European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 30, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday june 30, 1991 the stars and stripes b Page 5man guilty of pipe bomb killings or m St. Paul Minn. Up1 Walter Leroy Moody jr., accused of waging a one Man War against the Federal courts has been found guilty of mailing pipe bombs that killed a . Circuit court of appeals judge in Alabama and a Savannah ga., civil rights attorney. A six Man six woman Federal jury returned with guilty verdicts Friday on All 71 counts against Moody. He now faces up to seven life sentences in Federal prison. Three of the counts including murder of a Federal judge carry mandatory life sentences without possibility of parole. Sentence will be pronounced in about 45 Days. A. A the defendant dressed in a Tan suit remained expressionless a As he had during most of the three week trial a As the verdicts were read. Moody 57, of Rex ga., was convicted of building and mailing pipe bombs that killed judge Robert Vance at his Mountain Brook ala., Home on dec. 16, 1989, and Robert Robinson a Savannah a Alderman and attorney two Days later. Throughout the trial prosecutors branded Moody As a scheming terrorist a con Man and criminal Mastermind. Assistant , attorney Louis Freeh said the defendant created an elaborate a chess game a covering his tracks and manufacturing evidence in his fight against the Federal judiciary culminating with the fatal bombings. A Moody maintained on the stand that the Kun flux klan engineered All of the attacks because of the groups failure to overturn convictions stemming from a january 1989 civil rights March in Georgia. The indictment contained 37 counts of threatening Federal court personnel including threats against 17 judges of the 11th circuit court of appeals. The indictment said Moody mailed a pipe bomb to the appeals court office in Atlanta and sent judges letters threatening them with assassination. A a. A Moody also was found guilty of mailing a bomb to a a act office in Jacksonville. Fla., and a tear  canister to a a act office in Atlanta. The defendant was suspected by Federal agents within Days of the pipe bombing that killed Robinson but it was not until about two months later when they began electronic eavesdropping of his Home that they were Able to build a Case against him. He was arrested in july 1990 on obstruction of Justice charges stemming from his attempts to get a 1972 pipe bomb Possession conviction overturned and since has been held in Federal custody. A a. A -. A \ prosecutors argued it was Moody a failed fight Over the 1972 conviction that sparked the attacks. A. The prosecution said lie targeted Robinson As Well As the a act offices to make flip attacks appear racially motivated. A the jury heard testimony from 94 witnesses including Moody a former wife and a Florida Man who said he welded three devices he believed Moody later used for the bombs. Moody a court appointed defense team argued much of the governments Case was circumstantial and that prosecutors Neyer sufficiently proved it was. Moody who mailed the bombs. Moody was the sole a cleanse witness. Defense lawyer Don Samuels said he and Tolley tried unsuccessfully to keep their client off the stand. A Flo Walter Leroy Moody or. Senate oks Washington apr the Senate on Friday approved an intelligence Bill that its sponsors say would Reform the Way the United states conducts Covert opera a tons. Quot a a Quot a a a. A a a a the measure now goes to a conference committee that will have to decide whether to adopt the Covert operations changes As prescribed by the Senate or a House version that does not include them. It could also decide to abandon the legislation Alto Covert procedures Gether since it applies to fiscal 1991, which is already More than two thirds Over. President Bush vetoed an earlier version last year saying it would place restrictions on countries carrying out Covert operations on behalf of the United states. Because of the veto the Cia has been conducting its business this fiscal year without Normal operating authority. The proposed changes governing Covert operations Are an outgrowth of the 1986-Iran-Contra affair. Last years vetoed measure redefined Covert actions that must be reported to Congress to include requests to third parties to carry out secret operations on behalf of the United states. Under the Bill All government agencies and not merely the Cia would be subject to the reporting requirements. That would close a loophole claimed by the Reagan administration under which Oliver North and the National Security Council ran the Iran Contra  the stars and stripes 10years ago june 30,1981 a foes of Iran a ruling Muslim zealots blew up the Tehran Headquarters of the islamic Republican party and killed Ayatollah Mohammed Beheshti the regimes no. 2 Man and 68 other revolutionary leaders. Tehran radio blamed the bombing on counter re a Volution Aries connected to the United states.-20 years ago june 30,1971 a americans highest military court in the Case of a Navy lieutenant declared it is a. Crime for an officer in the armed forces of fraternize with an enlisted Man. Although the practice had Long been taboo the . Court of military appeals had never before ruled it to be a violation of Law 30years ago june 30, 1961 a Usa eur announced that Tours of army male bachelors in most of Europe would be increased from two years to three. 40 years ago june 30, 1951 a Czechoslovakia agreed to release a norwegian Pilot who had been flying with the . Air Force and an american Pilot three weeks after the two made emergency landings in their . Jet fighter planes near Prague. Arts commission rejects design of proposed korean vets memorial the Washington Post. Washington a the commission of Fine arts has a a flatly rejected the proposed design for the korean War veterans memorial a .38 realistic ground troops set against a mural Wall a after five years of revisions a panel official said Friday. A the consensus was unanimous. The Bronze figures would overload the experience. With the mural Wall it was All too much a said j. Carter Brown commission chairman. A the commission deliberated and Felt that we had come to the Point when the designers should try another approach a he said. A though congressional authorization for the memorial expires if no construction permit is issued by oct. 28, Brown said he thought an Extension of that deadline is Likely. A a there a no Point in being forced into doing the wrong thing by an artificial  a All along the Fine arts commission and the National capital planning commission have expressed concern Olvat the sculptures were a too representational and urged that they be made More �?osculptural.�?�. The Pennsylvania state University architectural team that won the original design Competition has sued Over the revisions charging that the subsequent changes in its design glorify War. Cooper Lecky the Washington architectural firm commissioned to Complete the design is not so sure its plan is dead. A before we Call it quits we want to put some More. Work on it. We done to think this is the end of the Road a said Kent Cooper a partner in the firm. Far from accepting the defeat of the design Gen. Richard g. Stilwell chairman of the korean War veterans memorial advisory Board said Friday night. A a in be been around a Long time. In be Learned that we might lose a skirmish but not the  the Board has raised $11 million of the $15 million the memorial is expected to Cost a but they keep making these changes a Stilwell said. A we have already spent $3 million on this design. We Hope to modify this design to gain the approval of the Fine arts  the commissions decision came after the members on wednesday saw for the first time a one twelfth scale mock up of the proposed memorial in the studio of Cooper Leaky architects. The design is composed of 38 7-foot-High ground troops leading to a Pool with an inscribed Stone and a hag Plaza encircled by Linden Trees. A ,. A. Pile realistic figures by sculptor Frank Gaylord were to have been backed by a Wall by. Moralist Louis Nelson of highly polished Dakota mahogany Granite covered with photographs of service personnel etched in Bendy dots. Gunman shot to death Scottsdale Ariz. A a gunman who held a Bank employee hostage and taped a Shotgun to her neck was killed by an Fri Sharpshooter Friday after he began shooting at police. A the gunman had held 17 people hostage at one Point police said and was still holding three women when he was shot to death said Scottsdale police spokesman Mark Barnett. The gunman a identity Wasny to immediately released. Barnett said the woman who had the gun taped to her neck was injured but he did no to know How badly. Paramedics took her to a Hospital. The two other women were unhurt he said. All three were employees of the Valley National Bank Branch office. Witnesses said the ordeal began when a Man dressed in army camouflage cloth ing displayed a gun and announced he was robbing the Bank. At one Point the Man taped a gun to a woman a neck and held on to it from behind her said Karen Chaney one of the hostages. Quot about 2vi hours after the siege began the gunman began firing out the Bank a front door and an Fri Sharpshooter on the roof of  building killed him