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The BG News Thursday, April 15,1993 The BG News Volume 75, Issue 136 King case continues, Marines prepare by Sieve Gelsslnger The Associated Press The four white officers were acquit- portrayals of the anonymous jury. Maxine Waters handed out letters say- people to leave their guns at home. ted April 29 on state assault charges in "Any drawings of jurors or alternates ing, "It's time to chill." One man attended wearing an olive- the black motorist's beating, touching must contain minimal detail and must "If you take to the streets with a Mo- green helmet and flak jacket and said LOS ANGELES - The Marines prac- off riots that killed 54 people. not render them recognizable," the lotov cocktail in your hand, a gun in he felt his safety depended on such ticed storming a city and South Central This time, authorities put up 3-foot judge ordered. your belt or a brick ready to throw, you measures. "We're hoping you don't was urged to "chill" as a federal jury in concrete barriers at the courthouse and Meanwhile, the message from poli- give the police the legal right to kill have to wear your helmet and flak a barricaded courthouse continued to fenced off a parking lot for a police ticans, police and celebrities was to you," the letters read. jacket much longer," Williams said to weigh the fate of the four policemen in staging area. "chill," or keep calm. A music video titled "Chill," featur- applause. the Rodney King beating case. About 1,000 Marines at Camp Pendle- "Let's stop the rumors," Mayor Tom ing Arnold Schwarzenegger and Ar- The jury was to return for a fifth day ton, 80 miles away, stormed a mock Bradley told about 100 members of senio Hall, was introduced Monday on King himself spent the day watching of deliberations today. town in an assault exercise, and a base Neighbor to Neighbor, a door-to-door the school district's TV station. the Los Angeles Dodgers home opener. Sgt. Stacey Koon, Officers Laurence spokesperson said a unit stood ready to campaign to defuse tensions. At a church in a mostly white, af- King, who was a hot-dog vendor at Dod- Powell and Theodore Briseno and go to Los Angeles if needed. About 600 "Rumors have been spreading like fluent section of the San Fernando Val- ger Stadium when he was beaten, sat former Officer Timothy Wind are ac- National Guardsmen trained at area wildfire," the mayor said of the stories ley, Police Chief Willie Williams at- behind home plate this time, a guest of cused of depriving King of his civil armories. that a verdict had been reached and that tempted to calm about 1,200 residents. Dodger stars Darryl Strawberry and rights in the 1991 beating videotaped by U.S. District Judge John Davies ad- gang assaults were planned. He assured them police wouldn't be Eric Davis. an onlooker. They could get 10 years in monished media sketch artists for be- In South Central Los Angeles, where pulled from the suburbs if trouble "He's a Dodger fan just like every- prison. ing "too accurate for comfort" in their the trouble started last year, U.S. Rep. broke oi_: in the inner city and he urged body else," Davis said. Two life The Ultimate Driving Machine? Glass company's flighted headquarters to after car collision remain in Toledo by Mitch Weiss taxes to Toledo. by Joe Peltier The Associated Press The state will lend Libbey- police reporter Owens-Ford $4 million to help in the move. TOLEDO - Libbey-Owens- If Toledo cannot find new ten- Three people are still being Ford Co., a glass maker born in ants for the building, the city and hospitalized for serious injuries this city in 1887, rejected an the Toledo-Lucas County Port received from a Tuesday night offer Wednesday to move its Authority will spilt the estimated accident which also injured a headquarters to Michigan. $10 million cost to demolish the University student. The accident The company considered mov- 15-story building. is still under investigation. ing to Michigan because parent Howard Wise, a state develop- The two-car accident on South Pilkington Brothers PLC, based ment official who helped nego- Main Street caused two people to in England, is trying to cut costs. tiate the deal, said keeping Lib- be life flighted to St. Vincent's Toledo would have lost 320 white- bey-Owens-Ford in Toledo was Medical Center in Toledo and collar jobs. crucial to helping the city's econ- four people to be transported to State and local officials, led by omy. Toledo has lost more than Wood County Hospital. Gov. George Voinovich, put 15,000 manufacturing jobs in the together a package to keep the last three years. company in northwest Ohio. "There's one other element The two-car accident on "We are extremely pleased that is very important. It's a that LOF"s roots, which have psychological one. There is great South Main Street been here, will remain in this prestige and status in having a caused two people to be area," Ron Skeddle, president Fortune 500 headquarters in your and chief executive, said at a community. This deal gives the life flighted to St. news conference. city and state an opportunity to Vincent's Medical Under the agreement, the city show it's a pro-business commu- will buy Libbey-Owens-Ford's nity and a pro-business state," Center in Toledo* building for $3 million and lease Wise said. it back to the company to reduce Lisa K Sarnes, 20,1556 Clough its operating costs. Last week, Voinovich criticized St., the driver of one of the cars, The state is providing $45 mil- local officials as not being ag- and Bobbi Phillips, 21, Rudolph, lion to help Toledo buy and im- gressive enough in trying to re- the passenger of the other car, prove the building and surround- tain the company. He said they were both life flighted to Toledo. ing area. were depending too much on the Sarnes, who was reportedly The company will stay in the state and that there was little co- trapped inside her vehicle, is in building for seven to 10 years, operation between communities. serious condition. Phillips is in then move its headquarters to But Voinovich was upbeat critical condition. suburban Monclova Township. Wednesday. University sophomore Troy The city owns the land but has Cramer, 21, a passenger in Sar- been unable to annex it. "Working together, we can nes' car, was treated and The city will sell the land to the really get the job done," he said. released from Wood County city of Maumee for $2 million. "Boy, it's nice to beat Michigan." Hospital with unspecified seri- Tke BG Ncwi/BIII Dennody Jr. Maumee will provide services State and local officials now ous visible injuries. Three other Preparing for life after graduation, senior sociology major Dan Hartman looks over a car at Al Smith and give the land to the company. will turn their attention to trying passengers in Sarnes' vehicle Chrysler Plymouth Dodge on North Main Street. Hartman said he already has a Job after graduation Maumee and Toledo will split tax to keep another Fortune 500 alro received serious visible in- which will allow him to finally buy a new car. revenues. The company now company, Owens-Corning juries and were treated and pays about $450,000 a year in Fiberglass, in the area released. Cramer could not be reached for comment. The driver of the other car, Todd Phillips, 28, Holgate, is in fair condition at the Wood County Inmates fly death threat flag Hospital with minor visible injur- miles south of Columbus. ies. by Terry Klnney officials were not met. "We have constant contact. We are making progress," she said. "The additional manpower the ONG According to Police Chief Ga- The Associated Press Tessa Unwin, a spokeswoman for the len Ash, no one Involved was Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Unwin downplayed the message as "a will provide is precautionary and will be wearing a seat belt. Correction, said she learned about the standard threat they've been issuing." used to secure the perimeter of the According to police, Sarnes' LUCASVILLE, Ohio - Inmates threat- banner at 10 am. and did not know when Previously, prison officials had denied prison," the corrections department said. car was reportedly turning into ened to kill one of eight hostages it had been hung. that inmates had threatened the safety of the Society Bank and Trust, 327 Wednesday if their demands weren't Sharron Komegay, another corrections eight guards held hostage since the siege The department would not say how the S. Main St., when she was hit by a met, and the governor called out the department spokeswoman, said late began on Sunday.