European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 22, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday. April 22, 1989 the stars and stripes Page 5 North s Fate now in the hands of jury Luj the a and list a Washington the Csc against former White Home National Security aide Oliver l North went to a Federal court jury Laic thursday after the judge Lold the panel North s superiors did not have the right to order anyone 10 Vio late the  Ami North could not be found innocent merely an those grounds. The instructions from .. District judge Gerhard a. Csell before jurors were sequestered for the night partial in undercut North s principal line of do Inse. One of North s attorneys objected to the  45-year-old retired Marine lieu tenant colonel sat rigidly attentive Dur ing Culescu s Reading while occasionally scribbling notes tin a yellow Legal pad. Gesell said the jurors must apply n Lough Standard in weighing possible Mil Row searcher acquitted of passport fraud b the Lei. Aiti i Lis to line  Setias Nix retired Green Beret officer James to Gritz Best no in fur his unsuccessful missions into Southeast Asia if search of american ,1 own. Was acid Silti d thursday in Feder Al court on charges of passport mis ase. To was. However hardly in exoneration judge Philip i to said in ordering a directed verdict that crib had simply been  the wrong crime i to noted Hal there was Strong evidence that grit who faced a possible five year prison term violated other passport Laws in Matins a i1 s6 journey .10. Burma Hilior the assumed name of Richard Patrick Clark grit hardly chastened said it was unfortunate. Ilia lie never got the Chance to Tell the jury Lii Slorer an  nary tale of Culip Irinita in which Grilz contends dial the u a has blocked i of Rescue efforts in1 order 10 cover up their own drug Deal in 1. Pressed in his Oil army uniform his Chest festooned with medals  rows of service ribbons,1 the Vietnam vol Chin had. Been is Pixie to Tell a court room filled with friends and veterans that his missions hat been sanctioned by lilt Reagan . Grili s attorneys Salt Texas bit Tio Naire ii Koss i  hns travelled la Hanoi to investigate the Tow Mia Issue was prepared to testify. Gating factors for North s actions in. Allegedly mislead ing Congress in 1985 and 1986 about Bis secret efforts to Aid the nicaraguan rebels. The judge in his two hour Reading of his Legal guidelines to the jury said the jurors must assess whether North North was specifically ordered and directed by a Superior to act contrary 10 the  and if so whether any alternative was available to him to comply with the order by other lawful Means. It is not enough to merely determine that North understood he should mislead Congress about his efforts Gesell said. A person s pc neral impression  i Type of conduct was expected that it was proper because others were doing the same or that the challenged act would help someone or avoid political consequences does not satisfy the defense of  Gesell said. In added neither the president then Ronald Reagan nor any of i hide Pendant s superiors had the Legal authority to order anyone to violate we North in his eight week trial on Iran Contra charges has not refuted that he helped draft letters to Congress that de nod he was. Providing military and financial help for the contras while a con Gressional ban on. Aid was in eff eel. The judge said that because his instructions were so lengthy he would Send a copy to the jury room for jurors to study when they began Delih Bratiotis Fri Day morning. He reminded jurors thai while he determines How the Law applies they alone must determine the facts of the Case. Before jurors retired la a Down Lbw hotel for the night they selected Denise Anderson a Hospital office Secretary As the panel Foreman. The judge delayed his instructions for four hours to consider a defense motion for n mistrial based on disclosure hat i to jurors had not reported on their jury questionnaires thai they once were defendants in Auto Accident lawsuits that were settled out of court. After questioning All jurors. Gesell de Nied the motion and declined Todi Ituau if 1 the two. I convicted on Oil counts he would face maximum punishment of60 years in prison and Ujj million in fines Christy a Capuchin Monkey from but to line Multi Elk Pillnik Tillit Phim 11 thick in the Nui uth of rep. To helpful assistant ill i. Pc Itterly i d-mash., lit if Iii Injo huh animals ran pulp Riu Wilri Iii s per Fernl. Basic. Links. Kennedy ius introduced it Bill la help u a tors litciniu1 Mizirl  by providing them ill trained mickeys. High radon Levels found in schools Washin con a ,.preliminary tests found unhealthy Levels of radon in Shooll across the country the environmental Protection Agency said thursday in urging carry school to test for the odourless cancer1 causing Gas based on measurements taken in 3,000 school rooms in 16 states it appears that elevated Levels of radon Gas can he found in so idols throughout the United  of to administrator William k. Reilly told the National press club. The Epa said that 54 percent of 130 Public schools tested in 41 Eom mummies had Al least one room in which radon Levels  to exceed 4 Pic Cunes per liter of air indicating a need for additional tests and Likely corrective Atti ii. In-101,rooms tested at schools in five Stales Totels of at least 20 Pic euries per liter were found compare we whal would he found in uranium mines. Epa spokeswoman Martha Casey said no list of the schools letter w As  available but affected state authorilic5 and school  Bee inc a of the Leit results. --.-. Scilly called indoor. Rudan,.lh? result of natural a " Jio Active delay in the ground one of the major Ensi run mental health threats facing americans 1there is no Federal Law requiring tests for the radioactive Gas although the Epa bylaw is required to conduct Sample tests nationwide in Homes and schools. The preliminary findings Froni ihe.16 slates am from two Day tests in rooms normally occupied by students teachers and school staff,.casey said. " in september the Epa urged All homeowners to conduct radon tests after unhealthy1 Levels a Pioci Ries per liter of air of radon were found in one out of four Homes tested in 17 slates. The Agency has said Iha a Osuri Over ii lifetime at. That level is equivalent to smoking 10 cigarettes a Day the Epa said studies have indicated indoor exposure to radon May cause up to 20.0uo lung Inglr deaths a ear which would make such deaths second Only to those caused by smoking. The latest prelim Inary Epa tests indicate thai unhealthy radon Levels in schools ire at least Sis wide spread As in residences although the Agency pm phased that the Levels a Range Macli from school to school and even among rooms in the same school. The Epa said thai of the 3, too schoolroom tested. 19 percent had Levels of 4 Pic euries or More and 3 percent had Levels of at Leasi 20 Pito Euricks the Agency gave this breakdown of mates with schoolroom having radon Levels of at least 20 Piccou Ries Tennessee 77 rooms Washington 14 new Mem cd 7 Maine 2 and montan.1i. The highest level was found m a Tennessee school room in which 136 Pic Cunes per liter of air were detected to the stars and stripes .40 years ago today. April 32, 19. Army agents smashed three separate rings illegally importing thousands of pounds  food and  via the Berlin Airlift. 30years ago today. Apilla. 21, 1959 the Senate overwhelmingly Confin cd the nomination of Christian  Secretary of Slaw,1 replacing the ailing John Foster Dulles. 20 years ago today. ,. Ai r1l22, 1969 British Tropi moved to protect key installations in Northern  growing was of sabotage and subversion by the mainly roman Catholic Irish population in cities such As Dublin and  10 years ago today.". April a l9 Gen. Bernard a Rugon the Arnty chief of a lilt said More  ilftiun.,than 3 revival of peacetime registration of 18- tar Olds was needed to solve a serious shortage in the Reserve Man Power Pool