European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 26, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse Saturday november 26, 1994 . The stars and stripes Page 5 five inmates steal keys flee jail in guard s jeep from the associated press Harrisonburg a. Five inmates overpowered four guards and stole keys to escape from a medium Security state prison Early Friday. The inmates took one guard s jeep which was found about 20 Miles away in the Middle of the Shenandoah Valley said department of corrections spokesman Jim Jones. State and local authorities with dogs searched the area. The escapees were sentenced for crimes that included larceny burglary and cocaine Possession. Two of the guards were beaten Jones said. One was treated and released and one was being tested for head injuries. Dan clues ruled reliable Santa anal Calif. A state appeals court upheld a conviction based almost entirely on Dan evidence calling it highly reliable and a top state attorney general s official said the ruling would have a significant Impact on other cases. But the defense attorney disagreed and said he would Appeal. The 4th District court of Appeal released a unanimous ruling wednesday upholding the conviction of Frank Lee Sci to. Soto 34, was sentenced to three years in prison for the attempted rape of a 79-year-old woman. Prosecutors based their Case largely on Dan taken from semen found on the woman s bed. The admissibility of Dan evidence is a key Issue in the o j. Simpson murder Case. Superior court judge Lance Ito has yet to Rule on the Issue. 6 die in flaming crash Chicago a pickup truck went out of control on an interstate and careened Over the median causing a fiery Accident that killed six people the five people pronounced dead at the scene thursday night were burned beyond recognition the county Coroner said. A toddler was pronounced dead at a Hospital. Nine others were injured two third vehicle then ran into the wreckage. Police were investigating reports that the pickup was speeding and lost control when another vehicle suddenly pulled in front of it. State troopers said both people in the pickup were killed. The victims identities were not available Early Friday. Airport radar delayed St. Louis ground radar designed to Avert accidents like the collision Here Between a Jet and a Small plane won t be installed at the City s Airport for two months. Federal safety officials have been pushing for the advanced system for nearly a decade. Ground collisions also have caused multiple deaths in los Angeles and Detroit at airports that also were waiting for the Federal aviation administration s initial commitment to the new system called for installation at 29 airports including St. Louis Lambert Airport by april 1990. Construction and technical problems have delayed the installations the St. Louis Post dispatch reported thursday. Lambert s operational Date slipped until january. On tuesday a Twa md-80 Jet with 132 passengers was in its Takeoff run when its win clipped a Small charter plane that should not Nave been on the same runway. Both men aboard the Cessna were killed. A handful of Jet passengers was slight injured. Twins then triplets Jackson miss. Terri Tucker was hoping for a brother for her two daughters when she was pregnant with twins three years ago. The twins were Corn two girls. It was the same Hope when she got pregnant again this year. This time she had triplets three five six and seven arrived last Friday for Tucker 33, and her husband Carlos Smith. Their oldest daughter is 10. The new arrivals received names of african origin. They Are Zazika Wakile which Means Fortune Ana Beautiful one Razina Natasa Strong or patient and skillful one and Aziyu Hayti contented though the family moved into a four bedroom House this month it will still be crowded the parents said. They operate a company that Sells books and she s also a schoolteacher. Pressures Dole not to support Helms Lincoln neb. A Republican sen. Jesse Helms of North Carolina should be denied the chairmanship of the foreign relations committee be cause of remarks he made about president Clinton sen. Bob Kerrey said thursday. The Nebraska Democrat urged soon to be Senate majority Leader Bob Dole r-kan., to withdraw his support for Helms chairmanship. Helms has been strongly criticized by several democrats including Clinton for his remark that the presi Dent was so unpopular with the military that he d bet Ter have a bodyguard if he visited bases in North Carolina. /.,"a y / Helms said in a statement tuesday that he had made a mistake but did not apologize. In a Telephone interview Kerrey said he sent a letter to Dole outlining his concerns about Helms remarks. The letter was also signed by sen Tom Daschle d s.d., who is seeking the Post of Senate minority Leader. Dole however said wednesday that Helms com ments should hot keep him from becoming committee chairman. In an interview with can Dole said Helms had assured him that such comments would t happen Kerrey a Vietnam Veteran and Winner of the medal of Honor said Helms remarks Fly in the face of our traditional and constitutional system which demands civilian control of the military and respect from the Mili tary for the commander in chief Kerrey said it was t sufficient for Helms to apologize " these comments Are of such a serious nature that he must be made to pay a Price for them Kerrey said. Tailback tackle holding tightly onto the Ball Bill Stumbo takes Steve Harding for a Cool drag through the Snow during a thanksgiving Day game in Boise Idaho. They were Tak ing part in the fifth annual Turkey bowl in which a group of friends meets in Boise s Ann Morrison Park to play Flaky football. Honeymoon Over after far Flung fling new Orleans a lawyers and judges stroll out of a courthouse for lunch As deputies Lead three lethargic shackled men through a crowded Small town Square. A Young woman suddenly appears brandishing a Shotgun. She orders the deputies to unchain her boy Friend one of the three prisoners. They have no Choice they can t risk a gunfight in the noontime traffic. The Man and the woman dash away and steal a pow Der Blue Cadillac from two old ladies. They head for the land of Elvis get married and continue their tour of the South. Captured on a coastal Island eight Days later they laugh on their Way to jail. The tale of Gor Don Ray Thomas his Bride Consuella Monique Gaines Thomas and their 1,100-mile journey could pass for a movie script full of love and wanderlust. She had never gone anywhere and she wanted to go sightseeing chief criminal Deputy Laura Baltha Zar said wednesday As she described the events that led to the capture of the couple nov. 18 in Georgia. On nov. 10, Thomas was sentenced to 20 years in prison for armed robbery. Minutes later Balthazar said Thomas two months pregnant Girlfriend helped him escape outside the courthouse in Opelousas about 130 Miles Northwest of new Orleans. Then according to Balthazar the two both 23, took the Cadillac and headed North to Little Rock ark., via Texarkana Texas. They followed a prison bus All the Way. They thought that was the safest thing to they had saved a few thousand dollars and planned to Fly from Miami to Jamaica. But they decided to drive on to Memphis tenn., which Thomas Girlfriend said was gorgeous and stopped several police officers for directions. They toured Ems Presley s Graceland Man Sion and tried to find a place to stay but hotels were booked with a convention of Baptist ministers. So they took advantage of the situation picked a minister and got married nov. 15. Next was Nashville and Chattanooga tenn., then they drove Down to Tybee Island just off the Georgia coast from Savannah. The Only reason they ended up in Tybee Island was she wanted to see the Beach Balthazar said. They would get no farther. As Thomas was putting he Shotgun into the car at a trailer Park it went off by Accident and residents called police. The Only Way off the Island was by Bridge. One Roadblock later the honeymoon was Over. Before they were caught they threw away their Money. About $2,500 splashed into the Atlantic Ocean. Thomas is serving his original sentence. Authorities also planned to charge him with aggravated escape armed robbery and avoiding prosecution
