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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 12, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The St is and stripes sunday May 12, 1991smith surrenders in Palm Beac Mother confident hell be exonerated Palm Beach Fla. A William Kennedy Smith surrendered saturday to Palm Beach police on charges of rape and Battery. A i d like to make a statement but i want to take care a of this process first a Smith said As he arrived. Ilis Mother Jean Kennedy Smith was at his Side. Later she said that he was innocent and a someone is trying to ruin his  a a a they were mobbed by a crush of reporters who followed them up the stairs of the two Story Mediterranean style police department. Smith the 3 year old Nephew of sen. Edward Kennedy a mass was charged thursday with sexual Battery tantamount to rape and with Battery in Connic lion with an incident March 30 at the Kennedy family a oceanfront estate. He has denied any wrongdoing. After appearing at the police station where he was fingerprinted photographed and booked Smith was taken by police in Handcuffs to the Palm Beach count jail where he posted Bond. It was set earlier at $10,000. A his Mother spoke briefly to reporters while her son was inside the  i have full Confidence that he will be exonerated a she said a in be had great Pride in my son All his life. I m distressed that someone is trying to ruin his life and career when he a trying to help people. This is very upsetting Lor  she said she did no to know Why the woman would make such accusations. Asked How her son was doing she said a a he a very Strong he a innocent and he a doing very  originally Smiths lawyers had said he expected to surrender after the weekend. One of his lawyers Mark Schnapp was with him saturday. He was also accompanied by West Palm Beach lawyer Mark Merkin who was his College Roommate at Duke University. Smith is now a fourth year medical student at Georgetown University in Washington. A a Willie a a Tough Guy and his mothers a Tough lady Quot Merkin said. In a police affidavit released thursday a 29-year-old Jupiter. Fla., woman accused Smith of raping her after she met him in a nightclub and agreed to give him a ride Back to his family a Seaside Home. In the affidavit the woman described Smith As a a ferocious saying he tackled her and yelled a Stop it Bitch when she put up a struggle. The woman told police she wondered a Why no one in the House would come out and help Here in response to her screams a especially since she knew that sen. Ken William Kennedy Smith and his Mother Jean Kennedy Smith right walk into the Palm Beach police department on saturday. I he 30-year-old medical school student surrendered to police on charges of rape and Battery. Nedy was in the House a the affidavit said. A i never never heard her scream a said Kennedy who spoke to reporters on Friday in Cambridge mass., after he gave a speech at the Massachusetts Institute of technology. A i never heard it. I slept All the Way through to the next  Palm Beach police chief Joseph Terlizzese said Friday that statements from witnesses to he made Public 1 his week will support the affidavit. Kennedy said thursday he believes that his Nephew will be exonerated. Stanford dismisses instructor who protested drug policies by the new York times san Francisco a Stanford University on Friday dismissed a computer science instructor who had advocated drug use and boasted of carrying drugs in his Backpack while on Campus. The University said it took the action because the in Dructor Stuart t. Reges had violated University policies on drugs and alcohol and refused to comply with policies in the future. In particular Stanford officials said Reges had confirmed that he had carried illegal drugs on Campus and had paid for alcoholic beverages for students under the age of 21 at a University function. Stanford had been warned last month by Bob Martinez director of the office of National drug control a policy that it risked losing Federal financing if it did not comply with federally imposed anti drug policies. Martinez s warning came after Reges sent a letter to the Agency criticizing the Federal anti drug policies. Late last month Stanford placed Reges on paid leave and began an investigation that led to Friday s action. A a Reges has contended that his activities were protected by his rights of Freedom of speech and privacy. In a letter Friday to Reges James f. Gibbons Dean of the school of engineering said the dismissal was not based on Regest advocacy of drug use but because of his violation of policies w hich the Dean called a very so rious professional misconduct of an academician at Stanford  Gibbons added a my determination of professional misconduct is not based on the fact that you hold or state your opinion regarding University policy. There Are Many acceptable ways to object to a policy with which you disagree. However violating the policy is not an acceptable form of objection especially in a Community such As ours that promotes full and free discussion of opposing views.�?�. But Gibbons added that a i personally consider your advice to students extremely  Reges has said for instance that he advised a student about experimenting with mad a chemical variation of amphetamine that produces euphoria. The drug induces a a sense of liking everyone Quot he wrote in  to the Campus newspaper last november. Reges who had held the title of senior lecturer Friday condemned Stanford for a taking on an enforcement role for the Federal  he said in an interview that his dismissal was a clearly the result of government  he added that saying he had carried drugs in a Backpack is not illegal a the government can to touch me and yet Stanford has tired me Tor it Quot he said. A a they be become an agent in the War on  Quot Reges 32, said he will Appeal the decision under University procedures. He also said he is considering a Law suit against the school. Quot a a in a absolutely satisfied in a absolutely confident that when All the facts come out he will be vindicated a Kennedy said. At the same time Smith was charged thursday a Florida based supermarket tabloid the Globe was charged with violating a state Law barring the publication of the names of rape victims. A the Case has spurred a nationwide debate on the question i whether the news Media should keep such names private among the other Media that have used the woman a  Are the new York times and Abc news. A a a a a. A a a a a a a a. A a a a remains of Navy pilots plane found in w. Virginia from wire reports a _ Davis . A the wreckage of a Navy bomber that crashed while on a training Mission was found Friday in a rugged area of northeastern West Virginia. Both Crew members died the Navy said. A. A. A. A. The a-6e intruder was found near the Stony River Reservoir about 150 Miles West of Washington. D.c., said it. Col. Dave Caudill of the West Virginia civil air patrol in Charleston. The bodies of it. Robert Louis Zouhar 27, of Albuquerque n.m., and it. Ricky Alan Serex 32, of Salem ore., were found in the wreckage said cmdr. Steve Honda a Navy spokesman in Norfolk a. The cause of the crash was not immediately known he said. The Jet Leit Oceana naval air station in Virginia Beach va., on thursday afternoon for a flight and was reported overdue several hours  adds another Condor los Angeles a a California Condor Chick pecked out of its Aqua coloured Shell at the los Angeles zoo the seventh Condor hatching at the zoo this year an official said Friday  
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