European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 4, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 a the stars and stripes . Friday december 4, 1992 report on . Riot cites delays for ammunition i Sacramento Calif. Apr bad planning and a Lack of ammunition held up deployment of National guard soldiers mobilized to help quell rioting in los Angeles following the Rodney. G. King beating verdicts a report says. Retired it. Gen. William Hardin Harrison said in the document wednesday that deployment of 2,000 guard members was delayed by More than six hours although they reported to their armoires april 30 by 4 ., two hours Early. A the performance of individual guardsmen and guard women was phenomenal a he said. A unfortunately they did not have ammunition they did no to have proper equipment and they did no to have proper training in civil disturbances. Harrison prepared the report at the request of gov. Pete Wilson who said the foul  outlined by the 72-Page document might appear to be a a comedy of  rioting began april 29, after a jury with no Black members acquitted three White los Angeles police officers and partially acquitted a fourth of charges in the videotaped beating of King a Black Motorist. At around 9 . That night los Angeles mayor Tom Bradley asked Wilson to Call out 2,000 members of the guard to Aid police. The guard for Security reasons had just finished transferring its ammunition from armoires to Camp Roberts about 200 Miles Northwest of los Angeles. Guard officials ordered aviation officers to bring ammunition to los Alamitos near los Angeles by 8  April 30, but problems occurred Harrison said. The guard initially planned to Fly the ammunition to los Angeles in a c-130 transport plane but because of demands on those aircraft officers decided to use a helicopter. When the helicopter arrived at Camp Roberts at 6 30 ., it had to be loaded by hand because the Crew did t have a a rollers used to put on Large loads. Once the ammunition was on Board officials found that it included spent Gas grenades that had to be unloaded and replaced. The helicopter also had to Stop at nearby Camp san Luis Obispo to pick up riot gear. It did no to leave there until 12 20 . And did no to arrive at los Alamitos until 1 50 . A nearly six hours after the ammunition was supposed to arrive. The first guard units did no to leave los Alamitos until 2 35 ., according to Harrison a report. Baby Sitters from a Birds Eye View this May look like a pack of Roaches crawling across a baby s face. Actually its a flock of Birds that found a cozy resting place wednes Day. They re sitting on top of a Hospital billboard advertising maternity services in Little Rock Ark the baby appears to be in Fine Feather Over the situation. Panel attacks bogus pow claims Washington apr unethical groups have played on emotions to raise millions of dollars Tor fruitless pow Rescue operations into Southeast Asia members of a Senate panel charged wednesday. Several fund raising groups came under fire in a hearing of the select committee on pow Mia affairs for using false or unsupported claims about live pos to raise Money and then keeping most of it As an Quot administrative  a a it a fraudulent. Its disingenuous. Its grotesque on its face a said sen. John f. Kerry d-mass., chairman of the committee. A there ought to be a Standard for some of the junk you people put out in spreading some of these  Kerry was speaking to a panel of witnesses representing various fund raising organizations that have solicited contributions to pow Rescue groups. The committee made Public several documents indicating that the Rescue groups generated funds by telling potential donors that they were on the verge of freeing own. John be Boult ii Era a Skyhook ii a pow Rescue group wrote contributors Quot some of our captive americans Are in failing health. We must move quickly if we want to bring them Home  Teboul Tillier is a former Republican congressman from new York. A hj87 fund raising letter from retired air Force col Jack Bailey of operation Rescue a pow organization urged contributors to hurry a those of us Here have Only until december to get them out. After that no telling what the Savage communists might  none of the Rescue missions described in the fundraising letters resulted in the discovery or freeing of any pos. Telephone Calls to operation Rescue and Skyhook 11 seeking their response were not answered. But Curtis Stern of info vision management which drafted the letter for Skyhook ii called the letter a a Correct statement of  Kerry said the committee has no solid evidence that any pos Are still being held in Southeast Asia. Sen. Robert c. Smith r-n.h., committee vice chairman differed from his colleagues arguing that the claims of the groups have not yet been disproved. Also wednesday four committee members told president Bush in an Oval office meeting that the United states should Reward Vietnam for its recent increased assistance in determining the Fate of . Servicemen. A we believe that its our move in a sense and that there ought to be some Effort to reciprocate a Kerry said  opens for 2 accused in drug agent s murder from wire reports los Angeles a the trial of or. Humberto Alvarez Machain and Ruben Zuno Arce in the torture murder of drug agent Enrique Camarena began wednesday. Alvarez has been in prison for nearly three years while he and the mexican government fought futilely for his return to Mexico. Alvarez a Guadalajara gynaecologist and Zuno brother in Law of former mexican president Luis Echeverria Are accused of complicity in Camarena a slaying in Mexico. The . Drug enforcement administration agent was abducted in Guadalajara in february 1985, and tortured to death by a drug lord and his associates. Alvarez is accused of keeping Camarena alive during the  was paper Tiger Lilly a. A police officers rushed into a video store and Drew weapons on a cardboard cutout of actor Denzel Washington after a passer by reported seeing a gunman inside. Seven police cruisers from Lilly and nearby communities rushed to the Stop in go video store tuesday evening. Four officers rushed inside while others blockaded the area outside. Inside the officers found a cutout of Washington dressed As a policeman and holding a gun to promote the movie Ricochet. Officer Thomas Durkay said it was Clear How the passer by could have mistaken the cutout from outside the store and he praised her for calling  Lous ruled illegal Sacramento Calif. A California acted illegally last summer when it issued ious to thousands of state workers during a budget deadlock a Federal judge has ruled. . District judge Garland Burrell said wednesday that the state violated the fair labor standards act by paying employees with paper that was t immediately negotiable a it in Cash or its  the decision which came in a suit filed by several state workers could prevent the state from issuing More ious during next years budget negotiations. The state plans to Appeal the ruling said Dan Schnur a spokesman for gov. Pete  called diabolical a a woman charged with killing her live in Boyfriend struck him in the head 2u times stabbed him dismembered his body cooked hts head and hands and stuffed the remains m numerous bags and boxes a prosecutor told a jury. Deputy District attorney Randolph Pawloski said during of eng statements wednesday that Omaima Aree Nelson 27, of Costa Mesa hit William e. Nelson 56, Over the head with a lamp and an Iron then used a diabolical thought process to perform the grisly task of cutting apart his body and trying to dispose of the remains. J 6 Deputy Public defender Thomas Mooney said there is no question that Nelson killed the Man. But Mooney argues that the woman lashed out at �5lson in self defense after he raped her and that she was a a victimized that night and throughout her life by men. Hinckley wants Holiday wnckl1 or tsp 1 presidential assailant John a Jee ing court permission for  a y aves from the mental Hospital where he was confined after shooting president Reagan in 1981. Cooling that he has Riser bad the request on a claim mat be has made great Progress in his treatment Quot and has been rewarded with a greater Prili Iees a and  without incident according s a Quot a but Federal prosecutors and Hospital officials others if not or nip 1 amp t0 himself and liners it not properly supervised. Col Tofu Stos nce he was Zih Tredin i982 by