European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 21, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Wednesday August 21, 1991 the stars and stripes a Page 5hard rockers do a number on tranquil inn Montrose a. Apr the Woodbourne farms bed and breakfast promises peace and quiet but the owners Haven to had either since their Telephone number appeared in a Booklet accompanying the latest release from the Rock group Van Halen. A a it a been a Nightmare a said Sara Lee Strickland. A i Caw describe it any Strickland said she has received Between 800 and 900 phone Calls in the last seven weeks mostly from male teen agers and Young adults. The Calls began in june when the brotherly heavy Metal band released the compact disc of for unlawful carnal knowledge. Callers asked for a Alex a presumably the drummer brother of guitarist Eddie Van Halen. A a i finally asked one kid Why he was calling Here for Alex a Strickland said. �?o1 thought there was a drug dealer in town and he said a its on the 1 asked him a what album he told the Booklet includes a photograph of a blackboard with several illegible Telephone numbers. A number in the Center is legible and it belongs to Strickland and her husband Charles. The bands publicist said that the numbers were randomly selected and that the area code listed before the Strickland number was not 717, the code for Northeast Pennsylvania. It was t meant to be any number. Lately Long distance operators have been calling too. Parents of youngsters who made the first Calls Are questioning charges on their Telephone Bills. A they Tell me a your phone number is on their Bill and they done to know anyone in Pennsylvania a a Sara Lee Strickland said. A i Tell them to ask if they have a teen Ager in the her son operates a chiropractic service from the inn and shares the same Telephone number. Changing the number in t practical she said because of the advertising she has done. Deal on lawsuits leaves 2 aids victims in cold Lake Worth Fla. A two More people who contracted the aids virus from their dentist settled lawsuits against his estate monday leaving virtually nothing for two other infected patients. Barbara Webb a retired schoolteacher and Richard Driskill a Citrus worker will get $999,999 each from insurance left by or. David acer said their attorney Robert Montgomery. Kimberly Bergalis near death at her family a fort Pierce Home already had received $1 million from acers $3 million insurance policy. A for All practical purposes the Well is dry a Montgomery said. With the settlements for Webb and Driskill a total of $2 is left for Lisa Shoemaker of Michigan and John Yecs or. Of Stuart. A i was Hurt. And i Felt almost like a rape a Shoemaker said monday the first time she has talked to reporters. Her attorney Joel Cronin who had appealed for cooperation among lawyers for the five patients said Shoemakers efforts to sue the estate now May be futile. A it just did no to make sense. I was hoping in the stars and stripes that it could be split Between Al he people that he infected a Shoemaker said. The five cases linked to acer Are the Only ones confirmed in which a health care provider has infected patients during a medical procedure. Medical investigators still Are baffled about How acer transmitted the virus that causes acquired immune deficiency syndrome. Acer died of aids in september 1990. Cronin said he Learned of the two impending settlements saturday and called Shoemaker 34, at her Bloomfield township Home in suburban Detroit. A she cried a Cronin said. A she did no to think it was Montgomery Wasny to apologetic monday saying he spent hundreds of thousands of dollars representing his clients. He praised the other attorneys and said they should find some Way of getting Money from acers estate. Yecs attorney Joseph Reiter said he will Challenge the settlements and believes Cronin will join pleads guilty marshals escort Donald Leroy Evans Center from the Federal courthouse in Biloxi miss., after he pleaded guilty monday to kidnapping charges in the rape strangulation of 10>year-old Beatrice Louise Routh. Evans 34, who claims to have killed More than 60 people joked about the death penalty telling the judge a How can you Hurt my Case i mean in a going to death Row. What Are you going to do kill me?�?�10 years ago aug. 21,1981 a Britain s Sebastian Coe set a world record of 3 48.53 in the mile and the United states Renaldo Nehemiah set a world record of 12.93 seconds in the 110-meter hurdles at the International track meet in Zurich switzerland.20 years ago aug. 21,1971 a the . Government moved to enforce its wage Price rent freeze by recommending Legal Steps against the state of Texas after gov. Preston Smith challenged the policy by granting raises to 132,000 state employees.30 years ago aug. 21,1961 a thousands of West berliners lined the streets to cheer the arrival of 1,500 . Troops sent to bolster Allied forces already in the city.40 years ago aug. 21,1951 negotiators met briefly in Kaeson As a new crisis threatened talks to end the korean conflict. A . Statement replied to charges that . Forces ambushed a communist patrol inside Kae song a five mile Neutral zone the Day before. Sex Boyfriend convicted of murder for setting Bronx social club fire new York up on its fourth Day of deliberations a jury convicted Julio Gonzalez of setting the Blaze at a South Bronx social club that killed 87 people in the nations deadliest arson. Gonzalez 37, had admitted to setting the fire with a dollars Worth of gasoline following a fight with a former Girlfriend who worked at the Happy land social club. A god is great. He was guilty a we knew he was guilty a said a woman Spectator. The jury which began deliberating Friday evening rejected the defense claim that Gonzalez was not responsible for his actions by reason of insanity. Instead they found him guilty Mon Day of 174 counts of murder two for each victim and one count each of first degree arson and first degree assault. A detailed videotaped confession to police prosecutors and friends never left any doubt that Gonzalez splashed gasoline inside the illegal South Bronx club and threw a match on it March 25, 1990. The victims relatives who watched most of the trial smiled or wept when they heard jury Foreman Luis Rodriguez say a a guilty 176 times but they kept silent As ordered by Bronx state supreme court judge Burton Roberts. During the trial Roberts had to instruct family members and several witnesses who survived the Blaze to control their emotions after several passionate outbursts interrupted the proceedings. The judge set sentencing for sept. 19. Bronx District attorney Robert Johnson said Gonzalez faces a maximum prison term of 25 years to life but added that such a sentence is a inadequate and unjust Given the magnitude of this Johnson said he supports legislation that would allow consecutive sentences for each death in cases where a single criminal act claims the life of More than one victim. Without such a Law 25 years to life in Erison is the harshest sentence that can e imposed on Gonzalez. Johnson added that he Hopes the parole Board makes sure Gonzalez remains in prison for the rest of his life. Death Row inmates seek to preserve sperm Boydton a. Apr two death Row inmates want their sperm Frozen with one saying the states right to kill him does no to mean it can end his Bloodline. Joseph Roger of Dell 49, faces execution for the 1985 rape and murder of a Virginia Beach Secretary. He asked the state supreme court to allow him to preserve his sperm for insemination of his Girlfriend. He also asked that fellow death Row inmate Joseph Savino 32, be allowed to save his sperm. Savino was sentenced to death in 1988 for the murder of his male Lover. He said he began discussing parenthood with his Girlfriend this year. The court denied the request calling it frivolous. Prison officials said they were still considering it. Because his execution would end his Bloodline of Dell said not allowing him to have his sperm Frozen constitutes cruel and unusual punishment. Of dells Girlfriend said she has Given permission to be named As the Legal recipient. A we love each other and we should have the right to have a child together a said Sheryl who asked that her last name not be used. A i done to want to lose the Opportunity just because they take his
