European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 26, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday january 26, 1992 the stars and stripes a Page 7 mayor freed from prison after turning Over records Birmingham Ala. Apr Birmingham mayor Richard Arrington agreed Friday to give his personal appointment records to a Federal judge and was freed from prison after spending a Day behind bars. A a it a not been great fun a Arrington said. The records were Given to . District judge Edwin l. Nelson who held Arrington in contempt a week ago said the mayors attorney Donald Watkins. Watkins refused to give further details of the agreement. A i have Learned that he has purged himself of contempt a . Attorney Frank Donaldson said. A i am pleased that the matter is taken care  Arrington 57, had refused to turn Over the records to a Federal grand jury investigating possible corruption at Birmingham City Hall. He claimed Donaldson a office had singled him out because he a Black and wanted the records to fabricate a Case against him. Donaldson has repeatedly denied it. Arrington a now is in Complete compliance with the court order a Donaldson said adding that it was a unfortunate it Wasny to done earlier so these High visibility events would never have  on thursday Arrington symbolically chained to supporters walked three blocks from a Church to the Federal courthouse to surrender. He was taken from there to a minimum Security Camp at Maxwell fab in Montgomery 90 Miles to the South. Nelson sentenced Arrington to 18 months in jail to be served from thursday nights to monday mornings or until Arrington obeyed the subpoena. He also fined Arrington $1,000 a Day for up to seven Days. Arrington the City a first Black mayor had said he would provide the records but that he wanted first to go to prison in protest. The grand jury had subpoenaed Arrington a personal appointment records for 1986-1991. Arrington refused to turn them Over saying he did no to want the government to use the records to bolster accusations against him by Tarlee Brown an Atlanta architect and former Arrington business partner. Brown pleaded guilty in september to scheming to defraud the City of Birmingham. He said he also paid Birmingham mayor Richard Arrington with briefcase leaves the prison at Maxwell fab in Montgomery Ala. Arrington $5,000 Over two years a kickbacks on his profits from City projects. Arrington who was re elected to a fourth term tast year denied the allegations. City lawyers said his appointment books show that he and Brown did no to meet on the dates claimed by Brown. Arrington had said he agreed to turn Over appointment records for individuals named by prosecutors. But he did no to want to turn Over All his appointment logs saying it would submit All of his office visitors to harassment by prosecutors. Arkansas executes cop killer Varner Ark. Apr gov. Bill Clinton left the democratic presidential Campaign Trail Friday to be in Arkansas for the scheduled execution of a brain damaged cop killer. Rickey Ray Rector 40, was executed by injection Friday night. Earlier the . Supreme court without dissent denied a last ditch Appeal filed on rectors behalf in state and Federal courts. The execution was delayed for 50 minutes because medical personnel weren table to find a suitable vein in which to inject the solution prison spokesman David White said. Asked if he wished to make a final statement Rector said a yes. I got baptized and  the execution began at 9 50 ., and Rector was pronounced dead at 10 09  By Lincoln county Coroner Jimmy Hawkins. A a in a getting dizzy a Rector said two minutes after the execution started. Prison officials said he lost consciousness a minute later. Clinton took a Day away from campaigning to be in the state for the execution. About three hours before the execution the governor refused a request for a reprieve said Jeff Rosenzweig one of rectors attorneys. After the execution Clinton spokesman Mike Gaul Din said the governor would make no comment. Rector was the first Black executed in Arkansas since 1960. The execution could help Clinton distance himself from his party a soft on crime image said political observers in new Hampshire site of the campaigns first primary feb. 18. A i think the death penalty is a Trump card for being Tough on crime a said Kimberly Cook president of new Hampshire citizens against the death penalty. Dick Bennett of the american research group a new Hampshire based polling company said he believes voters Are More concerned about the Economy. But a my gut reaction is he a Clinton portraying himself As a moderate to conservative and the execution of the death sentence might be attractive a Bennett said. Clinton has refused to talk about the political implications of the execution. The five term governor Haf scheduled 68 executions during his 11 years in office Only two inmates have been put to death during his administration both in 1990. Rector was sentenced to death for killing a 38-year-old police officer Bob Martin of Conway on March 24, 1981. Police said Martin went to the Home of rectors Mother seeking Rector for the shooting of three people one of whom died. Rectors Mother told police that Rector said a him. Martin Quot then shot Martin twice in the head. After shooting the policeman Rector shot himself in the head. The wound and emergency surgery that followed caused brain damage Rector that officials said had the effect of a frontal Lobotomy. Defense attorneys said the brain damage made Rector incompetent to be executed. State and Federal courts have repeatedly ruled that Rector meets the Federal Standard for competency he understood his wrongdoing and the extent of his punishment. In the Appeal to the . Supreme court rectors attorneys said Arkansas Case Law provides a higher Standard for competency that the inmate be Able to help in his defense.  returns Cash to Man who lost $5,000 from wire reports Buffalo . A Man who lost $5,000 in Cash on a Street last week was counting his blessings after a Jogger called to say he had found the Money. A i did no to really expect to get it  said Thomas a. Mahon who lost the Money while shopping. Quot the Way the economic situation is in the world i would not have been that mad if they had not Given it  Michael Mccabe a Buffalo teacher said he spotted the Money a sitting in a Little bit of Snow on the  Mahon a widower who lives with his 11-year-old daughter said the Money was from a recent Accident claim  exiles warned Washington a the Bush administration warned cuban exiles on Friday that it will prosecute any of them who launch attacks on their Homeland from the United states. A we condemn any efforts to use the territory of the United states to prepare or promote violence in Cuba a said state department spokeswoman Margaret Tutwiler. Cuba has said the United states is continuing to seek the violent overthrow of the revolution citing the Case of three exiles who were caught late last month trying to infiltrate the Island by sea. They reportedly were carrying 41 explosive devices. Cuba executed one of the men  actors threatened los angelas a a Man was arrested for allegedly sending threatening letters against teen age actors cad Allen and Jeremy Miller. Charles Walker Grysh was charged with eight counts of sending the letters to Allen 17, of no cd a our House and Miller 15, of abcs growing pains. The letters were sent Between december 1990 and october 1991.judge does it All Santa be . A Steve Herrera will get to be judge and juror both. The state District judge will spend every thursday for the next three months serving on a Santa be county grand jury. Grand jurors Are picked randomly from among the Pool of registered voters and licensed Drivers. It take my civic duties seriously. It would be hypocritical to excuse myself a Herrera said. Grand juries sit weekly for 90 Days hearing evidence to decide whether there is probable cause for an indictment. As a judge Herrera must remove himself from any Case he encountered on the grand jury said Robert Lovato head of the state administrative office of the courts. Little conflict is Likely however because Herrera almost exclusively hears civil cases rather than  sentenced Victorville Calif. A a Man who killed grilled and ate his neighbors dog has bet a sentenced to the maximum of three years in prison for animal cruelty. Joseph Vera is a a dangerous menace a Superior court judge Stephen Ashworth said at sentencing thursday. Vera was convicted in december. Ashworth said Vera had planned the dogs killing to avenge a perceived wrong by a neighbor Howard Pinchbeck. Prosecutors said Vera bludgeoned and butchered Astro a mix of pit Bull and Collie on sept. 19, and grilled the meat. The dogs head was found on a Fence outside Pinchbeck a Home. Vera 29, of Adelanto testified that he killed the dog because he was broke and Hadnot eaten in two Days. A i saw the different types of meals 1 could make out of him a he said. Defense attorney Mark Shoup said Vera has suffered a mental imbalance since he killed his brother in Law in 1988. Vera said that the killing was in self defense and that he was acquitted