European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 21, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse Friday february 21, 1992 the stars and stripes b Page 7 hanging by her seat Belt a rescuer shouts orders to a Crew preparing to free Margaret Long of Anderson s.c., from her wrecked car on monday. Long was suspended by her seat Belt Indianapolis up a charges that the Mike Tyson rape Case was fixed surfaced the same Day that officials of the nations largest Black Church group denied reports it had tried to coerce the victim into withdrawing charges against the Boxer. Tyson 25, was convicted feb. 10 of rape and two counts of criminal deviate conduct against Desiree Washington an 18-year-old miss Black America Beauty pageant contestant july 19. A report that one of the Tyson jurors had told friends the trial was rigged was taken to the prosecutors office wednesday by an Indianapolis attorney. Robert a. Prather said he reported the jurors remarks to the prosecutors office and to Indianapolis attorney James h. Voyles who assisted in Tyson a detente. A i told them that i heard one juror saying that Case was rigged outside the control of the jury and that there was nothing they could do about it a said Prather. The attorney said he overheard the jurors remarks during a break in a basketball game in which Prather was playing. The juror a 24-year-old Black behavioural specialist for the Indianapolis school system was talking to a group of men on the sidelines Prather said. He said he confirmed what the juror had said with the witnesses before reporting it which he Felt compelled to do because As an attorney he is an officer of the court. 6 contract cholera los Angeles apr one Man is dead and five others Are from cholera they contracted aboard a Valentines Day flight from South America to los Angeles a health official said wednesday night. Passengers aboard Aero Lineas Argentina flight 386, which originated in Buenos Aires Argentina stopped in Lima Peru then landed at los Angeles International Airport last Friday were urged to Contact the los Angeles county health department. About 336 passengers and Crew members were aboard with most saying their final destination was los Angeles or los Angeles county said or. Shirley fan after her car flipped into a Creek near Anderson. Rescuers said her ii juries May have been worse had she not been wearing the seat Belt. A a that a a very serious allegation to make a he said. Marion county prosecutor Jeffrey Modisett said he will investigate any allegations that warrant it but would not confirm exactly what would be done with the attorneys report. There has been growing sentiment among some Indianapolis Blacks that Tyson did not get a fair trial because he is Black. Washington a University student from Rhode Island is Black and there were Blacks on the jury. Church leaders Are seeking signatures for their petition calling for leniency when Tyson appears before Superior court judge Patricia Gifford on March 27 for sentencing. Tyson faces a maximum sentence of 60 years in prison but local attorneys say he is More Likely to get 6 to 12 years. The president of the National Baptist convention . Denied wednesday that his group tried to persuade Washington not to press rape charges. The Rev. . Jemison told an Indianapolis television station that no one tried to influence the accuser. He also denied reports that Money was offered to Washington or that Tyson had Given the Church $5 million two years ago to pay for a National Headquarters in Nashville Tenn. Jemison did acknowledge that he had talked to the accuser and her father before the trial but was not trying to dissuade her from proceeding with the Case. During plane trip Nin director of the county a disease control program. She stressed that the disease is difficult to transmit from person to person but that health authorities want to Contact everyone from that flight As soon As possible. A the Only thing the victims had in common was the plane trip a Fannin said. A we need specifics and maybe we can find out How the disease was a 70-year-old Man died within the past 24 hours Fannin said. Two of the victims were hispanic and three were women. Four of the cases were reported in los Angeles county and one in san Bernardino county. . 3 convicts Tunnel out of w. Virginia prison from wire reports Moundsville w a. Three convicted murderers serving life terms escaped the West Virginia Penitentiary on wednesday using a Tunnel dug under a Wall. State police discovered the escape when they noticed a Hole at the rear of the prison and found prison clothing and a ladder in the Hole. The fugitives were identified As As Tommie Mollohan 49, David Williams 33, and Fred Hamilton 34. Yale students end strike new Haven Conn. A Yale graduate students suspended their academic strike wednesday but pledged to continue fighting the University for Union recognition through talks and other protests. Members of the graduate employees and student organization a who teach undergraduate classes a walked out in protest monday. Two of Yale a major unions also walked out in sympathy. Gordon Lafer a Geso spokesman said the strike was a a tremendous Success a even though picket lines dwindled during the walkout. The group represents about 1,300 Grad students. The group seeks a formal grievance procedure for students higher salaries for teaching assistants and longer time limits for completing doctoral requirements. 3 . Cops indicted Washington a three police officers were indicted wednesday on charges they used excessive Force during an arrest of the son of former Atlanta mayor Andrew Youngjr. Andrew a a boy Young Iii a Howard University student complained that the officers jerked him from his car and began beating him during the Early morning hours of sept. 8 near the school. Metropolitan officers Randal b. Parker 27, Gregory w. Wise 25, and Albert l. Henley 23, each were charged with one count of assault in the indictment issued by a . Superior court grand jury. Conviction could carry a maximum of one year in prison and a Fine of up to $1,000. The officers said Young had been speeding and became combative after being stopped. Police were called to the area by citizens complaining of a disorderly crowd. Fee hike gets trash reply Long Beach Calif. A jeering students tossed garbage at California state University trustees wednesday moments after they approved a 40-Pcrcent tuition hike for the nations largest four year College system. A everybody understands the students frustration. Its not a pleasant action the Board took a said Csc chancellors spokesman Max Benavidez. A projected 1992-1993 budget shortfall of about $500 million the result of shrinking state funding is forcing the tuition increase Benavidez said. The 20-Campus systems 370,000 students who were hit with a 20percent increase in fees last year Are paying $93o in annual tuition. That would go up to $1,308 with the fee increase. Street s name debated Atoka okla. A local lore says people used to raise and fight gamecocks on Chicken fight Road. Now they re fighting Over the roads name. Bankers pharmacists a City Council member and a newspaper publisher live on the seven mile Long Street and some of them done to like the name. A Chicken fight Road Speaks of negativism destructiveness and illegal activities a Richard Betts a retired military chaplain who has petitioned the City Council to get the name changed said tuesday. More than 30 families have signed the petition. But other residents of this Southeastern Oklahoma town done to object to the Moniker. A a it a been Chicken fight Road going Back into the dim dark recesses of time. Frankly there a not a great Deal of reason for changing it a said Foster Cain a Chicken fight Road resident and co owner of the Atoka county times. Reports of tampering coercion surface in Tyson rape Case
