European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 9, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse A a a. 3 Friday december 9, 1994. I ,.1 run cry Newt Muur a 1 Page 8 the stars and stripes . I a a a . To pay $410,000 in Bias Case Washington a the government plans to pay $410,000 to Settle a lawsuit by a senior female Cia officer who said she was discriminated against by superiors after reporting a colleague for wife beating an attorney for the woman says. A the Justice department and the woman a Janine Brookner a have reached an agreement in principle to Settle but the agreement has not been put into writing or presented to a judge department spokesman Carl Stern said wednesday. Quot it s an agreement in which both sides have achieved their objectives a Stern said. The woman a who was identified in court papers As Jane Doe Thompson a filed suit last summer in . District court in Alexandria va., accusing Cia officials of ruining her career by denying times. Steven Brookner of Alexandria va., wrote that he Felt compelled to break years of a a proud silence about his mothers spy career. _ i have never seen her drink during a her promotions and falsely accusing her Wor Day or drink in excess a he wrote of misconduct in her complaint she said these charges falsely portrayed her ask a drunk and a sexual provocateur a she was accused of uttering a racial epithet drinking too much and wearing a a Brief shorts and a thin to shirt with no perceptible underwear while in her own Home. In october Brookner s son defended his Mother in a letter to the new York woman with a life freed from of. Trial los Angeles apr As lawyers wrestled behind closed doors with allegations of juror misconduct one potential alternate managed to talk her Way out of serving in the . Simpson trial. A this is for someone who does t have a life a the 53-year-old Telephone company worker told reporters after Superior court judge Lance Ito set her free wednesday. A i have a a it the woman and another prospective alternate who said he was unemployed were dismissed after being questioned in Ito schambers a. Three of the 12 jurors also were questioned in private and told to return thursday when Ito a will announce the status of the jury a defense attorney Robert Shapiro said. Ito has said allegations of misconduct might Force the removal of one or More of the 12 jurors who were sworn in a month ago. One lawyer told the associated press that the matter discussed in private wednesday was partially related to a hearing on unspecified juror misconduct scheduled for thursday. The private meetings sidetracked the selection of a dozen alternates. By Day s end 40 people were left in the Pool of candidates. Attorneys were to Start whittling Down that figure thursday by exercising peremptory challenges. Simpson is charged with murdering his second sex wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her Friend Ronald Goldman on june 12. Opening arguments Arentt expected until mid january. The jury is made up of eight Blacks two hispanics one White and one mixed race person. Eight jurors Are women and four Are men. 1 the alternate Pool of 40 has 20 Blacks nine Whites seven hispanics three asians and one person with Black and hispanic parents. Twenty three prospects Are men and 17 Are women. _ _ Clinton sex partner told he s Whitewater target Washington a closing in on another longtime associate of president Clinton Whitewater prosecutors have notified the first family a former business partner that he a Likely to be indicted. _ Quot a James Mcdougal the sex owner of the collapsed a amp a at the Center of the Whitewater investigation got a written invitation to undergo questioning by prosecutors and Fri agents., the three paragraph note also warned Mcdougal that he a the focus of a numer _ Ous investigations a said Little Rock ark., attorney Sam Heuer who characterized it As a a target according to the . Attorneys manual a target is someone who is Likely to be indicted. Heuer said wednesday that he does no to Quot think his client will agree to an interrogation in View of his a a target status. The prosecutors letter arrived tuesday. That was the same Day that another longtime Clinton Friend former associate attorney general Webster Hubbell pleaded guilty to a pair of felonies in the Whitewater affair. Quot Hubbell admitting a to mail fraud and tax evasion avoided indictment by promising full cooperation in special prosecutor Kenneth Starr a investigation of the Clinton. Quot a in contrast to the unblemished career of Hubbell Mcdougal has been Down this Road before having been indicted four years ago on Bank fraud charges in. The $65 million failure of Madison guar adding that the Quot sexual provocateur accusation was ridiculous. He said she Uri Derwent open heart surgery in the mid-1960s that left a Long scar on her Chest. Quot she has Felt self conscious about the scar and has dressed conservatively. Even her bathing suits arc Cut to cover this scar a he wrote. Brookner a complaint charged that Quot these malicious allegations would never have been used against a male chief of station but defendants knew that the pervasive discrimination and sexist attitudes of the Agency would provide Fertile ground for such allegations against a Stem declined to disclose details of the settlement but Brookner a attorney Victoria Toensing said it Calls for the government to pay her client $410,000. V a we charged them not Only with gender discrimination but also they violated her civil rights a Toensing said. Quot they be agreed to pay her $410,000. The facts speak for Anty savings amp loan. He was acquitted. Quot it s the same song second verse a Heuer said of the letter. But this time there a a difference the finances of president Clinton and his wife Hillary Rodham Clinton Are the Center of attention. Mcdougals ties to the president and first lady arc a Cornerstone of Starr a in vesti Hubbell Whitewater prosecutors j want to explore whether there was any political interference by the Clinton administration during the Early Whitewater investigations. Hubbell also could be used to explore Clinton s ties to Madison guaranty. Whitewater investigators now have two important cooperating witnesses besides Hubbell. V former municipal judge David Hale a who Lent Money to a company owned by Arkansas gov. Jim Guy Tucker a hip been providing information to Whitewater prosecutors since March. And a businessman Robert Palmer pleaded guilty monday to conspiracy and promised to provide information about his work for Madison guaranty where he provided appraisals for Loans Worth $2 million to companies owned by Tucker and Hale. The scandal derives its name from Whitewater development corp., a failed real estate venture the Clinton and their partners James and Susan Mcdougal formed in the late 1970s, president Clinton first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton and their daughter Chelsea join Singer Trisha Yearwood right and Svi year old Dade Marshall in caroling at the sings carols at lighting of National tree Washington a Santa Claus settled his fleece trimmed red Cap on the head of a homeless boy As president Clinton Sang carols with soul Singer aretha Franklin to Salute the 71st annual lighting of the National Christmas tree. But the president delegated the throwing of the switch wednesday night to his 14-year-old daughter Quot Chelsea. She lit 10,000 bulbs on the live 40-foot tall Colorado Spruce As the audience and her parents applauded. Clinton told the crowd and a television audience that the tree Quot is a Symbol of the enduring values of our a was we Light it let it rekindle in our hearts Faith and Hope and love for one another a he said standing on a stage on the Grassy Ellipse South of the floodlit White House. The lighting of the National tree has been a tradition since Galvin Cool id be started it in 1923. A crowd gathers around the Christmas tree set aglow by Chelsea Clinton. Harvard dining Hall closed after students fall ill Cambridge mass. Apr a har Vard dining room was closed after about 150 students were treated for vomiting diarrhoea and nausea. More than 30 students remained in the infirmary late wednesday As officials inspected the freshman Union a student dining Hall and water and sanitation supplies. A a we re not sure what if is a said University spokesman Joe air fun. He said that most of the sick students ate tuesday at the freshman Union but that some did not and that Many students who ate there did not get sick. It a the Harvard Crimson student newspaper reported that a vegetarian Sandwich or Fusilli pasta dish had been determined to be the culprit. In addition to the 150 students treated a at the infirmary 50 others called for help and dozens More were turned away. Eight extra doctors and eight nurses were called in. Quot when 1 went to the infirmary i had been vomiting every 20 minutes and they told me i was Only in the Middle of the sick spectrum a said freshman Sarah Brandt. A
