European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 16, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuft Day february 1ft, 1993 Thi stars and St fits most american jurors would have convicted . Officers poll says new York a most american jurors would have convicted the three los Angeles police officers and the former offi cer acquitted on most charges last year in the videotaped beating of Rodney g. King according to a new Survey the poll also found that the majority of nearly 800 jurors interviewed Between August and september Don t Trust the testimony of police officers. The poll by the National Law journal and lexis database service appeared in monday s Issue of the weekly Law news paper. It was described As the most comprehensive National poll of jurors eve made. The margin of error was 5 percent age  pollster Drew a random selection of judges from lists of state and Federal courts and asked them to release the names of recent jurors. Only jurors who said they had participated in verdicts were included in the Sample. The poll results were released As jury selection continues in los Angeles in the Federal civil rights trial of the White policemen accused of beating King who is Black. Their acquittals on state charges touched off deadly rioting in los an Geles. Sixty one percent of All the jurors polled said they would have convicted the officers in the King Case. Of the White jurors polled 58 percent said they would have voted for conviction. Among the Lack jurors 89 percent said they would have voted to convict. The poll also found that when jurors face a conflict in testimony Between a police officer and a defendant 51 percent of the jurors said that the officer s Testi Mony should not necessarily be  Black jurors 70 percent Felt this Way. While jurors have trouble believing police officers they Are impressed by expert witnesses according to the  percent of jurors who heard expert testimony during criminal trials were impressed by it 68 percent found it very believable and 27 percent found it somewhat believable. Seventy percent said expert testimony influences the outcome of a trial. And Only one in four jurors believed that inexpert s testimony was shaded by which Side was paying the expert. Singer puts her heart info record Doggone dry Joe Kulis shows off his Fri Csc dried dog Suzy at the Columbus sports vacation an travel show at the Ohio Fairgrounds in Columbus last week. The dog is one of 100 to 150 dogs Kulis freeze dries for their masters each year. New York a after 18 hours of crooning love songs on Valentine s Day Sandra Jordan Hopes she s warble her Way into the. Record books. I feel tired Jordan said Early Mon Day. We had a lot of fun Here. I lived through  she wrapped up her Marathon at Manhattan restaurant with please Don t let this feeling end to applause fro friends and Well wishers. There is no entry in the guinness Book of records for singing love songs on Valentine s Day but Jordan is hop ing to establish it As a category said Gene Weber who handled publicity forthe event. Guinness officials have Given them no guarantees he said. Jordan selected about 30 Vintage love songs to perform Over and Over using tape recorded music. They included the romanticism of George and Ira Gershwin Irving Berlin Cole Porter and Richard Rodgers Sung alternately with lyrics of Oscar hammers twin and Lorenz Hart. My friends said you re crazy,1" Jor Dan related As she began hour three. She was allowed rest periods of 15minutes every two hours and 30 minutes every four hours. Friends dropped by from time to time to offer moral support and take my pulse she said. Pinball player goes after title full tilt new York a How Many Points does it Taketo claim the title of world s greatest pinball player Don t even apply for the title unless your score reaches half a billion. Lyman Sheats jr., 26, of Hampton a. Won the third International championship Competition sunday with 570,690,040 Points enough to take the Crown and a$3,000 purse. My first games were Lousy because i was worried about what everybody else was doing said the Champ who played on a or. Who machine. Then i blanked out everybody and played the game against the machine on my own and i stopped looking at the  some 500 pinball aces from North America Europe Australia and Japan converged on a Manhattan hotel for a weekend of flashing lights Bells ramps and Boul  annual event is held under the auspices of the professional and Amateur pinball association. Adult competitors Are grouped into three categories based on skill. The division b Winner was . Fried of North Arlington n.j., who took Home $1,500 and a trophy. The $1,000 division c prize went to Kevin Rodriguez of new York City. Willy Mckinney 14, from Alexander ark., won a$500 gift certificate in the under-16 category. Pinball has gotten flashier since the first machine were invented some 60 years ago. Today s models in clude multilevel playing Fields digital stereo sound computerized boards and even holograms. Sheats a software Developer said he practices his pinball skills up to two hours a Day at Home. He even bought a second machine so his Girlfriend could play along. You have to keep your Cool he said. The play is very fast the flippers Are very Strong and you get a lot of velocity on the  mass set for former Heidelberg High teacher Heidelberg Germany is a memorial mass will be celebrated wednesday in Heidelberg for a former Heidelberg High school teacher who died sat urday at her Home in san Antonio. Vilma Gutierrez 50, taught business and computers during her More than 13 years at the High school she participated in a variety of Community activities until illness forced her to leave her Job last March. She was stricken with breast cancer in 1991 and later developed liver cancer said Dana Pope the school s Media Spe  earned her Bachelor s degree at St. Mary s University in san Antonio later receiving a master degree from the University of Texas. The mass at the Mark Twain Village Chapel in Hei Delberg will begin at 3 30 . In lieu of Flowers the family requests that donations be made to a scholarship to be set up in Gutierrez s memory at the High school or to the american cancer society. For information on the scholarship Contact Heidelberg High school officials. Gutierrez is survived by her parents whose first names were not available of Zapata Texas a brother Ben and a sister Alma Boih of san Antonio. Stateside election Sites dates Are announced Washington the Federal voting assistance program has announced the following upcoming elections in the . California Assembly District 31, including Fresno and Tulare counties special primary March 2, Senate District 2, including Del Norte hum Boldt Mendocino Solano and Sonoma  special primary March 2. Senate District 16, including Kern Kings los Angeles and san Bernardino counties. A special primary March 2. Senate District 32, including Orange county. A special primary March 2.connecticut 140th House District including Norwalk sat urday to fill seat vacated by Doug Mintz. 7th senatorial seat including Windsor locks Suffield Somers and Enfield sunday to fill seat vacated by Cornelius o Leary. Nebraska Lancaster county. School Board april 6, City Council and Airport authority May 4. Douglas county. Primary election april 6, general election May 11.residents of these areas who currently live out Side the United states May Register temporarily by mailing a completed Federal Post card application no later than 29 Days before the election. Inmost instances the deadline has passed. But for More information Contact your unit voter assist Ance officer or your local Legal off be