European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 31, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday january 31, 1993 . Cancer Ridden Man loses suit against tobacco firm Belleville Iii. Apr a jury Friday found that the tobacco Industry was not responsible for a dying Many Slung cancer rejecting an attorneys plea for a stiff penalty to punish the Industry so butter indifference Tot smokers suffering. The St. Clair county jury provided no monetary damages to Charles Kuyper in the nations first such trial since the . Supreme court ruled last june that warning labels do not protect cigarette maker from All lawsuits. Keep cry a attorney Bruce Cook had suggested the jury award As much As $48 million for the 51-Ycar-old former Green Beret who began smoking As a youth and is expected to die of lung cancer within the next few months. It Quot its almost impossible to fight the Power of a multinational corporation a Cook said of the tobacco Industry after the verdict. A but eventually we re going to Stop them. They re no better than the colombian drug  . Reynolds tobacco co. And the Washington based tobacco Institute argued that it was Kuc per a Choice to smoke More than a pack and a half of Winston each Day and that the Type of cancer Kueper has is not directly linked to smoking. Vietnam War Veteran Vron Mishler of Gas City ind a sits tied and blindfolded Friday inside a Bamboo Cage at the statehouse in Indianapolis. Mishler who was toe Diplomat pays Hillsborough. . A Felix Bloch the former Diplomat disgraced in a spying scandal but never charged with espionage agreed Friday to pay a Fine and do Community service work to Settle a shoplifting Case. Bloch who was working As a supermarket cashier was arrested last month after co workers saw him putting two bags of pilfered groceries into his car. The groceries were valued at about $100. Charged with Misdemeanour larceny Bloch agreed Friday to pay a $60 Fine and perform 48 hours of Community service. In return the charge will be dropped after his Community service work is completed. The arrangement in Orange county District court was not a plea agreement and no plea was entered. Bloch a attorney Wade Barber said the deferred prosecution agreement is common for first offences. Bloch 57, made no comment in court and refused to speak to reporters. His Only remarks came in a hand a a the ultimate Issue in this Case is whether or not someone who chose to smoke despite warnings Over 20 years and withstood warnings from family and friends. Ought to be Able to come in Here and say give me damages a a Paul Crist an attorney for . Reynolds said during closing arguments. Jurors who deliberated More than 14 hours agreed. A on the whole the jury decided if he wanted to smoke it was his free Choice a said de Ratka the jury Foreman and a Cigar smoker. Kuyper was not present for the verdict. The lawsuit contended that the tobacco giants conspired to conceal the dangers of smoking through fraudulent and misleading advertising. It charged that the defendants withheld research information while creating advertisements to convince More Young people to smoke and to keep the smokers they had. Keep cry a 10-Wcek trial included testimony from tobacco Institute president Samuel Chilcote and other tobacco Industry officials and Kulp cry a own admission that he understood Many of the dangers of smoking. A stunt your growth that a what my mom said a the retired army master sergeant and truck Driver testified. Stay in the Cage for 24 hours without food or water was part of an Indiana veterans group holding a Vigil for hoosiers who died or Are missing in the  in shoplifting written letter to judge Lowry Betts. A i sincerely regret the pass to which things came that Day and wish to assure you they will not recur Quot he wrote he spent one night in jail after the theft from the Harris Teeter store where he used to work. A list of 40 stolen items included Frozen fish canned tomatoes soup Day Cereal sugar instant Coffee and salad dressing. Bloch was a career state department employee who during the 1980s became the second ranking Diplomat at the . Embassy in Vienna Austria. In 1989, . Officials in Paris videotaped Bloch allegedly giving a briefcase to a soviet agent. The Fri investigated and kept Bloch under highly publicized surveillance but Bloch was never charged. However he was fired from his $8l,400-a-year Job in november 1990 and later was denied a $50,000-a-year government pension. Bloch is now a part time bus Driver Tor the town of Chapel Hill. The stars and stripes a Page 7california dad sentenced for exorcism drowning from wire reports Santa Ana Calif. A a Man was sentenced to 25 years to life in prison Friday for drowning his 5-year-old daughter in a Bathtub during an attempted exorcism in 1978. Marcos Morales 56, was convicted in october of first degree murder in the death of the daughter Lisa. His wife Beatriz 47, was convicted of second degree murder. Superior court judge Richard  added five years to Morales sentence for a prior felony conviction making the total sentence 30 years to life. A a Lisa a parents thought she was possessed by demons after she bushed a sister Down a flight of stairs prosecutor Lew Rosenblum said during the trial. They kept the child naked and unwashed in a bathroom finally drowning her in november 1978 during a supposed exorcism prosecutors said. Lisa a body was never found. Witnesses including Lisa solder sister said the arnts took the body to Mexico and buried it on a each. Quot polish immigrants sought san Francisco a immigration officials said Friday that they were searching for nine illegal polish immigrants apparently brought into san. Francisco As part of an International smuggling ring. The regional director for the immigration and naturalization service David it Chart said 15 members of the group were arrested wednesday night at san Francsico Airport when they tried to use forged swedish passports to gain entry to the country. Ilchert said the group apparently met in Paris and Caid up to $3,000 to smugglers to be flown to the in itch states. He said that the group was under the mistaken belief it was in new York and that several members were turned Over to police after asking cab Drivers to take them to new York City. The nine men and six women in custody were expected to be deported As soon As immigration officials could make the necessary arrangements with air France the airline that brought the group into the , assault charged Milwaukee wis. A a Milwaukee Man was in jail Friday charged with Locking a teen age girl in a bedroom for a month and repeatedly sexually assaulting her. Scott Andrea Baldwin 31, is accused of abducting the 14-year-old girl dec. 6, Locking her in a room repeatedly having sex with her and leaving her Little to eat or drink while he went to work at a bakery. Before the abduction the girl had visited Baldwin at his Home voluntarily several times. She had been living in a group Home since february and workers there said she was a chronic runaway. The criminal complaint stated that on Jan. 7, Baldwin woke the Girt beat her it choked her and kicked her out of the House. The girl was taken to children a Hospital of Wisconsin where she was treated for malnutrition dehydration and minor cuts and bruises. After his arrest this past week Baldwin admitted he had sex with the girl but claims he was not aware she was Only 14, the complaint . Gunman arrested woodbr1dge township . A gunman briefly took two women hostage in the ninth floor lobby of new jerseys largest Law firm Friday before police arrested him authorities said. Nobody was injured. Woodbridge police said an officer posed As a reporter to help seize the Man an unemployed building contractor. Ciro Briganti 55, held the receptionist and a Secretary at the Wilentz Goldman amp Spitzer Law firm for More than an hour before police intervened authorities said. Briganti apparently was upset about a landlord tenant Legal dispute in which the Law firm had represented him police said. Briganti was arraigned on 14 charges including two counts of kidnapping four counts of aggravated assault and weapons charges police said. Quot a a map remembering the missing