European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 29, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday March 29, 1992 the stars and stripes a Page 7u.s. Calls Gotti evidence suffocating by the Washington Post new York a the Star witness against John Gotti is a a major major league criminal responsible for 19 murders a Federal prosecutor admitted Friday in closing the governments Case against the reputed Boss of the Gambino crime family. A we would love to bring you witnesses with absolutely impeccable moral credentials of unquestionable honesty and integrity of Good moral character a prosecutor John Gleeson told jurors. A the problem is they members of the Gambino family done to know any such  the confident Grin that Gotti has worn through most of his 10-week trial in . District court in Brooklyn faded to a pinched Smirk As Gleeson recounted what he called a absolutely suffocating evidence Quot against Gotti and his co defendant Frank a Frankie Locso Locascio. Gotti ascended to the top of the Gambino family after he orchestrated the 1985 shooting death of his former Boss Paul Castellano prosecutors said. A the Guy who had All the reason to kill the Boss became the Boss a Gleeson said. A John Gotti had the most powerful motive possible. He thought that if he did not kill Castellano first he would be killed. He tells you that himself on Fri surveillance tapes introduced As evidence. Gotti known As a the Teflon done after winning acquittals in four Federal trials in the last six years faces life in prison if convicted on the most serious charges of murder racketeering conspiracy and tax evasion. The government has brought its strongest evidence yet against Gotti in testimony by his former right hand Man Salvatore a Sammy Bull Gravano and in Fri tapes of Gotti and his associates talking freely in what they believed were private hideaways. Gravano a testimony is merely a a Bonus a Gleeson told the jury insisting that the Case would stand on the tapes alone. Only three months before the trial began Gravano made his decision to turn government witness Gleeson reminded jurors. Less than a year before he was arrested Gotti dispensed this advice about How to avoid Fri surveillance Quot we gotta meet on the  that comment and Many others were heard Friday in the packed courtroom. Jurors judge i. Leo Glasser and the defendants listened on headphones. A we Only caught six hours of conversation a Gleeson said. A it probably seems like More because the conversations Are so dense with criminal activity. Its absolute mayhem. They re talking about people they re going to kill people they did kill people they should kill. Defense attorneys who were to present closing arguments saturday contend that Gravano not Gotti is responsible for the slayings and defected to the government Side Only to avoid spending life in prison. Woman performs major Miracle by saying first word in 52 years Godfrey 111. Apr polio silenced Margaret Gresser when she was 4 and left her mentally retarded. Fifty two years later she uttered her name. A her eyes just sparkled a said Gressert a speech pathologist Lynda Krueger. A the smile on her face a she just beamed. She was so proud of  that was three weeks ago at Beverly farm development training Center Home to Gresser and about 350 other patients in Southern Illinois. Now Gresser has Learned to ask for her Brown purse and a stuffed Rabbit Krueger said Friday. Gresser 56, spoke normally As a toddler but stopped speaking after she became afflicted with polio Krueger said. A i think part of the reason Margaret did no to talk was the retardation a she said. A i think the Muscles were also affected from the  Gayle Boschert Gressert a teacher had asked her what her name is. She responded  a i got Goose bumps a Boschert said. A i Haven to been so excited about something since the Day i married my  a when Gayle said a say that again to Margaret my heart kind of flipped Over a Krueger recalled. A by then we were All crying and laughing and just ecstatic. We All were crazy. We just Felt wed seen a major  Gresser now has a vocabulary of about 20 words Boschert said. A after she understood that she was speaking and that we were understanding her she was reaching out and grabbing people by the arms and speaking to them a Boschert said. Since speaking again Gresser who has lived at the Margaret Gresser left with teacher Gayle Boschert. Home since 1983, has made fantastic Progress Boschert said. A she started with six words. The second week she had 14. We Are now trying to get her to isolate sounds so she can form More words. We want to increase the strength of her Muscles rather than taxing what she  Man charged in failed mail delivery Denver apr a former mailman was charged with several felonies after postal inspectors found about 8,000 pieces of undelivered mail including a $2,900 tax ref Uncle Check at his former Home and in his car. William f. Calkins 43, was released on his own recognizance Friday pending an april 9 hearing on felony charges of secreting destroying detaining delaying and opening . Mail. If convicted he could be sentenced to five years in prison and fined up to $250,000. John Freeman head of postal inspectors in Colorado and Wyoming said Calkins had resigned after More than 13 years on the Job. Much of the undelivered mail was bulk mail such As grocery store circulars. It also included cards and letters Bills tax return forms and Cata logs. Postmark dates ranged from april 1, 1991, to feb. 24, 1992, and some of the mail had been opened Freeman said. New residents of Calkins former Home in Greeley 60 Miles Northeast of Denver found the mail March 14 and notified the Post office. Freeman said investigators would notify the recipients but hold the mail As evidence until the Case is resolved. Freeman said Calkins simply did not finish his mail route sometimes and took mail Home instead of taking it Back to the Post office for delivery the next Day. As the mail accumulated in his garage Calkins became afraid to return it. A i have a Little trouble understanding it myself a Freeman said. A i  say he was Lazy. I would say it was dereliction of  take commandments off Wall lawyer asks Defuniak Springs Fla. A a lawyer wants a judge to remove the ten commandments including thou Shalt not kill a from a Wall outside the courtroom where one of his clients will be tried for murder. Walton county judge Lewis Lindsey is expected to Rule on Robert Adams objection to the 4-foot-by-5-foot display before april 27, when George Broxson a first degree murder trial begins. The display May deprive jurors of their Freedom of conscience Adams contended. Religious leaders in this Florida Panhandle Community have defended the display. A the ten commandments uphold religious morals but also reinforce civil Law a said the Rev. Craig Williams of St. Margaret a roman Catholic Church. A if you done to like it done to look at  Broxson 24, of Villa Tasso is accused of beating to death his 4-year-old stepdaughter autumn Jean Doyle in june 1990.hungry horseman served a apology from wire reports new Smyrna Beach Fla. A Mcdonald a restaurant turned a Man on horseback away from the drive through window but a supervisor later apologized. Richard Whitaker said he was turned away from the fast food restaurant in new Smyrna Beach South of Daytona Beach when he Rode up to it thursday on his 10-year-old Quarter horse lady. A they horses have been around longer than cars a Whitaker said. A i done to think Mcdonald a would have survived in the 1600s when horses were the Only transportation humans  Whitaker and lady went across the Street to a Circle k convenience store without a drive through window. He was served there without incident. John Dame a Mcdonald a supervisor said the restaurant managers made a mistake. He said Whitaker would be served if he wants to ride through again. A a in be talked to the assistant manager at the store who said her decision was based on safety concerns a Dame said. A she told me it was noon time and it was crowded at the  charged in death East Cleveland Ohio a a woman who killed her 7-year-old Nephew by sitting on him As punishment for misbehaving has been charged with murder. Kevin Gilmore died at 8 54 . Wednesday of traumatic asphyxiation authorities said. Ida Tyus was taken into custody and later freed under $10,000 Bond. Tyus 36, arrived at the boys apartment Home wednesday to pick up clothes for Kevin a sister. Kevin smother was with her daughter who was having a baby in a Hospital. Two baby Sitters watching Kevin and his older brother told Tyus that Kevin ran out of the apartment for several minutes and then returned police said. When Tyus approached Kevin to discipline him he ran away police said. Tyus caught him in a bedroom and sat on his Chest detectives said. Police declined to say How much Tyus  suspended new York a a Long time employee of the National museum of the american Indian has been put on administrative leave in connection with the 1981 theft of a valuable mask a spokeswoman for the smithsonian institution said Friday. The mask from the Pacific Northwest Worth an estimated $200,000, is one of 25 objects that the museum discovered were missing when the facility became part of the smithsonian in june 1990, said spokeswoman Linda St. Thomas. Two of the other objects apparently were misplaced or incorrectly filed and were found last week. The employee was placed on leave in mid March pending an Fri investigation St. Thomas said. Duane King assistant director of the museums new York City facilities said a private collector has the mask and details for its return were being worked out