European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 26, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday March 26, 1992 the stars and stripes a Page 7 Surprise photographs of King admitted in evidence at trial this picture of Rodney g. King taken three Days after his beating was among those introduced in court tuesday. Simi Valley Calif. A prosecutors unveiled Surprise photographs of a battered Motorist tuesday raising objections from three defense lawyers who said they exaggerate the injuries inflicted on the Man by police. But after a hearing outside the jury a presence Superior court judge Stanley Weisberg ruled the photos of Rodney g. King admissible. A fourth defense lawyer then used them to try to bolster his clients Contention that the other three officers were out of control when King was struck dozens of times with police Batons. One of those officers was fired after the incident. The photos show Kings bruised and swollen face but show no Marks on his upper body. Deputy District attorney Terry White told the judge he wanted to use them to show that King had no bruises on his Chest and shoulders a areas where defense witnesses have testified King was struck. Police sgt. Stacey c. Koon 41 officers Theodore j. Briseno 39, and Laurence m. Powell 29 and former officer Timothy wind 31, Are charged with beating King during a March 3, 1991, traffic Stop. The incident involving King who is Black and the White officers caused a National uproar and Calls for police brutality investigations. Defense attorney Darryl Mounger who represents Koon said the color photos were intended a to inflame the  he complained that one included a pose by King that emphasized a bloody eyeball. Other photos in evidence were taken by the los Angeles police department and Are not As Well lighted. They also done to show King Bare chested. White said the new pictures were brought to him monday by Kings attorney Steven Lerman. When the jury returned defense lawyer John Barnett who represents Brise no showed the photos to a police training officer who had testified that King was struck on the Chest and shoulders. Sgt. Charles l. Duke or. Acknowledged no Marks were visible on Kings upper Torso. But he maintained his View that Powell who struck the first blow to King hit his Chest or shoulder. Quot sergeant Given the fact that there apparently arc no Marks on or. Kings Chest consistent with Baton strikes. Is it possible that you might have made a mistake a asked Barnett. A no it is not a Duke replied. Barnett has maintained that the other three defendants were out of control and that Briseno tried to Stop the beating. Under questioning by Mounger Duke said the beating would not have gone on As Long if the los Angeles police department had not banned use of a choke hold officers once employed to Render people unconscious by stopping the flow of blood to the  s wife charged with shoplifting in Miami from wire reports Miami a the wife of deposed panamanian Leader Manuel Antonio Noriega has been arrested on grand theft shoplifting charges police said tuesday. Police said Felicidad Noriega Siero the former general a 46-year-old wife was charged Friday along with a Friend at Burdine a department store at dad Eland mall. She was released on bail saturday. Felicidad Noriega and the Friend identified As Rosa Busto a were observed by Burdine a store Security removing buttons from clothing in the a look shop of the Burdine a store a a police statement said. Police said the dress was valued at $1,242.87 and the buttons at $305.drug tests restricted Washington the department of health and human services May not require random drug testing for people employed As Drivers who do not carry passengers a Federal judge ruled tuesday. Such employees fourth amendment right to privacy outweighs the governments interest in promoting Safe driving . District judge Harold h. Greene said. The judge ruled previously that the department May require random drug testing for Drivers who carry  crime rate drops new York a for the first time in 36 years new York City experienced a drop last year in All seven major categories of crime a from homicide to car theft. Overall the police department said felonies fell by 5.1 percent in 1991 from 1990 Levels. There were 2,166 slayings last year a most of them by handguns a compared with the record of 2,262 in 1990, a 4.2 percent decline. It was the first time since 1985 that the homicide rate fell. Girl found with dead mom Houston a a baby girl was found tuesday crying and clutching the nude body of her Mother whose Throat had been slashed from ear to ear. Police said charges were pending against a 21-year-old Man who had confessed to killing the woman during an argument. The baby had just turned 1 year old said police spokesman Robert Hurst. She was treated at a Hospital for scratches on her face and released to the Harris county children a protective service. Police said the victim a 22-year-old salvadoran National was the girls Mother. Alzheimer s victim left facility accompanied by his daughter Post Falls Idaho a an 84-year-old alzheimer a patient had been checked out of a nursing Home by his daughter hours before he was found abandoned at a dog track hundreds of Miles away police said. John Kingery a retired Auto company worker was left at the Coeur do Alene greyhound Park on saturday along with a bag of diapers. A note inaccurately identifying him had been pinned to his wheelchair. Kingery was identified tuesday after nursing Home officials in Portland ore., saw his picture on television said Post Falls police chief Cliff Hayes. His daughter sue Gifford checked him out of the Regency Park living Center a nursing Home in Portland on saturday morning Hayes said. He said detectives contacted Gifford a but she a not telling us a  the county prosecutor is reviewing the Case but there is apparently no Idaho Law covering abandonment of an adult Hayes said. Gifford said a i put him in with Regency care Center. I done to understand what a going on  asked whether she knew How her father got the 365 Miles from Portland to Post Falls Gifford said a not for  but she added she a a maybe had a Good idea How it occurred. She would not elaborate. The Idaho and Oregon health and welfare departments will decide where Best to care for Kingery said Mike Regan a spokesman for Kootenai medical Cen it s despicable. There Are other ways to handle things like this a detective Harlen Fritsche Ter the Hospital where Kingery is being looked after. Kingery was found saturday night by a track employee sitting alone in a wheelchair near a restroom. A typewritten note pinned to the wheelchair identified him As a John King and said he suffers from alzheimer a. Kingery was wearing a sweat suit bedroom slippers and a baseball Cap. The labels had been Cut from his clothing and All identifying Marks had been removed from the wheelchair. He did not know what his name was or where he was from. A maybe it was frustration who knows a detective Harlen Fritsche said of the situation. A a it a despicable. There Are other ways to handle things like  Kingery was moved three weeks ago from the Laurel Hurst care Center to the Regency Park both in Portland. Red Alert sounded Over soil damage by the los Angeles times about 10.5 percent of Earth a most productive soils a an area the size of China and India combined a have been seriously damaged by human activities since world War ii a . Study has found. As Many As 22 million acres have been so ruined by overgrazing deforestation and unsustainable agricultural practices that they will be impossible to reclaim the study said. Almost 3 billion More acres considered seriously degraded can be restored but Only at great Cost. A a it a. A red Alert a agricultural scientist . Swaminathan said of the report released tuesday. Swami Nathan is a leading authority on sustainable food production whose research Over the past 30 years helped triple indians wheat production. Unless something is done to reverse the trend Swaminathan predicted a food crisis is possible in the next 25 to 30 years As the worlds population of 5.5 billion climbs toward 8 billion. The study marked the first time since world War ii that soil conditions had been assessed on a global scale. The three year Survey involved More than 250 soil scientists throughout the world. The findings were announced by the non profit world resources Institute in association with the . Environment program which funded the study. About two thirds of All seriously eroded land is in Asia and Africa Home to most of the worlds poor. In Central America about 25 percent of the vegetated land is moderately to severely degraded. North America has the Best record with moderate to extremely degraded soil accounting for 4.4 percent of the total. Although it is possible to offset the soil losses by applying More fertilizer chemicals alone cannot reverse soil degradation and eventually May cause further damage such As surface and ground water contamination scientists said. Per capita food production has declined in about 80 developing countries in the past decade the study found. Soil degradation is thought to be a contributing Factor. Increased food production that did occur would have been even higher if soil losses had been lower. In North America where Rich Prairie soils extend from the Midwest through the great Plains into Canada moderate damage from wind and water erosion continues even though the United states boasts one of the worlds most advanced soil conservation efforts. One fourth of . Cropland is eroding at a rate faster than is considered sustainable by the . Soil conservation service the report said