European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 07, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes saturday december 7,1991 Smith counsel attacks accuser s credibility attorney questions woman s recollections an employee at Sears in West Palm Beach Fla., pauses to watch the alleged victim in the William Kennedy Smith rape trial testify. The broadcast was electronically altered to obscure the woman a face. By David Marlouck the new York times West Palm Beach Fla. For More than five hours thursday William Kennedy Smiths chief defense counsel tried to Chip away at the credibility of the 30-year-Ola woman who has said his client raped her last March on the Kennedy family a estate. Three times the woman broke Down on the stand and judge Mary k. Lupo called recesses for the witness to regain her composure. In his Cross examination the defense attorney Roy e. Black of Miami jumped from one stage of the couples evening together to another fast forwarding and reversing course. Trying to raise reasonable doubts about Smiths guilt in the jurors minds Black harped on what he charged was the complainants selective memory. She recalled eating the Caesar salad and Rigatoni Alia Vodka the evening of the episode he pointed out but not for instance when or where she had removed her pantyhose. A you did no to have any trouble remembering those details a Black said. The woman responded a those were not traumatic  comparing the woman a trial testimony with earlier statements she had Given to the police Black noted inconsistencies at several stages of her version of events a when he had first proposed going for a swim and whether he had kissed her before or afterwards. A the words he used to invite her into the Kennedy estate. A whether she had fallen to the ground or simply stumbled after she said Smith had tackled her at the top of the stairs. A How far from the House the purported rape occurred the woman acknowledged that she had a a lot of memory  a i was trying As hard As i could to Foret everything that had happened to me it everyone wanted to remember a she said at one Point. At another she said that her psychologist had Given her a the tools to remember certain details like the fact that she had addressed Smith As a a Michael after the incident. Sometimes she said she furnished responses just to be  a i assume you were trying to be accurate As Well a Black replied. Late in the Day the defense attorney fave Way to the prosecutor Moira k. Asch who began a second round of Friendly questions for the accuser. In what appeared to be a potentially serious misstep the witness told Lasch that she had pursued her rape complaint against Smith because she did not want a to be responsible for him doing it to someone  speculation about what a defendant might do in the future is not admissible Ana Lupo ordered the words stricken from the record. But it is possible that Black could use the remarks As a basis for saying the trial was tainted. In a particularly confrontational part of his Cross examination Black charged that in some instances she had altered her testimony to counteract exhibits in the Case and the expert defense testimony she knows to be on tap. A defense expert will testify for instance that had she screamed in the direction of the House As she claimed someone inside would have heard her that is Why Black asserted she was now saying her head had been turned toward the Ocean not the House As she cried for help. A a it a not a matter of changing testimony a she said. A a it a what i recall  each time Black discussed the stairs and Lawn where according to the woman Smith chased tackled and raped her the woman a voice faltered and grew softer As if in dread of what she knew she would have to discuss next. She first broke Down in the morning after Black asked her whether Smith s Penis had been fully erect when he tried to rape her. The question is crucial for the defense for the accuser has said both that Smith forced himself upon her and that he had been Only partially erect a something an expert for the defense will testify next week is a physical impossibility. A Why do you have to ask me questions like this a she said and she began to cry. Black quickly asked her if she wanted a recess. A no i will get through this a she said quietly. A this has been a Nightmare for me. I want this Over  Black then asked for and was Given a recess for himself. He was to offer recesses on every subsequent occasion when the woman faltered and she was equally insistent on going Forward. Often she was calmly clinical again within minutes. In mid afternoon Black completed his questioning and Lasch resumed. Lasch read into the record statements that she maintained Black had quoted out of context. She asked the woman whether she mentioned to Smith that she had a Young daughter with medical problems because she thought it was a a great pickup line or because she thought it would a turn him  the prosecutor also asked a series of questions designed More to make Points than to elicit information. They included whether Smith had Access to the news Media whenever he wanted it whether he held regular news conferences when he left the courthouse whether the woman had seen recent news photographs of Smith posing with his new Black Labrador Puppy and whether she had sought the distinction of being remembered in perpetuity a was the woman who was raped by William Kennedy Smith a and whether her experiences in the Case had confirmed what she had feared about the Power of the Kennedy family. Black objected to several of these  to rate brings Call for More funds Decatur a. A the number of . Tuberculosis cases is increasing at an alarming rate and More Federal City and state Money is needed to Stop the trend health officials say. Or. Dixie Snider of the Federal centers for disease control said at a meeting that he would travel to Washington next week to Brief congressional staffers on the Rise in to and to Appeal for More Federal funds. A Federal funds for to Are relatively Small Between 7 and 13 percent of the nations to expenditures a said Snider director of the cd cd a division of tuberculosis elimination. There were 25,701 reported to cases in the United states in 1990, according to the cd. That was up from 23,000 in 1989. In new York City there have been 3,150 confirmed cases of to through november said or. Kenneth Ong the City health departments Deputy commissioner for disease intervention. And 900 suspected cases Are expected to be added to this years tally once they Are confirmed he said. There were 3,520 confirmed cases in new York City in 1990. To began a resurgence Between 1986 and 1987, Ong said adding that the Case count is especially High among the homeless and drug users. A to fight it we need More Federal City and state Money. As everyone is aware both the City and the state Nave very Little Money a Ong said. In new Yorkus state prison system a drug resistant to Strain killed 13 inmates and a guard who had weakened immune systems. The inmates were infected with his the virus that causes aids. The guard who had been assigned to watch the to inmates in a Hospital had cancer. Snider said cd officials have agreed to meet with new York City health officials in january to discuss controlling the disease there. A we Are in the process of putting people in new York City to control the outbreak a he said. In a related development the Atlanta based cd published a study thursday recommending that All newborns in Africa be vaccinated against to. The study determined that the vaccine was Safe a even for newborns infected with  top cause of death for women at work by new Day murder is the leading cause of death of women at work according to a Federal study. It showed that four of every 10 women who died at work were shot knifed asphyxiated or beaten. The study conducted by the National Institute for occupational safety and health is the first Ever census of on the Job deaths in the United states and Cov ers the period from 1980 to 1988. Records gathered by workplace safety advocates show that Many of the deaths occur among women working in All night stores in High crime areas said Joseph a. Kinney executive director of the Chicago based National Safe workplace Institute. The study recorded 58,168 work related deaths during the nine years. The vast majority a 94 percent a occurred among men. But the percentage of women who were murdered was striking compared with men 40 percent for women As opposed to 10 percent for men. The institutes Complete study will be published next year. A june article in the american journal of Public health said Many of the murdered women had owned or managed grocery stores taverns or restaurants. The article was written by former Institute researcher Catherine a. Bell. Among Belles preliminary findings a Forter five percent of the women murder victims worked in retail. A the highest murder rate was for women 65 and older. A Black women were almost twice As Likely to be killed As White women