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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 30, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday May 30, 1992 the stars and stripes a Page 7 attorney Karen Ackerson stands in front of her client Henry Keith Watson while attorney j. Patrick Maginnis stands in front of  client Antoine Eugene Miller cent Erand Damian Monroe Williams in a los Angeles court thursday. 3 . Riot suspects charged in attacks on 12 other people by the los Angeles times los Angeles a three reputed gang members accused of beating truck Driver Reginald o. Denny have been charged with attacking 12 other victims during the Early moments of the los Angeles riots. The new charges a stemming from seven separate incidents videotaped by journalists and other bystanders april 29 a illustrate a a pattern of malicious beatings and assaults and robberies that occurred at the Flash Point of the violence said los Angeles county District attorney Ira Reiner. At a crowded news conference Reiner said thursday that the hour Long series of attacks included two additional cases of men allegedly being pulled from their trucks and beaten. They represent a Clear rebuttal to the argument that Denny May have provoked the attack by shouting racial epithets at Blacks on the Street Reiner said. The nationally broadcast videotape of Denny who is White being dragged from  truck and attacked has come to symbolize the upheaval following the Rodney g. King verdicts. A emr. Denny was not an Only victim a he was just by the los Angeles times Washington a declaring that the los Angeles riots have changed the american Agenda members of the congressional Black caucus said thursday that they would press for deeper military budget cuts and support efforts to spend More on cities and the poor. Rep. Ron Dellums d-Calif., said the caucus would join with the . Conference of mayors to Back its recommendations on Urban Aid. The caucus first Effort on the House floor will come next week when Dellums and fellow Democrat rep. Maxine Waters of los Angeles introduce an amendment to Cut 10 percent from the $274 billion military authorization Bill approved by the House armed services committee. Philadelphia up a about 25 people have been charged with filing false personal injury claims hoping to profit from bus accidents. In one Case 11 people filed suits against the Southeastern Pennsylvania transportation authority for injuries suffered in a bus crash june 28, 1988. But the bus was beginning its route and was empty at the time of the Accident according to . Attorney Michael Bayl son. A the common Factor running through All of the indictments. Is that each of the individuals indicted presented wholly fictitious claims that each had been injured while a passenger on a Septa bus when none of the defendants were on the buses a Baylson said. One among the great Many a Reiner said deploring Media coverage that he claimed has Given undeserved legitimacy to the attackers in some instances. Only hours after the new charges were announced the three suspects appeared in court and pleaded not guilty to the 33 additional felony counts. The counts Range from assault with a deadly weapon to throwing objects at a vehicle. An infant suffered cuts in one attack said Reiner who did not elaborate on the child a condition. Los Angeles municipal court judge William r. Chidsey rejected reinerus request to deny bail or set it at $1 million. But the judge did raise the bail to $580,000 for suspects Damian Monroe a a football Williams 19, and Antoine Eugene a a twang Miller 20. The judge also raised bail for Henry Keith a ski kit Watson 27, to $500,000. Previously the bail for each defendant had been Between $160,000 and $195,000. Fred Sebastian a spokesman for the Center for constitutional Law and Justice which represents Williams suggested that Reiner was a a grandstanding a week before the California primary elections a a charge that the District attorney denied. A we know this can be done rationally and without damage to our legitimate defense needs a Dellums said arguing that the collapse of the soviet Union should allow greater cuts than those proposed. To Transfer savings to Domestic needs Congress would have to revise the terms of the 1990 budget agreement by tearing Down Walls that bar the Transfer of military Money to other programs. Democratic leaders tried to do that in March but were Defeated by a vote of 283-187. Dellums conceded that the caucus probably would lose a fight to reverse the vote unless Public opinion could be mobilized to lobby lawmakers in the Wake of the los Angeles rioting. The claims involved three accidents in the summer of 1988. Septa general manager Louis Gambaccini said that because the transit Agency is self insured claims payments come from Money for bus operations. The cases were investigated by a Federal insurance fraud task Force that was set up three years ago Baylson said. No doctors or lawyers were named because officials think they were unwitting parties to the fraud he said. Gambaccini said Septa has used advertising and the threat of prosecution to reduce the number of claims and lawsuits filed against the Agency. Those suits Are expected to total $48 million in fiscal 1992, and the Agency Hopes to reduce that amount by $8 million in 1993. Us class salutes graduate who finishes at Bottom from wire reports Annapolis my. A finishing at the Bottom of the class paid off for  stare a for one Day anyway. The . Naval Academy graduate from Roselle hi., received a standing ovation and $1,009 during commencement exercises wednesday for  Bottom ranking in the class of graduating midshipmen traditionally pitch in $1 each for the midshipman with the lowest ranking a practice Academy officials frown on. No one knew until the last minute who would win the not so grand prize. Last week 1,016 midshipmen were scheduled to graduate. But when the final grades came in six did no to make  shakes California desert hot Springs Calif. A minor quake  the Joshua tree area thursday. The temblor which measured 3.2 on the Richter scale struck at 2 52 p.m., said Robert finn a spokesman for the Cal tech seismology Laboratory in Pasadena. The epicentre was eight Miles cast of desert hot Springs he said. Thursdays Shaker was an aftershock to the 6.1 quake that rattled the area april 22. A dispatcher with the Riverside county sheriffs department said there had been no Calls about the quake and there were no reports of damage or  offers Reward Nederland Texas the father of Oklahoma plutonium worker Karen Gay Silkwood is offering a $5,000 Reward for information leading to the identification and imprisonment of anyone responsible for her death. Silkwood 28, died in an Auto crash in 1974. Oklahoma state investigators said the death was an Accident but Bill Silkwood said he believes somebody forced  daughters car off the Road. She reportedly had documentation about work practices at the Kerr Mcgee plutonium Plant near Crescent okla., and she was in route to a meeting with a reporter when the crash occurred. A we know someone killed her. We just done to know who or Why a said Bill Silkwood 67, a retired Painter. He is running a classified and in the daily oklahoman that will continue throughout the week. His daughters death has been the subject of at least two books and a 1984 movie starring meryl  is not amused Limerick a. There once were some wheat Fields near Philly. Where the wind blew the wheat Willy Nilly. When circles appeared flying saucers were feared but the Farmer called that idea silly. A police officer in Limerick Pun intended discovered about a dozen mysterious crop circles monday. They seem like Small versions of circles that appeared in England a and turned out to be a hoax. Similar circles have appeared in Fields across the United states. Some Limerick townspeople speculated that ufos May have made the circles. But Farmer Henry Gottshall who leases the land said Nosy visitors have trampled  crop for nothing. He said the patterns happen every year when excess fertilizer causes the crops to get heavy and the wind blows them Over. A you get a Bunch of idiots who done to know anything about farming a he complained. Limerick is about 30 Miles Northwest of Philadelphia. Group seeks More defense cuts 25 charged with faking Accident claims  
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