European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 9, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse R Pago 6 stars and stripes . A my. Thursday december 9,1993witness new York a Willie Hernandez moosh stood in front of the jury Box like a Man choosing doughnuts at a bakery and pointed out the men he recognized As the ones be encountered just hours before the world Trade Center bombing. Trouble was he pointed out two jurors. A it was a person such As this a moosh said tuesday As he pointed to one juror drawing laughter and bemused looks from others in the jury Box. His testimony was to have been a crucial piece of the Puzzle prosecutors Are assembling to prove that the four men on trial conspired to bomb the Trade Center. The blast killed six people and injured More than 1,000. Prosecutors had hoped that moosh would Point out defendants Mahmud about Fatima and Mohammed a. Satanic h As the men who came to his Gas station Between 3 and 4 . On feb. 26, the Day a bomb rocked the twin towers. Jurors in bomb Case prosecutors say a yellow carried the bomb into the Trade Center and was destroyed in the blast. They say no witnesses saw the driven into the Trade Center so moosh May be As close As they can come to an eyewitness on the Day of the attack. Quot this is devastating to their conspiracy Case a defense attorney Austin Campriello told . District judge Kevin t. Duffy out of the jury shearing. / but assistant . Attorney Gilmore Childers said the misidentification was not Quot devastating unless t plan to indict juror no. 6.�?� he pointed out that moosh Quot did not go Down the table for the defendants at All. He stopped in the jury moosh testified that he was working at a Gas station in Jersey City n.j., when a yellow Ryder arrived followed by a Blue car. He described the cards Driver As a a White person with Orange coloured hair who had freckles and some Beard and was husky. About Fatima 34, is a Large Man with red hair. Childers asked him to look around the courtroom for the Man. Moosh looking somewhat confused ventured toward press benches in the Back of the courtroom and looked Over the reporters before approaching the jury a look All Over a Childers urged. Moosh continued peering at the jury Box finally pointing toward one of the Anonymous jurors a Young Man with Strawberry Blond hair and Pink Sun. On juror laughed loudly As several others smiled or appeared startled. A the record should reflect that he was pointing at juror no. 6,�?� Duffy said. ,. A Short time later moosh was asked to identify the Man who drove the . This time he picked juror no. ,5, a Man with a Black Beard. Sal amen 26, a bearded Man prosecutors say drove the was seated several feet away. In the stars and stripes 10 years ago dec. 9,1983 a bribery charges were filed against West German economics minister Otto Lamsdorff accusing him of accepting 135,000 Marks about $50,000 at the time from the flick holding co. In Exchange for tax Breaks. 20 years ago dec. 9,1973 a president Nixon s auditors concluded that he made a $117,370 profit on a 1970 san Clemente calif., land Deal but paid no taxes on it saying other lawyers told him at the time that there was no capital gain. 30 years ago dec. 9,1963 a president Johnson protected by one of the tightest Security nets Ever seen came to new York on his first trip away from Washington since becoming the nation s chief executive after the assassination of president Kennedy. 40 year Sago dec. 9,1953 a president Eisenhower proposed to the United nations that the world body set up an International atomic Energy Agency to move humanity out of a this dark chamber of horrors into the tight. 50 year Sago dec. 9,1943 the Western world teemed with rumours in the Wake of three Middle East conferences including a Stockholm report that the German ally Bulgaria had begun moves to get out of the War. L world War ii 50 years ago today dec. 9 1�9�4�3 Biro i american soldiers capture Rocca d Evandro cementing tie allies hold on Monte Camino on the Western italian front a German counterattack in the Monte Sammu Cro sector Falls to drive Allied forces Back. On the Southern soviet front red army units closing in on Nam Erika take nearby Mede Rovo and attack Znamenak itself. Source 2t34 Days of War w h. Arrutti publishers inc. World almanac Book of world War ii Bison books corp., 1981 a Safe at last bosnian Muslim Reft gees arrive at new Yorkus Kennedy Airport on tuesday As part of an Airlift of about 750 muslims from War torn Bosnia and Herzegovina. The Airlift organized by the . High commissioner for Reft gees and the International organization for migration is to take place throughout this week. At ratings for by the Washington Post a Broad coalition of video game producers and rental shops has reached Basic agreement on creating a National system to rate games for violence sex and profanity Industry executives said tuesday. The group hoped to announce its plans today effectively pre Empting legislation that would give the Industry a year to implement a rating system. Hearings on the Bill Are scheduled for today As Well. Americans Are expected to spend roughly $5.5 billion this year on video games and player units. As sates Rise violent and sexually tinged titles have led to Calls in Congress for a rating system that would help parents make intelligent choices about what their children play. Particular criticism has been directed at a game called night trap in which the player tries to defend a group of sorority games considered girls wearing Short pyjamas against Lood sucking assailants. The characters Are real actors rather than the compute generated figures of traditional games. Also singled out is the Street fighting game mortal combat in which the successful player can triumphantly Pluck out the spinal column of a victim. Video game makers generally contend that there is no scientific evidence that games make people prone to violence. Quot its preposterous to claim there is a causal relationship Between a video game and a crack dealer getting a Bullet in the Back a said Tom Zito president of digital pictures inc., which produced night trap. William White jr., marketing vice president of Industry giant Sega of America inc., said terms of the . Rating system had not been worked out. Some companies he said want the Washington based software publishers association to take Washington a the former acting army Secretary was hired As a High paid Pentagon consultant within weeks of being put on administrative leave because of a shoplifting arrest the Pentagon confirmed wednesday the Pentagon gave John w. Shannon a month to month contract nov. 17 to look at defense department Stock inventories and provide advice on what to keep and what to get rid of said army it. Col. Stephanie Hoehne a Pentagon spokeswoman. He will receive about $85,000 if he stays with the project for one year she said. Shannon 59, was arrested aug. 26 outside the Post Exchange at fort myer near Arlington va., after store detectives saw him put items Worth about $30 into a shopping bag and leave the store without paying. Misdemeanour charges were dropped after he confessed and agreed to attend a me month shoplifting prevention program and perform 50 hours of Community service. The Pentagon placed him on and charge of the system. Quot we believe in self regulation rather than government regulation a he said. The legislation sponsored by sen. Joseph Lieberman d-conn., and sen. Herb Kohl d-wis., has helped Spur the often feuding Industry to come together White said. Eilene Rosenthal general counsel of the software publishers association said the coalition would work with Congress parents and teachers groups to Quot come up with something that everyone is very Happy with a it hoped to have a system in place no later than the end of 1994, .t16 coalition might implement a specific rating system such As the motion picture Industry did two decades ago or a Labelling system. White said the group also would work with retailers and rental shops to publicize the system and assure that juveniles could not obtain games without their parents permission. Lifting arrest ministrative leave after the incident. The retired colonel was Deputy undersecretary of the army during the Reagan administration and was named army undersecretary in 1989, focusing on Day to Day management of army operations. Shannon a native of Louisville ky., became acting army Secretary the service s top civilian position when the Clinton administration took office Jan. 20. President Clinton a Choice for army seckary Togo West jr., was confirmed by the Senate last month
