European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 8, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday March 8, 1992 census analyst who released Gulf War data to be fired by Edmund l. Andrews the new York times Washington a the census Bureau said Friday that it intends to dismiss an analyst who estimated that 13,000 iraqi civilians were killed by  forces during the persian Gulf War an estimate that was More than twice As High As the bureaus subsequent official calculation. A spokeswoman for the census Bureau Karen Wheeless said the decision stemmed not from the estimate itself but from the analysts decision to make the information Public without submitting it to proper a peer review procedures. But the analyst Beth Osborne Daponte said Friday that she had obtained the proper reviews. A the projections that i had prepared were approved by three Levels of bureaucracy including up to the assistant division chief of the bureaus Center for International research where Daponte works she said. A the projections had the same scrutiny As any other figures that Are prepared by the census Bureau. Daponte said she released her estimates because the census Bureau had no intention of making the information Public. Estimates of the number of iraqi casualties caused by the War and its aftermath have been a sensitive Issue for the Bush administration which went to great lengths during the War to emphasize its focus on purely military targets. Ever since Iraq capitulated the Pentagon has contended that it is impossible to produce accurate estimates on the number of civilian deaths. By the los Angeles times Simi Valley Calif. A during a vivid account of the Early moments of the Rodney g. King beating a California Highway patrol officer testified Friday that one of the los Angeles police officers charged m the incident tried to Stop a Baton wielding fellow defendant from continuing a series of allegedly bloody blows to Kings head. Cup officer Melanie Singer testified that officer Theodore j. Briseno grabbed the Baton of officer Laurence m. Powell with his left Palm and a pushed it away after King slumped to the ground dazed and bleeding from Powell a ferocious a Power  Singer said that Briseno stepped in after another of the accused officers sgt. Stacy c. Koon yelled a Stop Stop that a enough that a enough a but within moments in a scene memorialized on videotape the beating resumed. Singers recollections came on the second Day of testimony and seemed to bolster Briseno a Surprise Contention that he unlike his three criminally charged coi the new dispute first reported Friday in the Washington Post stems from an estimate that Daponte did on the postwar population of Iraq. The Center prepares an annual handbook on world population which draws on information from a wide Range of National and International sources. Estimates on the number of War related deaths were prepared to update the population estimate on Iraq. After drawing on published information and on literature about estimating military casualties Daponte calculated that 40,000 iraqi soldiers and 13,000 civilians died in direct military conflict. In addition she estimated that 30,000 people had died during the shiite and kurdish rebellions after the War and that 70,000 people died from health problems caused by the destruction of water and Power plants. Daponte supplied her estimates to a reporter for the associated press in january. Over the next several weeks two of Dapontes superiors and the Deputy director of the census Bureau Kincannon c. Louis called one of the experts she had cited As a source col. Trevor n. Dupuy a retired military historian. Dupuy supplied them with his own estimates on the number of War casualties which were lower than those of Daponte. Since then the census Bureau has released its own estimates that lower the estimate on immediate civilian deaths from 13,000 to 5,000. Wheeless said Friday that the census Bureau had decided to dismiss Daponte because she had violated the procedures for preparing data. Leagues tried to Stop the King beating. Briseno is accused of delivering a single downward kick to Kings head in the final seconds of the beating before the Black Motorist was handcuffed and taken to a nearby Hospital. Powell a attorney Michael Stone worked hard to cast doubt on her recollections. Early in her testimony for example Singer said that Powell struck King four times on the left Side of his face and once on the right a splitting his cheekbone from the top of his ear to the Bottom of his  a blood spilled out a Singer testified. A blood poured  but later when Stone showed her photographs of King after the beating she acknowledged that they revealed Only a 1-Inch Cut on the right Side and no Marks on the left. Stone later told reporters that the blows were actually to Kings shoulders. The fourth officer charged in the Case is Timothy wind a Rookie who was fired after the incident. The stars and stripes a Page 7  s not Only what you eat but also what you Don t eat from wire reports Hartford Conn. A the states new ethics code is so strict it has some lawmakers reporting what they done to eat. A the meal consisted of muffins and Coffee however i was late and did not have the Opportunity to eat a state rep. F. Philip Prelli wrote in a letter reporting a meeting he attended with Community College officials. Other lawmakers have gone into excruciating detail while obeying the 1991 Laws command to report any meals or lodging they accept before or after an official appearance. A i consumed two pancakes each approximately 5 inches in diameter and one sausage link approximately 2 inches in length and the acc fourths of an Inch in diameter a state rep. Arthur j. Of Neill wrote describing a breakfast at a High school in his Southbury  charges dropped Richmond Texas a officials have dropped murder charges against the widow of country Singer Isaac Payton sweat saying he probably committed suicide. Sweat known As the a King of the Cotton eyed Joe a was found dead in his garage in june 1990. He was shot in the head. Sharon sweat 40, who told authorities she found the body was originally charged with murder. Sweat had filed for divorce before he died. Fred Felcman an assistant District attorney in fort Bend county asked for the dismissal wednesday. He said a medical examiner concluded that sweat probably committed  suit upheld Greensboro . A judge upheld a $7 million judgment against a Hospital Over the suicide of a teen Ager who was discharged after his insurance ran out. A i believe there was sufficient evidence. And i believe strongly in our jury system. I am hesitant to undo what a jury has done a Superior court judge Thomas w. Ross said thursday. Joseph Muse Iii entered charter Hospital of Winston Salem in 1986 after planning to kill himself. After 32 Days a two Days after his insurance ran out a his doctor sent him Home with a Supply of anti psychotic and anti depressant Medicine. Muse killed himself with an overdose of that Medicine about two weeks later. His parents sued the Hospital and its Parent corporation claiming their son was discharged because his insurance ran out. A jury ruled in the family a favor after a six week trial last  Likely cholera cause los Angeles a officials confirmed Friday that food loaded onto a jetliner in Lima Peru probably caused a cholera outbreak among passengers on the feb. 14 flight. Authorities also increased from 43 to 76 the confirmed number of cholera cases from the Aero Lineas Argentina flight. One victim died from the diarrhoea causing disease. Man charged in boy s death Albany Ore. A a Man has been charged with murdering a toddler who choked to death on Chili powder. A grand jury is to Convene next Friday to consider charges against 22-year-old Joseph Lee Tei Gen who was arrested feb. 29 after 22-month-old Johnathan Lee Babb died at Lebanon Community Hospital. Paramedics found the child not breathing with a red powder around his Mouth. An autopsy last monday showed the boy choked on Chili powder. Teigen and his wife lived in Sweet Home in Western Oregon with the child smother Angela Babb and her three children. He was arraigned monday in District court and charged with murder. Deputy Linn county District attorney Susan Tripp said the grand jury session was delayed to give police More time to gather evidence. The grand jury will consider whether to charge Teigen with first degree murder or aggravated murder a capital offence. A with Deputy District attorney Terry White standing in for Rodney King Melanie Singer demonstrates How she saw officer Laurence Powell repeatedly strike King. Singer is an officer with the California Highway patrol. Officer says Briseno tried to halt beating