European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 5, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 2 the stars and Stripe november 5,1994 at a glance Vladimir a Mirinovsky the russian Radical known for his Fnu Ameri can venom is anally getting the Chance to visit the object of his attacks. See Story on Page 9. Autopilot restriction american Eagle has prohibited ail of its at planes from flying on automatic Pilot id icing conditions following mondays deadly crash. A a a a a a a a a pages. Grenade hurts students a 40 my Rifle grenade that a Georgia teen was showing off to schoolmates detonated thursday injuring 12. A pages a a a a a a. A Virginia race Independent Marshall Coleman is t draining More votes from sen. Charles Robb than Oliver North in the . Senate race in Virginia a poll says v a a a a a a pages pushing Pope s Book thanks to a hard sell by Church officials Pope John Paul of a Book crossing the threshold of Hope has become a Best Page 10 mortgage assistance the United states major source of mortgage funds is introducing programs to overcome the largest obstacles to Home ownership a Lack of Down payments and insufficient incomes. Quot a Page 14 Index Abby Ann Landers. 21 classifieds. 22-26 comics. 18-19,21 commentary. 13 crossword 21. Faces a to places. 20 focus. 16�?17. Horoscope. 25 Jumble a a. 25 letters 12 Money matters. 14 religion _10 sports. 26-32 to listings. 31 weather.11 mom from Page 1 Day night the bodies of two children in the Back seat. An autopsy that was expected to confirm the identities of the bodies and say How the children died was completed at 4 . Friday authorities said. They did not disclose the results. But when a reporter asked if it was accurate to say Michael and Alex were alive in the car and drowned once it hit the water Union county sheriff Howard Wells responded a yes that a Ana Ccu rate Cable news network citing an unidentified soured said Smith became a Strong suspect when investigators found a letter from a Boyfriend telling her that he wanted to be with her but a did not want any kids around the Boyfriend was not identified. Residents of Union who searched and prayed for the children reacted with anger and bitterness. Dozens of people outside the county courthouse gasped and sobbed when the charges were announced. A if you could see the Way she acted that night that s the main thing that gets me Quot said Rick Mccloud jr., who was at Home with his parents oct. 25 when Smith pounded on their door crying for help just to think for a solid week i was defending her. It gets me sick to my Smith told authorities that an armed a Xiy vhf a Sill res Cipr amp David and Susan Smith appear on the a a today show thursday morning in new York later that Day Susan Smith was arrested in the deaths of her two Young sous. Man jumped into her car at a stoplight in a sparsely populated area at the Edge of town near the Lake. She said he ordered her to drive several mites then forced her out and took off with her two sons still strapped in their safety seats. A no one asked the two babies whether they wanted to live or die a said Rose Marie Savage the Mother of a 3-year-old girl. A Union used to be a close knit town. Now things will never be the same around here.�?�. A a is there Ever an explanation for murder a Sara Singleton of los Angeles the grandmother of Smiths estranged husband David told Knic to. A two Little innocent children there is no explanation for president Clinton campaigning in Duluth minn., was asked Friday to comment about the Case and praised the peo pie of the Community who organized the search and in other ways showed their concern about the children. A it is very important that they not feel in any Way that their efforts Are diminished a he said. Pope said Smiths confession led investigators to her car thursday afternoon. It had been driven off a boat ramp. Divers had searched the Lake several times but the water was too murky to see the car authorities said. Authorities said they had not completed their investigation but were not inclined to think that Smiths husband or others would be implicated. A i would say it does not fit the scenario for anyone else to be involved a Robert Stewart chief of the state Law enforce mint division told Abc on Friday. David Smiths Mother Barbara Benson of Garden City said her son is devastated. A a he a locked in a room and he wont even talk to his father a she said. She said she had no idea what could be behind the deaths. Police circulated a composite sketch based on Smiths description of the alleged kidnapper and people called in tips from around the country. Union residents staged prayer vigils Hung yellow ribbons and posted pictures of the children. A if she did no to want those children she could have Given them to me or any other Mother in Union a said Karen Huss who has two Young children. A we would have taken As late As tuesday Wells said he was treating the Case a was a carjacking that happened As it was on wednesday police searched Smiths Home and took several bags. They refused to say what they were looking for. The Smiths filed for divorce in september. Susan Smith was granted custody of the two children and her husband had visitation rights. The unravelling of Smiths Story is similar to the 1989 Charles smart murder Case in Boston. Stuart a White Man told police a Black Man shot his pregnant wife to death. Stuart later jumped to his death from a Bridge As investigators zeroed in on him As the killer. Smith who is White described the car Jacker As an armed Black Man wearing a knit Cap. Oath from Page 1 Railroad employee who said that he saw his father beat his Mother and that the incident had a a a profound effect on him. Simpson is accused of murdering Nicole Simpson and her Friend Ronald Goldman. The task of finding 15 alternates begins tuesday with in depth questioning of another group of prospects. These selections Are considered critical the expected six month duration of the trial and the Chance that jurors will be exposed to Media coverage virtually ensure that some jurors will be lost. After the jurors were chosen Superior court judge Lance i to welcomed them to what he called the a league of judges and said �?o1 believe you can Rise to the occasion despite the unusual after weeks of Media deprivation and questioning by High powered lawyers a and faced with the Prospect of spending several months holed up in a hotel a the jurors looked As if they could barely raise their hands to take the oath. One uror a woman who had repeatedly expressed reservations about sequestration juried her head in her hands. Simpson did no to look much better after being very involved in the selection process he appeared dazed and glum when the panel was finally seated. Later he hugged his attorneys. Both sides agreed on a jury on the first Day of peremptory challenges. Each Side exercised 10 of their 20 challenges. Lawyers Arentt allowed to dismiss jurors because of race or gender however. After nearly every Challenge lawyers gathered privately with the judge to complain that the other Side was bouncing panellists for race reasons the judge did no to agree. Of the 10 prospects challenged by the prosecution eight were Black Ana two were White. The defense challenged five Whites one Black one hispanic two american indians and one person of mixed race. The final word on who stayed and who was excused appeared to fall to Simpson who would nod in agreement before each move. A lbs news poll released sept. 26, the Day jury selection began showed 30 percent thought that Simpson was guilty. But Only 6 percent of the Blacks polled thought that he was guilty compared with 39 percent of the Whites. The poll which surveyed 1,264 people had a margin of error of 3 percentage Points. Blacks often Are More suspicious of police because of historically unfair treatment. Russian Admiral threatens Force against intruders Murmansk Russia apr a Navy commander Friday warned that the russian Navy might use military Force against any future intruders into russian Waters. Rear . Boris Sannikova told the itar Tass news Agency that the Northern Fleet May a use combat arms if there is a repeated attempt to trespass in russian territorial Waters. The warning came two Days after russian anti submarine patrols in the Barents sea tracked a foreign submarine for several hours finally forcing it to leave russians territorial Waters. Sannikova said he had proof that the submarine was a . Navy vessel and that the foray into russian Waters outside of Kola Bay near the Northern port of Murmansk was a an attempt to Check the combat readiness of the russian the Navy command said thursday that a russian diesel submarine had detected the foreign vessel by sonar in the Navy a training Region six Miles from Kola Bay. It was the third reported discovery of an american submarine in russians Northern territorial Waters in two years
