European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 6, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday september 6, 1991 the stars and stripes b Page 7texas mom draws 15-year sentence Houston apr a woman portrayed As the a ultimate stage Mother Drew 15 years in prison for trying to arrange a murder for hire to boost her daughters chances of making the school cheer leading squad. A jury imposed the prison term along with a $10,000 Fine wednesday hours after Wanda Holloway 37, of Channel View begged for probation. A i think that this trial has been enough punishment for me Quot a sobbing Holloway testified. A i m totally humiliated. 1 would love a second  prosecutors had sought the maximum of life in prison for Holloway convicted tuesday of solicitation of murder. The jury found that she tried to hire a hit Man to kill Verna Heath whose daughter Amber was the chief rival of Holloway a daughter Shanna for a spot on the cheer leading squad. Prosecutors said Holloway a described by police As the a ultimate stage Mother a believed Amber Heath would be so grief stricken that she would drop out of the Competition. The prosecution s Star witness was Terry Harper Holloway a former brother in Law who testified she wanted him to find a killer. In secretly recorded tapes played for the jury she gave him Diamond earrings As a Down payment. The defense argued that the brother in Law had set up Holloway to help his brother a Holloway s sex husband. Tony Harper a win custody of the couple s children. After sentencing. Holloway hugged Shanna before being led away in Handcuffs. Shanna 14, left the courthouse with her grandparents without making any comment. Defense attorney Troy Mckinney said he would Appeal. Assistant District attorney Mike Anderson said he was pleased with the outcome. Shanna lost to Amber in cheer leading competitions in the seventh Grade and was disqualified from eighth Grade Competition for illegal electioneering after she gave away rulers and pencils with her name printed on them. Shanna did not try out after her Mother s arrest in january. Amber also 14. Made the cheer leading squad at Channel View High school. A i know my daughter s going to suffer because she loves her Mother Quot said Tony Harper who was divorced from Holloway in 1980. After Holloway s arrest he won custody of Shanna and her 18-year-old brother. Jury Foreman Herb Schuett said jurors were convinced by the tapes in which Holloway said of Verna Heath Quot i want her  and Quot the Mother s the one who screwed me around the Mother s done All the  Amber was also in the courtroom wednesday with her parents. Verna Heath hinted her family was negotiating the Sale of the rights to their Story. A hopefully the Legal matters involving a possible depiction of these events will be resolved soon and we can talk with you about this difficult time in our lives Quot she told reporters. A sobbing Wanda Holloway testifies during Ber sentencing  kills 2, wounds 6, commits suicide Phoenix apr a Man sprayed a residential Street with High powered weapons fire wednesday killing two people including a police officer and wounding six others. The gunman then held police at Bay from a House for More than five hours before officers stormed the Home and found him dead. A it appears he took his own life a said police spokesman Kevin Robinson. Reporters a who were kept several blocks from the House a heard two loud Bangs As police entered the House. Robinson  say if police fired any shots when they took the House nor How Long the Man May have been dead. Robinson reported earlier that the gunman May have had a hostage. But he said nobody else was found in the House. A witness said a girl or Young woman was gunned Down As she Rode past the Home on her bicycle. Robinson said two police officers were shot As they reached the scene one before he was Able to get out of the patrol car. One of the officers and the cyclist were killed Robinson said. Six people were wounded none critically Hospital officials said. Neighbor Kip Hoskins 27, said he heard a Volley of shots and ran out into the Street. A i saw a truck pulling Down the Road. I guess someone got shot in the truck a Hoskins said. A a policeman pulling up getting out of his car he got shot. Then a girl on a bicycle Riding Down 20th Street got shot and i guess she was  police had held Telephone negotiations with the gunman but Robinson  divulge details. He also would not say what precipitated the rampage. He said the Man was armed with two High powered weapons and said it was possible there was More than one gunman. At one Point Robinson asked television stations to Stop broadcasting reports of the Story saying it upset the gunman. Paramedics lift an injured Man onto a Stretcher after the shootout wednesday in East Central Phoenix. Police sealed off the Middle class neighbourhood in East Central Phoenix after the first shots were fired just before noon. They called in a Wells Fargo armoured car which was parked Between the Home and an injured officer so the officer could be rescued. Retiring Justice Marshall hospitalized Washington apr retiring supreme court Justice Thurgood Marshall has been hospitalized alter complaining of lightheadedness a spokesman Tor the naval medical Center in Bethesda. My. Said thursday. A a he a in Good spirits and going through a variety of diagnostic tests a said it. Cmdr. Bill Clyde. A this Lite signs Are All Normal and he a not in any Lile threaten ing  Marshall 83, was last hospitalized in August of 1990 after suffering a fall in Chicago. Marshall had a heart attack in 1976, has suffered bouts of pneumonia and bronchitis and in 1987 was treated for a blood clot in his right foot. Clyde said Marshall was expected to stay at the Hospital for two to four Days. He said the Justice was admitted about noon wednesday on a non emergency basis. Marshall in june announced his intention to retire trom the nation s highest court where he has served since becoming the first Black Justice in 1967. Asked w by he had decided to retire Marshall said a i m getting old and coming  president Bush has nominated Clarence Thomas a Black Federal appeals court judge to replace Marshall. Confirmation hearings for Thomas w ill begin  rules list of sex clients can be revealed fort Lauderdale Fla. A Ever since this City a vice mayor resigned a month ago amid speculation he was on a self proclaimed nymphomaniac s list of alleged prostitution clients the question on a lot of Peoples minds has been who a next. A judge on aug. 26 said he would eventually release names of about 50 men who allegedly paid Kathy Wil lets of fort Lauderdale for sex. And late wednesday the judge rejected a defense motion to keep the nates private. At least 11 men using the name John Doe hired attorneys to try to prevent Media Access to the list when the prosecution puts its evidence on record. When asked if some of the names on the list belonged to Public officials attorney Richard Rosenbaum who represents at least six of the men said a ooh  the defense argued that releasing the list would cause prejudicial pretrial publicity. But Broward circuit judge John Frusciante ruled that Kathy willets and her husband a Broward county sheriffs Deputy who is accused of being her Pimp still will get a fair trial. Kathy willets attorney Ellis Rubin told reporters after Frusciante a ruling that once the names Are released Quot then you can have a Field Day. You can destroy whoever you  Rosenbaum immediately appealed the ruling to the 4th circuit court of appeals. Kathy willets 33, was arrested july 23 and charged with Selling her body for $50 to $150 a session. Her husband Jeffrey willets was charged with sharing profits of up to $2,000 a week. Rubin says Kathy willets needs to have sex with Many men because she suffers from an insatiable sexual desire while her husband has spells of impotence. A we Are going to show through medical and sex therapist testimony that these situations Are not unusual and this was their Way to compensate for each others deficiency a Rubin said. Quot the state Calls it prostitution. We Call it sexual  prosecutors say Kathy willets advertised her Call girl service in the personals Section of a local newspaper. The men who responded were entertained by Kathy willets in her bedroom while her husband hid in the closet and took notes police say. When police arrested the Willet ses they confiscated a notebook in which willets wrote Down names of his wife a partners and remarked on their performances and a tile containing the names and tape recordings of conversations Between Kathy willets and the men. The recordings led to felony wiretapping charges against the couple. Soon after the existence of the notebook and file was disclosed newspapers reported that vice mayor Doug Danziger a name was listed. Danziger who resigned july 30, made his name in a mid-1980s Campaign designed to clean up fort Lauderdale a image. For example he introduced an ordinance in 1987 that prevented bars with nude dancing from serving liquor