European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 4, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 a the stars and stripes saturday april 4, 1992gotti guilty on All counts faces life new York a this time charges stuck to the Quot Teflon  a Federal jury convicted mob Boss John Gotti on thursday of murder and racketeering charges that carry a life prison term. He had beaten charges three times since 1986. A the Teflon is gone. The Don is covered with velcro and All the charges stuck a Fri agent James Fox said. After a 10-week trial jurors deliberated 13 hours before finding Gotti guilty on All 13 counts. Gotti showed no reaction. A a in la be of Quot he told supporters before being led out of the courtroom and Back to jail. Sentencing is scheduled for june 23 in . District court. The conviction crowned the prosecutions six year crusade to put away the Man they described As head of the nations most powerful crime family. This time the 51-Ycar-old mobster was done in by his own voice and the testimony of once trusted unde Boss Salvatore a Sammy Bull Gravano. Gotti was heard on hours of secretly recorded tapes openly discussing murder and other mafia business. Gravano who admitted to 19 murders on the stand said he committed 10 at gottis direction. He provided a chilling narrative of the killings that boosted Gotti from Captain to Boss. The Centrepiece of the indictment was the dec. 16, 1985, assassination of a big Paul Castellano and his lieutenant Thomas Bilotti outside a Manhattan restaurant. Prosecutors alleged a and Gravano testified a that Gotti ordered the hit to seize control of the Gambino crime family from Castellano. The indictment charged Gotti and co defendant Frank Locascio with murder murder conspiracy illegal gambling Loans harking obstruction of Justice bribery of a Public official and tax fraud. Locascio 59, was convicted of All but a gambling charge and faces the same sentence. Much of the drama in the Brooklyn courtroom focused on the showdown Between Gotti and Gravano his once trusted confidant. Gravano testified for nine Days As Gotti glared. The defense strategy was to portray Gravano 47, As a liar who Cut a Good Deal with prosecutors so ambitious they would go to any length to get Gotti. Quot our country is sick to the Core if it is willing to pay for testimony by literally absolving a person of 19 confessed murders a said Albert Krieger gottis lawyer. Gravano the highest ranking mafia member Ever to testify against Gotti was charged in the original indictment but Cut a Deal under which he now faces a maximum of 20 years in jail. The trial was his fourth in six years for Gotti who revealed in the role of crime Boss dressing in designer suits and playing Host to an annual fourth of july Celebration and fireworks show. Albert Krieger the attorney for John Gotti Speaks to members of the Media after Gotti was convicted of murder and racketeering charges that carry a life prison term. Defense attorney Anthony Cardinale left checks his , abandoned alzheimer s patient reunited Portland Ore. Apr an alzheimer a patient whose abandonment at an dog track made headlines was reunited with a daughter he had not seen in nearly 30 years and she plans to take custody of him. Nancy Myatt of Dickson tenn., recognized her fathers photograph in the newspaper. On wednesday she flew to Portland and had an emotional reunion with John Kingery 82, at the Laurel Hurst care Center. Holly Berman Kingery a Public guardian said Kingery would be placed in a nursing Home near family members in Kentucky. She said courts in both states would have to work out the details. Wyatt said she and her sister in Law Shirley Kingery of Morgantown ky., borrowed Money to Fly to Oregon. A what we want everybody to know is that alzheimer patients Are people too. They Are the people who built this country Myatt said. During the reunion said nursing Home director Hal Elliott a what i heard mostly was crying. They immediately closed the door and we allowed them to have that  Myatt 55, said her parents divorced when she was about 10 years old after 15 years of marriage. She said the family of seven had lived in Flat Rock mich., where Kingery worked for Ford motor co. Her father remarried in 1964, and he a slipped away from us a she said. She said it Wasny to Clear that he recognized her but she took Comfort in his smile. A the More i see him the More i want to see him and talk to him a she said. A the can to talk to me but the grins and the expression on his face make a  the family tried to find Kingery six years ago when their Mother died but could not locate him and assumed he was dead she said. Kingery was found at Coeur d Alene greyhound Park in Idaho on March 21. A note identified him As a John King Quot and said he was a retired Spokane wash., Farmer who suffered from alzheimer a disease. He was identified after news reports publicized his plight. Myatt said she knows very Little about her half sister sue Gifford who moved their father from Laurel Hurst to Regency Park living Center against a doctors advice in Early March. Police said she checked him out of Regency Park hours before he was found at the dog track 320 Miles away. Officials Are investigating whether charges should be filed in connection with Kingery a abandonment. Myatt said the important thing now is to get her father to Kentucky where he can be taken care of a for the rest of his  round of Mideast talks set for april 27 Washington a Israel and its Arab neighbors have agreed to meet in Washington on april 27 for a fifth round of talks aimed at achieving peace in the Middle East the state department said Friday. Slate department spokeswoman Margaret d. Tutwiler also said the parties had All responded to a . Request to present a list of potential Sites for a sixth round outside Washington. She said there was a some commonality in the lists and the state department would announce before april 27 where the subsequent meeting would take place. The Middle East peace talks began in Madrid Spain last october followed by three sessions in Washington. Israel and its negotiating partners a Jordan Lebanon Syria and palestinian arabs a have made Little headway on the key issues of self government for palestinians in territories occupied by Israel Arab recognition of the jewish state and the future of lands seized by Israel in the 1967 six Day War. Captain should have tried to save titanic s passengers inquiry says London apr the Captain of a ship that was near the sinking titanic should have tried to save the More than 1,500 people who died even though he probably  Nave done anything an official inquiry concluded thursday. The captains son viewed the report As partial exoneration for a Man a portrayed As a liar and a drunkard the Baddie in a great  the report disagreed with an official finding in 1912 that said capt. Stanley lord of the californian might have saved everyone if he had responded quickly after the titanic hit an iceberg. The report presented by capt. Peter Marriott chief inspector of Marine accidents for the depart _ ment of transport said a lord lord saw the titanic a distress signals but did not take proper action. Still Marriott said lord could not have reached the scene until a Well after titanic had sunk in the freezing North Atlantic on a Calm april night in 1912. A it his of course does not alter the fact that the at tempt should have been made a the report said. The 46,328-ton titanic of the White Star line was British operated but .-owned. It was the largest and most luxurious liner in the world when it Sank Southeast of Newfoundland on its Maiden voyage from Southampton to new York on the night of april 14-15. The British Cunard liner carpathia responded immediately to radio sos Calls from the titanic and collected lifeboats holding 705 people the Only survivors. Lord was censured by the British inquiry that reported in july 1912 that his cargo passenger vessel bound for Boston from London could have reached the titanic after seeing distress signals and a might have saved Many if not All of the lives that were  lord who was never prosecuted argued that his ship was too far away to grasp the situation. He and his defenders blamed lax British regulations that allowed the titanic to sail with Only enough lifeboats for half its 2,228 passengers and Crew. The new inquiry begun two years ago was a response to pressure from the captains family and British ships officers. The report published 12 Days ahead of the 80th anniversary of the disaster is Likely to be the last official word on a Long Campaign to Clear the reputation of lord who idea in 1962 at age 84. Lord went Back to sea and retired in 1927