European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 13, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday March 13, 1992 the stars and stripes a Page 7house rejects Bush veto of China Bill Washington a the House voted to override president Bush a veto of a Bill that would impose economic and human rights conditions on the renewal of China a favourable Trade status. But the Senate Likely will fall Short next week of the two thirds majority needed to Complete the override. That would extend Bush a string of successful vetoes to 25 in the three years of his administration. The House voted 357-61 to enact Over Bush a objections the Compromise Mea sure to require a substantial Progress by China in human rights Trade and weapons proliferation before Normal Trade status could be renewed. China a current most favored nation status which confers the lowest available tariffs on its imports expires this summer. A the behaviour of China has not improved a argued the House ways and Means committee chairman rep. Dan Rostenkowski Dill. A How can the president credibly argue that the current approach is working a but rep. Bill Archer a Texas one of the few to support the White House argued that a a normalized Trade relationship is essential. The United states cannot afford to walk away from this strategically important  wednesdays House vote was slightly More favourable to Bush than the 409-21 margin by which the body originally passed the Bill in november. The Senate approved the measure last month on a vote of 59-39, eight votes Short of the number needed to override. That vote represented the biggest of and the use of slave labor position so far to Bush Schina policy which has been highly unpopular on Capitol Hill. After fervent debate last summer the Issue of . Policy toward China had been dormant for months. Administration opponents cited China a $12.7 billion Trade surplus with the United states last year second Only to Japan a surplus. And they pointed to continued human rights violations documented in a state department including arbitrary arrests  takes oath to be Secretary of transportation from wire reports Washington a president Bush welcomed longtime loyalist Andrew h. Card to his Cabinet on wednesday calling him a one of this towns Best kept secrets As he presided Over cards ceremonial swearing in As Secretary of transportation. Supreme court Justice Clarence Thomas administered the oath of office with card and Bush standing under a display of gleaming historic aircraft in the National air and space museum. Bush called card until recently his Deputy chief of staff a a proven Leader a talented  s brother charged Uniondale . A the brother of . Sen. Alfonse do Amato was charged wednesday with mail fraud accused of accepting Money and property from a major defense contractor in return for promises to lobby the senator for Federal contracts. The 24-count, 12-Page indictment charged that Armand do Amato defrauded the Sperry Uniss corp. Of Money and property Between january 1986 and june 1988. The government found no evidence that the Republican senator knew of the scheme and he was not accused of any wrongdoing a Justice department news release  ban revoked Riverbank Calif. The City Council revoked a ban on Public dancing enacted three decades ago to keep Rowdy outsiders away from this farming town. The action was a Victory for chasers bar amp Grill a nightclub that opened in january and skirted the ban by issuing private membership cards to people who wanted to dance. The five member Council voted 3-1 to provide dance permits for nightclubs such As chasers. Vice mayor Madeline Davidson abstained because her daughter works at the  s legs amputated Morgantown . A doctors have amputated a boys legs below the Knees because of frostbite he suffered while living in an abandoned bus with his father. Eleven year old Douglas e. Roupes feet were amputated last week. Doctors decided to remove More of his legs tuesday because they were concerned about gangrene and wanted to prepare him for artificial limbs said William Case a spokesman for West Virginia University children a Hospital. The boy was in fair condition wednesday. State police found the boy and his father on March 4 living in an unheated rusting bus that had been converted to a Cabin. The father and son were weak and complained of hunger. Their Only groceries were bottles of Ketchup and Mustard. The father Douglas k. Roupe 44, was charged with child neglect with injury. He was freed on $10,000 bail. Tape shows officer laughed As he reported King beating Simi Valley Calif. Apr jurors heard a tape wednesday of a breathless laughing police officer reporting a beating with a numerous head wounds minutes after Rodney King was kicked and clubbed. Superior court judge Stanley Weis Berg said there was sufficient circumstantial evidence to show that the officer speaking was Laurence Powell one of three current officers and one former officer who Are on trial in the Black motorists beating. All of the defendants Are White. Powell a attorney has vigorously challenged witness accounts of Powell a clubbing King Over the head after a traffic Stop and has insisted that he hit King Only in the arms and legs. The prosecution also moved to show jurors transcripts of computer messages from another defendant sgt. Stacey Koon in which he reported to his Headquarters a we just had a big time use of  he said a suspect had been beaten and a it Asedo a hit with a Taser stun gun and added a big  the audio tape transmission to a los Angeles police department dispatcher was recorded minutes after King was beaten on a suburban Street just after Midnight on March 3, 1991. The tape begins with Static and the sounds of breathing and laughing. The voice is heard saying a we need a a Rescue ambulance foothill and Osborne victim of a a a and a voice in the background says  a yeah numerous head wounds a the officer laughs. He was breathing hard throughout the transmission. A police department radio operator Leshon Frierson testified that he was on duty that night and participated in some of the dispatches. He said Powell a transmission was unusual because the word a a beating is not normally used by police officers with respect to a person who has been arrested. Frierson also said it was unusual to hear an officer a laugh or Giggle on the radio. Defense lawyers objected to the recording contending its Quality was so poor that the words could barely be made out. But once it was played repeatedly in the judge Stanley we Isburg listens to a tape during the trial of the los Angeles officers accused of beating Motorist Rodney King. Courtroom the words were recognizable. A it sounds like the individual Speaks of the victim of a beating and numerous head wounds a the judge said. Jurors were Given transcripts to assist them. Prosecutors said the tape was offered to support the testimony of California Highway patrol officers Melanie and Timothy Singer who told the court that they saw Powell beating King Over the head with his Baton. To support the assertion that the speaker is Powell prosecutors showed a Brief segment of the videotape of Kings beating in which Powell is seen taking a radio from his pocket holding it to his Mouth and talking into it As he stands a few feet from Kings prone body. Later or. Antonio Mancia an emergency room physician at Pacifica Hospital told of treating King that night. He said that Kings head was bruised and covered with lacerations and that he administered 20 stitches to Kings face. The cuts ranged from sections of the Scalp to the right jaw line and the inside of Kings Mouth. Powell 29, and Koon 41, arc on trial along with officer Theodore j. Briseno 39, and former officer Timothy wind 31. If convicted of assault and related charges they could receive prison sentences ranging from four to eight years. Gotti defense lawyer berates witness new York apr a mob defector who a the key witness against reputed mafia Boss John Gotti was portrayed in court wednesday As a jailbird who turned songbird because he was too weak to withstand prison life. A you weren to considering it a joke when you were on the Telephone in jail crying to your Girlfriend were you a defense lawyer Anthony Cardinale asked Salvatore a Sammy Bull Gravano. Cardinale said that before deciding to turn against Gotti Gravano made Calls from jail to his Girlfriend a literally weeping about what you had to go  a when you were in jail you did no to have Access to people giving you steroids to make you feel like a Tough Guy did you a Cardinale asked Gravano a Stocky weight lifter and Amateur Boxer. . District judge i. Leo Glasser objected to the questions. Gravano said he decided to Call prosecutors on oct. 27 a gottis 51st birthday a with an offer to cooperate because he believed the Case against him was unbeatable. A it looked bad for us. We had problems with the tapes a Gravano said. Gravano gottis former Friend and admitted unde Boss of the Gambino organized crime family was charged with Gotti in december 1990 in a Federal Mur Der racketeering indictment punishable by life in prison. Under the Deal for his cooperation Gravano pleaded guilty to racketeering admitted to 19 murders and faces no More than 20 years in prison. Cardinale represents gottis co defendant Frank a Frankie Locso Locascio. Gotti and Locascio Are on trial on charges of murder loan sharking labor corruption and other crimes. Both have been held without bail since their arrests in december 1990. Gotti lawyer Albert j. Krieger completed his Cross examination of Gravano earlier wednesday