European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 16, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse Saturday May 16, 1992 the stars and stripes a Page 53 charged in battering of . Trucker los Angeles a charges of premeditated attempted murder and related crimes were filed thursday against three men accused of beating and robbing a truck Driver in a riot scene broadcast live on television. A second complaint filed by prosecutors accused a fourth defendant of stealing the Wallet of trucker Reginald Denny As he Lay crumpled on the ground april 29. Municipal court judge William Chidsey jr., delayed the menus arraignment until May 21 at the request of their attorneys who said they needed time to Confer with their clients. The judge ordered All four whom officials say have gang ties held without bail until at least the next hearing. In a new disturbance thursday police arrested 13 people in a Park in South Central los Angeles where much of the previous rioting was entered. A group of suspected gang members who had gathered in a Park smashed windows at a hamburger stand and shattered the Windshield of a to news Van after police tried to disperse them capt. Dan Watson said. On wednesday night about 300 police officers and National guardsmen cordoned off an eight Block area of South Central los Angeles when a crowd from a gang Unity March began pounding on sheriffs deputies patrol cars. About 200 people dispersed without incident and no one was arrested. According to a los Angeles times poll published thursday 67 percent of the City a residents believe there will be More rioting. The poll of 1,409 adults had a margin of error of plus or minus 3 percentage Points the newspaper said. Among Whites three out of four predicted More violence while two out of three Blacks and three out of five hispanics expected violence would return. Denny 36, was one of the first people Hurt in the riots which broke out hours after a july in Simi Valley calif., acquitted four Whites in the videotaped police beating of Black Motorist Rodney g. King. Several Black Samaritans helped Denny who is White to a Hospital where he was admitted in critical condition. He was released thursday. Fifty one people were killed in the los Angeles area and 2,383 injured. Damage to property including thousands of burned businesses and Homes is estimated at $800 million. Charged in the main complaint involving Denny s attack Are Damian Monroe a football Quot Williams 19 Henry Keith a ski kit Watson 27 and Antoine a Twan Quot Miller 20. They Are charged with attempted wilful deliberate premeditated murder As Well As aggravated mayhem torture and second degree robbery. They face up to life in prison if convicted of All charges. The complaint alleges that Denny was pulled from his truck at a South Central los Angeles intersection and beaten a for the Benefit of at the direction of and in association with a criminal Street Gary Williams 33, was charged with taking personal property from Denny by Means of Force. He faces up to five years in prison if convicted. The four Black men who authorities say Are affiliated with the 8-Trey gangster crips gang were arrested tuesday. Authorities Are trying to identify others involved in the beating. Watson a parents Henry and Joyce Watson defended their son. Quot he a a family Man not a gang member a Joyce Watson said. A the has a daughter and a wife and he a been working two attorneys from the Center for constitutional Law and Justice appeared in court on behalf of Williams. One of them Juliet Ireland said a request to move the Case out of los Angeles would be seriously considered. As she made the comment an unidentified Spectator shouted Quot can we move to Simi Valley where they done to believe in videotapes Quot the Simi Valley jury acquitted the four defendants despite what prosecutors had contended was irrefutable evidence a videotape made by a local resident that showed King being beaten and kicked by the officers As he Lay on the ground following a traffic Case. Los Angeles county District attorney Ira Reiner said he would ask a judge Friday to retry officer Laurence m. Powell on one exc Essic Force charge on which the jury in the King Case was deadlocked the other three officers were cleared of All charges but . Officials Are looking into bringing Federal civil rights charges against them. In the stars and stripes10 years ago May 16,1982 a British troops landed on the Falkland islands in a Quot commando Type Quot raid on Argentine installations and then withdrew the British defense ministry said.20 year Sago May 16,1972 a Alabama gov. George c. Wallace was critically wounded As he campaigned at a Maryland shopping Center for the democratic presidential nomination.30 years ago May 16, 1962 a in a move to protect Thailand from the Throat of communist forces in neighbouring Laos president Kennedy ordered 5,000 troops to take up Battle stations in Thailand and the soviet Union agreed with the United states on the necessity for an effective cease fire in laos.40 years ago May 16,1952 a truckers reported having to wait up to 12 hours to Clear soviet checkpoints in Germany As soviet guards continued to harass . And British military Highway patrols and delay German goods passing through the soviet zone. Governor urged to halt execution of prisoner who claims innocence Worl d War i so years ago today 16 may1 a 9 4 2 Britain s 8th army makes final preparations for launching an offensive in North Africa but Erwin Rommel a afrika Korps shows signs of getting ready for its own attack German and italian bombers Pound Malta for a sixth straight Day in the Campaign to Knock the tiny Mediterranean Island out of the War As a British base for attacks on convoys supplying Axis troops in North Africa. _ Richmond a. Up Roger Keith Coleman who is scheduled to be executed next week professed his innocence thursday and amnesty International .a. Called on gov. L. Douglas Wilder to Grant him clemency. A a in a bitter and in a angry and in a frustrated a said Coleman 33. He is scheduled to be executed wednesday for the 1981 rape and murder of his sister in Law Wanda Mccoy in the Coal mining Community of Grundy in far southwestern Virginia. The 19-year-old Mccoy was slashed to death in her Home along slate Creek in the Remote Mountain Community nestled 20 Miles from the Kentucky Border. There was no sign of forced entry and prosecutors said Coleman who had served a stint in prison for attempted rape was one of Only three men whom she would have allowed in her Home while her husband was at work. Coleman who served As a pallbearer at Mccoy a funeral was arrested five weeks after the crime based on a web of circumstantial evidence pieced together by investigators. A a in be been sitting Here locked up for 11 years for something i did no to do a Coleman said thursday in a conference Call from prison with reporters. A and in a six Days away from he denied killing or raping Mccoy. A i am innocent a the former Coal Miner said. He vowed to continue his Effort for a new trial. A a in a going to fight to prove that in a innocent a til in a either free or in a dead one or the Coleman Slegal team is preparing to take his Case to the 4th . Circuit court of appeals in Richmond a. His attorneys Are seeking a hearing to present evidence that they contend would win him a new trial. Coleman also has asked Wilder for clemency and amnesty International .a. Held a state Capitol news conference to rally behind him. John Healey executive director of the human rights group referred to the los Angeles riots and said there is a growing world opinion a that the United states is beginning to embark on a Trail of Healey asked How the United states can permit executions and Call itself the Leader of the world movement toward Freedom and democracy. A can we Tell the Khomeini and the Raf Sanjenis of this world that we now know How to kill and who to kill and you done to he said in reference to the late and current leaders of Iran. Jim Mcclosky a Lay minister from Princeton n.j., who leads a group that has exonerated 12 death Row inmates through its investigations has spent the last four years checking Coleman s claims. Mccloskey said the prosecutions Case was a weak and highly a i have no doubt Roger Keith Coleman is completely innocent a said Mccloskey who reviewed details of the Case with reporters. He theorized that Mccoy was killed by two men who lived near the victim. Coleman Scase is gathering International attention. He appears on the cover Roger Keith Coleman of the current Issue of time Magazine and the Case was to be discussed thursday night on Cable news networks Larry King live. One of his attorneys Kathleen Buchan said she had no qualms about taking her clients Case Public. A if it has to go the court of Public opinion then so be it a said Beehan. Guess yields mom a Cool chunk of change s2194 Days of War w h Smith i it me a Nenana Alaska apr an unemployed single Mother of four has won $165,000 in alaskans annual Nenana ice classic by guessing within two minutes the time of the Tanana River Spring breakup. Mary Lou Burke 33, said she would use her winnings to buy new shoes and a Home for her children and planned to donate 10 percent a to the lord because the lord s the one who gave it to a then of course Uncle Sam takes his chunk. With what a left i need a Home. I want to get some land and a Home to give stability to the kids and 1 done to have a vehicle. I done to have anything a said Burke who lives in Nenana a Village about 70 Miles South of Fairbanks. The traditional a a tripod platform mounted on the Frozen River last Winter broke free thursday floated Down River and stopped a clock at 6 26 . Alaska Standard time. Burke estimated the ice would go out at 6 28 . Ast. The tickets Are sold during a period when the state switches from Standard to Daylight saving time so guesses Are recorded in Standard time. Ast is 10 hours behind Central european time she spent $20 for 10 tickets and based her guesses on the birth dates of her children Leigha 12, Charles 9, Andrew 8, and Maggie 2. She also allowed them to choose some. The Correct ticket was her last. Because Burke docs not have a phone Marilyn Coghill from Coghill a general store was dispatched to deliver the news. A she screamed Quot Coghill said. Quot she says a what do i do what do i do a she find her shoes. They were in the Middle of the floor. Quot she is really a Nice person. T Here is no one better it could have happened to
