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A2 The Republic Columbus. kvL, Wednesday. May 15, 1991 People News Wrap-up Joel's lawsuit reinstated I means the maximum he can receive at sentencing June 3 is life in prison and not a death sentence. Associated Press photos Judicial refusal LOS ANGELES A judge refused separate trials for the four police officers charged in the videotaped beating of a mo torist but said be may call a second jury to hear the case against one defendant In denying separate trials, Superior Court Judge Bernard Kamins on Tuesday said that the case against Sgt Stacey Koon was different from those against his co-defendants and that the lower-ranking officers might turn against Koon. "I wouldn't be closed to the possibility of Koon getting a separate jury if the other three are going to kick him around the courtroom" with secret statements made by Koon during an internal police inquiry, Kamins said.

The four officers dont have a united defense and are "pointing fingers at each other," Kamins said. Koon was the supervisor at the scene of the March 3 beating of Rodney King. Koon and Officers Theodore Briseno, Laurence Powell and Timothy Wind were charged with assault and brutality in the beating, which was taped by a bystander. Gulf costs WASHINGTON The United States is haggling with Japan over about $1.2 billion of the $9 billion the Asian nation pledged toward covering the cost of the Persian Gulf War. Japan has pledged about $13 billion billion for the coalition's military partners and $2.6 billion in economic aid for Mideast nations hard hit by the embargo on Iraq and the war.

The United States has received about $36 billion of the $54.5 billion allies and other nations have pledged to cover the cost of Operation Desert Shield and Operation Desert Storm. The eventual cost of the victory over Iraq is expected to range between $60 billion and $70 billion, the officials said. hiiMMSBEl Iraqis open fire ZAKHO, Iraq Iraqi troops opened fire as a U.S. Army scout helicopter flew past them just outside the allied "security zone," officials said today. But it was not immediately known what they were shooting at U.S.

Navy Lt Cmdr. John Hopkins said the small OH-58 helicopter's two crew members saw three Iraqi soldiers firing small arms south of Dohuk at about 10 p.m. Tuesday. From Wire Dispatches Sentence appealed INDIANAPOLIS An in mate on Death Row at the In diana State Prison claims he was a victim of racial discrimination when sentenced in the shotgun slaying of a 41-year-old In-' dianapolis man during a robbery attempt Gregory Van Cleave, 28, was sentenced to death for the Oct 19, 1982, murder of Robert F. Falkner.

In ariDealin? the eon- I icti0n, Van Cleave also claims selective prosecution, ineffective defense, attorneys and judges' School wreck EVANS VI LLE A 16-vear- old driver whose car injured seven students at Harrison High School last month has been charged in juvenile court with criminal recklessness, prose cutors said. Jeff Graman was driving be tween 50 and 55 miles an hour in a 20 mph zone when his car struck a curb, became airborne and struck fellow students April 8, according to police in vestigators. Deputy Prosecutor Robert Carithers said the delinquency petition wasn't filed until Tuesday because the prosecutor's office didn't receive a "preliminary inquiry" from juvenile court until Monday. That inquiry contains back ground information on the juvenile, as well as police re ports. Simons moving INDIANAPOLIS Shop ping mall developer Herb Simon, whose children are sometimes teased because of Circle Centre mall delays, is moving his family to California The family business, Melvin Simon Associates, as well as the Indiana Pacers, which they own, will continue to be based in Indianapolis.

Meanwhile, the company is cutting 19 employees from its marketing and engineering departments because of a slowdown in new development, a Simon official said. Cabin slaylngs COALVILLE, Utah A man who walked away from a halfway house was found guilty of murdering a woman and her mother at a mountain cabin last year but was spared the possibility of a death sentence by one holdout juror. Edward S. Deli was convicted Tuesday of second-degree murder, kidnapping, theft, aggravated arson and aggravated robbery. His conviction on second- rather than first-degree murder against New York firm A New York state appeals court reinstated Billy Joel's $90 million lawsuit against his former accountants, his lawyer says.

The court ruled 5-0 Tuesday that the singer could pursue fraud claims against the firm of Berman, Shafet and Schain, said Leonard M. Marks. The New York firm was hired by Joel former brother-in-law and ex-manager, Frank Joel also sued. Weber and the firm worked for Joel from 1981 to 1989. "They generally painted a rosy picture of his finances when in fact he had lost millions of dollars through Weber's conversions and investments," Marks said.

A lower court threw out the fraud allegations last year but ruled that Joel could proceed on charges of negligence and breach of contract, Marks said. That court granted the singer a $2 million judgment against Weber, the lawyer said. Richard Oelsner, a lawyer for the accounting firm, declined to comment Tuesday. K.T. Oslin pnlls out of sitcom's starring role Four-time Grammy winner K.T.

Oslin has pulled out of a starring role in a sitcom because she "doesn't have enough meanness to relate to her character," spokeswoman says. The country-pop singer was signed to star K.T. OSLIN as a rebellious nurse in the new CBS comedy "Rachel Gunn, R.N." Loews Theatres refuses to show Clay's movie A nationwide theater chain in New York says it won't show comedian Andrew Dice Clay's latest movie because it degrades women. A buyer for Loews Theatres found "Dice Rules" to be "on a non-stop basis, odious, repulsive and repugnant to women," Loews chairman A. Alan Friedberg said Tuesday.

Loews, based in Secaucus, owns 200 theater com-plexes, with 868 screens, in 16 states. Clay's comedy has been criticized as hateful and offensive to women, homosexuals and minorities. He has said his routines are misunderstood. The movie, consisting of his stand-up routine, comes out Friday. It is rated NC-17, meaning no one under 17 admitted.

From Wire Dispatches Fresh oil By John Enders Associated Press -BAY OF ISLES, Alaska Two years after the nation's worst oil spill, fresh pockets of sticky crude are still being discovered, and of ficials say they will never be able to clean it all up. Spring temperatures are melting the snow from the rocky beaches surrounding Prince William Sound, showing that many are recovering well from the billion settlement of state and federal claims against the oil giant recently fell through after the Alaska House rejected the deal State environmental officials and locaT residents, over whether the area will ever be the same. "We're still worried about the bulk oil that's left," said John Bauer, manager of cleanup monitoring for the Alaska Department of Environmental -conservation. "It'll never be clean like it was, said Joy Landaluce, a member of survey crew and" the wife of a commer-, cial fisherman. State officials said subsistence at Bartholomew County Hospi- tal Education Center.

Information: 378-5509. Body fat analysis will be from 3 to 6:30 p.m. May 22 at Bartholomew County Hospital. Test lasts 15 minutes and costs. $10.

Appointment: 376-5808. Q.U The for Alcoholics Anonymous, Alanon and other substance abuse support groups meeting today and Thursday at the Columbus Fellowship Club on Indiana 11 south of Columbus is as follows: 7 tonight: Adult Children of Alcoholics. "8 tonight Alcoholics Anonymous (smoking and nonsmoking meetings). 8 tonight: Alanon (nonsmoking). -9 a.m.

Thursday: Alcoholics Anonymous. 8 p.m. Thursday: Alcoholics Anonymous. 8 p.m. Alanon.

r-r- 'V-r-r 1 J) still found in Alaska as cleanup continues Officials said they also learned that spraying oll-eatlng bacteria on beaches wasn't as effective as they thought It would be, Rope rescue New York City firefighters rescued several occupants from fire In a 12-story commercial building in Manhattan Tuesday. Above left, firefighter Patrick Ban rescues a man from the 12th floor as they are lowered to another rescue official; above right, firefighter Kevin Shea grasps an occupant as they dangle above the 12th floor; right, when the Job was done, Barr, left, and Shea were thankful to be back on the ground. waves, there is a sense that only so much can be done to make the sound whole again and that most of it has been done. "I think we're doing as good a job as we can," said Jon Czarnecki, an Exxon cleanup ju pervisor. "The place is coming back.

I'm happy to see it We were up to our knees in oil in '89," said Piper. Exxon said it has spent $2.5 billion on the cleanup. A $1 The Hopper Camon Lodge stated meeting will be at 7:30 tonight at the lodge hall in Clifford. Order of Eastern Star rummage sale of clothing, baked goods, crafts and miscellaneous items will be from 8 to 5 p.m. Thursday and Friday at Hayden Masonic Lodge.

Columbus Christian Singles will meet at noon Thursday at the Airport Hangar Restaurant and 6:30 p.m. Friday for dinner at the Sirloin Stockade. Information: 372-4555. Girl Scout Day Camp will be Aug. through 9.

Adult volunteer positions are available. Reservation deadline is June 1. Information: 372-5387. A free introductory meeting for Fast Track, a weight management program using liquid supplement and food entrees, will be from 7 to 8 p.m. Monday hunting and fishing by Alaska naj tives has been affected and tourism and commercial fishing may suffer.

Most studies of spill damage remain secret because of pending lawsuits and. criminal charges against Exxon. i i But Piper said as much as 50 percent of the baby salmon population in some area streams may have been killed. "They took real hit," he said. On the bright side, officials; said they have learned much about cleaning an oil spill since the 1989 disaster.

asphalt-like residue remain. going to be oil left You can't clean it all ud. The technology doesnt exist," said Ernie Piper, the- state's on-scene coordinator for spill cleanup, The multibillion-dollar cleanuD is entering its third and final year. On the eastern coast of Knight Island, the largest of many islands in the path of the oily 50 people on boats and helicopters dot the sound this month. Armed oiled beaches, crew members pick over rocks and dig pits, analyze cleanup needs and move on to the next location.

Their survey work ends June 1. Information After that, cleanup crews will have until late July or August to finish their work. State environmental officials will then monitor the spill for the next several years. The atmosphere among the shoreline crews and their supervisors is one of muted optimism. After two summers of cleanup by thousands of men and women, and two winters of natural cleansing by gale-force winds and March 24, 1989, spill of nearly llwith shovels and maps of 570 million gallons of crude.

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