European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 12, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 a the stars and stripes thursday March 12,1992 Highway patrolman Timothy Singer shows defense attorney Michael Stone How he saw an officer hit Rodney g. King. Trooper testifies he got scared after blows failed to halt King Ilmi Valley Calif. Apr a Highway patrolman a yes a Singer responded.  tuesday that he was scared when Motorist the four defendants on trial in the March 3. 1 s1mi Valley Calif. Apr a Highway patrolman testified tuesday that he was scared when Motorist Rodney g. King moved toward him seemingly unaffected by stun gun darts and police Baton blows to the head. A Cpd seen this Man shot with a Taser a stun gun hit with a Baton a powerful blow on the head Ana he was still on his feet a said Timothy Singer a California Highway patrol officer testifying for the prosecution. Singer said he watched the incident with his gun drawn. A and you were scared weren to you a asked Michael Stone attorney for Laurence m. Powell a los Angeles police officer charged with assault in the Case. A yes a said Singer a because he still appeared to be advancing on  the acknowledgement came As Stone tried to show that his clients powerful Baton blows were justified by Kings behaviour. The beating that four White officers administered to King who is Black created a National juror when a videotape made by an onlooker was shown on television. Under prosecution questioning Singer said that As he watched Powell striking King a the thought came to my mind a How can Powell do this a i knew that it was against cup policy to strike someone in the head because it was deadly. I knew that it was  later tuesday an attorney for another officer asked whether Singer had described King As a  a one of the several thoughts that flashed through my mind was it appeared like a scene from a monster movie Quot Singer said. Attorney John Barnett representing officer Theodore j. Briseno then asked whether Singer had once made that comparison in an interview with prosecutors saying a even after the monster is shot he keeps on coming a a yes a Singer responded the four defendants on trial in the March 3, 1991, beating Are Powell 29 Briseno 39 sgt. Stacey c. Koon 41 and Timothy wind 31. Wind a Rookie was fired after the beating and the others were suspended. Singer testified that he never saw King on the ground cowering with his hands Over his face As he was clubbed. And he said he never saw Briseno attempt to Stop the beating As Briseno a attorney has said. But Deputy District attorney Terry White who called Singer told reporters that he agrees some Force was necessary to subdue King. Quot what we re saying is the Force went on too Long a he said. Stone whose client was seen delivering most of the Baton blows to King has mounted an aggressive Effort to show that Powell Only hit King on the hands and arms As prescribed by police rules. But Singer and his wife and Highway patrol partner officer Melanie Singer have Given graphic testimony of repeated blows to Kings face and head. The singers asked for los Angeles police help when King refused to Stop after they tried to pull him Over for speeding. White said he expects other witnesses to describe head blows including those allegedly meted out by Briseno. Singer recalled that As he stood with his gun drawn Powell stepped in and struck King. A the was struck on the head with a Baton. It was a two handed Power swing delivered from the right Side a movement which struck or. King above the right ear a he recalled. A it was a powerful blow a a and that did no to have any effect on him a asked Stone. A no Quot said Singer who added that afterwards he became  hand Over remains of . Pilot from wire reports Washington a the vietnamese government has turned Over to the United states the remains of a . Pilot killed in a crash during the Vietnam War the Pentagon said tuesday. The remains of air Force it. Col. Howard k. Williams were recovered in a joint excavation in late january by the . And vietnamese governments the Pentagon said. Williams of Steubenville Ohio was lost in the crash in North Vietnam on March 18,1968.jazz Bass player Dies los Angeles a red Callender the jazz Bass player who introduced the legendary Charles Mingus to the instrument died sunday from complications of thyroid cancer. He was 76. Callender studied tuba Bass trumpet and Harmony As a boy. He moved to los Angeles and made his recording debut with Louis Armstrong at age 19. In 1939, Mingus then 17, asked Callender to teach him the Bass. Callender charged the teenager $2 an hour. After the lessons they shared ice Cream and dreams. Callender also played with such jazz giants As Duke Ellington Lester Young Charlie Parker Dexter Gordon and Benny  Cream Pioneer dead Laguna Hills Calif. A Christian Nelson the danish confectioner who dipped a bar of Vanilla ice Cream into chocolate and created the Eskimo pie died sunday. He was 98. After coming to the United states Nelson taught school and ran an ice Cream shop in Onawa Iowa. In 1921, he formed a partnership with confectioner Russell Stover. They patented the Eskimo pie a originally dubbed the i scream bar a and Nelson became president of Eskimo pie corp. They sold the company in 1924. But Nelson stayed on inventing products and ways to store and deliver Frozen treats. He retired in 1961.bombing Trainer Dies Riverside Calif. A maj. Gen. Henry Riggs Sullivan a former air Force Academy commandant who helped train . Forces for the atomic bomb attacks on Japan died saturday from complications of emphysema. He was 76. Sullivan a 32-year Veteran served in world War ii in various training and combat positions. In july 1945, he was the designated staff officer of the 21st bomber come serving under Gen. Curtis a  launch scheduled Cape canaveral Fla. Nasa has set a March 23 launch Date for the next shuttle flight an atmospheric research Mission by the Atlantis. The Crew of seven astronauts is scheduled to lift off at 8 01 . Est. The space Agency announced the launch Date tuesday. Atlantis eight Day journey a the 46th shuttle flight and the second of the year a is part of a Long term Nasa project to study the environment from  of mob witness shot by masked gunman new York apr a masked gunman seriously wounded the sister of a mob defector tuesday in what a source said May have been a warning to her brother who is expected to testify at two organized crime trials. Patricia Capozzalo 38, was shot in the neck and Back As she returned from taking her son and other children to school in Brooklyn on monday morning. She was hospitalized in serious condition and was under police guard. Her brother Peter Chiodo is a former Capo or chief in the Lucchese crime family. He is expected to be the governments key witness against reputed Lucchese Boss Vittorio a a vice Amuso at Amuso s murder racketeering trial next month Federal Law enforcement sources said on condition of anonymity. He has also been listed As a possible witness in the current murder racketeering trial of reputed Gambino crime family Boss John Gotti and he testified at another mob trial last year. A the Only motive we have is its probably something connected to her brother a police inspector Edward Cappello said of Capozzalo a shooting. A Law enforcement source who spoke on the condition of anonymity said a it would appear this is a message to Peter a shut up or Well Start taking out your family a a a if that s the Case authorities say its a departure for organized crime families which traditionally do not target members relatives. A i Hope its not something new they re going to Start doing Quot Cappello said. Capozzalo a homemaker with two sons and a daughter has no criminal ties police said. Cappello said the woman had just returned Home when a stolen Van carrying two men in ski masks pulled alongside her car and one of the men opened fire. Although wounded she was Able to run in Side her Home As the gunmen fled. Her husband Joseph called police. Her 40-year-old brother became an informer and entered the Federal witness Protection program after he was shot 12 times and nearly killed in May. The attack came shortly after Chiodo agreed to plead guilty in the so called a windows Quot racketeering Case. In last years windows trial High ranking members of the Gambino Colombo Lucchese and Genovese families were accused of using a Complex scheme of bid rigging labor payoffs and extortion to control the awarding of $145 million in City housing authority window installation contracts