European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 5, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes sunday april 5,1992 its Only a Drill a Boeing 707 explodes into flames during a disaster Drill thursday at san Francisco International Airport. Technicians from filmmaker George Lucas Industrial Light and magic division set the plane on fire to simulate a crash Between a passenger plane and a cargo plane on a runway to test emergency response and res Cue operations. Effects by Lucas company set off explosions and created a solid Orange flame that shot 50 feet into the air during the Rescue Drill thursday. Lucas creator of Star wars donated the technology the company filmed the Drill and has the rights to the footage Airport spokesman Ron Wilson said. Sex Connecticut mayor jailed convicted of fraud corruption Bridgeport Conn. Apr a former Waterbury mayor was jailed immediately following his conviction on corruption and tax charges after a prosecutor claimed he threatened to shoot witnesses once the Case was Over. Joseph j. Santopietro one of the nations youngest mayors when he was elected in 1986 at age 26, was found guilty thursday of 18 of 21 counts. He faces up to 30 years in prison Tor Bank fraud and was also convicted of tax evasion embezzling Federal funds receiving corrupt payments and conspiracy. No sentencing Date was set. Also convicted were Santopietro a 25-year-old brother Jeffrey three former aldermen the former Republican town chairman and a mayoral aide. An eighth person indicted with the others in october had pleaded guilty . District judge . Gilroy Daly ordered Santo Pictro to jail after assistant . Attorney Holly Fitzsimmons said that in february 1991, during the investigation Santopietro told a former City lawyer who later testified for the government a a a after this is All Over pm going to buy a gun and Start shooting  a Santopietro 33, had been free on $100,000 Bond since his arrest in september. The jury took two Days to convict the former three term Republican mayor in a Kickback scheme forged with real estate developers three months after he took office. Santopietro was convicted of taking $126,000 in payoffs from developers in Waterbury and of embezzling $5,000 in Federal funds. Two City officials testified the mayor set up slush funds so he could embezzle Federal Grant Money to pay for limousine rides liquor hotel and meal expenses parties and even a Massage. The Money came from accounts intended to help the homeless the jobless pregnant teens and other disadvantaged groups. He was acquitted on three counts including of taking $25,000 from the now bankrupt colonial realty co. In return for investing $1 million in City pension funds in colonial partnerships. Special agent Milton Ahlerich who Heads the Fri office in Connecticut said the verdict a shows you can fight a corrupt City Hall and you can beat a corrupt City  Santopietro was re elected by increasingly larger margins in Waterbury a Central Connecticut City of 108,000, until his defeat last fall six weeks after his indictment. Mon turns in $5,000 he found St. Paul Minn. Up a a Man who found an envelope stuffed with More than $5,000 handed Over the Money to police rather than pocketing the wad of Cash. A the May be the last honest Man in America a police spokesman Paul Adelmann said of Retiree Howard Nessel. Nessel said he could have used the More than $5,000 he found last week in a parking lot and pondered whether to keep it. A i opened it up and it was Bills lots of them Quot Nessel said �?o1 glanced around to see if anybody was watching and i had picked up a a drop or somebody a april fools joke. A it sure went through my mind but 1 done to think i Ever really could have kept it. Maybe somebody lost their life  authorities told Nessel the recently retired manager of an engineering firm that the Money could be connected to drug dealing or a legitimate business. If no one claims it in 30 Days Nessel can ask for it. A judge will decide who gets the Money if there is More than one claim. Go s death Benefit to pay wife s lawyer Detroit apr a woman cleared of charges that she killed her husband to collect on an insurance policy May spend the $150,000 on her lawyers a Federal judge ruled. . District judge Bernard Friedman on thursday upheld an agreement that lets Toni Cato Riggs turn Over the military death Benefit to attorneys who defended her against a murder charge in the slaying of army spec. Anthony Riggs. Riggs Mother had sought to Block the insurance payment after Toni Cato Riggs brother Michael Cato was convicted of the killing. Riggs was fatally shot March 18, 1991, shortly after his return from saudi Arabia during the persian Gulf War. The Case Drew International attention when it first appeared that the Soldier had survived combat Only to become a victim of random Street violence. Cato Riggs was arrested in connection with the slaying but a judge dismissed the charge As unfairly based on statements by her brother. The Wayne county prosecutors office has appealed contending that Cato Riggs conspired with Cato to kill a p1 the Soldier and collect insurance benefits. .Doolittle Raider Dies of cancer at age 77 from wire reports Medford Ore. A Robert Emmens who flew in col. James h. Doolittle a 1942 bombing raid of Tokyo died thursday of cancer. He was 77. Emmens was a co Pilot on one of 16 b-25 bombers launched from the Carrier Hornet to conduct a Surprise attack on Japan on april 18,1942. His plane was the Only one to land safely the others crashed on the China coast or the Crews bailed out. Emmens and his Crew touched Down in a Large Field outside Vladivostok Russia and were held by the soviet Union for a year before they escaped. He had planned to attend the 50th reunion this month of the Doolittle raiders in Columbia s.c., but cancelled because of his  Man gets stay Phoenix a a condemned Man who would be the first person to die in arizonans Gas chamber in 29 years has received a stay of execution. A three judge panel of the 9th . Circuit court of appeals granted the stay late thursday said state attorney general spokesman Steve Tseffos. The attorney general a office planned to petition the . Supreme court to let the execution proceed. Donald e. Harding 43, was convicted in the 1980 robbery slayings of three Arizona businessmen. He is scheduled to die at the state prison in Florence on monday becoming the first person to be put to death in Arizona since 1963. Tseffos said the appeals court granted the stay on the grounds that Harding did not receive effective counsel during his 1982  sought los Angeles a an austrian sex convict whose Jailhouse writing won his release from prison is wanted for questioning in the slayings of three los Angeles prostitutes. Jack Unterweger 42, was in los Angeles writing free Lance Magazine articles on prostitution and Street life when three prostitutes were strangled with their bras last year police said. The slayings were a basically similar to the 1973 murder in Austria for which he was convicted a Deputy District attorney Michael Montagna said. Unterweger was arrested feb. 27 in Miami on two murder warrants issued in Austria and is wanted for questioning in six other slayings in his Homeland. He has waived extradition. A the does no to want to stay Here because we have the death penalty. They done to have it Over there Quot said land detective James Harper. Unterweger was convicted in 1976 of murdering a woman and sentenced to life. He was paroled in 1990 after he won critical acclaim for several books he wrote about prison  few Bald Heads Fairfield Iowa a maharishi International University is looking for a few Good Bald Heads. Researchers at the school said Friday they plan to drizzle warm herbal Oil on hairless Heads to prove that it feels Good. Or. D. Edwards Smith director of Mius Laboratory for preventive Medicine said the warm Oil on head therapy is part of a study to determine How to reduce stress anxiety insomnia and High blood pressure. Researchers will Monitor brain Waves and heart rhythms during the procedure. Smith said he is hoping for 15 volunteers a All right handed since results differ for lefties a and plans to begin the study within two  has $13,000 Milford Conn. A a Man carrying More than $13,000 was charged with shoplifting $28 Worth of film razors and batteries from a department store. Engelo Grener 27, was arrested after a Kmart employee said he hid the items in his jacket when he left the store thursday. Its not uncommon for shoplifters to be carrying More than enough Money to pay for what they steal said police officer Edward Kelly. Grener was freed on $50 Bond and scheduled to return to court april 14