European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 7, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Prosecution at King trial says passenger beat Enex chief of of intelligence Dies at Bethesda Hospital Bethesda my. Maj. Gen. George j. Keegan jr., a former air Force intelligence chief who often annoyed the Pentagon with warnings about soviet military preparations died wednesday at Bethesda naval Hospital. He was 72. And lived in a Oxon Hill my. His family said he suffered a stroke in january. Keegan a much decorated former combat Pilot retired in 1977 after five years As assistant chief of staff for intelligence at car Force Headquarters in it the Pentagon. He then disclosed possibilities based a on data collected by his staff that ran counter to interpretations held by his civilian and military superiors and by the Cia. Describing himself As the Eye of controversy in Washington he contested official estimates of soviet might and intentions for 22 years saying the United states was underestimating the  Admiral cutting costs Honolulu a the commander of the Navy a Pacific Fleet said Friday he is reducing some Fleet operations As a budget cutting measure f adm. Robert Kelly said the Cost saving measure will remain in effect through sept. 30, the end of the current fiscal year. The fleets operational costs have exceeded the budget because of deployments in the persian Gulf and in Indian Ocean off Somalia Kelly said. He said he directed his component commanders t to Cut costs. Kelly suggested reducing participation in Community and commemorative events f minimizing single ship port visits and cancelling y some bilateral exercises. Flag referendum added Atlanta a the Georgia Senate on Friday j approved an amended version of gov. Zell Millers t proposal to eliminate the Confederate Battle Quot j. Emblem from the state Flag adding a provision that Calls for a Public referendum in november. Supporters of the proposal to change the Flag say the inclusion of the Confederate Emblem is offensive to Black residents. However several surveys have indicated Strong Public sentiment across the state to keep the Flag As it is. Car seat fix it kit recalled St. Paul Minn. A kits sent to thousands of i owners of defective child car safety seats have themselves been found to be defective. A it s the first time in be Ever heard of that happening a when they recall the recall Quot Julie prom of project child Safe at the Center for injury prevention said Friday. A i done to know Why it a  prom said Century products is contacting owners who received the retrofit kits advising them to inspect a red Button provided to ensure it is the Correct part. Century estimates it distributed 78,000 retrofit Clits. Century products recalled 969,182 child car seats last oct. 28, citing the potential for the seats latching mechanism to Jam in a crash a making it difficult to get a child out. The recall affected models 3000,3500,5000 and 5500 Ste manufactured Between september 1989 and april 1992. Those wishing information about the latest recall May Contact Century toll free at 1-800-554-5888. Disabled to get car phones Ventura Calif a a county commission voted to give car phones to disabled residents rather than pay to make existing freeway emergency Call boxes accessible to the disabled. The Ventura county transportation commission voted Friday to buy and distribute the $275 phones to motorists who live in the county have a valid California Drivers License and provide a doctors statement on the disability. It was not immediately Clear when the plan w Ould go into effect. The cellular phones would allow the user to dial 911 for free to report emergencies. Users would pay for any other Calls. Federal Law requires that freeway emergency boxes be available to disabled Drivers. Some officials warned that the cellular phones might not meet the requirements because disabled non residents who stall on county freeways still would have to use the Call boxes. Los Angeles apr government prosecutors claimed for the first time Friday that a passenger in Rodney g. King s car was beaten by police and they demanded to Tell the jury about it. Defense attorneys vigorously opposed the use of a second videotape from the night of the beating which includes a picture of the passenger Freddie Helms muttering Athey thumped me on the  Helms died months later in an unrelated car crash prosecutors argued that defense lawyer Michael Stone a opened the door to such evidence when he said in his opening statement that Helms and another passenger Bryant Allen surrendered to police without incident while King resisted arrest. The defense has contended that if King had cooperated there would have been no beating. . District judge John g. Davies invited lawyers to file briefs on the matter and said he would decide Mon Day. The second videotape shot by a Security guard who was in the area begins after the beating and shows Little other Toljan King being taken away in an ambulance. Earlier in the Day a police training officer testified that officer Theodore j. Briseno stomped on King Jason Zimmer a Federal emergency firefighter walks away from lava that is burning part of the Chain or craters Road in the Hawaii volcanoes National Park on Compton Calif. Up a a Compton Man wanted for questioning in the feb. 22 shooting deaths of two police officers surrendered Friday to a television news Crew Keith Terris Caldwell 27, asked Kola reporter Warren Wilson to help him surrender just hours after police issued an All Points bulletin for his arrest and asked the Public for its help. He was handcuffed and arrested within seconds. Police want to question Caldwell in the shooting deaths of officers Kevin Burrell and James Mcdonald. He also was wanted in connection with the oct. 17, 1992 shooting death of his pregnant Cousin. Shortly after Caldwell was taken into custody police chief Hourie Taylor said Caldwell was one of several suspects on whom the department was focusing its investigation. Police have been virtually working around the clock to find Burrell and Mcdonald s killers. The two officers were shot to death after flopping a car in Compton with two men inside. Al a news conference Taylor said police did not when he should have blocked fellow officers from clubbing and kicking the Motorist. A was a los Angeles police officer if you see misconduct you should Stop it where its reasonable a said police sgt. Mark Conta. A if you Sec something that a wrong Stop  Conta who is in charge of physical training and Sel defense at the los Angeles police Academy also testified for the prosecution that All four officers on trial for beating King violated their departments policy. Briseno officer Laurence m. Powell former officer Timothy e. Wind and sgt. Stacey c Koon Are accused of violating Kings civil rights in the March 3, 1991, beating following a High Speed Pursuit. Their acquittal on most brutality charges following a state trial triggered last Springs deadly riots in los Angeles and other cities. Defense attorneys tried repeatedly but with Little Success to get Conta to Compromise his position that the four White current and former officers were wrong in the Way they handled the arrest of King who is Black. Afterwards Stone told reporters a i think he was a very Good witness and i think he Hurt us a  thursday. The flow Etc ring the Ocean at fishermen a Point originates from Hawaii a Kilauea Volcano which has been erupting since Jan. 3. Know whether Caldwel was responsible for the deaths of Burrell and Macdonald but added a we believe Caldwell to be armed and very  the police chief said a task Force of officers from the Fri los Angeles county sheriffs department los Angeles police and other agencies raided two apartments in Anaheim and Tustin on thursday in search of Caldwell. Police arrested two men and a woman on charges unrelated to the feb. 22 or oct. 17 killings. Caldwell was not found then. Police said Caldwell previously had been arrested for narcotics Possession carrying a concealed weapon rape and kidnapping. He has spent several years m prison and is on parole for a rape and illegal weapon conviction. Caldwell told a Kola reporter that he surrendered because he Quot did no to want to wind up dead on the  before he was handcuffed Caldwell maintained that he was in los Angeles not Compton the night the officers were shot. Road afire suspect in police killings surrenders