European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 3, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 a the stars and stripes wednesday june 3, 1992 Many riot cases dropped for Lack of identification cafe owner Louis Kocsis shows the Gash in his  saw rampage ends in 2 arrests Torrington Conn. Apr two men who were denied drinks at a tavern because they had missed the last Call for the night returned a few minutes later and Cut the wooden bar in half with Chain saws police said. John Haddon and William Fitch who also allegedly Cut out part of a staircase railing at the Midway cafe surrendered when police arrived Early sunday. The two were charged with breach of peace reckless endangerment earning a dangerous weapon criminal trespass and criminal mischief. They were released on promises to appear in Bantam Superior court. Court officials did not know monday when the men s court dates would be. The Gash in the Midway s bar was sealed with duct tape sunday. Damage was estimated at $250. Midway patrons said Haddon and filch both 23 and from Cornwall were regulars at the tavern. Los Angeles apr nearly a third of the riot related tooting cases to come up for preliminary hearings have been dismissed because officers who made multiple arrests Are having trouble identifying suspects. A the main problem seems to be identifying the body in the courtroom As the person who was arrested during the riots a John Lynch head of the District attorney s Central trial division said monday. Of 820 cases that had completed preliminary hearings by Friday 227 were dismissed 547 defendants were held for trial and 46 changed their peas to guilty Lynch said. Lynch said he had expected More dismissals and was surprised by How Well officers had done in identifying suspects arrested in the chaos. In some cases 30 or 40 people were arrested together he said. Some officers tagged their suspects with wristbands that matched the numbers on their arrest reports he said. Others look polaroids of suspects and attached them to arrest reports. Lynch said the Normal rate of dismissals in non riot cases is 10 percent to u percent. About 4,000 defendants were arraigned on riot re lated charges. In addition the City attorney has been processing some 2,000 curfew violators and about 1,000 other Misdemeanour cases. Also monday More than a dozen Church leaders urged Blacks to keep Money in their Community my promised to invest More than $6 million a week in Parish funds in three Black owned Banks. Fifteen churches plan to set up tables sunday for opening new Bank accounts. The changes Are intended to Spur economic revival in neighbourhoods devastated by rioting. A a we re not trying to cripple anybody. We re trying to empower our own Banks said the Rev. Edgar Boyd whose Bethel african methodist episcopal Church had banked at Bank of America. Less than 4 percent of Urban Blacks Bank at the three los Angeles area minority owned financial institutions according to Church and banking leaders. A a it seemed that most Black Folk have been for so Long duped to understand that the White Many a ice was colder a Boyd said. Separately Energy Secretary James d. Watkins announced that his department is speeding expansion of a program that deposits in minority owned Banks penalties paid by Oil companies for violating Price controls in the 1970s. Previously $22 million was to be released nationally. Watkins said $250 million will now be made available this year including $22 million extra for minority owned los Angeles Banks and $15 million More for other minority owned Banks in California. Father says officer did King a favor los Angeles apr the Only police officer who faces a retrial in the beating of Rodney g. King a did him a Favory by not killing the Black Motorist the defendants father says. A officers have to do what they re trained to do when a person resists arrest and that Sall they were doing a Edwin Powell said. Not Only was his son officer Laurence m. Powell Correct by inflicting the most blows on King the night of March 3, 1991, but he showed restraint by not user to his gun Edwin Powell said. A actually they did him a favor by using Batons and not shooting  said the 55-Ycar-old father a lieutenant in the los Angeles county marshals office. He is talking to the Media in order to generate sympathy and Money to pay for a defense in his songs second trial. �?o1 want Justice too a he said. A but the Only Way to have Justice is to have Money to prove my songs  three other current and former officers were acquitted april 29 of beating King. Laurence Powell alone faces retrial on one unresolved count of assault under color of authority. The los Angeles police protective league which paid an estimated $1 million in Legal fees for the four while defendants during the first trial will pay Only $50,000 for the second trial the elder Powell said. He said he has raised about $4,000 since he first appealed to the Public May 22. The effect of the beating the acquittals and subsequent riots Cut deeply into the Powell family and they have received death threats he said. A a it a incredible. We even get blamed for the riots a he said adding that he thought the police department should Supply the family with guards. Judge rules for spotted owl in logging Case Washington up a Federal judge monday upheld the authority of the . Fish and wildlife service to restrict logging on private lands in order to preserve habitat for the Northern spotted owl. . District judge Norma Johnson ruled in a Case filed in the summer of by Timber interests in California Oregon and Washington challenging the Agency a authority. The judge decided the Agency had acted properly in adopting rules for owl habitat on private lands in the Wake of the Agency a listing of the owl As threatened under the and angered species act. The ruling could conceivably affect millions of acres of private lands if allowed to stand but Timber interests vowed a speedy Appeal. The lawsuit challenges the Agency a authority on two grounds. In one it says the Agency has taken actions allowed Only under the Quot endangered designation for a species not the less severe a a threatened category in which the owl had been placed. The lawsuit also claims the Agency superseded its authority by declaring any alteration of owl habitat equivalent to the a a taking of an owl. Jackie Lange of the Oregon lands coalition said the ruling was another disappointing development for Northwest loggers. She added that old growth Timber a will always be mismanaged As Long As the courts remain in  Kevin Brett of the Portland  american Forest resource Alliance said a Many private landowners that Are impacted by the owl listing Are confused and frustrated about what they can and cannot do on their own  Brett said an Appeal of the decision is a a virtual certainly. A a what sat stake is that this would be a signal from the courts to the Agency that it can act As it pleases and alter the Law As it  Brett said. The ruling comes on the heels of thursdays decision in Seattle by . District judge William Dwyer that the Forest services plan for protecting the spotted owl a a year in the making a was inadequate. One Day later Dwyer re instituted a ban on sales of standing Timber in the National forests of Washington Oregon and California to logging companies As he did a year ago in ordering the Forest service to comply with the fish and wildlife a owl designation and formulate a management plan. The ban expired Early this year but the Forest sen ice held no sales As it prepared its owl plan. Florida Boner bans Bingo a for a few Days i All a i j \ 42 i i2 121., z v xxx n i ii a a a a a _ iallai1assle, Fla. Apr Bingo played a thousands of people for Charity fun and profit became illegal tuesday in Florida. The state Laws authorizing the game expired monday and were not replaced because the House and Senate  agree on How Long to extend them. As a result Bingo a for a few Days at least it officially just another form of illegal gambling punishable by up to 60 Days in jail and a $500 Fine. A we re going to have an Indian uprising on out or s hands a predicted state sen. Larry Plummer Bingo Halls operated on reservations Are a maj source of Revenue for Florida a Indian tribes. 1 rank hit rubella lobbyist for the Blortzu Bingo association said the group will Tell its members to com ply with the Law if local Law enforcement officials decide to enforce it. And slate sen. . Childers Scoltch at the notion that authorities would suddenly begin arresting Bingo players in an election year. But others said the Mere fact that the names Are no longer Legal would deter some people from playing hurting fund raising for churches and charities. Lawmakers had set june 1 As the automatic expiration Date for Bingo Laws to Force action on legislation tightening regulation of the games particularly those run by commercial operators. But senators refused to go along with a House Bill that would have extended the Law until july 1, 1993. The Senate wanted no end Date. Neither chamber plans a session until thursday a Hen things Are expected to be set right again