European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 14, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday december 14, 198b the stars and stripes Page 5 judge puts limit on secret papers for North s trial no War games Anielle ply Rita of Lio a mich., joins demonstrators outside a toys h us in Detroit in urging holi Day shoppers not a Bay War lays. Washington a the judge inthe Iran Centra Case sharply limited the classified documents Oliver a North cause for his defense rebuking the former White House aide for threatening disclosures simply to frustrate he pros ecu  . District judge Gerhard a. Gesell invalidated a 500-Page list of secret documents North had proposed As defense exhibits. He said the former National Security Council aide seeks disclosure of masses of classified material which under no conceivable version of a de sense could have any Utility  the of acct of this lactic on the efficient and reasonably expeditious or Elijal proceedings is immense Sescil , delay and uncertainly result and the court s control of proceedings is  cd sell gave North s lawyers until Jan. 3 to select 300 classified documents roughly the same number prosecutors want to use at trial exhibits for Possi ble use in his defense. The nov. 14 notice filed by the de sense under the classified information procedures act contains ample Evi Dence of North s attempt to frustrate the prosecution Gesell said. This trial does not concern the re action of various Central american countries to congressional legislation the life history of a potential defector the precise distribution of sandinista forces it a particular Lime among various Vil Lages cd sell said alluding to the types of secrets North proposed to disclose. This is a Case charging fraud and deceit on the United states its chief executive and Congress involving the use of arms profits in a manner allegedly unauthorized by the president the judge said monday. It must remain focused on these issues rather Tiari be derailed by the myriad unrelated in us raised by North. The judge had previously invalidated a list of classified documents filed by the defense on aug. I saying it failed to pro vide specific information about How the material would be relevant to the Case but Goeselt refused to Grant Independent counsel Lawrence e. Walsh s re quest to totally bar North from revealing any secrets to defend charges he conspired to illegally divert .-Tran arms sate proceeds to the Contra rebels in Nicaragua. Such a Blanket prohibition would be improper because it would too severely restrict the defense Gesell said. North had sought to disclose 30,000documents, Many of which contained highly sensitive references to . Intelli gence operations and efforts to free american hostages in the Middle East. He has until dec 19 to list any addition Al secrets he wants to disclose from questioning government officials and in documents not covered by the nov. 14  Dale has been set fur North s trial but last month Gesell indicated it could begin in late january. President Reagan has Sard he will no tallow disclosure of any of the secrets North wants to use to defend himself. White House refusal to release documents relevant to the ease could scuttle North s prosecution on the Central conspiracy charge and the related Chest of govern Rnell count. Chicago school system to be overhauled Chicago a a major overhaul of the Chi Cago school system was signed monday by Illinois gov. James r. Thompson. Former Federal education Secretary William Bennett had labelled the system the worst in the  Thompson signed the Bill after a symbolic walk from a 05-year-old school Liat is closing to a new $4.6million school on Chicago s West  legislation he said was an important first  parents and other Community members have been Given unprecedented opportunities with this Bill to control their local school systems Thompson said. The much debated measure which lakes effect injury Calls for a shift of authority from the school sys Sands of time in the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. Dec. 14, 1948 Britain and eight other european recovery program countries announced they would abolish passport visa requirements for americans in order to encourage travel to Europe. ".-. 30 years ago today. V dec 14, 195b because the City s newspaper deliverers were on strike. New yorkers faced a weekend without their sunday papers and the City s major newspapers lost hundreds of thousands of dollars in advertising Revenue. 20 years ago today. Dec. 14, 1968 Marvin Gaye s "1 heard it through the Grapevine reached number one on billboard s music Survey followed by love child by Diana Ross and the in primes and for once in my life by Stevic wonder. 10 years ago today. Dec. 14, 197s torrential rain and winds up to Loon pm killed five British motorists uprooted Trees damaged property and endangered shipping off the coasts of Britain and France. Tom s Central bureaucracy to parents and principals in each of its 591 schools. It removes incumbent members of the Chicago Board of education and culls for the mayor to appoint a new Board whose nominees arc suggested by a grass roots screening committee. The legislation also establishes local councils makeup of parents teachers and Community residents. The councils one for each school will have Power to hire and fire principals draft plans for improvement Sand exercise some control Over spending. School principals will Low tenure and work under four year contracts to be renewed on the basis of performance. They also will have increased authority to. Fill leaching vacancies. While no Law can ensure that our students will do better in the classroom this legislation will provide Amore direct and meaningful system that will be accountable for the education of our children Thomp son said. The old school where the March to the signing Cere Money began monday was built in 1883, it is to be razed to make More room for a High Lech research development. ,. Y Thompson and Chicago mayor Eugene Sawyer led a procession of students carrying Blue and Gold balloons from the old school to the new. They joined school Board officials in cutting a ribbon at the new school crash kills 3 . Cops i n p u r s in i t of s to i in car by the los Angeles times los Angeles three City police officer pursuing a stolen car in the skid Row area of downtown los Angeles were killed Early monday when their two cruisers collided one smashing into a Metal Light pole and the other soaring into a Trench at a construction sit. The Accident occurred at 4 . When one of the patrol cars apparently at tempting to intercept the stolen car drove the wrong Way Down a one Way Street and collided with the other vehicle at an intersection. Two officers died immediately. Third was extracted from the wreckage and died a Short time later a fourth offi car who graduated from the police acad Emy Only Friday suffered cuts and Possi ble Back injuries. Authorities said officers Derrick con Ner 28, a i a year member of the Force and David Lee Hofmeyer 25, who joined the department in 19s5, died at the scene officer Manuel Gutierrez jr., 26, with four years on the Force survived the crash but was pronounced dead Al Hospital a Short time later. The fourth officer involved in the Acci Dent Venson Drake 2b, was treated atthe University. Of Southern California medical Center for cuts and possible Back injuries and later released. It was Drake s first Day on the Job