European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 04, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse Saturday june 4, 1977 the stars and stripes Page 7 introducing a new lion a male lion at the Denver zoo Roan a Challenge to a strange intruder a lash Ion mannequin during a photography session for a Magazine and introducing a new line of Anne Klein clothing designs. After a few sniffs the lion lost interest and walked away leaving the Manne Quin and her $1,700 ensemble intact. But the female lion right photos re acted differently. Within 30 seconds after being let Loose in the zoo enclosure she had ripped the plastic Model apart and reduced the expensive finery to shreds. A he says slaying suspect could t be convicted judge wonders Why police doubt evidence Falls Village Conn. A a judge who acted As a one Man grand jury says he cannot understand Why some Law officers still believe Peter Reilly beat his Mother and slashed her Throat in a 3 4-year-old unsolved slaying. Last november a Superior court judge dismissed a manslaughter charge against Reilly because of the disclosure of Evi Dence that had been withheld by the prose cution in Reilly s first trial for the death of his Mother Barbara Gibbons. Judge Maurice j. Sponzo was appointed As a one Man grand jury to investigate Reilly s prosecution and on wednesday he issued a report on his probe in Tuchfield Superior Sponzo avoided flatly stating Reilly s innocence he said the youth 18 at the time of his Mother s death could not be convicted on evidence available at this said state police arrested Reilly within 24 hours of the slaying and the remainder of the investigation was concerned primarily with the elimination of any other despite expert testimony by five medi Cal specialists some investigators still be Lieve Reilly ran Over his Mother on sept.28, 1973, with their 1968 Corvette breaking both her legs. Then they claim he drag ged her into their Small Falls Village House and slashed and stabbed her to death. It is difficult to understand Why the state police Are presently pursuing this theory in the face of contrary medical opinions Sponzo said. He said one supporter of that theory concurred in closed door testimony with medi Cal opinion that Gibbons legs were broken after she died not before. Since death was caused by ices of blood when she was nearly decapitated it would have been impossible for a car to have struck her after wards without leaving blood traces in the driveway he said. Reilly who now works in a Canaan serv ice station was convicted of first degree manslaughter in april 1974 but later won a new trial. The charge was dismissed before the second trial began after disclosure of previously withheld evidence that showed Reilly was in another town before he slaying and did not have enough time to return Home kill his Mother and clean up before police attorney . Gilroy Daly said thursday he is certain that someone other than Reilly killed Gibbons. Sponzo said his report contained sealed list of names of people who had motive and capability for the slaying. The list was turned Over to state Palm print found on a front door of the victim s House and a Blond hair found in her hand have not been identified he said. Police also failed to turn up the murder weapon a new Wallet Gibbons had the Day she died and $100 she got the same Day by cashing a Check. Sponzo said his investigation indicated that Reilly apparently arrived Home within a few minutes of the attack on his Mother. An auxiliary trooper and his wife saw Reilly in Canaan at 9 39 ., he noted. The couple said Reilly was heading Home in a Blue sports car a 6 minute drive at Normal Speed. Gibbons was attacked an died Between 9 15 and 9 50 Judge in rape Case resists critics Madison wis. Up an embattled judge under fire for saying rape could be a Normal reaction to a permissive sexual climate and women s provocative clothing predicted thursday a court transcript would have a chilling effect on efforts to remove him from the Bench. Dane county judge Archie Simonson s remarks at a May 25 hearing for a 15-year old youth brought Calls from women s groups and the City Council for his Resigna Tion. Simonson sentenced the youth who had pleaded no contest to charges of second degree sexual assault to a year at Home in the custody of his parents kith the Light sentence and the judge s remarks sparked a juror. The rape occurred in the stairwell of West High school. Three boys were involved. One was sent to a juvenile detention Home in the Milwaukee area and one was freed. At a crowded news conference thurs Day Simonson said he planned to release the transcript of the hearing involving the third boy soon. Reading from a prepared statement Simonson said that once the transcripts Are made Public there will Bufi Many critics who will conclude that they May have acted nastily in their condemnation of me and the judicial judge listed himself among people who had committed error by comment ing on the Case without having seen the said that because he is inexperienced with the juvenile court system he had retained local attorney Richard Gates for advice in releasing the transcript. Ordinarily he said he would ask the Dane county District attorney s office or the county corporation counsel for advice but he added i really cannot turn to them because they Are my is our desire to make the transcript available to the Public in such a Way that it will both protect the interest of the Juve Niles and serve the interest of the Dea bans poppy cultivation to produce codeine in . Washington a the drug enforcement administration has decided against allowing commercial . Cultivation of the great Scarlet poppy which produces the drug used in the manufacture of administrator Peter b. Bensinger announced the decision and said he will Issue rules later allowing the Plant to be cultivated in the United states for research and other noncommercial said the Agency chose to continue the ban on commercial production because the United states has traditionally set an example of no production of narcotic plants " we cannot very Well ask foreign governments to work to diminish worldwide supplies of illicit narcotic drugs and then contribute to a weakening of International controls by allowing commercial cultivation Here he said codeine is used for a variety of medical purposes and it is classified As a narcotic. The drug is produced from theriane which comes from the great Scarlet poppy. The drug s scientific name is palaver Bra Teatum. Representatives of the pharmaceutical Industry and the medical Community had sought Dea approval for commercial cultivation
