European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 27, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday april 27, 1986 the stars and stripes Page 5 sex Fri agent s Lover recant confession Richard is not a traitor. / am Nof a russian spy los Angeles up in a startling twist Friday in the trial of Richard Miller the former Fri agent s sex Lover recanted her confession insisting that she and Miller never betrayed the United states. . District judge David Kenyon during a tumultuous court session read aloud a transcript of a poignant statement Svetlana Ogorodnikova made to him during a meeting in his Chambers thursday. Kenyon also declared one of Miller s attorneys Stanley Greenberg in contempt of court and threatened him with jail. The judge said Greenberg tried to influence the Selec Tion of a new attorney for Ogorodnikova. Your Honor we Are not guilty of these crimes Ogo Rodnikova told Kenyon during their private meeting. I want to Tell the judge the truth. Richard is not a traitor of his country. I am not a russian spy. I want to Tell the judge i. Pleaded guilty and my life is finished. If i return to the soviet Union they will anyway kill me. I am living now Only for Myson. I will take All the sentence i am Given but. I Don t want someone who is not guilty to be in prison too. It s hard when they accuse you of something you did t do. When everyone Points at me and says i am russian spy it hurts me. My soul hurts. But i Don t care now. I just want to help him. It s hard to help a Man who put you in jail but he snot  Ogorodnikova testimony halted suddenly thursday when Ogorodnikova requested a meeting with Kenyon who disclosed what happened by Reading her statement Friday. Kenyon then lashed out at Greenberg calling his Effort a Phot Lafonda Fay Foster left and Tina Hickey Powell during their arraignment in Lexington by. Two women accused of killing five people in Drunken spree Lexington by. A two women with Long criminal records who Are accused of killing five acquaint ances during a Drunken spree pleaded innocent Friday to one count of murder in the death of Carlos Kearns 71. In addition to Kearns who was killed wednesday the victims were identified As his 45-year-old wife Virginia Trudy Harrell 59 Theodore Sweet 53 and Roger Keene 47. All had arrest records authorities said. Three of them were stabbed and run Over by a car one was run Over and died in a car that was set afire and another was shot in the head Coroner Chester Hager said. Police believe the women identified As Lafonda Fay Foster 22, and Tina Hickey Powell 27, robbed and killed the two women and three men after an afternoon of drink ing. More murder charges Are expected but police refused to release additional information Friday. The two were taken into custody Early thursday on Public intoxication charges. Fayette chief Deputy Jailer Ray Sabbatine said jail records show that both had been arrested Well Over 50  the women were held on $100,000 Cash Bonds in Fayette county detention Center. Judge Lewis Paisley scheduled hearings for May 1 and May 5. Spread of aids in new York increasing new York a despite changes in the sexual habits of Many homosexual men aids is continuing to spread in new York City with few signs of the leveling of that some officials had expected. An average of 239 new aids cases were reported in each of the first three months of this year according to health department figures up from an average of 214 cases a month during the final six months of 1985. It s an increase but not a dramatic increase or. Stephen Schultz Deputy director for epidemiology at the health department said Friday. He said the increase Dampens Hopes that there would be a leveling off As More homosexual men began adopting Safe sexual practices. Those practices have been linked to the spread of acquired immune deficiency syndrome which has afflicted nearly 20,000 people in the United states since it was first identified in the late 1970s, according to the latest figures from the centers for disease control in Atlanta. Of those More than 10,000 have died. A study published Friday in the journal of the Ameri can medical association indicated that behavioural changes by a study group of new York homosexuals had not been enough to halt the spread of the virus. The report said scientists had studied the blood of 378 sexually Active homosexual men in new York beginning in 1978. In the first sampling that year 6.6 percent of the men had antibodies to the aids virus in their blood an indication that they had been exposed to the disease. By March 1984, the latest Date Analysed by the report,43.7 percent had the antibodies. Or. Peter Drotman a medical epidemiologist in the aids program at the cd said there were two explanations for a continuing increase in the spread of aids despite reports of changes in homosexual behaviour. To Contact a new attorney for Ogorodnikova the grossest  the court feels that under the circumstances formal charges should be brought against or. Greenberg for a deliberate attempt to interrupt Justice and to bring a delay in this court Kenyon said. The court finds or. Greenberg at this Point in direct contempt Kenyon said. He said that because of Greenberg s Gross violation of ethics the maximum Fine of $500 would not suffice. He said he would order the lawyer to jail. Ogorodnikova in her rambling comments to Kenyon said she believed that she and her husband Nikolai and Miller were arrested As part of an Fri  the turnaround prompted speculation that Ogorodnikova who is serving an 18-year term will attempt to with draw her guilty plea to conspiracy charges. Her husband who is serving eight years made a similar move late Las year the Case has not been heard. Bush for easing gun control Laws new Orleans a vice president George Bush told a meeting of the National Rifle association Friday that he favors relaxing gun control Laws. His 20-minute speech was interrupted seven times by applause. Whatever the Good intentions depriving americans of their constitutional right to keep and Bear arms is wrong Bush said. We must never forget that making it tougher for the Law abiding Only makes it easier for the  Bush said the sentiment for gun control is reflected by those who see the Federal government As the answer to allow society s problems. You know better than most that on All the major is sues the Liberal ideologues of the 60s and 70s never stopped telling us that they had just the right panaceas. They had the easy answers just tax and tax and spend and spend Don t worry about deficits inflation or interest rates Prosperity is just another billion Dollar pro Gram  two weeks ago the House of representatives passed a package sponsored by rep. Harold l. Volkmer d-mo., that would relax restrictions on interstate sales of rifles and shotguns and permit carrying such Hunting weapons across state lines if unloaded and inaccessible. The package now in a Senate committee also makes it harder to prosecute unintentional gun Law violations lets dealers Transfer guns from inventories to their private collections and forces the government to return seized weapons after an acquittal. However in a move opposed by the Era the Bill was amended to retain the 1968 prohibitions on interstate Sale of handguns. The amendment would also prohibit posses Sion or Transfer of machine guns in the future although collectors who have them could keep them. Sands of time in the stars and stripes 40 ears ago today. April 27, 1946 without government action there appears Little Chance to head off a nationwide walkout of trainmen and engineers May 18, Cleveland newspapers said. 30 years ago today. April 27, 1956 Murray Chotiner vice president Richard Nixon s Campaign manager in 1952, has been subpoenaed to appear before the Senate investigations subcommittee for questioning in the probe of possible fraud in government contracts. 20 years ago today. April 27, 1966 in a tension packed voting session the International olympic committee in Rome chose Munich Germany As the site for the 1972 summer games and Sapporo Japan for the Winter games. To years ago today. April 27, 1976 pressure for a Center left coalition mounted As the final count in the new portuguese democracy s first parliamentary election produced a fuzzy Man Date that threatened instability according to press report from Lisbon