European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 3, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse Sunday november 3, 1985 the stars and stripes jury urged to keep trying in Fri agent s trial Page 7 los Angeles a jurors in the Richard w. Miller spy trial unable to reach a unanimous verdict on any of the seven charges against the Only Fri agent Ever to be tried for espionage return Mon Day to try again to reach a verdict. The jury s message that it was dead locked came Friday in a note to the judge. It was the seventh note it sent since begin Ning deliberations on oct. 18. Jurors spent about 56 hours Over 11 Days deliberating behind closed doors and listening to repetitions of testimony. The jurors had assessed testimony from 100 witnesses As Well As massive amounts of documentary and electronic evidence admitted during the trial. After careful consideration of the Evi Dence and All of the testimony the jury is unable to reach a unanimous verdict on any of the counts said the note signed by All 12 members of the panel. The note came As a Surprise. It was delivered moments after . District judge David Kenyon announced that the jurors wanted to go Home Early and return Mon Day to deliberate further. Kenyon declared a recess went into his chamber and re a Rcd to court seconds later to announce we have just received a note from the he then revealed the jury s message and again recessed court briefly. On thursday Kenyon called meetings with lawyers to discuss the jury s Progress and expressed worry that it May be caring a deadlock. The longer the jury deliberates the More Chance there is that not All of the jury is in total Unity he said. Miller 48, faces a maximum of life in prison if convicted on All seven counts of espionage. Two counts carry life sentences others carry penalties in the Range of 10 years. He would be eligible for parole in 10 years under a life sentence. Miller is charged with passing classified documents to the soviet Union in Exchange for promises of $65,000 in Cash and Gold. His co defendants Svetlana Ogorodnikova and her husband Nikolay pleaded guilty and have been sentenced. Jurors heard 11 weeks of testimony and arguments containing two depictions of Miller the prosecution s portrait of a bitter vengeful failure easily recruited As a spy by his soviet Lover or the defense s View of a Well meaning Fri misfit who dreamed of redeeming his career by infiltrating a soviet spy network. This ought to rate an a Troy Clark 4 i inns against his show ind Tell exhibit his father s tractor trailer Rig for his preschool Dan in of Lynw Conn. Troy told he classmates that the 18-Wbceler is fully eau need including two Beds and a refrigerator because his father wants to be Comfort Able on his coast to coast trips. He s Nof clowning when he tells you Don t be a Bozo Hollywood up Bozo the Clown the Orange haired Jester who entertained children for 23 years and ran for president in 1984, launched a National Campaign Fri Day against teen age drug and alcohol abuse and people who create frustration wherever they go.1 Larry Harmon who gained Fame As the palc of ced Blue suited television Clown during the 1950s, obtained official proclamations for no Bozo Day from mayors across the country including los Angeles Tom Bradley. Harmon said he hoped to draw attention to people who tailgate try to move to the head of the checkout counter leave their turn signals on Miles after they be turned the Bend and routinely create chaos heartache and frustration wherever they Bozo who appeared nationwide on his television show will be updated and returned to television screens nation wide this fall said Jerry Dincy a spokesman for har Mon. A few cities such As Chicago continue to broadcast the show which also is seen in South America and Europe. The Bora character has always been the Bozo circus Clown Digney said. Now it will be Bozo the space Harmon 60, fielded Telephone Calls on a National hot line Friday to raise support for no bozos chapters. The no bozos Symbol a Clown s image slashed by the International sign for no was created by Harmon two years ago. He used it in a presidential Campaign to in crease voter Rolls. Harmon claims credit for popularizing Bozo As a term for people who unconsciously do things that aggravate others. Harmon said his no bozos message Means do something Good for yourself do something Good for Man who posed As deaf mute teen goes free Cheyenne Wyo. A the 22 year old drifter who posed As a deaf mute abandoned teen Ager has been released from jail with a bus ticket to los Angeles because no one wanted to press charges authorities said Friday. There s nothing left to be done said Laramie county District attorney Tom Carroll. The people involved with Gordon Angel Vanderburg did t want him prosecuted for the deception and we have no hold on him Carroll said. A psychiatric evaluation Friday deter mined that Vanderberg is not a danger to himself or others Carroll said. Rodger Mcdaniel a lawyer who had agreed to represent Vanderburg said the Man will go to the West coast where he said he knows a Counselor at the greater los Angeles Agency for the deaf. The Man and another person who Pur chased the ticket and gave him Money for food would like to remain Anonymous Mcdaniel said. The assistant director of the los Angeles Agency who refused to give his name said in a Telephone interview that Vanderberg has no family in los Angeles but has been a client of the Agency. He said he believes Vanderberg is legally deaf. Cheyenne police said Vanderburg can speak although he communicated Only by writing. Officials confirmed earlier that Vander Borg had attended a mental health program for the deaf at St. Elizabeth s Hospital in Washington. . Spokeswoman Ella Jeter said Vander Borg who was identified from a photograph had used a different name at the Hospital. Police had been holding Vanderburg in to e Laramie county jail since tuesday when they matched his fingerprints to those on new Jersey and new York criminal re cords. Vanderburg had been convicted of forgery felony trespassing and arson. He arrived in the City on a bus last week end carrying a five Page letter signed the letter led authorities to be Lieve that Vander Borg was 17 and had been abandoned by his Mother to find a better life and learn How to read and write after a childhood illness left him deaf. Cheyenne authorities placed him in a Foster Home. Police began to piece together Vander Berg s background when the bus Driver who drove him from Denver to Cheyenne told them the Young Man had talked. The letter probably was written by a Fel Low bus passenger police said. Rice is Nice but a Fruck Oad is too much Houston up fortunately Juan Morales likes Rice and he and his friends and neighbors now have it by the truckload. The unemployed welder was Home when an 18-wheel truck full of Rice rounded a Corner Loo fast and took a spill leaving a Mound of Rice extending from the Side of the Road into Morales front Yard. I like Rice pudding said Morales who estimated the spilled Rice at a couple of tons but not every Day. No Way Jose that s Why i did t pick up too Morales first ran outside to help the Driver Isaac Elmore crawl out of the cab. I just wanted to make sure the Driver was Safe and make sure the truck did t catch fire Morales said. A supervisor with the Imperial trucking co. Told mor ales he could have the Rice on his Side of the Fence actually a guard rail that keeps cars and trucks that arc going to fast on the exit ramp from crashing into his House. They tried Lolo scoop the Rice Back into inc truck Morales said. But then they realized the Rice would be damaged and they could t keep inc dirt out of the so Morales was told to Call his friends and about 1,000 people showed up. Within hours All that remained were a half dozen mothers and their children filling Large plastic bags Morales said. A spokesman for Imperial trucking said he knew How much Rice was dumped but declined to discuss it
