European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 18, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 b the stars and Stripe wednesday March 18, 1992pilot finds turkish damage awesome by Gary Miller Mediterranean Bureau an air Force Pilot who has flown twice to earthquake devastated Erz incan Turkey since last Friday said tuesday that half the buildings in the City of 175,000 have damage that is visible from the air. Capt. Greg Lynch flew one of three Mh-60 pave Hawk helicopters to make initial surveys of the damage inflicted on Erz incan and surrounding villages by the quake which measured 6.8 on the Richter scale. He flew a second Mission to the area monday. The earthquake reduced five Story buildings to rubble piles 4 or 5 feet High Lynch said in a Telephone interview tuesday. The earthquake death toll Rose to 422 on tuesday but another 300 was added to the count of people found alive under the rubble As reports came in from outlying villages United press International reported. The total number found alive under the masonry stood at 973 at the latest count some 300 higher than mondays count the sem official Anatolian news Agency said a Many of the apartment buildings were constructed in such a Way that once they got tumbling they just fell like a ton of bricks Quot said Lynch whose unit has been assigned to the operation provide Comfort combined task Force since september. Members of the provide Comfort combined information Bureau said Lynch a unit could not be identified. An Hc-130 combat Shadow aircraft accompanied the three copters from Lynch a unit. It refuelled the pave Hawks during the 300-mile flight to Erz incan and As the choppers needed it while they surveyed the damage and Crews reported their findings by radio to incur Lik the quake first hit during prayer time in the Muslim country Lynch said. A fall the mosques were intact but most of the minarets towers from which the Call to prayer is made were Down a Lynch said. Lynch said that the damage to buildings ranges from As slight As fallen chimneys or partially collapsed roofs to a probably about 10 percent of the buildings that have totally  on monday Lynch maintained radio Contact with american military medics who were helping dig through the flattened buildings for survivors. Some of the medics told Lynch about a Man they had been talking to most of the night. Although trapped in the wreckage he was apparently in Good condition until an aftershock struck. A debris fell and severed an artery in his leg. One of the medics was applying pressure to the wound while others were hurrying to try to get the victim out. A they lost him a Lynch said. His first flight from in Ciurlik a where his unit is currently deployed was saturday morning. All of the City a hospitals were damaged and there is a desperate need for Field Hospital units Lynch said. Erz incan a Airport runway is intact however and Lynch reported seeing military transport aircraft delivering Rescue workers and Relief supplies. His units helicopters conducted several sorties out of the City a Airfield As Well. A some of the villages in the area really took a lot More damage because their building techniques were More Basic a Stone and mortar construction with Concrete roofs a Lynch said. During his Mission monday Lynch ferried a British group including some members equipped with special listening equipment capable of detecting life. The helicopters flew Low and slowly Over the area so the group members could set priorities for the Sites where they would work Lynch said. It was snowing tuesday at Erz incan Lynch said adding that the forecast called for More bad weather which would probably prevent choppers from operating there for several  rests its Case in King beating trial s1m1 Valley Calif a the prosecution tuesday rested its assault Case against four defendants without calling Rodney g. King whose videotaped beating by police officers during a traffic Stop last year sparked National outrage. A the people will rest a said Deputy District attorney Terry White shortly after he had played for jurors once again the infamous videotape of King being clubbed and kicked by a group of police officers. The prosecution called 21 witnesses in nine Days of testimony. The bulk of its Case focused on officer Laurence m. Powell who was accused of inflicting the most blows on King after he was Down. The judge then said he would hear motions by defense attorneys to dismiss charges. Defense witnesses were scheduled to begin testifying today. Sgt. Stacy c. Koon 41 officers Powell 29, and Theodore j. Briseno 39 and former officer Timothy wind 31, Are charged with the March 3, 1991, beating of King after a High Speed Chase. Wind a Rookie was fired after the incident. The beating was videotaped by a neighbourhood resident and broadcast of the tape spurred National outrage. In tuesday s session Deputy District attorney Alan Yochelson elicited virtually the Only prosecution testimony against Briseno. He asked police detective Addison Arce to Point out on the tape the Point at which Briseno uses his Boot shod foot to kick a prone King. Then he entered Briseno a shiny Black boots in evidence the absence of King on the prosecution witness roster led to speculation that defense attorneys might Call the beating victim As a hostile witness trying to prove that he incited the attack. He could also be called later As a rebuttal prosecution witness. Defense lawyers have focused on Kings bizarre behaviour in an attempt to justify the beating. They have stressed that officers thought King was under the influence of the hallucinogenic drug pc. Doctors who examined him testified that King was not suffering from pc intoxication. Commenting on the Surprise decision by prosecutors not to bring King before the july Steven Lerman Kings attorney said the videotape is Rodney Kings testimony. He can to add anything beyond what is on the videotape. He was too Busy getting his head  Lerman is handling Kings civil Law suit separate from the criminal charges. He suggested the prosecutions move to not have King testify was motivated by a desire to prevent racial issues from entering the trial. King who is Black has said the officers hurled racial epithets at Conmay him. Jurors have not heard any testimony about racial matters. Earlier in the Case White said he expected the 26-year-old King to testify. Prosecutors and defense attorneys declined to comment under a self imposed  order encouraged by Superior court judge Stanley Weisberg. On monday a police watch commander testified that Koon said an hour after the beating that he personally directed officers Baton blows. A the stated that he directed the officers As far As where to deliver their blows a said it. Patrick Conmay who was in charge of the foothill division of the los Angeles police department the night of the beating. Conmay said Koon told him that Kings injuries were minor. A did sergeant Koon Tell you that the suspect was on the ground when he was hit with Baton blows a asked Yochelson. A no he did not a said Conmay adding he assumed King was on his feet. A sergeant Koon told me there was a combative aggressive violent suspect and these activities occurred As this person was resisting and being aggressive a Conmay said. Earlier jurors heard about a computer message written by Koon from his police car. Koonts message read a a a patrol unit just had a big time use of Force. Based and beat the suspect of a cup California Highway patrol Pursuit. Big  based refers to the use of a Taser or electronic stun gun. The response that came Back in less than a minute was a ooh Well in a sure the Lizard did no to deserve it. A.  Federal express planning drastic cutback in Europe Memphis Tenn. A Federal express corp. Said monday that it planned to slash its Domestic Europe business and reduce its work Force there by 6,600, the company said it will set aside $254 million to pay for the overseas restructuring. The air freight company said the quarterly charge contributed to a loss of $193 million in its fiscal third Quarter which ended feb. 29. Since 1985, Federal express has wrestled with a costly and difficult expansion abroad. The company will trim the number of company owned bases in Europe from 125 to 19, with those remaining outlets focusing on intercontinental business rather than deliveries Between european cities or countries. Federal express will contract with Independent carriers for pickups and deliveries outside 16 Core cities. The company will Cut its european work Force from 9,200 employees to 2,600. The reorganization will Start May 4. Federal express Domestic operations in Europe simply Cost too much while generating less business than expected said Frederick w. Smith the company a founder and chief operating officer. The reorganization is not expected to affect package shipments Between the United states and Europe said Thomas r. Oliver vice president for worldwide customer operations. A we will still pick up a package in Rome ga., and Fly it to Paris France. We will still pick up a package in Paris France and Fly it to Rome a. But we will not pick up a package in Paris France and Fly it to Rome Italy Quot he said. Package shipments in the United kingdom outside London Are to be handled by Securi Cor Omega express limited Federal express said. Securi Cor also is expected to handle International shipments to and from the United kingdom for areas not directly served by Federal express. Sex Driver for Noriega s wife tells of dirty car arrest Miami up a Manuel Antonio Noriega kept his wife a chauffeur under arrest for 2v2 months because he let her car get dirty the former Driver testified at the deposed dictators cocaine trial monday. Felipe Pena who now drives a bus in Panama was a Soldier assigned to a Security detail at the Noriega Home in the late 1970s. He chauffeured Noriega a wife Felicidad and their three daughters around Panama. In 1979, Noriega bought his wife a new Light Blue Chevrolet Caprice Pena said. One of Felicidad Noriega a friends admired the car but after putting her hand on the Hood remarked that it was so dirty a that you could actually grow roses on it a the witness testified. Quot she Felicidad Noriega immediately called the Barracks and told the colonel i had embarrassed her greatly a Pena said. Noriega then a colonel in the panamanian defense forces ordered Pena arrested the witness said. A i was under arrest for 2vi months a Pena said. Pena later became a narcotics investigator. He testified that while on surveillance the night of april 30, 1984, he saw Medellin cocaine Cartel chief Pablo Escobar get out of a car and enter an office building in Panama City. About 15 minutes later Pena said Noriega aide Julian Melo entered the building. Melo left about 15 minutes later carrying a briefcase that was different from the one he had brought with him Pena said. Pena appeared to know nothing else about that meeting but prosecutors have alleged that Melo accepted bribes from the Medellin drug lords on Noriega a behalf