European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 21, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday april 21, 1992 the stars and stripes a Page 5n.j. Drivers beware candid camera lurks by the new York times Trenton . A within two or three weeks new Jersey motorists who ignore Speed limits Are Likely to get a letter in the mail warning them that they Are being watched. And photographed. Next time they May get a summons and be invited Down to see themselves on the states version of candid camera photo radar. New Jersey is one of three states along with Washington and Michigan testing the new photo radar. It scans passing cars clocks their Speed and takes three photos one of the Driver one of the automobile and a third of the recorded Speed. A similar radar system is being used in other states. At the moment Drivers Are merely being warned with lighted Road signs that the device will be in use. But that is just the beginning. A there Are three phases of implementation a said James Arena the new Jersey director of Highway safety who is overseeing the testing with the state police. They will ultimately operate the system across the state in at least 10 locations if trials prove successful. The first phase is announcing that the system is in use through the lighted electronic messages that now Tell motorists a photo radar  the second phase which is to begin in two or three weeks is the actual clocking photographing and tracing of vehicles and Drivers who will be mailed warning notices if they Are clocked Over the Speed limit. The final phase whose Date has not been determined will be mailing summonses. The $250,000 Federal Pilot project is to last two years. The warning letters will note that the highways arc now under electronic automatic surveillance. Wording has not been decided but Arena said they would probably say something like a you have been clocked speeding at 77 Miles per hour at such and such a location a reminding the Motorist of the states speeding Laws and penalties and possibly also How the added penalty Points could affect insurance costs. Later on the warnings will be replaced by speeding tickets. The notice will go to the registered owner of the vehicle and the photos will be kept on file. If the owner maintains he was not driving when the car was speeding he can look at the photo. As in the Case of parking violations a there is a presumption the owner of the vehicle is the Driver a Arena said. If the owner determines that he was not driving the car he might have to identify who was. Arena cited the Case of a Man in Paradise Valley ariz., where a similar method has been used for four years. When he received a notice that his car had been clocked a a that seat woman with Long Blond hair wearing sunglasses. When he refused to identify the woman Arena said he was fined for the violation. Arena said the goal of the new system was not to Issue tickets but to get people to slow Down and to put an end to High Speed chases. Quot we clock vehicles doing 80 and 90 Miles per hour a he said. A do we let them continue or do we let a police officer Chase them and have to do 100 Miles per hour to catch them a besides curtailing dangerous chases and freeing officers for other assignments like catching Drunken Drivers or drug traffickers the photo radar system is highly efficient. In a one hour test on a a major Road in new Jersey a Arena said Drivers were warned with lighted signs Reading a Speed limit 55 a slow Down a and clocked with the photo radar a half mile farther along. A total of 140 vehicles were logged and photographed exceeding 64 Mph there he said but another Nalt mile away eight patrol cars were Able to clock and cite Only 40 speeding vehicles in the same hour. Although the device can be sensed by radar detectors which Are Legal in new Jersey its radio band is much narrower than the band for the radar now in use. Arena added. This Means that it is not picked up by the Detector until the car is in camera Range when it is too late to slow Down. Even though users of radar detectors often feel protected and drive faster than other offenders the sense of Security is false he said. A six out of 10 speeders that Are cited for driving Over 70 Miles per hour Are using radar detectors Quot he said. In the stars and stripes10 years ago april 21,1982 Nasa officials selected Sally k. Ride and air Force it. Col. Guion s. Bluford or. For the scheduled second and third flights of the space shuttle challenger.20 years ago april 21,1972 a communist troops stormed Back into an Loc 60 Miles North of saigon.30 years ago april 21, 1962 a the army suspended maj. Arch e. Roberts from his military duties after he asserted that mayor Sam Yorty of los Angeles has a a communist  Roberts made the charge in an off the cuff speech to the daughters of the american revolution. 40years ago april 21,1952 a in a major foreign policy review Secretary of state Dean Acheson said Unity in Western Europe is Quot on the verge of being  he demanded a tangible evidence Quot of a change in soviet Russia s attitude before agreeing to discuss German Unity with Kremlin leaders. As trial nears end land poised for changes under new leadership world War ii 50 years ago today 21 april1 a 9 4 �2 Germany Breaks the soviet encirclement at Demyanek where German troops survived for 20 months on supplies brought in by plane. All but one of 47 spitfire fighters ferried by the . Aircraft Carrier Wasp make it to Malta but 30 will be quickly lost to air raids on the British Island South of Italy. In Burma the advancing japanese dash with chinese forces near Tau Ngoyi. _ Simi Valley Calif. Up with a Reform minded police chief poised to take Over the troubled los Angeles police department an excessive Force trial of four defendants that has come to symbolize the need for change is entering its final phase. On monday lawyers in the trial of three land officers and one former officer a All White males a were scheduled to begin presenting their closing arguments. The four Are accused of using excessive Force in arresting a Black Motorist. The summations which Are expected to take two Days culminate a highly publicized trial that spanned six weeks saw More than 50 people take the witness stand and forced a wrenching re examination of what was once regarded As americans finest police department. On june 2, City voters will consider a series of key reforms proposed by the Independent Christopher commission created to investigate the police department in the Wake of the Rodney g. King beating. Exacerbating the departments problems Are an upswing in violent crime and a hiring freeze imposed by the City Council last november in response to a growing budget deficit. The freeze is unlikely to be lifted soon. Stepping into the Middle of the turmoil is Philadelphia police commissioner Willie l. Williams named last week As the Williams Lapdis next police chief. A today is a turning Point in the City a history a mayor Tom Bradley said in introducing Williams last thursday. A for the past 13 months the City has been ripped apart by divisions and a in Ger Over the beating of Rodney  he said with the appointment of the new police chief a the Healing process now begins in  after the final summations jurors will deliberate the cases against sgt. Stacey c. Koon officers Laurence m. Powell and Theodore j. Briseno and former officer Timothy e. Wind. All arc accused of kicking and beating King during his arrest after a High Speed Chase the night of March 3, 1991. The arrest during which a prone King was struck with 50 Baton blows from some of the two dozen officers standing around him was captured by a video camera and created a sensation when broadcast on news programs worldwide. The tape shows wind striking King several times on his legs and upper body and Briseno stomping once on Kings neck area As Koon inc highest ranking officer at the scene directs the blows from the sidelines. Koon Powell and wind maintain they believed King was under the influence of hallucinogenic drug pc when they arrested him. Wind a Rookie has since been fired. In addition to charges of assault with a deadly weapon and excessive Force under the color of authority Koon and Powell face additional charges of filing false police reports that prosecutors say were intended to cover up the excessive use of Force. The King arrest and subsequent trial of the four men has shaken the 8, land which has found itself deflecting charges of racism and mismanagement. Williams who is Black has already hinted that changes Are in store for the department he is poised to take Over following the june retirement of embattled chief Daryl f. Gates. Williams immediately threw his support behind the proposed charter amendments hinted that he May reshuffle top brass and said he favored moving officers from behind desks to the Field. Williams also tried to boost the sagging morale of the land saying Quot it seems too Many members of the police department have been painted with the Broad Brush of accusations because of the actions of a very very few. A your collective goal a he said Quot must be to take an already great police department and strive to Shine even  libyan group plots to overthrow Qadhafi Durce 2 94 Days of War. W h Smith a Dinishers ire. World almanac Book of world far ii. Biber books corp. 198 Dallas up a a libyan opposition group meeting in Texas said sunday that its goal of overthrowing strongman Moa mar Qadhafi and establishing a democratic regime in Tripoli is a not far  spokesmen for the National front for the salvation of libyans Congress said that they opened their meeting during the weekend at the grand Kempinski hotel in North Dallas and that More than 200 libyans from the United states Europe and Arab countries attended. A we have close relations with non commissioned officers and soldiers in Libya and we will move against Qadhafi when the time is ready which is not far off a said Ibrahim Sahad who identified himself As political commissioner of the front. A the Congress is the highest organization in our group and our participants have come from All Over the world a Sahad said. A we have two main objectives. The first to overthrow Qadhafi because he came to Power by using Force in 1969 and continues to stay in Power through terror and by forcing the people. A the second objective is to build a new constitutional democratic state in Libya in which the government will be elected by people and there will be a multiparty system. There will be respect for human rights and Freedom of expression and Freedom of the individual. We will adopt a free enter prise Economy and a social and cultural development plan which will include the restoration of  the meeting is scheduled to last through wednesday when a communique is to be issued. The meeting comes at a time when the United nations has imposed sanctions against Libya for refusing to surrender two libyans allegedly involved in the 1988 bombing of pan am might 103 Over Uick Erbie Scotland. A press release from the opposition group said the meeting would discuss the . Sanctions As Well As hold a a debate on the strategies and programs to overthrow the Qadhafi