European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 3, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 12 the stars and stripes . Friday june 3, 1994punitive damages denied to King los Angeles apr Rodney King lost a bid for millions in punitive damages in what the jury for woman said was a Compromise Between jurors who thought King was brutalized and those who thought police were just doing their Job. Within minutes of wednesdays verdict police called a citywide Alert and barricades went up on the streets leading to police Headquarters and the courthouse. But the streets remained quiet and the Alert was cancelled. The verdict coming after 11 Days of contentious deliberations ended the third and possibly final courtroom drama to arise from the 1991 videotaped beating that Tore apart los Angeles and led to the downfall of police chief Daryl  same jury earlier ordered the City to pay the Black Motorist $3,8 million in compensatory damages for injuries pain suffering and lost earning capacity from his beating at the hands of White police officers. In the second phase of the Case the jury was asked to decide whether the six defendants should pay King punitive damages which Are meant to deter and punish  jury concluded that former sgt. Stacey Koon and former officer Laurence Powell acted with malice or in reckless disregard of Kings rights. But it awarded King nothing. And it found no wrongdoing by the four other officers. A we had both extremes a explained the for woman a 48-year-old professional mediator whose name was not released. A some thought the officers were just doing their duty. Others Felt it was excessive Force with  an attorney for King a who had sought up to $15 million in compensatory and punitive damages a said he would urge his client to Appeal. A and one Black juror denounced the verdict which required the agreement of All nine members of the jury. Quot there was no Justice Here a the woman said As she drove out of the courthouse. A there was no Justice at  Quot is purely Black and White a she said without explaining Why she had gone along with the others. When . District judge John Davies polled jurors on whether they agreed with the verdict the woman Quot no a sighed then responded paused Shook her head  the four officers who beat King lost their jobs and Koon and Powell Are serving 2/t-year prison sentences for violating his civil rights. Koon and Powell testified that they had lost their Homes their savings and their careers. A the poverty defense was successful a said Kings attorney John Burris. A it appears the jurors concluded enough is enough and the officers had suffered enough.�?�. The last two defendants were officer Theodore Briseno and former officer Timothy wind who were earlier cleared of criminal charges in the beating. Briseno had counter sued King. The jury wednesday ruled that King battered Briseno by fighting Back during his arrest but it refused to make King pay punitive damages. Wind who has been absolved in three trials now said his ordeal seems endless. A a it a the King Case a he said Quot its never Over with. It s made a wreck of our lives a wreck of the City and of our  in the stars and stripes 10 years ago june 3,1984 a the United states and Nicaragua agreed to hold meetings to try to ease tensions in Central America . Secretary of state George Shultz and nicaraguan. 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Onassis leaves estate to family Charity new York a Jacaueline Ken Nady Onassis left the bulk of her estate to her children and Charity with a plea that her privacy be guarded in death As it was in lire. In her 36-Page will filed wednesday in surrogate court the former first lady left All her letters and other papers to her children John Kennedyjr. And Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg. The will asks her children to Quot respect my wish for privacy with respect to such papers letters and writings and. To take whatever action is warranted to prevent the display publication or distribution in whole or in  the will does not specify the value of Onassis estate except to say it is Worth More than $500,000, Onassis died of cancer at 64 on May 19, her will dated March 22, was executed by her companion Maurice tempelman and a Friend lawyer Alexander forger. Tempelman had handled her finances since the death of her second husband Aristotle Onassis and is thought to have at least quadrupled the $26 million she secured from the greek shipping tycoons estate. Onassis left tempelman a my greek Alabaster head of a woman and forger her copy of president Kennedy a inaugural address signed by poet Robert Frost. Onassis also left each of her children $250,000 and the principal of a Trust fund that Kennedy had left her. The children also received Onassis fifth Avenue apartment two properties in Martha a Vineyard mass., furniture rugs Art Silver China Linen Glass and Jewely. Onassis asked her children to give whatever they done to want to the Kennedy Library in Boston. She also directed that any remaining assets be used to establish the a amp a foundation named after her children s initials. The foundation will give to charities selected by the children and tempelman. Onassis asked that charities a making a significant difference in the cultural or social betterment of Mankind or the Relief of human suffering receive preference. Onassis left nothing to her sister Lee b. Radziwill because a i have already done so during my  she left Radziwilla a daughter and son the earnings of a is million Trust fund for the next 10 years