Discover Family, Famous People & Events, Throughout History!

Throughout History

Advanced Search

Publication: European Stars and Stripes Thursday, May 30, 1991

You are currently viewing page 7 of: European Stars and Stripes Thursday, May 30, 1991

     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 30, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday May 30, 1991 the stars and stripes a age 7 m  �8ps5s5>��- Vic a a a a a f t n a i Jim $ amp it Ltd y a. A x Ltd j it it w Quot. V a Quot amp or Ltd a a a  is i a a a p it it to by it we a is it n it it v it a a \ / a a a 5. It rvs by its its Quot a v->ic-3- it it Ai 5s it Ltd it amp a get wild and woolly Tumble my prosecutor to pursue North Case despite High court s ruling a three . Naval Academy midshipmen plunge into the Severn River in Annapolis md., on tuesday after their final color Parade at the Academy. Midshipmen traditionally jump into the River or a Fountain to Cool themselves after wearing their Wool uniforms for the last time. By Bob Dart Cox news service Washington rebuffed by the supreme court the special Iran Contra prosecutor vowed tuesday to continue the costly Case against former Marine it. Col. Oliver l.  in a defeat for Independent counsel Lawrence Walsh the justices let stand an appeals court ruling that the former White House aide May have been denied a fair trial. Setting aside North a conviction the appeals court had said prosecutors would have to return to the trial judge and prove that their Case was not tainted by the testimony North gave to a congressional committee under a Grant of immunity. Without comment the supreme court refused to hear Walsh a Appeal of this ruling. T a we arc of course disappointed that the supreme court would not take the North Case at this time a Walsh said tuesday. He said his office will go ahead with an a item by items review of evidence ordered by the appeals court. That hearing will be conducted by . District judge Gerhard a. Csell who Percsi did Over North a trial. Brendan Sullivan North a attorney immediately denounced the decision by Walsh to a embark upon yet another major courtroom battled that could last months or even years. A col. North and his family have suffered enough during the four and a half years since this Case began a Sullivan said. A col. North has been subjected to the largest most costly criminal pros Ccu Tion in the history of the United  last week the National Law journal estimated the Cost of the Independent counsels operation at $35 million Sullivan said. However rep. Lee Hamilton d-ind., co chairman of the congressional Iran Contra committee said a Dollar limit could not be set on obtaining Justice. A the judicial processes should run to their conclusion he said. The supreme court ruling also Jopar Dizes the conviction of former National Security adviser John Poindexter North a former Boss at the White House. Poindexter has likewise charged that his immunized congressional testimony was illegally used in his trial. The biggest scandal of the Ronald Reagan presidency the Iran Contra affair involved secret sales of missiles to Iran. The profits were used to buy weapons for the contras at a time North when Congress had banned such dealings with the nicaraguan rebels. North was at the Center of both Covert operations. Under a limited Grant of immunity he testified before a special congressional committee in 1987. Two years later he was convicted of destroying secret White House documents helping obstruct congressional investigators and accepting an illegal gift a a $13,000 Home Security system. He was sentenced to 1,200 hours of Community service which he has completed and fined $150,000. The appeals court voting 2-1 last july temporarily set aside the convictions for accepting an illegal gift and for misleading Congress. The other conviction was overturned out the two judges voting to set aside the conviction were appointed by Reagan. The appeals court ordered an exhaustive review of the trial testimony to determine if it was influenced by North a appearance before the congressional committee. In appealing to the supreme court Walsh had called the requirements  on tuesday though he said a we shall proceed with the remand in accordance with the decision of the court of  Kennedy s Nephew had sex with accuser tests indicate Palm Beach Fla. Apr genetic tests indicate William Kennedy Smith had sex with a woman who says he raped her at the Kennedy family estate. Specifically a Dan analysis released tuesday shows an apparent match Between Smiths blood and evidence taken from the body and clothes of his alleged victim. 1. A a a a a Smith who is to be arraigned Friday on charges of second degree sexual Battery and Misdemeanour Battery has denied wrongdoing. He Hasni to confirmed or denied having Intercourse with the woman. But his Cousin Patrick Kennedy has told authorities that Smith told him that he had sex with her. Mark Schnapp Smiths Miami attorney did not return repeated Telephone Calls after the test results were released by Palm Beach police on tuesday. Prosecutors and police consider Dan tests highly reliable As evidence of sexual Contact. The chances of another person having the same Dan makeup As Smith Are 1 in 300,000, the report said. But the results would not indicate whether Force was used and defense attorneys often Challenge the reliability of such tests. Edna is an individuals genetic signature found in the chromosomes of every tissue cell. The report said Dan profiles from vaginal swabs and the woman a underwear match blood samples taken from Smith. None of the hair samples taken from the woman matched Smiths hair according to the report. Police would not discuss the  chief Joseph Terlizzese said the Dan results probably were the final piece of key evidence in the investigation of the alleged March 30 rape. Police waited two months for the results from an Fri Laboratory in. Virginia. / Smith a 30-year-old Nephew of Massachusetts sen. Edward m. Kennedy is free on bail. The 29-year-old woman has said she drove Smith to the estate after meeting him at a Palm Beach nightspot and that after they walked on the Beach he tackled and raped her. A the Dan tests were performed on tissue taken from vaginal swabs the woman a underwear her dress her pubic hair a pair of shorts and a to shirt. Smith gave police samples of his blood and hair from his head and pubic area. The woman has told investigators that she did no to change her underwear before going to a Hospital for a rape exam but did take off her dress and put on shorts and a to shirt provided by a Friend Anne Mercer. Also tuesday Smiths attorneys asked Palm Beach circuit judge Mary Lupo for More time to file motions for dismissal of the charges. They asked for a hearing wednesday but court officials indicated the matter would be put off until Friday. Man sues airlines after being pricked by used Needle Chicago up a a Man identified Only As John Doe filed suit tuesday against United airlines alleging he was pricked by a used Needle hidden in a seat pocket aboard a los Angeles to Chicago flight. Attorney Philip Corboy filed suit on behalf of the Man in Cook county circuit court. No damages were specified. United airlines which is based in Chicago declined to comment. Corboy said the incident occurred May 22. Corboy said his client got tired of Reading and went to put his glasses in his seat pocket. When he reached in he Felt something stick his Middle Finger and when he pulled his hand out a lancet which is used by diabetics to test blood was imbedded in it. Corbo7 said flight attendant Doran Upton took the Needle from the Man and clean Etc the blood off his Finger. The Man took the Needle Back when he got off the plane and turned it Over to his doctor for testing. Corboy said the Man has been vaccinated for hepatitis and is undergoing a Battery of viral tests including tests for the virus that causes acquired immune deficiency syndrome  
Browse Articles by Decade:
  • Decade