European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 4, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse Thursday june 4, 1992 . Votes to give citizens More control Over police from wire reports promptly calling in outside agencies ins pc a i j r. The stars and stripes Page 7 from wire reports los Angeles a a historic City charter amendment to make the los Angeles police department More accountable to the Community won a decisive Victory tuesday. With two thirds of the City vote counted charter amendment f was passing by about a 70-to-30 ratio in an apparent rejection of police chief Daryl f. Gates his management style and department operations. The results were seen As a Triumph for residents and civic leaders who believe that the department should be More responsive to the City a minority communities. Gates an Active opponent of the measure said a this is a Power play. It will politicize the police department right Down to the Man on the essentially the amendment would limit a police chief to two five year terms allow the mayor to select a chief with the approval of the City Council and provide civilian review of officer misconduct by adding a civilian to disciplinary panels. Before tuesdays votes were counted top police administrators said they have significantly enhanced measures to control any possible future unrest. The revisions to the departments Long standing a tactical manual included such refinements As providing detailed maps for locating and setting up division command posts providing firetruck escorts an Connecticut first to Zap hand held radar gun use from wire reports Hartford Conn. A gov. Lowell p. Weicker or. Signed legislation tuesday making Connecticut the first state in the nation to ban hand held radar guns which police unions believe can cause cancer after Long term use. Radar guns will still be allowed if mounted outside police cars and Weicker said other Speed detecting technologies using lasers would also be substituted to enforce Speed limits. The ban which takes effect july 1, passed the House and Senate ban Short lived Tallahassee Fla. A Bingo players Are no longer outlaws in Florida. The legislature hastily passed a Law making Bingo Legal again tuesday ending a la Day period when it was just another form of illegal gambling. Gov. Lawton Chiles signed the measure. A i found out what the real important things Are a he said. The Laws authorizing Bingo expired at 12 01 . Monday. Passage of new Laws to keep the game Legal had been stalled by a dispute Between the Senate and House Over when the Laws should expire. Tuesdays Compromise will keep Bingo Legal until july 1, 1993.anti-Gay measure of d Gainesville Fla. A the City commission adopted a Resolution tuesday condemning Gay rights saying it would be an opening to groups interested in sex with children animals and corpses. The Resolution which passed 3-2, urges the Alachua county commission to omit any Gay rights amendment in a planned anti discrimination doctor faces jail los Angeles a a doctor accused of giving bulk building steroids to celebrity patients including the late professional football Star Lyle Alzado pleaded guilty to illegal trafficking in the controlled drug. Or. Walter f. Jekot 51, admitted monday to illegally buying steroids five times in 1985 and �?T86. In Exchange for his plea 27 other Federal counts were dropped. He races up to five years in prison and a $250,000 Fine when sentenced sept. 17. Promptly calling in outside agencies. The new measures were designed to avoid a recurrence of problems that befell police during the disturbances that flared after the april 29 not guilty verdicts in the police beating of Rodney g. King. The department received Broad National condemnation for its handling of the unrest. By inference the new directives were an acknowledgement of failures by police that included a slow response to the riot flashpoint and an inability to escort firetrucks to numerous arson fires. In another follow up to the rioting police investigations of 60 deaths linked by the coroners office to the City a recent riots show at least 15 May have been unrelated to the civil unrest. A death toll of 45 would still make the rioting triggered by acquittals in the videotaped beating of Black Motorist King the deadliest in the United states this Century. Forty three people died in the 1967 Detroit riots 34 died in the 1965 Watts riots. The coroners tally included a Man who fell asleep while smoking in bed a Man shot during a drug Deal and 13 others that appear unrelated to the disturbance. The discrepancy appears to have been caused in part by the coroners categorizing As a riot related most homicides that occurred in the county during the violence. I if a police chief Daryl f. Gates. Overruled by voters Milken fingers sex pal in scheme new York up a fallen junk Bond King Michael Milken has linked a former Friend to an alleged fraud committed in their Days together at the investment firm Drexel Burnham Lambert. Speaking softly Milken offered testimony in Manhattan a Federal court tuesday against Alan Rosenthal admitting that he hoped his appearance would mean a reduction in his 10-year prison sentence. Asked if Rosenthal understood he was helping to create a tax loss for Independent Money manager David Solomon Milken tried to answer indirectly but nailed Rosenthal to the scheme nonetheless. A the would conclude David was trying to generate a loss a Milken said affirming Rosenthals understanding of the Complex and allegedly illegal trading scheme. Rosenthal helped Milken create losses to reduce Solomon a tax liability then created trading gains to offset the losses As a Way of repaying Solomon for helping Milken cover an internal Drexel charge of Between $300,000 and $400,000. The other part of the governments 11 charges against Rosenthal involve alleged embezzlement of Bond clients who were not told of a Deal in Drc Xelo a favor to shave the costs of junk Bond trades with a Mutual fund called the Finsbury fund. Stripped of his Bushy Toupee and looking gaunt Milken 45, folded his hands and locked his gaze on assistant . Attorney Nelson Cunningham to avoid Rosenthals stare. Rosenthal worked for Milken a High flying High yield Bond division at Drexel. The Symbol of the greed and excesses of the 1980s, Milken pioneered the use of High yield Bonds that fuelled leveraged buyouts and takeovers during the decade and at one Point earned $550 million a year. Rosenthal 53, was friends with Milken since they commuted together to Manhattan from Cherry Hill n.j., before moving their families to Encino Calif., Milken testified. A that Friendship continued until today a said Milken now in a Federal prison Camp in Pleasonton Calif. Reporter s assignment turns to horror Story by the los Angeles times Temecula Calif. A when Gloria Murillo arrived at Temecula Valley High school on tuesday morning she was there As a reporter to cover the tragedy of a car Chase that had left five people dead. But her detachment evaporated into horror when she discovered that two of her own children were among those killed. Murillo a reporter for the Spanish language shopping publication Al Remote raced to Temecula Valley High school when she heard that there had been a fatal Accident. Murillo 36, went through her professional paces collecting information and interviewing witnesses. She talked to police officers at the scene As the bodies of her children Lay nearby covered with tarps. The names of the dead were not being released. When she told a coroners official at a barricade that she wanted to pick up her children from the school and take them Home he asked her name. He then told her that he thought her children May have been involved. Murillo a daughter Gloria 17, and son Jose 16, had been hit by a stolen truck being chased by . Border patrol agents. The truck ran a red Light and slammed into another car killing its occupants and then jumped the sidewalk blowing Down the Murillo children. Killed in the car were John Davis 46, of Temecula his son Todd 17 and Todd a 14-year-old Friend Mon Isa Emilio. Davis was dropping off the two for school when his car was severed by the fleeting Chevrolet suburban. Killer taunts victims families in court speech Oakland my. Apr the convicted killer of two teen agers ridiculed his victims in a courtroom tirade tuesday. Their cries bring laughter from the darkest caverns of my soul a John f. I Hanos told the victims grieving families. Three members of the victims families were crying after 1 Hanosh 15-minute speech. He called them cowards for not trying to kill Nim in revenge for the slayings. The relatives comment afterwards. Thanos was convicted of killing Billy Winebrenner 16, and Melody Pistorio 14, in a 1990 labor Day convenience store robbery. Thanos delivered the speech in the second Day of his trials sentencing phase. He faces a possible death sentence. Thanos who wore a Navy Blue Cap decorated with a Playboy Bunny also threatened his two defense attorneys and their families. Two mental health experts testified that Thanos suffers from a borderline personality disorder characterized in part by impulsive rages. They said that under stress the disorder can cause a person to lose Contact with reality. But a psychiatrist testifying for the prosecution said Thanos Wasny to insane when he killed the teen agers
