European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 30, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 4 b the stars and stripes . Wednesday december 30,1992weinberger May testify sources say Washington apr Iran Contra prosecutor Lawrence e. Walsh is considering calling Caspar w. Weinberger before a Federal grand jury to testify about others in the scandal including president Bush sources say. Walsh refused monday to say what his plans Are. Yet the sources speaking on condition of anonymity said he is Likely to Call the former defense Secretary and sex Cla official Duane Clarridge before the grand jury in Washington. Both men received Christmas eve pardons from Bush for their conduct in arms for hostages Deal. Before the Pardon the two were not called As witnesses because they were being investigated by the grand jury. They eventually were indicted and were awaiting trial when they were pardoned. A a there a nothing More that i can Tell him and this is just a form of harassment a Weinberger said of the Prospect of being called before a grand jury. But on in no a inside politics he added that it does no to Surprise him a because otherwise Lawrence Walsh is out of Bush also pardoned four other Iran Contra figures and has since been accused by critics of trying to hide his own role in the Reagan administrations Deal. During the secret operation the United states sold missiles to Iran in ,. Hopes of winning the free a a so Dom of . Hostages in the Middle East. Profits from that Exchange were diverted to pay for illegal arms shipments to anti government rebels in Nicaragua. / Walsh a spokeswoman Mary Belcher said she a will not comment on any speculative grand jury William Mcdaniel Clarridge a attorney said his client had never appeared before Walsh a prosecutors and Quot i be surprised if he is called to testify. Weinberger attorney Robert Bennett said his client a has Given All the information there is to give to Congress and Walsh a investigators. Calling him As a witness would a just be further evidence of their harassment of him a said Bennett. The sources said prosecutors would question Weinberger extensively on his Handwritten notes from 1985 and 1986 a with particular emphasis on meetings that Bush attended. Prosecutors did no to uncover Weinberger a notes until 1990, and this would be their first Opportunity to question him about them. Iran Contra prosecutors met with Weinberger last Spring but Weinberger and his lawyers spent most of the time trying to persuade Walsh not to seek an plans to pay family of dead Man Detroit up fourteen members of beating victim malice greens family reportedly will split a proposed $5.1 million settlement with the City of Detroit. The Detroit free press reported tuesday that most of the Money would go to greens widow. According to court documents Rosemary Green would get a payment of $300,000, two future payments totalling $200,000 and beginning in March monthly payments of about $1,000 for the rest of her life the rest would be divided among the victim s two children grandchild three stepchildren parents grandmother three Sisters and a half sister. Rosemary Green sued the City for $62 million on nov. 9, four Days after police beat to death her 35-year-old estranged husband. Three dismissed officers have been ordered to stand trial on criminal charges in Green s death. Faces of Hope to be at inaugural Washington a president elect Clinton has invited More than 60 a faces of Hope whom he vice president elect a1 Gore and their wives met during the Campaign to be their guests during inauguration week. Clinton a inaugural committee said monday that the invitations were sent to people who a touched and inspired the Clinton and Gores As they campaigned across the country. A both families feel strongly about having the Opportunity to Honor them a said Rahm Emanuel co director of the inauguration committee. He said the invitations reflect the new administrations commitment to inclusion the guests Range from an unemployed garment worker in Tennessee to a Texas judge who set up a program for wayward youths. There is 10-year-old Ryan Sollace of Phoenix who in a letter to Clinton summed up his family a trying economic situation by saying he wished his father did no to have to work such Long hours so they could spend More time together. Quot your letter made a Point that in be been trying to make All Over the country a Clinton said in phone Call to the youth while appearing on Abc tvs Good morning America a and you made it in a survivors of 23 klan rampage want Story told compensation Rosewood Fla. Up two Black survivors of a klan search and Burn Hunt for a White woman a rapist in 1923 say they want the state to acknowledge its racist history and repay them for lost property. Lee Ruth Davis 77, of Miami and her Cousin Minnie Lee Langley 88, said they believe they Are the Only surviving witnesses of the massacre in what was then the Black town of Rosewood about 75 Miles North of Tampa on Florida a Rural Gulf coast. According to various accounts the death toll from the new years Day raid ranged from seven to 100. The Miami Herald said a Law firm has prepared legislation on the women a behalf to present to the legislature next week. A this part of the states history has been swept under the carpet. Its something that needs to be recognized a said Manuel Dobrinsky one of the attorneys. There Are few published histories of the event one known record of it is said to be lost. I thought they probably were going to Send me a Little thank you. In a overwhelmed. I wont believe it until in Mon the plane and on my a Alta Bardsley Way More powerfully than i could because its your life we re talking Alta Bardsley a Laboratory technician who gave Clinton and Gore a presentation on restricting solid wastes said she was a a floored by the invitation. A i thought they probably were going to Send me a Little thank you a said Bardsley who made the presentation during the candidates tour of her Quaker Oats Plant in Cedar rapids Iowa. A a in a overwhelmed. I wont believe it until in Mon the plane and on my the inaugural committee is paying All of the costs for the a faces of Hope guests a a including transportation lodging and dinner jackets and gowns for the inaugural Ball. Two Days before the Jan. 20 swearing in ceremony the Clinton and Gores will hold a luncheon for them. Judge Fortunato a a Peter Benavides of Austin Texas whose program for wayward youths Clinton cited in the Campaign As an example for improving communities and Peoples lives said he had planned to attend the inauguration on his own. A i have been a judge for Over 14 years and in be seen a lot of things and sometimes i get Blase a Benavides said. But after getting the invitation a i feel like a kid All Over Ricky Mullins 37, of Parsons Tenn., said he a accepting the invitation though he a still out of work. Clinton and Gore met Mullins in october among about 30 former employees of Decatur sportswear displaced by the company a new Plant in Al Salvador. A being a Democrat i think that president Bush got away from the people and forgot How real working people live a he said. Mullins said he will resume his Job search after the inauguration though he has Little Hope of getting another Job in the garment Industry. A i thought about relocation but i just built a House five years ago and its hard to sell around Here because people Are out of work a Mullins said. But according to a number of accounts White men from nearby Sumner and Kun flux klansmen from Gainesville Jacksonville and elsewhere were looking for a Black Man who had raped a White woman. They converged on Rosewood searched every Home and building and burned them to the ground a except for the Home owned by the Community a Only White family. Quot As the manhunt grew so did the mobs fury a says the draft legislation based on the women a Story. A people came from All around to take part in the manhunt. They were people with a thirst for blood. A the remaining survivors of Rosewood. Are still tortured with the lingering image of a Parent or grandparent being lynched or shot of the family Home being burned to the ground of crawling through the Woods in the dead of night and hiding from an armed and crazy mob of being hated and attacked for nothing More than their Davis and Langley said they want Florida to own up to its history and acknowledge the atrocity. Gore s successor in Senate clears decks for major action Nashville Tenn. A the Man picked by gov. Ned Mcwherter to fill Al Gores Senate seat for the next two years immediately took himself out of the running in 1994, a by putting aside All personal and partisan considerations i will be Able to support whatever action is necessary to restore americans economic vitality a Harlan Mathews Mcwhert Eros 65-year-old Deputy said monday. Gore is to resign from his seat saturday 2v weeks before his Jan. 20 inauguration As vice president. Mathews a Democrat and 40-year Veteran of state government will Start work when Congress convenes next wednesday. A special election will be held in 1994 to fill the two years still remaining in Gores term. Among those considering the race is . Rep. Jim Cooper a Democrat. Mcwherter said he did not ask Gore his preference about a successor but talked to him in general terms about the kind of person he Felt would help carry out president elect Clin tones program. Gore praised Mathews selection. Quot he brings to the United states Senate years of dedicated service and a real understanding the needs concerns of our state and its people a said of and Gore Gore Mathews a self described fiscal conservative entered Tennessee government service in 1950 As a member of the state budget staff. He later became state finance commissioner and legislative budget director. After 12 years As state treasurer he resigned in 1986 to join Mcwherter a gubernatorial Campaign and was named Deputy governor the following year
