European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 13, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Vol. 51, no. 26 35$ wednesday May 13, 1992 d 8693 a3 held in trucker s beating los Angeles a police and Fri agents arrested three men tuesday suspected in the dramatic televised beating of a truck Driver that became a searing Symbol of Urban rioting. Embattled police chief daily f. Gates personally took part in one of the arrests. Damian a a football Williams 19, was asleep in his Home when Gates accompanied by Fri agents and his swat team arrested him for allegedly hurling a Brick that struck Reginald Denny on april 29 at the flashpoint of three Days of riots. A i wanted very much to personally arrest him. I did it All by myself with the Aid of about 200 police officers and the Fri a said Gates who retires next month amid bitter criticism of his handling of the Force. A the said a chief Gates you re  and i said a yes football but you re going  a Denny was severely injured when he was pulled from his truck and beaten by rioters in South Central los Angeles. He remains hospitalized. Fri agents and police with the special weapons team raided six locations in the South Central area about 2 30 . Tuesday. Besides Williams those arrested were Henry Watson 27, and Antoine Miller 20. They were booked for investigation of state charges of attempted murder mayhem robbery and torture and Federal charges of interfering with a vehicle engaged in interstate Commerce said it. Bruce Hagerty. A fourth Man was arrested on a parole violation charge but officials said it had not been determined whether he took part in the beating. They declined to say what the alleged parole violation was. On monday former Cia and Fri chief William Webster was picked by the police commission to Lead an investigation of the riots the worst in the United states this Century. Fifty two people were see beating on Page 22nd try fails to trap satellite but final attempt planned elusive Intelsat Iii amp Mei television shows Pierre Thuot trying in vain to snare the satellite with a capture bar. A Cape canaveral Fla. A a Spac walking astronaut failed for the second straight Day to capture an errant communications satellite monday and Nasa said it would try just one More spacewalk to save it. That attempt was set for today. Pierre Thuot worked for More than two hours trying to lock a 15-foot-Long tool on the Bottom of the Intelsat 6 satellite but latches repeatedly failed and he had to Back away. The tool he was using a capture bar a simply did not do what it was asked to do a said Randy Stone Mission operations director for Nasa. The next Rescue Effort the key Mission of the shuttle endeavours Maiden voyage May Call for two astronauts to manhandle the satellite Stone said. The capture bar probably would not be used. A it was starting to get a Little frustrating up Here because it looked like we were doing everything right today and we still came up empty Quot said shuttle commander Daniel Brandenstein. Officials also disclosed that after sundays Rescue attempt the satellite and shuttle drifted uncomfortably close and Intelsat engineers had to Man Euver the satellite away. If they had continued on that course the two Craft would have been within a mile of one another. If today a try fails the $157 million satellite will be a total loss. Nasa gave up for the night monday after Thuot tried three times to Snag the satellite. A it was rotating too much a Thuot said see satellite on Page 2 a Karl Fain corruption foe leads in philippine vote ii i  a div Marlinn Quot Nii Iamme a. Manila Philippines apr an anti corruption candidate Miriam defensor Santiago claimed tuesday that her Lead in the Early counting of ballots from the presidential election was irreversible and a Victory for democracy. Election officials contend however that no trend would become apparent before next weekend. Imelda Marcos widow of ousted presi Dent Ferdinand Marcos asked the commission on election to prevent news organizations from reporting partial unofficial results. Marcos dropped from fifth place to sixth in the seven member Field according to returns compiled tuesday by Abs can television. In its latest count Abs can reported Santiago ahead with 536,644 votes or about 27 percent of those tallied. Her Campaign focused on a single Issue the need to combat corruption. Former defense Secretary Fidel Ramos backed by president Corazon Aquino had 461,078, or about 23 percent. Ramos was running Strong in Early returns from Mindanao Island and his staff expected him to ultimately overtake Santiago. Eduardo a Danding Quot Cojuangco a businessman supported by Marcos political network had 306,455 or 15.5 percent. Sen. Jovito Salonga held fourth place with 246,394 votes. Marcos fell to sixth with 181,801 votes. She trailed House speaker Ramon Mitra who had 191,774 Voles but was Well ahead of vice president Salvador Laurel see vote on Page 2travel Europe 1992 inside today