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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 8, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 10 the stars and stripes . Girl reportedly was alive during suspect s quizzing Petaluma Calif. Apr Polly Klaas was alive and hidden on a nearby embankment when sheriffs deputies questioned her suspected kidnapper shortly after her abduction the san Francisco examiner reported monday. The newspaper cited Anonymous Law enforcement sources who said Richard Allen Davis confessed to strangling the 12-yc#r-old girl after he snatched her from her bedroom during an oct. 1 slumber party. Davis 39, also told authorities Over the weekend that Polly was still alive when he was questioned by Sonoma county sheriffs deputies who helped pull his car out of a ditch the newspaper said. The Sonoma county sheriff and an Fri agent said the reports were speculative adding that they still did not know exactly when Polly died. According to sheriffs department accounts the two deputies were responding to a report of a trespasser on a Road East of Santa Rosa which is about 20 Miles North of Petaluma. Polly was kidnapped about 90 minutes earlier but the deputies did not know that because they were monitoring a different emergency radio Channel than the one that reported her abduction the deputies were suspicious of Davis but they let ruling reduces Brothers Hopes of being set free los Angeles a the judge in the Menendez Brothers trial has dashed nearly any Chance of their going free in the Shotgun slayings of their parents. Superior court judge Stanley Weisberg refused to let jurors decide if Enk and Lyie Menendez acted in Quot perfect  if the two juries considered and. Accepted that argument they would have to acquit the Brothers. Weisberg said monday that he will allow the jurors to consider a imperfect  if they accept that argument a which says the defendants believed their lives to be in danger even though reasonable people in the same circumstances might not see it that Way a they can convict the Brothers of voluntary manslaughter. The Brothers Are charged with first degree murder and prosecutors Are seeking the death penalty. The defendants still could go free if the two juries disregard the judges instructions and acquit them entirely. Quot juries can do whatever they want to do a defense lawyer Marcia Morrissey said Erik 23, and Lyle 25, say they shot entertainment executive Jose Menendez and his wife Kitty in 1989 because they believed their parents were preparing to kill them. Prosecutors say the Brothers acted out of hatred As Well As greed for the family a $14 million Fortune. The Brothers said they based their judgment on lifelong sexual and psychological abuse and Subtle signals perceived in the last Days of their parents lives. They testified that they had threatened to expose the family a sexual perversion and sensed the couple would kill them rather than risk a scandal. \ Quot in this Case there was no objective reasonable belief that would justify the exercise of self defense a the judge said. A los Angeles apr Zsa Zsa Gabor and her husband were slapped with a $2 million libel verdict for telling German publications that Elke Sommer is a Haggard Hollywood has been. A jury monday ordered Gubor to pay $800,000 in actual damages while her husband Frederick von Anhalt was ordered to pay $1.2 million. The Superior court jury was to consider punitive damages tuesday. The German born Sommer who starred in such movies As the Money trap and the prisoner of Zemin sought $10 million. Gabor said she would Appeal. Quot her reaction is that they la never get a Nickel said her spokesman Phil Paladino. The lawsuit stemmed from three 1990 Arti him go after a search of his car and a warrant Check turned up nothing officials said. Both the examiner and the press Democrat of Santa Rosa reported that Davis told investigators he chose Polly at random and had no accomplices. The papers said he denied molesting her. The examiners sources said that they believe Davis motivation for the kidnapping was sexual and that he May want to avoid being labelled a child molester which could bring retaliation from other inmates while in prison. Sonoma county sheriff Mark Ihde said the examiners report that the girl was alive when his deputies pulled Davis Over was purely speculative. A we really do not know at this Point a Ihde said a we May never know results of an autopsy started monday were not expected for at least a few Days officials  agent Rick Smith also said investigators would not know what happened to Polly until the forensic work is Complete. Quot i think Well be Able to figure out How he did it a Smith said. But in a not Stire Well Ever know Why he did  a i breathtaking moment three year old Jesse Phillips of Indianapolis does his version of Jingle belts at a pre Christmas event put on every year in Indianapolis by tuba playing santas the tradition was started by Jesse a Grandfather Harvey Phillips who conducts the musicians. Cles in the women a Magazine Freiheit revue and the newspaper Bild. In the Freiheit revue Gabor was quoted As saying Sommer Hung out in shabby bars and supported herself by knitting and Selling sweaters for $150 apiece. Sommer insisted in the article that she was Worth the equivalent of about $17 million and that Gabor made the comments because Sommer once accused Gabor of having a big rear end. Bild quoted von Anhalt As saying that Sommer claimed to be 49 when she was 62 and that she was balding and looked like she was a Century old. In 1990, Gabor was sentenced to 120 hours of Community service for slapping a police officer. Wednesday december amp 1993 �?�?�?�?-1�?�? a a of. A _ a 1 a a a ,.fatal vision prosecutor gets 3-year term in fraud from wire reports Raleigh . A the former Federal prosecutor who helped convict or. Jeffrey Macdonald in the fatal vision slayings of the l former Careen berets pregnant wife and two daughters Drew three years in prison for fraud and embezzlement. Jim Blackburn pleaded guilty last month to faking a lawsuit forging judges signatures on court orders and embezzling $234,000 in client fees from his Law firm. He was sentenced monday. Two psychiatrists said he suffered from a psychotic delusional depression that probably was brought on by a stroke. Blackburn was an assistant . Attorney when he won Macdonald a conviction in 1979. He later became a . Attorney. Macdonald is serving three consecutive life sentences. The Story became a Best Selling Book and to movie both titled fatal  ailing after jog Washington after pulling a muscle jogging. President Clinton has stopped running for a while and is using a Pillow to support his aching. Lower Back. A i just have to wait for a while to run a Clinton. Said monday while walking across Pennsylvania a Avenue to the White House after a news conference. Clinton a Back problem resurfaced while Cooling Down from a jog wednesday White House spokeswoman Dee Dee Myers said. Quot thursday it was quite sore. Every Day it gets better a she  spends night in jail Middletown . The Bride wore White. The Groom wore Black and Blue. And instead of a honeymoon William f. Bork spent a night in jail and the family had to use Money for the Post nuptial junket to bail him out. Bork and Dorothy Andrews wedding saturday was capped by an eight hour reception that disintegrated into a half dozen Drunken fights township police chief William Fowlie said monday. Five police officers a the entire night shift a and a few officers from neighbouring towns were called in Fowlie said. According to the chief the Groom became violent and started to fight with the officers. When they tried to arrest him others intervened and the police resorted to Pepper Spray to subdue them Fowlie said. Bork 30 brother in Law William Evans 39 and the father of the Bride William Andrews 64, of St. Cloud Fla were arrested. The 30-year-old Bride also was hauled away and issued a summons for interfering with the officers Fowlie  Aid change sought Washington a a senior citizens group wants the food and drug administration to set National standards for hearing examinations and drop the requirement that they be conducted by physicians. Existing rules require that Consumers get a medical evaluation from a physician before buying a hearing Aid but also allow adults to waive that requirement most people already sign the waivers rather than seeing a doctor. Carol comisarow a member of the american association of retired persons National legislative Council said monday at an Fra hearing that her group questions Quot whether a comprehensive diagnostic hearing assessment must be performed by a  the Fra should establish National standards and Quot any hearing care provider with demonstrated competency in those skills.,. Should be permitted to practice a she said. 1gay Bias ban approved Boston a the Massachusetts House and Senate passed without debate monday a Law imposing a statewide ban on discrimination against Gay students in Public schools. The Bill which proponents say would combat the harassment that leads some Gay teen agers to drop out or commit suicide must be signed into Law by gov. William f. Weld who has said he supports the measure. The Bill says no one shall be discriminated against in a Public school or have his or her studies interfered with on account of sexual orientation. Elke Sommer wins suit Over Zsa Zsa  
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