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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 29, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday May 29, 1987 the stars and stripes Page 7 police testimony supports Goetz defense new York a a pol ice officer insisted under Cross examination by assistant District attorney Gre gory Waples wednesday thai he had been told by one or a four teen agers Shol by Bernhard Golz that the group had targeted Golz for robbery. Officer Peter Smith repealed 1 testified at Goncu s trial on attempted murder charges that one of the four apparently Troy Canty said Asne Lay wounded on the floor of the subway car we were going to Rob him bul the while Guy shot us  Smith acknowledged thai hours after he shootings on dec. 22, 1984, he told a in by to reporter he said that they said they were just fooling around with the Guy so 1 would assume that would possibly be harassment i m not sure. It s hard to say. It All happened so quickly. We were Only there a couple of Sec  but he said he was about to Tell the reporter the truth but decided to lie. He said it Wax his first interview and he was Ner Vous. He said he thought the information was important and did t want it put out Over National  Goetz has claimed that he shot the four in self de sense because they were about to Rob him. The pros More communities reject Singleton Concord Calif. A convicted rapist lorry Singleton was in Concord temporarily on wednesday while state officials continued looking for a Community that will accept him but mayor Ron Mullin said the parolee is not Welcome in this  Singleton 59, who has been homeless since his re lease from prison on april 2s, was convicted in Stanis Laus county in 1979 of raping a 15-year-old runaway and hacking her arms off with an a. The District attorney who prosecuted him told legislators studying parole policies that Singleton still poses a great threat to society i really Don t believe Larry Singleton is of sound mind today or was Back in 1978 when his crime was committed District attorney Donald slab told the Assembly Public safety committee. The City of Antioch and con tra Costa county itself and the counties of san Francisco and san Diego have gone to court to keep Singleton out. Supervisors in Alameda Nana Mendocino san Maleo and los Angeles counties have vowed to take Legal action if necessary. Singleton officials in Nevada and Florida also have refused to accept him. Singleton told officials this week he was thinking about going to court to fight for his rights. He got very loud and emotional at limes recalled stanislaus county supervisor Nancy Fahden. Under slate Law felons who suffer from a mental disorder May be kept in slate mental hospitals after they Complete prison terms. "1 Don t understand How it is that a Guy who Hacks the arms off a 15-year-old girl is not crazy said com Mittee chairman Larry Stirling. Bul or. Steven Shon assistant director of the slate department of mental health said Singleton is not suffering from a menial illness. Shon said Singleton s problem is a severe character  several Concord residents turned out for a City Council meeting tuesday to protest Singleton s pres ence. Police it Jim Jennings said police had received Aboul two dozen Calls from residents. Basically the Calls Are divided into two groups Jennings said. Those calling in fear that he s Fiere and those calling in anger that he s  the Man has shown no remorse and i Don t Sec Why our Community should be burdened with him resident Danny Baron Ian told the Council. Slate corrections officials have vowed to locale sin Gleton somewhere in Cymru Costa county which includes this City of 100,000 people 25 Miles Northeast of san Francisco. But opposition from residents has been ardent. Nobody wants Singleton living in their Community said Mullin. He is a Clear and present danger to the people  eight sheriffs deputies were forced to escort sin Gleton out of nearby Rodeo on monday after an angry mob of 500 people gathered outside his apartment and taunted him shouting such things As i be got a rope in my car and kill my caution says they were panhandling. Smith finished testimony he had begun the Day be fore. Assistant District attorney Gregory Waples con Linued to emphasize that Smith did not bring his information to prosecutors until 11 months after the shootings. The Day of the shootings. Smith said he told Detec Tive Michael Clark the Lead investigator in the Case that he had important information. But he did not elaborate and Clark never pursued the matter with him Smith said. Smith said that although it was usually police department policy to cooperate with prosecutors he re fused to meet with Waples since december 1985 on the advice of his patrolmen s benevolent association lawyer. Waples repeatedly referred to what the victim sup Posedly told Smith. Smith paused when we plus asked if he had forgot ten the television answer that s not a very hard question to answer is it Waples asked. Waples questioning Drew a series of objections from Goteti i lawyer Barry Slotnick. Slotnick said that Smith had passed a lie Detector test but Justice Stephen Crane refused to allow the test results to be admitted As evidence. Nor was the tape of Smith to interview played in court. When Smith admitted he had Given that account to the reporter Crane ruled that there was no need to show the tape. Clark testified later in the Day but Swolnick did nol ask him whether he had been approached by Smith. Instead Slotnick suggested in his questioning that Clark s investigation find been shoddy because the subway train where the shooting occurred had not been impounded. Another witness wednesday or. Bernard Yudowitz of Brookline mass., a cur psychiatrist testified that in life threatening circumstances a person loses conscious  the body goes on automatic Pilot. One keeps on going automatically. It s the body that s in control at that time rather than the mind being in control at that time he said. Under Cross examination Yudowitz Taid the response varies according to the individual and the circumstances and he had studied neither Goetz nor the circumstances of the shootings. Pit Bull foiled by crowbar Akron Ohio a a Man s fast action with a crowbar saved a pregnant teen Ajer and a 10-year old boy from an attacking pit Bull dog officials said wednesday. The victims were treated at Akron children s Hospital medical Center and released. James Dolan 35, was remodelling a Home when he heard a cry for help. He grabbed a crowbar and ran to the sound of the cry where he saw that the dog had bitten the boy Frank Konkle on both arms and upper Back. I was Yelling at the top of my lungs trying to get inc dog s attention Dolan said. I swung at him and missed. He went around me went right for  Stacie land is seven months pregnant was stand ing in the driveway when the 50-Pound dog at tacked her police said. A second dog a German Shepherd and Collie mix also attacked her. Stacie 17, said she fell to the ground after the pit Bull grabbed her right Arm. I tried wrapping my hands around my stomach to protect my baby she said. The pit Bull she said let go when in saw Dolan approach. I hit that pit Bull As hard As i could right be tween the eyes with the crowbar Dolan said. That crowbar rang like a  Dolan said the mixed Breed dog backed away bul the pit Bull charged a second time. Dolan said he threw Large rocks to drive it off. Police and animal wardens apprehended the two dogs plus another pit Bull. All three dogs were being held at the Summit county animal shelter. Sex airman pleads guilty in spy Case san Francisco a a former air Force Man pleaded guilty wednesday to a reduced espionage charge of trying to communicate secret . Information about Warsaw pact military preparedness to an unauthorized person. Allen John Davics 33, of san Jose Calif., admitted thai he tried to deliver the secrets last fall to a Man he thought was a soviet agent but who was actually an Fri agent. He was originally charged with knowingly trying to deliver military secrets to a foreign agent a charge punishable by life in prison. The charge of attempting to communicate secrets loan unauthorized person is punishable by 10 years in prison and a 1250,000 Fine. Davics is free on $200,000 bail until his sentencing which is scheduled july 30. Davies was arrested in october at Ford aerospace & communications corp. In Sunnyvale where he held an Une Lassi fied Job As a Laboratory technician. The charges involve information about a classified program on which he had worked during his last two years in the air Force in 1983 and 1984. He had served in the air Force from 1974 to 1984, and was a staff sergeant when he was discharged under honorable conditions for poor Job performance. The air Force said he worked As an electro optical sys tems specialist at bases in the United states Ger Many Japan and Korea and held a secret level Security clearance. During the court hearing he acknowledged that he provided information to the agent last fall about the air Force intelligence gathering program on which he worked at Rhein main a in Germany Between May 1983 and june 1984. In releasing Davies on bail in november a Federal magistrate said the Case did nol appear to involve a High level of  Fri cited embassy spy threat in 1940 new York. A lawyers for a Marine guard accused of spying in the . Embassy in Moscow reportedly have found a secret 1940 Fri memo thai criticized Security at the embassy and urged that unmarried employees be reassigned. The new York times reported wednesday thai the 14-Page memo from j. Edgar Hoover to president Franklin d. Roosevelt said an undercover Fri agent assigned to the embassy found thai unmarried workers were frequenting a prostitution ring linked to soviet intelligence. William Kuns Lucr lawyer for Marine sol. Clayton j. Lone acc said the memo showed the government had ignored threats to embassy Security for More than 40 years. Kunstler said he would introduce the memo As Evi Dence during lonely cd s court martial or in a motion to dismiss espionage charges against his client. The Franklin d. Roosevelt presidential Library in Hyde Park confirmed the authenticity of the document the times reported. In 1940, the embassy was staffed by about 35 americans in a building across the Siree from Ilie Kremlin. It was moved in the Early 1950s. The memo said the 1940 invest Galion was Zinsli Gaied after the British government complained thai secret information was being leaked to Soviel officials from the . Embassy in Moscow. Security problems selected at the embassy after the recent arrests of Lonetree and Cpl. Arnold Bracy an Uther Marine implicated in the spy Case were similar to those mentioned in the memo the times said  
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