European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 18, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Pago 6 a the stars and stripes saturday april 18, 1992 governor refuses to Stop execution of California killer Sacramento Calif. A gov. Pete Wilson has denied clemency for condemned killer Robert Alton Harris who is scheduled tuesday to become the first person to be executed in California in 25 years. Harris Only Hope for a reprieve rests in possible court appeals. The governor who supports the death penalty made his ruling thursday after hearing tearful pleas at a clemency hearing the Day before. Those depicted Harris alternately As a tragic figure who should be spared and a vicious killer who should die. The Republican governor said he was unconvinced by defense claims that abuse Harris received As a child left him incapable of bearing responsibility for his actions As an adult. A Robert Harris the child had no Choice. He Harris was the victim of serious and inexcusable abuse. Robert Harris the Man did have a Choice. He chose to take. Two lives Wilson said. Harris youth was a a living Nightmare because of a monstrous child abuse a Wilson said but added that the circumstances surrounding the murders show he was a capable of planning to do wrong and of taking precautions to conceal his wrongdoing. Harris 39, was convicted of killing 16-year-Olds John Mayeski and Michael Baker of san Diego in 1978 so that he could use their car in a robbery. Prosecutors said he taunted the youths before they died laughed after shooting them and ate their lunches afterwards. Harris is scheduled to die tuesday in the san Quen Washington up the food and drug administration has ruled that silicone gel filled breast implants May be returned to the Market but Only under severely restricted conditions. Fra commissioner David Kessler said thursday that the devices have not been proved to be Safe and until they Are they will be available Only to women who have an urgent need for them such As breast cancer patients who undergo mastectomies. Quot these types of products have to be shown by their manufacturers to be Safe a Kessler told a news conference. Based on data presented to the Agency the Fra formally denied approval of the implant devices. However further research on their safety was required and women who enrolled in a controlled clinical studies Quot could have the devices implanted the Fra said. A while these devices Are being studied their availability will be limited. Yet As i have said women who require them As part of reconstructive surgery will be provided Access to these studies a Kessler said. Only a Small number of women a enough for safety from wire reports new York a an Atlanta bound Delta air lines Jet spewed flames from a rear engine just before Takeoff thursday forcing about 200 people from the Craft at Kennedy International Airport officials said. The Delta wide body l-1011 was taxiing to a runway about 7.45 . When the plume of fire was noticed in the tailpipe of a rear auxiliary engine said William Berry a spokesman for the Atlanta based airline. There were no injuries reported from the 192 passengers and 10 Crew members on Board flight 31. They were Able to leave the plane on a motorized stairway brought to the jets Side after the fire was out Berry said. The passengers were rescheduled on other flights. Berry said such fires Are not unusual for the l-1011 and normally Burn themselves out in 20 to 30 seconds. Quot somebody overreacted and called the fire depart tin Gas chamber. It would be californians first execution since 1967. Harris lawyers said they would go Back to court to try to save his life. Defense attorneys claimed Harris was born with brain damage because of his mothers alcoholism and suffered brain injuries from beatings by his parents. Three medical experts testified to Harris conditions which affected his adult behaviour. They said his conditions have not been adequately weighed in court and during appeals. Attorney general Dan Lungren said lawyers in his office were ready to respond. Groups that gathered petition signatures opposing the execution said they were outraged by Wilson a decision. A mercy is not about what Harris deserves but rather what we demand of ourselves which is a higher Standard than that of those we condemn a said Magdaleno Rose Avila of amnesty International Usa. At the closed door clemency hearing Harris sister Brenda Harris pleaded with Wilson to a please spare my brother because we love Robbie Ana we do not want him to die a she recounted later. She said Harris was driven to violence by torture his parents inflicted upon him As a child. But Edwin Mayeski whose brother was one of Harris victims said the death penalty was warranted. A everything is Harris Harris poor Harris a he said. A what about the poor boys that never had a Chance for a clemency hearing a Robert Harris did not attend the hearing but his sister said he is remorseful. San Diego county District attorney Edwin Miller thanked the governor. A we feel it is a just Resolution to this Case which has held the surviving victims hostage for More than 13 years a Miller said referring to Harris lengthy court appeals. Studies a will be Able to receive implants for breast enlargement the Fra said. However women who have ruptured implants or have other urgent medical need for the devices May be Able to get them As Early As next week Kessler said. The Fra commissioner accepted the recommendations of the Agency a general and plastic surgery devices panel which met in november and february to consider data on breast implant safety. In both meetings the panel concluded that despite 30 years of use manufacturers had failed to gather sufficient evidence of safety. In the second round of hearings some doctors presented evidence they believed linked silicone gel implants with consequences such As Lou Gehrig a disease scleroderma Lupus and arthritis. Although the panel rejected such reports As a inconclusive a it said women needed to be aware that there May be risks associated with the implants. The Fra said All women who receive the implants must sign a informed consent forms outlining the potential risks associated with gel leakage and other problems. Ment a he said. The flames were blamed on an engine backfire which Berry said was harmless. He said they could have burned out on their own within the tailpipe but regulations required an inspection because the fire department had been called. Quot it can look pretty spectacular when you see it a he added. The engine was an auxiliary Power unit not one of the jets main engines and is used to Power lights and air conditioning he said. The engine apparently was slow in starting possibly because of heavy winds in the area blowing Down the tailpipe and the accumulated fuel burst briefly into flame Berry said. A maintenance Crew checked the engines and found them in Good condition he said.  dines on Worms after pupils win Wager from wire reports Belding Mich. A an elementary school teacher was so confident his schools pupils  read 7,000 books during March he told them he would eat Worms if they did. He lost the bet. Hall Park elementary schools 232 youngsters read 7,785 volumes during National Reading month. So on tuesday Chuck Matlock boiled four Worms in Lemon juice and Salt and downed them before the pupils. The enterprising teacher turned his meal into a lesson saying a really Worms have As much protein As a Tbone Steak without the  get Ford offer Dearborn Mich. A Ford motor co announced thursday that it is offering physically disabled Drivers up to $750 to offset the Cost of installing adaptive equipment on 1992 Ford cars and Light trucks. One year of emergency Road service and a complimentary cellular Telephone also will be offered As part of Fords a mobility motoring assistance package. The program is retroactive to feb. 15 and will continue through sept. 30. An estimated 45,000 physically disabled people buy new cars each year Ford  kills Man self St Albans . A a Man who called off. His wedding was shot to death Days later by his former Fiance who then killed herself police said. Wanda Priddy 44, of St. Albans shot Ray Felty 44, late sunday or Early monday in his Home police said. She then sat next to him on a Couch and shot herself police said. Police said Priddy a Secretary at a construction company had told her friends she had a plan to humiliate Felty who managed a drugstore. A a it a still not known to us Why he called it off a police sgt. Joe Crawford said. A we believe he just did no to want to be tied  plea in bombing new York a a suspected member of the Black september palestinian terrorist group a fugitive for 19 years pleaded not guilty thursday to the attempted bombing of an Elan Israel airlines cargo terminal at Kennedy International Airport. Khalid duh an Al Sawary also entered a similar plea monday in the attempted bombing of an Israel Bank Branch in Manhattan. Both bombs misfired apparently because of faulty detonators officials said. The attempts occurred in March 1973, while israeli prime minister Golda Meir was visiting the United states. Al Sawary was extradited this month from Italy where he was arrested in january 1991. He could draw a maximum of 30 years in prison if convicted on All charges . Attorney Andrew Maloney said. Among the acts blamed on Black september Are the massacre of israeli athletes at the 1972 olympic games in Munich Germany and several air plane  funds go to Houston Houston a Federal authorities gave More than $2.5 million in proceeds from drug seizures to three Houston area Law enforcement agencies thursday under a statute that allows proceeds from drug busts to be returned to police. A nothing makes me happier than grabbing some drug thug by the Throat reaching in his Wallet taking Money out and giving it to Law enforcement Quot sen. Phil Gramm a Texas said As he gave checks to the Houston police department the Harris county sheriffs department and the Texas department of Public safety. The Money was disbursed under the Justice departments seized and forfeited assets program which has been in effect since 1986. Sheriffs department officials said the Money would be used for drug education and surveillance and safety equipment. Breast implants Back on Market in special situations Fra rules fire in Jet s tailpipe stops Takeoff