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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 17, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday. November 17, 1991 the stars and stripes b Page 7friends play on after Man Dies on Green Winter Haven Fla. A officials at a Golf course covered Donald Degreve a body with a Sheet right where he died on the 16th Green. And the body stayed there two hours while friends and neighbors played through. A it was a real Shock to All of us but there really was nothing we could do a said golfer Robert Alexander. A we All thought to ourselves a gee that s a Good Way to  he did t  Degreve 65, suffered a heart attack and collapsed last month while playing on the City owned Willowbrook Golf course. A nurse and Rescue workers were unable to revive him. The body remained on the Green and golfers skipped the Hole until after police reached a family member authorities said. A time just got away from the officers on the scene a police chief Ron Martin said Friday. A what occurred was that in an Effort to Contact the widow time just got by. A some people May consider that an unusual amount of time and i guess you could say that. But our officers were try ing to do the right  Degreve s three Golf partners abandoned their game but the rest of their group played on. A we told them they had to skip from 15 to 17," said Bob shot yield Winter Haven s director of Leisure services. A it was kind of obvious Why. If they did t understand it by the 16th tee they understood it by the time they got to the  Degreve was playing with about 40 neighbors from a Mobile Home Park on out. 15. He was a member of the Park s Golf league which plays every tuesday and Friday at Willowbrook. A the was feeling pretty Good in the morning. I talked to him Quot said Alexander who coordinates the league. A the said he Felt a Little tired but you know we get that  Degreve was on the Green at the Par-4 16th when he collapsed while putting. A they thought maybe first he tripped or fell or got hit a said Alexander who was playing the sixth Hole. A it was very  a couple of golfers jumped into a cart and drove to the pro shop to Call for help. A nurse who was playing the course ran to assist. Degreve died before an ambulance Crew arrived and since Rescue Crews Are not allowed to transport bodies police officers tried to Contact family members to find out which funeral Home to Call. Degreve s wife was shopping so police waited. Time slipped by. Willowbrook officials closed the 16th Hole As players walked around the Green a and the Sheet covered body. Degreve s wife Anne finally was contacted and a funeral Home w As called. Last week the police chief explained the delay to the City commission and promised that it would t happen again. Alexander said he and Degreve s other friends reacted philosophically like True golfers. Quot life goes  he said. A so we had to keep  indicted in Gainesville student killings Gainesville Fla. A Louisiana drifter Danny Harold rolling was indicted Friday in the killings of five College students stabbed in their off Campus apartments in August 1990. After 30 minutes of deliberations the grand jury indicted rolling on five counts of first de Gree murder three counts of sexual Battery and three i counts of armed burglary. The 17-member i grand jury heard rolling nine Days of often gruesome testimony from 43 witnesses. The jury viewed photos and videotapes of the three bloody apartments where the students were stabbed and some mutilated. In one Case a decapitated head was placed on a bookshelf. Grand jurors were told that Dan evidence links rolling s semen to two crime scenes. Rolling 37, also is a suspect in a triple slaying in his Hometown of Shreveport la., that has similarities to the Gainesville slayings. He is serving four life terms As a habitual offender for a series of burglaries and robberies in Tampa and Ocala in the Days after the killings. The victims bodies were found within three Days during the opening week of school at the University of Florida. Four were University students a fifth attended a local Community College. The victims were Christina Powell 17, of Jacksonville Sonya Larson 18, of Deerfield Beach Christa Hoyt 18, of Archer Manuel Taboada 23, of suburban Miami and Tracy Paules 23 of Pembroke Pines. The three counts of sexual Battery came in connection with assaults on Powell Hoyt and Paules. During the past 15 months investigators have checked about 6,600 leads and Analysed about 1,500 pieces of evidence state attorney Len Register said. He said it could be two years or More before the Case comes to trial. State attorney Len Register hands grand jury indictments to judge Stan r.  incidents soared 31% in 90, Fri officials report Washington apr bombing incidents increased 31 percent nationwide in 1990 and the number of deaths caused by explosive or incendiary devices nearly tripled the Fri said Friday. But Fri director William s. Sessions said the Sharp increase a May be due in part to improved reporting practices by Public safety  the Fri said there were 1,582 bombing incidents reported last year including 384 that either were prevented or the device was not detonated the Fri said. In 1989, the Fri said there were 1,208 reported bombing incidents. There were 27 deaths resulting from bombings in 1990, up from 11 fatalities in 1989, the Fri said. Bombings injured 222 people in 1990, up from 202 victims the previous year the Fri said. Homes or apartments were the targets of 43 percent of the bombing incidents while 16 percent involved vehicles and 9 percent commercial establishments. The rest of the incidents involved a variety of targets. The statistics Are compiled by the Fri bomb data enter. The report said explosive devices were found in 73 percent of the reported incidents and 25 percent involved incendiary bombs. The other 2 percent involved devices that both exploded and burned. Jackson Fox network apologize for suggestive dance in new video new York apr pop superstar Michael Jackson and Fox broadcasting co. Say they re sorry if anybody interpreted his Crotch grabbing window smashing music video As sexually suggestive or violent. Black or White the 11-minute music video that premiered thursday on Fox led the network to its highest prime time showing. Angry Calls from viewers and some Fox affiliates took the glow off the event. A it upsets me to think that Black or White could influence any child or adult to destructive behaviour either sexual or violent a Jackson said in a statement issued by his los Angeles publicists. He agreed to Cut a sexy violent four minute dance sequence from the video during its rebroadcast today Fox said in a facsimile message to affiliates. Fox officials said airing the controversial Section was a mistake. A a in be always tried to be a Good role Model and therefore have made these changes to avoid any possibility of adversely affecting any individuals behaviour a Jackson said. A i deeply regret any pain or Hurt that the final segment of Black or White has caused children their parents or any other  the video is part of the hype Over dangerous Jackson a first album since bad in 1987. Dangerous is due in stores nov. 26. The video aired after foxes animated hit the Simpsons and was broadcast at the same time on Cable tvs mtg and bet networks. It was the fifth highest rated show of the night seen in roughly 14,370,000 Homes nationwide with a 15.6 rating and a 24 share Nielsen Media research said. Fox officials said it was top rated in new York los Angeles Minneapolis St. Paul Indianapolis Sacramento calif., and Charlotte . The video featured a comedy introduction with Home alone Star Macaulay Culkin and cheers Star George Wendt. From there it went to computer a digital compositing effects that transformed a person into others of different race and gender and changed a Black Panther into Jackson and Back again. The portion some objected to was the finale a a brooding dance Solo by Jackson without musical accompaniment in which the gloved one smashed windows and unzipped his Fly caressing his Crotch and Chest while dancing atop an automobile. A the dance sequence which follows was meant to portray Jackson a interpretation of the panthers wild and Anima Listic behaviour a the publicists said. A some people thought it was inappropriate because there were so Many kids watching a said Joan ii Matus Zak program coordinator of tic Fox 61 in Hartford Conn. The station received about 10 complaints said Melanie Gerig program director. A tasteless Lousy obscene. Inappropriate for children a viewing a was How Howard Shrier vice president of a pm in Omaha neb., described reactions of several callers to the station. The station which issued an on air apology during fridays newscast received about 18 Calls mostly negative  
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