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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Sunday, November 1, 1987

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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 1, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday november 1, 19s7 the stars and stripes Page s Sands of time in the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. Nov. I 1947 the United so alas suggested that if the proposed partition of Palestine is approved by inc United nations general Assembly the new Arab and jewish countries should be come Independent nations on july i 1948. 30 years ago today. Nov. I. 1557 syrian ambassador Farid Zeineddine said his country was ready to consider a Compromise to end the . Split Over inc Middle Easl problem. 20 years ago today. Nov. 1,1967 Viet Cone terrorists launched a mortar attack on Saigon s Independence Palace during newly inaugurated president Nguyen Van thick s reception to celebrate South Vietnam s re turn to democratic government. ? 0 years ago today. Nov. I 1977 the supreme court agreed to decide whether children s sensitivity to obscene items May be considered in a trial involving films or magazines in tended Only for adults. Deaver s Call not unusual Poindexter tells courtroom Washington a former National Security adviser John m. Poindexter testified Friday that he found nothing unusual about lobbyist Michael k. Deaver s request to schedule a Brief meeting bet Ween a korean official and president Reagan. Poindexter. Testifying a Deaver s perjury trial in . District court told jurors about a in of Telephone Call he received from the former Percsi dental aide in inc fall of 19s5. Deaver who had left the White House staff several months before to Start his own lobbying business indicated that the korean ambassador had a letter to deliver to inc president said Poindexter. Lie wondered if in  possible to get him on the schedule to deliver the letter said Poinder itch who spent about 20 minutes on i i witness stand. , a major figure in the Iran Contra affair first testified in Congress about the 1985 episode when he was a Deputy National Security adviser. Poindexter testified Friday that he contacted Gas ton Sigur another National Security Council aide who told me there was already a request working and he would follow up on  the letter about Trade issues from South korean president Chun Doo Hwan was actually delivered to Reagan by Kim Kihwan a South korean businessman and a Trade adviser to the Seoul government which had also hired Deaver As a lobbyist. Among the five perjury counts against Deaver is inc charge that he denied in congressional testimony that he did anything to arrange the appointment. During Cross Cha Minalio  testified that a Caver did not try to pressure or influence him to help schedule inc brio Mcling. You found nothing abnormal or shocking about or. Deaver s request for inc Kim Visil asked defense attorney Herbert j. Miller or. I found nothing unusual about the Telephone Call Poinc scr replied. We used to get frequent requests for those sorts of meetings and they were generally granted. Especially if it was a frendly country like Korea which is an ally of ours Poindexter said. He said he did not know that Caver had signed a contract to represent inc government of South Korea and was acting As its lobbyist when he took Deaver s Call. Mom convicted of abuse in daughter s suicide fort Lauderdale Fla. Up Theresa Jack son was convicted Friday of child abuse by a jury that decided she drove her daughter to suicide by forcing her to be a nude dancer. The jury of five women and one Man in the land Mark Case found the 40-year-old woman guilty of child abuse procuring sexual performances by a child and forging a birth certificate to show that 17-year-old Tina Mancini was 18 and old enough to be a stripper. Tina killed herself with her Mother s revolver on March 24.1986. The jury deliberated for about 12 a hours Over three Days before reaching a verdict Friday afternoon. Jackson showed Little emotion at the verdict. Circuit judge Arthur Ramza set her sentencing for dec. 3. Jackson faces up to 25 years in prison. She is believed to be the first Parent charged with child abuse stemming from a child s suicide. The Case set another precedent when Franza allowed into Evi Dence a psychological autopsy on Mancini by a har Vard doctor. Mancini killed herself with a .357 mag num pistol about iwo months after becoming a nude dancer in a fort Lauderdale arca night club. The jurors asked circuit judge Arthur Franza to re instruct them three limes on the child abuse charge. We be got a group of people seriously concerned about the Ramizi cations of the child abuse charge. Theresa Jackson Center confers with attorney Donna drapes and Balluff Charles Jones after verdict. Defense attorney Kenneth Whitman said. They re giving serious thought nol Only to the Fate of Theresa Jackson but the far ranging implications of the  the jury included four parents of teen age children one whose daughter is the  age As Mancini was when she shot herself and one woman barely out of her teens who still lives with her  prosecutor claimed Jackson forced her daughter to work As a stripper and kept the bulk of Mancini s $ t ,000-a-Weck earnings. In nearly two weeks of testimony the jury hard claims that Mancini was promiscuous and an exhibitionist and talked so often of killing herself that it became a joke among her schoolmates. But the prosecution pictured Mancini As a mentally abused teen Ager who Lold friends life with her Mother was like death  closing arguments wednesday defense lawyer Kenneth Whitman said the jury s verdict would de cide the Fate fall  the age of is at the age of 17, there comes a Point in Lime when parental rights give Way to another person he  said any Parent with a Leen Agar knows you can t Lell them Liat to  Theresa has lost her daughter Whitman said she has suffered As much As any Mother. Her Daugh Ter did an act that is  Wall Walker s latest protest thwarted by finnish refusal Seattle up peace activist John runnings whose efforts to tear Down the Benin Wall earned him inter National notoriety said Friday he will continue trying to provoke soviet a Ihor Ilies despite being blocked in his lat est Mission by finnish officials. Runnings 70, a retired Carpenter was prohibited late thursday from boarding a finn air night to Helsinki where he planned to Lake a bus to the soviet Border and then Cross Over on fool without a pass port previously he has been arrested by East Germany for walking on the Berlin Wall and Hilling it with a Sledge Hammer Neit thursday i am going to go Down to the Airport again and ask to Board the plane runnings said in a Telephone interview from his Home. The purpose was to get arrested to pro Voke the drama to provoke the political entity into creating inc drama that will get me the voice to say things i have to  runnings intent in his latest plan was to provoke soviet bolder guards into arresting him to draw attention 10 Mathias rust the German teen Ager who rocked the soviet defense establishment by Landing a Small plane in red Square. But finnish authorities denied him Entrance to Finland and forbade him to Board finn air the finnish government docs not wish to give him a  said Riita Widen a finn air spokesman. He has sent out a fair amount of literature giving them expectations of  asked if finnish authorities wished to avoid tension with their powerful soviet neighbors Widen said that s probably right runnings was taken into custody by port of Seattle police who released him when finn air officials refused to press charges. He chose to sit outside our offices until 4 49 a.m., obviously looking for some press coverage said Tim Kimsy Deputy chief of the port police. Then he went Down to the baggage level and caught a bus to Seattle and that s the last we saw of  runnings said one of the Nasty things about the thing t am doing is thai in Means i have to do uncomfortable things because i am trying to prevent uncomfortable  running said his goal is to eliminate the military and political boundaries that separate East bloc countries from the West. No. Man tired of having same address As neighbor East Rutherford . A for 17 years Bernard slavish has put up with a confused almost comi Cal life because he has the same address As one of his neighbors. But when his wife fell and he had to stand outside to direct the Rescue squad to the right House he decided he d had enough. Slavish now is suing the Borough to try to get the addresses on his Block changed. It s just a ridiculous situation said Philip v. Toronto the attorney representing slavish in the Superior court lawsuit changing your address is an inconvenience i know but look at the inconvenience these peo ple have gone  Toronto said slavish s son once called a limousine to Lake him to the Airport but almost missed his plane because the vehicle was wailing at the other House three doors Down. Another time slavish called the Telephone company to report a faulty line. The company checked the line at the other House. On countless occasions Toronto said Stavash has ordered pizza which went to the wrong House. Every morning he has to go Down the Street to Check his mail. It s Al ways going to i " wrong  once Stavn. Arrived Home to find a Man a Moi nig the storm door on his House. The woman who lived at the other hive had ordered a new door she Tok the worker she would not be Han t when it was delivered and that i mid just go ahead with out her Toronto said. Stavash approached Toronto for help in feb iary after his wife s fall. The attorney said the Homeowner had to leave his wife alone in inc House while he wailed outside to make sure the Rescue squad went to the Correct address. Toronto said Stavash built his House on a vacant lot in 1970 and was told by a building inspector that his House number would be 874. When Stavash Learned another House on the Block also was 874, he notified officials bul Gol no help. Inc attorney said  
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