European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 21, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and stripes . Sunday novel new 21. Deadly new Fence Aims. A. /. I -. To Stop prisoners cold Calipatria Calif. A the signs show a Man hit by a Bolt of electricity falling backward. Danger. Peligro they warn. High voltage keep out. Alto voltage no  it s no Idle threat. A new electrified Fence at Calipa Tria state prison Means instant death for any inmate trying to escape. A prisoner advocate said she was horrified by what amounts to an automatic death sentence. State officials contend it s no different from the old shoot to Stop pol icy for Tower guards just More efficient. The Fence does t get distracted it does t look away for a moment and it does t get tired said War Den . Prunty. We already had a lethal perimeter he said. This is simply a Way to keep that same level of Security while saving  Calipatria a maximum Security prison opened nearly two years ago. It is set in the desert scrub near the Salton sea 35 Miles North of the mexican Border. The chocolate mountains loom Over prison grounds. Guards threw the switch on the Fence nov. 8. It car Ries 4,000 volts and 650 Milliam parcs. About 70 Mil lamp arcs is enough to kill. The $1.5 million Fence stands 13 feet High erected in a no Man s land Between two 12-foot fences topped with razor wire so nobody touches it accidentally. A special wire at the Bottom prevents rats and other Small animals from climbing up and dying. The ring of fences is separated from the Low Tan prison buildings and 3,900 inmates by a wide empty strip of dirt. As Many As 20 other California maximum and medium Security prisons will get electrified fences in the next few years As the state struggles to build More Pris � on on a tight budget. Massachusetts Indiana and Tennessee have used less sophisticated electrified fences for years typically a High voltage line atop prison Walls. Walpole state Pris on in Massachusetts installed one at the top of its outer Wall in the 1950s. In the Early 1960s, a Walpole inmate was killed when he touched it during an escape attempt. A fellow in mate managed to jump Over the electric wire said Tom Rapone the Massachusetts Secretary of Public safety. A prisoner has not been shot to death during an escape attempt in California since 1981. Most escapes Are walkways from minimum Security Camps something that has happened 48 times this year. Only five inmates have escaped from higher Security prisons this year. The California department of corrections estimates that electrified fences eventually could save the state $34 million a year by reducing the number of Tower guards. The legislature approved the fences in 1992. Turkey Trot Bill Harrington herds Turkey into the Corner of Field the pied Piper of gobblers needed to count the Birds recently at the Wyc Wood farm in Stonington Conn. Before they became thanksgiving dinners. 93 Holiday meal figured at $2.74 per person Park Ridge Iii. Up the american farm Bureau federation says the Cost of a traditional thanksgiving dinner for 10 people is up slightly this year to a total of $27.38. That s a Little More than one Dollar above last year s Cost and represents three years of steady climb. If shop pers use coupons the Cost could be less. The estimate is based on a nationwide Survey of 85 farm Bureau Volunteer shoppers in 27 states. The breakdown one 16-Pound, self Basting torn tur key $11.06 a 14-ounce package of cubed stuffing mix $2.24 a 30-ounce can of pumpkin pie mix $1.36 a package of two 9-Inch Frozen pie shells $1.30 3 pounds of Sweet potatoes $1.51 a 12-ounce package of Brown and serve Rolls 93 cents a 12-ounce package of Frozen peas 96 cents 1 combined Pound of carrots and celery relish 45 cents 1 gallon of milk $2.37 a 12-ounce package of fresh cranberries $1.82 one half pint of whipping Cream 71 cents onions. 47 cents Coffee 30 cents and $ 1.90 Worth of miscellaneous items. Womb for rent woman faces trial in diet scam Gretna la. Up a woman who rented a hous ton billboard offering her services As a surrogate Mother is accused of running a diet clinic scam in Louisiana. Whitney n. Broach 43, faces a Federal trial next month on counts of mail fraud and unlawful financial transactions related to her american medical weight loss operation in Gretna and Metairie. The marquee style billboard along a Busy Texas freeway said. Womb for rent educated healthy Loving Surro Gate Mother available and gave a Telephone number which was that of her husband s Law office. Broach who went by Cherie Ward Werling while in new Orleans was returned in february to Jefferson Par. Ish. La., from Houston after her arrest on the Federal charges. If convicted on the Federal charges she could be jailed for up to five years and fined As much As $250,000 on each mail fraud count and sentenced to 20 years and fined $500,000 on the other charge. Also broach was arrested for fatally shooting her previous husband but was never charged because she claimed self de  Clinton signs defense Bill with stiffen anti Gay clause. From wort reports Seattle president Clinton signed a slimmed Down $261 billion defense Bill Friday with a stricter version of his Don t ask Don t Tell policy on homosexuals in the military. It also repeals the ban on women aboard Navy combat ships. The spending measure appropriates $2.6 billion less than Clinton proposed and is $12 billion below last year s level. In the Post cold War Era defens spending has been shrinking As the size of . Military forces declines. The policy that became Law instructs the military not to ask about sexual orientation of recruits but allows a future defense Secretary to reinstate the question. It also says that open declarations of homosexuality pose an unacceptable risk to morale Good order Ana discipline. Clinton had proposed a policy that would permit homosexuals to serve As Long As they remained silent about their sexual orientation except in the mos private settings and did not engage in homosexual acts. Music rift leads to death Littleton Colo. It started with a Man complaint about loud music. Somebody fired paint pellets at his House. Then came the warning the worst is yet to  now he s dead gunned Down in his doorway. Norman Nielsen 57, was shot in the Chest tuesday night by an intruder who tried to push his Way into Nielsen s House police  22-year-old Denver Man David a. Vieyra ii was being held on investigation of first degree murder and first degree burglary investigators said. Revenge was the motive said capt. Grayso Robinson of the Arapahoe county sheriffs office. A neighbor said it All started Over the summer when Many residents were annoyed about youths driving up and Down the Street with their truck stereo blaring. Kitten killer gets jail time Sheffield Lake Ohio an Ohio Man has been sentenced to spend 30 Days in jail beginning the Day after Christmas for dropping a Kitten to it death from the 10th floor of an apartment building. Chad Pruchnicki 21, of Sheffield Lake told police officers that he wanted to prove whether cats always land on their feet. He killed the Kitten sept. 12.lorain municipal court judge Gustavo Nunez also fined Pruchnicki $500 and placed him on one year probation. Sheik s lawyer bows out new York a lawyer assigned to defend Sheik Omar Abdul Rahman against charges that the egyptian cleric led a terrorist bombing conspiracy has withdrawn from the Case according to a published  lawyer Robert m. Beecher dropped the Case during a judicial investigation into his conduct another cases the new York times reported saturday. Beecher was chosen at random last week from Alist of lawyers certified to represent indigent defendants at the Federal government s  is to be tried in the Federal District court in Manhattan sometime next  Michael Mukasey filed notice late Friday that another lawyer would be selected from the list to Aid Abdel Rahman in his defense. Wrong number saves life Rochester  96-year-old woman who fell out of bed and could not get up was rescued after dealing a wrong number answered by an 11-year-old girl on the other Side of the state. Ruby Fields thought she dialled the nurses station at her Keene retirement Home tuesday night but she was one digit off and the phone rang at Kari Smith s Home in Rochester. Kari s Grandfather was watching her but was asleep so she went to a neighbor s Home to get help. Kan s family has a caller identification feature that displays the number of incoming Calls. Kari called police told them what happened and gave them the number. Police in Keene called the retirement Home an Fields was rescued