European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 27, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse Saturday August 27i 1994 . The stars and stripes Page 7man cleared in King Case starts police desk Job 1 from the associated press Culver City Calif. A a fired los Angeles police Rookie who was acquitted in the Rodney g. King beating started a desk Job this week in a suburban l. A. Police wind who was on probation with the 1 los Angeles police at the time of the 1991 beating will Type information on a computer and help officers with desk work. He will not carry a gun. Culver City with a population of 40,000, is about 11 Miles Southwest of los Angeles. Wind was acquitted in the 1992 state trial stemming from the beating of King who is Black during a traffic Stop. Three other White police a officers were acquitted of most charges As Well. The acquittals led to deadly rioting and looting in los Angeles. Former sgt. Stacey Koon and former officer Laurence Powell were later convicted of violating Kings civil rights. Both Are in by Blacks urged Milwaukee a an outspoken radio talk show Host who wants to improve conditions for Blacks is talking about a revolution by next year. Michael Mcgee says hell recruit Blacks around the country to Cut phone lines bum tires on freeways and attack other institutions unless the government creates jobs improves education and housing and takes other Steps against Urban poverty by Jan. 1. Mcgee a former City Alderman Calls himself the Leader of the a Black Panther he says his revolution would be a War on property not people because wealth is what Whites in Power value disqualifies lawyers new York a judge disqualified civil rights lawyers William Kunstler and Ron Kuby on thursday from representing men accused of conspiring to bomb new York City landmarks saying they faced potential conflicts of interest. . District judge Michael Mukasey whose ruling Likely will Force a delay in the scheduled sept. 19 trial noted that the lawyers had represented four defendants and several other people connected to the Case relationships that posed insurmountable problems. He said they also were potential unworn. Witnesses in the Case in part because of Public statements they made out of a a perceived need to Correct a hostile Public View of blameless wants officers fired Chicago a the Cook county sheriff says 300 of his officers should be fired because they were hired even though they had failed an entry exam because they had performed political favors or a because they possibly paid bribes. Sheriff Michael Sheahan blames his predecessor Republican James of Grady for corruption in the department. Sheahan a Democrat took office three years ago. He said More than 30 of the officers he wants to fire were hired since then but before he Learned of the extent of the corruption. All 300 officers work in jails or courts. Federal prosecutors Are investigating the department which has 5,000 suspects return Call Chattanooga Tenn a arresting the. Suspects in a homicide was a no brainer for police who Learned they had stolen the dead Man s Beeper. A we called that Beeper number a said detective Frank Newson. A whoever had it tried to Call us police traced the Call and arrested George Morgan 19, and Antonio Morgan 18. The cousins were charged wednesday with murder attempted. Murder and attempted aggravated robbery. Police said the morgans robbed Zach Williams 18, at gunpoint last week then George Morgan shot him in the Chest with a 9 my pistol As he tried to run away. U the suspects mothers encouraged them or surrender after learning that police had traced the Call Newson said. The morgans were jailed without Bond Friday pending an arraignment monday. Espy says staff provided information on tickets Washington a. A agriculture Secretary Mike Espy says his staff supplied information on the value of tour super bowl tickets for his financial disclosure form and he would revise the form if necessary. Espy also denied an Atlanta museums statement that his Girlfriend and his two children attended the game. The museum supplied the tickets. Neither Espy nor a spokeswoman would say who used the tickets. A., a i rely on staff to Tell me the Cost of tickets a Espy told reporters outside a thursday briefing that he and other officials gave about an innovation in food safety. Espy abruptly left the briefing and the ensuing Trail of reporters interrupted the event. The Issue of How much Espy paid for tickets arose in associated press reports wednesday and thursday the a reported that Espy charged the government $849 for his two Day trip to the super bowl in Atlanta. Espy made the trip because Smokey Bear the Mascot of the Forest service was honoured in Public service announcements during the game. The Forest service is under Espy a jurisdiction. Super bowl tickets had a face value of $175 each. The Fernbank museum of natural history which provided the tickets said it paid $900 for the four tickets because they were hard to get. The museum opened a travelling exhibit marking Smokey a 50th birthday. It had hoped to promote the exhibit which opened live Days after the game by inviting Espy to the game. Espy a disclosure form listed Only $350 Worth of tickets and gave no number of tickets. A a in a not trying to hide anything and that a Why i put it on Here a Espy told reporters. Army sgt. Porter Laster or the 1st inf div much at fort Riley kan., practices using a portable fire shelter wednesday at fort Riley. About 600 soldiers from the fort Are joining firefighting efforts in the Northwest this week. Hundreds flee As fire nears town by the associated press a handful of Washington state Hospital patients and about 400 residents of a California town were forced to flee in the face of wildfires thursday. In Oregon a tractor operator fighting a Blaze was killed when flames engulfed his vehicle officials said. The California Blaze raced through dry dense underbrush to within a mile of big Creek a tiny town about 50 Miles East of Fresno. The 400 residents and campers from two nearby campsites were evacuated. The 2,000-acre fire was sparked wednesday at an electric company substation after a Squirrel shorted out a conductor said . Forest service spokeswoman Susan Exline about 775 firefighters were fighting the fire at the 6,500-foot Elevation. A the Crews Are having a hard time Down there a said Phil strand a Sierra National Forest information officer. A with All that Brush things Are quite a smaller fire in Washington forced the evacuation of four or five Hospital patients As it burned through the Columbia River Gorge. The 50-acre Blaze damaged two Homes and Skyline Hospital transferred its patients to another Hospital and sent some staff members Home. A. Also in Washington the 135,170-acre Tyee Creek Blaze that has burned fiercely for 33 Days was completely contained. More than 1,550 firefighters including 556 marines made the final push to build fire lines around the Blaze burning in Wenatchee National Forest. The Tyee Creek and other fires have burned More than 227,000 acres and destroyed at least 37 Homes or Cabins in Central and Eastern Washington since july 24. Most were started by lightning. In Oregon one House was destroyed and Back coun try residents were forced to evacuate after a 3,500-acre Blaze came within two Miles of Sams Valley in an area about 15 Miles Northwest of Medford. A tractor operator fighting the Hull Mountain fire was killed thursday when flames overtook his vehicle said Medford fire chief Dave Bierwiler. No details were immediately available. State police offered a Reward thursday for information on who May have started the Man made Blaze. Firefighters also struggled to save a commune known As the Village that dated to the 1960s. Firefighters get engines and other equipment up a rough Road leading to the commune but bombarded the area with water from the air said Mike Barsotti an Oregon department of forestry spokesman. In Idaho High temperatures High winds and Low humidity spelled trouble for firefighters battling sever immense blazes including the 28,000-acre Star Gulf fire Northeast of Boise and the 53,360-acre rabbi Creek fire near Idaho City. ,
