European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 15, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse Sunday March 15, 1992 the stars and stripes b Page 7 . Working to decide on charges in Tyson Case Indianapolis apr Federal authorities said Friday they Hope to determine before Boxer Mike Tyson a rape sentencing hearing later this month whether additional charges Are warranted. Assistant . Attorney Tim Morrison confirmed that his office was reviewing an Fri investigation into allegation made by Tyson a accuser that she was offered $1 million to drop her complaint. Desiree Washington talked of the allegation in february during an interview on Abc news 20/20. But she refused to say who offered the Money. The 19-year-old Rhode Island woman said she was attacked by Tyson while she was a contestant in the miss Black America pageant last july. The headline of Al a Spectator newspaper read a the press also Dies in Queens a referring to suspicions that de Dios was killed because of his reporting on the drug cartels. His slaying also was front Page news in the three major newspapers in san Juan puerto Rico. A politician there asserted that de Diosy death May have been new York apr mob defector Salvatore a Sammy Bull Gravano testified Friday on his last Day on the stand that he worked on a plan to break out of jail before he decided to turn against his Friend John Gotti. But he denied at gottis murder and racketeering trial that he became a traitor solely because he wanted his Freedom. A my major concern was to turn my life around and get away from what i was doing a said Gravano who in a plea agreement admitted to 19 killings. Gotti laughed at the remark muttering to his attorneys and motioning toward Gravano As if he were brushing away a Fly. A a you re just looking for a new version of Sam Gravano to be visited upon this world a said gottis attorney Albert j. Krieger. Gravano responded a i can make a living and make a life for myself. That a the Way i it was Gravano a ninth and last Day on the witness stand. When he was finished he stood turned and walked out a door behind the Bench without glancing Back at his former Friend. Gotti smiling sarcastically wiped his brow and then rubbed his Finger under his right Eye As if to wipe away a tear. Authorities say Gravano 47, was gottis unde Boss and heir apparent in the Gambino organized crime she told authorities about the alleged bribe before Tyson a trial. The Fri investigated the complaint and turned its findings Over to . Attorney Deborah j. Daniels last week. Morrison said he could not release the findings. A March 26 sentencing Date has been set for Tyson who was convicted feb. 10 on charges of rape and criminal deviate conduct. He faces a maximum sentence of 60 years in prison. Barbara j. Trathen a Deputy prosecutor said thursday that Washington Hadnot decided whether she would testify during the sentencing hearing. She testified during the 11-Day trial. Connected to the 1978 killings of two pro Independence activists. Other politicians dismissed the theory. Fernando Moreno the editor of Al Diario la Prensa said the paper received a threatening Call Friday from someone who said a that was the first journalist. Other journalists from Al Diario will family when he was arrested in december 1990 with Gotti and Frank a Frankie Locso Locascio on murder and racketeering charges. Facing life in prison Gravano signed the plea agreement last fall after 10 months in jail without bail. Under the agreement Gravano faces probation to 20 years in prison. Gravano said he considered escape before he decided to turn on his friends. A you were planning an escape a asked defense attorney Anthony Cardinale. A that was discussed a Gravano said. Gotti and Locascio Are accused of crimes including racketeering murders loan sharking and labor corruption. They face life in prison if convicted. Questioned by assistant . Attorney John glee son Gravano repeated that Gotti was a killer who ordered the deaths of those who crossed him. A did John Gotti from time to time Tell you about people he believed deserved to die a Gleeson asked. A yes a Gravano said. A and did he have these people killed a Gleeson asked. A yes a Gravano said. Gotti is accused of ordering the december 1985 slaying of former mob Boss Paul Castellano to assume control of the Gambino crime family. on singles bars earns rebuke for judge from wire reports fort Lauderdale Fla. The Florida supreme court chastised a judge for telling a woman who was getting a divorce that she should go to a singles bar to find another Man. A i was wrong. I said it. It Wasny to what i intended to say but they Are the words i used a circuit judge Paul m. Marko Iii said after the High court issued its rebuke thursday. During the 1989 divorce hearing Marianne Price complained about the financial predicament she faced after the divorce. Marko told her to a go out and get another Guy. The singles bars arc full of releases Dinkins new York a mayor David Dinkins gave the thumbs up saturday As he walked out of a Hospital after a week of illness. A i feel terrific and ill soon be Back to Par a he said before stopping on the Way Home for a haircut. The mayor went to new York Hospital Cor Nell medical Center on March 8 with chills and a fever. He was released monday but returned later that Day when the symptoms worsened. Tests showed he had a tiny abscess on the Wall of the Large intestine. Bacteria from the abscess leaked into his bloodstream causing the chills and fever. Dinkins had a Normal temperature Friday for the third straight Day said or. Adrian l. Edwards his physician. He is receiving intravenous antibiotics six times a Day and the treatment will last several More Days. The mayor said he will work at Home Grade mansion this week but May pop into City Hall As Early As Benedek Dies new York a Laslo Benedek a cameraman screenwriter and director whose directing credits included death of a Salesman and the wild one died wednesday. He was 87. The native of Budapest Hungary turned to films after studying psychiatry in Vienna Austria. He began with a Berlin studio As a cameraman and later worked As an assistant to producer and fellow hungarian Joe foe charged St. Louis a the City a anti prostitution prosecutor who was charged with soliciting a prostitute said Friday that hell still seek re election. Circuit attorney George peach who has crusade against pornography and prostitution was caught trying to pick up an undercover police officer tuesday night. He was charged thursday with soliciting a prostitute a Misdemeanour punishable by up to six months in rocks islands Washington a a Strong Friday the 13th earthquake jolted the Andreanos islands in the Aleutian Chain in the Bering sea the . Geological Survey reported. The tremor was entered about 110 Miles Northwest of Adak Island and occurred at 6 01 . Government earthquake monitors in Golden colo., said they recorded the tremor at a preliminary magnitude of 6.1 on the Richter scale. The geological Survey did not receive any immediate reports of damage or visit too costly Seattle a despite the Honor Seattle a roman Catholic leaders would just As soon pass up a visit from Pope John Paul ii. Seattle a archdiocese does no to have the Money and people required to play Host for a five Day International youth gathering that would include a papal visit spokesman John Mccoy said thursday. The Vatican and . Catholic officials were considering Seattle and five other cities for world Pope youth Day which is expected to draw 50,000 to 100,000 teen agers and Young adults in August 1993. Chicago and Cleveland also have dropped out leaving Denver Minneapolis St. Paul and Buffalo n.y., As finalists. The Vatican is expected to pick the site in about two months. Investigative reporter s killing results in lengthy suspect list new York a the killing of a Spanish language journalist made headlines Friday in Colombia and puerto Rico As authorities in new York puzzled Over a Long list of suspects. Manuel de Dios Unanue who investigated drug cartels terrorist groups and corrupt officials in a 20-year career in journalism was shot in the head at Point Blank Range inside a Queens Borough restaurant on wednesday night. A a in a looking hard at eight different individuals or groups and that a just scratching the surface a said Raymond Abbruzzi chief of detectives in Queens. A there Are a lot of people who did not like this Man.�?�. Mayor David n. Dinkins posted a $10,000 Reward for information about the Case. De Dios 48, was a former editor in chief of Al Diario la Prensa new Yorkus largest circulation Spanish language daily. His slaying was widely reported in Colombia where 66 journalists have been slain since 1977. Journalist Manuel de Dios Unanue who was killed at Point Blank Range in new York is shown during testimony to a puerto rican committee. Gotti defector ends testimony saying he weighed escape try
