European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 12, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday november 12, 1993 stroke victim 82, shot to death by husband 7 1from wire report Sel paso Texas a Man walked into a rehabilitation Hospital arid shot his stroke Ridden wife to death in her wheelchair police said. William Knop 71, shot Frances Knop 82, in the Back of the head with a pistol wednesday police spokesman sgt. Bill Pfeil said. The resident of Las graces n.m., then fainted in her room at Rio Vista rehabilitation Hospital Pfeil said the was arrested and was expected to be charged with  motive for the slaying was not immediately known Pfeil said. Frances Knop had been at the Hospital since oct. 12, recovering from a stroke. Frosty seat Burns 6 girls Silverton Ore. Six High school girl suffered severe Burns on their buttocks from sitting on blocks of dry ice for a Pep Assembly  pulled a brain deader and we will make sure we Don t do it again said Dick Kromminga principal of Silverton High  girls were chosen by their classmates for a stunt last week to see who could sit on the ice the longest. Afterwards four were treated at Silverton Hospital and or. Frank lord said some of the girls May need skin grafts. The truth is i be never seen any frostbite on this part of the Anatomy he said. Dry ice or solid Carbon dioxide can be As cold as112 below Zero. Police chief confronts be rime Portland Ore. Portland s police chief i doing More than talking about taking the streets Back from the criminals. He moving into one of the most crime Ridden neighbourhoods. Charles Moose bought an 82-year-old House for$80,000 in Portland s King Section where the crime rate is about twice the City average. He and his wife plan to move in around the end of the month. I spend so much time telling people they need Tobe a part of taking Back the streets one at a time i Felt i needed to be part of that he  House was broken into several times and the t first time Moose came to see it a Pimp dropped offa prostitute out front. Moose said the area has a lot of crime and vacant buildings because Absentee owners and some renters have no stake in the neighbourhood. The Only Way you can turn that around is by moving in he said. Fall kills Canyon tourist grand Canyon National Park  24-year-old tourist slipped and fell to his death while posing for a picture above the grand Canyon the fifth fatal fall since  Accident occurred tuesday at the Canyon s South rim said detective David Ramos of the Coconino county sheriffs department. The tourist was identified As Timothy j. Rowe of Madison  april a Colorado woman plunged 200 feet to her death while preparing to pose for a photograph at the South  sept. 5, a German Man was killed in a 400 foot fall on the North rim. A Houston woman fell150 feet to her death in the same area sept. 7, and a 51-year-old transient plummeted 360 feet at Mather Point sept. 8. There were Only two fatal Falls at the Canyon in 1992, according to National Park service records. Charity event turns ugly Dallas police dispersed about 2,000 people wednesday after the registration for a salvation army Christmas Charity program turned violent during the wait to get into the building the crowd began pushing and shoving police spokesman de Spencer said. About two dozen officers were called in to breakup the crowd Spencer said. He said there were no 01 tvo women who got into a fight were cited for Misdemeanour assault Spencer said. Salvation army officials said the crowd became unruly when word got around that Only 500 people would be allowed to Register for the giveaways. The salvation army called off the registration atthe store near downtown and officials said they . The stars and stripes Page 7 n officers the s Avion army had hired for today registration Spencer said. John Wayne Bobbin shakes the hand of a bystander As he his aunt Marylyn Biro and his attorney Gregory Mur Phy leave the court in Manassas va., on wednesday after he was acquitted. Doubts on wife swayed jury to acquit mutilated husband Manassas a. A the jury in the Case of theman whose wife Cut off his Penis in retaliation for an alleged sexual assault was swayed by suggestions that shews just dissatisfied with his lovemaking a juror says. John Wayne Bobbitt 26, jumped to his feet landlocked his attorney in a Bear hug after being acquit cd wednesday of marital sexual assault. I m thankful tothe jury. They believed me he said. I just want to get on with my life Lorena Bobbitt 24, had testified that she attacked her husband with a fillet knife As he slept after he pinned her Down and raped her june 23.but William Vogt a member of the jury of nine women and three men said the proof just did t  other things an emergency room doctor testified that he found no visible evidence of rape. Test found evidence that the bobbins had sex but the tests could not pinpoint when. Particularly damaging was Lorena Bobbin statement to a detective hours after the attack Vogt said. She complained that her husband was an insensitive Lover who always has orgasm and he never Waits  sounded from the police report that it was not so much the sexual assault she was complaining about Ashim not pleasing her and not being sensitive to her needs Vogt said. John Bobbitt could have received 20 years in prison. His wife faces the same sentence if she is convicted of malicious  goes on trial nov. 29 her testimony in her Hus band s Case will probably be used said John Bobbitt s attorney Gregory  Bobbitt did not appear in court wednesday and did not come to the door at the Home where she is  Bobbitt a labourer testified that he never forced sex on his wife and that she did not resist whence initiated lovemaking the night of the mutilation. And Murphy said Lorena Bobbitt concocted the Alle Bobbitt s sexual recovery May fake up to 2 years by the associated press John Wayne Bobbitt May have to wait two years before his doctors know whether he will re gain full sexual function after surgery to reattach his Penis. Bobbin s wife Cut off his Penis june 23. Bobbitt underwent nine hours of surgery Dur ing which nerves were repaired under a Micro scope. Or. James Sehn a urologist said John Bobbitt is having some discomfort As the nerves Regener ate. He can urinate but it May be two years be fore doctors know if full sexual function will re turn.  she was jealous and angry Over the Dis solution of her four year marriage. The couple planned a divorce at the time of the  were evenly split when they began their four hours of deliberations Vogt said. He said two women held out for a time for a guilty verdict. They were worried about setting a precedent that women in the future would not be Able to use the Law to act against their husbands when involved in marital abuse. We were All worried about that he said. Ultimately the jurors rejected prosecutor Paul  s claim that Lorena Bobbitt struck out at the very thing that harmed  Bobbitt fled the apartment after the mutilation still holding the severed Organ and the knife. She Flung the Penis out her car  Penis was later recovered and doctors reattached it in a nine hour operation. Hearings set for Dod nominee Halperin Washington a the Senate armed serv ices committee has scheduled two confirmation hear Ings on the controversial nomination of Morton Halperin to a top defense department Post. The hearings will be held wednesday with Halperin and nov. 23 with proponents and opponents of presi Dent Clinton s Choice for assistant Secretary of defense for democracy and peacekeeping. Conservative lawmakers contend that Halperin s concern for individual liberties would endanger nation Al Security and several republicans have announced their opposition to the selection. Halperin is the former Washington director of the american civil liberties Union. He was a National Security Council staff employee under president Nixon before quitting in disagreement Over the Vietnam War. The White House announced its intent to nominate Halperin in March but did not Send the nomination to the Senate until Early August