European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 02, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and strikes . Monday August 2,1993 a Day approaches for Powell Koon by the los Angeles times los Angeles once again per haps for the final time officer Laurence m. Powell and sgt Stacey c. Koon will appear this week in a Federal courtroom. They will emerge from their relative obscurity of recent weeks to stand grimly before the judge and receive what mos experts believe is inevitable a Federal prison sentence. It will be a monumental Day in the lives of the two los Angeles police officers who have fought first state and then feel eral charges in their two year Effort to vindicate their actions during the beating of Black Motorist Rodney g. King. But it will be an equally climactic Day for the City itself. No criminal Case has Ever captivated los Angeles More completely or Shook it More violently. Although appeals could drag on forbears it is Clear that on wednesday in the quiet dignity of . District judge John g. Davies courtroom los Angeles finally will turn the Page on one of the scholars seek to prevent suit Over sea scrolls Philadelphia a two professors planning to publish five volumes on the dead sea scrolls have asked Federal court to protect them from a Law suit threatened by another scholar. Professors Ben Zion Wacholder of the hebrew Union College jewish Institute of religion in Cincinnati and Martin g. Abegg of Grace technological Seminary in Vamona Lake ind., said the dispute centers on a segment of the scrolls that offers clues to an ancient jewish sect Liv ing in Jordan. The scrolls which include poetry an Legal texts As Well As books of the Bible Are thought to be about 2,000 years old. The were found in caves near the dead sea Over a 10-year period starting in 1947. The action the professors filed Friday said the threat of a lawsuit came in february from Elisha Rimron an Israel scholar who helped piece together the segment and interpreted the text. Rimron now studying at the Annenberg research Institute in Philadelphia won a lawsuit in Israel against a scholar who used his interpretation in a Book. A second Law suit is pending in Philadelphia. Wacholder and Abegg say their work will not include Rimron s interpretation. The Yare asking the . District court in Phila Delphia to isse a declaration of judgment saying they duh not infringe on Rimron s copyright. Rimron was not available for comment. Koon Powell most tumultuous chapters in its history. On that morning with supporters and detractors of the officers scrutinizing the system Davies will be called upon to de cide How much prison time if any the police officers should serve for their convictions of violating King s civil rights during a March 3,1991, traffic Stop. The beating incident was videotaped by a bystander and broadcast worldwide. Koon the supervisor at the beating scene was convicted of allowing King s civil rights to be violated. Powell who delivered the most Baton blows on the video was convicted of violating those rights. The defendants and their lawyers will argue three separate but related Legal is sues first that the officers deserve a new trial failing that that they should receive probation or very Short prison sentences and finally if. Davies elects to sentence them to prison that they should be Al Lowed to remain free on bail while they pursue their appeals. Prosecutors take a very different vie of All three subjects. In a series of Legal briefs they have asked Davies to deny the motions for a new trial sentence Powell to at least seven years in prison and Koon to at least nine and to take both men into custody immediately. Prosecutors also want the judge to Fine Koon and Powell $15,000 to $150,000 each and to order them to pay restitution milking it dry with ears Laid Back Max the cat manages to it his head into a Glass so he can act thelast drop of milk. The wily feline lives in Abilene Texas. California death May be linked to rodent virus a of pfc. Of to f1 t a a a a m Vuk. A _ _. _ Carson City Nev. A Feder Al health officials Are investigating whether a woman s death is linked to a rodent virus that has killed at least 14 people around the huge Navaja reservation. Jeanne Messier who died Friday of lung failure was a graduate student i ornithology at the University of califor Nia san Diego. She had been working in Mammoth lakes calif., the Mountain town near the Nevada line which lies about 600 Miles from the four Corner Region of new Mexico Arizona Colora do and Utah where most of the con firmed cases of Han tavirus have occurred. Doctors with the Federal centers for disease control and prevention based in Atlanta Are to visit the Mammoth lakes area for follow up studies. If they con firm that the Han tavirus is to blame forthe 27-year-old woman s death she would be the first California victim. Researchers from the cd and the California department of health serv ices planned to take blood samples from area residents said Betsy Hite a spokeswoman for the state Agency. Blood drawn from the woman s body was sent to a Laboratory and results might be ready by today said or. Rich Ard Jackson of the state Agency. It was such a dramatic Case with previously healthy adult that we need to take it seriously Jackson said. Nevada Public health adviser Dave Nelson said he was told the victim had rodent infestation in her House. But or. Steven Parker who treated the woman said that was not been con firmed. I would hate for people to sell their Homes in the mountains and Rush to the beaches without final word on what thesis he said. In a separate Case a cd Crew wrap Ped up its Field work in the mining town of round Mountain where a Comerna Kennearly died from Nevada s first Case of Han tavirus infection. Cd spokesman Bob Howard said Fri Day that the team s report on the Case of Mary servant 24, should be available by late next week. Servant said a Deer mouse caught and killed by her cats May have been the infection s source. The round Mountain Case was Only the second involving a victim who had not recently been in the four Corners Region where most of the cases have turned up eighteen cases have been confirmed .and14 of those victims have died. Many victims were from the huge Navajo reservation in the area. The Federal disease centers also Are investigating 28 other possible cases including 10 deaths and whether Hantavis rus caused other Milder illnesses. Han tavirus is spread through Clos Contact with rodents and their droppings. To King who has told the court that medical Bills come to roughly $189,000. With prosecutors and defense lawyers staking out radically different positions Davies a generally Tough sentence but one who has shown a willingness to con Sider a Range of factors in imposing punishments will be on the spot. If he gives Short sentences foes of the officers would almost certainly protest and prosecutors could Appeal. It he imposes Long ones the officers and their lawyers have vowed to Challenge the judge in the 9thu.s. Circuit court of appeals. Most observers predict that Davies will take a Middle course imposing sentences of four to six years each Ana giving the defendants some time to gather their things and say goodbye to their families before surrendering. During the trial the judge often sough Compromise solutions to Legal issues balancing the interests of the government against a desire to protect the rights of the defendants. Urban league wants answers from Clinton Washington a the nation Al Urban league has a question for presi Dent Clinton Why has t he latched onto More of its suggestions for fixing the racial and social problems in big cities Clinton and other administration officials will try to explain their program Dur ing the league s annual meeting which opened sunday. We want to hear what they have today said league president John a Jacob. They certainly have not implemented the program that would give them the Best  in january the league urged Clinton to consider a Domestic Marshall plan Call ing for a 10-year Federal investment in Urban education Job training transp Orja Tion waste treatment water supplies and technology. Jacob said then that he Felt Clinton was underestimating the depth of Urban problems such As income disparity and increasing racial tension. While Clinton s plans so far touch on the league s main themes they do not in corporate its recommendations. Clinton is to cum less the convention wednesday after earlier appearances by the attorney general and the secretaries of housing education labor and com Merce. We have to get this administration to understand it can be bolder and More aggressive in designing the programs that Deal with Urban problems Jacob said in a news briefing Friday. He said this year s conference will focus on pulling together a two pronged strategy of self help and aggressive government to ease the problems plaguing Black communities. Organizers expect 15,000 people to at tend the conference including civil rights activist Jesse Jackson the director of the National association for the Advance ment of coloured people Benjamin f. Chavisjr. Sen. Carol Moseley Braun d 111. And comedian Bill Cosby. Clinton s Urban plan has focused on re forming health care streamlining Wel fare renovating housing and fighting drug related crime. Remedies that Deal with racial tension including some suggested by Henry g. Cisneros Secretary of housing and Urban development arc excluded from administration plans. Only one Clinton proposal has come close to the Urban league s Agenda t Short term economic stimulus package and that died in Congress. None of Clin ton s plans is estimated to Cost anything near the $50 billion annual Price tag of the league s proposal. Pc