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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 31, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes . Thursday december 31,1992death penalty sought for two in Joy killings Dayton Ohio apr a Man and a woman were ordered held on $5 million Bond tuesday in a three Day Crims spree police said began with robberies but escalated to a Joy killings in which five people were slain. Prosecutor Mathias Heck said he was seeking the death penalty against marvellous Keene 19, and Heather Matthews 20, who were charged with aggravated murder and robbery. Neither showed any emotion during their arraignment tuesday before municipal judge Daniel Gehres. Also tuesday two juveniles charged with aggravated murder and robbery pleaded innocent in Montgomery county juvenile court. They were identified As Demar Cus Smith 17, and Laura Taylor 16. Heck said he would seek to try the juveniles As adults which would allow them to be sentenced to 25 years to life in prison if convicted. If convicted As juveniles they could be imprisoned Only until age 21. Police have said the four All from Dayton initially had robbery As their motive but that their crimes quickly escalated. Three people were also wounded. A once they tasted blood they  Stop a said police sgt. George Hammann. Police said the spree began last thursday when an 18-year-old woman was fatally shot at a pay phone. Later that Day a Man was shot four times outside a House but not seriously wounded police said. On Friday another Man was shot to death while sitting in his car. Two other people were wounded saturday one critically during the attempted robbery of a Matthews Keene convenience store. A witness said one clerk showed the robbers she had Only $30 and change and was shot in the Mouth. She was in critical condition tuesday at St. Elizabeth medical Center the other clerk was taken to Miami Valley Hospital where officials declined to release information about his condition. The four were Riding in a stolen car when they were arrested Early saturday. The cards owner was found shot to death in his Home. The last two victims Wendy Cottrill 16, and Marvin Washington 18, were found sunday in a gravel dump on the City a West , 53, gives birth to grandson Buffalo . Apr a 53-year-old woman acting As surrogate Mother for her son and his wife has Given birth to her own grandson. Geraldine Wesolowski gave birth to a 6-Pound, 8-ounce boy monday at Buffalo s Sisters Hospital. The baby Matthew Mark was delivered More than three weeks Early by caesarean Section or. Ida Campagna said. Campagna said Wesolowski experienced rising blood pressure because of medications for the pregnancy. The problem forced the doctor to induce labor. The grandmother had undergone four implants of fertilized eggs from her son and daughter in Law Mark and Susan Wesolowski of Perkiomenville a Susan Wesolowski 33, cannot have children because she underwent a Hysterectomy after having a child in a previous marriage. Eggs were surgically removed from Susan Wesolowskie a ovaries fertilized in a Laboratory then implanted in Geraldine Wesolowskie a womb. She was Given hormones to re induce her menstrual Cycle Cam Pangna said. The grandmother is among the oldest women in the United states to have a baby using in Vitro fertilization. A 42-year-old woman from South Dakota was believed to be the first to give birth to her own grandchildren through in Vitro fertilization delivering twins in october 1991 As a surrogate for her daughter. Geraldine Wesolowskie a procedure was done by or. William Cooper who founded what he Calls the Christian Fertility Institute of Easton a. Cooper said age is not a Factor when considering surrogate mothers. Or. Ida Campagna holds the boy bom to his grandmother 53-year-old Geraldine  oks breath device to Stop Drunken Drivers Boston apr convicted Drunken Drivers could literally find their curs stalled if they attempt to drive again while drunk under a Bill gov. William f. Weld says hell sign into Law. The measure passed by the legislature on monday would allow judges to order convicted Drunken Drivers to install devices on their cars that would keep the vehicles from starting unless the Driver passes a breath test. A the Best Way to Slop drunk Drivers is to literally prevent them from getting started a a said outgoing state sen. Minority Leader David Locke who sponsored the Bill. Fourteen other states have similar Laws. The Bill would allow judges to order the Locking devices As a condition of probation for those convicted of driving under the influence of alcohol. It would require that the devices be installed on the cars of repeat offenders who Are allowed to continue driving on a hardship basis such As to and from work. Devices would also be required for people younger than 21 who Are convicted of Drunken driving. The Bill orders Drivers to pay for the devices but the state would pick up the Cost for people who can prove they Don t have the Money. Pat latino executive director of the statewide chapter of mothers against drunk driving said she objects to the Bill a financing Section. She also complained that people could have someone else Start their car. Jerry Stanton president of a company in Iowa that makes the devices for his state acknowledged that the system Isnit foolproof. By he added that its unlikely a sober person would agree to Start a car for a  granted to killer of Scarsdale diet doctor from wire reports Albany . A Jean Harris the Fonner girls school headmistress convicted of murdering her Lover the author of the Scarsdale def was granted clemency tuesday by gov. Mario m. Cuomo. Harris was notified As she prepared to undergo quadruple heart bypass surgery at the Westchester county medical Center. Harris was in the hospitals intensive care Ward late tuesday after seven hours of surgery said Hospital spokesman Barry Bowman. Harris 69, suffered a heart attack . 23 at the Bedford Hills state prison where she has been serving her sentence of 15 years to life. She also suffered a heart attack at the prison in 1984. The Grant of clemency makes Harris eligible for a parole hearing. In most cases the state Board of parole quickly frees those granted clemency. Cuomo denied Harris clemency in 1988 and 1990. In june a Federal judge denied her request for a new trial. Harris former head of the exclusive Madeira school for girls in Mclean va., was convicted of murdering or. Herman Tam Ower at his Westchester county estate on March 10,1980.move against Kkt fails Cincinnati a a Federal appeals court tuesday denied the City a request for a ruling that would have banned from a Public Square the Kun flux klan Cross that has repeatedly been vandalized. A three judge panel of the 6th . Circuit court of appeals refused the City a request to Cut Short the time that the Cross could be displayed on Fountain Square. The court also refused to overturn a lower courts order that allowed a jewish group to erect a hanukkah menorah on the Square. The klan used the same free expression argument advanced by the jewish group to obtain a City permit to display a 10-foot wooden Cross for 10 Days. The permit was to expire wednesday but the City asked monday for permission to take Down the Cross Early saying it  provide overnight Security. The klan put up a Cross . 21, but protesters knocked it Down within hours. Two other crosses also were destroyed. The group then erected a steel enforced Cross which was still standing  plead innocent los Angeles a Brothers Lyle and Erik Menendz pleaded innocent tuesday to murder charges filed in the Shotgun slayings of their wealthy parents in their Beverly Hills Home. Lyle 24, and Erik 22, Are charged with two counts each of murder and conspiracy for the 1989 Shotgun deaths of Jose and Kitty Menendez. Police said the two were slain to obtain a $ 14 million inheritance. The Brothers also face the special allegation of committing multiple murders meaning they could be sentenced to death if the District attorney chooses to seek the penalty and they Are convicted. They have been held without bail since their arrest in March 1990. In tuesdays hearing attorneys for news organizations argued that the grand jury transcripts should be made Public a move opposed by defense attorneys. The transcripts contain the essence of the prosecution Case details that have been guarded while the trial has been pending. Superior court judge Lance Ito said he had not read the transcripts. He said he would Rule on the motion Jan. 12.happy holidays Minnesota St. Paul Minn. A a Pennsylvania lawmaker has acted to repair his states image in the Wake of unwelcome publicity it received before Christmas it charged a toll Road fee on a truck carrying the nations Christmas tree from Minnesota to Washington . A Pennsylvania Turnpike officials said they could not legally waive the $266 toll for Dick Willie who was delivering the 62-foot Christmas tree. But state rep John Lawless decided to pay the fee out of his Campaign fund. He sent a Check to two Dee r River Minn., veterans organizations that had reimbursed Willie for the toll. Ted Mackley who manages the two veterans clubs said monday that Lawless told him a it was very embarrassing to the people of Pennsylvania and he wished everyone in Minnesota a merry Christmas and Happy new   
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