European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 16, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday. May 16. 1991 the stars and stripes a Page 7kennedy son s Story conflicts with father s Palm Beach Fla. Apr sen. Edward Kennedy knew before he left Palm Beach on easter weekend that his Nephew had been accused of rape and that police wanted to talk to him. Kennedy s son told investigators./. A a a Patrick Kennedy also told police that his Cousin William Kennedy Smith admitted having sex it Vith. The alleged victim. Smith has denied any wrongdoing but has a not publicly indicated whether he had sex with the woman. A aaa. The senator has repeatedly denied that he knew before leaving Florida on april 1 that Smith his 30-year-old Nephew was accused of raping a woman on the Lawn of the Kennedy estate March 30 /. Y Quot a a a but Patrick Kennedy a Rhode Island lawmaker told police in a sworn state Meh released tuesday that his. Father knew of thie accusation. And the senator himself admitted in a sworn statement that he knew of Calls from the police inquiring about a Quot serious offence Quot but did not return those Calls. / according to the documents Patrick Kennedy said his father Learned of the rape allegation in a Conversa Tion the evening of March 31 with William Barry a former Fri agent and chief of Security for the estate. Investigators asked Patrick. A so your father was there to hear of the allegation of sexual Battery from the lips of Bill Barry Patrick responded.  sexual Battery is the term for rape under Florida Law. Earlier on Narch 31. Police who went to the estate looking for the senator and his Nephew were turned away by Barry who said they had already left town. The senator said As late As Friday that he did not respond to the police because he did no to know a rape investigation was involved. A i was never never told that weekend that there would be an alleged charge against Willie Smith that he had raped a Young woman a he said at a news conference Friday. In the police file however the senator did acknowledge that he knew within hours of the incident that a Quot serious offence a had been reported. A investigators. Also asked the senator whether he sought Legal advice about the charges against Smith Over the weekend a before he supposedly found out about the allegations. Kennedy admitted that lie called Miami attorney Marvin Rosen a longtime supporter and democratic party fund Raiser.  sworn statements were contained in a 1.300-Page police file on the investigation of a 29-Vear-old woman s allegation that she was raped by Smith after meeting the medical student at a bar and giving him a ride to the estate. Smith surrendered saturday on a rape charge and was freed on si0.000 bail. A a a a a according to the files. Patrick Kennedy tool police that Smith admitted having sex with the woman. Quot How was she did you Wear Protection Quot Patrick Kennedy. 24. Said he asked his Cousin the next morning. _ a a a a. A a. A a a a a a a a a. A a Amanda Smith. Smith s 23-year-old sister told investigators it was sen. Kennedy s idea that he and his son and Nephew go out on the town the night before the alleged rape. The senator rounded up the Young men about 1.1 30 . A Teddy woke them up and got them out of bed and asked them if they would like to go to town a she said. Patrick Kennedy told police a complicated tale about the woman who has said she was tackled and raped by Smith. Patrick Kennedy called her Quot sort of a a fatal attraction a person who acted a whacked out Quot and would not leave the House. Quot fatal attractions is a movie about an obsessed woman who torments her married Lover s family. It he said he saw someone he believes was the woman saying goodbye to Smith and leaving the estate. But Patrick Kennedy said the w Oman returned to the estate and appeared inside the House startling both him and his Cousin. Quot in my View this was sort of a a fatal attraction you could t get rid of and she was saying All sorts of wild  Patrick Kennedy said.  Kennedy charged with Drunken driving. _. 1 /. A v a a a a. A _ a a Quincy. Mass. Ajoan Kennedy Lor her i Fen sen Edward  was freed i it a bail after being arrested on Drunken driving  the second time in three years police said a a a a a a a a Quot a v a a Quot a. A. State trooper Barbara Bennett said loan Kennedy was spotted swerving across All three northbound lanes on the Southeast expressway. Quot traffic was backed up behind this  Bennett said. Kennedy was arrested about 4 30 pan. And posted bail soon afterwards Bennett said. A Kennedy. 55.once described herself As a recovering alcoholic and member of alcoholics Anonymous. In 49x8, she was arrested on a Drunken driving charge after her car crashed into a Fence on Cape a of. The Ken Nedys divorced in 19x3. Juan Kenned Whites favored 3-to-l in hiring study finds by the los Angeles times a a a a Washington a ground breaking study of workplace discrimination that sent a matched Quot pairs of White and Black men to compete for the same jobs has found that White applicants Are three times More Likely to receive a Job offer and almost three times More Likely to Advance in the hiring process. The Urban Institute study sent teams of Black and White Job seekers with identical qualifications to apply for 476 jobs advertised in newspapers in Washington and Chicago. The results released tuesday refute popular arguments that hiring decisions Are Colo Blind or that Blacks receive preferential workplace treatment. Officials called it a the first major study directly measuring unequal treatment of Black and White Job  the study found that 15 percent of the White applicants received Job offers compared with Only 5 percent of the Blacks. Moreover White men crossed More employment hurdles than their Black counterparts 20 percent of the time while Black men crossed More hurdles 7 percent of the time. And although the White men experienced rude or otherwise unfavourable treatment in 27 percent of their Job searches Black applicants were treated unfavourably in 51 percent of their employment efforts. The findings Are contained in a 33-Page report entitled Quot opportunities denied opportunities diminished discrimination in  the findings discredit arguments that affirmative action programs Foster reverse. Discrimination by establishing Job Quot quotas Quot for minorities and denying employment opportunities to More qualified White applicants its co authors said. They also argued that their finding May bolster the Case for passage of the civil rights Bill of 1991, which would make it easier for Job applicants to prove workplace discrimination. Some also suggest the study might ignite a Call for refocusing the enforcement of anti discrimination Laws with new concentration on stricter policing of Job entry discrimination rather than on the Job Bias. Employers a were caught in the  senior researcher Raymond Struyk said noting the study a descriptions of employers disproportionate preference Lor White men Over equally qualified Black  department faulted for love canal investigation Buffalo n y a the department of Justice botched its investigation of charges that the army dumped toxic waste at love canal a Federal judge said i tuesday. / a the Justice department relied too heavily on the army a cooperation and was Quot guilty of a disturbing naivete in the Way it investigated the charges . District judge John t. Curtin wrote. The Justice department eventually concluded that the allegations of dumping at love canal were unfounded. But. Curtin said the department failed to prevent the army from destroying any Doc in cents that May have existed. Curtin unsealed a 19.80 Justice depart meat memorandum in which army officials admitted dumping waste in Maryland but denied doing so at love canal located in Niagara Falls. The judge ordered the army to compile a list of other documents pertaining to the Case. They Are to be released next week. Curtin a opinion came in a lawsuit in Federal court to decide who pays $700 million in damages and cleanup costs from the love canal toxic waste dump. Attorneys for new York state and the Federal government seek payment from Occidental chemical corp.,which owns Hooker chemicals amp plastics corp. Dallas based Hooker said Niagara Falls new York state and the Federal government share blame for the chemical contamination and should Bear part of the Cost. A the United states army has spent 13 years lying to the Community Here in Western new York about their involve Meni in love  Occidental lawyer a Thomas ii. Truitt said. Quot this is classic stonewalling and they got  col. Joseph Allred an army spokesman at the Pentagon said he knew nothing about the Case. Amy Casner a Justice department spokeswoman declined to respond to Curtin a criticism. The .1980 memorandum recounted allegations by a former civilian army employee that the army dumped radioactive rocket fuel and the compound Tri Chlora inline at love canal. The Justice department concluded that the allegations of dumping at love canal were unfounded. Man who heard wife s screams writes open letter to murderer Jacksonville i la. A a Man who heard his wife a screams Over the Telephone when she was fatally stabbed said tuesday that lie wrote an open letter to the killer or killers a to see if they even have a conscience quota. A the letter written on mothers Day by William Edward Wright was published in tuesday editions of the Florida . Quot instead of having a wonderful Mother s Day with my wife and children. We will be trying to understand Why she is not. Alive and w by someone could do such a horrible  Wright said in the letter. Quot i Hope that you remember in your mind this bloody selfish cruel and inhuman incident forever. It is very hard for me to believe that you took the life of any human being much less my  Carolyn Wright 40, was killed april 30. She was attacked in her Home while talking to her. Husband by Telephone. Wright immediately dialled 911 from his office. But by the time police arrived his wife was dead and the killer had tied. Police have not arrested anyone in the slaying. In a Telephone interview tuesday. Wright said. A hopefully if they have a conscience maybe they will think about it.�?�. A lie said he did t write the letter addressed Quot dear murderer a a with the belief that the killer would turn himself in. A i guess it was. My Way of trying to get Back at him in a  Wright said. Quot but i  complain if he did turn himself in. The letter asks the killer to think about the a murder on each Mother s Day birthdays and other special occasions Quot remember you re a murderer. How can flu live with yourself do you have a family think of yourself or someone like yourself killing them. May this incident torment your life As Long As you May live a the Leiter said. Ltd