European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 25, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 6 the stars and stripes sunday August 25, 1991 Man accused most in jail Tor 16 Baltimore apr a Man spent 16 months in the City jail awaiting trial on shoplifting charges the i a est in a series of clerical errors discovered there to ii Ciais said Friday. Darryl Dodd 30, is one of 94 a a lost prisoners discovered at the jail since the state took it Over july 1 to help the Cash strapped City said acting jail commissioner lament Flanagan. Dodd is now scheduled to go to trial sept. 4. The maximum sentence on the Misdemeanour charge against him is 18 months arid a $500 Fine said Deputy states attorney Patricia Jessamy. Prosecutors were reviewing the Case to see whether charges should be dropped Jessamy said. A homeless Man was freed aug. 14 after spending a year in the 185-year-old jail without being arraigned. Another Man was freed monday after being jailed for five months without a trial Date on probation violation charges stemming from traffic citations. State officials said they have been hampered by the City a inadequate record keeping in the takeover of what is now called the Baltimore City detention Cen Ter. Flanagan said Friday the number of lost prisoners could Rise As further record reviews proceed. In the latest Case the inmate was arrested on july 25, 1989, and was transferred to the state department of health and mental Hygiene on oct. 6, 1989. Records done to indicate the reason for the Transfer said corrections spokesman Leonard Sipes. On oct. 23 of that year he was returned to the jail but mistakenly released because jail records did not contain an order to detain him Sipes said. He was rearrested on april 5, 1990, but the court was not notified. The state has also discovered errors in records of prisoners locations or offences. An inmate arrested on charges of robbery assault theft and weapons violations was listed As being in the jail even though he was sent to a Hospital on May 8, 1989. A woman who has. Been jailed for 1,2 10 Days on a contempt charge related to a child custody Battle was listed As being held for theft Sipes said. Bare bottomed Battle brewing in Over Miami apr a billboard showing the Copper tone Symbol of a Bare bottomed Little girl and her playful dog has been a fixture of downtown Miami for More than three decades and a Battle is brewing Over a proposal to tear it Down. A a that a everybody a favorite sign in this town a said Jerry Bengis whose family put up the billboard and has maintained it for 33 years. A whenever there a any negative press on signs and billboards they always say a a except for the Kitschy Little Coppertone girl a preservationists done to usually fight for billboards but they say the image of the dog pulling on the Little girls bathing suit is a piece of americana Worth saving. My brings Back so Many wonderful memories that Are part of what we Veall grown up Here with a said Louise Yarbrough executive director of the Dade heritage Trust. Quot its part of this City. We feel strongly it should stay she wrote to Coppertone a a owner Schering plough health care products of Liberty Corner n.j., when she found out it was considering tearing Down the familiar Neon sign which covers the Side of a 13-Story building on Biscayne Boulevard. 7 company officials say the billboards themes of a a done to be a paleface Quot and a Tan done to Burn Quot Are outdated in these health conscious times. A neither statement is in Vogue with current thinking Quot about damage from Sun overexposure said company spokesman Petkus. Quot we appreciate the fact people recognize our logo As part of the landscape a he said but added there were financial considerations. No timetable has been set for reaching a decision he said. There a a similar billboard near the Airport and four others around Florida. Yarbrough said it would be a mistake for the company to do away with such an enduring image recognized around the world. Quot As coca cola found out a few years ago new is not always better a Yarbrough wrote to Schering plough president David Collins earlier this month. Coppertone was developed by Miami Beach pharmacist Benjamin Green in the Early 1940s and today is the leading seller in the $150 million Sun Protection Industry. Schering plough acquired Coppertone in 1957. Artist Joyce Ballantyne who used her 3-year-old daughter Cheri As a Model and borrowed the neigh the Coppertone billboard a fixture in downtown Miami for More than three decades May be torn Down. Boris dog when she sketched the logo is surprised by the fuss Over the billboard a a it a sort of a human interest Fluke a said Ballantyne 72, of Ocala. The artist who has worked on everything from the baby on the pampers Box to the wheaties breakfast of champions said she has no sentimental attachment to the billboard other than the fact her daughter posed for it. Texas ordered to redo redistricting plan Edinburg Texas apr a state judge ruled thursday that Texas redistricting plan is based on faulty census data and discriminates against minorities. He ordered the state to redraw boundaries for state and congressional districts. District judge Mario e. Ramirez said the new political map must be scrapped because the 1990 census on which the map is based provides too Low a count of Texas population a minorities in particular. All 50 states Are working on state and congressional redistricting plans to reflect the results of the 1990 census. Texas and eight other states with histories of discrimination must obtain Justice department approval before changing their election procedures. Ramirez ordered the state to draw up new districts based on adjusted census figures that would compensate for the under count. Texas attorney general Dan Morales said the state would Appeal. Girl mauled by lion awarded $2 million from wire reports Santa Ana Calif. A a jury Friday awarded $2 million to a girl mauled by a Mountain lion in a wilderness area in 1986, saying county officials should have warned the animals posed a danger. Laura Small who was 5 years old when she was attacked was partially paralysed and lost the sight in one Eye. The Mountain lion clenched its jaws around her head before it was driven off. Jurors found Orange county negligent for failing to warn visitors about Mountain Lions in Ron Aid w. Caspers wilderness Park. Small a family claimed a Park display stating the animal has a a healthy aversion to humans was Superior court jury also awarded $75,000 to Laura smother Susan Small who witnessed the attack. County officials had said the county be held liable for the act of a wild animal. Serial killer possible Riverside Calif. A the slayings of 16 women in Riverside county since 1986 Are believed to be the work of a serial killer who preys on prostitutes and drug users investigators say. A we feel there a enough evidence available to indicate that we re looking at a serial killer Type incident a said sheriffs capt. Bill Reynolds. Investigators have refused to disclose the manner of death and have said Only that the victims were found naked. Man with new heart walks Portland Ore. A a Man who was Given the wrong heart in a transplant operation this month and had to undergo a second transplant with a compatible heart is already up and out of bed just Days after the surgery. The Man was allowed out of bed thursday. He was in serious condition but was a progressing As any Normal transplant patient a said Marcia Williams spokeswoman for Oregon health sciences University. The patient underwent his second transplant last sunday. Williams said doctors removed the last of the drainage and monitoring tubes wednesday. The patient whose name is being withheld at his family a request May be released at the end of the week depending on his Progress Williams said. Parents arrested booked port hueneme Calif. A husband and wife have been arrested for allegedly Selling their 5-year-old son into prostitution so they could get Money for drugs police said. Martha Jean Berry 29, and her husband Jack Herron 46, were taken into custody at a Motel Here wednesday and booked for investigation of pimping and pandering and committing lewd and lascivious acts said police detective de Neitzel of adjacent Oxnard Northwest of los Angeles. Berry denied the charges in a Telephone interview thursday from jail. A a it a a lie a she said. A a in a a Christian. I would never do she added "1 never never use Berry a three children aged 5 4 and 8 months were in protective custody at a Foster Home Neitzel said. Rapper faces rape charge Cleveland a Joseph Simmons Star of the rap group run dec was indicted Friday on charges be raped a woman in his hotel room after a show. Simmons faces three counts of rape and one count each of kidnapping and Gross sexual imposition Cuya hoga county assistant prosecutor Don Rolla said. An arrest warrant was issued. Simmons 25, of new York is the group member known As run he was charged with attacking a 22-year-old Cleveland woman after an aug. 9 concert. The woman told police Simmons raped her in his hotel room after members of the groups entourage approached her As she sat in the front Row during the woman who said she went to Simmons room to get his autograph and Simmons smoked marijuana police said. She alleged he then overpowered her and raped her
