European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 8, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 c the stars and stripes sunday december 8, 1991 prosecution in Smith trial rests botanist surgeon policeman among the last to testify West Palm Beach Florida up prosecutors in the William Kennedy Smith rape trial rested their Case saturday after calling to the stand a grass expert the accusers doctor and a police investigator. Prosecutor Moira Lasch tried to Call one More witness rape expert Dean Kilpatrick. Kilpatrick was to describe the psychological effects of rape possibly offering an explanation for the alleged victims memory lapses about certain details of the night she said she was raped. Working Day the trial began. Lasch said Kilpatrick had Given pretrial statements to the defense attorneys thursday and Friday. Palm Beach county circuit judge Mary Lupo refused to allow Lasch to put Kilpatrick on the stand after the defense said it would need a continuance in the Case to prepare a Cross examination. Lupo then denied a defense request for acquittal which is a routine gesture made by defense attorneys before they begin to present their witnesses. Smith 31, is accused of raping a 30-year-old Jupiter fla., woman on the Lawn of the Kennedy a Palm Beach estate Early March 30. Lupo scheduled a rare saturday session to be followed by a half Day sunday session. She hoped to Send the Case to the jury by the end of next week. Prosecutors had called 23 witnesses during the past six clays. The defense was prepared to begin calling witnesses during the afternoon session saturday. Steven Hatch a botanist and grass expert from Texas a and a University testified saturday Plant particles found in the alleged victims underpants were common Bermuda grass. Bermuda grass is the Type found in the Lawn of the Kennedy Home hut Hatch said no test exists to prove or disprove the origin of that grass Sample. Or. David Lotman an orthopaedic surgeon testified he treated the alleged victim for a bruised shoulder and tenderness in the rib and Pelvic area six Days after the alleged attack. He said the incident May have aggravated a previous neck injury. Defense attorneys presented medical records indicating the woman had been treated by other doctors for similar complaints Over the past three years. Defense attorney Mark Sci Den elicited testimony prosecutor Moira Lasch shows a piece of evidence to sen. Edward Kennedy during fridays testimony suggesting the woman had not struggled against Smith although she was physically Able to do so. A could she kick could she bite could she scratch could she punch could she use her knee in someone a Groin a he asked Lotman and received a yes answer each time. Palm Beach police sgt. Keith Robinson said police did not Tell the housekeeper or bodyguard they spoke with during their first visit to the Kennedy Home March 31 that they were investigating sexual Battery allegations. It is routine procedure to avoid disclosing such information before speaking to the principals because otherwise a things Start accelerating to the Point where we can to recover evidence a Robinson said. In tearful testimony thursday the woman said Smith tackled her to the ground lifted her dress pushed aside the Crotch of her panties and raped her As she screamed and cried  on Friday senator Edward Kennedy Democrat of Massachusetts told the jury he heard no screams or other noises during the attack that allegedly occurred on the Lawn near his open bedroom window. Kennedy 59, and his son Patrick 24, accompanied the defendant to a bar where he met the alleged victim. A i wish to gone for a Long walk on the Beach instead but we did go to a bar a Kennedy said in testimony Friday. The senator said he went to bed some time after 2 30 . The open windows in the ground floor bedroom faced the Ocean on one Side and the Pool on the other Kennedy said. A did you hear anything at All that night at the Kennedy estate did you hear any screams a Lasch asked. A no i did not a the senator said. The senator was on the witness stand less than an hour and made no Public statements entering or leaving the courthouse with Jean Kennedy Smith. Outside the courtroom at the end of the Day Smith said a i think this process has been very unfair to my Uncle. I done to say that in a bitter Way i just really mean it in my heart and my heart goes out to him and 1 think he was  an Fri has expert testified genetic tests showed the semen found on the dress and panties Smiths accuser wore during the alleged rape were almost certainly Smiths. Smith acknowledges having sex with the woman but he said she consented. Jurors were allowed to examine the see through Black Bra panties and dress. Program to buy up unlicensed guns is paying off for police in Brooklyn by the new York times new York a when the police in Brooklyn asked residents to turn in guns officers received so in 10 months. When they offered to buy them they collected nearly 400 handguns rifles and shotguns in two weeks. Calling the no questions asked gun Purchase program a a significant Success Quot District attorney Charles j. Hynes said it would be extended until dec. 23. Police commissioner Lee p. Brown said the program which has paid out $20,000 so far a has been Well Worth the Effort. An unlicensed gun is a tragedy waiting to  two men spoke amid six tables and two barrels of weapons from Jerry built zip guns to single shot Derringer to crude sawed off shotguns. Hynes said the homicide rate in Brooklyn this year is running 10 percent ahead of last years record of 800. He said he expects that by the end of the year police in Brooklyn will have confiscated More than 6,800 illegal guns. According to the two agencies police in Brooklyn have collected at least 70 rifles 20 shotguns two assault weapons 160 revolvers and 120 automatic pistols and rifles. The police pay $75 for an automatic or semiautomatic Rifle or handgun $50 for a handgun or sawed off Shotgun and $25 i Nunns Artel i 1ior shot8un the $-50,000 budget for the program comes Tram Money confiscated from drug tray tickers. Laid off worker gets Penny for last efforts Waterbury Conn. A a  slate worker got his final paycheck last week a one Penn. The envelope included a form letter soliciting donations for Connecticut s poor and a request that Louis Morelli repay $41 he was overpaid in 19s5. A a maybe he wants to take Back the Penny he gave me a Morelli said of Public safety commissioner Nicholas a Cioffi whose office mailed the letter. Morelli 64, said he had already reimbursed the $41. Morelli who had worked for the state for six years was one of eight weigh station inspectors Laid off this fall Quot when talks Between state employee unions and gov. Lowell p. Weicker or. Stalled. Weicker has been seeking Union concessions to balance the state budget. He said layoffs would be necessary without the concessions and has already handed out Pink slips to More than 1,100 workers. 1 he 1 cent Check sent to Morelli last week was to compensate him for working a different shift from his regular one he was due $20 so for the shift differential but after deductions including $10.85 Tor Union dues a a Penn was All that was left. A Nidai  it a spokesman for the  safety department said the Check was simply a a quirk of  Quot you done to look at each payroll Check under a jewelery a Glass a he  propane to Aid snowfall san Francisco a Federal officials have approved plans for a major Cloud seeding Experiment that will use liquid propane to help increase precipitation in the sierras. A this is the first Cloud seeding project of its kind in the country that has used liquid propane to seed Winter Clouds to increase snowfall a said Dave Reynolds a Bureau of reclamation consultant. Usually Cloud seeding programs use Silver iodide or dry ice to trigger snowfall but under the new Experiment ground based machinery to used. Monitors on the ridges detect the amount of water in storm Clouds and when adequate water exists the propane is released. The liquid expands to a Gas causing the air to chill and condense moisture that Falls As Snow state meteorologist Mark Heggli said. The California sport fishing Protection Alliance challenged the proposal. Changes were made prompting the . Forest service to approve the Experiment