European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 28, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 a the stars and stripes monday october 28, 1991 Barry enters prison to begin sentence for cocaine Possession Petersburg a. Up a former Washington mayor Marion Barry entered Federal prison saturday for possessing cocaine while running the nations capital telling supporters he would endure his six month sentence by drawing strength from god a in my  ringed by friends and supporters a solemn but defiant Barry 55, held a news conference at his Washington d.c., Home before heading for what will be his residence for the next six months a the minimum Security lockup in Petersburg. A i am prepared to go a Barry said. A god has Given me strength and courage to carry on. Barry a arrested last year in a hotel room sting that filmed him smoking drugs while with a Girlfriend a talked saturday of what he called a government bid to drive him out of the mayors office which he held for 12 years. A let us not forget since 1981 the . Government had targeted my administration a he said contending it ran a corruption probe to catch him a stealing and taking  a after All these years a Barry said proudly a not one Penny was taken by  the former mayor was then driven to the prison and surrendered three Days after an appeals court rejected his request to postpone his six month sentence. Barry was arrested in january 1990 after being lured to a downtown Washington hotel by Hazel a a Rasheedah Moore a former fashion Model who had a Long relationship with the mayor. She also said they used cocaine hundreds of times. Well wishers Greet former Washington Marion Barry outside his Home saturday. New witness challenges account of alleged rape victim in Smith Case by new Day Palm Beach Fla. A a new witness challenging the credibility of the reported victim in the William Kennedy Smith rape Case has testified under oath that the woman s account of events leading up to the March 30 incident at the Kennedy family estate is flawed. In his oct. 18 sworn deposition Anthony Liott said he told prosecutors and defense attorneys that the woman telephoned him and then met him at a Palm Beach restaurant called taboo shortly before she met Smith at another local nightspot. Nowhere in her five statements to authorities  the reported victim include the alleged meeting with Liott when she was asked to give an accounting of the places she went that night. A i done to know the reason Why she never brought it up a Liott said saturday. Smiths lawyers prosecutors and the woman a attorneys did not return Telephone Calls. Under a limited gag order imposed in the Case they Are not permitted to comment on such matters As potential trial testimony. The woman a apparent failure to report the meeting May give Smith s attorneys a critical Opportunity to question her honesty in front of the jurors. Since this Case which does not rest on compelling physical evidence or corroborating testimony pits the woman s charge against Smith s denial issues of credibility could decide the verdict. A every time a Hole shows up in her Story her credibility is diminished a said one experienced prosecutor who asked for anonymity. A the jury might wonder a if she would lie about something As apparently insignificant As this Why  she lie about the More essential details a a jury selection in the Case is scheduled to Start wednesday. Smith 31, is charged with second degree sexual Battery one of Florida a rape counts and first degree Misdemeanour Battery. The woman says Smith tackled and then raped her at the Kennedy family estate after she drove him Home during the Early hours of March 30. In an interview saturday Liott said he and the Florida woman have been friends for More than eight years. In the weeks before the incident Liott said the reported victim would come to visit him occasionally at the restaurant la Trattoria i Capri in Palm Beach where he worked As a bartender. During the evening of March 29, according to Liotto a account the woman called him at work about 11 . And asked him to meet her after his restaurant closed. Liott agreed. Sometime Between 12 30 and 1 . On March 30, Liott and an a out of town Friend a whom he declined to identify arrived at taboo where the reported victim met them. Liott said the woman also had called him earlier in the week to let him know she was going to be in Palm Beach that night. A she was there for just 10 to 15 minutes a Liott said. A it was just chitchat. I done to even think she had a  House members slash mailing costs by half Washington apr House members have Cut the Cost of their free mailings by nearly 50 percent in response to restrictions imposed a year ago the National taxpayers Union said saturday. The lawmakers spent $15 million for the first six months of 1991, compared with $28.4 million for the same period in 1989, the last non election year the organization said. Mail costs normally soar in an election year. The spending came to an average of 13.5 cents per address. Mail allocations for House members Are based on a formula that multiplies the number of residential addresses by three and then multiplies that total by 29 cents. Last october the House voted to allow individual members to mail up to $178,000 Worth of postage a year require each members mailing expenses to be published quarterly and permit the postmaster general to halt free mailings if a member uses his or her full allowance. A while the House reforms have Cut the free mailing abuses the House still spends far too much on congressional junk mail a said James Davidson chairman of the taxpayers group. Davidson said Federal election commission figures show that House challengers spent less for their combined campaigns than the one year appropriation for a year of incumbents free mailings. The House with its 435 members far outdistanced the $5.1 million spent by the 100-member Senate for the first half of 1991. Senators who have More restrictive rules than the House spent an average 2.1 cents per address. The National taxpayers Union describes itself As a non profit non partisan organization with More than 200,000 members dedicated to fiscal responsibility. . Gentleman Bandit gets 35-year sentence from wire reports Marietta a. A the a gentleman Bandit a suspected of More than 50 Bank robberies nationwide since 1985, has been sentenced to 35 years in prison. Robert Hal Brame 37, of Durham ., had pleaded guilty to armed Bank robbery use of a firearm during a violent crime and Possession of a firearm by a Felon in the robbery of a Marietta Bank. He was sentenced Friday. The a gentleman Bandit entered Banks dressed in a business suit and carrying a briefcase. The Fri says the suspect robbed Banks in Atlanta san Diego Knoxville Tenn. Charlotte  And throughout Florida and South Carolina. Brame was arrested Jan. 21 in the theft of More than $93,000 in Cash from the South Trust Bank six Days  worker injured Delta a. A a worker dismantling scaffolding in a radioactive area of the peach Bottom atomic Power Plant fell and Hurt his head saturday but suffered no radioactive contamination authorities said. Paramedics Cut away most of the protective clothing from the worker before he was put in the ambulance. The worker also was decontaminated at Harford county memorial Hospital in Maryland As a precaution said a spokesman for Philadelphia electric co., the Plant operator. The worker who was not identified suffered no radioactive contamination said spokesman Michael Woods. The worker was hospitalized in Good  Teton grows grand Teton National Park Wyo. A it May be time to change the maps. The grand Teton is taller than folks thought. A . Army corps of engineers Survey team has decided the craggy Granite Mountain that lends its name to grand Teton National Park is 1.4 feet higher than previously believed. If . Geological Survey officials in Denver accept the teams data the Mountain will officially stand 13,771 feet 7 and 13-16 inches tall. Or rounded off 13,772 feet. Back in 1968, the Survey recognized a the grand As towering 13,770 feet above sea level. The new calculation was made with state of the Art equipment linked with satellites that work on a network called the global positioning system. The measurement has an accuracy of plus or minus 3vi inches said Dan Hoekstra a corps  made in Kmart Corvallis Ore. A the familiar words rang out a attention Kmart shoppers a but the message was personal this time. John Robinson surprised customers Friday night by asking a fellow Kmart worker to marry him. A will Karen Means give me the Honor of her hand in marriage a Robinson asked Over the stores Public address system. With roses and a ring he hustled Back to the toy department to find Means. Co workers and curious customers tried to keep up by darting Between clothes Racks. With a hug and a kiss Means answer was Clear. Onlookers applauded As Robinson helped Means put on her engagement  taken to Hospital Nashville Tenn. A . Sen. Jay Rockefeller d-w.va., was taken to a Hospital saturday night after a piece of meat lodged in his Throat at a democratic party dinner a Hospital spokesman said. A a he a in stable condition. He a been basically a ittle uncomfortable but its not life threatening a said Lee Poston a spokesman for Vanderbilt University medical Center. Poston said there were no plans to admit Rockefeller to the Hospital. Paul Wilson an assistant to gov. Ned Mcwherter said Rockefeller tried to Wash the food Down with water and was unable to so he was taken to a doctor As a precaution