European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 2, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                21 year Redwood City Calif. A a former firefighter was convicted Friday of murdering his daughter s playmate in a trial triggered when she Sata her Long Dor Mant memories of the attack flooded Back to her 21 years later. The Case was reopened last year when George Franklin  daughter Eileen Franklin Lipsker 30, told police a glimpse of her own daughter brought the details of the molestation and murder of her Friend to the surface. The skeletal remains of 8-year-old Susan Nason were found at the Bottom of a Steep Ravine near half Moon Bay about 10 weeks after she vanished from her Foster City neighbourhood on sept. 22,1969.Franklin 51, showed no emotion after the verdict was read but his daughter and Margaret Nason the Mother of the slain youngster hugged each other and sobbed. A tin overwhelmed. In a extremely relieved that it s Over a Franklin Lipsker told reporters. A i know five done the right thing. A but the verdict was not a Happy one she said. Quot there can to be a True Victory for me because my fathers still going to prison a Franklin Lipsker said. Franklin faces a life sentence. Sentencing was scheduled for Jan. 29. He refused to speak to reporters As he left the courthouse. Quot a. / v.--. A a a prosecutor Elaine Tipton said it took so Long to bring Franklin to Justice because people thought about the rape and murder of children differently two decades ago. A Quot a Twenty one years ago it was assumed that persons who molested children were strangers outsiders and phantoms. They sunday december 2, 1990 the stars and stripes Case in conviction a 1 a a appeared and then they went away a she said. A a a a a. A a \ a a a. A now she said people know that such attackers can be friends or even family members. A a Bob Morse the District attorneys investigator who arrested Franklin said the first degree murder conviction Means Nason a can finally put it to  a once again the jurors in this county have done it. They saw through ail the smoke. They Are heroes a he said. Franklin a former san Mateo firefighter was arrested in november 1989 at his Home near Sacramento after his daughter contacted authorities. He was held on $2 million bail. The Issue before the jury was whether Franklin Lipsker actually saw the killing repressed the thought for 20 years then suddenly remembered it. During the month Long trial the jury heard Franklin Lipsker describe How the memory came flooding Back in january 1989 As she gazed at her own Young daughter who beam a striking resemblance to Susan. Her father did not testify during the trial. Franklin Lipsker testified that the memory became More vivid and detailed overtime. She gave this account to the jury Franklin took his daughter to run errands one fall afternoon in 1969 in his Van. Driving through their Foster City neighbourhood he picked up Susan Franklin Lipsker a Best childhood Friend. Franklin drove by the Crystal Springs Reservoir near half Moon Bay and parked at a Highway turnaround climbed in the Back of the Van and played with the girls for a few minutes. V but playfulness turned to perversion Franklin Lipsker testified. She said she watched from a front seat As her father climbed in top of Susan and began what she described As a thrusting motion. When that ended Susan got out of the Van and crouched in terror a few Yards away Franklin Lipsker testified. Moments later Frankiin Lipsker said she watched in horror As her father walked toward Susan holding a Rock Over his head and bashed the girls Skull with two blows. The daughters account matched news reports and police records of the murder. Evidence included two blood stained rocks pieces of Susan a dress her crushed Silver ring and clusters of her hair. Jurors saw gory photographs of decomposed body parts. Franklin Lipsker who now lives in Switzerland with her husband and two children also recounted repeated sexual abuse by her father. Mom stay in new zealand by the Washington Post the parental struggle Over Hilary Foretich the District of Columbia 8-year-old who spawned lawsuits court orders jail sentences Federal legislation to documentaries and an International search came to at least a temporary halt in a new zealand court. Declaring that Hilary so physical educational spiritual and emotional needs Are being met a family court judge . Mahoney said she could remain with her Mother plastic surgeon Elizabeth Morgan with whom she has been living in the new zealand City of Christchurch since March. Mahoney made no finding on the question that tantalized much of the nation since the Case began in 1985 whether Hilary was sexually abused by her father Eric a Foretich a Virginia Oral surgeon when she was 2 years old abused. As a result a court appointed psychiatrist found it was no longer possible to distinguish fact judge said. A from belief the judge nonetheless Mahoney barred Foretich from visit eng that Grant Center of her ing his daughter in new zealand arguing that granting visitation would place Hilary at the Cei a parents struggle once again. Instead said Mahoney Foretich will receive a photograph of Hilary every six months As Well As reports on her health and school work and eventually will be allowed to mail her gifts. Mahoneyq a ruling issued last week has not been made Public in new zealand which has strict Laws about publicity in child custody cases. Details of the ruling were broadcast by % Washington television station which said that a soil let close to the Case had allowed one of its reporters to take extensive notes from the 31-pa6 opinion. A. A a a what started As a local custody fight evolved into National drama in 1988, when Morgan sent her daughter into exile rather than allow Foretich to continue to visit her who was bom after the couple divorced. Ordered by . Superior court judge Herbert Dixon to disclose Hilary a whereabouts Morgan refused and was imprisoned winning her Freedom after 25 months when a sympathetic Congress passed legislation designed specifically for her _ Foretich meanwhile scoured the world finally finding Hilary in new zealand where she had been living with her grandparents after a Brief stay in Britain. The custody Duel then moved to the new zealand courts. A in a statement Friday however Foretich implied that As a result of Mahoneyq a ruling he was giving up a i do not believe it appropriate for Hilary to be the focal Point of further Contention. 1 made the decision that would unilaterally withdraw once i was Able to locate Hilary and determine that she was at least physically Well. I will always love my daughter and will be there for her when she needs  Morgan could not be reached for comment. Her new zealand attorney . Forbes said in a Telephone interview that neither he nor his client would discuss the Case because a we have told the judge Well give no publicity to the outcome of the proceedings and Well abide by  Quot but James Morgan Elizabeth a brother said in a Telephone interview from new York that he doubted that the Case had reached its conclusion because Foretich is a endless in his  a moreover he said if his sister and Hilary Ever returned to the United states they probably still would be subject to Dixon a order giving Foretich visitation rights and both Mother and child would like to return Home he said. Mary l. Froning who was Hilary a therapist in the United states said she was a very grateful for the new zealand courts decision but agreed that it is not Likely to end the Case a because i would Hope at some Point in time shed come Back to the United states a Bush withholds signature on i Washington a president Bush said on Friday he would veto by withholding Bis signature the 1991 intelligence Bill saying it could have a chilling effect on american diplomacy because it would restrict other countries carrying out Covert actions for the United states. The legislation would authorize All . Intelligence activities in the year that began oct. 1 and contained provisions aimed at gradually winding Down american support for Covert conflicts m Afghanistan Angola and Cambodia. Push said he was withholding his signature from the measure primarily because it included under a new definition of a Covert action any . Request of a foreign government or private citizen to mount a Covert action on americans behalf a a a a a a a a a. A Quot a in a statement issued late Friday Bush said the Bill would have forbidden . Officials from the a expression of certain views without prior notice to Congress such a Legal restriction could a seriously impair the effective conduct of our nations foreign relations a Bush said. It could a have a chilling effect on the ability of our diplomats to conduct highly sensitive discussions concerning projects that Are vital to our National Security Quot House intelligence committee chairman Anthony a Beilenson p-Calif., who was not notified of Advance of the pocket veto said in a statement that he was a deeply disappointed by the move and noted Liat he had been told the measure was going to be signed. A this episode certainly will not contribute to the maintenance of what has been up to this Point an excellent working relationship Between the intelligence committees and the administration a Beilen amp on said. A v a. A and he said the provision Bush of to was simply an attempt by Congress to ensure that the same standards apply to Covert operations whether they Are carried out directly or indirectly. A congressional intelligence source said the restriction was not intended to apply to contacts with other governments to test their reactions or to determine whether an action is feasible or How it might be carried out. Beilenson and Senate intelligence committee chairman David Boren 0 okla., said Bush had received bad advice on the Legal Impact of some of the Bill a minor provisions