European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 15, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 6 b the stars and stripes Tyson victim she did the new York apr the Beauty Queen who was raped by Boxer Mike Tyson gave people Magazine permission to run her picture and name the Magazine said thursday. A smiling photograph of Desiree Washington who competed in the miss Black America pageant As miss Rhode Island appears on Peoples feb. 24 cover along with a larger picture of Tyson the Magazine quotes her As saying a i did no to do it for Fame. It was the right thing to Tyson the former heavyweight Champion was convicted monday of raping Washington an 18-year-old freshman at Providence College in an Indianapolis hotel room last july. Next Friday Tyson a accuser also will be interviewed by Barbara Walters on abcs 20-20, Abc spokeswoman Lucy Kraus said. The network stopped Short of saying she would be identified. Abc also carried Diane Sawyers primetime live interview with Patricia Bowman after a Florida jury acquitted William Kennedy Smith of raping her. In Indianapolis judge Patricia Gifford granted a defense request to postpone Tyson a sentencing hearing by three weeks to March 27. Scheduling conflicts could make it even later court officials said. Tyson testified that Washington consented to have sex after the two met at a pageant rehearsal in Indianapolis. During the trial some news organizations including Abc identified the accuser without her consent. Washington a personal attorney in Rhode Island Edward Gerstein had no comment on the people report. Two messages left on an answering machine believed to be Washington a in her Hometown of Coventry were not returned. Washington Wasny to paid for permission to use her identity said people spokeswoman Beth Kseniak. She said Greg Garrison the special prosecutor who won the Tyson conviction arranged for Washington to talk with a people correspondent. But Garrison denied arranging anything. A what happened is that the prosecutor has been passing on All requests and letters to the victim and her family a he said. A i was asked if i would arrange it i said i would pass the request along and i did. We will not refuse to pass Detroit up a eight women citing a Range of physical problems from fatigue to paralysis have sued eight makers of silicone gel breast implants. Charfoos amp Christensen the Detroit Law firm that handled the successful class action suit in the toxic Shock syndrome Case said it expects additional plaintiffs As medical facts about the implants Are developed. The suit was filed thursday in Wayne county circuit court t names Dow Corning corp., Dow Corning Wright corp., Mentor corp., Surgi Tek medical engineering corp., Bristol Myers Squibb co., Mcghan medical corp. And Minnesota mining amp puts Down Newport news a. Up a mystery player is buying $50,000 Worth of lotto tickets for Virginia a $25 million drawing today but even with that outlay his chances of winning remain 1 in 142. It is the largest lotto Jackpot that Virginia has seen in six months. It proved irresistible to the Man who strolled into a Newport news convenience store thursday and plunked Down a stack of play slips containing 50,000 combinations. A the said a Here a my tickets run them a a a said Chuck Ragland manager of the Miller Mart. A just like any other customer except he had a few More Ragland who did no to expect to finish running the play slips through the computer until late Friday said he saturday february 15,1992tells people right thing a Mike Tyson and his accuser Desiree Washington Are on people Magazine cover. Along any request but it is not the truth that we have arranged anything. Its a dumb Rob Smith a spokesman for the Indianapolis prosecutors office said Tyson a accuser had expressed an interest in becoming an advocate for victims. A she indicated that a something she wanted to do a Smith said. A a that a her own prerogative. We think shed be very Good in that sort of Tyson was convicted of one count of rape and two counts of criminal deviate conduct. Each count carries up to 20 years in prison but prosecutors have said similar convictions usually result in sentences of seven to 11 years. The women seek damages in excess of $10,000, a sum used to satisfy the courts jurisdictional requirement. Charfoos amp Christensen said it expects that actual Dollar demands will run into the millions. The suit seeks punitive and exemplary damages from the eight companies claiming they were negligent breached warranties of fitness engaged in wilful and Wanton misconduct and engaged in fraudulent conduct in the manufacture of silicone gel breast implants. Some of the ailments cited Are swollen Lymph nodes joint pain extreme fatigue acid like burning of the skin memory loss Lupus like symptoms arthritis like symptoms and paralysis,$50,000 for lotto was sceptical until company managers called. They told him the player had paid his $50,000 up front at Miller marts Norfolk office. Lottery spokeswoman Paula Otto said that in order to assess the probability of winning one needs to remember the distinction Between Odds and chances. The Odds of winning remain l-in-7.i million on every ticket no matter How Many tickets Are sold. But if the player covers 50,000 of the possible 7.1 million numbers then his chances of winning move to l-in-142. By comparison a move considered sure death by poker players a a drawing to an inside straight flush a carries 1-in-46 Odds. Champ Douglas arrested by police in Ohio from wire reports Columbus Ohio a former heavyweight Champion Buster Douglas who knocked out Mike Tyson two years ago to win the title was arrested Early Friday on a charge of Drunken driving. Douglas was charged with operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated speeding and failure to display a Drivers License. Rick Meinert Franklin county sheriffs Deputy said another Deputy on routine patrol noticed a vehicle parked on the Edge of a Columbus freeway. The Deputy thought the car was disabled and pulled in behind the vehicle to Check. The Driver in the parked car then accelerated and the officer followed him for one mile at speeds of More than 80 Miles per hour. Authorities said there were three other people in the 1990 Mercedes that Douglas was driving. Douglas lost his Crown to evander Holyfield in october 1990 in his first defense of the title he took from to son. He has not fought Bull kills infant Anchorage Alaska a a 9-month-old boy died after the family spit Bull attacked and clamped its jaws on the Back of the child a head when his Mother picked him up. The 60-Pound dog ran away and returned wednesday to attack again biting the boys Mother Chris Coffman on the neck and face before it was confined to a bathroom. The child whose name was not released died about an hour after the attack. The dog is being quarantined for 10 Days to see if it is to begin tour Washington defense Secretary Dick Cheney will leave today on a five nation latin America tour to discuss Security issues with government leaders and to visit . Troops in Panama the Pentagon said thursday. Cheney will meet in Guatemala with president Jorge Serrano Elias and the guatemalan defense minister and then see president Guillermo Endara in Panama. While in Panama Cheney will meet with army Gen. George a. Joulwan commander of the . Southern come and visit with american service members there. Cheney also will meet with government leaders in Brazil Argentina and Chile. He is to return to Washington on feb. 24.algerian advisory issued Washington a the state department announced thursday it is temporarily suspending operations at the . Consulate in the algerian City of Oran and urged americans to defer All nonessential travel to Algeria. A recent months have seen a period of political change accompanied by social and economic difficulty a the department said in a travel robbery bungled Clearwater Fla. A a Man who fled a Bank after robbing it of $300 had two things working against him police said. Head Given a Teller a card bearing his name and address and the Bank was a Block from police Headquarters. After a Short Chase through a parking garage and restaurant police arrested Freeman Brown 39, on wednesday. A i done to think or. Brown was thinking too clearly a said Wayne Shelor spokesman for Clearwater police. Brown was charged with Bank robbery and was being held on $25,000 bail. Brown walked into a first Florida Bank office gave a Teller his card and said he had an account. When the Teller said no account existed Brown claimed he had a gun and demanded $300, Shelor said. The Bandit took off but police a responding quickly and in Force a had him in custody in 15 minutes. Eight ailing women sue makers of silicone gel breast implants the woman who m1 i t t j a ii a a i r i 18 v in Ohi it a put t a i of flu h a a it a via Quot i 1 Rio h a i it a 1 urn. A Lys Rimpfl juju it in a Washington. Quot is , Ihu the a a to do
