European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 2, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Saturday june 2,1990 the stars and stripes a a a Page 9 a a journalist Hunter Thompson gives a two handed Victory sign after learning he wont have to face trial. �?~gonzo1 journalist cleared Aspen Colo. Apr a judge thursday formally dismissed All charges against Hunter s. Thompson and the a a gonzo journalist celebrated. He stood up and poured a Glass of water on his own head. Thompson had been bound Over for trial last Possession of a con awful Possession of aced Misdemeanour e assault and Mari week on three felony counts of trolled substance and one of in incendiary devices. He also charges of sexual assault Simp Juana Possession. Thompson 53, was charged after Gail Palmer Slater a business entrepreneur and former Pom film producer accused him of grabbing her breast and throwing a drink at her when she visited his Woody Creek Home feb. 21. She wanted to interview him for a Story she planned to write. �?o1 did no to beat up that woman. She came to my House and got Sloppy and rude. If the taxi would have come sooner this never would have happened a Thompson said. During a Telephone interview from her St. Clair mich., Home Palmer Slater 35, said prosecutors decided to drop the charges because of her background. A i had a very Public career in the mid �?T70s, and in a really easy to trash which is exactly the reason Why i said i can to do anything about this a she said wednesday. A but my husband insisted it be reported a she said. A then Hunter said 1 was doing this for publicity so i was damned if i spoke to the press about my Side and damned if i did no to because Hunter kept making All these statements about Pitkin county District attorney Chip Mccrory said he did no to think the Case could be proved beyond a reasonable doubt anymore. He said she changed her statements Between the time she talked with investigators and the time she testified at the preliminary hearing. After District judge Charles Buss brought thursdays 15-minute hearing to a close the courtroom audience applauded. Thompson Rose and poured a cup of water Over his head. Thompson is Best known for his accounts of political campaigns shark Hunts in Hawaii and the Hellas Angels. He often laced his writing with exaggerated first person accounts of drug and alcohol abuse a writing style that became known As a a gonzo journalism. . Vetoes Call to probe abuse of palestinians United nations apr the United states vetoed a Security Council Resolution calling for a fac finding Mission to report on abuses of palestinians in israeli occupied lands drawing Sharp criticism from Arab states. Arab nations said the 14-1 vote thursday in favor of the Resolution demonstrated that the United states and Israel arc isolated on Middle East issues. The observer of the Palestine liberation organization Zuhdi Labib Turzi called it a a sad Day in the Security Council a when one member blocks the Council from responding to its responsibility to report on an alarming after the Council meeting Clovis Maksoud observer of the 22-nation Arab league vowed to raise the Issue again in the Council despite the risk of another . Veto. . Ambassador Thomas r. Pickering said the Resolution was a More Likely to add to the problems rather than help resolve the peace process in the a this Resolution does not focus on the real need to move the peace process Forward a Pickering said. A rather it could too easily become a vehicle which could be misused to generate More needless controversy a he told the 15-member Council. The United states favors having an envoy dispatched by the . Secretary general to investigate violence in the territories. Israel however opposes any fact finding Mission and israeli officials said they will not permit . Officials or Security Council members to enter its territory. The United states frequently has voted in favor of its israeli ally and has used its Security Council veto Power to shield Israel from harsh criticism in the Council. During the Council meeting israeli ambassador Johanan Bein said the Plo had fanned violence in the territories and was murdering its own dissidents. Thursdays Council session was a continuation of the meeting that began last Friday in Geneva Switzerland. At that meeting Plo chief Yasser Arafat called for a . Military observer Force to protect palestinians. The meeting was prompted by the May 20 killing of seven palestinian labourers by a deranged israeli gunman. Palestinians rioted in protest and at least 15 were killed in clashes with israeli forces. The Resolution that was vetoed would have established a three Man commission from the Council to immediately a examine the situation relating to the policies and practices of Israel the occupying Power in the palestinian territory including Jerusalem occupied since 1967.�?� it requested the commission report to the Council by june 20 and make recommendations on ensuring the safety of palestinians in the territories. The Council includes five permanent members with veto Power and 10 members serving two year terms. Reagan Era blamed for Campus racism a a a. Dirt Omir to trip Dionino corp Manv Washington apr former president Reagan is at least partly to blame for ethnic attacks on As Many As 1 million College students each year a group that examines such trends said thursday. The attacks ranging from verbal slurs to physical assaults Are directed at one in five minority students officials of the National Institute against prejudice and violence said. Attacks on Gay students appear to be even More frequent the organization said. A if we had an incidence of disease at 20 percent the surgeon general would have declared a Public health crisis a Howard j. Ehrlich research director for the 5-year-old group said during a news conference called to release a report on Campus racism. He said most College students came of a political age during the Reagan presidency when a civil rights were being devalued in this the report a Campus Ethan violence and the policy options a said minority students at predominantly White campuses suffer almost constant pressures because of their ethnic backgrounds. For most students there Are times when the classroom atmosphere can be stressful. For the minority students stress and discomfort May be an everyday occurrence a the 72-Page report said. Ehrlich said figures show that Between 800,000 a a j million students Are victimized each year by ethnic violence. A Quarter of those he said have neen harassed on More than one occasion. A there was absolutely no leadership during the Reagan administration to show this nation How it could be a Birch Bayh former democratic sen. Birch Bayh of Indiana chairman of the institutes Board of directors said Reagan had done nothing during his eight years in the White House to set a proper tone for racial tolerance in the country. A there was absolutely no leadership during the Reagan administration to show this nation How it could be better a Bayh said at a news conference. A the president is supposed to stand up and say a we done to tolerate this in the United states of a Bayh said what Reagan did do on civil rights was a negative a such As the former presidents push to dismantle the . Civil rights commission and his opposition to the Extension of the voting rights act of 1964. Bayh said president Bush already has taken some a very positive Steps to Deal with the problem such As inviting various groups to the signing ceremony for the hate crimes reporting act. But Bush a term is still too new to assess his record on civil rights Bayh added. He did say however that while Bush has spoken against racial insensitivity a we d like to Sec More than Reagan spokesman Mark Weinberg reached by Telephone in los Angeles had no immediate response to Bayhl a remarks. The institutes report was released a Day after the american association of state colleges and universities unveiled a new Book designed to help College administrators combat Campus racism. That publication a the lurking evil racial and ethnic conflict on the College Campus a contains 16 articles a most of them written by College administrators a that describe problems with Campus racism and offer suggestions for dealing with them. Ehrlich said while the percentage of bigots on College campuses does no to appear to have increased a numerically we have More people committing More he said colleges must show a sense of urgency in dealing with the Issue. A if you do things in a routine manner people Are not going to sense a priority a Ehrlich said. �?o1 done to think most people Are bigoted a Bayh said. A but we have to create the idea in the mind of the average non bigoted citizen that they have a responsibility to do something about it
