European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 30, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 a the stars and stripes monday March 30, 1992 testimony by Star informer Law new York up the defense attorney few reputed mob Boss John Gotti has attacked the credibility of the governments Star witness saying the mafia informers testimony a a reeks and he was motivated by a desperate bid to stay out of jail. The lawyer for gottis co defendant used his closing arguments saturday to blast prosecutors saying they were acting out of a Blind  the defense attorneys summations were to continue today in . District court in Brooklyn followed by final rebuttal from . Attorney Andew Maloney. After receiving instructions from judge i. Leo Glasser the jury will begin deliberations. Gotti and Frank Locascio his alleged consigliere or Counselor face charges of murder racketeering gambling loan sharking obstruction of Justice bribery and tax evasion. Their trial began feb. 12. Locascio a attorney Anthony Cardinale opened the defense summations saturday. A they did no to commit crimes a he said of the two defendants. A they did no to pull  Cardinale said prosecutors wanted to a get Gotti at any Price and were driven by a Blind ambition to promote their own careers. That remark Drew an objection from assistant . Attorney John Gleeson who gave the governments summations Friday and a rebuke from the judge. Continuing Cardinale said of the stakes for the two defendants a what we re talking about is the difference Between these menus Freedom and coming out of prison in a  both defendants have been behind bars since their arrest in december 1990. They face up to life in prison if convicted. But gottis attorney whose booming voice could drop to a whisper in a second was the Star of the Day. Albert Krieger punctuated his remarks by pounding on a lectern or the Handy prosecution table. He stood with his hands on his hips beneath his Blue suit coat As he derided the testimony of mafia informer Salvatore a Sammy the Bull Gravano the governments Star witness against Gotti. Krieger a successful 40-year Veteran of such courtroom dramatics focused on the 1985 slayings of mafia Boss Paul Castellano and his Driver Thomas Bilotti. Prosecutors allege Gotti engineered the murders so he could take Over the nations most powerful crime family. The assassination of Castellano is the Center of the government Case against the Dapper Gotti. Gravano gottis former unde Boss testified that Gotti drove him to the scene of the shootings on Manhattan a East Side and said they watched the slayings. A it reeks a said Krieger of Gravano a testimony. Gravano who spent nine Days on the witness stand Fil f in a Albert Krieger chief attorney for John Gotti arrives saturday at the courthouse where he began giving closing arguments in the reputed mobsters trial. Also helped interpret government surveillance tapes to bolster the prosecutions Case. But Cardinale said some of those tapes played in court were wrongly interpreted. He said what the government suggested was on the tapes and what the jurors could actually hear were different. The government claimed that Gotti in one of the tapes said a we whacked this of a  but Cardinale played it twice again to show Gotti apparently said a we ainu to whacking this of a  a murmur was heard in the courtroom when the word a a ainu to was pointed out on the tape. Police find $25 million Worth of cocaine packed in Oil pump Houston a a Houston Man has been arrested after millions of dollars Worth of cocaine was found stuffed in a Large Oil Field pump. Officers spent almost three hours Friday trying to get inside the pump shipped on a Container vessel from Colombia by Way of Miami. Harris county sheriff Johnny Klevenhagen said that whoever packed the cocaine in the machine which is the size of a pickup truck took precautions to avoid drug sniffing dogs. A we knew from informants in a drug investigation what we had a Klevenhagen said. A Ana we ran some samples on it by drilling holes into it and let the dogs smell it. They just went wild. They tried to eat up the  when experts used a welding Torch to Cut through the antique Iron pumps casing some of the estimated $25 million Worth of cocaine burned producing Clouds of drug laced smoke throughout the warehouse area. Several people had to be treated with oxygen. Officers say that despite the fire they recovered about 220 kilograms 484 pounds of the nearly pure cocaine. The suspect whose name was not immediately available was being held on drug charges. He had rented the warehouse space where the pump was stored officials said. Parents to Appeal Organ donation ban fort Lauderdale Fla. A the parents of a week old infant born without a fully formed brain decided saturday to ask the Florida supreme court for permission to donate the girls vital organs before she Dies. Walter Campbell jr., an attorney for the parents of Theresa Ann Manipo Pearson said the Appeal would be filed today. A we just talked with the Hospital a Campbell said. A unusually and miraculously the baby is still functioning almost As if saying �?~1 will be around until you make a  a the girl was born with Anen Cephal a Little under stood condition in which the brain fails to develop beyond the Stem which controls automatic reflexes such As breathing and heartbeat. Few infants with the condition live More than a few seconds after birth. A judge said thursday that because the baby a brain Stem is functioning a 1988 state Law forbids her from being declared brain dead and her vital organs cannot be taken from her. The judge said non vital organs could be taken so one of the girls kidneys May be removed. That ruling was upheld by an appeals court Friday. Doctors have said the organs will be too damaged to use by the time the baby Dies. Modern Trojan horse fails to fool merchant from wire reports new port Richey Fla. A the ruse that tricked the trojans did no to work with a Flea mar Ket owner. Tom Wellman co owner of the indoor fleas Market said a suspicious stranger delivered a Large plywood Box to the Market just before closing thursday. Wellman opened the Box and found a Man wearing sunglasses and gloves inside. The Man Robert Raymond Gehm 37, later told sheriffs deputies he had planned to crawl out of the Box after everyone left and Rob the Flea Market Gehm was charged with burglary and released saturday on $1,000 bail. A according to the ancient greek historian Homer greeks Defeated the City of Troy by giving the trojans a Large wooden horse. At night after the trojans went to sleep greek soldiers burst out of the horse and conquered the city.5 being held without bail Providence . A five men accused of holding a family hostage in their Home for nine hours were jailed saturday on burglary and robbery charges pending a formal arraignment. It. Stephen Mccartney said police would ask today that they continue to be held without bail. A these Are not bail offences a Mccartney said. The men surrendered Early Friday after allegedly holding a laotian family at gunpoint and threatening several times to dismember family members. A 9-year-old girl escaped and ran to a neighbors House for  to get disaster Aid Washington president Bush declaring part of Maine a major disaster area because of severe weather ordered Federal Aid for sections struck by flooding Rains earlier this month a spokesman said saturday. The presidents action makes Federal funding available to affected local governments in the counties of andr Scoggin Franklin Kennebec Knox Oxford sommerset and Waldo said Sean Walsh a White House  forbids visitation Duluth Minn. A roman Catholic Bishop Roger Schwietz issued an order Friday forbidding priests nuns and deacons to visit a site where a Wisconsin Man claims the Virgin Mary instructed him to build a Chapel and religious Center. Steve Marino of Green Bay wis., has said the Mother of Jesus told him to build a 1,000-seat Chapel and religious Center in Kettle River about 50 Miles Southwest of Duluth. Schwietz issued a statement saying he seriously doubts a the divine origin of the  he ordered Catholic priests nuns and deacons to stay away from the area. Schwietz said he refuses to give permission for the planned construction of the Chapel and  s son sentenced Tampa Fla. A the son of a former newspaper executive was sentenced to six years of probation Friday As part of a plea Deal in a rape Case. The six years of probation were the maximum allowed under Marie Urbanski a plea agreement but circuit judge Barbara Fleischer added More than a dozen strict conditions. They include weekly drug testing out of state drug treatment that could take up to three years alcoholics Anonymous meetings twice a week and classes to develop a some sensitivity to  he is also required to find a Job with no help from his parents. Urbanski 25, is the son of former Tampa Tribune president James Urbanski Carl Allison a Friend of Mark Urbanski a was accused of drugging and raping the woman after she passed out at James Urbanski s Home while the senior Urbanski was out of town. Mark Urbanski and three other sons of prominent Tampa families who were present that night accepted plea deals in Exchange for testifying against Allison