European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 28, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday september 28, 1991 the stars and stripes a Page 7 panel oks crime Bill expanding death penalty Washington apr a $1.1 billion anti crime package that would expand the death penalty to 48 new crimes and ban some assault style weapons has been approved by the House judiciary committee. The sweeping anti crime legislation approved thursday after 3 / Days of debate would help state and local governments a put More police on the streets. A improve programs for Youthful offenders. A give drug treatment to More prisoners. House speaker Thomas s. Foley d-wash., said the House would debate the measure next month. Rep. Charles e. Schumer d-n.y., said he was optimistic that the fights Over the death penalty and other issues that blocked passage last year of comprehensive crime legislation would not be an obstacle this year. A a i he old ideological fights Are losing their strength Quot said Schumer who chairs the Quot panel s crime subcommittee. But republicans Are expected to wage floor fights As they did last year to make it easier to impose the death penalty and further restrict the ability of state prisoners to Challenge their sentences in Federal court. Rep. George Gekas r-pa., complained that the Bill a in Many different ways tries valiantly to defeat the death  Schumer said that while democrats believe that Quot the death penalty is an appropriate form of punish Quot ment they also believe you better be careful you Don t execute the wrong  a floor tight on the assault weapon ban is also expected though gun control proponents scored a big Victory last Spring when the House approved a seven Day waiting period for handgun purchases known As the Brady Bill. The Bill is named after former White House press it Secretary James Brady who was left disabled when he was shot in the head when a gunman shot president Reagan in 1981. The Senate s crime Bill includes a modified version of the Brady Bill that requires a five Dav waiting period for handgun purchases while local police Cheek criminal histories of prospective buyers. President Bush has demanded enactment of several controversial provisions As a condition for signing gun control legislation. Bush has sought an expanded Federal death penalty wider latitude Tor police to conduct searches and More restrictions on Hareas Corpus petitions used by death Row inmates to delay their  Marlboro Man settles cancer suit former a Marlboro Man Quot Wayne Mclaren who has reached a settlement in his lawsuit against a doctor stands outside his Corona Del mar Calif., Home on wednesday. Cia zeroed in on iraqi terrorists Webster says by the los Angeles times Washington a . Intelligence agencies helped arrange the arrest and detention of iraqi agents in a successful Effort to cripple Saddam Hussein s a plans for world terror during the persian Gulf crisis former Cia director William h. Webster said thursday. Websters comments at an american bar association committee breakfast represent the most extensive description by any . Official of the a a proactive Campaign waged by . Intelligence and its counterparts worldwide to counter Hussein a terror teams. A some said we overestimated the threat of terrorism in desert storm and desert shield a Webster told the Abas committee on Law and National Security. A someday that tremendous Story will be told of How the intelligence Community assisted aggressively and out front a i think the term used to be proactive a in working with Liaison intelligence services around the world a he said. Webster said that the cooperative Effort enabled . Officials to identify arrest detain and question members of the terrorist teams sent out by the iraqi president. In some cases iraqi agents were persuaded to assist the United states and its allies through a process of recruitment a that prevented his original plans for world terror from Ever taking place a Webster said. He did not indicate whether the iraqis became double agents for the allies ranged against Iraq s occupation of Kuwait or simply provided useful information. Quot it s a Story that badly needs to be told a at the right time Quot said Webster who retired from the Agency earlier this month. Robert m. Gates president Bush a nominee to replace Webster said during his Senate confirmation hearings Lanct week that a the relative absence of terrorism in the period before during and after the War with Iraq is one of the great Success stories of the  in discussing the challenges facing the Cia Webster said that a terrorism will not go  he said that terrorism a Impact on individuals and their ability to travel As Well As on political leaders who Are unable to counter it a fall have enormously destabilizing  s Friend guilty of tax evasion theft Santa Ana Calif. Apr a cancer stricken Model who depicted the robust a Marlboro Man Quot in advertisements agreed to Settle his malpractice lawsuit against a doctor who allegedly failed to diagnose a tumor. The out of court settlement was announced wednesday but terms were not disclosed. Quot i done to think there s any compensation that could Ever be arrived at that would be satisfactory a said Wayne Mclaren 49, of Corona Del mar. Quot How much is a Many a life Worth a Mclaren a pack and a half a Day smoker for about 25 years was featured in 1975 print ads As the a Marlboro  in his Orange county Superior court lawsuit Mclaren said he went to or. William Freud in Newport Beach on sept. 5, 1989, complaining of a cough. A Chest a Ray taken during the examination detected a lung tumor but the a Ray was never reviewed by the doctor the lawsuit said. Eight months later a second doctor took another Chest a Ray and it was Learned Mclaren Slung cancer was in its advanced stage the lawsuit said. The lawsuit alleged that Freud was negligent for not Reading Mclaren a first a Ray but Freud denied any wrongdoing. He testified tuesday that Mclaren never showed up for a follow up examination after the a rays were taken. The physician said he never examined the a Ray saying it is common to review a rays during follow up appointments. Chemotherapy and radiation treatment appeared to successfully kill the cancer but it was Learned in january that the cancer had spread to Mclaren a brain and he was Given Only a few years to live his lawyer said. By the los Angeles times los Angeles a a longtime Friend and business associate of los Angeles mayor Tom Bradley was convicted of felony embezzlement and tax evasion charges thursday. But a mistrial was declared on a Central allegation that she stole $178,000 from a City funded Africa Trade group. A los Angeles county Superior court jury found Juanita St. John guilty of stealing $5,000 from a University of California los Angeles based anti genocide group where she served As treasurer. St. John also was convicted of two felony counts of filing false state tax returns involving $125,000 in unreported income. The jury could not reach a verdict on a third tax evasion charge. The jury deadlocked 8-4, leaning toward conviction on a charge that St. John pilfered funds from the non profit task Force for Africa los Angeles relations. St. John was executive director of the task Force a pet project of Bradley that figured prominently in the recent ethics controversy surrounding the mayor. Bradley a name was never far from the Case and St. John a political fund Raiser for the mayor called him As a defense witness. St. John could lace up to four years in prison when she returns to court next month for sentencing. Man sentenced for murder that was partially videotaped Tyler Texas a a 23-year-old Man was sentenced to 30 years in prison thursday for murdering a Constable in a crime partially recorded on videotape. Jesus a a Jesse Cortez Zambrano pleaded guilty april 11 to taking part in the murder of Darrell Lunsford 47, in january. Zambrano testified against Brothers Baldemar Sambrano Villarreal 29, and Reynaldo Sambrano Villarreal 25, who were convicted of murder in Lunsford a death. The older brother received a life sentence without parole and the younger was sentenced to 40 years in prison. The Villarreals were convicted in july after a jury viewed a dramatic videotape of the Brothers and Zambrano attacking the Constable. The Constable started the video camera mounted on the dash of his patrol car before getting out to question the suspects during a routine traffic Stop in Garrison in Northeast Texas. The videotape showed the men attacking the Constable but the murder of the officer with his own pistol occurred out of the picture. Moments later the videotape showed Baldemar Villarreal carrying the pistol