hinckley trial + sirhan parole hearing (1982)
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TH E DAILY HERALD . Tuesday, April 27, 1982 Section 1—7
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ILLEGAL ALIENS are loaded into Border Patrol vehicles Mon-
day after a raid in CAIifornia, where 82 illegal aliens were arrest-ed as part of nationwide crackdown on workers who lack docu-
ments a'nd hold obs that might go to U.S. citizens.
W A S H I N G T O N (AP) - John W ,Hinckley Jr., a lovesick drifter with apenchant for cheap haridguns, goes ontrial today accused of trying to assassi-nate President Reagan'.
Th e trial is scheduled' to start at 9a.m. CD T with jury selection'in a 200-seat courtroom. •» *
Hinckley has conceded he , shotReagan and three others on March 30last year, but his lawyers claim that hewas insane and thus not legally respon-
sible ;But A'ssistant U.S. Attorney Roger
M. Ade lman , he chief prosecutor, saidMonday that psychiatrists ar e pre-pared to test ify Hinckley had no "se-r ious mental problem at all" on thefa teful day . . • • •
"N o government psychiatr ist thinksthis man is psychotic," A delman said
at a pre-trial hearing.U . S . District Judge Harrington D.
Parker still had some decisions pend-ing, but he said-he would "weave themin" with the jury selection process. •
H I N C K L E Y W A S M O V E D i nt o abasement cell in the federal court-house over the weekend, but he was notat the hearing*
Tightened security already was inevidence at the courthouse, at the footof 'Capi tol Hil l , where the W at e rgate
trials were held in the mid-1970s.On e of the last-minute requests was
from defense lawyer G regory B. Craig,who asked that the court bar the testi-
' mony of three government psychia-trists because some of the informationthey received from the FBI was takenin a half-hour period when Hinckleyhad no lawyer w ith him .
Judge Parker has yet to rulewhether the burden is on thet ion to prove Hinckley sane or whetherthe defense mu st show that he was in-sane on the day of the shootings.
Hinckley, wh o pursued a one-sidedromance with teenage movie actress
.Jodie F oster, is charged in 13 felonycounts — f ive carrying a maximumpenalty of life in prison,— for theshooting of Reagan and three otherslast year.
„ H E IN D ICA T E D N a letter that hewa s out to "get" Reagan to prove hislove fo r Miss-Foster. ' . ,
During the hearing Monday, the ac-tress' lawyers argued that Miss Fos-ter's testimony, videotaped late lastmonth because she was en route to Eu-rope, should not be released to the tele-vision networks.
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W A S H I N G T O N — City officia ls throughout the nation fear increasedcr ime an d u rba n unrest this s u m m e r because of cuts in 'the summer you th
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employment program, a U.S. Conference of Mayors survey showed Mon-
d a y . A su rvey of 125 cit ies showed nearly 90 percen t p la nn ing to servefewer youths this year than in 1981, with only one of f ive eligible youthsexpected to participate in this yea r ' s summer jobs p rog ra m. The La borDepar tmen t plans to allocate $685 mill ion for the prog ra m th i s summer ,including $32 mill ion carried ove r from last year , for an overa ll drop of14 percent from 1981.*The Reagan administration proposes to el iminate i ten t i r e l y . Unemploymen t data fo r Ma rch showed overa l l t eena ge unem-ployment at 21.9 percent, an d black teenage joblessness at 46 percent.G a r y , Ind. , has the h ighes t minor i ty youth u n e m p l o y m e n t at 88 percen t ,according to the survey.i
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Noguchi loses fight against demotionV
LO S A N G E L E S — D r . Thoma s N oguch i 's r eques t for a cou r t o rder toprevent county supervisors f rom demot ing h im wa s tu rned down Monday,one day before the board is to hold a hear ing on the "coroner to the stars."Superior Court Judge John Cole sa id No guch i ' s reques t wa s p rema tu rebu t ordered the board to show cause why N oguc h i should be demotedbefore holding a scheduled closed-door hearing Tuesday. No guch i , u n d e rf i re for a l l eged misma na gemen t of the coroner's off ice that is the modelfor TV's "Qu incy" series, is under a 30-day suspension wi t hou t pay andhas been told he wi l l be demoted to physician specia l ist .
Eastern gets some Braniff routesW A S H I N G T O N - TheCi v i l A e r o n a u t i c s Bo ard ' t ent a t i ve l y a w a r d e d
Bra n i f f s S ou th Am er i ca n rou tes to Ea s te rn A i r l i n es M onday n i gh t i n ex-ch ange for $30 mi l l ion . Beginni ng J u n e 1, Eastern wil l operate the routesfor at least a yea r , "pending CA B approval based on hearings that wil lbegin in June . Eastern had proposed a six-year agreeme nt. The CA B gav eten ta t ive a pprova l to Easte rn ' s plan in a closed meeting that lasted unt i ll a t e Monda y n igh t . O r i g ina l l y the meet ing w a s ca l l ed to hea r a n emergen -cy petit ion f i l ed by B r a n i f f I n t e rna t iona l p ropos ing tha t P a n A m t a keover the routes.
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AJ . S . buys 1st Iranian oil since crisisW A S H I N G T O N - The Uni t e d Sta te s has m a d e its f i rs t purcha se of
Iranian oil since the 444 - day hostage crisis ended early l a s t year , the U.S.Defense Fue l Supp ly Cen te r con f i rmed on Monda y . Spokesma n T homa sGe l l i sa id the price was right — $29.51 per ba rrel on an order tota l ing 1.8mill ion barrels, or $51.1 mill ion. That compares with the standard $34asked by the Orga n iza t ion of Pet ro l eum Expor t ing Coun t r ies . The oi l wi l lgo into the U.S. strategic stockpile, which curre ntly tota ls 278 mill ionbarrels. T he government hopes to bu i ld the reserve to 750 mill ion barre l sby la te 1989. The purchase was m ade indirec tly.
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Judge dismisses last of Lacy chargesi' M I L W A U K E E — A judge Monday dismissed the last remaining
charges again st members* of the police departm ent in the qase of .E rne stLacy, a yo ung black man'who.died in custody last summer . Ci rcu i t JudgeJa n ine G eske sa id there wa s a l a ck o f p roba bl e ca use to cha rge Of f i c e r sJ a m e s Dekker a nd George Ka l t with misconduct i n off ice . La cy , 22 , diedshort ly a f t e r be ing t a ken i n t o cus tody Ju ly 9 in connect ion with a/r 'ape. I tw as l a te r 'de te rmined he did not commit the c r ime . Dekker , Ka l t a ndO f f i c e r Thomas Eliopul — al l whi te — or ig ina l l y were cha rged wi t h horn- .icide by reckless cond uct, but those charges w ere dismissed. Later, Dekk-er a nd Ka l t were cha rged with misconduct .
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SEOUL, South Korea — Vice P res iden t George Bush , r ea f f i rm ingAmer i ca ' s mi l i t a ry commi tmen t to South Korea, disclosed Monday he
ma y Visi t China duri ng his five-nation tour of Asia and the Pacific. "The reis a possibility that I would go to Ch ina . There wi l l be a n a nnouncemen t onthat soon," Bush sa id before ending his three-day Korea n v i s i t an d f l y i n g
. to Singapore. Relations between the two superpowers have gfown sostrained that China had threatened to down grade the sta tus of i ts em bassyin W ash ingto n. Leaders'in Pek ing were ex t remely c r i t i ca l o f the Rea ga nadminis t ra t ions proposal to sell $60 mill ion in mi l i t a ry equ ipmen t toTa iwan, which China considers an integral part of its terr itory.
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Sweden joins* 1LS. in defending IsraelU N I T E D N A T I O N S - Sweden joined theUnited .States Monday and
warned the G eneral Assem bly against any move to brand Israel a pariahnation or bar its part icipat ion in any U nited Nat ions act ivity. SwedishAmbassador Ande rs Thunborg , in a statement in the assembly's emergen-
. cy debate on the Palestine issue, praised Israel 's withdrawa l from ftieSinai bu t condemned its Apr i l 21 air r a id s near Be iru t as unjust i f ied. H ealso said the Pa lest inian problem could not be settled unless'"Israel andthe PLO... fa ce one another at the negot iat ing table."
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170 die in Philippines violence1
*M A N I L A , Philippines — Suspected communists killed two munic ipal
officials and 21 others in an ambu sh that raised the d eath toll to 170 n a
rebel campaign to disrupt next month's village elect ions, reports said"Monday. Radio reports said the ambush began Saturday in the town ofLopez Jaena , 45 0 miles south of Manila when rebels tossed a grenade intoa truck filled with people returning from a campaign rally. Officia ls saidthe killings were part ,o f a campaign to t hwar t the May 17 munic ipalelections" for the nation's 42,000 councils.
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'Moderates boycott Salvador session. SAN*SALVADOR, El Salvador — The U.S.-backed Christ ian Democratsboycotted a session of the rightist-controlled constituent assembly Mon-day and announced they have the votes to keep a right-winger from being'elected president. The boycott, along with an appare nt split in the. rightistcoalition that controls the new assembly, again delayed the election of aninterim president Christian Democratic leader Julio Re y Prenides said his24 deputies boycotted the session because of the rightist coalition's failureto invite outgoing President Jose Napoleon Duarte to attend.
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Parole testimony agitates• SOLEDAD, Calif . (UPI) - A n agitat-ed Sirhan Sirhan shouted "God forbid"Monday when he was told another con-vict had accused him of threatening tokil l Sen . Edward Kennedy if Sirhanwere freed from prison.
It was one of five words Sirhanut te red du r ing a 90-minute opening
• session o f a hear ing b y a • three-mem-
be r board on.demands that his 1984parole for the 1968 assassination ofKennedy ' s brother, Sen. Robert Kenne-"dy.be canceled.
"God forbid!" declared Sirhan, 38,when his. lawyer, Lawrence McKis--sack, said a fellow Soledad Prison con-
• v i c t told the Los 'Ange le s County dis-tr ict at torney's office Sirhan had toldhim he would ki l l Edward Kennedywhen he got out of prison. '1
McKissack said the statement byLawrence Wilson, serving a life termfo r m u r d e r , will be discredited at thehearing.
D U R I N G M O N D A Y ' S ses s ion ,' S i rha n sat almost motionless in hischa i r except fo r whispered conferenc-es wi th his lawyer . But his eyes blinkedrepeatedly an d throughout the openings t a t emen t s his l ips moved nervously.
H e was pale and clean-shaven al-
• hough prison officia ls ear l ie r reportedhe had several days growth of beard.
He wore a stiff new gray prison shirt ,open at the collar.
T he only other words he spoke were"hello" to the board when he enteredthe room and "thank you" when he left .
McKissack told the board it wou ldtake "an extraordinary act of cou rage"for members to uphold Sirhan's 1984release date because the board is polit-
' ica l ly appointed and thus wou ld yieldto publ ic- pressure to keep Sirhan inprison. • '
"Sirhan feels he ca nnot ge t fa ir ahearing at this time;" he sa id, adding;"W e must a lso a lso rea lize that he is a
despised person, a despised person who.kil led a very popular person."
R O B E R T T RA P P , a n assistant toLos Ange l es District Attorney JohnVa n de K a mp, who i s l ea d ing the-cam-p a i gn to keep Sirhan behind bars, saidthe board that set the parole date
"abused- i t s discret ion." H e said theboard did not have information on
Sirhan's state of mind.T ra pp cited several, instances in
wh i ch he sa id Sirhan showed violenttendencies.
T he current panel ha s three choices:r ea f f i rm Sirhan's September 1984parole date, se t a new date or takea w a y the 1984 date. If the parole is re-voked, S irhan must have another hear-in g within six months.
Paro le hoard Chairman RaymondBrown said the board has received3,961 letters signed by 8,127 peoplecondemning the parole date. H e said 60le t t e r s were rece ived in support .
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Reagan set on No. 2 CIA choiefeW A S H I N G T O N (AP) - Pre s ident
R e a g a n wi l l nomina te John McMahoh,a C IA veteran w ho helped run the U- 2
spy p la ne p rog ra m a nd la t e r ma na gedthe agency's spy network, to succeedA d m . Bobby Inma n as dep uty C IA d i -rec to r , the W h i te H o u s e a n n ou n c e dMo nday .
Depu ty W h i t e House press secretaryLarry Speakes said Rea ga n cons idersMcMah o n, who now holds the age ncy'sN o. 3 post of executive director, "to bea solid professional , a caree r publicse rvan t " who i s "respected th roughou tthe intel l igence community."
Members of the Sena te Intel l igenceCommi t t ee , w h ich wi l l ho ld con f i rma -t ion hea r ings on McMah o n, had modestpra ise for him , but both Dem ocrats
an d Republ i ca ns sa id he did not ha vethe stature and clout of Inma n, whow as very popular with the committee.
"W e'l l have to work harder on over-sight and ask1
tougher questions, be-ca use M cMa hon i s no t Inma n , a ndthere ar e sti l l problems about ' trustingthe administration in this area," saidSen. Dave Durenbe rge r , a Republ i ca nm e m b e r of the commi t t ee f rom Min -nesota.
I N M A N , 51, announced Wednesdaythat he was. leaving a 30-year career inthe mil i tary an d intel l igence to en t e rprivate business. Both Durenbergerand another committee member , Sen.Joseph Btden , D-Del., said they fearedI n m a n in fact was leaving over disa-greements about the wisdom of poli-
cies followed by C IA Director W illiamCasey. "
McMahon, 52,'has served in virtually
every phase of CIA operations sincegradua t i ng f rom Holy Cross in 1951an d joining the a gency la t e r that year.H is first seven year s were spent over-seas.
In January 1978, McMahon becamedepu ty director fo r operations incharge of the CIA's clandest ine spynetwork . A f t e r more than three years
in that job, he was named deputy di-rector fo r national foreign assess-ments, which produces the intelligencees t imat es tha t C IA c i r cu la t es throughthe U.S. government.
He w as promoted to the No. 3 post inJa nua ry o f thi s year .
'JYice Gir/s' injunction failsLO S A N G E L E S (A P ) — D r . Irene nied Margolis ' request for a prelimi-
Kassorla on Monday wo n the f irst nary injunction. ' ^ -- ."round of a court batt le over her sex » Kassorla's attorney, Patricia Glaser,
manua l N i c e Gi r l s Do as a j udge de- said her client also would welcome annied a former lover's bid to halt salesor promotion of the book unless he iscredited as co-author.
. Bu t Herbert Margolis , who contendsthe best-selling book was-the result o f-a personal and business relationship hehad w i t h .the Bel-Air psychologist, stillhopes to gain recognition; half the
' profits f rom' fu tu re sales an d d&ma ges. of $110 million. . * -
"I think we wil l go for an early, tri-al," said M argolis ' at torney, WilliamChertok.
NEITH ER MA RGOLIS, 56, nor Kas -sorla was present Monday as Superior
' Cour t J u d g e Dickran Tevr iz ian Jr . de-
early trial "She's going to be totallyvindicated," Ms. Glaser said. "I thinkthe j udge saw some of the flaws withhis case."
Chertok said he did not believe thejudge's decision would have an y bear -ing on the eventual outcome of thecase.
"There's a d i f fe ren t burden of proofhere," Chertok said, npting that to rulein Mdrgblis ' favor the judge in ef fec tw O u l d have to declare Kassorla .a l iar.
The judge indicated duri ng the hear-ing that he was concerned about thedelay between the: 1980 public at ion ofN ic e G i r l s Do and the filing of Mar-
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.golis ' suit 'last Marc h9.- T H E JUDG E also expressed doubt
about Margolis ' claim that he co-au-
thored much of the book and did not, asKassorla contends in a countersuit for$90 million, merely parrot her ideas.
"Dr. Kassorla has had a track recordlong before , she met Mr. Margolis ,"Tevrizian sa id . "
Ex-union official wins lottery-
N E W ' Y O R K (UPI) -'Mario Montu- his union local at a N ew York restau-o r o , a fo rmer union .officia l wh oaccused Secretary of 'Labor Raymond.Donovan of witnessing a bribe p a y o f f ,won'$2.5 million in the New York State
. ottery»it wa s learned Monday.Montuoro confirmed he will share in
the top prize in the state's Lotto gamea n d , said he plans to use par t of it toestablish a trust f u n d fo r union dissi-dents.
Montuoro, 48, former secretary-treasurer of Laborers Union Local 29,
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has accused Donovan of being present
ran t in 1977. A special prosecutor isinvest igat ing the charge .
Montuoro and a second winner of thestate's weekly "Lotto" game w i l l splita $5 million prize. Lottery officials de -clined Monday to confirm Montuoro,wa s a winner. They scheduled a newsconference for today to formally an-nounce the winners.
Montuoro said he had played the. same number in the Lotto game forfive months an d had,watched his num-be r drawn on television dur ing . the
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