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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 26, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday March 26, 1986 the stars and stripes Page 7 Bonner Speaks out against Sakharov video Newton mass. A Yelena Bonner says a secretly recorded soviet videotape of her husband an Drei Sakharov showing him in apparent Good health actually demonstrates that his condition is worsening. The very fact of its existence and its release is Clear for me that it supports this she said after viewing the 15-minute tape monday before Abc to aired portions of it on its nightly newscast. The video was made with hidden cameras in the soviet City of Gorky where Sakharov is in internal exile. It was released to Bild a German tabloid which has received numerous soviet leaks regarding Sakharov. Bild sold the tape to Abc for $25,000, the new York times reported tuesday. Bonner accused soviet authorities of staging some scenes depicted on the tape and criticized them for recording a conversation Between her and her husband. Today i made an exception to my Promise not to talk to the press and spoke to you because it seems to me that the demonstration of this video is an indication that Sakharov s condition is worsening deteriorating she said speaking in russian. Her daughter Tatiana Van Kelevich translated. Bonner has said she was allowed to travel to the United states in december for medical treatment after promising not to talk to the press. Soviet authorities have denied demanding such a Promise. The Kab made the tape Between december and Early february Bild said sunday. Sakharov went on several hunger strikes to try to win a visa for his wife and Bonner said monday that he looked Haggard and drawn in the video despite his statements to the contrary. My nutrition is completely in order. No i need Noth ing he is shown telling a doctor in the film Bild said sunday. The film shows Sakharov telling Bonner in a Long distance Telephone Call what he knew about a recent interview with soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev printed in the French publication humanity. Here we see How the state gets into the conversations of the wife and husband Bonner said. In a Normal world Sakharov and myself would be Able to Start a lawsuit against such  in the interview Gorbachev said Sakharov was exiled to Gorky in 1980 because Sakharov broke the Law and knew state secrets. Sakharov who developed the soviet Hydrogen bomb and won the Nobel peace prize for his peace efforts has said he was exiled for criticizing the invasion of Afghanistan. By splicing the tape Bonner said the Kab made it appear that Sakharov believes he was exiled to Gorky in accordance with the soviet  the videotape also showed Sakharov at an Auto Mechanic s shop and Dis cussing disarmament with an agent of the Kab the soviet secret service. All the contacts with people were staged without Sakharov s knowledge Bonner said. In one scene Sakharov meets with an apparent Kab agent who draws him into conversation Bild said. At the agent s prodding Sakharov praised Gorba Chev s recent arms limitation proposal and said he believes it would be impossible to build a trustworthy nuclear defense system such As president Reagan s pro posed strategic defense initiative or Star wars pro Gram. In its report tuesday the new York times said Abc outbid lbs for the film. The newspaper quoted Robert Murphy Abc news vice president As saying the network has a policy against paying any illegal or unethical or in any Way immoral or wrong elements of any society for new film. Murphy admitted that the Kab probably produced or condoned the release of the film the times said. It said Abc executives whom it did not identify thought the film was compelling enough to risk bending the policy. Demand official s resignation Missouri Farmers stage trac Orcade Brookfield to. A Farmers protesting the state of the Rural Economy Rode a trac Orcade to Federal lending offices Here monday after rallying for a week in the parking lot of a Federal office in nearby Chillicothe. About 20 tractors and 100 Farmers made the 25-mile trip parking near the Farmers Home administration of fice to hear speakers deplore the farm Economy. Later about 10 tractors moved across town to Park in the lot near the offices of the production credit association and the Federal land Bank. In Chillicothe Farmers demanded the resignation of David Stollings supervisor of the Livingston county Omha office who they say is not sympathetic to their troubled situation. Stollings 29, has said he will not resign. John Foster state director of the Omha said monday that he would not remove Stollings because the supervisor had acted within Agency guidelines. He said an investigation into the Farmers complaints turned up no evidence that Stollings had been derelict in his duties. ". Does not care for people Stollings May not have communicated Well with Farmers whose loan applications he was forced to reject Foster said adding that he would urge Stollings to try to develop better communications skills. The Man has simply not cooperated and made himself available to the people who need his help in securing Loans Jim Green a 45-year-old Farmer from Wheeling mo., said about Stollings. The Man simply does not care for people and a Man in that position should not be  but Stollings said Farmers were venting their frustration Over the agricultural economic situation. I feel i have operated the office properly and i have no reason to believe a resignation is needed or expected Stollings said. I am the Farmers Home administration in this office and they Are striking Back at their last Hope of getting credit said Stollings who has served As the Livingston county Omha supervisor since 1980. The Federal Agency is considered the Lender of last 1985 farm exports in percent of $33.5 billion Grain and feeds q 45% oilseed and products l 20% livestock poultry and Dairy 12% horticultural products Cotton 7% tobacco 5% other us a forecast Chicago Tribune graphic source . Department of agric kure resort because borrowers must prove they Are unable to get credit anywhere else to qualify for Loans which usually have lower interest rates than Market Loans. About 300 Farmers have signed a petition demanding Stollings ouster and some Farmers have parked their trac tors in the office s parking lot. A state Omha official travelled to Chillicothe last week to interview Farmers and review loan application records. Reporters covering Zaccaro drug Case termed vultures Middlebury it. Up the husband of former vice presidential nominee Geraldine Ferraro. Monday called reporters vultures outside a pretrial hearing for the couple s son John a. Zaccaro jr., on charges of Selling cocaine at Middlebury College. Walking from a restaurant to the courthouse Ferraro her son and his lawyer and her husband John a. Zaccaro sr., were surrounded by reporters and photog Raphers. You people Haven t changed said the former new York congresswoman who was Walter Mondale s democratic running mate in the 1984 presidential election. You Guys Are a Bunch of vultures her husband said. Both parents refused to comment on the Legal proceed Ings involving their 22-year-old son. In court both sides asked for More information and the Case was continued until april 15. The Zaccaro then drove away from the courthouse with their son in his car. Ronald Nief a spokesman for the College said the Case is having an upsetting effect on the College because of the Media coverage. Young Zaccaro was arrested feb. 20 on charges of Possession of a regulated drug with intent to sell after he allegedly sold a Quarter Gram of cocaine to an undercover policeman. He pleaded innocent at his arraignment and was re leased on his own recognizance. A senior he has been attending classes at Middlebury since then. Police said Zaccaro had been under investigation for several months before his arrest. He was dubbed by some As the pharmacist on Campus for his alleged drug Deal Ings. Authorities contend there is evidence that he sold co Caine at Middlebury since 1982. Police say they seized $800 Worth of cocaine and $2,000 in Cash in his off Campus apartment after the arrest. Hinckley s request Tor unattended outings rejected Washington a a Federal judge rejected  Day a request by John w. Hinckley jr., who shot and wounded president Reagan five years ago that he be allowed to leave his mental Hospital unattended once a month. Hinckley claimed that his crime and not his mental condition has prevented him from gaining greater Freedom at St. Elizabeth s mental Hospital. I Don t claim to be a perfect person but i do know that my mental illness is in remission a subdued Hinckley told . District judge Barrington d. Parker who pre sided at his trial. If the government prosecutors and doctors had their Way i would t even have had this hearing he added. It is my crime not my present condition that has held me  Hinckley in a statement to the court said he Felt remorse for the shooting of Reagan outside a Washington hotel on March 30,1981, an act he described As ugly and senseless. Hinckley asked that he be permitted to leave the mental Hospital grounds once a month unattended to visit Down town Washington. Parker also turned Down Hinckley s request that he be transferred to a less restrictive Ward at the government run Washington institution. Hinckley 30, has been held in a maximum Security Ward since a jury ruled in june 1982 that he was innocent by reason of insanity. Parker s ruling came after or. June a. Turkus Hinck Ley s psychiatrist since 1982, said Hospital physicians treat ing the drifter son of a Colorado Oil executive do not feel it is clinically appropriate at the present time to Grant either  Turkus said that while Hinckley s condition has improved Over the past three and a half years his mental illness is not totally in remission. He needs and can still Benefit from the Structure and therapeutic environment offered by his current Ward and his treatment team does not recommend a change at this  Turkus said Hinckley has been permitted to walk the Hospital grounds accompanied by Hospital personnel since december. She said he has been out about 20 times. However Turkus said Hinckley would have to receive in creased grounds privileges before his treatment team would recommend City privileges. She said Hinckley is no longer psychotic depressed or delusional but that his release still might pose a threat  
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