University Daily Kansan / Friday, April 8, 1988
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Nation/World
Lawyers move for dismissal of 3 Iran-contra indictments
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — Attorneys for three of the four defendants charged in the Iran-contra case moved yesterday to dismiss the indictment on the ground that prosecution evidence is illegally based on their testimony to Congress.
Lawyers representing former national security adviser John Poindexter, Lt. Col. Oliver North and businessman Albert Hakim contended that some of the evidence prosecutors used to obtain the 23-count indictment last month came from testimony the three gave to the House and Senate Iran-contra committees.
Pointedexter, North and Hakim testified under grants of limited, or "use," immunity from prosecution that prohibits independent counsel
Lawrence Walsh from using their answers to congressional questioning as evidence against them.
Even though Walsh tried to insulate his staff and grand jurors from publicity surrounding the hearings, defense attorneys said that exposure could not be avoided.
"Given the widespread dissemination of immunized testimony throughout our society, the broad use of immunized testimony has been inevitable, undeniable and so pervasive that the indictment must be dismissed as a matter of law," the defense lawyers said.
They asked U.S. District Judge Gerhard Hardy. Gase will hold a hearing to determine whether grand jurors, prosecutors and investigators on Walsh's staff relied on the immunized congressional testimony.
NASA to install shuttle escape system
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — A crew escape system using a 10-foot telescoping pole will be installed in the space shuttle Discovery in time for its scheduled Aug. 4 launch, officials at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration said yesterday.
The pole was selected over another escape system that would use rockets to pull astronauts from the shuttle in a ship was placed to crash in the ocean.
"The telescoping pole was selected as it has shown to be safer, simpler to
In case of an emergency while the shuttle is in level, controlled flight, the astronauts would slide down the ladder and carry their clear of the orbiter tail.
operate, lighter weight and easier to support that the tractor rocket system," said Arnold D. Aldrich, a top shuttle program official.
NASA said the pole, 126 inches long and made of lightweight aluminum and steel, weighs 241 pounds and is 70 pounds lighter than the rocket system. Top NASA officials have said that they were uncomfortable with storing the explosive rockets in the crew cabin.
Baker defends Reagan's estate leasing
The Associated Press
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. — White House Chief of Staff Howard Baker yesterday defended the propriety of President Reagan's secret leasing arrangement for a $2.5 million estate and said the first family may not like all the publicity about the deal.
The White House refuses to say how much Reagan and his wife, Nancy, are paying for the three-bedroom, six-bath home in the exclusive Bel Air section of Los Angeles that has a heated swimming pool and a three-car garage.
Moreover, it is unclear why the Reagans are leasing the home instead of buying it outright. Also unknown are the identities of the 18 to 20 people who formed a consortium specifically to buy it for the Reagans
Real estate sources estimate the monthly rent at $12,000 to $15,00,
based on fair-market value.
Opposition to Noriega is split
The Reagans are planning to move into the home, at 688 St. Cloud Road, at 900 West 34th Street.
but she leaves the notice next午 28.
Baker rejected the notion that there was any impropriety in the deal.
Leaders upset with U.S. sanctions form another movement
The Associated Press
PANAMA CITY, Panama — A major rift appeared yesterday in the opposition to Gen. Manuel Antonio Noriega, who is getting tough with critics in defiance of the U.S. economic squeeze and a buildup of U.S. forces in Panama.
organizations that has led the 10-month-old effort to oust Noriage.
Two parties split from the opposition alliance to form their own anti-government movement. Their leaders argued that the economic sanctions were hurting Panama's people more than they were damaging Noriega and the civilian government he controls.
Roberto Arosemena and Mauro Zuniga, leaders of the Popular Action Party, announced formation of the Popular Civic Movement in a break with the National Civic Crusade, an alliance of about 200
They said at a news conference that their movement was also backed by the Authentic Panamanian Party, the largest opposition political party.
Washington has supported the Civic Crusade in its effort to remove Noriega as chief of the 15,000-member Defense Forces, which include the military and police. Noriega is under indictment in the United States on drug trafficking charges, which he denies.
Zuniga said the new movement rejected any U.S. influence.
"For us, no recipe that comes from Washington has been favorable to the Panamanians," he said.
"The people of the world know that the recipes
formulated in the imperial capitals, the United States and the Soviet Union, never are favorable to the interests of the people."
Zuniga added, "it is absolutely necessary for Gen. Nortega to abandon his post. For us, this is fun."
Popular Action, for example, refused to join the Crusade, Authentic Panamanians and three other parties in agreeing to a proposal for dialogue with government mediated by the Roman Catholic church.
Leaders of the two parties have joined demonstrations, strikes and other protests of the Civic Crusade but have differed with some of its policies and generally favored a harder line.
Supremacists acquitted in sedition case
The Associated Press
The defendants included three leaders of white supremacist groups: Louis Ray Beam Jr., 41, Houston; Robert E. Miles, 63, of Cobochan, Mich.; and Richard G. Butler, 70, of Hayden Lake. Idaho.
across state lines. Six are already serving prison terms.
FORT SMITH, Ark. — Jurors acquitted 13 white supremacists yesterday of charges that included conspiring to overthrow the federal government and to kill a federal judge and FBI agent.
The all-white jury returned the verdict in its fourth day of deliberations, a day after U.S. District Judge Morris Arnold refused to accept the jury's statement that it was deadlocked on two of the counts.
The government said supremacist groups robbed banks and armored trucks of $4.1 million.
the defense contended that the conspiracy theory was made up by a key government witness, James Ellison, 47, who led a supremacist group in Arkansas and who is now serving 20 years for racketeering.
Nine defendants were charged with seditious conspiracy and accused of wanting to overthrow the government and start an all-white nation in the Pacific Northwest. Five were accused of conspiring to kill federal officials, and two were also charged with transporting stolen money
lain of the Ku Klux Klan. "The movement sent a message to the government. The message was the same one God told pharaoh, 'Let my people go.'"
"The government was going to send a message to the movement," said Thom Robb, the national chan-
Beam celebrated his acquittal by going to a Confederate memorial opposite the court building and claiming victory against what he called the "Zionist occupation government."
"There are more than 150 other political prisoners being held in ZOG's jails that need to be freed."
News Roundup
HIJACKED AIRLINER REFUELS: Airport workers in northeast Iran refuled a Kuwaiti jetliner after its Arab hijackers fired at security guards at the Masshad airport yesterday. Iran's news agency reported. The hijackers said they would take off this morning with about 50 hostages that have been held for three days.
POLICE SEARCH CONTINUES: Kansas City police returned with a new search warrant yesterday to a house where skulls and bone fragments were found after a man said he was tortured and sexually abused there for four days last week.
KENNEDY STATUE UNVEILED: A statue showing John F. Kennedy in mid-stride was unveiled in Boston yesterday as the winner of a competition to select an official memorial to the late president in his home state. The finished bronze sculpture is scheduled to be unveiled May 29, 1989, which would have been Kennedy's 72nd birthday.
DISAGREEMENT AT TRADE TALKS: U.S. and European officials in Brussels, Belgium, disagreed yesterday on how to prevent food surpluses from building up in the developed nations when much of the Third World goes hungry. The U.S. is seeking to end all state aid to farmers by the year 2000 in the current round of trade liberalization talks within the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade.
IRAN TO ELECT PARLIAMENT: Under the threat of Iraqi missiles and air raids, Iranians vote today for a new parliament that will be a key factor in determining the course of the
Islamic revolution. The election of a new 270-seat Maljis, or parliament, will be vital in determining who will hold power in Iran after the Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini dies.
VIETNAMESE REQUEST DENIED: The State Department yesterday spurned a Vietnamese official's invitation to the United States to send food aid to regions where villagers are being asked to search for the remains of U.S. servicemen. State Department spokesman Phyllis Oakley said there was no official Vietnamese request for food aid.
POLICE CRACK DOWN ON GANGS: Los Angeles police are preparing for a war on violent, drug-dealing street gangs. The police have received overwhelming support from political and community leaders whose attention has suddenly focused on a long-festering problem.
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