European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 12, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 6 the stars and stripes . Saturday december 12, 19922 murderers put to death in Virginia Texas from wire reports a Man who killed a woman in 1982 was executed thursday night in Virginia. Earlier in the Day Texas put to death by injection a Man convicted of killing a teacher. In Jarratt va., Timothy Dale Bunch 33, was pronounced dead at 11 20 p.m., said Wayne Brown operations officer at Greenville correctional Center. He became the 30th person put to death in the United states this year a the most in a year since 1962, when 47 people were executed. He was the 188th person executed nationwide and 17th in Virginia since the . Supreme court in 1976 allowed states to resume capital punishment. Bunch died less than 45 minutes after the . Supreme court in a 9-0 vote rejected a reprieve. Gov. L. Douglas Wilder would not Grant clemency monday. Earlier thursday evening a judge granted a request by fellow death Row inmate Savasky l. Poyner to Nave Bunche a execution videotaped. . District judge Robert r. Merhige or. Of Richmond also said Bunch would be asked not to Wear the leather mask normally used in executions. But a three judge panel of the 4th . Circuit court of appeals unanimously overturned the ruling. Poyner claims Virginia a electric chair represents an unconstitutional method of executing prisoners. The appeals court panel said the videotaping request looked like a an attempt by Poyner to interfere in the Bunch according to a news Media witness had an unusually Long final statement a almost six minutes in length. Toward the end he said a to Tell you the truth i wanted this to be a filibuster but i guess its time for me to shut up. As Steve Martin said a comedy is not a Bunch also asked about the mask and when officials told him he must Wear it he said a i was trying to avoid the death mask. I wanted More turning to the witnesses he then said a i wanted you to have to look me in the Bunch according to execution witness Doug Page of the associated press also said he thought about forcing the guards to carry him in but decided against it. He also thanked the victims family for forgiving him for what he had done saying a there is a lesson to be Learned by All of Bunch was convicted of robbing and murdering us Cha Thomas in her Dale City va., apartment Jan. 21, 1982. At the time he was a Marine temporarily stationed at nearby Quantico a. He told police he experienced sexual release when he shot Thomas in the head. He then dragged her across the floor and used a Scarf to hang her from a Doorknob. But Bunch later told the Richmond times dispatch he lied about the sexual Angle in Hopes of being sent to a mental institution rather than prison. A i thought that someone would see through this freudian thing of the gun going off and in a having an orgasm a Bunch said. More recently some relatives of Thomas have been among those who opposed the execution of Bunch. A brother and a Nephew flew to Richmond from California last weekend to attend a rally for Bunch. In Texas Kavin Lincecum 29, was Given a lethal injection Early thursday for killing Kathy Coppedge 35, in a 1985 attack that also claimed the life of the woman a 11-year-old son Casey. Lincecum abducted the Mother and son As they left Church in Bre Pluim about 10 1 Miles Northwest of Houston. Lincecum had no final words As he Lay strapped to a Gurncy. President Bush presents a congressional Gold medal to Gen. Colin l. Powell Center at the White House on thursday. Retired Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf right also received a medal. Powell Schwarzkopf honoured for leadership in persian Gulf Washington apr president Bush presented Gen. Colin l. Powell and retired Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf with congressional Gold medals thursday in recognition of their leadership in the persian Gulf War. The Brief ceremony in the White houses Roosevelt room ended with Powell shrugging off the latest speculation that he will be Secretary of state in the Clinton administration. A i have a Job and i Hope to have the same Job a the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff told reporters. Powell a two year term As chairman ends in september 1993. In presenting the medal to Powell Bush said the four Star general a displayed an extraordinary degree of leadership competence and professionalism in the Gulf War. In february 1991, the United states and thousands of troops from other nations forced Iraq out of Oil Rich Kuwait. Iraqi president Saddam Hussein had ordered the invasion of the neighbouring nation in August 1990. Bush said Schwarzkopf led the . Armed forces a in a magnificent achievement in United states military history a As they countered a ruthless aggression to free Kuwait. Schwarzkopf served As commander in chief of . Central come. Attending the ceremony were Barbara Bush vice president Dan Quayle and his wife Marilyn National Security adviser Brent scowcroft Deputy defense Secretary Donald j. Atwood sen. John w. Warner of Virginia the ranking Republican on the Senate armed services committee and rep. Les Aspin d-wis., chairman of the House armed services committee. Joining Powell was his wife Alma and daughter Annemarie. Congress voted in 1991 to award the Gold medals and ordered the minting of Bronze copies for Sale As commemorative coins. . Teachers reject pay Cut plan strike los Angeles apr teachers in the nations second largest school District voted overwhelmingly to reject a contract that contains a pay Cut and to strike feb. 22, the Union said thursday. Members of United teachers los Angeles voted 78 percent to 22 percent against accepting a 12 percent pay Cut said Utla president Helen Bernstein. She said 21,194 of the unions estimated 28,000 members cast votes. Union directors voted unanimously last month to recommend a strike. The Union represents approximately 33,000 teachers librarians Counselor and nurses in the 645,000-student District. Schools superintendent Sid Thompson has vowed to use substitute teachers and administrators to keep the districts roughly 800 schools open during a strike. A this City especially after the riots and All the tensions can to afford More disruption a Deputy superintendent Ruben Zacarias said late thursday. A we have a responsibility for the safety and education of Over a half million kids. You can to let them just roam the streets a he said. Zacarias said he understood teachers frustrations but said they should address complaints to the state which supplies most District monies. Bernstein said teachers were sent videocassettes urging them not to vote for the strike unless they were willing to remain out for at least a my nth. However she said the Union also hoped to avoid the chaos of a walkout by urging the District to resume contract negotiations with the Aid of a and dolls Don t mix in to land Survey shows St at e College a. A toy makers appear willing to aim their boy oriented toys at girls but Arentt so eager to depict boys playing with a girl toys Quot researchers say. A clearly our society is becoming aware that women have a variety of choices but we Are not portraying boys with the same choices As girls a Pamela Rosenberg a sociology professor at Gettysburg College in Pennsylvania said t thursday. Rosenberg and her husband Lawrence. A professor at Millersville univer sity of Pennsylvania studied 250 toy Catalon photographs that included children. Half showed toys associated with a specific sex such As dolls guns trucks and Kitchen sets. T he rest showed Neutral toys like puzzles books musical instruments and Clay. Of the a gender specific Quot toys 70 percent were pictured with children who were a culturally appropriate a boys with guns girls with dolls. Most of the rest involved girls posing with boy oriented toys or mixed sex groups. Only two advertisements showed boys with a traditional girl toy a Kitchen set and a toy vacuum cleaner. No boys were pictured with dolls. A professional and educated men change diapers. Little boys Are not being presented with the opportunities to develop these skills a Pamela Rosenberg said. A spokeswoman for the toy manufacturers of America in new York said toy makers make gender specific toys because that a what people want. A was most research Points out Little girls like to play with Little girl things. Boys like to play with boy things a said spokeswoman Diane Cardinale. She suggested however that parents use the child a judgment rather than the toy makers. A a done to say a you done to want to play with that. That a a girls toy a a Cardinale said. A every child has his or her own interests and skills so its important to go by what they want not by what the manufacturers have pictured on the package or what a in their
