European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 1, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse Saturday february 1,1992 the stars and stripes b Page 7 former boxing Champion Mike Tyson shakes hands with tans As he enters an Indianapolis courtroom on thursday. Accuser denies she sought relationship with Boxer Tyson Indianapolis apr the woman who accused Boxer Mike Tyson of rape testified Friday that she sought his attention at a Beauty pageant but had no interest in a relationship. The 18-year-old miss Black America contestant said she was surprised but not alarmed when Tyson kissed her after she entered his limousine shortly before the alleged attack july 19. A did you have some Hopes of establishing a relationship with or. Tyson a defense attorney Vincent Fuller asked on Cross examination. A i would never see him again a she said. A How could i Hope to have any relationship with him a Fuller characterized her in his opening statement As an angry woman seeking revenge against the former chronology of Tyson a boxing career Page 24. Heavyweight Champion for treating her indifferently after she consented to sex. The woman told Fuller that she and other contestants were excited at the Prospect of meeting Tyson when he appeared to promote the pageant. A did you seek to get his attention a he asked. A yes a she said. A How did you do that a he asked. A i asked him to take a picture with us a she said. The woman said she wrote her hotel Telephone and room numbers on a piece of paper and handed it to Tyson after he asked for a Date. A i was excited about the Prospect the idea but a Dahmer sanity Milwaukee apr Jeffrey l. Dahmer was a ruthless but sane killer who carefully chose victims for his fantasies of sex and death methodically butchered them and tried not to leave a Trail a prosecutor said. In opening arguments at Dahmer a sanity trial thursday District attorney e. Michael Mccann sought to dispel defense arguments that Dahmer was mentally ill and tried to control his compulsion to have sex with dead men. A this was not an evil Man. He was a sick Man a Dahmer a lawyer Gerald Boyle. But Mccann said a emr. Dahmer knew at All times that what he was doing was police detectives who took Dahmer a confession were to testify Friday. Dahmer has pleaded guilty but insane to the slayings of 15 Young men and boys in Milwaukee. If the jury finds Dahmer sane he would spend the rest of his life in prison. If judged insane he would be sent to a men that Point i did no to really think anything was going to happen a she said. A were you taken Aback when or. Tyson a perfect stranger kissed you on the lips a Fuller asked. A no a she said. During questioning by the prosecution thursday the College freshman told of her High school honors travels to the soviet Union a student legislature Bill she drafted on Date rape a and of the night she says ended in a brutal attack. The woman who weighs 108 pounds testified that the 220-Pound Tyson pinned her to the bed stripped her and raped her ignoring her cries of pain. A i said a please you re hurting me please Stop a and he started laughing like it was a game Quot she said. Tyson is charged with rape confinement and criminal deviate conduct in the alleged attack in his hotel room. If convicted he faces up to 63 years in prison. The woman said she met Tyson at a pageant rehearsal where he was making a promotional video and Rtia de tentative plans to go out later. Inside his limousine she said a the grabbed me and tried to kiss me. I kind of jumped Back and he said a of you re not like these City girls. You re a Good Christian a the woman said Tyson coaxed her to his room so he could make a Telephone Call. They were watching television and talking when Tyson Stone changed. A the said a do you like me a and i said a i done to really know you. You seem and his voice changed just like that. He said a you re turning me on a a she begins Tal institution where after a year he could petition for release every six months. Police officers testified thursday that Dahmer told them he dismembered his victims and disposed of their Bones by soaking them in acid and Flushing them Down a toilet. He said he ate one Many a biceps. Dahmer also said he had sex with some of the corpses the officers said. He chose people without cars because he knew it would be hard to dispose of the vehicles Mccann said and he drugged his victims with sleeping pills that he ground up ahead of time to slip into their drinks. Dahmer limited his attacks to the weekends so he could have sex with his victims before killing them Mccann said. He worked at a chocolate factory during the week. Dahmer was arrested july 22. He has confessed to killing 17 people in Wisconsin and Ohio since 1978. against dividing state poll says from wire reports san Francisco most californians reject the idea of splitting the state in two but support for a breakup is growing a poll has found. The California poll found that 67 percent of 1,028 adults surveyed were against the split. The first year the California poll looked at breaking up the state was 1959, when 9 percent were for it. Support has increased steadily to a current 25 percent. The researchers said Southern californians rejected the idea by 72 percent to 19 percent compared with 59-34 among Northern californians. A people done to think it would solve the states problems and they think it would be economically unsound a said pollster Mervin Field. The Telephone poll conducted Jan. 13-18 had a margin of error of plus or minus 3.2 percentage Points. Calls for division have come largely from the North where people in sparsely populated counties say their interests Arentt being represented in the legislature. A main promoter of splitting the state is Republican assemblyman Stan Statham from Redding in Northern California. Statham is seeking advisory votes by All 58 counties on whether the state should be split. Nearly half of the counties have agreed to put the measure on the ballot tentatively scheduled for a vote in , Money reunited Philadelphia Janet Kirch will never again bad Mouth the Post office. Kirch made the Bonehead move of a lifetime last Friday when she accidentally dropped a Bank envelope containing $2,700 in Cash into a Mailbox in Ambler. By the time she realized her mistake a full Day had passed and Kirch figured the Money was gone forever. What she did no to figure on was the honesty of the postal worker in Philadelphia a dead letter office who opened the envelope and turned it Over to his supervisor. When Kirch called the Post office on monday she was quickly reunited with her Cash not to mention her belief in the Basic goodness of escape fails Washington a the state department criticized cuban authorities on thursday for allegedly opening fire on a family of 13 who were trying to escape to the . Naval base at Guantanamo Bay. A boy and a girl reportedly were wounded. Press officer Joe Snyder said the cuban action was reminiscent of the Way East German authorities dealt with people trying to scale the Berlin Wall. In the incident last saturday the escape attempt was thwarted when an alarm at the base perimeter was set off. One family member a 51-year-old Man managed to crawl to the base through a Cactus Field but his 12 companions were rounded up by cuban Security fire victim Dies Chicago a a 75-year-old woman has become the fourth victim of a series of Gas fires and explosions that rocked the City a Northwest Side. The woman Frances Kosiba was pronounced dead wednesday night at Northwestern memorial Hospital said spokeswoman Peggy Bell. She had been hospitalized after suffering severe Burns Jan. 17 when a Gas surge blamed on faulty pressure regulators caused the explosions and fires that destroyed or damaged 18 buildings. Federal safety officials meanwhile Are suggesting that Peoples Gas Light and Coke co. Install a new safety feature along with the new Gas lines being installed in the area of the fires
