European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 11, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday november 11, 1988 the stars and stripes Page 5 sex attorney general Mitchell Dies Washington a former attorney general John n. Mitchell who authorized the watergate break in and then Wen id prison for conspiring to cover up the burglary died wednesday night of a heart attack. He was 7 5,. Mitchell collapsed on a sidewalk in Georgetown and died at 6 27 p.m., a Hospital spokeswoman said. An ambulance Crew alerted by a 10-year-old boy who was skateboarding found Mitchel unconscious but breath ing. He stopped breathing As he was being Lakin to the Hospital Ana died de spite cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Mitchell the first former attorney general to be convicted of a crime served a i9.monlh prison term for his Rote in inc wait Ralei cover up. He was con j evicted along with Nixon Nixon chief of staff. . Halic Man and the president s Domestic Counselor John , who also served is months in prison. Mitchell who was known for his Credo that when he going gets Tough the Lough get going was Nixon s closest adviser. Me was Nixon s Law partner and men Tor then ran his 1968 and 1972 election campaigns. Nixon who was a year older looked up to Mitchel Las a father figure. And yet when the heat of watergate made it obvious in March 1973 that inc cover up would unravel Nixon appeared ready to allow Mitch Ell to be the Scapegoat. G. Gordon Liddy who conceived the plan that involved burglar izing the watergate office building Headquarters of the democratic National committee twice presented inc scheme to Mitchell and maintained that Mitchell approved it. Mitchell always de Nied giving the authorization. The former attorney general s wife the flamboyant an Peppery Martha Mitchell gained a measure of Fame for her Latt night Telephone Calls to reporters in which she offered shrill shool froth the hip opinions on controversial issues including her husband s problems. After being sentenced for conspiracy Mitchell re marked bitterly it could have been a hell of a lot worse. They could have sentenced me to spend the Resto my life with Martha Mitchell mrs. Mitchell died alone in a new York City Hospital on May 31, 1976. She had cancer of the Bone marrow the two were estranged and had lived apart since 1973.Mitchell was indicted March 1, 1974, and was convicted of one count of conspiracy obstruction of jus lice two counts false statements to a grand jury and one count of perjury. He began a 2 i to a year term a Maxwell fab in Alabama on june 22, 1977. President Reagan and Nis wife Nancy issued a that said they. Arc deeply saddened by the news of John Mitchell death and extend their sympathies and prayers to his  Job Stuart mag Der Ai Nixon re election commit tee official who served eight months in prison in connection with watergate crimes recalled Mitchell As a great Mentor and Frie Derrin of mine and i just to cd thai  when i worked for him 1 personally Hada great regard for him said mag Nidor who is now a minister at the first Community Church in Columbus Ohio. He was a Mentor for me and kind of a father figure. He was a wonderful  was inc oldest and last of the 25 watergate defendants to go to prison. Of the 19 months he spent imprison five were spent on medical furlough Tor two operations one to replace a Section of abdominal artery and he other to have a plastic hip Sockol inserted. He was released from prison in january 1979,Mitchell, formerly a leading municipal Bond specialist and senior partner in Nixon s old Manhattan la firm was chairman of Nixon s election Campaign in 1968. He resigned As attorney general to nil Nixon Sre election Campaign in 1972, but quil that Post As the watergate scandal began  his release from prison he was disbarred and unable to practice  was named As an Unini Clad co conspirator in the watergate Case by a Federal grand jury investigating the scandal. Soon after Nixon resigned the presidency in August 1974, his successor Gerald r. Ford pardoned Nixon for any crimes he May have committed in  and Nixon remained Good friends through out the scandal and afterwards. Mitchell never uttered a John Mitchell after leaving District court in 1977. Harsh word about Nixon and never permitted his de sense lawyers to do so during the lengthy investigation and his own  late sen. Sam Ervin , who presided at the congressional watergate hearings once said1really feel sorry for John Mitchell. He was very Loyal to the president and the president was very Loyal to  s release from prison was widely described As inc final Page in the Long watergate Saga then Alloney general Griffin Bell declared upon Mitchell s release that watergate is now a closed  no limit to damages in Kal Downing says Washington a families of passengers killed when a korean airlines jul was shot Down by a soviet fighter in1983 will not be limited in the damages they can collect according to a decision by a Federal judge. . District judge Aubrey e. Robin son or said there was sufficient evidence of wilful misconduct on the part of the Crew aboard the Kal plane thai was shot Down Over the sea of Japan on sept.1,1983, to Merit a trial. Donald Madole head of the commit tee for relatives of the people aboard the Kal Boeing 747, told reporters he was pleased with the decision. Sands Ftp time the decision Means " he facts of Thi Scase arc going to see the Light of Day in a courtroom said Madole a lawyer for approximately Iso families suing Kal. Robinson ruled monday families. Of passengers killed when the Kal Jet was shot Down by a soviet fighter five year Sago can seek damages of More than the sv5,000 per passenger  said Kal has failed to Cany its Burden of persuading the court that there arc no disputed material issues of  he added that sufficient Evi Dence existed of wilful misconduct on the part of inc Crew of flight 007, shutdown after violating soviet air space Over inc sea of Japan. Robinson said families will have to prove that the deviation and resulting destruction of the aircraft were caused Fay Kal s wilful misconduct and Kal if have no Burden of proving or even Sug Gesting any innocent explanation for theaccident.". ,. All that is determined Here is thai inferences suggested by the families have a foundation in inc evidence and arc not unreasonable As a Mailer of Law Robinson said. A reasonable jury could find that it is More probable than not thai the Crew s wilful misconduct cause decedents a calms an air Carrier s liability is limited to175,000 per passenger unless the Carrier is guilty of wilful misconduct. The flight was intercepted on a trip from Anchorage Alaska to Seoul Over Sakhalin Island hundreds of mile Northwest of its planned track. Robinson said pilots should have known from a i97g incident in which a Kal flight was intercepted in soviet air space that straying off course could put the lives of passengers at risk. In hat incident. Soviet interceptor forced the plane to land on a Frozen Lake two passengers were killed. In the stars and stripes 70 years ago today ,.". Nov. Ii 1918 the armistice ending world War i was signed by marshal Ferdinand Foch the commander in chief of Allied forces and delegates from the German general Headquarters in com Picune France. 40 years ago today. Nov. 11,1948 . Occupation troops in Europe celebrated the 30lh anniversary of the end of world War i with parades and speeches. 30years ago today. Nov. 11, 19ss More than 5,000 people gathered at Arlington National Ceme Tery in Washington to witness the laying of the presidential Wreath on the Tomb of the unknown Soldier in commemoration ofthe4pth anniversary of armistice Day 20 years ago today. Nov. 11, 1968 thousands of tourists visited the Forest Glade of comic inc France where the armistice was signed 50 years earlier. Up years ago toddy. No v. 11,1978 official ceremonies commemorating the 60th anniversary of the end of world War i were conducted at the arc Detriomphe in Paris. Civil rights offi Eigl up. President of people for the american Way a civil liberties organization with 270,000members, said in a statement. Reynolds. Will be missed by civil rights advocates about As much As environmentalists miss former Interior Secretary James Watt