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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 8, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes tuesday december 8,1987 Deaver s defense rests Case after judge Sticks to charges stateside Washington a defense lawyers  Michael k. Deaver s perjury trial monday rested their Case without calling any witnesses after Itic judge re fused to dismiss any of the charges against he former presidential aide. Based  the evidence we be heard presented Over the past several weeks we have decided we have no a Cedlo Pul  any defense Al All. Accordingly we rest your Honor Lead defense attorney Herbert j. Miller or. Lold . District judge Thomas pen held Jackson. Miller rested his Case after Jackson had denied a series of defense motions for directed verdicts of acquittal  All five charges that Deaver lied to a House subcommittee and a grand jury about his lobbying activities. The former Deputy White House chief of staff is accused of lying when he said he could not recall a series of contacts with former Reagan administration colleagues  behalf of lobbying clients. After inc jury was excused. Miller explained that he was Basing his decision not to put  a defense  the judge s refusal to strike portions of the indictment  the basis that the prosecutor had not proved a Caver had lied. Last week the prosecution rested without calling three witnesses whom Deaver is alleged to have met. But  a ruling monday Jackson said he could not extract from the indictment those alleged false statements because the Law provides that other portions of the counts have been sufficiently proved. The fact that other specifications May not be sufi Cien docs not entitle the defense to dismissal of either that count or motions to strike or withdraw those allegations said Jackson. The judge ruled that those motions could be renewed after the defense had completed presentation of its Case. But Deaver s lawyers had hoped to strike the allegations from the indictment before deciding whether to put their client  the witness stand. Last week Independent counsel who Lucy North sey Mour or. Argued that he would be entitled 10 ask Deaver about certain unproved allegations if the former presidential aide testified  his own behalf. Jackson last week said he was sufficiently Trou bled by inc Prospect that Deaver could incriminate himself and reserved decision  the defense motions but monday Jackson sided with the prosecution say ing its interpretation of the Law meant that those specifications of false testimony within a specific count of the indictment could not be dismissed if there was other evidence supporting the count. . Should Send troops to Haiti former governor of . Says Manchester. . Up1 a conservative for Mer governor of new Hampshire called sunday for a Grenada like invasion of Haiti saying a helping Han from Uncle Sam could restore democracy to the strife torn nation. What we should have done immediately was to have sent the marines into Haiti to conduct a free election former Republican gov. Meldrim Thomson said citing the cutting of . Aid to Haiti that Fol Lowed the election Day Slaughter of More than 30 peo ple  nov. 2 l. Thorns writing  his weekly column for the new Hampshire sunday news said there was no reason Why president Reagan could not have acted  Llie same Way he did  inc Grenada Case. He could sendin the marines immediately to establish order  , 75, incensed his critics during his three Lerm period As governor by his right Wing rhetoric such As his 1975 suggestion that the National guard be armed with nuclear weapons a remark he later denied. Thomson said  remarks last week that . Troops should be used to enforce Haiti s election even though the country would be a Republic of Black   his column Thomson dropped that racial refer ence. He instead traced Haiti s troubled history from its slave revolt 200 years ago to the 30-year Duvalier dictatorship and the present military Junta. Now is the time to add another building Block  the reconstruction of our Monroe doctrine to the lock we Laid Down when we drove the cuban communists out of Grenada Thomson wrote. After the marines landed  Haiti Thomson said Reagan could appoint  Independent election com Mission of haitians. Americans and others designated by the organization of american Stales to conduct new elections. With the helping hand from Uncle Sam there s no reason Why the haitian government could not be made a Model of democracy  the Caribbean Thomson  is a Golden Opportunity for Reagan to restore democracy  Haiti by sending  the marines for a period of 60 Days he concluded. Poll finds ., soviet people share kindly but wary feelings Washington a a join .-soviet poll found that the majority of both american and soviet citizens eel positively toward the other Side Al though each remains wary of the other s ,.n of government Newsweek Magazine says. Results of the poll sponsored jointly by news week and the soviet press Agency no Vosti were published sunday  Newsweek. The Survey also suggests that 89 percent of the soviet people and 83 percent of americans believe Here would be no Winner   All out nuclear War Between the superpowers.  the Survey a 52 percent majority of americans and 40 percent plurality of soviets polled thought that bilateral relations Between the two nations had improved Over the past five years. The poll was conducted jointly by the Gallup organization  the United slates and by the Institute for sociological research for the Academy of Sci Concei  Behal c of no Vosti. For the Survey the Gallup organization for the first time sent a witness to the soviet Union to observe polling.  he soviet Union Anonymous written questionnaires were administered to 1,000soviet workers  Moscow Kiev Yaroslavl and one Rural location  the russian Republic.  the United states the Gallup organization interviewed a National Sample of 1,017 adults by Telephone be tween sept. 25 to oct. 4. The margin of error for the Joi Nelly conducted poll for Newsweek and novo Sli is plus or minus 3 percentage Points. Among the other findings of the poll seventy percent of the respondents  the soviet Union described themselves As dissatisfied with the current state of relations Between their country and the United Stales while 44 percent  the United states said they were dissatisfied and 43 percent called themselves satisfied. Eighty percent of the americans surveyed and 84 percent of the soviets said they believed the two countries can live  peaceful coexistence. Forty nine percent of the americans polled and 54 percent of the soviets thought that Al the pre sent time the two nations have attained approximate military parity. 2,394 prisoners freed Islamabad Pakistan a the Soviel backed government of Afghanistan said it released 2,394 prisoners sunday to commemorate last week s meeting of he Loya Virga the National Council which rubber stamped inc country s new Constitution. Welfare computer stutters sends out double checks Jackson miss. A a computer glitch sent overpayment of $427,000 to More than 3,500 welfare recipients who received twice As much As they should have officials said. But the mistake won t mean a Windfall Over payments will be deducted from next month s   the department of Public welfare discovered the error when recipients of Benefit under the Aid to families with dependent Chil Dren program called to ask Why they d received iwo checks. Welfare commissioner Thomas Bri Liam said he was chagrined that this  the double payment to 3,704 Ardc recipients occurred As the department was converting to a new computer system to Issue checks Bril gainsaid. Woman Dies  plunge at Yosemite National Park Yosemite National Park Calif. A a 24-year-old woman was found dead the apparent victim of a 350-foot plunge Down  embankment near a Yos mile National Park tourist Lookout officials said. The body of Dolores Gray of Clovis was Dis covered sunday afternoon during a search by nearly 20 people said Park spokeswoman Lisa Dapprich Gray and her husband St Vic had stopped saturday afternoon at Tunnel View Al the West end of Yos mile Valley the spokeswoman said. Gray left to take a Short walk and was t seen again Dapprich  was reported missing five hours later and Park service workers using a helicopter and two dog teams searched the area until Midnight. Their search resumed Early sunday. Many soviets spying.y. Fri official says new York a a third of the 2,800 soviet bloc diplomats  new York Are engaged  intelligence gathering forcing the Fri tomake counter spying its lop priority Here the Bureau s local chief says. It s become very Clear  the recent past our no. 1 priority and our most important work i foreign  said assistant director Thomas l. Sheer. He said the Effort consumed the majority of our  the efforts to foil spying have been successful sheer said  webs to s new makers show aired sunday. But he declined to discuss Specif  the soviet bloc diploma i Here about one  three is collecting intelligence sheer   that group Are intelligence officers who arc working to weaken and ultimately cause serious damage to the United states of Ameri  University of Florida fire destroys cafeteria offices Gainesville Fla. A a grease fire erupted  a cafeteria Kitchen at the University of Florida  sunday destroying the building and University financial records. The two alarm fire gulled Johnson Hall whith housed the cafe Lena food service office and the University s purchasing financing and accounting divisions. I assume All the records Are  said University president Marshall Criser. Thai Wal Purtha ing and receiving warehouse. There s probably no place  the Campus where More materials were  the roof and two Walls of the 75-year-old building collapsed. University vice president William Al More Esli maled the loss at 13 million to 15 million. The Blaze apparently started  the afternoon when grease ignited  a move As the cafe Lena prepared to open fire investigators said. The three cafeteria workers were uninjured. It took firefighter More than four hours Locon Tain the Blue. One firefighter was treated for  ankle injury authorities said  
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