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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 18, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday july 18, 1994 . The stars and stripes Page 9 suspended officer fired Over Rodney King beating. From the associated press los Angeles a a police officer who kicked Rodney King has been fired a month after a disciplinary panel ruled that he used excessive Force during the videotaped beating. Police chief Willie Williams signed the order firing Theodore Briseno on thursday. The 12-year Veteran was suspended without pay following the March 3,1991, beating of King a Black Motorist caught after a Chase. A a in a sorry for ted. He a been through hell a said Harland Braun one of Briseno a lawyers Briseno and the other three White officers who beat King were acquitted of nearly All state charges a decision that sparked the los Angeles riots. Briseno was later acquitted in Federal court As Well. Briseno 41, testified during the state trial that his fellow officers were a out of control during the beating. He has said he kicked King to keep him on the ground so the suspect could be handcuffed and arrested. A homeless Man gives car Philadelphia apr a homeless Man stepped through a crowd of onlookers to help save the life of a Man who had collapsed on the sidewalk and stopped breathing. Thomas Clisby was walking downtown thursday when he fell unconscious to the pavement. Despite the crowd of about 30 that quickly gathered around Clisby nobody stepped Forward to help except Tyrone Haynes. First Haynes checked Clisby a pulse and found none. Then he checked to see if he was breathing. Clisby Wasny to. Haynes found nothing in the Many a Mouth blocking his Airway so he began Mouth to Mouth and cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Haynes said he Learned car in the army Over a decade ago. Paramedics arrived within minutes to take Over lifesaving efforts. Clisby was listed in guarded condition saturday in the intensive care unit at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital a nursing supervisor said. Test not dangerous army says Washington a the army said sunday that the biological warfare testing it conducted in Minneapolis four decades ago posed no threat to the Public health. In a study army analysts said the Zinc cadmium sulfite used in the 1953 program was Well below limits set by both the occupational safety and health administration and the environmental Protection Agency. The a tests posed negligible health threats to residents of the test areas a said a summary of the study which was prepared at the request of sen. Paul Well stoned  the analysis of the secret program was confined to the Minneapolis testing the concentrations used there were similar to those used in other cities said it. Col. Robert gum of the army environmental Hygiene Agency. Other areas where the testing was conducted include the san Francisco Bay area North Central Texas East of the Rocky mountains the Georgia and South Carolina coasts Rosemount Minn. And the Chippewa National Forest in Minnesota. Revelations about the program which included tests of various chemicals and biological agents have caused alarm in Minnesota and in other areas where the testing was conducted including Winnipeg Manitoba and St. Louis the army acknowledged that it sprayed the fluorescent chemical Over several parts of Minneapolis including an elementary school. The particles were tracked to determine it How chemicals or biological agents would disperse. Care action Boston apr the nations governors opened their summer meeting saturday with a frustrating sense at Dejavu still waiting anxiously for word from Washington on what health care Reform will look like a and How it will affect state budgets and programs. But even As they urged Washington to act this year it quickly became Clear that the governors Are unlikely to find enough common ground to speak with one voice on the thorniest Issue in the debate a How to pay for Reform. A a we re not Able to resolve arguments Over How to finance this a Vermont gov. Howard Dean said. As a result the National governors association appeared unlikely to make any major new policy offerings on health care As it did in january by adopting a plan calling for major insurance and other reforms but stopping Short of demanding Universal coverage. Instead the four Day summer meeting shaped up More As a platform for the competing sides As the de Bate in Congress nears a turning Point. While waiting to hear from president Clinton As Well As the Senate democratic and Republican leaders governors of both parties said it was imperative that Congress adopt a re Forth package this year and urged con Gress to use their framework. A if is absolutely essential to pass a Bill this year or you Are going to retard Progress among the states a Dean said. A it would be a tragedy for the american people if Congress does no to pass a health care Bill thisyear.�?�. South Carolina gov. Carroll Campbell echoed Deans Call for action this year. But voicing a View shared by Many Republican governors he said that if Congress cannot resolve financing for Universal or near Universal coverage it should still pass insurance and other More incremental reforms. A a in be never seen a House built by putting the roof on first a Campbell said. A generally you build a  on Washington Monument Park service to save scribblings Washington a Graffiti from the 1800s discovered by workers renovating the Washington Monument has a different tone from that usually found today on the sides of buildings and subway cars. A whoever is the human instrument under god in the conversion of one soul erects a Monument to his own memory More lofty and ending sic than this a reads the inscription that can now be viewed by visitors to the Monument. It is signed bib. No one knows who that is or who left the Small drawings and 19th-Century dates on other wails. But National Park service historians have decided to save the scribblings. The markings in the lobby of the Monument were covered Over when it was decorated at the turn of the Century. They were found when workers removed Marble wainscoting As part of a yearlong $500,000 renovation that was just completed. Gary Scott Park service regional historian said bib probably carved the message sometime Between 1854 and 1880, when construction stopped on the Monument because funds had run out. That includes the civil War period when Union soldiers camped on the Monument grounds while guarding against an invasion by Southern troops. A the building was just wide open a Scott said. The Monument begun in 1848 with Public donations was finally completed in 1884 after Congress provided funds. Convicted rapist gets 2nd trial after judge admits impropriety Morgantown , apr a new trial was ordered last week for a former West Virginia University researcher convicted last year of raping three students. Circuit judge . Spaulding gave no reason in granting a new trial for Jack Edward Hawkins 41, of Morgantown. But the decision comes after the trial judge admitted coaching prosecutors on their closing arguments dec. 16, the Day Hawkins was convicted of three counts of first degree sexual assault. Spaulding was appointed to handle the Case after judge Larry Starcher removed himself. The state judicial investigation commission recommended in May that Starcher be charged with violating rules that require a judge to be Independent and impartial. Starcher admitted that he talked with prosecutors and has apologized. Hawkins was convicted of rapes in 1985, 1989 and 1990 in Morgantown a student neighbourhood. His contract with the University a College of agriculture and forestry was not renewed after his 1992 arrest. The new trial was scheduled for sept. 26. A arc Berchtesgaden has rooms available for you now Here s a great Chance to get reservations at the Berchtesgaden or Hof in arc Berchtesgaden. Kayaking rafting Golf and exciting Tours await you. Enjoy a free Continental breakfast in your hotel. Call now for reservations Call Dan 4415-623/823 Civ. 08652-61057 fax. 08652-62768  
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