European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 25, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 a the stars and stripes wednesday september 25, 1991 group probing charges of abuse by . Officers los Angeles up1 a investigators from amnesty International began the London based Hume i rights organization s first probe monday of alleged police brutality in an american City. The three member team was to spend a week in los Angeles to review allegations of ill treatment of suspects by police officers and sheriffs deputies. Anita Tiessen a member of both the team and the groups International secretariat said the organizations Mission is to probe known cases of police abuse and determine whether a pattern of excessive Force exists. The team would then determine if the proper measures Are being taken to Correct and prevent such abuses. She said her organization Over the past year has received a a scores of allegations of abuse by los Angeles county sheriffs deputies from defense attorneys and civil rights activists who complained on behalf of individuals. The complaints prompted amnesty International to conduct a preliminary investigation into police abuse in Southern California. However the organization in May stepped up efforts and decided to travel to los Angeles after the March 3 videotaped beating of Rodney King by police and the subsequent exposure of other police and sheriff s abuse cases. A it was not the video itself that played a part in our decision to come but because so much came out in the Wake of the video a Tiessen said. Amnesty International is an Independent watchdog Sacramento Calif. Up gov. Pete Wilson rejected redistricting plans monday that he called an a outrageous Gerrymander Bent on protecting incumbents and democrats could not Muster enough votes to override the vetoes. To Force the plans into Law without Wilson a signature required a two thirds vote of both houses or 54 Assembly and 27 state Senate votes. The override attempt failed in the Assembly 41-32 and in the Senate 22-10. None of the republicans voted for any of the plans last week nor would they Side with democrats to override the gop governor. Wilson was in san Francisco and had no comment but aides said he was prepared to ask the California supreme Wilson court on tuesday to step in at once barring a last ditch Effort by lawmakers. An Independent commission that Wilson appointed to draw reapportionment plans was expected to announce its recommendations tuesday. The plans could be submitted to the court or reviewed by lawmakers if they chose. State Assembly speaker Willie Brownd san Francisco said there was nothing to discuss and adjourned the lower House until Jan. I. But he told reporters he Sandy Utah up a a Man arrested in the murder of a nurse and the taking of nine hostages during an 18-hour Hospital standoff was in fair condition monday after attempting suicide by falling on his head police said monday. Richard l. Worthington 39, the father of eight was apparently angry Over his wife a surgery to prevent further pregnancies when he allegedly killed a nurse and took nine hostages at a Hospital authorities said. One of the hostages was a baby born during the organization of 1.1 million members that routinely investigates allegations of human rights abuses by government agencies particularly in third world nations. It is known for its campaigns urging the release of political prisoners including african National Congress Leader Nelson Mandela in South Africa and activist Vaclav Havel now president of Czechoslovakia. Tiessen said her organization has found that rights abuses by government agencies exist throughout the world. A a we re not in the business of comparing one country with another but what we can say is that human rights violations take place in every country in the world regardless of the form of government a she said at a morning briefing. Amnesty International s investigation is part of a wider ongoing probe of police brutality in the United states. The organization is applying the standards of the Universal declaration of human rights which asserts that a nobody should be subjected to torture or cruel and unusual treatment by Law enforcement officials Tiessen said. Tiessen and her two teammates including Rod Morgan professor of criminal Justice at England a Bristol University and Angela Wright of amnesty International scheduled separate private meetings monday with police chief Daryl Gates police cmdr. Michael Bostic who is overseeing the departments review of excessive Force policies and officials of the local american civil liberties Union chapter. Might Call it Back into session if the commissions proposal was a a serious Effort at a workable plan to redraw the voting District boundaries in the nations most populous state. Assembly Republican Leader Bill Jones of Fresno said the gop wanted to produce a reapportionment plan legislatively rather than leaving it to the courts. A a we re still available Quot to negotiate he said. A it s still  in vetoing the Democrat drawn plans Wilson s message said they fell far Short of a serious and Good Faith Effort at fair redistricting. A redistricting is the most important Legal enactment to be made this year not just because it endures for 10 years but because it is the framework upon which our entire system of representative democracy is based a the message said. A states political District boundaries must be redrawn every 10 years after the census to accommodate population changes. Wilson had vowed to Block plans that do not give republicans a fair Chance to become the majority party in the 1990s, and his vetoes carried out a major Mission for the gop which is counting on him to break the Cycle of democratic dominance. Currently democrats control the legislature and congressional delegation by 47-33 in the Assembly 2613 in the Senate and 26-19 in the Congress. Brown said the vetoed plan would have provided the gop a Chance for an even 26-26 split in congressional seats and shrunk the democratic legislative stronghold to 22-18 in the Senate and 44-36 in the Assembly. Standoff. None of the nine hostages was injured during the ordeal that started late Friday and ended saturday authorities said. Early sunday the suspect a announced he wanted to leave the jail and if he did no to get out he was going to kill himself a sheriffs it. Roger Taylor said. Shortly after 6 . Sunday a Worthington stood on a table and jumped off backwards Landing on his head Quot Taylor said. Worthington was taken to University Hospital where he received a few stitches then returned to the jails mental health Section. . Helms undergoing prostate cancer treatment from wire reports Raleigh . A sen. Jesse Helms announced monday that he is being treated for prostate cancer and his doctor said the North Carolina Republican is expected to recover. The 69-year-old lawmaker known for his staunch conservatism said he is undergoing radiation treatment but has experienced no Side effects and will continue his work in Washington. A it seems to me that my activity in the Senate for the past several weeks is indicative that my Senate work has not been inhibited in the slightest a Helms said in a letter released by his Raleigh office. Prostate cancer can be cured if detected Early. Or. Robert . Krasner in another letter Helms office released said Early prostate cancer was detected in the senator in june and radiation therapy was begun. Helms elected last year to a fourth term announced in july that he had been diagnosed with Pagett a disease a Bone disorder that causes weakened and deformed Bones. He said doctors blamed his Limp on the disease and prescribed pills to fight  s Wing hits truck Chicago a the Wing of an american airlines Jet that was taxiing with 73 passengers aboard hit a cargo truck at of Hare International Airport on monday. No one was injured in the incident authorities said. Flight 460 had just landed from Seattle when the Accident occurred shortly before 2 p.m., said american airlines spokeswoman Mary Frances Fagan. The left Wing of the md-80 crashed into a semitrailer truck As the plane was moving to a holding area to wait for a Gate opening Fagan said. No injuries were reported said Mort Edelstein of the Federal aviation administration. The passengers left the Jet through a rear door and were bused to the terminal Fagan said. A damage estimate was not immediately  threatens ships Washington a an iceberg twice the size of Rhode Island has drifted away from Antarctica and is posing a threat to shipping the Noaa Navy ice Center reported monday. Known As a-24, the iceberg is about 700 Miles Southeast of the Falkland islands near the Southern tip of South America. It is Drifting East Northeast at roughly half a mile per hour said officials of the Center operated by the Navy and the National oceanic and atmospheric administration. Although an iceberg that Large is easy to track and avoid Waves can break off smaller chunks that could endanger ships officials  with Moose kills 1 Concord . A a passenger in a car that struck a Moose died of her injuries monday a Hospital said. Gina c. Newhouse 37, of Newport r.i., was the fourth person killed in Auto Moose collisions on new Hampshire roads this year. Newhouse a husband Richard was driving the car late saturday when it struck the Moose on interstate 93 in Plymouth said maj. Henry mock of the state fish and game department. She died at Concord Hospital mock said. Her husband was not injured. Mock said 152 Moose have been killed in traffic accidents in the state this year. Officials have posted signs along Northern new Hampshire highways warning people to Brake for Moose.10-year-old charged Evansville ind. A a 10-year-old boy has been charged with armed rape and intimidation of a 48-year-old woman police said. The child threatened to Burn the woman a House Down if she reported the sept. 3 rape to police authorities said. Charges were filed Friday in Vanderburgh county juvenile court. The victim told police the boy was armed with a pistol but investigators said he was carrying a Pellet gun Vanderburgh county Deputy prosecutor Ron Bell said. Armed rape if committed by an adult is a felony punishable by up to 50 years in prison. California s governor vetoes outrageous redistricting plans Man held in Hospital standoff attempts suicide authorities say