European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 18, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Friday september8. 1987 the stars and stripes Page 9 a eos Ebay no slander . Judge rules Denver Lap falling u Minn a slea Chag who sliced up from the Bayou Linn to constitute slander. . District judge Jim Carrigan ruled in dismissing a lawsuit. Carrigan said wednesday thai Call ing someone a Sulca Chag is an opinion Rai Henbane fact and that opinion Are protected under the firs amendment to the . Constitution. The insults were hurled in january i98i by dared mouse Davis former coach of the Denver Gold of the de Funi a incl cd Stales to Ivetic. Against sports agent j. Harrison Hen Derson Iii. Davis Matte his comments after Henderson lipped inc Price of acquiring quarterback Raphol c Pierry from si00.000 to $200,000. Henderson tiled the lawsuit against Davis and publishers of the los an Geles times and the spurting news where the Sli arc bag quote was used. Part of inc problem is that in meaning of sleaze bag is unclear f Arrigan said. While it can he agreed generally that the terms slea bag and slime do not rank As descriptive words one would prefer to have in letters of recommendation their meaning in the context of davis1 comments is so imprecise thai they cannot be considered us asserting facts the judge wrote. Inf docs the Mere description of one s Means of locomotion us slim ing Rise to the Legal status of slander for the Lerm is too Slippery to be a fact one can grasp and hold up to the Lump of Ruih in order to its whether the defense of truth Carrigan said. Name calling does t a a s constitute libel the judge said. Carrigan recalled that Winston Churchill upon humping into a woman in the Street who called him a drunk. Replied Madam you lire ugly and the difference Between you and me is thru in he morning i shall he sober but you will still be Penn wins Early release from jail for Good behaviour actor scan Penn left leaves � los Angeles jail thursday after serving 32-Juys of a 60-Day sentence. P Pruto los Angeles a actor scan Penn walked out of jail thursday released Early for Good behaviour after serving More than half of a 60-Day sentence for violating Piu Baltim. Penn. 27. Wore dark glasses us he hurried out of inc front door of inc Central Jait shortly after i . Perm s Early release was approved wednesday he Vauzie of grind behaviour during his a Moody. Penn the Star of fasl times at Ridge mint Rad Hoys and the Falcon and lie served 32 Days the minimum possible for a fid Day sentence with time off for Good behaviour. Deputy City attorney Alice hand who Prisc ruled the actor said she1 was satisfied with the shortened jail term. We wanted 30 Days in jail so we got exactly what we wanted hand said. Penn began serving his sentence at the Rural Mono county jail on july 31 but was released Aller six Days to fulfil a movie contract. On aug. 22, he entered the los Angeles county Central Jait to finish his sentence. While Here he was said to have by in a Beji ind late bars celebrity of the jail staff drawing curious glances through the Little window on Hii door and offers of extra food from the Kitchen help. Penn was assigned to the jail s administrate segregation Section where authorities place inmates considered to he at risk in the general population of about 8,000 prisoners. The Section houses up to 200 in Nials at a Lime each in his own cell. 1 lie prisoners take their meals alone and Don i mingle with the rest of the inmates. Penn was sentenced on june 23 by municipal court commissioner Johann Cathry for violating probation by punching a movie curia who tried to photograph him on a film set last april. Teen accused of breaking into at to computers Chicago a the government is accusing a 17-year-old boy of breaking into Atit computers across the nation and stealing sophisticated software Worth is million a newspaper reported thursday. The youth also is accused of Advertis ing at to Security devices Over a com Puter network in Texas the Chicago Tribune said. On sept. 4, secret service agents carrying a search warrant raided the youth s Home Here and confiscated three computers and the stolen software. . At Torney Anton Valukas said. The youth using the name Shadow Hawk is suspected of breaking into an at to computer at the nato maintenance and Supply Headquarters in Bur Lington n.c., and an at to computer at Robins fab in Georgia during the isl five a chs according to an affidavit filed by a secret service agent in . District court. We consider this to be very serious Valutas said. We have said from inc beginning that we Lake an aggressive stance in this area we arc currently re viewing the matter and no charges have been Valukas characterized the software taken from nato and inc air Force base As Low level in terms of sensitive the sole purpose of the computer net work in Texas is to educate computer enthusiasts. To Ponc talc Industrial and government sector computer sys tems according to an affidavit tiled by assistant . Attorney William Cook. The youth also is suspected of break ing into at to computers at Bell labs in Naperville and in new Jersey according to the affidavit. Among software missing was a computer program not yet on the Market. A single copy of the software is valued at $5.000. But at to told the secret service that the program has a Market value of $1 million inc Tribune said. An analysis of Long distance phone Calls made from inc youth s Telephone disclosed that attempts also were made to gain Access to computers Al inc accounts payable department of the Washington Post a Hospital in South Bend ind. And computers in Columbus Ohio Rye . And pipe Creek Texas according to the government. Referring to the probe Kathryn Clark a spokeswoman for at to said i m aware of it. Our Security systems Alert us when there is this Type of break. It s in inc hands of the . Attorney Northwest files suit blaming unions for problems Eagan Minn. A Northwest airlines has tiled a s20 million lawsuit accusing Union machinists and baggage handlers of vandalism and intimidation and of conducting an illegal work slowdown charges the Union denies. The Job actions have caused flight delays and lost and misdirected baggage costing the airline More than s4 million according to inc lawsuit filed wednesday in . District court in Memphis Tenn. The Vandal ism did not jeopardize safely said the Eagen based airline. We know it is a definite move to Embarrass the company and slow Down thousands of passengers n Day said Redmond Tyler a Northwest spokesman. We limply cannot tolerate the lawsuit was filed against District Lodge 143 of the International association of machinists and Aero space workers. Other defendants include former Northwest employees who worked Al the Memphis air port. Another defendant Gui Cook president of the Minneapolis based Union said inc company is using Tabor As he Scapegoat for flight delays and baggage losses that followed last october s merger with Republic airlines. The company is looking to get off inc Hook Cook said. Management has continually tried to blame one labor Union or another on the complaints. There is no the a Suil says the defendant action were in tended to coerce Northwest to agree on the Union s proposed contract changes and to change other con tracts that Are not open to bargaining. Since Northwest acquired Republic some former Republic workers have continued to work under their old contracts. Relations Between management and labor have been strained Over the Issue because Many former Republic workers gel paid less than Northwest counterpart forgoing the same Job. Took said the disparity in hourly income far work ers on the same Job with the same experience ii As much � $8. The split affects about 11,000 members of the Union which covers machinist baggage handlers and cleaners he said. The la Tuil said Northwest s on time performance has deteriorated in conjunction with the alleged slow Down
