European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 23, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes . Sex Detroit innocent in Man s death saturday january 23.1993 v a. Detroit apr innocent pleas were entered thursday for three Whites charged in the police killing of a Black Motorist. Lawyers for the three said they want the trial moved from Wayne county because of heavy publicity and remarks by City officials including mayor Coleman Young and police chief Stanley Knox. After 35-year-old malice Green was killed last fall City officials moved quickly to counter outrage in the Black Community. They feared violence like that in los Angeles after four Whites were acquitted of most charges in the police beating of Black Motorist Rodney g.  testimony during thursday arraignment indicated that race was a Factor to greens death. Detroit recorders court judge Dalton Roberson entered innocent pleas for former officers Larry Nevers and Walter Budzyn after they stood mute at their arraignments on one count each of second degree murder in greens death. A lawyer for former officer Robert Lessnau entered an innocent plea for him to a charge of assault with intent to do great bodily harm. All three were fired after the beating. A pretrial conference was set for feb. 12. No trial Date has been set. Green was beaten nov. 5, allegedly after Nevers and Budzyn confronted him near a suspected crack House in the inner City where he had parked to drop off a Friend. Changes of venue arc rarely granted in Michigian. But Budzyna a attorney Michael Batchelor said he does no to believe an impartial jury can be found in Wayne county especially in Light of remarks by civic leaders condemning the death. Furthermore jurors would be under intense pressure by the new York times Central Islip . The Suffolk county attorney should take charge of Katie Beers financial affairs including any Money she May receive from movie deals Katie smother Marilyn Beers said thursday. Katie is the 10-year-old who was held captive in an underground Bunker for 16 Days. Beers is seeking to regain custody of Katie. The girl is living with a Foster family under the county a supervision pending a custody hearing in three  thursday Beers asked that the county attorney Robert Cimino apply to the surrogate court to be appointed guardian of Katie a property rights. Beers. Lawyer John Jiras said this would assure that any Money that comes to Katie would Benefit Katie alone. Cimino declined to comment on the request but Jiras said Cimino had expressed Strong interest in the proposal. Police wrapped up their work at the Bay Shore Home of John Esposito who is. Charged with kidnapping Katie. Officials said they had found no new major evidence since monday when they removed the Bunker where Katie was held captive from dec. 28 to Jan. 13. Esposito was charged with kidnapping and sexual Abuja in an 11-count indictment unsealed wednesday in Suffolk county criminal court. He remained in isolation thursday in the county jail under 24-hour suicide watch. Katie a who has told investigators she prefers to be called Katherine a attended her third Day of school t thursday in a Small Village in Eastern Suffolk county. Her Mother returned to family court in Central Islip on thursday morning to sign a temporary agreement that had been reached late wednesday Between Jiras and the Suffolk county attorney s office. Under the agreement Beers will be Able to meet with her daughter frequently while she continues to be cared for by a Foster family. Jeffrey a. Adolf an assistant Suffolk county attorney said the agreement would remain in effect until feb. 11, when a hearing on a petition by Beers to regain full custody of Katie will resume. Adolf said the county would provide a psychiatrist to meet with both Mother and daughter interview and observe them and then report Back at next months hearing. The county has argued that Beers who is unemployed and who had allowed Katie to live with her godmother for much of her life is an unfit Mother unable to provide Katie with minimal care. King tells grand jury he never attacked officers los Angeles a Rodney g. King testifying for the first time about his videotaped beating told a grand jury that he never threatened or attacked the officers who clubbed and kicked him in March 1991, the los Angeles times has reported. The Motorist Wasny to called to testify at the state trial of the four former police officers whose acquittal on most charges last Spring touched off three Days of riots. But the times reported that in july King told a Federal grand jury that Days after the beating Quot i Felt beat up and like a crushed can. That a what i Felt like like a crushed can All Over and my spirits were Down real Low. To Wake up and to Tell me that i attacked some officers i Felt real bad.�?�. A 7 a the four former officers a Theodore j. Briseno Timothy e. Wind Stacey c. Koon and Lau Fence m. Powell a face trial next month on Federal civil rights charges. To convict the former officers to avoid violence like the riots in los Angeles last Spring he said. Involuntary manslaughter charges against the first supervisor at the scene sgt. Freddie Douglas were dropped during a preliminary hearing last month. Judge Alex j. Alien ruled prosecutors did no to show that Douglas failure to intervene  death. Marilyn Beers Mother of 0->ear-old Katie faces reporters thursday alter a hearing in Central Islip . After the hearing Beers appeared pleased with the agreement and her offer to the county attorney to oversee Katie s property rights. A i think its a great idea Quot she said. A giving the county authority Over her daughters financial affairs could strengthen Beers custody Case because it would show that her Only interest was in Katie s welfare not in any Money Katie might receive. Legal experts however said that since county welfare officials and Beers were currently adversaries Over the question of Katie a custody a judge might find such a Trust arrangement legally awkward. They said a financial guardian would most probably have to come from outside county government. Nicotine in All nonsmokers tested from wire reports Atlanta a scientists conducting a Federal study of exposure to tobacco smoke were surprised to find signs of nicotine in All 800 of the first people tested whether they smoked or not. The centers for disease car Tirol and prevention is testing 23,000 americans Over age 4 for cot nine a byproduct of nicotine found in the blood. The first 800 All showed co Tintner. The preliminary results came two weeks after the environmental Protection Agency labelled secondhand smoke a Carcinogen and said it kills about 3,000 nonsmokers a year from lung cancer alone. A critics have  Epa failed to document How Many people Are exposed to secondhand smoke and at what Levels. Quot what we re doing will meet that objection head on a or. James Pirkle of the cd said thursday. Dental fillings get of Washington a dental fillings can release Small amounts of Mercury vapor that can trigger allergic reactions in some people but the filings Are essentially Safe for most patients a report concluded thursday. A accordingly there was no reason to Stop using amalgam fillings or remove them from the Teeth of millions of people according to the Public health service report. However it urged More study to completely Rule out any possibility of Long term health risks. Standard fillings Are a mixture of metals including Silver tin Copper and Mercury. A the materials have been used for More than 150 years and Are currently used in about half of the 200 million cavity filling procedures performed each year in the United states. The Mercury provides strength and durability. But questions about its safety were raised because Mercury can be poisonous at High Levels. The report also said health officials should promote measures to prevent cavities and therefore the need for fillings. 2 charged with Crank Calls Mineola . A two employees at a Queens Auto parts companies were arrested thursday for allegedly making Crank Calls to Joey Buttafuoco Nassau county police said thursday. Buttafuoco 36, has been in the spotlight for months for the May 19 shooting of his wife Mary to by Amy Fisher. Three recent to movies have run about the Case. Police said Trevor Van Wooten 30, of Rosedale and Raymond Gentile 32, of Middle Village were picked up at Clearway Auto parts and charged with second degree aggravated harassment for Calls made wednesday afternoon. Blame traded in poisoning Seattle a Jack in the Box restaurant officials thursday blamed a California distributor for providing contaminated meat that caused 68 people to get food poisoning in Washington state. However the distributor denied the allegation. The state health department said undercooked meat led to the e. Coli infection. That infection causes severe diarrhoea and abdominal cramps it can Lead to kidney failure and death. I thirteen of the 68 victims Many of them children were still hospitalized thursday four Days after eating hamburgers served by at least 13 Jack in the Box outlets. Two victims were in critical condition and eight were undergoing kidney dialysis Robert Nugent president and chief operating officer of Jack in the Box said the source of the contaminated hamburger had been traced to Vons which supplies hamburger to the chains restaurants on the West coast and Hawaii. But Julie Reynolds a spokeswoman for Vonus said the meat became contaminated after it was delivered to the Jack in the Box distribution Center in a Seattle suburb