European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 15, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 b the stars and stripes . Sunday november 15,1992 signs Point to exodus of haitian refugees Miami up a coast guard Aerial photos of Haiti show 610 boats ready to sail and 107 under construe Tion suggesting a haitian refugee exodus could be looming the Miami Herald reported saturday. In Northwest Haiti residents were spotted dismantling Homes to obtain Wood to build still More boats in the impoverished and largely deforested nation. A there is a substantial increase in the number of boats ready to go a the newspaper quoted from a coast guard intelligence report based on evidence from a nov. 6 overflight. The preparations come As haitians anticipate a change in . Policy toward them under the Clinton administration. A coast guard commander in Miami sounded a note of scepticism however. It. Cmdr. Jim Howe who was not briefed on the intelligence report said it would be hard to Tell whether the new boats arc intended for Normal Commerce and fishing As opposed to ferrying refugees. A a in a not sure there a anything that shows there a any extraordinary building activity going on a he said. The coast guard overflight was the first in several months leaving questions about How quickly the new boats Are being built. But other signs were ominous. There has been increased travel to la Gurtave an Island of 60,000 inhabitants that is traditionally a launching spot for haitian refugees the newspaper said. Last week haitian authorities foiled attempts to Hijack two ferries to the Island. A we Are expecting an exodus a the newspaper quoted an unidentified american official As saying. A a it a going to make the Maricl thing look like a  during the 1980 Mariel boat lift 125,000 cuban refugees arrived in Florida Over four months when cuban president Fidel Castro allowed or forced political dissidents felons and mental patients to leave Cuba. The Maricl boat lift presented South Florida with its worse immigration crisis and helped cripple the re election bid of president Carter. President elect Clinton pledged thursday to alter . Policy toward haitian boat people which mandates immediate repatriation without allowing them to apply for political Asylum. President Bush implemented the policy in May. Clinton did not release specifics of his plan but said the United states should provide a temporary asylums to haitian refugees a until we restore the elected government of  woman convicted in jello murder Taunton mass. Up a 41-year-old woman was found guilty Friday of first degree murder for lacing her boyfriends jello with a fatal dose of Ltd nearly three years ago. She was immediately sentenced to life in prison without parole. A Bristol county Superior court jury deliberated for just More than five hours before convicting Christine Martin of Westport in the Jan. 21, 1990, slaying of Richard Alfredo 61. Judge William Carey imposed the mandatory life sentence moments after the verdict was handed Down. Martin had admitted on the stand during the two week trial that she plotted to murder Alfredo by lacing his Strawberry jello with the hallucinogenic drug because she believed he had sexually abused her teen age daughter. But the Mother claimed she never went through with the plan. The daughter Teasha Pauline 17, also took the stand and confessed to the killing saying she decided to murder Alfredo when her Mother backed out of the plot. The girl said she had been sexually abused by her mothers Lover from the time she was 6 until the age of 14. But assistant District attorney Renee Dupuis who prosecuted the Case told the jury m her closing statement thursday that the girls Story was nothing More than a a Nide for to script Quot to win an acquittal for her Mother. A medical examiner testified that the victim who suffered from a heart condition died of a heart attack after consuming the poisoned dessert. Teasha Pauline 17, testified that she killed her mothers Boyfriend by lacing his jello with Ltd but jurors convicted her Mother instead. Detroit prosecutor vows to charge officers Detroit up a a prosecutor seeking to quell criticism that he is moving too slowly against police accused in the fatal beating of a Black Motorist pledged Friday that some of the officers a will be prosecuted with  Wayne county prosecutor John d. Of hair said a charges will be filed against some of the officers involved in the death of malice w. Green 35, but did not say which of them or How Many. He said he plans an announcement Early this week. Six White officers and one Black officer were suspended without pay after Green was beaten to death nov. 5 on a Street on Detroit a West Side. I would like to give to the Community at Large the Public absolute Assurance that those officers who have committed criminal acts will be charged a of hair told a news conference. A they will be arrested and they will be prosecuted with  of hair said a five member review team still was interviewing key witnesses Friday. He said the investigation involves a a sequence of activity where you have various Levels and degrees of participation by different  the National association for the advancement of coloured people was to hold a Public forum sunday to explore police conduct and Community relations in the aftermath of greens death.14 former prison officials indicted in sex abuse Case from wire reports Atlanta a fourteen former Georgia prison officials including a former Deputy Warden were indicted Friday in the sexual abuse of female inmates. The inmates claim they were raped put into prostitution rings or forced to have abortions homosexual relationships or sex for favors. In March the corrections department called in the Georgia Bureau of investigation and hired a special investigator for an internal probe of sexual abuse at Georgia women a correctional institution the states largest prison for women about 80 Miles Southeast of Atlanta. Since March eight employees have been fired seven others resigned four were transferred and five were suspended in connection with the allegations. Among those indicted was Cornealious Stanley former Deputy Warden at the prison. The Baldwin county grand jury charged him with rape sodomy and sexual  shooting causes stir Dallas a a frightened Secretary called police a teacher suffered an asthma attack and others chased the a a suspect following a mock double shooting staged at a High school As part of an emergency preparedness Drill. A folks were really really upset a said computer science teacher Kevin Collier. A when All this a happening people were diving for  the Cap gun shootings thursday left two a a victims lying face Down in a Lincoln High school hallway a and police officials seeing red. Only principal Napoleon Lewis and several administrators knew the incident Wasny to real. Lewis said the Drill was conducted As part of a crisis plan required by the District. A there were a lot of people upset about what they did a said police senior Cpl. .  drops More than ton Pound wis. A residents of Pound committed to downsizing have shed 2,869 pounds. About 160 villagers in this Hamlet of 434 ended their collective diet last week weighing 29,061 pounds nearly 1.5 tons less than on july 8, when it began. Their efforts were aided by 1,500 cases of free products from slim fast. A efm proud of the people in town a said Village president Richard Adamski who tipped the Scales at 264 pounds 42 less than his predict High. Motivated by the Community a name slim fast provided the town with Low calorie shakes and snacks and equipped a weigh in Center at the town Hall with four treadmills. The company held a Daylong Celebration thursday. La s Angeles dodgers manager Tommy Lasorda a slim fast Veteran attended the  said to Block cravings Philadelphia a a prescription drug reduces cravings for alcohol and appears to prevent a recovering alcoholics relapse in up to four of five people researchers said Friday. Used in combination with behavioural treatment the drug reduced relapse from 54 percent to 23 percent according to one of two reports in saturdays archives of general psychiatry. The dig Nal Trevone blocks the a a High alcoholics feel and is widely prescribed to treat narcotic addictions. Or Joseph Volpicelli a University of Pennsylvania psychiatrist said his study found that the drug also reduces an alcoholics craving to drink. The findings could affect treatment immediately because Nal Trevone manufactured by Dupont pharma As texan in the United states and Europe May be prescribed by doctors for uses other than heroin addiction. Industry sources said the drugs annual sales Are less than $15 million. But the director of clinical prevention of the National Institute on alcohol abuse and alcoholism or. Richard Fuller warned against immediate use. A this is very exciting very promising work a Fuller  the other hand these Are just two studies. I d be careful about immediately applying the medication. The final word Isnit in yet