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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 22, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes saturday january 22, 1994 ,. . The stars and stripes Page 7fans watch Cool Harding cutting ice Portland Ore. A Tonya Harding whirled around the ice thursday smiling laughing and nailing five triple axes As if unconcerned by fresh allegations that she helped plot the attack on olympic rival Nancy Kerrigan. More than 100 fans cheering whistling and shouting a go Tonya a watched Harding skate brilliantly at a rink in a shopping mall for an hour. In other developments a prosecutors from Portland and Detroit met with attorneys for two of the four men arrested in the Case. A Fri spokesman Bart Gori said no Federal charges would be filed in the Case. A a. A Quot a a a a a mul Tomah county grand jury heard testimony from Harding a coach Diane Rawlinson private investigator see related Story on Page 28 Gary Crowe minister Eugene Saunders and other witnesses. The grand jury is meeting to determine whether to indict Harding along with the four men arrested in the alleged conspiracy. But no indictments will be issued this week said Norm Frink the chief Deputy District attorney. Three of the four arrested men Are negotiating with prosecutors about plea bargains in Exchange for their cooperation a source said. The three Are bodyguard Shawn Eckardt alleged hit Man Shane m. Stant and alleged getaway cat Driver Derrick b. Smith. Jeff Gillooly Harding sex husband Isnit trying to Cut a Deal by testifying in figure skater Tonya Harding walks with Security officers As she leaves a practice session in Portland Ore., on thursday. Against her the source said. Gillooly and Harding have said they weren to involved in the Jan. 6 attack in Detroit. On thursday Harding held her first Public workout since winning the . Figure skating championships on Jan. 8. A i Felt better today than i have in a few Days. In a sleeping better a she said. She insisted that she has no intention of quit Manassas a. Apr a jury has begun deliberating whether Lorena Bobbitt Cut off her husbands Penis in a calculated act of revenge or in a moment of temporary insanity. The seven women and five men got the Case late thursday. Deliberations were to resume Friday morning. Lorena Bobbitt a attorneys argued that she was a battered wife who was seized by an a irresistible impulse to emasculate her husband John Wayne Bobbitt on june 23 after he came Home from a night of drinking and raped her. A i can think of no greater provocation than the act of rape Quot Blair Howard said. A she broke she snapped. When you re in this unhealthy state of mind can there be Ting the olympic team although the investigation and tension Are hurting her preparation for next months Winter games in Norway a a lot.�?�. Meanwhile the . Figure skating association said no vote had been set on whether to keep Harding on the team. In Stoneham mass., Kerrigan skated for More than an hour. A a in a in very Good shape mostly be any question she could not control this impulsive act a but prosecutor Mary Grace of Brien said Lorena Bobbitt attacked her husband in a a calculated and malicious act of  Prince William county commonwealths attorney Paul b. Ebert agreed that John Bobbitt raped his wife but told the jury a you can to take the Law in your own hands. That does no to make it  John Bobbitt whose Penis was reattached was acquitted in november of sexually assaulting his wife. He denied Ever beating or raping her. Lorena Bobbitt a 24-year-old manicurist could get up to 20 years in prison if convicted of malicious wounding. The ecuadorean born woman also could be deported. The jury was told it also could consider a lesser charge of unlawful wounding which carries up to five years behind . A. A. During the trial the defense portrayed John Bobbitt As a brutish Womanizer who tormented his wife with assaults and insults telling her that she was ugly and unworthy of him. Prosecutors assailed Lorena Bobbitt a credibility pointing out that she stole from her employer a department store and a House guest. On thursday of Brien said Lorena Bobbitt could not be telling the truth cause he had such bad aim a Kerrigan said on thursday nights Eye to Eye with Connie Chung on lbs. Harding refused to respond to the latest allegations made by Eckardt whose statements led to Gillooly a arrest. Eckardt claimed in an interview published thursday in the oregonian newspaper that Harding complained about the delay in disabling Kerrigan. Eckardt said Harding told him a you know you need to Stop screwing around with this and get it  Eckardt who has confessed to his role in the alleged plot also told the newspaper that Gillooly offered a $10,000 Check from the Ussa As a Bonus if the attack was carried out immediately. Top skaters get financial Aid from the sports Govert ing authority. Eckardt told the newspaper that he and Harding spoke about the plot in Portland while Stant was in Massachusetts trying to find an Opportunity to attack Kerrigan at a rink near Boston. An affidavit from a sheriffs Deputy said Eckardt told him that Harding tried to help Stant by learning Kerrigan a practice schedule in Massachusetts. There were records inthe affidavit of phone Calls from Harding a House to Kerrigan a practice Arena a Trail of Money from Portland to Phoenix to Boston and Detroit and allegations of concocted alibis. Harding denied Eckardt a accusations in the affidavit and on thursday her attorney Robert c. Weaver said she also denied Eckardt a allegations in the oregonian interview. A a it a nothing we Haven to heard before a Weaver said adding that a Tonya denies everything he a  wife s Fate about How she disposed of the Penis which was found in a Field near the Cou pies apartment. Bobbitt claimed she realized she was carrying the Organ when she drove up to a Stop sign and had difficulty turning the steering wheel. But the Penis was found 45 feet from the Stop sign too far for the overhand toss Bobbitt described the prosecutor said. 7 a 7/ v a a a. A v a a she got out of her car and threw it in the Bushes a of Brien said a she was disposing of  testimony wrapped up with Lorena Bobbitt taking the stand for a final time to deny a co workers claim that she said ears ago that she would Cut off her Hus and a Penis if he Ever cheated on her. X House taking its time to create crime Bill by the new York times Washington a even though crime and drugs have moved to the forefront of the Public a concerns the House is in no Rush to take up a $23 billion crime Bill that the Senate passed last fall. But the general political Appeal of the Issue dictates that the House will try to fashion a measure comparable to the Senate a. According to recent lbs news polls about one american in five ranks crime As the nations most important problem. Democratic leaders in the House will have to find common ground on which White liberals and Blacks will be comfortable. It May not be easy. The Senate Bill a emphasis on longer sentences and on More death penalties offends Many House democrats. But As rep. Charles e. Schumer the Brooklyn Democrat who Heads the House judiciary subcommittee on crime and criminal Justice said a if we done to find a democratic consensus on the Bill the republicans will write it and it will  Cluni Tiik . 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