European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 10, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes tuesday december 10, 1991kennedy guest denies hearing screams by Val Ellicott Cox news service West Palm Beach Fla. A guest at the Kennedy estate on easter weekend testified sunday that he heard no noises from the Lawn below his bedroom window at the time a woman says she screamed and struggled As William Kennedy Smith raped her. Stephen Barry capped a Day of mostly expert testimony by recalling that he heard nothing to indicate a rape might have been taking place even though his bedroom window was open. A was there anything that disturbed your sleep a defense attorney Mark Schnapp asked Barry. A no there Wasny to Barry said.  defense attorneys will almost certainly make much of the fact that none of the 13 people who were inside the Kennedy House at the same time heard the woman scream. Barry said his brother had awakened him the night before by calling softly to him from the Lawn below. And he said that from his second floor bedroom at the Kennedy House he could hear people conversing at moderate volume on the far Side of the Lawn. Barry began his testimony by recalling in a voice breaking with emotion sen. Robert Kennedy a assassination in 1968. Barrys father William Barry was the Man who grabbed the gun from Assassin Sirhan Sirhan. State prosecutor Moira Lasch sensitive to the potential Impact of such emotional testimony on jurors quickly objected. A this is totally irrelevant a she told judge Mary e. Lupo who sustained the objection. Barry was to continue testifying when Smith s defense team resumed its Case monday. Smith is charged with sexual Battery a the equivalent of rape in Florida a and simple Battery in the alleged attack on the Jupiter Fla., woman about 4 . March 30. Lupo said closing arguments could come As Early As Friday. On sunday morning before the court session began Smith attended Church where he was confronted by reporters who shouted a do you want to testify a a yes a he responded. Attorneys spent most of sunday questioning expert witnesses called by the defense to bolster its claim that Smith and his accuser had consensual sex on the Beach in front of the Kennedy estate. The experts who were called sunday focused on boo areas a the grass and Sand found inside the panties worn by Smiths accuser and the condition of the clothes she was wearing during the alleged attack. A no cuts no tears no abrasions no grass stains no soil stains a Henry Lee chief medical examiner for the state of Connecticut said in summarizing the condition of the woman a Black dress. Jay Siegel a professor of forensic sciences at Michigan state University testified later that the Sand found inside the Jupiter woman a panties was Beach Sand that did no to match soil samples he took from the Lawn. But he acknowledged that the Sand could have stuck to Smiths body if Smith first went Skinny dipping in the Ocean As the Jupiter woman claims then ran across the Beach to attack her on the Lawn. The Sand then could have found its Way inside the panties during the alleged rape Siegel said. William Kennedy Smith second from left leaves St Edwards Catholic Church on sunday accompanied by is Cousin Michael Kennedy and his sister Kym far right. The woman on the left was unidentified. Smith went directly from mass to  to pay four expert witnesses $22,000 by new Day West Palm Beach Fla. A Money was emphasized almost As much As evidence Over the weekend when defense expert witnesses started taking the stand in the William Kennedy Smith rape trial. Prosecutors made certain that the jury heard a repeatedly a that the four expert witnesses called to the stand so far Are Billing the defense for More than $22,000. At one Point Lead prosecutor Moira k. Lasch nearly shouted about a fall that Money a saying the defense a expensive photographic enlargements were just a for the dry to play  the defense witnesses fees were a $100 an hour for Henry Lee director of forensic science at the Connecticut state police crime Laboratory who Analysed the clothes worn by the woman during the reported rape. Lee said he planned to donate his fee of something less than $4,000 to a Connecticut state task Force studying serial killers. A $125 an hour for Edward Yanowitz a photographer who said he expects to Bill the Smith defense team $8,000 to $9,000. A $150 to $200 an hour for Charles Sieger an architect who examined and prepared drawings of the Kennedy mansion. Including the $700 charged for the time Jie a Wnm waiting to testify Sieger said his Bill a $150 an hour for Jay Siegel a forensic science professor at Michigan state University who compared Sand particles found inside the woman a underwear to Sand and soil obtained at the Kennedy estate. He testified that he expects his Bill to total $3,000. Smiths spokeswoman Barbara Gamarekian has told reporters that the 31-year-old doctor is paying for his defense out of his own Money. Estimates have put the expected Cost at something less than $500,000.6/000 visit shrine to see Virgin Mary Golden Colo. Apr More than 6,000 people flocked to a shrine where a woman claimed she saw the image of the Virgin May. Theresa Lopez a homemaker from Highlands ranch said she has seen May twice at the Mother Cabrini shrine in the Foothills above Denver. Lopez claims to have seen May a total of eight times. Lopez said the image asked her to gather people for a Blessing sunday. Word spread quickly Ana the crowd overflowed into the shrines parking lot. Lopez claimed Mary appeared to her again on sunday and a member of her entourage also reported seeing the image. She said the Virgin Mary had a Brief message for the faithful at the shrine a my Dearest Angels i ask you to begin a Novena of holy  shortage of Creole speaking agents a Barrier for coast guard refugees aboard the Cutter courageous apr language has been one of the biggest obstacles facing the coast guard As it intercepts haitian boat people. While some coast guard Crew members speak a language other than English few understand haitian Creole which is derived from French. The . Immigration and naturalization service has several Creole speaking agents but their numbers Are too few to Deal with the recent wave of haitian refit yes. The Miami police department of ered its help by sending Down four of its Creole speaking officers. The latest surge of refugees followed the sept. 30 coup that ousted Jean Bertrand Aristide a the impoverished nations first freely elected president a and a hemisphere wide embargo imposed on Haiti to press for his return. The coast guards first task when it stops an overcrowded haitian boat is to communicate safety instructions such As How to put on a life jacket said it. Casey Corcoran communications officer on the courageous. Corcoran said interpreters a Are really instrumental in what we  whenever a Cutter encounters a haitian boat several Crew members and the interpreter take out a Small Power boat and pull up alongside the vessel. Through the inter Exeter the coast guard learns where the oat is from where it is headed and Why it is travelling. If a Cutter does no to have a Creole interpreter the coast guard relies on its Spanish speaking Crew members to communicate with the haitians Many of whom speak Spanish As a second language. But its much easier for the coast guard to Tell if the haitians Are hiding anything such As drugs when there a a Creole interpreter aboard who can detect when refugees Are lying Corcoran said. One of the Creole speaking Miami police officers is Yves Phanor. He spent the past week aboard the courageous during patrols off Haiti and spent the previous week aboard the Cutter Northland. Phanor 32, was born in Haiti but moved to the United states 14 years ago. He befriended Many of the refugees whom the Northland picked up and is sympathetic to their cause. A everyone of them i spoke to said they re leaving behind the horror the idea of getting killed innocently a Phanor said. The Bush administration has maintained that most haitian refugees Are fleeing poverty not political persecution and should be sent Back to Haiti. A Federal judge in Miami last month temporarily barred forced repatriations after a refugee advocates group challenged the policy calling it racist. A Federal appeals court is reviewing that order. More than 6,600 boat people have fled Haiti since oct. 29. Most Are being held at the . Naval base at Guantanamo Bay Cuba while others Are detained aboard coast guard ships. Phanor said Many refugees Arentt aware . Government policy is to Send them Back. A was a matter of fact they believe if the coast guard was going to pick them up the coast guard was going to take them to Miami a Phanor said. The Miami police officers serve two week paid stints in the Caribbean before returning Home. Phanor flew Back to Miami on saturday. A i already volunteered to come Back again a he said. A you have a sense of  r