European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 11, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Pago 6 the stars and stripes . Thursday March 11,1993 an artist s sketch shows Rodney g. King testifying at the trial of four current and former police officers. Court hears King s Story of 91 beating by police from wire reports los Angeles a Rodney g. King narrated to a hushed courtroom tuesday his Story of the beating by police officers who he said taunted him with racial epithets. In his first testimony about the beating King imitated in a singsong voice what he said were the taunts of the police. A i heard As they hit me a he said. A they were chanting of what a up killer How you feel killer what a up Nigger How you feel killer a the testimony came in the Federal trial of three White los Angeles police officers and one former officer accused of denying him his civil rights. King said the beating started soon after he stopped his car following a Brief Chase March 3, 1991. He admitted he had been drinking and was speeding when police began to Chase him but he said he was afraid to pull Over because of his prior robbery conviction. Kings mention of the word a a Nigger introduced race into a Case that until tuesday had managed to avoid the Issue. Despite perceptions among Blacks that the beating was racially motivated prosecutors have not asserted that the defendants acted with racial malice. The defendants a Stacey c. Koon Laurence m. Powell Timothy e. Wind and Theodore j. Briseno a listened impassively to Kings testimony. The alleged racial remarks was to be at the heart of cancer tests inadequate Mayo researchers say Rochester Minn. Up widely used tests intended to detect signs of Colon or rectal cancer miss More cancers than they catch Mayo clinic researchers said tuesday. Lire researchers concluded that the tests which detect blood in a persons fees Are not Good indicators of abnormal growths in the Colon or rectum the tests Are used in highly publicized cancer screening campaigns across the country and Are endorsed by the american cancer society the National cancer Institute and others. Experts have recommended an annual Stool blood test after age 50 in addition to physical examinations. Tie researchers said one widely used test using Stool samples collected on pretreated cards Ana mailed to a Central Laboratory for processing missed More than 70 percent of col rectal cancers and More than 90 percent of intestinal polyps found in follow up examinations. A a the Point is it does no to matter How Well you detect blood in the Stool a said or. David Ahlquist a Mayo gastroenterologist who ran the study. Focal blood is a poor Marker for Colon  american cancer society spokeswoman Stacy Charney said the organization would study the new report but planned no immediate changes in its recommendations. Defense efforts to discredit King on wednesday. King previously accused the officers of using racial epithets it he did not repeat that allegation when he testified before a Federal grand jury last summer. As if to head off that defense Challenge prosecutor Barry f. Kowalski asked King whether he was a absolutely sure that officers had used the word  Quot in a not absolutely sure a conceded King who said his memory was impaired by the beating. Nevertheless tuesdays testimony seemed to provide major gains for the prosecution. During a recess Powell said a efm hoping for some effective Cross examination because the Way the jury is seeing him now is not the Way i saw him that night. The defendants contend the 56 Baton blows and kicks they rained Down on King were a justified use of Force. They have said the 6-foot-3-Inch, 265-Pound King refused to comply with their orders to get Down and came across As a top crazed  but it was a slimmed Down soft spoken Man in a charcoal Gray suit who sat before jurors. King did not testify at a state trial last year in which the four defendants were acquitted of most charges. Lawyers said the decision by state prosecutors not to Call King allowed the defense attorneys wide latitude to portray him As a muscled threatening  inhaler is found effective against smoking Washington up a a nicotine inhaler May become the newest weapon in the fight against smoking. Danish researchers report in the journal of the american medical association that smokers who used an inhaled form of nicotine were much More Able to quit than those who resort to a widely used false Inha or. In a study following 286 smokers for up to one year the researchers found 15 percent of the nicotine inhaler users stopped smoking while Only 5 percent of the other group quit. After six weeks 28 percent using the nicotine inhaler had stopped smoking compared to 12 percent who quit without the nicotine substitute said or. Philip tonne sen of Bisp Esbjerg Hospital in Copenhagen and his colleagues. Currently nicotine gum and skin patches Are used to help Ween smokers off the drug. Other researchers Are developing nicotine nasal sprays and other methods. The inhaler used in the study was similar to those used by asthmatics a a plastic tube with a disposable drug Container. Nicotine addiction is one of the primary reasons for smokers not quitting or for resuming smoking after trying to Stop. The american lung association estimates smoking is responsible for More than 434,000 deaths in the United states each  drops his Effort to change Georgia s Flag from wire reports Atlanta gov. Zell Miller abandoned his Campaign to remove the Confederate Battle Emblem from the state Flag tuesday saying he did no to have enough votes in the legislature to pass the measure. Supporters of the proposal to change the Flag say the inclusion of the Confederate Emblem is offensive to Blacks. However several surveys have indicated Strong Public sentiment across the state to keep the Flag As is.2 die in bus truck crash Fairchance a. A a school bus carrying elementary school pupils collided with a tractor trailer Rig tuesday killing one youngster and the trucks Driver. At least 16 people were Hurt. State police did no to immediately release any details on the cause of the crash. The Accident occurred on a state Highway near the Pennsylvania West Virginia line. The pupils were on their Way to Smithfield elementary school in the Ibert Gallatin school District. Truck Driver Rickie Lee Walters 39, of Charlotte n.c., was pronounced dead at the scene said the. Fayette county coroners office. Eight year old bus passenger Bradley Shaneyfelt died at children a Hospital of Pittsburgh said Mike Chichwak a Deputy Allegheny county  breast feeding of d Tallahassee Fla. A mothers May breastfeed in Public without fear of arrest for lewdness under a first in the nation state Law. A a it a not a shameful act that ought to be hidden behind closed doors a gov. Lawton Chiles said in signing the Law tuesday. A a it a a time of bonding and nurturing Between a Mother and her  there Are no known instances of women being arrested and charged with Public nudity or lewdness for breast feeding in  band Leader Dies la Jolla Calif. A Bob Crosby the popular swing Era band Leader and younger brother of Singer Bing Crosby died tuesday of cancer. He was 80. Crosby led big bands from 1935 to 1942 and started an eight piece band within the band the Bob cats during that time. Crosby was the last of seven siblings to die. He is survived by five children and seven  chairman retires los Angeles a George a. Roberts retired tuesday As chairman of Tel Edyne inc., the far Flung conglomerate besieged by defense fraud suits and former air Force Secretary Donald b. Rice joined the company. Roberts who turned 74 last month is being succeeded by William p. Rutledge 51, Teledu new a chief executive who will continue to hold that title. Rice who served in the Bush administration was named chief operating officer and  Leader in id Tarod Mcgrath Alaska a Jeff King pulled into a narrow Lead Over five time Champion Rick Swenson on tuesday in the 1,161-mile id Tarod Trail sled toot a br6 the defending Champion Martin Buser r t d re Ive Marld during first third of the a a or Yai tie from Anchorage to the 11 i m vex Sam a strive there just before . Monday and Hadnot left by late tuesday. Buser four time Champ Susan Butcher and others appeared to be taking a mandatory 30-hour  blamed in fatal fire of. A a 3-year-old girl who liked play with fire was blamed tuesday for starting a Blaze that killed her and three other family members in their apartment. Investigators concluded the girl Rathany Van used a banter to set fire to a pile of clothes in the Corner of the bedroom while her Mother and infant sister were taking a Nap in the room last thursday. Trisf111 by ? Fer ? ran into the room and it f a 1s-fami1 but was quickly overcome by the smoke and intense heat. Y he a stir found o11 four by Dies in the Back 24 eng 27 wife Van 24, and their two daughters 4-month-old Rutheda Van and 3-year-old Rathany Van