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March 25, 1982
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By Scott McCulkj\
United Press International
COMPTON, Calif. — Confes
sed Mafia hitman Aladena “Jim
my the Weasel” Fratianno, a key
witness in the record $522 mil
lion libel suit against Penthouse
magazine, says he is a good
friend of the judge hearing the
trial.
“He never admitted he knew
Fratianno said Tuesday. “I
me,
don’t know' why he didn’t dis
qualify himself (from the Penth
ouse trial).”
Superior Court Judge Ken
neth W. Gale conceded he knew’
Fratianno through the mob fi
gure’s second wife, the former
Jean Gearin, who he had repre
sented in legal matters before he
became a judge.
But he denied havintr a “per
sonal relationship” with Fratian
no and he called the underworld
figure a namedropper.
Owmers of Rancho La Costa,
a posh San Diego County resort,
filed a libel suit against Penth
ouse after a March 1975 article
claimed the spa was a mob hang
out built with syndicate money
funneled through the Teams
ters Union.
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now has applications for Cubicles in the
Student Programs Office for the school
year of 1982-83. Applications are availa
ble at the Secretaries’ desk in Room 216
MSC. Applications will be available from
March 22-29. Deadline for applications
is March 29th.
Penthouse attorney Roy
Grutman late 'Tuesday said the
team of magazine attorneys was
discussing “the appropriate ac
tion to take,” but refused to say
whether he will seek a mistrial
based on the Fratianno-Gale
‘Committed to compassion’
Reagan defends policies
ties.
Fratianno, who was paid ab
out $40,000 by Penthouse for
his time, testified at the trial last
month he had once met at La
Costa with other mobsters to dis
cuss killing entertainer Desi
Arnaz for producing “The Un
touchables,” which he said por
trayed Italian-Americans as cri
minals.
United Press International
NEW YORK — President
Reagan, bristling against
mounting criticism of his lack of
“commitment to compassion,” is
pointing to his record in the
White House as proof he is
trying to assist the needy.
“I simply want to point out
that we do care and the facts
prove it,” Reagan said Tuesday
upon receiving a gold medal for
humanitarian work.
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Saturday, March 27 10 a.m.-2 p.m.
at the Floriculture greenhouse
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The president ignored more
than 10,000 demonstrators
gathered around the New York
Hilton Hotel to condemn his
economic, domestic and foreign
policies, and almost stridently
defended his cause.
“Today I am accused by some
of trying to destroy govern
ment’s commitment to compas
sion and to the needy,” Reagan
said.
“Does this bother me?” he
asked, then answered immedi
ately and emphatically, “Yes.”
Reagan compared himself to
Franklin Roosevelt, who had to
answer criticism he was trying to
destroy the free-enterprise
system.
“Like F.D.R., may I say I am
not trying to destroy what is best
in our system of humane, free
government — I am doing ev
erything I can to save it: to slow
down the destructive rate of
growth in taxes and spending; to
prune non-essential programs
so that enough resources will be
left to meet the requirements of
the truly needy,” he said.
While he was receiving the co
veted Charles Evans Hughes
Award from the National Con
ference of Christians and Jews,
the well-coordinated demon
stration outside the hotel swel
led in numbers to become the
largest single protest of a
Reagan appearance since he be
came president.
A dozen forces of the
mounted patrol, standing side
by side across the Avenue of the
Americas to wall off the demon
strators, was part of the massive
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the
police protection around
midtown Manhattan hotel.
How'ever, guests arriving in
tuxedos and evening gowns saw
the spotlighted banners and
heard the bullhorn-amplified
chants.
Reagan departed from his
prepared text to take note of the
demonstration and plead for a
dialogue to settle differing opin
ions.
“Just as those outside this hall
spoke with such passion and
conviction earlier this evening,
yes, there will at times be dis
agreement over the path we
should take, but can’t such a dia
logue be carried on with decency
and understanding without a
tone of hatred?” Reagan asked.
“Our ability to carry on ad
logue, a debate, has always been J
a pillar of strength in this land,'
he said. “And even as wedfrl
agree, we can remain asoneu
seeking a common destiny foil
society that is just and humant
and free.”
Former Secretary of Stait|
Henry Kissinger presented I
award to Reagan and saluted|
him for “fighting for his prina l
pies, not only when it was expe l
dient but all of his life.”
Kissinger, who won the award!
in 1973, said Reagan “has
the test of history,” and upon!
“his judgment depends out I
liberties, the liberty of all free!
people, and the hope of oppres-l
sed people everywhere.”
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REDWOOD CITY, Calif. —
An 8-foot pet python was loose
in Redwood City Wednesday,
but police said they thought only
small animals were in danger.
“It’s extremely unfriendly
within a 6-foot striking dis
tance,” police Capt. Robert Gsell
said he was told by owner Ken
Reynolds Tuesday.
Pythons use their bodies 1
squeeze small animals to dea
before eating them, he said.
Asked how he was goingXojJ
about finding the snake, Csei
said: “Very carefully. It hidesiJ
trees.”
Gsell said there was no la»l
against having pythons in ih(l
city, “although maybe thert|
should be.”
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CHICAGO — Babe, a
year-old Asian elephant thal
once weighed 6,160 pounds, wsI
scheduled to have a S'/a-pounJl
tooth removed Wednesday.
The offending tooth was I
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two-hour operation at tix|
Brookfield Zoo.
Zoo officials say Babe lost .it 1 1
pounds as a result of the paintul|
molar.
The weight loss had tobt|
stopped, zoo spokesman
Gardella said.
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