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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 3, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday May 3, 1992 the stars and stripes a Page 11a Bunch of garbage court stays Fla. Execution in final hours Starke Fla. Apr a double murderer on Florida a death Row won a reprieve just two hours before his scheduled execution. In issuing an indefinite stay Friday the . Supreme court said it wanted to study Edward Dean Kennedy a Appeal. Kennedy has claimed that he had ineffective Legal counsel and that a judge gave improper instructions to the jury during his trial. A for the supreme court to rant the stay its got to be a pretty Strong Case a said Kennedy a attorney Billy Nolas. Kennedy 46, had spent the Day exercising and praying. He was sentenced to death for the 1981 murders of Florida Highway patrol trooper Robert Patrick Mcdermon and his Cousin Floyd Hartford Cone or. The men were killed at coned a trailer Home near Baldwin where Kennedy had fled to change clothes after escaping from prison. He was serving a life term for a 1978 murder. Kennedy one of 319 people on Florida a death Row appealed to the nations highest court after losing appeals in the Florida supreme court . District court in Orlando and the 11th . Circuit court of appeals in Atlanta. Last month the court overturned four last minute stays issued by an appeals court for California murderer Robert Alton Harris. Trash in Frank flirt Germany is piling up in Wake of the Public service workers strike that began monday. Here a Man brings More trash to a pile near the grounds of the Dipp mess Spring fair. There is no sign for an end to the  Day practically forgotten in its Birthplace by . Do Alessio the associated press Forest Park 111. May Day in Moscow was declared a Celebration of a Spring and labor a but in the suburban Chicago cemetery where the labor Holiday was born flames of the left still Flicker. On Friday labor organizer Aida Lopez was among those who made pilgrimages to martyrs Grove in Waldheim cemetery a a spot labor historians have called the a Valhalla of the american  she walked past the Graves of anarchists syndicalists Trade unionists anti communist socialists and communist party officials. Fresh red carnations were scattered on some of the monuments. A a it a strange May Day is celebrated All Over the world a but very Little right Here where it started a said the mexican born woman who is in training As an organizer for the International ladies garment workers Union. John Garcia the unions Midwest regional director brought her and Bill Santiago of Waukegan to the Grove. Inmate says officials seek to end interviews on Tyson Indianapolis a a prisoner has filed a civil rights complaint alleging that he has been threatened by prison officials for talking to the Media about fellow inmate Mike Tyson. James Bell Yager who is serving a 42-year sentence at the Indiana youth Center for Bank embezzlement and forgery said he asked the . Justice department in Washington to invest Fate his claims filed via certified mail riday. Yager said Tyson has received preferential treatment since he was assigned to the youth Center to serve a six year sentence for rape. Yager said prison officials asked him to sign documents wednesday allowing them to censor his comments to reporters and respond to them. He also said prison officials prevented reporters from entering the Center. The complaint says Yager who Heads the National prisoners rights Union was threatened with a unspecified reprisals if he talked to reporters without prior approval. Department of correction spokesman Kevin Moore said Yager was asked to consent to the interviews and agree that a department staff member would be present. In his complaint Yager said a prison officials Are finding it harder and harder to refute information being provided the Media by Yager to the extent they have elected to employ Gestapo tactics and threatened Yager with reprisals for talking to the  Yager has told reporters that Tyson a was allowed to attend school in the morning and work in the afternoon when other prisoners were denied the half Day setup. A was allowed More visiting time with friends and family than the 10 hours allowed each month. Unlimited visits Are allowed with attorneys and ministers. A visited with More than three people at one time another violation of prison rules. A met with visitors in a private room. A the Doc is placing him in a vulnerable position because of this special treatment and he a not asking for it a Yager said. Moore acknowledged that Tyson met with visitors in a private room but he has denied yagers other allegations. A i wanted them to see that Chicago has been a City with a lot of labor history and struggle a Garcia said. The Center of martyrs Grove is a 99-year-old Monument to the men convicted of the 1886 Haymarket bombing in Chicago. They were agitators for the eight hour workday a then a Radical idea. Worldwide protest meetings held in their behalf led to the establishment of May 1 As International labor Day. Although most were executed All were eventually pardoned and All but one buried in the Grove. Other luminaries of the left Are buried in the Grove including anarchist Emma Goldman a rebel girls Elizabeth Gurley Flynn and communist party presidential candidate William z. Foster. William a big Bill Haywood Leader of the Industrial workers of the world asked before his death in Moscow that half of his ashes be buried in the Kremlin Wall and half be scattered Over martyrs Grove. The Grove now belongs to the Illinois labor history society. Runaway Chicago car was subject to 89 recall Chicago a the car that slowed into a group of children at of Hare International Airport killing a girl had been recalled for a problem that could cause the throttle to stick Federal officials said. A general motors corp. Spokesman said the cruise control problem that prompted the recall in 1989 would not cause sudden acceleration. But a safety advocate said the cruise control problem could have caused the engine to race. Martin Horvath 87, told police on thursday that his car engine began to race Ana the vehicle sped onto the sidewalk As he applied the brakes. A 9-year-old girl was ruled and 78 people including 65 children were injured. Ten children and four adults remained hospitalized saturday. Horvath of suburban Elgin was ticketed for negligent driving and driving an unsafe vehicle. Police did no to say what was wrong with Horvathy a car. The National Highway traffic safety administration said Horvathy a 1985 Olds Mobile Delta 88 had an identification number indicating that it was among cars recalled in 1989. A one of the consequences of the defect associated with this recall was the potential for a throttle to stick a a the Agency said in a statement from Washington. The Agency could not say whether Horvathy a car had been repaired. Horvath has an unlisted Telephone number and could not be reached. Pm spokesman Gus Buenz said the problem reported by Horvath to police  relate to the recall. But Russell Shew vehicle safety expert for the Center for Auto safety a Washington advocacy group said Early pm cruise controls were programmed so they could stay on after the car was shut off. A you can. Shut the car off overnight Start it up in the morning and its in cruise control so if you accidentally hit the resume Button the car will Speed up to whatever was the last Speed you programmed into it a Shew said. The of Hare Accident was the latest of three such crashes since april 23. In the most serious crash a 74-year-old woman slowed into a crowded new York City part april 23, killing five people and in Jung 27. The woman also said Ner car accelerated suddenly. Police found nothing wrong with the car. Some models of that car a 1987 Delta 88, were the subject of a voluntary recall in 1988 because of a problem with sticking throttles. Pm said the woman a car was not among those recalled and that the defect was unrelated to sudden acceleration  
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