European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 10, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 4 b the stars and stripes tuesday december 10,1991kennedy guest denies hearing screams West Palm Beach Fla. A a new York prosecutor who was a visitor at the Kennedy estate testified monday that William Kennedy Smith gave no indication there had been any problem there last easter weekend. A no it did no to appear that anything was wrong a said Stephen Barry who continued on the witness stand monday As the second week of testimony began in Smiths rape trial. Barry said Smith a seemed to be the same during the Day of March 30. The woman 30, says Smith tackled and raped her Early March 30 on the estate Lawn. Barry an assistant District attorney in Manhattan testified sunday that he and his wife a also an assistant District attorney in Manhattan a slept with their windows open and heard nothing in the Early morning hours of March 30. Smiths accuser told the Juty last week that she had screamed for help. Also monday a Patron of the Palm Beach nightspot where Smith met his accuser offered jurors some unflattering observations about her. Gregory Cummings a Developer who said he has a membership at a bar said the woman drank Champagne straight from the bottle when he saw her there during the Early morning of March 30. A she was a Tittle bit arrogant a Little bit cocky a Cummings said. On sunday two defense expert witnesses acknowledged under questioning from the prosecution that their findings Rule out that a rape had occurred. On monday Lead prosecutor Moira Lasch challenged Barry about Why As a prosecutor he did no to Call Palm Beach police As soon he As Learned the next week from news reports of allegations against Smith 31-year-old Nephew of sen. Edward m. Kennedy a mass. A i did no to think it was my role or my duty to Call the Palm Beach police a Barry replied adding that he did inform his Boss District attorney Robert Morgenthau and later called a Palm Beach police sergeant. Lasch said that Call was two weeks later but Barry said he did no to think it was that Long afterwards. The sharpest exchanges sunday came Between Lasch and expert witness Jay Siegel a professor of forensic sciences at Michigan state University who was hired by the defense to Analyse soil and Sand outside the Kennedy estate. Siegel concluded that Sand found in the accusers underwear could t have come from the Lawn where she says she was raped but was probably from the Beach below. The defense maintains the woman and Smith engaged in consensual foreplay on the Beach. Lasch elicited acknowledgements that Sand could have been tracked up to the Lawn and Smith coming out of the water after a swim running and kicking up Sand might have had it stuck to his body when he allegedly raped the woman. A would no to you agree than a 6-foot-2, 200-Pound Man running up a Beach would chum up Sand a she asked and Siegel said he agreed not As an expert but in common sense. A and if the defendant was wet and running up the Beach on March 30,1991, and kicking up Sand some of that Sand could stick to his body it a Lasch asked. Siegel replied yes if the Many a body were wet. William Kennedy Smith second from left leaves St. Edward s Catholic Church on sunday accompanied by his Cousin Michael Kennedy and his sister Kym far right. The woman on the left was unidentified. Smith went directly from mass to Kennedy tells of overcoming drug habit Providence . A sen. Edward Kennedy a son Patrick acknowledged he had a drug habit As a teen Ager but says he overcame it in 1986 by checking himself into an exclusive rehabilitation Center. Kennedy 24, a state legislator in Rhode Island issued a Brief statement late sunday in response to allegations by a former patient of the new Hampshire clinic. The former patient said Kennedy told him that he had a $4,000-a-Day cocaine habit. A that i can Tell you is ridiculous a a $4,000-a-Day cocaine habit is ridiculous Quot a Kennedy aide Christopher Nocera said monday of the allegations. The assertions were published in the tabloid weekly the National enquirer. Kennedy did not disclose what drug was involved. A it s something that happened in High school a Nocera said. A a he a not getting into what drugs Are involved. What relevance does it have to his Job As a state representative and his adult life a Kennedy was not immediately available. He was in Washington d.c., with his father after both testified Friday at the rape trial of his Cousin William Kennedy Smith in West Palm Beach Fla., Nocera said. In his statement Kennedy said he checked himself into the Spofford Hall rehabilitation Center in Spofford n.h., during a Spring recess from school. At the time he was a senior at Phillips Academy in Andover mass. A was a teen Ager i had started Down the wrong path in dealing with a the pressures of statement said. A i mistakenly believed that exp ing with drugs and alcohol would alleviate tin up a the pm. I i r that Experiment _ usually decided not to escape from those pressures but to confront Nocera was unsure whether Kennedy a family knew about his addiction before he entered Spofford Hall. Kennedy never revealed his drug problems in his two legislative campaigns.6,000 visit shrine to see Virgin Mary Golden Colo. A More than 6,000 people flocked to a shrine where a woman claimed she saw the image of the Virgin Mary. Theresa Lopez a homemaker from Highlands ranch said she has seen Mary twice at the Mother Cabrini shrine in the Foothills above Denver. Lopez claims to have seen Mary a total of eight times. Lopez said the image asked her to gather people for a Blessing sunday. Word spread quickly and 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 refugees. The Miami police department offered 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 interpreter the coast guard learns where the boat 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 bom 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
