European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 10, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 b the stars and stripes . Wednesday March 10,1993 King expected to testify time in la. Trial from wire reports los Angeles a in the prosecutions biggest Gamble Rodney g. King is expected to testify for the first time against the four Whites accused of violating his civil rights in Kings 1991 police beating. His testimony a which was expected As Early As tuesday a could change the course of the trial but nobody knows just what he will say. Innocent victim or aggressive Felon the Man the jurors see on the stand could influence the Way they View the videotaped beating. In a state trial of the three officers and one former officer last year prosecutors chose to avoid the risks of bringing King to the witness stand Ana trusted instead in the Power of the videotape that shows him being beaten for 81 seconds. This Gap in their presen _ tation left the Way open for defense lawyers to portray King As a an animal. Sgt. Stacey c. Koon officers Laurence m. Powell and Theodore j. Briseno and former officer Timothy e. Wind were acquitted on most charges last april 29, touching off Days of rioting. They now face possible 10-year prison terms on civil rights charges that they used excessive Force when they arrested King for speeding. Quot the jurors had the defendants As real human beings to identify with and sympathize with but no human being on the prosecution Side of the Case a a said Erwin Chemerinsky a Law professor at the University of Southern California. R a i but King a 27-year-old unemployed construction worker does have a criminal record for armed robbery. Aware of these risks the prosecutors have gone out of their Way to play Down King s testimony sandwiching his appearance Between those of expert witnesses Ana acknowledging his problems to the july from the Start a monday a nurse conceded that she did no a King believe Powell was taunting King when he told him we played a Little Ball and you lost and we  Carol Denise Edwards also said she did no to think Powell was joking when he spoke with King at Pacifica Hospital after Kings March 3,1991, beating. # Edwards under defense Cross examination it said King asked whether he would be out of the Hospital in time to report for work the next Day As an usher at dodger  said Powell remarked a what Section do you usher in i Don t want to sit in that Section a or. Powell said something to the effect a we played a Little Ball today did no to we Rodney?�?T., Powell said a you know we played a Little hard Ball. We hit quite a few Home runs a she testified. Democrats set stage fore Asinof voters Washington apr Senate democrats broke a filibuster tuesday Clearing the Way for consideration of a Bill to let citizens Register to vote when they apply for a Drivers License or any of a wide Range of government services. _ the vote to proceed to consideration of the  Bill was 62-38, two More than the 60 votes needed. In a preliminary Roll Call last week the Senate voted 52-38 to refuse to Cogin debate on the motor vote. Bill. Congress approved similar legislation last year but it was vetoed by president Bush. The Bill would make it More convenient for millions of americans to Register to vote in several ways including automatic sign up at motor vehicle registration offices. It also would allow for registration by mail and at a wide Range of state and local government offices including welfare offices. A this Bill will simplify the process for the citizen a said sen. Wendell h. Ford d-ky., the floor manager of the Bill. A under this Bill the citizen needs to make Only one visit to apply for a Driver s License and Register to  Ford said that by registering More voters costs will increase but Only slightly. �?o1 do not think we can put a Price on democracy a he said. A Hie Issue before us is should government take an Active role in facilitating full voter participation a but sen. Mitch Mcconnell r-ky., said the Bill would impose burdensome new costs on states and localities open the Way to voter fraud and pre empt the rights of states. �?o1 Call this Bill a solution in search of a problem because there is no indication that voter turnout would go up if it is passed a Mcconnell said. A Only fining a Vople fji1 net voting would in crease. Turnout a he contended. Quot this Bill will have no Impact  five republicans broke ranks with their gop colleagues joining All 57 democratic senators in the vote to end the filibuster. The republicans voting with the majority were Sens. David Durenberger of Minnesota Mark o. Hatfield and Bob Packwood of Oregon James m. Jeffords of Vermont and Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania. At least 3 women reportedly say they had sex with archbishop Albuquerque . A at least three women allege they had sex with roman Catholic archbishop Robert Sanchez and he acknowledges having had some sort of relationship with them that deeply Hurt them a top archdiocese official said. It will be up to the Vatican to decide whether any action will be taken against Sanchez said the Rev. Ron Wolf Chancellor of the archdiocese of Santa be. Catholic priests and higher ranking officials Are supposed to be celibate. Wolf told the associated press on monday that Sanchez was on an out of state Retreat unavailable for comment. A the admits that there was a relationship with those women. The exact nature of that relationship when he gets Back he s going to discuss Wolf said. In another interview with station boat to Wolf said Sanchez a indicated a deep sadness that he did not really know a and 1 believe him a How deeply these women were  Wolf said he was shown tapes of the three women who reportedly told lbs 60 minutes that they had sexual relations with the archbishop in the late 70s and perhaps Early 80s. Roy Burnett spokesman for 60 minutes in new York said tuesday that it is the policy of the show not to discuss unfinished stories. Wolf said he also has been told of allegations from two other women. He said he has been unable to talk to the women yet. The Albuquerque journal quoted a source As saying the women were in their late teens when the alleged incidents began the Young women were considered devout Catho tics and met the archbishop at various Church activities the newspaper quoted the source As saying. In his interview with boat Wolf at one Point used the phrase Quot sexually  but he also said the Lapel interviews appeared to describe consensual sex. A it was certainly not forced a at least it did no to appear so from the taped interviews a he said. Wolf said the news broke so quickly that he did not have Lime to inform the clergy or the nearly 300,000 parishioners in the archdiocese. �?o1 know this is a Shock to our catholics and our clergy Quot he said. Sanchez the 10th archbishop of Santa be was 40 when he was named to that position in 1974 by Pope Paul i. He was the Only hispanic archbishop at the  captures pair who tried to steal car from wire reports Mineola . A Joey Buttafuoco the Long Island Auto body shop owner whose wife was shot by teen Ager Amy Fisher on monday held two would be car thieves at gunpoint for police. Police said an employee of the Complete Auto =j3odyshapjn Freeport saw three men breaking into Caspar Buttafuoco s car a 1982 Lincoln Continental. Caspars son Joey confronted the men who fled in another car. Buttafuoco who is licensed to carry a handgun chased them in his car to the rear of a nearby diner where he held two at gunpoint until police arrived. A third fled on foot. Arrested  Rodriguez 31, and Miguel Nunez 44, both of Freeport. Fisher is in prison after she admitted shooting Buttafuoco a wife last May allegedly in a jealous tag after an affair with  denied the  kills attacker los Angeles a a would be Kidnap victim turned against her attacker monday and shot him dead in the parking lot said police the 53-year-old woman was getting out of her car in the los Feliz District when the Man allegedly accosted her shortly before 3 . The woman pulled out a pistol and shot him. The 57-year-old Man was pronounced dead a Queen of Angels Hollywood presbyterian medical Center from multiple gunshot wounds. The woman was released by police who will refer the Case to the District attorney. Police declined to release  take Road Orange City Fla. A two sinkholes destroyed a Road and threatened at least two Homes monday in this coastal Community. The largest Hole was 165 feet in diameter and about 125 feet deep. The second about 300 feet away was 25 feet wide. Sinkholes form after water dissolves underlying material such As Limestone or Salt. The holes Are usually triggered by changes in the water  use for . Flag Boston a the . Trademark trial and Appeal Board says a condom company May use an american Flag shaped like an unfurled condom As its logo overturning a ruling Banning the display. The trademark office refused in 1991 to Register the design Tor Uia Guiory Contonis saying i would a a scandalized or Shock the conscience of a substantial composite of the general  but the Board reversed that decision earlier this month the manufacturer said monday. Lawyers for the Provincetown based corporation argue that the Flag has been incorporated into logos of thousands of commercial  still leads id Tarod Rohn Alaska a defending Champion Martin Buser held onto his Lead monday in the id Tarod Trail sled dog race with Dee Dee Jonrowe and five time Winner Rick Swenson close behind. _ Buser who has led at All but one checkpoint was the first to reach Rohn 272 Miles from Anchorage and 889 Miles from the finish line in Nome. Jonrowe was 55 minutes behind in second and Swenson was 10 minutes behind her. The race a test of skill and endurance began saturday in  brutality alleged Baton Rouge la. A Black legislators want an investigation into police handling of an elderly lawmaker who was hauled away from a rally at a Monument marking a 19th-Century White supremacy uprising. A they appear to have a choke hold on him and that s excessive Force to use on an 82-year-old Man Quot said state sen. . Jones holding up a newspaper photo monday of an officer with an Amlock around state rep. Avery Alexander s neck. Alexander was one of several protesters police pulled away from a scuffle during a rededication ceremony sunday of the 100-year-old Liberty Monument in new Orleans. He was not among four people arrested. The Monument Marks an 1874 uprising Between police and the White league a group of Whites trying to overthrow the states reconstruction government. About 30 people were killed and several wounded