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Thursday, March 2, 1989 / University Daily Kansan
Senate leader opposes Tower's confirmation
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An Associated Press survey of the Senate found 36 Republicans supporting the nomination, 32 Democrats opposed and 29 senators undecided or undeclared. Two senators were unavailable for comment.
Mitchell, D-Maine, the Democratic leader, announced his opposition to the nomination in a midday speech on the Senate floor, citing Tower's ties to defense consultants and his drinking.
ruth Machado's position was widely anticipated, particularly because all Democrats who have expressed an opinion on the nomination have opposed it, and almost all Republicans have endorsed it.
Turning to the controversy about Tower's personal conduct, Mitchell told his colleagues that "it is not moral perfection or the qualifications of senators that are at issue here. It is the ability to serve effectively in a position of unique power and responsibility."
Mitchell said he read the FBI report on Tower and met with Bush at the White House, where he expressed his concerns about the nomination.
"It is only after careful study of this record that I have concluded that John Tower is not the man to provide leadership by example to the military and civilian employees of the Department of Defense, especially in the difficult job of reforming the Pentagon's administration and procurement practices in a period of budget stringency," Mitchell said.
"I accept that . . . but my question is, 'How much?' " he said.
Tower lashed out at what he was the absence of clearly defined standards to judge him against. He noted that several senators had said that the secretary of defense, as the commander of U.S. military forces behind only the president, must adhere to a higher standard.
Retired general testifies North 'assumed worst'
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — A retired testified at Oliver North's trial yesterday that he and North decided in 1985 "to assume the worst" — that North's actions were covered by a federal official U.S. aid to the contras.
Earlier in the day, however, Robert Owen testified that he made many trips between Washington and Central America for North, carrying instructions from the presidential aide for how the guerrilla war was to be fought, and carrying maps and money.
Owen said North told him he acted with the knowledge and approval of superiors. The courier testified at one point that North said he had President Reagan's approval, but he later said that testimony was wrong, that North never got more specific than "superiors."
Retired Maj. Gen. John K. Singlaub, an ardent anti-communist who directed spy activities in three wars, said he and North agreed their actions should be governed by the assumption that North was covered
by the congressional Boland Amendment, meaning Singlaub would work with the contras and North would merely be kept informed.
Singlaub was the fourth witness in the trial which resumed despite serious, still-unresolved, national security issues that halted testimony for nearly two days.
Defense lawyer Brendan Sullivan has renewed a motion to declare that a federal law designed to protect state secrets from being spilled in the courtroom is unconstitutional as applied to the North case. Sullivan also has asked that the 12 criminal charges against North be thrown out.
Yesterday, the government replied that the process of handling classified material in court "is not, as North contends, a reason to conclude that the trial is unworkable."
North is accused of lying to Congress about his activities on behalf of the contras - activities in which both he and Singlaub were deeply involved - in the 1984-1986 period when the Boland Amendment banned such aid.
Fight for eagles compels protests ends with arrests
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About 50 people watched as, one by one, three of the protesters descended into the arms of waiting police. Shortly after 10 a.m., the last protester, Kermit Gilbert, gave up.
gave up.
"I wanted to hear there was no last-ditch legal effort," said Gilman, Lawrence resident. "When I heard nothing could be done, I came down."
And the trees followed.
Robert Eye, attorney for POET, said that although the 15 trees could not be recovered, the group was considering an appeal of the lawsuit.
Eye said that the National Environmental Policy Act had been violated. Such violations couldive the police to violations else he said.
where, he said.
POET has 30 days to file an appeal.
David Longhurst, local representative of the Chelsea Group, developer of the Riverfront project, said two more trees were removed than would have been if the protesters had not appeared.
Goldfarb, Abrams, Gilbert and Michael Riehm, Lawrence resident, were the four protesters arrested by the police. The protesters were with criminal trespass and were released after each posted $100 bond.
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Lance Burr, attorney for the protesters, said he was planning a defense.
They are scheduled to appear in municipal court March 8.
"There is a statute in law that says that if someone is compelled to break a law for higher reasons, they may be acquitted. In other words, they must take precedent over the laws of the nation, the county and the state."
Longnurst said the Chelsea Group had not decided whether to take any action against the protesters.
My first feeling was to be a witness. The first thing I heard was trees being ripped out, like bones being broken. I changed from witness to participant.'
— Keith Abrams
Protester
"We don't want to send the message that it's OK to trespass here, because it is dangerous," Longhurst said. "But we don't want to use our words just to agree we disagree with their sentiments either."
Goldfarb said that not enough had been done to stop construction.
"If you can't do it legally, go for the direct action," she said.
Goldfarb said that when she reached the riverbank, the first trees were being bulldozed. She said a construction worker attempted to physically move her.
"We had a fight," she said. "I broke free, slid down the bank and went up a tree."
But Don Richards, general supervisor for Burry, Bette and Duke Inc., contractors for the project, said workers had tried to keep the protesters away from the site.
"They're full of beans," he said. Both Abrams and Goldfarb said that police were patient with the protesters.
"There was no physical hassle," he said. "We were just concerned because construction areas can be pretty dangerous."
Abrams disagreed.
protesters.
Ron Olin, Lawrence police chief,
said that Lawrence police requested assistance from KU police and the Douglas County sheriff's office. The KU police
A Lawrence police officer helps Kermit Gilbert, Lawrence resident, out of one of the cottonwood trees. Gilbert was the last of four protesters arrested after the four-hour protest yesterday at the Riverfront project.
answered all city calls while the county assisted. There were 12 to 15 officers at the scene.
Chris Mulvenon, Lawrence police spokesman, said police did not have any difficulties with the protesters.
"They cooperated 100 percent." Mulvenon said. "We waited until they indicated they were coming down."
Goldfarb said that as she was sitting in a tree, she saw three eagles fly by.
"They lifted my spirits," she said.
Abrams said that he felt moved to protest because eagles are sacred animals.
Rob Daugherty, instructor of Indian studies at Haskell Indian Junior College, said that eagles were revered by Native Americans.
cause "The eagle is the bird that flies highest," Daugherty said. "He is closest to the supreme being."
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