University Daily Kansan, April 14, 1983
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'Covert aid' to Nicaragua may end
By United Press International
WASHINGTON — The chairman of the House Intelligence Committee said yesterday that the Reagan administration appeared to have violated the law by providing covert aid to Nicaraguan rebels.
The chairman, Edward P. Boland, D-Mass., then convened the committee to consider appropriate action. At a 2½-hour meeting, the committee agreed to invite both Secretary of State George Shultz and William P. Harvey to explain U.S. nationality adviser, to explain U.S. policy in Nicaragua.
THE COMMITTEE DISCUSSED, but took no action upon, a proposal to cut off funds for the covert operation. If there had to be a vote taken, there would have been a vote to cut off the financing and votes to cut off the financing. Rep. Norm Minetta, D-Calif.
It is my judgment that there has been an apparent violation of law," said Boland. "If you look at the stories that have come out of there, from reporters and members who have been seen there, the evidence is very strong."
The committee also heard a lengthy report of a recent visit to Nicaragua by Rep. Wyeche Fowler, D-Ga, who told the committee that the administration had not fully adhered to the law.
Boland expressed concern about U.S. policy in Central America and said the panel would summon Shultz next week to discuss the matter.
BOLAND'S STATEMENT AMOUNTED to a powerful warning to the Reagan administration that Congress would not tolerate any illegal covert activity in Nicaragua or other Central American nations.
The covert operations in the region were begun with the idea of interdicting weapons sent through Nicaragua to insurgents in El Salvador and harassing the Sandinista government.
Any financing for covert activities, by law, is subject to the approval of the Intelligence Committee. It also is restricted by the "Boland Amendment" passed last year, which forbids U.S. assistance for the purpose of overthrowing the government of Nicaragua, where the Sandinista government is considered hostile to U.S. interests by the administration.
IN A CAREFULLY WORDED statement, Boland said the committee met "at the request of many members of the House and many, many private citizens to consider whether the administration is following the letter and the spirit of the Boland amendment."
There was no formal vote on that
question, but it is fair to say that the discussion we had reveals deep concerns about U.S. policy in Central America because the comments that were made went far beyond questions of compliance with the law," he said.
"The committee is very much aware it must make some judgments on the questions before us. We want to be more responsible. We will not split legal hairs."
"At the same time, I think we have a responsibility to see the spirit of the law and congressional direction fully adhered to."
THE BOLAND STATEMENT is likely to be viewed even more seriously by the administration because of his reputation, and that of his committee, for calm and careful consideration of U.S. intelligence policy.
The committee also is one of the few on Capitol Hill that can take independent action regarding U.S. intelligence activity.
Boland emphasized in his statement that he would not take action based on any belief that the committee had been misled, as some have charged.
"If the committee eventually disagrees with U.S. policy, it will be on the basis of disagreement with policy, not because of bad faith or because it believes it has been misled," Boland said.
By DON HENRY Staff Reporter
After about six hours of selecting a jury for the trial of Stanley W. Chavez, who is charged with murder, attorneys for Chavez and for the state yesterday made their opening statements in Douglas County District Court.
Murder suspect's trial begins
He said that White had said that she and Chavez had fought on the night of Dec. 8. She dressed Pratt for bed and put him to bed, leaving Chavez asleep on the couch of her apartment at 2440 W. 24th St. Terrace, Stancille lafe.
STANCLIFFE SAID PATHO-
LOGISTS would testify that Pratt had died as a result of blows to the head.
Both Stancliffe and Chavez's attorney, John Nitcher, testified that Pratt had died as a result of hemorrhaging in the brain.
craig Stancliffe, assistant district attorney, accused Chavez of child abuse that led to the death of 2-year-old Pratt White Dec. 9, 1982. Chavez is charged with felony murder in the case.
Stancilef said Sabrina White, Pratt's mother, had left the child in Chavez's care while she went to work at Haskell Indian Junior College on the night of Dec. 8. White had been living with Chavez at the time, Stancilef said.
By DON HENRY
They said that pathologists had found blood in the cavity around the brain. The blood caused the brain to be compressed, resulting in the boy's death, they said.
NITCHER SAID THAT WHITE told Sult that she had hit Pratt several times and pushed him down in the car.
gamely they said.
Nitcher said that White had told Barbara Sult, Lawrence police officer, that she had become angry with Pratt Dec. 8, after Pratt had marked himself and her car with lipstick.
He said Chavez then got off the couch and soothed Pratt, who began vomiting and urinating.
Stancliffe and Nitcher said that Pratt had gone to a friend's house to play on Dec. 8 and that the boy had hit his head on a coffee table.
During the night, Pratt fell off the couch, Nitcher said. When Pratt tried to climb back onto the couch, Chavez swung blindly and knocked him down,
Chavez told police that he had been sleeping in the living room when Pratt's crying woke him. Nitcher said. Chavez then brought the child into the living room to sleep with him, Nitcher said.
AT 6 A.M. CHAVEZ AWOKE and found that the boy was blue and had
stopped breathing, Nitcher said. Chavez then called White, who left her job and came home and took the boy and Chavez to the hospital.
Doctors at the hospital tried unsuccessfully to revive Pratt, the attorneys said.
Pratt was pronounced dead at 7:45 a.m.
The attorneys selected a five-man and seven-woman jury after questioning more than 30 potential jurors.
Stancliffe and Nitcher questioned potential jurors carefully to make sure that none of them would be partial to one side during the trial.
BOTH ATTORNEYS TOLD the panel of potential jurors that Chavez was innocent until the state proved otherwise beyond a reasonable doubt.
"I ask you to search your mind and your heart to make sure that you haven't already formed any opinions about Chavez's guilt or innocence," Nitcher said.
District Court Judge Mike Malone rejected about eight people from the panel and the attorneys chose from those remaining.
Car problems strand Ali in Kansas
Both attorneys told the jury that they expected the trial to run at least until Tuesday.
By United Press International
BUNKER HILL — Former heavy-weight boxing champion Muhammad Ali yesterday gave boxing tips to truck drivers at the Bear House Cafe while waiting for repairs to his Stutz Beareat's water pump.
When told he was temporarily stranded 150 miles northwest of the neared large city, Wichita, the former governor, I’m right in the middle of nowhere.”
Bear House waitress Lee Modlin, who began her first day on the job just a few hours before Ali's noon arrival, said, "I
about died. He was real nice and real sweet. He signed a lot of autographs for us here."
THE BEAR HOUSE CAPE gets its name from the two bears housed in it.
Modlin's husband, Lloyd, repaired all his car in about 90 minutes at Tri-State Truck and Trailer in Bunker Hill, a tiny Kansas town of 120 people.
Ali and a secretary, Marge Thomas, developed car trouble on 170 on a trip to Los Angeles from Chicago.
Modlin said that after signing autographs for some startled youngsters at the cafe's counter, All clowned around and gave boxing tips to truck drivers
who ventured over to meet the former champion.
ALI TOLD BUNKER HILL residents he was traveling to Los Angeles to organize a children's United Nations-type organization to help foster worldwide peace. He said he hoped to arrange for an international group of 50 children to travel to 15 countries with nuclear capabilities.
Asked by a Russell newspaperman about the future of boxing, Ali predicted a resurgent interest, chiefly due to the sport's cable television exposure.
"There's no telling when another Sugar Ray, Larry Holmes or Ken Norton is going to pop up," Ali said.
KU grad to show prize photos today
Bill Frakes, who won this year's Newspaper Photographer of the Year Award, will present slides of his work at 3 p.m. today in 100 Flint Hall.
Frakes, a photographer for the Miami Herald and a 1979 KU graduate, will present his pictures of roiling in the Overtown district of Miami and in South Beach, Fla., that won him the award.
HE WILL GIVE THE same show at the University of Missouri Wednesday, when he will receive the award from the National Press Photographers Association.
Director of alumni to retire
On the record
Dick Wintermote announced yesterday that he would retire from his position as executive director of the Johns Hopkins Ammi Hospital, effective July 1.
secretary-treasurer would help him with his duties until then. He said he did not know who would replace him.
"It was an agonizing decision and took a lot of time," he said, "but 'But I wanted to be free to do things I wanted' had a chance to do for years."
University Lincoln-Mercury lot Tuesday, police said.
A MOTORCYCLE, worth an estimated $500, was stolen Monday from the 100 block of West Park Avenue, police said.
Organizers postpone festival
"I have no future plans at this time," he said. "Retiring is both a relief and a loss."
Wintermute graduated from the University in 1951 and began working for the Alumni Association in 1966. He was selected executive director in 1963.
WINTERMOTE SAID HE WOULD remain with the Alumni Association until July, but an acting
The Student Senate arts festival,
"Inside Out: A Tribute to the Art," has been postponed until Tuesday because of bad weather, Doug Dittman, promotions director for the festival, said yesterday.
A THIEF STOLE four sets of wire
wheel covers, worth $1,750, from a
BURGLARS STOLE tools and mag wheels, worth a total of $115, from a Lawrence resident's home in the 1900 block of Barker Avenue Tuesday, police said.
The festival had been scheduled for today, but because the weather forecast called for rain or wet snow, the coordinators of the festival decided to postpone it.
Injured man in fair condition
Dittman said he hoped that the weather would be good Tuesday because the festival could not be re-scheduled again.
A is year-old Lawrence man was in fair condition last night after his leg was cut off Tuesday in an accident at a subway station in Los Angeles and Milling C., north of Lawrence.
The man, Timothy R. Piller, was taken to Lawrence Memorial Hospital at about 7:45 Tuesday morning and was in surgery until Tuesday afternoon, a hospital official said.
BOB SKAGGS, OFFICER manager at the plant, said that Pilier had been
It was Piller's first morning on the job. Skaggs said. Piller was hired as temporary help, he said.
Pitter jumped after hearing the explosion and his leg slipped into a 10-inch hole at the top of the auger that is used to move alfalfa pellets from storage bins to a loading area.
standing on an auger when an electrical junction box exploded behind him.
He said his company was investigating the incident.
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