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The Inside Front
Friday January 23,1998
Ex-intern deposition put off indefinitely
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON—The White House intern who has said both that she did and did not have an affair with President Clinton was given a reprieve late yesterday from having to tell her story under oath. Clinton, meanwhile, got a boost from a key witness.
Long-time Clinton confidant and power broker Vernon Jordan said he helped Monica Lewinsky seek a job and then set her up with an attorney, and that she had told him that she had not had a sexual relationship with the president.
Jordan's dramatic statement came as Clinton, firmly denying all accusations, sought to calm the firestorm about allegations that he had an affair with Lewinsky, 24, and then urged her to lie about it
As Clinton promised a more full account and his advisers waited anxiously to see what Lewinsky would say when deposed in the Paula Jones lawsuit against Clinton, a judge intervened.
U. S. District Judge Susan Webber Wright in Little Rock, Ark., granted an indefinite delay for Lewinsky's deposition, which had been scheduled for today. Whitewater prosecutors are trying to secure Lewinsky's cooperation and speculation abounded that she would take the Fifth Amendment. Lewinsky remained out of sight yesterday but told CBS News she had no comment.
With Yasser Arafat on his side in a surreal moment of White House diplomacy, Clinton made his firmest denial yet to Lewinsky's claims in taped conversations with a friend that she had an affair with Clinton and that he and Jordan asked her to deny it to Jones' attorneys.
"The allegations are false, and I would
Clinton: Continues to deny sexual relationship
never ask anybody to do anything other than tell the truth." Clinton said. Lewinsky has denied the claims she made in tape-recorded conversations with her friend, Linda Tripp. Jordan added to the denials at a press conference yesterday afternoon in remarks the White House hoped would dampen political
speculation in Washington.
"I want to say to you absolutely and unequivocally that Ms. Lewinsky told me in no uncertain terms that she did not have a sexual relationship with the president," Jordan told reporters. He
Lewinsky: Judge postpones her deposition
would not answer any questions.
issued by Whitewater prosecutor Kenneth Starr a day earlier, officials said.
Jones' attorneys had a wide-ranging subpoena served on the White House yesterday seeking all documents and evidence concerning Lewinsky's employment there, her contacts with the president and others and other information sought in a similar subpoena.
The fresh denials from Clinton and Jordan came as details emerged about Lewinsky's entries to the White House and gifts she got from the president.
Kaczynski pleads guilty, gets life term
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — Unabomber suspect Theodore Kaczynski has agreed to plead guilty in return for a sentence of life in prison without parole, federal officials said yesterday.
The agreement, which was presented in court in Sacramento, Calif., would avoid the possibility of a death sentence for the 55-year-old mathematics professor turned hermit if he was convicted in four bombings that killed two men and maimed two scientists.
Kaczynski agreed to drop conditions he had set on a previous plea the Justice Department rejected in December, an official who spoke on condition of anonymity said.
The key development that changed the course of the case last week was the finding that Kaczynski, while competent to stand trial, suffered from paranoid schizophrenia, a Bureau of Prisons psychistrut said.
Justice Department officials had looked for the finding as a basis for altering Attorney General Janet Reno's decision last spring to seek the death penalty.
Kaczynski's family, who turned Kaczynski in to the FBI since he told of killing three and injuring 29 during 18 years of bombings, has long argued that he was a paranoid schizophrenia.
Kaczynski had resisted examination by government psychiatrists until last week. He also reversed course in a bid to prove he was competent to defend himself and dumped two court-appointed lawyers who planned to base his defense on mental illness.
planned to book Quin Denvir confirmed that a plea agreement was reached, but he declined to provide further details. Bert Brandenburg of the Justice Department also said an agreement was reached with-
Kaczynski: Avoids possibility of death with plea
offering an elaboration.
out offering an elaboration.
In December, Kaczynski had offered a plea to avoid the death penalty, but he wanted to reserve the right to appeal whether the government could use the evidence, a completed bomb and a journal describing the Unabomber's attacks, which was seized in his Montana cabin.
He also had sought federal help to persuade local prosecutors to not seek his execution or incarceration in a federal mental hospital prison.
Those conditions were dropped during bargaining that took place this week, the federal official said.
Yesterday's agreement will resolve all federal charges against Kaczynski. They include those in other states such as New Jersey where a 50-year-old advertising executive was killed by a mail bomb at his home in 1994.
11 Kaczynski had been allowed to condition his plea on an appeal and an appeals court had decided that evidence was not admissible, he would have been allowed to withdraw his plea and go to trial.
Federal officials called Kaczynski's earlier demand unacceptable, although it is not unheard of in drug trafficking cases. There is no instance of the government ever agreeing to it in a potential death penalty case.
In court yesterday, a federal judge ruled Kaczynski could not represent himself, but U.S. District Judge Garland Burrell Jr. did not immediately say whether he would insist Kaczynski accept representation by his court-appointed lawyers, Denvir and Judy Clarke.
On your toes
Linsay Wacholz, Quincy, Ill., freshman, practices her pase' on the barre during a Ballet II class. Photo by Lizx Weber / KANSAN
Pro-Choice Coalition denies part in display
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Sarah Deer, Wichita law student and co-coordinator of the coalition said the group couldn't influence individual decisions.
Curry said she had heard discussion among some members of the coalition about using hangers to respond to the KU Students for Life's plan to display crosses on the lawn outside of Stauffer-Flint Hall. She said the coalition decided against the idea.
Scott Wallisch, St. Louis sophomore and member of KU Students for Life, said he didn't think the display focused on the issue.
"I didn't know if we should do it because it might hurt the credibility of the group," she said. "I didn't try to stop it because I did not have the power to stop it. Individual people do things we don't have control over."
Yesterday's 25th anniversary of the Roe vs. Wade decision was bound to carry with it some sort of demonstration, said Cody Simms, Wichita junior.
"I think it is missing the point," Wallisch said. "Regardless of how the procedure is done, a child dies. It is a dangerous procedure, legal or illegal, and has serious psychological and physical repercussions for women."
Bok Suk, Schaumburg, Ill., junior,
said the display was appropriate in
terms of freedom of speech, but could
have been better presented.
"People have the right to an opinion," Suk said. "But I don't think putting stuff in trees helps your purpose."
Reusch, assistant director of facilities operations, said six to eight staff members worked to remove the hangers. He said the job would take most of the day.
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Today IN HISTORY
1933
- The Twentieth Amendment to the Constitution was ratified, fixing the date of the Presidential Inauguration at the current January 20 instead of the previous March 4, shortening the lame-duck period. It also specified that were the presidentelect to die before taking office, the vice presidentelect would succeed to the presidency. In addition, it set January 3 as the official opening date of Congress each year.
1964
The Twenty-fourth Amendment to the Constitution was ratified, eliminating poll taxes and other taxes as prerequisites for voting in all federal elections.
ON THE RECORD
A KU staff member's fancy pack, containing cash, keys and a wallet, was taken from the second-floor men's restroom in Strong Hall Tuesday. KU police said. The items were valued at $05.
A KU staff member reported the theft of candy from 210 Watson Library between 5:30 p.m. Jan. 15 and 7:15 a.m. Jan. 16, KU police said. The candy was valued at $7.60.
A KU student's bicycle and lock were taken from the west bicycle rack in front of McColm Hall between 2:30 p.m. Dec. 19 and 3 p.m. Jan. 11, KU police said. The items were valued at $825.
The department of student housing reported tampering with fire equipment at Battenfeld Scholarship Hall Saturday. KU police said.
A KU student lost $605 in a residential burglary in the 1100 block of Kentucky. A pearl ring with a gold band and a jewelry box were taken from her apartment between 6:50 a.m. and 10:10 p.m. on Jan. 20.
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