European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 07, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse Pae 4 the stars and stripes wednesday december 7,1994 gets death for killings Pensacola Fla. A a former minister housed to taunt women with cries of Mommy Mommy Don t let them kill me was sentenced tuesday to die in the electric chair for the Shotgun slaying of a doctor and an escort outside an abortion clinic. Paul Hill showed no emotion As judge Frank Bell sentenced him to death and asked if he had anything today. Hill did to but a woman whom police later identified As Regina Dinwiddie of Kansas City mo., stood Upland began shouting at the judge. This Man is innocent and his blood will be on you hands the hands of the people of the state of Florida and on the jury she yelled As guards moved in and pushed her from the courtroom. Hill wearing a Lime Green jail jumpsuit and shackled at the Ankles was hustled out another door at the same time. The jury that convicted Hill of first degree murder recommended the death penalty for killing or. John Bayard Britton 69, and retired air Force it Barrett 74. The other option was life in prison without parole. Barrett s wife june who was also guarding Britton was wounded when Hill ambushed the unarmed Trio As they arrived at the ladies Center in the Barretts pick up truck jury 29. The state death sentence takes precedence Over the Doe Federal sentence of two life terms in prison that Hill received last week assistant . Attorney David Mcge Esaid. Hill 40, was sentenced in Federal court in the slay Ings As the first person convicted of violating the free Dom of Access to clinic entrances Law. The Florida supreme court automatically reviews All death sentences. Bruce Barrett the Barretts son said the sentence were just. V i think it s real important that the state showed that this kind of violence is not going to be condoned and the Only Way to do that is to give the maximum penalty Barrett said. He shot my father in the face with a Shotgun. He shot or. Britton in the head. And he had planned to do it for a Long before sentencing Hill Bell described How he stalked his victims Cut them Down then took a few moments to View the carnage before tossing his 12-gauge Shotgun aside and walking away. The defendant was looking at what he had accomplished with Pride and satisfaction Bell said. Hill s wife and parents sat behind him in the court room for tuesdays sentencing. They showed no Emo Tion and left immediately afterwards. They declined to As Man comment to the throng of reporters and camera Crew that trailed them to the elevator. Hill formerly a presbyterian minister served As his own lawyer during both trials offering no evidence and questioning no witnesses the state judge had barred him from arguing that the slayings were justifiable to save fetuses. You have a responsibility to protect your neighbor s life and to use Force if necessary to do so Hill told the jury in his murder trial. In an Effort to suppress this truth you May mix my blood with the blood of the unborn and those who have fought to defend the of pressed.". A prosecutors argued that there was no justification for the slayings. A. V if one examines the great religions of the world the killing of a human being by one who lays in wait is regarded As evil and sinful state prosecutors wrote. The very god who the defendant referred to in his Only utterance to the jury condemns the acts committed by the defendant Hill was convicted in september of violating a noise ordinance by Yelling Mommy Mommy Don t let them kill me and similar statements through cupped hands at the ladies Center in june. Com by Jon Connor staff writer Baumholzer Germany the army Community in Baum older turned out in Force monday to Honor a Young doctor known for his compassion who died recently of a cerebral Haemorrhage. Or. Capt Xavier r. Cazares was eulogized As a Loving husband and a Man of compassion an Faith. Cazares a 1starmd Day arty sur Geon suffered the Haemorrhage at his Baum older Home nov. 27 and died four Days later atthe Lan Stuhl army regional medical Center. The sudden death of the 30-year-old Soldier called Doc by Many shocked family Mem Bers friends and patients. Or. Capt Andrew Risner a col league and Friend told the 300 Mourner that it was appropriate that his heart stopped beating Long after his brain stopped thinking because Cazare treated everyone with compassion Cazares father Ramiro Cazares said his son had wanted to become a doctor As Early As the third Grade. He told his son that it would be no Short path. " dad i _ Don t care How Long it takes Cazares said his son responded. Cazares a. Is Kano org Carol Ann Henderson wipes away a tear during a memorial service in Baum older Ger Many for or. Capt Xavier r. Cazares a 1st army div arty surgeon who died unexpectedly dec. 1. Henderson is thedaugh terhof the unit s chaplain maj. Jerry Henderson. Family members said in an interview Xavier Cazares Mother Lydia. He lived Friday that there was no family history of life to the fullest. You never heard him you were captured by his exuberance and enthusiasm said it. Col. James such illnesses. It caught everybody by Surprise theelder Cazares said. He was a picture of health added Breckenridge division artillery executive officer in a memorial tribute. Cazares displayed great compassion and sympathy with All his patients Breckenridge said. Chaplain Jerry Henderson the unit chaplain told those at the service that the tendency is to question why/1when someone unexpectedly Dies who had so much to give. Cazares graduated cum laude in biology from Texas am University and from the University of Texas health science enter. In 1991, his dream was fulfilled when he became an Active duty Field sur Geon. .-., received the army achieve ment medal for assistance in treating wounded bosnian refugees. He also was awarded the meritorious service medal on nov. 28 for his army service. In darkness a spotlight shone on Ca Zares memorial display during the Cere Mony at the Wagon wheel theater of Fering the last glimpse of a Soldier k Ved by Many but As Breckenridge said the Christmas season brings the Hope of re Newal and offers the Chance to feel the infectious love of Cazares. Cazares was scheduled to attend school in theol United states next summer to work toward becoming a ophthalmologist said Veronica y. Cazares 23, his sister. T. I think basically we accepted it butt s Only been on god s strength she said. Yes we re grieving Buthe s with god and that is giving us strength next base closures Likely of be w 7 r -. _. by Art Pine _ los Angeles times Washington the Pentagon is preparing to launch another major Effort to close Down unneeded a military bases with signs that this one will be the big Gest Vand by. Far the most painful such Effort in re Cen history. Defense department strategists believe this coming round of closings the four since 1988, May be the most crucial of All. In drawing Down the cold War military the Pentagon has slashed the total number of service members but it has not reduced the infrastructure bases and depots As sharply. Pentagon budget makers fear that unless the services get rid of Large numbers of those needed bases this time they will be stuck with hefty overhead costs that will leave them unable to Channel Money into critical weapons systems and modernization programs. California which saw 11 of its major military bases or dered closed in last year s round is certain to be hit hard again if Only because it still has a disproportionate share of bases. Sixty seven of the nation s 470 remaining Mili " tary installations Are in California. Moreover As the generals Are painfully aware this next round May Well be their last Chance. Congress authorized base closing efforts in 1988,1991 and 1993 and May not be willing to launch another after this onegin 1995. The bases left intact May be around for years. Robert Gaskin a former Pentagon strategist Points out that the pain in the coming round is Likely to do exacerbated by the fact that Alt the easy choices have been made. The really marginal bases were closed Long ago Gaskin said. Now we re getting into to top it off partly because of delays in environment. Tal cleanup the actual closing of targeted bases has been slower than expected and the shutdowns have yielded far smaller savings so far than Pentagon policy makers had been counting on. As a result planners in All four services Are predict ing that the list of bases the services will propose foreclosing in the 1995 round is Apt to be the biggest Ever. Former defense Secretary Les Aspin has forecast that it will be the Mother of All base As has been the Case in previous base closing rounds the bulk of the decision making will be left to an inde pendent panel known As the defense base closure and realignment commission an eight member body set up to review the services recommendations and make final decisions. " the panel which acts As a sort of insulator and Polit ical lightning Rod was set up essentially to save con Gress from itself. Lawmakers unable to face the fire storm that inevitably followed votes on base closings set up the commission and left it with the Job. _ _ once the panel comes up with its own final recommendations lawmakers need to vote Only if they want to override what the panel has decided. And by Law they must consider the entire package at once spar ing them the need to cast votes on each base individual to. _ _. _ most critics5 agree that a few glitches aside the pro Cess generally has worked Well. Over the years the commission has ordered the closure of most of the in needed bases that the Pentagon recommended. And by and Large it has kept politics out of the process
