trespassing warrant for Evans arrest. On feb. 2, 1984, Evans checked himself into the a Hospital records show. Walker said the hospitals psychiatrist called after Evans left March 8, 1984,alleged serial killers Trail svates where Donald Leroy Evans of Galveston Texas claims to Nave killed More than 60 people since 1977. Urging the family to have Evans return. A the told my daughter Evans should be Back Here but he did no to have a Legal rights to demand it said Walker. Evans was arrested in Galveston on a sexual assault charge on april 19, 1986, and held until he was sentenced on May 13, 1987, said it. Joe Gregory of the Galveston county sheriffs department. A Martha p. Hernandez Evans pleaded no contest and we As sentenced to 15 years in prison but was paroled last april 18. He claims to have killed two women in Florida in 1985, in Daytona Beach and fort Lauderdale. Though details Evans provided match those deaths police in the two Florida cities say firm links a Evans have not been established. To2 gis Hurt following training death at fort Dix fort Dix . Up a 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 thl s1ars 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 a 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 Shofield they Ever face combat Quot Felder it my. Faa10 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. Due to possible in flight safety Hazard. Ltd a a _ i a. A 11. I mi�/11 it a i i 111 Washington apr the Federal the Faa said using the reverses is not a aviation administration on Friday or requirement and that air planes Are rated dered . Airlines to deactivate engine for safety without taking the mechanism20 years ago aug. 17,1971 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 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 lire. Thrust reverses on Many Boeing 767 planes because of the possibility that they might reverse in flight. Such an incident is believed by some experts to have been involved in the March 3 crash of a Lauda airlines flight in Thailand that killed All 223 aboard. The Faa said the investigation of the Lauda Accident has not shown that the thrust reverser was at fault but showed a a number of possible discrepancies in the thrust reverser control  flight Crews reverse engines on Landing to assist an aircraft a brakes. However into account. Faa spokesman Fred Farrar said 382 of the Boeing jets Fly worldwide 145 in the United states. The Faa said initially that All 767s were involved but Boeing said later that the order applied Only to 175 of them. Although the Lauda Airliner was equipped with Pratt amp Whitney pw4000 engines the Faa extended the order against use of the reverses to 767 planes equipped with general electric and Rolls Royce engines As Well. A Telegram went out to airlines Friday to put the order into effect immediately. The Faa said its investigation of the Lauda crash showed that a prior to the Accident the air plane experienced an inflight deploy heist of a thrust  tests have shown that contamination in a directional control valve can cause internal blockage which together with an increase in Hydraulic pressure can cause the valve to activate the reversing mechanism in flight the Faa said. Such contamination the Faa said would not be detected until it Allectus the reverser a operation. Although the Faa can Only Issue orders to . Carriers others using american made aircraft generally follow suit. Rwjr ending ads in Chicago minority areas Chicago apr . 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 weeks ago but added there were no plans to follow suit in other cities. The 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