European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 20, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 6 b the stars and stripes Friday March 20,1992 relative charged in death of Holyfield s brother from wire reports Atlanta a the brother of heavyweight Champion evander Holyfield was shot to death Early wednesday at his Home by his brother in Law police said. Police said Willie Holyfield 33, apparently did nothing to provoke the shooting. Michael Lucas 35, the brother of Willie Holyfield a wife was charged with murder. Investigators said the victims wife and Lucas were arguing when Holyfield who had been in bed walked into the room. As he entered he was shot once in the Chest with a 12-gauge Shotgun police said. Evander Holyfield was not present when the incident occurred. Hospital honors Henson Greenville miss. Kermit the Frog miss Piggy fozzie Bear and other puppets will Greet children in the paediatric Ward of the Hospital where muppet creator Jim Henson was born. Six new paediatric rooms at Kings daughters Hospital have muppet characters on the wallpaper and in the specially designed carpet. It is the latest in a $5.3 million renovation and expansion of the Hospital where Henson was born in 1936. He died in 1990 in new York City. A Bronze plaque with the likeness of Kermit dedicates the Ward to Henson a whose special creative talents have contributed so much to the growth and education of sex mayor s husband Dies Chicago a Jay Mcmullen husband of former Chicago mayor Jane Byrne died at Home wednesday of lung cancer. He was 71. Mcmullen who served in the army air corps during world War ii was a City Hall reporter for the Chicago daily news and the Chicago Sun times. While Byrne was mayor from 1979 to 1983, Mcmullen served for a time As her press Secretary at an official salary of $1 a year. Fugitive kills sheriff Paintsville by. A a sheriff was shot and killed wednesday when he tracked Down a rape suspect who had disappeared during a recess in a trial police said. The suspect then shot and seriously wounded himself. Flem Burchett 63, had been accused of second degree rape. A jury was selected wednesday morning in Johnson circuit court but Burchett failed to reappear for the afternoon session when opening statements were to begin. When the suspect failed to appear the judge issued a warrant for him. Johnson county sheriff Cecil Cyrus and other officers went to Burchetti a Home about eight Miles from Paintsville state police spokesman Ghomer Prater said. He said Burchett shot Cyrus and then turned the gun on himself. Cyrus died later at a Hospital. Burchett was hospitalized in serious condition. Paintsville is in Eastern Kentucky about 90 Miles East of Lexington. Toe suspect charged St. Louis a a Man who allegedly knocked Down girls and Young women took off their shoes and sucked their toes was charged with sexual abuse wednesday. A a it a kind of a humiliating thing. I think emotionally it just degraded the victims a said maj. Ronald Henderson a police commander. Edgar Jones 28, was charged with assault indecent exposure and sexual abuse in incidents from january until two weeks ago. Eight girls and Young women Ages 13 to 19 were victims. All of them identified Jones in a lineup Henderson said. Jones a labourer posed As a Jogger during his Early morning attacks Henderson said. Taay Marun cd i . Citizens urged to leave Libya As embargo sought Washington apr the United states Britain and France will ask the . Security Council to impose a mandatory air embargo against Libya the state department said on thursday. The . Government is also strongly advising the 500 to 1,000 . Citizens believed to be in Libya to depart immediately state department spokeswoman Margaret Tutwiler said. In making the announcement Tut Wiler said Libya had ignored a Jan. 21 . Resolution demanding it provide a a full and effective response to . And British requests for the surrender of two libyan agents wanted in connection with the bombing of pan am flight 103 in 1988. Tutwiler a statement represented the first formal announcement of the initiative but news reports earlier in the week said the three co sponsors had been engaged in consultations with other Security Council members. Libyan ambassador Ali Ahmed Echo Uteri said tuesday the proposed Resolution was close to an act of War. The measure apparently is aimed at cutting off All air traffic to and from Libya. Tutwiler declined to speculate on How the Resolution if it is approved by the Council would be enforced. No . Airlines have flights into Libya. In an attempt to head off sanctions Libya said on thursday it has named a new judge in its investigation of charges against the two libyans. A dispatch by libyans official Jana news Agency said the resignation last month of supreme court judge Ahmed Eltahir Al Zawis has been accepted and that Salim Muhammad has been appointed As a new investigating magistrate. The change in judges was an apparent Effort by Libya to dispel the idea it is unwilling to help investigate the charges against two of its citizens who Are alleged intelligence agents. . And British authorities have said that Only extradition would satisfy them. Pan am flight 103 went Down Over Scotland in december 1988, claiming 270 lives. An aide helps Leona Helmsley after she collapsed outside a Federal court building in new York on wednesday. Ailing Helmsley hospitalized after receiving 4-year term new York up a hotel Queen Leona Helmsley collapsed and was hospitalized wednesday after a Federal judge told her she probably would begin a four year prison sentence within a month. After her sobbing pleas went unheeded in Manhattan a Federal court Helmsley was taken to new York hospitals cardiac care unit where Hospital officials said she was admitted with an irregular heartbeat and severe High blood pressure. . District court judge Thomas Griesa earlier wednesday told Helmsley 71, dubbed by some the a Queen of Means and the a wicked Witch of the West for her reputation As a Tough taskmaster Over hotel employees to be ready to report to a Federal prison on april 15. Helmsley was convicted in 1989 of cheating on her taxes. The four year sentence handed Helmsley with three years probation 750 hours of Community service and a massive Fine was Little changed from the original sentence Helmsley received before a Federal appeals court combined some of the 17 counts in her conviction and ordered her re sentenced. Griesa was a swayed by Helmsley a tearful pleas that she must stay free to care for her ailing husband. Helmsley sobbed As she tried to convince Griesa that she could not go to prison because she must look after her husband Harry an 83-year-old real estate magnate. He was ruled unable to stand trial because of poor health. A the has nobody in this world who can care for him a she said. A the has no family a All he has got is Griesa called Helmsley a actions a deliberate and but the judge allowed Helmsley to stay free on bail and said he would Rule on a defense motion for a new trial by the end of the month. After the sentencing the shaken Helmsley said a i feel confident when he reads the trial motion a before her voice trailed off. Helmsley a collapse came after leaving court. She was convicted by a Federal jury of defrauding the government of millions of dollars in taxes and submitting false Billings for More than $3 million Worth of House renovations at the couples Connecticut estate. At her trial the government claimed she charged everything from a $12.99 Girdle to a $10,000 bust of her dead son to business accounts. Her husband whose business controls at least 45 buildings in Manhattan alone including the Empire state building also was indicted in the Case but was ruled incompetent to stand trial because of health problems. He was not present in court
