European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 10, 1995, Darmstadt, Hesse Sunday september 10, 1995 . The stars and stripes Page 7 jurors As Simpson trial drags on los Angeles a a series of surprises in the . Simpson trial from an appellate swipe at the judge to reve lations about the prosecution s rebuttal Case disrupted the defense s plans to Fin ish monday and could keep the impatient jury sequestered even longer. Superior court judge Lance Ito said during Friday s Busy court Dayton ducted without the jury that the Many. Loose ends could spell disaster. In. Addi Tion the prosecution said it May have As Many As 60 witnesses for its rebuttal Case. My biggest concern is finishing this Case with an intact jury he said. The defense expressed its own con Cerns / -.-. Lawyer Robert Shapiro said the de sense was deciding How to respond after Ito under orders from an appeals court abandoned a plan to instruct jurors that they could consider former detective Mark Fuhrman s unavailability to testify in weighing his credibility. We Haye to decide whether or not to rest without an instruction we viewed As legally Correct for the jury to hear Sha Piro said we May reconsider whether we rest at this time or Call additional wit. .nesses./. -.-. " -. We Are considering every possible remedy he added. 7i the appeals court ruling Means that As of now Ito will Tell jurors nothing about Fuhrman s refusal to testify on grounds that he May incriminate himself. The defense has accused the now re tired detective of being a racist capable of planting on Simpson s property a bloody Glove Matching one found near the bodies of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald importance of the gloves was High lighted in court Friday As Marcia Clark Laid out the prosecution s rebuttal Case. The. Rebuttal scheduled to begin Mon Day would open with photographs of Simpson wearing gloves and witnesses aimed at linking those gloves to the bloody gloves. In previewing the rebuttal the prosecution announced it has 60 potential witnesses who will cover an array of is sues that appear Complex enough to con sume much More than the five Days the prosecution estimated its rebuttal Case would last. ". Prosecutor Marcia Clark looks Over transcripts during the . Simpson trial Friday. That spells bad news for the jury which has t heard testimony since wednesday. The jury sequestered since Jan. 11, has sent numerous notes to the judge expressing displeasure with the Breaks in testimony. A specifically Clark said she would attempt to Call Simpson s personal lawyer to show that on june 17, 1994, five Days after the slayings Simp son went to his Bank Safe Deposit Box and withdrew a Large amount of Cash before taking off in his Friend s Ford Bronco resulting in the nationally broadcast police Chase. Clark said this would show conscious Ness of guilt and she promised to pro vide Legal justification for the testimony. The information however might not be allowed because the judge indicated it does t rebut anything presented by the defense,1 v. A a -.-. ". She Yould present evidence about the Bronco Chase but Defenso lawyers were expected to oppose that. The prosecution plans to present re sults of yet another Dan test this one indicating a mixture of Simpson s and Golden an Edna Simp son s Bronco. An expert is expected to say that mysterious / imprints at the murder scene Likely Goldman s jeans. A defense scientist had suggested they could be shoe prints which would bolster the do fens s multiple killer theory. Grave robber ate ashes for Long life Chico Calif. A a Man suspected of stealing and eating the cremated remains of four peo ple in Hopes of attaining everlasting life has been arrested. Rodney Hines 36, told police he snorted some of the ashes and sprinkled others on his food be cause he wanted to live forever. Police had been investigating the thefts of urns from the Chico cemetery since Early july. A Man who knows Hines contacted police. Sept. 1 to report that the suspect had been bragging about having ashes it. Tony Aeilts said. These ashes were interred recently Aeilts said. They have not been there for 50 years or Hines who was arrested wednesday faces a felony charge of unlawful mutilation of human remains. Bombing Case prosecutors be Oklahoma City a prosecutors in the Oklahoma bombing Case have joined defense lawyers who want the judge to step aside hoping to avoid fights Over judicial Bias that could delay or de tract from a e trial. But the government did t go As far As the defense in claiming that . District judge Wayne Alley and All other judges in Oklahoma s Western District were too affected by the Federal building bombing to remain impartial. It is of Paramount importance that the nation have Complete Confidence in the integrity of the verdict ultimately reached in this Case and that partisan detractors not be permitted however wrongly to raise questions about Judi Cial fairness prosecutors said Friday in response to defense requests that Alley and the other judges step Down. It is equally important that any such verdict be a final one prosecutors said. Alley s Chambers and courtroom across from the bombed Federal building were damaged by the april 19 blast but he was not in either building at the time. Alley has said he sees no reason to re Cuse himself and the final decision is his. Lawyers for suspects Timothy Mcveigh and Terry Nichols were Happy with the government s response. I commend the government for reach ing the Correct decision and i think the same logic compels a change of venue outside Oklahoma said Stephen Jones Mcveigh s Lead attorney. Defense lawyers have said they want to move the Case out of Oklahoma but Fri Day s filing made no mention of the government s position on a change of venue. Michael Tigar Nichols attorney said he has suggested from the Start that it was too much to ask the people of okla homa to sit in dispassionate fair a Justice department spokesman said however that prosecutors Hope to keep the Case in Oklahoma. House panel oks helmet Speed Laws Washington a p a Highway Bill that would drop Feder Al motorcycle helmet and Speed limit requirements won approval of the House transportation and infrastructure committee on Friday. Killing the safety provisions was approved despite a letter of opposition from transportation Secretary Federico Peri a and personal visits by or. Ricardo Martinez head of the National Highway traffic safety administration and Federal Highway administrator Rodney e. Slater. The measure designating the i60,000-mile National Highway sys tem now Heads for the House floor where action is expected within two weeks. If work Jsn to completed by oct 1, nearly $6 billion in Road Money could be held up. The committee voted 38-17 to eliminate the Federal mandate that states require motorcycle riders to Wear helmets. Rep. Don Young r. Alaska pressed for the move con tending that helmets can interfere with hearing and vision of riders potentially endangering them rep. James l. Oberstar d minn., said studies have shown that helmets save lives and do not interfere with driving. The Senate version of the Highway Bill also eliminates the helmet Rule. In the stars and stripes 10 years ago sept. 10,1985 president Rea Gan packing away from his Long time opposition to sanctions against South Africa moved to punish with out delay the White minority govern ment for its apartheid Laws which discriminate against the nation s Black majority. 20 years ago sept. 10,1975 teacher strikes closed schools or turned class. Rooms into baby sitting operations in new York and Chicago and idled Riore than 2 million students across the nation i. ". " " 30 fears ago sept. 10,1965 president Charles de Gaulle warned that he will pull France s armed forces out of nato by 1969 at the latest. 40 years ago sept. 10, 1955 West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer opened talks in Moscow by bluntly warning soviet leaders that Normal relations wore unthinkable until Germany is reunited and world War ii prisoners Are freed. 50 years ago sept. 10,1945 Yasuji Okamura japanese commander in China formally surrendered the More than 1 million troops under his command to the commander of China s ground forces
