European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 27, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 4 the stars and stripes tuesday september 27,1994 serbs thumb nose at . Troops Sarajevo Bosnia and Herzegovina a bos Nian serbs turned up the pressure on beleaguered .. Peacekeepers monday by blocking convoys grounding helicopters and putting new restrictions on military vehicles ". Underscoring their contempt for the United nations serbs entered a . Weapons compound sunday and held training exercises with anti aircraft guns stored there . Officials said. Hopes of resuming Sarajevo s vital Aid Airlift also were dealt a setback after serbs issued a veiled threat to shoot at any . Planes Landing at the Airport , officials said. Obviously the situation is tense said it. Col Tim Spicer a . Military spokesman in Sarajevo. We be Lieve this is a direct result of the jets strafed and bombed a serbian tank near Sarajevo on thursday in retaliation for serbian attacks on French peacekeepers. It was the fourth nato strike on serbian ground positions this year. But bosnian serbs also pressured by newly tight ened . Sanctions for rejecting a peace plan have Only dug their heels in deeper. They denied permission for . Helicopter flights or convoys monday. They also announced a new require ment that . Military vehicles get clearance three Days before any movements on serbian held territory. That would cause big difficulties for the . Mis Sion in general said a . Spokesman maj. Herve Gourd Rigelon. . Relief officials based in Belgrade also said they were suspending Aid shipments through serbian held areas of Bosnia after receiving a letter from serbs warning that they cannot guarantee safety " of convoys. Conveys must travel through serbian held land to reach besieged Muslim enclaves in Eastern Bosnia Spicer said a Strong protest was lodged with bosnian serbs after they warned sunday that they could no longer guarantee safety of planes using the Sarajevo Airport. A similar threat prompted Pope John Paul ii to cancel a planned pilgrimage to Sarajevo Early this month. Los Angeles a for Days on end they camped outside of. Simp son s mansion with coolers and satellite trucks Lawn chairs and cellular were packed so tightly on the ground it seemed a Blade of grass would have trouble squeezing through. You Ain t seen nothing yet. Camp ," has moved to los an Geles criminal courthouse concentrating the Power of at least 75 news organizations on the Simpson trial and bringing the american Media staff out to new Heights. Literally. The parking lot across the Street from the courthouse has been rented by the radio and television news association Rena coordinator of the double murder trial coverage and is now Home to 40-plus satellite trucks and air conditioned trailers. Straddling the vehicles Are massive Wood and Iron scaffolds built to allow to networks arid their affiliates to tape their reports standing above the court House crowds with a Clear View of the downtown Skyline As a backdrop. Taking the top spot is Abc s Tower a whopping 40 feet tall. Why so High All the better to see Over can s 30-foot Tower lbs 20-Foottowers and the three tiered Universal Ela form where All the local station save spots staked out. The wobbly scaffolds can be daunt ing. " i d like to see it before i put Tom Brokaw up there David Bohrman Abc s executive producer of news specials said with a laugh referring to the network s top news Anchor. Camp of. Is not without amenities including five portable toilets cleaned daily four 24-hour Security guards daily trash pickup 600 phone lines and for some Coffee doughnuts and catered lunches. About 40 Miles of Cable pulled through a Tunnel underneath the Street connect the parking lot to the 12th floor of the courthouse where a whole other contingent of news people have made their Home. In one room perpetually Wanned by the heat of thousands of dollars Worth of broadcasting equipment More than 20 to and radio Crews will Monitor proceedings via the feed from one Lone Remote controlled camera in the court room. In another room the print Media has established its Headquarters Complete with portable fax machines Laptop computers miniature tape recorders an swering machines and four to sets. The Cost of bringing the Simpson trial to every living room in America just readying the pressroom Cost $500,000, Rena president Milli Marti Nez said. Rental of the parking lot next to the quake damaged Hall of Justice $24,000 a month. Throw in the Cost of electricity. Fiber optic cables and the rest and a six month trial could Cost the group $700,000. With each news organization paying for its own scaffold trailer equipment and of course staff the Price will easily reach into the millions an official said. Most think fair trial Likely poll says los Angeles a seven in 10 people in los Angeles county Haven decided if . Simpson is innocent or guilty and most believe he will get a fair trial according to a poll published on the Day jury selection began. Fifty nine percent said they were confident Simpson could get a fair trial while 33 percent were doubtful and 8 percent did t know according to the poll in monday s los Angeles times. Blacks were less certain with 47 per cent confident Simpson would get a fair trial nearly a third were very percent of those surveyed said Simpson was guilty of killing his sex wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her Friend Ronald Goldman. Seven percent said two to news workers climb up the extensive scaffolding erected in front of the Hal they were sure he want and nearly of Justice in los Angeles for coverage of of. Simpson s trial. The scaffolding face three quarters said they had t decided. The los Angeles criminal court building where jury selection began monday. Simpson from Page 1 about possibly sequestered in a hotel far from family and friends with the world watching and waiting for a Deci Sion sure to be second guessed for years. Some 1,000 people have filled out questionnaires on whether the trial would be a hardship. The court monday looked at a first Batch of 219 the jurors and alternates cannot be found in that group other batches of prospects will be called up. In All 91 people out of the first group of 219 said the trial would be too much of a financial hardship said Marcia Skolnick a spokeswoman for the Supe rior court. Sixty three said they might be Able to serve and the other 65 said they could handle a trial lasting several months we have to be somewhat generous in our stipulations to excuse jurors be cause of the possible sequestration Issue to said. Also discussed monday was a motion filed by the los Angeles times to let More reporters into the courtroom Dur ing jury selection. The judge had originally allowed Only one Pool reporter Linda Deutsch of the associated press into the court room with no audio or video feed to the outside world even to the pressroom. He changed the arrangement Mon Day to allow up to five reporters in the courtroom As potential jurors Are excused and More seats Are available. Both the prosecution and defens contributed Sample questions for the 50-Page questionnaire on potential jurors background and attitudes. The document s con its Are a secret but it no doubt questions prospective jurors on everything from their views on inter racial marriage to the amount of Public Ity they be been exposed to
