European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 1, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse Scenes of the Early hours of the rioting in los Angeles at top a motorcyclist watches As a korean shopping mall Burns. Korean am Orleans complain they Are the victims of much of the violence and Many Are upset about the slow response of authorities. Above truck Driver Reginald Denny is pulled Fram his vehicle in a beating shown live by Many television stations. Rodney g. King left in a 1991 photo shows some of the bruises suffered in the beating by los Angeles police officers in an incident videotaped by an Amateur cameraman. The acquittal of tour men on most of the charges ignited the rioting. In photo above smoke and flames Rise from an office building after rioting spreads to s Fred a golfer Fred couples Rami defeats Ray Floyd by two strokes to win the masters becoming the first american since 1987 to take the unhurt an anti nuclear activist Irish is at former president Feagan while he is giving a speech grabs a Large Crystal statue and smashes it. Pieces of Glass hit Reagan in the head but he Isnit Hurt. Later As Reagan is leaving the stage the,81-year-old exr president pushes up his shirt and coat sleeves As if preparing to fight then grins broadly and. Waves. I the stars and stripes celebrates its 50th birthday. The Day is marked with ceremonies and entertainment for former staff members including cartoonist Bill Mauldin and television commentator Andy Rooney. Sewer blasts kill Loo hundreds of workers claw through tons of debris searching for the dead and living after a series of explosions in the sewer lines of Guadalajara Mexico wreck sections a the City. About 200 people die. Riots rip . The acquittal of three White los Angeles policemen and a former policeman in the videotaped beating of Black Motorist Rodney g. King Sparks four Days of riots and tooting in Southern California with other parts o the nation also experiencing civil unrest. Officials say 52 people die As a result of the rioting. Gov Pete Wilson declares a state of emergency calling up 2,000_ National guardsmen. Much of the rioting is covered live on television including the attack on a White truck Driver in South Central . It is the Vorst unrest in the City since the Watts riots of 1965. Many citizens Arm themselves against looters As order a Breaks Down in Many areas. A also. Financier Charles Keatingjr. Receives 10 years in prison for swindling a bondholders april 16steve Emtman All american lineman from Washington is he a Fly Stop draft pick going to the Indianapolis Colts april 26. German foreign minister Hans Dietrich Genscher announces he will step Down after 18 years in office april 28. Thousands of commuters walk ride bicycles or Hitchhike to work after the first wave of Public employees strikes hits Many parts of Germany Friday saturday january 1/2, 1993 the stars and stripes Page 11
