European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 19, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday aprim9, 1992 the stars and stripes a Page 11engineers Seal first of three Tunnel ends Chicago apr engineers sealed one end of a Tunnel that crumbled under the Chicago River flooding an underground delivery system beneath the City s business District. Blocking off the damaged Section with Concrete will allow workers to begin draining water from the aging 50-mile Tunnel system and the basements of downtown buildings. Workers hoped to finish the Job saturday. On Friday engineers plugged the East end of the damaged Tunnel said Jerry Kenny president of Kenny construction co., which is helping the City plug the leak. The next task is sealing two branches of the Tunnel on the West Side of the River. A right now we re looking at putting three corks in a three ended bottle a Kenny said. The rupture and flooding monday blacked out More than 200 buildings and forced tens of thousands of people to evacuate the City a business District. The tunnels no longer Cany freight but House Many electrical cables and transformers. City officials said the damage and lost business May Cost $1 billion. Mayor Richard m. Daley said Friday that it could take Days to Drain the tunnels. A i done to want to create false expectations a Daley said. Quot it will be some time before Commerce in the Loop will be Back to  _ All but 11 buildings had Power restored by Friday. Buildings that remained without Power included two major retailers Marshall Fields and Carson Pirie Scott. City Hall still had water in its sub basements Friday and was dosed. Comm Tsios worker prepare a it poor Cement into a  the. Lead a a flooded Tunnel Rida in downtown Chicago. Man acquitted of marital rape in bondage Case n a o a it a a a Fin at re 4 "1 4 <9 Trio g cd i r 1 Columbia . A a Man who had sex with his wife after tying her up did t commit marital rape according to a jury that watched a videotape of what the defense said was a sexual game. The jury took less than an hour thursday to find the husband innocent in one of the first cases to be prosecuted since South Carolina passed a marital rape Law last year. A please done to tie me up again. Ill do anything you want me to a the 32-year-old woman pleaded on the tape made by her husband. The husbands attorney Wayne Floyd argued that the woman enjoyed watching pornographic movies and the slaps and screams were part of a sex game. A was that a cry of pain and torture or was that a cry of pleasure a Floyd said As the tape was played wednesday. A no i did no to rape my wife. How can you rape your own wife a the 33-year-old husband testified. The woman who is now separated from her husband and is seeking a divorce sobbed and buried her face in her hands when the verdict was read. Her husband smiled and hugged supporters. Deputy solicitor Knox Mcmahon who referred to the videotape As a lesson on a How to rape your wife was visibly shaken by the decision. A if this Isnit marital rape it does no to  the woman testified that her husband dragged her by the Throat into a bedroom tied her hands and legs put duct tape on her eyes and Mouth and put stockings and a Garter Belt on her legs. She said he then turned on the video camera. The videotape showed the Man having Intercourse with the bound and gagged woman. Afterwards the woman said he put a knife to her Throat and forced her to give him the number to her automatic Teller account. She said she later used a foot to get a cigarette lighter off a table and Burn the rope to break free. Police found the Man an hour later with the videotape duct tape and rope inside the couples Van. Juror Danny Taylor said that although he believed a Man could be found guilty of raping his wife the state did not prove its  actor Neville Brand Dies at 71 of emphysema Sacramento Calif. A actor Neville Brand a real life War hero who made a career out of playing Tough Guys in movies such As state j7 and Birdman of Alcatraz has died of emphysema. He was 71. Brand died thursday at Sutter general Hospital said Angela Barnhill of the Sacramento county coroners office. He appeared in More than 40 films but is probably remembered Best for a role on the Small screen. In the Abc television series Laredo in the late 1960s, Brand played the Rowdy gravel voiced Texas Ranger Reese Bennett. Raised in Kewanee 111., Brand joined the army after graduating from High school and was discharged in 1946 As the fourth most decorated i of world War ii. Among his decorations were the purple heart and Silver Star. After the War he went to los Angeles and attended the Geller drama school on the i Bill. His first big break came As a gun Happy hoodlum in the 1949 thriller . Three years later he starred with William Holden in the pow film stalag 17. His first leading role came in 1954 with return from the sea his Only Romance film. His most acclaimed film role was As a convict in the 1954 prison drama Root in cell Block a and he played opposite Burt Lancaster in 1962�?Ts Birdman of Alcatraz. 10-year-old convicted of raping boys Kelso Wash. Up a a 10-year-old boy accused of terrorizing neighbourhood children in a series of sex attacks was found guilty Friday of raping two younger boys at knife Point. The Longview youth who was not publicly identified because of his age was ordered held in a detention Center on $25,000 Bond. He is charged with five counts of rape and one count of molestation. The victims Range in age from 2 to 7. On thursday police and Counselor took the witness stand to describe the horror stories told to them by two boys Ages 5 and 7. One witness detective Bob Price was asked what one victim said the defendant would do with the knife if the victim did no to cooperate. Quot he said he would Cut his privates off a a Price said. An attorney for the defendant countered that rape charges were baseless in the Case because the child s age ruled out the possibility of sexual gratification. On Friday the Colwitz county juvenile court judge disagreed and convicted the youth of two counts of rape. A second trial will be held april 27 to consider rape charges involving three other victims. If convicted of All the charges the youth would become the youngest juvenile offender to be eligible for the state s sexual psychopath Center. Mayor seeks curb on non alcoholic Beer Boston apr a suburban mayor who wants to ban the Sale of non alcoholic Beer to minors said Friday that the seemingly harmless beverages Are giving youngsters a taste for the real thing. Quot by allowing the Sale of non alcoholic Beer we Are indeed promoting and teaching the youngsters to really participate in drinking a said Quincy mayor James sheets. Sheets Hopes to pass an ordinance that would prohibit the Sale to minors of such non alcoholic brews As Sharps by Miller brewing co. And of dolls by Anheuser Busch cos. Inc. But an Industry representative said people who worry about the effect the brews have on minors done to understand Why Young people drink. A to suggest that kids get trained by non alcohol brew flies against what we know about Why Young people drink a said Jeff Becker a spokesman for the Beer Institute in Washington. Quot they Are drinking Beer for the  Becker said allegations that Beer companies Market the products to train Young drinkers were ludicrous. Miller and Anheuser Busch officials  be reached for comment because their offices were closed for Good Friday. Researchers at californians Marin Institute for the prevention of alcohol and other drug problems said Beer manufacturers Are building for the future with the products. A they try to create Brand recognition and Brand preference among Young people a said Makani them a a policy specialist at the Institute