European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 22, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Thursday August 22, 1991 the stars and stripes c Page 7seek judge s removal West Palm Beach Fla. A prosecutors and the woman who alleges William Kennedy Smith raped her said the judge is giving their Side dirty looks and they want her off the Case. In a motion filed tuesday the prosecution said circuit judge Mary Lupo has shown a obvious the prosecutors also said Lupo should step Down now to pre empt any attempt by defense attorneys to seek delays or appeals based on the Friendship Between Lupos family and the family of Ellen Roberts a prosecutor in the Case. Lupo a continually expresses her Dis. Like and prejudice against the state and its prosecution through negative facial expressions i.e., scowling glaring and frowning a said the prosecution led by Moira Lasch. The 30-year-old woman who said Smith raped her March 30 at the family a Palm Bench estate submitted an affidavit in agreement. She said live to coverage of pretrial hearings has convinced her that the judge can to be fair. A i have observed judge Lupo make negative facial expressions towards Moira Lasch As Well As her tone of voice and general attitude appear different toward is. Lasch As compared to the defense a the Jupiter Fla., woman said. It there was no immediate response from Lupo. Prosecutors and Smiths attorneys Are under a gag order and cannot discuss the Case against the 30-Ycar-old Nephew of sen. Edward m. Kennedy a mass. A i done to think its a Good tactical move a said Joe Mincberg an attorney for a Friend of the alleged victim. A i done to believe the judge will disqualify herself a he said he viewed the judges a Stone of voice and demean or As a totally frivolous a but said that the conflict of interest Issue should be properly raised by the defense. Smiths attorneys have not mentioned it. Lupo and Lasch have had tense exchanges at several hearings particularly since the judge granted the defense a postponement of the trial from aug. 5. To Jan. 13. The judge also rejected prosecutors demands that the trial be moved. In court papers the state said Lupos husband Edward Ricci is an old Friend and former Law partner of Gary Roberts the prosecutors husband. It also said Lupo s daughter and the prosecutors daughter Are a Best the prosecution said Lupo has resigned from other cases involving Ellen Roberts. Quot i abortion protest chiefs about 130 others held officers haul away a protester Onte of about 130 arrested tuesday after they rushed the Gate of a Wichita clinic. Wichita Kan. Up a police arrested about 130 anti abortion demonstrators who rushed the Gate of the women a health care services Quot clinic and Federal marshals served warrants on protest leaders elsewhere in Wichita. Gary Mccullough a spokesman for operation Rescue said two of the anti abortion groups leaders the revs. Patrick Mahoney and Keith Tucci were jailed pending court appearances wednesday. marshals acting on Bench warrants issued by . District judge Patrick Kelly arrested Mahoney on tuesday As he arrived at the Airport in Wichita. Marshals arrested Tucci As he finished a nationwide radio talk show. Mccullough said arrest warrants were also issued for other operation Rescue leaders including Randall Terry who was at his Home in new York on tuesday but planned to Fly to Wichita on wednesday. A at this Point we be got a judge Kelly who is out of control. He is using the marshals As his own Gestapo a Mccullough said lie said that Mahoney appeared in court tuesday afternoon and that Kelly ordered him held until he signed a statement that pledged he would not participate in or support future operation Rescue abortion clinic protests. Earlier tuesday demonstrators rushed a Gate at the abortion clinic As a car drove through it. The Iron Fence in front of the clinic has Wood slats on the sides. Several slats and a Cross Brace were broken where protesters climbed Over on the South Side of the clinic. Police and Deputy marshals met the protesters and arrested them. A number of protesters yelled a Jesus is lord. He is with us a As police put flexible plastic Handcuffs on them. A counter demonstrator yelled a put those cuffs on Nice and car Accident Sparks violence in new York new York apr several Hundred people clashed with police and looted stores tuesday night in a neighbourhood where a fatal car Accident led to violence Between Blacks and jews that left one Man dead. Police reported about 25 arrests and 30 injuries since the disturbances began. Two patrol cars were torched. On tuesday night youths hurled bottles and rocks at lines of police in riot gear and 15 officers were injured Deputy police commissioner Suzanne Trazoff said. Two stores were looted and one was set ablaze and three police vehicles were damaged including one set afire Trazoff said. She estimated that 300 to 400 people were involved in the melees. Cubans seize part of Alabama prison Talladega Ala. A cuban inmates took Over part of a Federal prison wednesday and were holding a number of hostages prison officials said. De Crosley a Public information officer for the Talladega Federal correctional institution said an emergency was declared at the prison after the incident began about 9 . Wednesday. He said cuban inmates who first were imprisoned at the institution As detainees from the 1980 Mariel boat lift took Over about half of the cuban Section of the prison. The prison opened in 1979, is located in the Foothills of Northern Alabama 100 Miles West of Atlanta and about 40 Miles East of Birmingham. It is primarily a medium Security prison but it also has a High Security unit for the cuban detainees As Well As a minimum Security prison Camp. It was designed to House 510 prisoners but As of March 31, 1990, there were 869 housed there. The prison Camp held an additional 101 prisoners nearly three times the number for which it was designed. The prison has a staff of 321. In Washington Bureau of prisons spokesman John Cannon said a a there a a situation in one of the living units involving cubans As Well As some hostages. We done to know How Many a Justice department source in Washington said initial reports from the prison put the number of hostages at Between eight and 10. It was not immediately known whether the hostages were guards or prison medical staff. Other details such As the number of inmates involved were not immediately available. Fred Gover chief Deputy with the . Marshals office in Birmingham said his office was sending personnel to the prison. The Talladega county sheriffs office said it was aware of a prison problem but had not been asked to Send officers. Dozens of cuban detainees were sent to the prison after rioting at prisons in Oakdale la., and Atlanta More than 3 i years ago. Some were returned to Cuba but others remained behind. 6 injured after being thrown from ride Sedalia to. Apr part of a whirling ride at the Missouri state fair broke off tuesday night hurling six children to the ground a fair spokeswoman said. Two of the youngsters were critically injured. The ride called the Graviton contains a Large spinning wheel. The floor of the ride drops out and centrifugal Force holds the riders against the sides said fair spokeswoman Diane Larkin. A pin sheared off causing one Side panel to rip off the wheel and taking the children with it she said. Fair director Roger Alewel said that the ride was slowing Down when the Accident occurred and that the children full about 5 feet to the ground. A boy and a girl both 12, were hospitalized in critical condition with head injuries said Phoebe Moore assistant director of nursing at Bothwell regional Hospital in Scalia. The four other children were hospitalized with serious injuries
