European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 15, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 c the stars and stripes sunday december 15,1991 . State Assembly Leader convicted of fraud charges new York apr the speaker of the new York state Assembly was convicted Friday of Federal fraud charges effectively ending the career of the Legislatures top Democrat. Mil Miller appeared Pale and shaken his head bowed As the verdict was returned during the sixth Day of deliberations in Federal court in Brooklyn. A i m innocent Quot Miller said afterwards. A a done to feel any  a felony conviction Means automatic expulsion from the legislature where Miller has served for 21 years the past five As democratic Leader. A even god willing we get a reversal for practical purposes its time for new leadership to take Over a Miller Miller said outside court. A govern ment has to go on. The state has to go  Jay Adolf Millers chief aide in Albany was also convicted. Both were convicted of mail fraud conspiracy and using false names in documents on a number of real estate transactions. Miller and Adolf were charged a year ago with cheating clients of their now defunct Law firm out of about $300,000. Each charge is punishable by up to five years in prison and $250,000 in fines. Miller and Adolf withheld information from clients cheated clients into paying grossly exorbitant fees and hid their personal investments in apartment buildings prosecutors said. The defendants disputed All of the charges and maintained they were targeted because of Millers position in the legislature. Milter the 52-year-old son of a milk truck Driver was one of the three most powerful men in state government along with gov. Mario m. Cuomo and state Senate majority Leader Ralph j. Marino. A the Law is the Law a Cuomo said of the conviction. A but this is a tragedy in Many ways a most of All for Mel Miller and his family. We Pray for their  the governments Case concerned three Complex real estate deals. In one scam Miller and Adolf secretly diverted eight apartments that should have gone to a group of clients prosecutors said. Instead the apartments went to Miller Adolf and a partner Avi Cohen prosecutors said. In another Deal Miller Adolf and Cohen used forged documents to illegally acquire the rights to buy the apartment of a woman who Nad died prosecutors said. In a third transaction the government said the three men cheated an elderly woman out of thousands of dollars and the insider rights to her Manhattan apartment which they quickly resold for a Large profit. Defense attorneys denied the defendants did anything illegal. They maintained that Miller and Adolf were dupes of Cohen. He was the governments key witness testifying under immunity. Couple who cited nymphomania As a defense enter guilty pleas fort Lauderdale Fla. A a woman who once planned to defend herself against prostitution charges by saying nymphomania drove her to it pleaded guilty Friday along with her Deputy sheriff husband. The couple agreed to the pleas in Exchange for Light sentences. They also said they would testify in any criminal Case that might be lodged against their former attorney. Kathy wi6ts, 33, was spared jail time in the agreement. Jeffrey willets 41, who was suspended from the Broward county sheriffs office will serve less than one year in prison said their new attorney Robert Smoley. A a in a sad and in a Hurt but in a Happy that its Over with a Kathy willets said at a news conference. Prosecutors Are investigating their former attorney Ellis Rubin in connection with the alleged attempted Sale of a videotape of Kathy willets having sex with fort Lauderdale a former vice mayor. Rubin had planned to argue that Kathy willets became a nymphomaniac after taking the anti depressant prozac and needed to have sex with Many men As therapy because her husband suffered from spells of impotence. The Broward state attorneys office began investigating Rubin when a tabloid television show reported that Rubin a son had offered to sell a videotape of Kathy willets having sex with Doug Danziger who resigned As vice mayor july 30. After months of Legal jockeying Rubin surrendered the videotape to prosecutors Friday. He also stepped Down As the couples criminal attorney and encouraged them to take the plea Deal. Prosecutors Are looking into possible violations of state wiretapping Laws by Rubin and his son Guy Rubin. Kathy and Jeffrey willets were arrested july 23 on prostitution and pimping charges. Both also were charged with illegally taping phone conversations with their alleged clients. They pleaded guilty to multiple prostitution charges. Police say Kathy willets had sex in her bedroom with dozens of men while her husband hid in the closet taking notes and at least once videotaping the scene. A the agreement that was reached was for Jeff and Kathy willets to testify truthfully As to the circumstances of the a tape a Smoley said. A it should not be construed that Jeffrey and Kathy Are testifying against  under the agreement Kathy willets will serve three years probation. Willets will spend up to 364 Days in jail and up to five years probation Smoley said. Kathy willets said she was remorseful and embarrassed by her actions. But she reiterated her claim of nymphomania saying she was undergoing therapy. Coach sentenced for batting ump Vancouver Wash. Apr a Man was sentenced to one year in jail for striking an Umpire with an aluminium baseball Bat while arguing Over a suspended Little league game. Steven Fuller 46, of la Center Wash., was convicted in october of second degree assault with a deadly weapon. At a sentencing hearing thursday Superior court judge James Ladley allowed Fuller to serve his time on nights and weekends so he could keep operating his trucking business. Umpire Robert Horal was injured May 16 after a Ridgefield la Center Little league game. Fuller coached the la Center giants who were ahead when the game was called because of darkness. Little league rules required that the score revert to the last Complete inning giving Ridgefield the Victory. An argument Between two other coaches broke out at the Back of fullers Van. Horal stepped Between the men to halt the dispute. According to testimony in the trial Horal and Fuller found themselves face to face. Horal placed his hands on Fuller s Chest in an attempt to break up the argument. Fuller then hit him twice with the Bat. Fuller said he acted in self defense. A i was unable to convey during the trial the terror i Felt at the moment i was grabbed a he said. A the jury decided i had overreacted and maybe i   office gearing up for biggest Day of year from wire reports Washington a the Post office is bracing for an Avalanche on monday the Day it expects the biggest mail volume of the year. The monday prior to Christmas week is traditionally the Agency a busiest Day. Officials expect to cancel 234 million cards and letters that Day. On an average c a the . Postal service cancels 45 million cards and letters a flow that increases to 78 million a Day during the Holiday season and peaks on the monday before Christmas  heart stabilized Detroit a mayor Coleman Young who was hospitalized Friday after his heart rate soared to the mid-130s, had a Normal heartbeat by saturday afternoon his physician said. Young who suffers from chronic emphysema was being treated at the Michigan health Center. His physician or. Claud Young the mayors Cousin said his heart rate had levelled off to the mid-80s, a Normal Range. The mayors blood pressure remained within Normal ranges at 114 Over 70. On Friday the pulse of the 73-year-old mayor went As High As 134 beats a minute. It was undetermined How Long the mayor would remain in the  satellite shifted Washington a the satellite that supplies Chotos of the weather is moving West to get a Etter View of storms affecting Alaska Hawaii and the West coast. The National oceanic and atmospheric administration said Friday that it has begun the four month process of edging the goes-7 satellite Westward. Normally two stationary goes satellites observe the nation but one failed in january 1989 and since then goes-7 has been shifted eastward to watch the Atlantic in Hurricane season and then Westward to observe Pacific storms when they May threaten. The european space Agency has Lent the use of its Meteosat-3, stationed Over the Atlantic Ocean allowing goes-7 to be relocated Westward and restoring More Complete weather coverage of the United  Teeth stolen Philadelphia a somebody has been stealing Gold Teeth from cadavers at the University of Pennsylvania school of Medicine officials said Friday. About six Teeth were yanked from the Mouths of several bodies earlier this month at All six of the schools Anatomy laboratories said John Weisel an associate professor of Anatomy. The thefts were discovered by first year medical student Michael Agus who noticed a Gold tooth was missing from a cadaver he was dissecting. University police said they were were investigating the thefts. Melted Down the Teeth can be Worth up to $40  wins pit Bull suit fort Lauderdale Fla. A a boy who was disfigured by a pit Bull that had been fed live rabbits has been awarded $2.3 million by a jury that found the dogs owner negligent. But Broward circuit judge Robert c. Abel Sal to malay the chances that 14-year-old Timothy Philbin would receive the Money seemed Remote because dog owner William Curtis did not attend the trial and his whereabouts is unknown. The teen Ager can to smile or drink out of a Glass because the left Side of his face remains paralysed from the september 1988 attack said Nis attorney George Thomas. The boy also is deaf in his left ear which was severed but surgically reattached. Thei boy is playing baseball again and a emotionally la really amazed at How Well he a done said his grandmother Jean Philbin