European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 9, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday december 9, 1990 the stars and stripes Page 7 to Corpus christ1, Texas apr a newspaper reporter was handcuffed and taken to jail Friday for refusing to answer certain questions about her interviews with a capital murder defendant. The Texas court of criminal Appeal refused later to consider an Appeal and gave no explanation. Earlier state District judge Eric Brown gave Libby Averyt of the Corpus Christi caller times a final Chance to answer questions before he signed an order to jail her for contempt of court Averyt 26, again refused. Quot miss Averyt it appears we Are both actors playing our parts Quot Brown said before sheriffs deputies led her off to jail. Quot we Are both doing our  Brown ordered Averyt jailed thursday but did not sign the order until Friday. The judge found her in contempt of court at a pretrial hearing in the murder trial of Bermarr Arnold. Averyt was found in contempt after she defied an ordered to testify invoking the first amendment and similar provisions of the Texas Constitution. She refusing 12 times to answer questions about her interviews with Arnold in october and november. Averyt and the newspaper s attorney Jorge Rangel maintained that journalists should not be compelled to reveal information obtained from sources if that information is not published. A a but Brown said the rights of a Man on trial for murder outweigh the press privilege to withhold material. Reporter Libby Averyt is escorted in Handcuffs from court. Attorneys for the newspaper sought to have Averyt released on Bond. Initially the judge ordered Averyt placed in the custody of a Bailiff in his court at the nieces county courthouse. She was later moved to a county jail cell. Quot right now today pm prepared to spend the Wecker end in jail Quot acpt said after her Appeal was refused. Quot i have not changed my mind about answering the questions. I still have a Strong belief that if this is allowed to happen then fewer people arc going to talk to  nine Media organizations opposed to the reporters jailing filed a Quot Friend of the court Quot Brief on her behalf at the criminal appeals court. T Brown ordered Averyt jailed indefinitely until she answers a defense attorneys questions about her interviews with Arnold who faces trial in the 1983 slaying of 21-year-old jewelry store clerk Christina Sanchez according to a Crytz a reports Arnold discussed the robbery and slaying and expressed a Lack of remorse his belief that he deserves the death penalty his previous criminal activity and told How he manipulated the insanity defense in previous trials for other crimes. She conducted several interviews with Arnold at the jail and Over the Telephone. The defense contends that without Averytt a testimony the Only Way it can respond tothe articles would be to place Arnold on the stand which would violate her fifth amendment right not to testify. A. Votes to Man Kansas City to. A the elite Kansas City country club voted Friday to admit jewish businessman Henry Bloch. His earlier denial of membership caused golfer Tom Watson to withdraw from the club in protest. In a special Board meeting club leaders unanimously agreed to approve the membership application of Bloch if it is resubmitted the 400-member club has no jewish or Black members. Watson a five time Winner of the British open and a former . Open Champion resigned after a revelation last week that a secret membership committee had rejected Bloch a application. Watson who grew up playing Golf at the club said he could not tolerate belonging to an organization that bars jewish members. Watson is not jewish but his wife and children Are. Club president l. Chandler Smith said in a news conference after the meeting that he had called Bloch who he said seemed pleased about the decision. Bloch is co founder of the nationwide tax preparation service a amp a Block. Smith said he did not know if Bloch would reapply. Smith declined to answer questions about Watson a relationship with the club located in the Kansas City suburb of Mission Hills Kan. The 94-year-old private club is considered among the areas most prestigious. A Board statement said the club is committed to a policy of non discrimination and to the Good Faith implementation of that policy. Smith said about 17 officers and Board members attended the meeting and they unanimously approved the new policy. A Watson spokesman said he would have no comment in the Board decision death squad informer struggles to avoid return to Al Salvador Alexandria a. Up a former salvadoran intelligence officer who implicated his governments military in Quot death squad Quot activities was sentenced to six months in jail Friday for illegally entering the United states. Cesar Vielman Joya Martinez 27, also faces possible deportation to Al Salvador after Bis prison  Martinez fled to the United states in october 1989 and said he participated in several death squad operations of the salvadoran army s first brigade. He was charged with illegal re entry into the United states after he appeared at the immigration and naturalization service in Arlington va., for a hearing on his eligibility for political Asylum. ,. Joya Martinez was deported from the United states in 1983. A a Daniel Alcorn his lawyer said a decision on his clients deportation status is pending with the ins. The decision could be announced Quot any time now Quot Alcorn said. / a. _ a v a a a a a a a Alcorn said his clients Quot main fear is going Back Quot to Al Salvador where Joya Martinez fears he could be killed for what he said about the salvadoran army. Quot he broke the code of silence about the army of Al Salvador and that a Why he a fearful about going Back Quot Alcorn said. Joya Martinez will be assigned to a Federal prison to serve his time Alcorn said Quot he a relieved because the sentence is relatively Light Quot Alcorn said adding that prosecutors were seeking the maximum 10-month penalty for the charge. A Alcorn said if his client loses the ins Case it will be appealed giving Joya Rmartinez another year in the United states a a Disney tramp doll removed from store following protest by the Stamford advocate Stamford Conn. A a National toy store Chain pulled Disney a Quot Steve the tramp Quot doll from its shelves Friday after a dozen homeless people and their advocates picketed outside a mall Here. \ the group gathered at the Stamford town Center Friday to protest the Sale of the toy because they said it degraded the homeless. A Quot Steve the tramp Quot is a Quot Dick Tracy action figure Quot whose package describes him As an Quot ignorant bum dirty and scarred from a life on the streets. You la smell him before you see him Quot j Quot i have a 6-year-old kid and there a no Way i want my kid to believe this about the homeless Quot said Carlton. White Horn a Volunteer for new covenant soup  a a a a a Quot in a homeless and you done to smell me before you see me. Id like to let Disney know that Jesus Christ was homeless too Quot athe activists organized the protest after an episcopal priest the Rev. Christopher Rose of Hartford Conn put Quot Steve the tramp Quot at the top of his annual list of Quot warped toys for Christmas Quot circulated to social action groups. A. The protest which urged mail toy stores and customers to Boycott Disney products and Quot Steve the tramp Quot persuaded an official of Kay Bee toy amp Hobby to remove the toy from jts 1,200 stores in the United states. Quot the character would be Fine if it was just an old curmudgeon but i think the copy on the package goes too far Quot said Ken Cunniff vice president of advertising for California based Kay Bee. V Quot Steve the tramp Quot is one of 14 Quot action figures Quot of criminals and mobsters inspired by the Quot Dick Tracy Quot movie produced by Disney owned Touchstone pictures.  the Only action figure described As a Street person. Quot hardened and bitter after a life on the mean streets Steve the tramp is a lout who would just As soon take your life As your Wallet a a reads the a biography Quot on the package. A a a a a a Quot despite a Low in he Sas dangerous As they come because he does no to have anything to  the package also notes that Quot Steve the tramp Quot recruits runaway children Quot into his army of Little Street thieves and con artists Quot which protesters said imposes a negative image on thousands of homeless children. In a written statement Friday the Walt Disney co. Defended the toy As Quot not intended in any Way to represent the  Quot we can appreciate the desire to publicize the plight of the homeless Quot the statement sad. Quot however it is stretching the Point to focus Energy on fictional Dick Tracy villain a Steve the tramp. A a Disney said that the character was based on Fagin from Charles Dickens Quot Oliver twist and had been part of the pick Tracy comic strip since  created by Chester Gould in the 1930s. Fridays protesters said that longevity does not make an attitude acceptable Quot these Days everything is so racist and violent a said Laurie Lackyard after accepting a leaflet  protesters Quot i done to think we re giving our children a very positive attitude about today a society. Quot Cunniff said that Kay Bee would never have distributed the toy if it had scrutinized each Dick Tracy action figure Quot this protest called it to our attention and we addressed it immediately a he said