University Daily Kansan / Tuesday, March 29, 1988
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Indian activist candidate is killed during weekend
The Associated Press
PEMBROKE, N.C. — Commissioners in racially troubled Robeson County yesterday called for the appointment of a special prosecutor to investigate the slaying of an Indian activist running for judge.
Meanwhile, supporters of the activist, 42-year-old Julian Pierce, said they would seek to change a state law that would automatically make his opponent in the primary the winner of the election.
Pierce, a lawyer and Lumbee Indian, was slain at his rural home over the weekend by three shotgun shots. Hubert Stone called on assassination
Commissioners adopted a resolution asking District Attorney Joe Freeman Britt, Pierce's primary opponent, to ask the state attorney general for a special prosecutor. The resolution is not binding, said Commissioner Wayne Oxendine.
Telephone calls yesterday to Britt's office were not immediately returned.
Backers of Pierce also said that they would seek a special legislative session to allow a substitute candidate in the May 3 primary for Superior Court judge.
Harvey Godwin, Pierce's campaign manager, said the 25-member Committee to Elect Julian Pierce decided Sunday night to ask Gov. Jim Martin to call a special legislative session to change the law to allow a substitute candidate in the May 3 primary for Superior Court judge.
State law says if a candidate dies 30 days or more after the filing period closes in that election, the opposing candidate is declared the winner.
Stone said a hotline set up to receive tips on Julian Pierce's death had received more than 50 calls. Pierce was found dead early Saturday.
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Gephardt had appealed to workers, farmers and the poor with his theme
WASHINGTON — Richard Gephardt quit the Democratic presidential race yesterday, saying, "We lost, no question about that," but declaring that his party could win the White House in the fall only by picking up his populist economic themes.
"I believe that our effort was not in vain that we challenged the Democratic Party and called it back to its central role as an agent of fundamental change." Gephardt said at an emotional Capitol Hill news conference packed with journalists and supporters.
Gephardt drops bid for nomination Says populist theme is key to Democrat gaining White House
Gephardt, whose campaign faltered after his initial victory in Iowa's caucuses on Feb. 8, said he had a plan to house his House seat from Missouri.
"That was our message, and that is our victory." Gephardt said as his wife clasped her hands and fought back tears. "Now, that message belongs to all the Democratic Party. And I am convinced that it is . . . the only way for us to win in 1988 and beyond."
of “it's your fight, too.” He said his drive had driven other candidates closer to his positions on trade and farm policy and would result in a nominee committed to fight for economic justice.
The Missouri congressman, also accompanied by his three children, said, "I haven't seen a crowd this large in a long, long time," after entering the ornate caucus room and giving a thumbs-up sign to his supporters.
Gephardt predicted a Democratic nominee would be chosen from among those now running but refused to throw his support to anyone. He
said he might make an endorsement at a later time.
Regarding Jesse Jackson's candidacy, he said, "I believe Jesse Jackson can be nominated, and I think he can be elected."
He turned down a chance to give advice to the party's other front-runner, Massachusets Gov. Michael Dakikas, with whom he had engaged in sharp exchanges of negative TV advertisements.
Gephardt attributed his failed candidacy to a lack of money and said that when he was able to get his ideas across, "we did connect." But he added, "I have no alibis. We lost, no question about that."
"Michael Dukakis has sure done a lot better than I did," Gephardt said. "I don't think it's my place to tell him what to do."
Gephardt's wins in Iowa, South Dakota and his home state were buried by disappointing showings in
more than two dozen other states — including Michigan, where he had said he needed a "Michigan miracle" Saturday to revive his campaign.
With his tough trade stance, the six-term congressman might have been expected to do well in a state heavy with unions and automakers. But he failed to win labor backing and finished third in the Michigan caucuses, behind Jackson and Dukakis.
Gephardt, a consensus builder in the House, found a niche in the presidential race as an anti-establishment populist. He had a well-whored message and an aggressive television campaign.
But after Michigan, Gehardt had only 167 delegates — less than one-third the totals amassed by Dukakis and Jackson and fewer than even Sen. Paul Simon of Illinois, who didn't compete on Super Tuesday.
Panama detains reporters, protest leaders
The Associated Press
PANAMA CITY, Panama — Soldiers firing into the air burst into the capital's leading hotel and detained opposition leaders and foreign journalists after an anti-government demonstration was stopped by authorities.
The military confiscated the film of foreign television crews at the Marriott Hotel, which has been used for weeks as an informal headquarters by scores of reporters and by leaders of the National Civic Crusade.
Opposition spokesmen said that nearly 20 of their leaders were detained. Eight foreign journalists,
including Richard Cole of The Associated Press, were taken away and held for about three hours.
The Civic Crusade, a leading antigovernment coalition, staged the afternoon protest march in an attempt to force the ouster of Panama's military strongman, Gen. Manuel Antonio Noriage.
Five leaders of the march were arrested.
The violence yesterday coincided with the beginning of the second week of a general strike that has closed down an estimated 90 percent of Panama's industry and commerce.
Shuttle booster rocket assembly begins
The Associated Press
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Workers yesterday began assembling the first of two booster rockets for the next space shuttle flight, and an engineer in charge of their redesign said the test program was on track for an August launch.
John Thomas, manager of the solid
"We're well on our way in the test program," he said. "Everything is going well with the processing at the Kennedy Space Center."
The stacking of the rocket segments began even though three critical test firings remain for the overhauled model of the rocket that caused the Challenger accident that killed seven astronauts in January 1986.
rocket motor design team, said the redesign test program had gone so well that the stacking could proceed with confidence.
He spoke as technicians here mounted the bottom segment of shuttle Discovery's left booster rocket onto a mobile launch platform. Three more segments and other equipment will be stacked atop this segment, and then the right rocket will be assembled on the platform.
The Associated Press
Baby M litigation enters final stage
HACKENSACK, N.J. — An angry and bitter William Stern testified yesterday that Baby M should be kept from her biological mother for several years to protect the child from emotional harm and exploitation.
Stern, testifying in what is expected to be the final legal chapter of the 2-year-old dispute, characterized surrogate mother Mary Beth Whitehead-Gould as untrustworthy and capable of undermining her relationship with the child, legally known as Melissa Stern.
"Mary Beth will do anything and say anything to get her way," Stern said in 2½ hours of emotional testimony that ended with him crying.
The hearing, expected to last several days, was ordered by the New Jersey Supreme Court in its landmark Feb. 3 decision that declared the school district unauthorized and restored Mrs. Whitehead-Gould's parental rights but left intact a judge's order awarding custody of the child to the Sterns.
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The documents are expected to help Walsh answer some of his questions about Israel's Swiss bank account, which handled the funds for the shipments to Iran.
In a letter dated Aug. 15, 1966, three months before the disclosure of the Iran-contrain affair, Pena wrote to a front company set up by North's associate, Richard Miller. The company offered to procure grenades, bombs, mines and boots from two South American companies.
U.S. obtains Iran-contra papers in agreement, Israeli official says
Walsh wanted the information to help corroborate his case against former White House aides Oliver North and John Poindexter, and businessmen Richard Secord and his partner Albert Hakim. All four have been indicted on charges of defrauding the U.S. government through the arms sales and the diversion of profits to the contrasts.
Melvin Rise, a lawyer representing the Israeli government, said, "We have reached terms of how we would proceed, making litigation unnecessary."
WASHINGTON — Israel has handed over classified documents to independent counsel Lawrence Walsh for his Iran-contra investigation under a cooperation agreement reached after yearlong negotiations, an Israeli official said yesterday.
"He will get what he wants without us having to give up what we wanted," said the Israeli official, speaking on condition of anonymity.
The Associated Press
The documents handed over to Walsh included detailed financial and historical chronologies prepared by Israel for the congressional Iran-contra committees last summer, the Israeli official said.
Wright said that if Pena was involved in such activity, it was when Pena wasn't working directly with him.
In return, Walsh apparently agreed to revoke the subponas he issued to four Israelis who arranged the 1985 and 1986 shipments of U.S. made anti-tank and anti-aircraft missiles to Iran, the official and a U.S. lawyer said.
Along with the documents, Walsh also has been given written answers to the questions posed last year by the congressional investigators with regard to the chronologies, the official said.
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Wright says he was unaware of adviser dealing with North
Walsh and the Israeli Embassy issued brief statements announcing the cooperation agreement but said the contents would remain classified.
be denied access to the documents because of his refusal to grant immunity to the four Israelis.
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WASHINGTON — House Speaker Jim Wright said yesterday that he was unaware that his friend and adviser, Richard Pena, had tried to sell weapons to the contras through former White House aide Lt. Col. Oliver North's secret contra aid operation.
The agreement with Walsh is on a government-to-government basis, according to Israeli embassy spokesman Yossi Gal, which means that any questions for the four must be channeled through official Israeli representatives.
The Associated Press
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When Israel gave the chronologies to Congress, it stipulated that Walsh
Israel's government wanted the subpoenas dropped, contending that all four Israelis were acting under its orders and thus were immune from prosecution and questioning by U.S. officials.
ISRAEL SEALS TERRITORIES: The Israeli army yesterday imposed its broadest restrictions yet on the 1.5 million Palestinians in the occupied territories, sealing the regions for three days to combat a PLO day of protest. It is the first such ban since Israel captured the West Bank and Gaza Strip from Jordan and Egypt in the 1967 Middle East war. Army spokesmen said journalists were being barred from the territories.
CONTRA PACKAGE INCOMPLETE: House Democratic and Republican leaders labored inconclusively yesterday on a package of strictly "humanitarian" aid to sustain the contras while they work out a peace accord with the leftist Sandinista government.
At the informational meeting, the program will be explained and appointments for interviews will be made. Parrott Athletic Center is next to Allen Field House.
82ND ARRIVES HOME: More than 700 members of the Army's 82nd Airborne Division parachuted into their North Carolina home base yesterday in a flamboyant end to 12 days of exercises in Honduras, where they were sent in a show of U.S. strength.
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SWAGGART FUTURE DEBATED! Elders of the Assemblies of God yesterday began debating how long TV evangelist Jimmy Swaggart should be barred from preaching. The 223-member General Presbytery began its two-day, closed-door meeting and will have the final say on punishment against Swaggart, who is accused of hiring a prostitute to pose naked for him.
REAGAN PROMOTES FREE TRADE: President Reagan said yesterday in Richmond, Va. that the U.S. public wouldn't accept trade restrictions and retaliation against foreign man-
News Roundup
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS TREATY: The Senate Armed Services Committee voted 18 to 2 yesterday to recommend that the Senate ratify the new treaty banning U.S. and Soviet medium-range nuclear weapons worldwide. But the panel said a serious question remained about whether negotiators intended the pact to ban futuristic, advanced technology weapons or only nuclear-armed medium-range ballistic and cruise missiles.
MIDLAND MAYOR INTERVENES: Midland, Texas, Mayor Carroll Thomas said yesterday that he would try to resolve squabbling between two groups of rescuers by appointing a citizens' committee to review proposals for a television movie about Jessica McClure's rescue from an abandoned well.
POE BOOK TO BE AUCTIONED: A rare first edition of Edgar Allan Poe's first book, a collection of poetry written when he was 14, is to be auctioned by Sotheby's June 7. In the 161 years since its publication, only 11 other copies of "Tamerlane and Other Poems" have been found. The book, published in 1827 by an obscure Boston printer when the poet, short-story writer and critic was 18, could bring as much as $300.000.
ducturers. Reagan, promoting his free-trade stance even in the face of mounting U.S. trade imbalances, warned that a trade bill under consideration in Congress could weaken international trading systems and start trade wars.
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