European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 05, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes Page 5 y prosecution finishes Case against Bakker Charlotte . A it founder Jim Bakker is a world class master of using half truths and should be convicted of fraud and conspiracy a prosecutor said tuesday in closing arguments at the fallen minister s trial. Me lied to people he used half truths to manipulate  said special prosecutor Deborah Smith. He used his position to maintain his Power and  Bakker s attorney. George c. Davis said Bakker was a victim of circumstance and urged jurors to keep an open mind. He s facing the most serious moment i m sure hell Ever face in his life Davis said. He does t expect you to give him pity. He does t expect you to give him sympathy. He docs expect Justice under the  Bakker 49, is charged in . District court with 15 counts of wire fraud eight counts of mail fraud and one count of conspiracy to commit wire and mail fraud. He is accused of diverting More than $3.7 million in pal Money for disown Benefit and of conspiring to defraud pal followers of their Money to support his lifestyle. If convicted on All counts he faces up to 120 years in prison and More than $5 million in fines. Prosecutors contend Bakker solicited Money for lifetime partnerships at his heritage Usa Retreat near Here but used the Money for projects other than the lodging he promised. Lifetime partners paid ,000 for an annual guarantee of three night and four Days at heritage Usa. Bakker raised $158 million through partnership sales. Smith called Bakker the prosecution s Star  Jim Bakker nates at he arrives for his trial tuesday with his Sun Jamie. There May have been a time when or. Bakker was a Man of Good deeds Back in the 1970s, but As time progressed into the 1980s, he began to use people to obtain possessions and Power and keep it she said. Bakker who had spurred with Smithson the witness stand scribbled notes during her arguments and glanced at the screen when she played videotapes of his old television shows. You can t lie to people to Send you Money it s that  she said. You can t Tell half truths. If you do it i you use the postal service and the Public airwaves you will find yourself in Federal court answering charges of mail and wire fraud. That s Why we re Here today be cause that s just what or. Bakker  Hakker s wife. Tammy fac. And their son. Jamie Charles sat in the front Row of the courtroom. Mrs. Bakker cried when another defense attorney Harold Bender talked about the work her Hus band performed at pal. The Issue probably should lie not the Way the Money was spent but the Way it was  Bender said. Was the Money he received from the Board of directors earned it is duly earned. You be seen All the jobs that he had. He operated the third largest therm Park in the world and the number one religious satellite television network. What is adequate compensation for this Man. A Man who is the heart and soul for this place Davis said Thakker was not the Crimi Nal Smith had portrayed. He s been tried because he allegedly had a criminal mind Davis said. You did t hear one person in this Case say that. You did t hear it because it in t True. He was the victim of a lot of Circum  Davis said. I Hinl 95 percent of the evidence in this Case by the government is circumstantial. The Burden of proof is not on the defendant Davis said. The govern ment must prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant had specific in Lent to commit fraud. He was con ducting a ministry. Me was doing what he thought was vital to the survival of his  the trial before . District judge Robert Potter began aug. 28. The Case was scheduled to go to the jury sometime wednesday. Untreated sewage clogs Charleston Waters Charleston . A shellfish harvesting was banned tuesday and warnings were issued against swimming in Ocean water and Rivers choked with untreated sewage because of damage from Hurricane Hugo. Sen. Ernest a lolling d-., said he would ask for an investigation of the Federal emergency manage ment Agency s response to victims of the Hurricane. However. Marilyn Quayle wife of vice president Dan Quayle. Said he Agency had been unfairly criticized. In Charleston to help at disaster and american red Cross centers she added everyone s natural re action is to want everything done yesterday but from what i be been Able to observe Fema very frankly got a bum  sewage treatment plants in the area arc Only partially operational and arc removing Only 30 percent of the pollutants from sewage. When fully operational about 95 percent of the pollutants arc removed before the sewage is dumped into the Ocean. The Waters arc turning Black and there Are fish kills All Over said Wayne fanning of the South Caro Lina department of health and environmental control. The swimming advisory could last months and pos Sibly affect next Spring s tourist season. Some 10 million visitors were attracted last year to the grand strand 60 Miles of Beach from Georgetown to the North Carolina line and accounted for an Esti mated 35 percent of the state s total tourism Revenue of $4.7 billion officials said. Civilian volunteers offer of Fly dying Dod employee Home Washington a volunteers have offered Tolly a terminally ill defense department employee Home to Massachusetts after the air Force refused a request from the Man s family for a free air ambulance flight. But the health of the employee Avram Brody had declined by tuesday to the Point where it May be Loo late for him to make a transcontinental flight his wife said. / Brody 25, was diagnosed last year with terminal brain cancer. The three year defense department computer operator who lives in Palmdale calif., about 45 Miles North of los Angeles sought a free air ambulance flight to Massachusetts from the air Force. It would have Cost roughly $29,000 to hire a private air ambulance. Amy Brody said her husband wanted to return to Massachusetts where he was born and raised so he could be among relatives and friends for the last weeks of his life. Air Force officials refused even when congressmen and a White House aide were enlisted to help Brody. After the matter received publicity last week several volunteers offered to provide Brady s flight Home. We had a lot of very wonderful people Call giving us offers to travel mrs. Brody said but they just Don t feel he can travel any  mrs. Brody said she contacted sen. John Kerry. D mass., tuesday and told a staff member that she was no longer requesting air Force help. The air Force said Brody failed to meet criteria for a free ride Courtesy of the government on several counts he is not a uniformed officer the flight would have no Impact on his chances of survival and his illness was not caused by his defense department work. We knew going in that this was unlikely to have a Happy ending said Brad Pearson a client advocate for the Massachusetts office of handicapped affairs who has been working on the Case. Brody received several offers for free flights Pear son said a new Hampshire Man who read about Bro by s plight contacted a state representative from Bro by s Hometown of Norwood mass., and offered to Fly Brody Home. A California based company also offered a free flight while a Virginia based medical Airlift serv ice was contacted about raising funds for a flight mrs. Brody 26, said she did not know if her Hus band who has already outlived doctor s expectations by several months would improve enough to make a flight possible. Crews working to re establish a land link Between the offshore Barrier islands and the Mainland hoped to raise the Ben Sawyer Bridge Back into place wednes Day during High tide. A lolling criticized Fema for opening too few offices to handle disaster Relief applications. About 10 offices arc open in the 22 South Carolina counties that president Bush declared disaster areas. Fema spokesman Bill Mcada said he disagreed with Hollings assessment of the Agency s response but said he would Welcome an investigation. Our charter under Law is for the Long term recovery and response to the situation Mcada said by Tele phone from Washington. "1 believe we re doing that and under the circumstances doing it As fast As it can be expected to be  Sands of time in the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. Oct. 5, 1949 a tropical Hurricane with winds of up to 100 Mph hit Houston and Galveston. Texas after driving 50,000 persons put of their Homes in 10 cities North of the Gulf of Mexico. 30 years ago foday. Oct. 5. 1959 the soviet news Agency Tass re ported that the soviets had sent their third cosmic rocket the Lunik Iii on a lunar orbit in an attempt to bring Back photographs of the hidden Side of the Moon. 20 years ago foday. Oct. 5, 1969 House members approved presi Dent Nixon s safeguard anti ballistic missile system with a Roll Call endorsement and then passed a $21.3 billion defense authorization Bill. 10 years ago today. Oct. 5, 1979 Auto Industry officials reported that Chrysler sales Rose while sales by general motors and Ford fell in the final 10 Days of september As . Automakers sold 19.9 percent fewer cars than in the same period of 1978