European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 28, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes saturday july 28,1990 to in own by the Baltimore Sun Washington a mayor Marion a Barry jr., who has eagerly taken his Case to the Public passed up his Chance to testify to a . District court jury thursday As his attorneys All but wrapped up his defense against 14 drug related charges in . District court. A legally it does no to make sense to go on the witness stands in a not going to do it a Barry told a local radio station in a lunchtime interview a a in a be at the mercy of those  barrys chief attorney r. Kenneth Mundy said he expected to finish the defense Scase on Friday with More questions of Fri agent Ronald Stem who headed the sting operation that videotaped the mayor allegedly smoking crack cocaine last Jan. 18 at the Vista hotel. The defense a six Day presentation plus earlier Cross examination of government witnesses appeared to poke holes in at least four of the 10 cocaine Possession charges against Barry. The defense also hurled a Broad allegation of government misconduct at the rest of the charges which included six More Misdemeanour Possession counts a Misdemeanour count of conspiracy to possess cocaine and three felony counts of perjury for allegedly lying to a Federal grand jury about his drug activity. Mundy delved further into the misconduct theme on thursday by suggesting to Stem that the Fri went too far in its sting operation. But Stem held fast to his Contention that the operation proceeded properly heat wave even though Barry indicated several times that night that he was not interested in using drugs. At one Point Stem said Fri agents almost called off the operation but then barrys actions convinced them to keep going. Barry indicated to a Friend Rasheeda Moore that he did not wish to buy drugs from an Fri undercover agent named Wanda so Wanda left the room. A was far As we were concerned the operation was Over a Stem said. But then a when or. Barry said to the Frienda go get some. Go get it a he called it the drugs Back into the  testimony led to contentious exchanges throughout the Day Between Mundy and assistant . Attorney Judith Retchin prompting judge Thomas Penfield Jackson to Call for a truce at Days end a i am unhappy with the Pace at which we Are proceeding and with the unnecessary if not frivolous objections the judge said. Throughout the trial Mundy has supplemented his claim of government zealotry by focusing on deals that prosecutors struck with drug dealers and users in Exchange for their testimony against Barry. On thursday Mundy completed that aspect of his argument by showing the jury a videotape of remarks made by . Attorney Jay Stephens last feb. 28, about six weeks after the mayor was arrested. In the tape Stephens announced a plea agreement with Charles Lewis the convicted drug distributor who testified to using cocaine with Barry repeatedly. A the message should be pretty Clear Quot Stephens said. A the time is now to come in to offer evidence because the alternative of course is  and if you re convicted without first making a Deal Stephens said then a you done to get the kind of credit that or. Lewis got  a a Mundy also used his own witnesses to contradict some government witnesses. But he May also have damaged the mayors believability at times because some of the defense witnesses contradicted statements that Barry made to the grand jury. For example Barry told the grand jury that he did not know the family of Mary Moore and that he could not remember the names of her sons and daughters. Testimony throughout the trial including that of the defense witnesses established that Barry had a two year love affair with Moore a daughter Rasheeda Barry also told the grand jury that he took a briefcase on Board a yacht in the Virgin islands and spent much of a 4-hour cruise working below deck. Several defense witnesses said they saw no briefcase nor any work being done. They said they saw Barry drinking1 and fondling Moore. But Mundyk a tactics did seem to Knock holes in four of the cocaine Possession charges. One count charges that Barry accepted cocaine Ort sept. 7, 1988, at a City government building from Lydia Pearson who testified that she delivered the drugs that Day along with a Job application. A City bureaucrat testified that Pearson delivered the Job application to him instead and several other witnesses said Barry was elsewhere at the time of the alleged delivery. In some of pets to states by the stars and str few the heat wave that is scorching part., of the United states Means pets might have to be left behind in Europe when americans go stateside. Airlines Are telling passengers that pets cannot be transported to areas where the heat puts the animals health at risk. A we do have a pet embargo because its too hot and too dangerous to Fly pets Quot across the Atlantic a said a spokesman for american airlines in Frankfurt West Germany. A a there a really nothing we can do about  the airline  taking any pets on its daily flights to Chicago or Dallas he said. A a it a too  however a British airways spokesman said his airline a has no embargo whatsoever on pets. But Forgen Berg Mann Sallr Batison airy rays accepts animals Only for Poffet mob Point flights. A spokeswoman Jbf Dcuna airlines in  Delta is not pets on ship a flights depending on the  and the Type of air plane used on connecting flights. Some older air planes used by connecting airlines May not be adequately equipped to handle pets in hot weather the spokeswoman said. A a it a riot because we done to want to. Its in the interest of our passengers a the spokeswoman said. A if pets Are transported she said a at the end of the Day it will be a very sad  the heat has been stifling in a Large Section of the United states. Temperatures in Arizona were Well Over 100 degrees earlier this summer and remain in the upper 90s in Phoenix and Tucson. The temperatures have been in the 90s this week in Texas Florida Arkansas Louis Ftp and other Southern states. The air totes. Spokesmen said passengers who want to travel with pets should Check Well in Advance so other plans can be made for housing the pets or shipping them later. Galvin from Page 1 1 a about the historic nato Summit held three weeks ago in London. A the declaration after the Summit was pretty Clear that we want to use arms control As a Way to reduce the level of confrontation Quot Galvin said. Quot the declaration made a statement that we no longer consider the Warsaw pact nations As  the Summit also called for a change in natos strategy of Forward deployed forces a and we Are now on the . Aide looking at what that Means to All of us Quot Galvin said. A we already Kac of course that arms control Means smaller forces a he said. He pointed out that natos of vow All aim is to bring the soviets Down to parity and be willing to take reductions m order to make that  he said he expects that diplomats in Vienna Austria will reach a conventional forces in Europe agreement by years end a i done to mean hat there wont be any glitches a Galvin said of the imminent . Troop reductions and withdrawals from Europe. Quot you done to do an operation As big As this without some problems a he acknowledged that Quot there will be some people who will leave the military mvohu4arily. And if you done to want to be one of them. You have to make sure your record looks  talks from Page 1 democrats have a counteroffer. But that is not Likely to happen soon democratic negotiation said. Democratic bar gainers met thursday but discussed How they would implement a plan in september once they got one rather than trying to get one now. Meanwhile political pressures continued to grow against some of the options being considered to Cut the deficit. New Yorkus democratic governor Mario a Cuomo and 11 other congressional Union state and local leaders held a news conference Here thursday to warn against tampering with the Federal deductibility of state and local taxes. The Republican plan devised by of fice of management and budget director Richard a Darman and endorsed by gop negotiators As an opening position Calls for limiting to $10,000 currently unlimited deductions for state and local taxes according to gop participants in the talks. That would raise Between $1.9 billion and $3 billion of new Federal Revenue next year according to congressional estimates. Sen. Bob Packwood of Oregon the finance committee s ranking Republican told reporters that nearly .97 percent of those who would be affected by limiting those deductions make More than $100,000 a year. Eighty six percent of them earn More than $200,000 annually he said. A if that in t a tax on the wealthy i done to know what is Quot he said. The proposal would also raise the tax on a six pack of Beer from 16 cents to about 81 cents and that on a 750-milliliter bottle of table wine from 3 cents to 76 cents the participants said generating about $7 billion in new Federal Revenue each year. Federal excise taxes on Beer and wine have not changed since 1951. Half of the savings in the gop proposal would come from spending cuts and half from new tax Revenue and Federal fees As Well As anticipated savings in interest payments resulting from the lowered deficit. As much As $16 billion of the plans spending cuts Are in programs known As entitlements that Benefit everyone who meets certain conditions. Medicare takes the largest Cut $6 billion. Military spending would be trimmed by $7 billion a far less than democrats want a and Domestic and foreign Aid programs would be Cut $4 billion. Frank acted i improperly by fixing 33 parking tickets largely accumulated by Gobie while he drove Franks car on personal business. In addition the committee found that Frank wrote a t986 memorandum on gobies Beji Alf that contained a misleading pavement so about Gobie Ana his relationship with Frank. The memorandum ultimately wound up in the files of a Virginia prosecutor. Specifically a amp rank wrote that he met Gobie through Mutual friends when in fact their relationship began in 198$ after Frank contacted Gobie through a male escort service. And of amp no said in the letter that Gobie was adhering to the terms of his probation on drug and sodomy Char Elk when Frank in fact knew that Gobie continued to work As a prostitute. But the Ommittee rejected charges that frisk knew Gobie was using his Washington townhouse As a base for a prostitution ring. That assertion was rejected by rep. William be. Dannemeyer a Califi a conservative who introduced a motion calling on the House to expel Frank. The Danne Meyer motion ultimately was Defeated 390-38. Later a motion offered by House Republican whip Newt Gingrich r-gk., that would have had the effect of censuring Frank failed 287-141. 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