European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 16, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 4 the stars and stripes tuesday september 16,1936 cuban political refugees arrive in . Miami a a plane carrying More than 100 cubans including some jailed since Fidel Castro seized Power nearly 28 years ago arrived Here monday on nigh of Freedom thai followed iwo years . The 111 people among them the Nephew of a for Mer president made up one of the largest single groups of cubans 10 arrive in the United slates in seemed on inc verge of tears As they weal through the Miami International Airport can say i m in my country said Rene Gonzalez Herrera in elderly Man in a wheelchair after cell Ingoff inc chartered plane. I feel very Happy after 28 years in prison Domingo Suarcz Espinosa whose 28-year imprison ment in a Havana prison ended just hours before the flight left Cuba said in was hard to express inc Joy of being in the United states. He recalled sending his Wile and two children away after Castro took Over he Island. I preferred never seeing them again rather than seeing them subjected to such a horrible system he said. Immigration officials had expected 117 people 71 far Mer or current prisoners and the rest relatives to arrive. But one prisoner died monday in Havana and his wife elected to stay behind said Georg Waldroup. A spokesman for the immigration and naturalization service in person was kept behind because he was of military age iwo people were inadvertently listed twice and one name was an erroneous entry he said. Glory to god thanks to said Nery Tejera whose 44-year-old brother Samuel Tejera Milian was among those on the cuban government kept Tejera Milian behind bars for is years before his release in May she said. His wife and Young son an accompanying him she said. The permission for the emigres to leave Cuba came after two years of negotiations among the cuban govern ment the White House and the roman Catholic Reagan administration had Long refused to take More cuban refugees because Castro has refused to Lake Back criminals who immigrated to Miami during inc 1980 Marie . Ihrck weeks ago president Reagan announced hat All cuban political prisoners jail for More than10 years could seek Entrance to the United states. There were 71 former or current prisoners on the release list and some have been incarcerated since Castro took Power in january 1959, . Officials said. Assistant Secretary of state Elliott Abrams and Deputy commissioner of immigration Thomas Ferguson were at the Airport to Welcome to Etc group As were roman Catho Lic archbishop Edward a. Mccarthy of Miami Dade county Republican chairman Job Bush son of vice president George Bush and Miami mayor Xavier Suarez. Among those in the group was Ramon Pedro Grau Alsina Nephew of former cuban pics Ideal Ramon Grau san Martin. As the head of a five Man commit ice Grau san Martin led Cuba from 1933 to 1934 and served As the elected president from 1944 to 1948.fulgencio Batista ruled As in the years in Between Grau san Martin s leadership and again from1952 until Castro overthrew his government in 1959. The roman Catholic Church on thursday obtained and released a list of the political refugees most of whom were on a list the . Catholic conference asked the cuban government to release last year. Most of the freed cubans will Settle in the Miami area said George Lizcano a spokesman for the Miami archdiocese. Senate Peac Menf trial of Federal fudge opens Washington a senator opening the first impeachment rial in a half Century monday heard Federal judge Harry e. Claiborne depicted As a convicted lax evader and defended As the victim of a government vendetta. Clat born temporarily released froma Federal prison in Alabama sat under inc Glare of television lights in the Senate caucus room As the 15-member Senate impeachment committee began hearing the Case against him we simply cannot let a convicted Felon sit on the Federal Bench and make judgments of others argued rep. Peter. Rodino jr., d-nj., who said Clai borne had engaged in a pattern of con duct designed to conceal his True income from his accountant and inc internal Revenue Claiborne. Who appeared at inc trial inthe custody of . Marshals Shook his head and smiled faintly while Rodino chairman of inc House judiciary com Mittee made opening arguments on be half of nine committee members who will serve As prosecutors at the impeach ment trial. The full Senate has deputized the 12-Membcr panel to receive evidence and hear testimony in the Case this week. Clai bomb s attorney Oscar Goodman of Las vegas nev., defended hit client As a fair but Tough judge who handmade Many enemies in Nevada who had vowed to put Claiborne behind Bare. The scale panel deferred a ruling Ona Claiborne motion crucial to his defense against impeachment that is the judge Contention that the Senate should con Sider his claim that he was framed by overzealous prosecutors. House prosecutors argued that the Senate should limit the evidence to de tails of Claiborne s 19s4 conviction of falsifying his Federal income tax returns for 1979 and 1980 by failing to report total of $106,651.89 in income from Legal fees. Thai conviction the House insisted is an Independent and sufficient basis for his removal from office and allegations of misconduct by government prosecutors arc irrelevant to the question of whether Claiborne should be impeached. Clai bomb 69, a Democrat who was nominated by president Carter in 1978, has refused to resign As chief . District judge for Nevada. He continues to draw his 578,700 annual salary while he serves two year sentence in a Federal prison at Maxwell fab Ala. Under the Constitution a Federal judge who is appointed for life can be removed from office Only if convicted Ala Senate impeachment trial. The sen ale s decision cannot be appealed in an court. The Senate impeachment committee headed by sen. Charles Mathias jr., r md., is expected to take All this wee receiving evidence and hearing testimony to then will report its findings to the full Senate which is scheduled to begin final floor proceedings the week of sept.29. Seeking . Support israeli prime minister Shimon Peres right bunt is greeted at Andrews fab sunday night u be mires for two Days of talks in Washington. Peres who will switch jobs with hard Hue foreign min ister Yitzhak Shamir next month it seeking us. Support for an Intel mrinal conference hut Israel and Egypt Hare agreed would be the Best step toward pro Moling Middle East peace. Reagan tells critics m did t blink1 in Daniloff Deal Washington up president Reagan rejected criticism monday that he blinked in agreeing loan arrangement with Moscow for the release of american reporter Nicholas Daniloff to us. Diplo Mats and Reagan said there can be no Trade for an accused soviet spy. No one on our Side has blinked and Idin t blink Reagan said with apparent irritation in response to a question after signing an anti drug order in the Oval of fice the president has been subjected to heavy criticism mainly from his conservative supporters for agreeing to place accused soviet Diplomat Gennady Zakharov in the custody of soviet Diplo Mats in Exchange for inc Transfer of Dan Iloff to the . Embassy in Moscow. Irate critics Call it a Swap after Rea Gan had pledged there would be no Trade. Reagan said he heard critics say Over the weekend that the Deal made to get Daniloff out of a soviet jail constitute giving in to the soviets. I Don t know where they get that idea he , we have not blinked he said. He Daniloff is a hostage. The individual we re holding is an accused spy and there can be no Trade Between those two nor does or Daniloff believe there should be such a Trade. I have fell that in is absolutely Essen tial that we get Daniloff out of their hands and out of thai cell Reagan insisted. 2 papers bar doonesbury Lampoon of Robertson by United press International the Cedar rapids Iowa Gazelle and the Rich mond va., times dispatch said Garry Trudeau a doonesbury comic strip lampooning evangelist pal Robertson was offensive and refused to run in the strip Robertson asks Jesus to cure a reporter of hiccups and says god has asked him to set up a new toll free Telephone number. The comic sequence would be extremely offensive to thousands of our readers Alf Goodykoontz times dispatch executive editor said in an announce ment published in the morning contains language we would not permit in Arti cles published in the paper it n sacrilegious and in my judgment goes far beyond the Bounds of acceptable satirical comment said editor Dale Larson of the Gazette also wrote a letter to Bis readers saying that the strip would not run this week because it was highly of. But an aide to Robertson is quoted by the Norfolk Virgian Pilot As saying the television evangelist has seen some of the sins and has even laughed at them. If Kluj Pulc Efthem or jr., of the Christian broadcasting network. His Only comment was that Garry Trudeau is an amusing albeit sometimes irreverent fellow "
