European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 1, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday. August 1, t990 the stars and stripes Page 5 a to avoid violence Washington apr prosecutors and in or Marion barrys attorneys finished presenting evidence monday in the mayor s drug and perjury trial Jand Barry pleaded with the City a Black residents to avoid reacting violently if he is convicted. A we have grown As a people in the last 20 years and we Are not going to destroy what we have brought Back a Barry said after the court session ended. Quot those who talk about that Don t represent  Barry scoffed at conjecture that rioting could occur like that resulting in the nation s capital after the Rev Martin Luther King s assassination in 1968. 1 a frankly i really done to see rioting happening no matter what happens Quot Barry said. I Kave heard no serious consideration of anything like  the evidentiary phase of the trial came to an unexpected Early conclusion when barrys lawyers abandoned an Effort to Call two witnesses they had hoped could weaken the governments Case on one of the 10 co Caine Possession charges facing the mayor. . District court judge Thomas Penfield Jackson then set closing arguments for wednesday morning. He provided the extra Day to prepare them As barrys lawyers had requested. On Friday prosecutors introduced a document showing City worker Clifton Roberson was absent from his Job at the time Roberson said he had accepted a Job application from admitted crack cocaine dealer Lydia Pearson. Pearson had testified that she delivered the application along with crack cocaine to the mayor about 10 . Sept. 7, 1988. Defense attorney r. Kenneth Mundy said Roberson was absent from his Job later in the Day but was there in the morning to get the application. Mundy said he had wanted to recall Roberson but decided against it because the worker could t be a dead certain Quot about what happened on sept. 7. At Issue is whether Roberson was absent from 4 30 to 6 30 ., As fac form originally indicated or whether he was away from the office from 8 30 . Until 10 30  Then alter time was listed in the margin Aboc the original 4 30  Entry which had been scratched out. Mundy said Roberson could testify to being away from work late in the Day but could no a be As certain was Wasal Segundo Calif. Apr Zsa Zsa Gabor on monday left the Media besieged jail where she chose to spend a 72-hour sentence for slapping a Beverly Hills police officer. Surrounded by about 100 reporters and onlookers Gabor 72, said she spent her jail Lime doing secretarial work that was slightly hampered by her ignorance of the English alphabet a i had to file but i done to know the abcs so they wrote out the Abcde for me a the hungarian born actress said outside the jail. �?o1 did very  among other accomplishments during the 72 hours Gabor claimed she finished writing her autobiography a a one lifetime is not  she said she had been a petrified Quot at the beginning of her incarceration a they even took my makeup away a she said. Now Quot i want to take a hot Bath and talk to my dogs and my horses a Gabor said. Gabory a  Frederick von Anhalt comp Ned that his weekend had been terrible. A my wife she was t Home a he said. Gabor was sentenced to serve 72 hours in jail for slapping a policeman during a traffic Stop last year. She paid $85ya Day to do her time at the Al Segundo Phil rather than have the county pick accommodations for her. A i was very happily surprised a she said of her stay. Quot everybody was warm and Nice and Sweet. It was of. The Bev Zsa Zsa Gabor leaves the Al Segundo Calif., jail monday. She is accompanied by her husband Frederick von Anhalt cent Erand a police officer. About who half made the Handwritten change. A lie does no to think it is his handwriting but he can t say for sure a Mundy said. A the just can t recall that precisely.�?�. On Friday prosecutors called a former clerk in Roberson s office who identified the handwriting on the form As that of the defense witness. The document is Quot a Branc new piece of evidence Quot that a should not be admit led unless the defense is Given a Chance to dispute it. Mundy had argued originally. Jackson was considering Mundy s request until the defense attorney informed the court that he would not be calling either Roberson or his Mother. Mundy had said earlier he wanted to Call Roberson s Mother for verification. Roberson had Seri bled on the City document that he was laying a Stone for his fathers grave. Assistant . Attorney Richard Roberts opened the Days proceedings by saying the government would not Call any More rebuttal witnesses. Barry has pleaded innocent to 10 Misdemeanour counts of cocaine Possession three felony charges of lying to a Federal grand jury and one of conspiracy. Zsa says cry Hills police should come and take lessons from this  Gabor also scolded reporters Lor a weekend Story that her husband delivered silk sheets 1o the jail. Quot i did no to have silk sheets i done to even have silk sheets at Home. I was on a horse Blanket a she said. She also declared the food   municipal judge Charles Rubin ordered the Jait sentence last May after ruling that Gabor had violated probation by failing to perform 120 hours of Community service Ai a shelter for homeless women. He increased the Community service time to 145 la hours. Along with her jail time and Community service Rubin ordered miss Gabor to pay nearly $ 13, no in fines and restitution Gabory a attorney Harrison Bull of Santa Barbara said finishing the jail sentence completes the sometime actress debt to society. �?�1 filed notice of completion last week. 1 am going to say she completed More than 200 hrs of Community service Quot considerably More than she was asked to do said Bull., \ of the $13,000 in fines $10,000 has been paid and the rest will he paid this week he said. A this is probably the biggest sentence Ever served by anyone for such a minor incident in the history of United slates jurisprudence Quot Bull said with the understatement that has marked the Case. A police expect bumper crop of pot in . By the associated press a mild Rainy summer has been Ideal for marijuana cultivation say police who Are working to Weed out an expected bumper crop. It Isnit just the weather that a boosting production. Stepped up Federal efforts to Stop drugs from being smuggled into the country have driven up the Price of marijuana encouraging the growers to increase their efforts according to Federal authorities and Law enforcement officials in several states. A a we be had All tins rain Good hot humid weather which marijuana thrives in and plenty of people interested in making a Little Money a said sgt. Jim Hinkle of the Illinois stale police. Hinkle coordinates operation Cash crop an eradication program the stale runs jointly with the . Drug enforcement administration. Much of the Central United states is expected to have massive tracts of cultivated and wild marijuana by autumn officials said. California though wracked by drought also is Likely to produce a bumper crop of marijuana. In Northern California Over the week end about 200 Federal and state agents descended on Public land to Hunt for pot in what was called the largest marijuana raid in the state. Another problem officials say is finding a ditch  the wild Plant has Little Potency but is used to cheat buyers by mixing with higher Quality strains. Ditch Weed grows in abundance in Many states because it is an offspring of seeds planted when marijuana was cultivated to make hemp rope in world War ii drug officials say. A it is after All a Weed and it grows a and grows and grows a Hinkle said oldest . Vet . Echols Dies at 105 Washington pm the oldest known american War Veteran George e. Echols died last week at the age of 105, the department of veterans affairs said monday. The department said Echols who served in world War i. Died july 26 at the veterans affairs medical enter in Washington after a Brief illness. Echols who was born nov. 2, 1884, in Athens ga., served with the army from june 1914 to k Tober 1919. He saw combat in France. Echols passing Means that the oldest known american War Veteran is now Nathan e. Cook. 104, who is also the Only known fixing Veteran of the Spanish Amer ican War the veterans department said. Cook now lives at the Carl Hayden veterans affairs nursing Home in Phoenix Ari. In addition to his Spanish american War service Cook also served with the Navy during the Boxer rebellion in China the philippine insurrection clashes on the .-mexican Border and in world War i and world War ii. Tuti _ . S a Masai the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. Aug. I 1950 a Gen. Douglas Mac Arthur arrived on the Island of Formosa to begin discussions with Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek"�?�30 years ago today. Aug. 1, i960 a winds of up to 100 Mph ripped through Central Oklahoma causing at least two injuries and heavy property damage. Hail knocked the control lower at will Rogers Airport in f Fyk Bahoma it out of operation.20 years ago today. Aug. I 1970 a i he israeli gov eminent ended More than a week of political suspense and gave the go ahead to a . Proposal for a Middle fast settlement with the Arab states10 years ago today. Aug. I. 980 a pc Stdeni Artur  to give the Senate a Lull Tejyu i on the a lairs of his brother Billy nun and w he ruled a press conference on the control nay