state
Battalion/Page 5
January 27, 1983
"Wilson jury
;eating ‘slow’
! United Press International
HOUSTON —Just seating a
y for the explosives smug-
ng trial of former CIA agent
[win Wilson is taking “longer
in usual,” and the judge says
; proceedings will probably
Bbe completed before
mrsday.
Defense lawyers, prosecutors
||;U.S. District Judge Ross
Bbg on Tuesday started in-
/idually questioning 59 poten-
1 jurors individually and sec-
:ly behind closed doors,
ivyers refused to qidisclose
(at questions were being
ted.
At midday, Sterling sent
ire than two thirds of the can-
lates home and told them to
.urn to court in stages for
estioning.
“This is taking considerable
lejmuch longer than usual,”
ding said. “We’re trying to
id a jury comprised of people
i0 will be completely fair and
Jtial, who are willing and
[e to decide the case on the
B That’s why we’re taking
‘11 eatpains to talk to you one at a
le,[out of the presence of the
lers.”
Sterling said the individual
estioning of the first 20 pros-
. ctivejurors would be finished
| | f (esrfay, the second group of
'Vo be quesuowed \u the
||ling session today Wednes-
y and the third group in the
ernoon session.
Sterling ordered all 59 poten-
Ijurors to return to the cour-
iom at 9:30 a.m. Thursday for
aljury selection. Court offi-
tidudec ] s said one of the original 60
ididates was dismissed due to
l( f studi ibility to fill out a jury form.
' niversiiWilson, 54, a former CIA
ante plaiB
siness, a IB
‘Iters n
Externa!
agent, is charged with exporting
20 tons of militarily controlled
plastic explosives from Houston
to Libyan terrorists in 1977.
If convicted, Wilson faces a
maximum possible sentence of
17 years in prison and a
$145,000 fine. The explosives
were disguised as oilfield drill
ing fluid, packed in barrels and
covered with real drilling fluids.
Two other men originally
were charged with Wilson in the
conspiracy case, but Monday
Sterling granted a defense re
quest to try the three men sepa
rately.
Defense lawyer Marian
Rosen declined on Tuesday to
discuss news reports claiming
Wilson arranged for his son,
Eric, to deliver a $10,000 down
payment and a hit list to what
proved to be an undercover FBI
agent.
“All I know is what I’ve heard
and read in the media,” Mrs.
Rosen said. “I don’t know where
they got that. The whole thing is
ridiculous. I just am not free to
talk about this at this time.”
Security was tight for what
was expected to be a week-long
trial once testimony starts.
Armed U.S. marshals sat inside
and outside the courtroom.
They required all participants
and observers to walk through a
ruetaV detector upon entry into
the courtroom.
Wilson was convicted in Alex
andria, Va.,, in November of
smuggling arms to Libya. He
was sentenced to 15 years in
prison and fined $200,000. He
also faces two more trials in
Washington on charges he con
spired to murder a Libyan dissi
dent and allegedly made
another illegal arms shipment.
ustice warned
o cooperate
st ruction
e install
bedim:
n the sks
a survev
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nited Press International
represeir.AUSTIN — Saying the “hon-
upattt
of the Senate is at stake,’
stop ^jmpcratic officials are warning
micandip Pope that he may not be
Roddn hicf Justice of the Texas Sup-
t am | me Court if he doesn’t agree
vith tht areI; ‘ rement date so that Gov.
ark White can appoint his suc-
A (fairs Mr.
L>c j pi , A 69-year-old former associ-
ration (liiwptice and popular Demo-
‘sdai ovtW P°P e was ta gg e d for the
, r jstere(|: ,ur t’ s top job by outgoing Gov.
in ill Clements despite the warn-
si , gs of 14 state senators who
„ R . n tJ e d Clements not to fill the
g; tcancy, but to leave the
( vipointment to White.
^datjonsfThe vacancy developed after
(I inclulfti boexpected retirement of
rmer Chief Justice Joe
reenhill.
But Clements ignored the
nators’ requests and
ipointed Pope to the seat.
>me senators have said they are
juctant to reject his appoint-
r \ (lent because of his reputation
/ a fine jurist and loyal Demo
at.
0W But other senators also say
)pe should agree in advance to
y ;tire at a “future date” and let
Mile appoint his successor.
Phis year*
'r r ‘
tves iro
e nation
“The honor of the Senate is at
stake here,” Sen. Chet Brooks,
D-Pasedena, said. “Nobody is
asking him to get out of the way
quickly. We just want him to
make a commitment to retire at
some point so that vacancy is fil
led by the new administration.”
Brooks said the Senate “is
bending over backwards” to
accommodate Pope and would
confirm his appointment almost
immediately if he pledged to re
tire during White’s tenure.
“Fourteen senators signed a
letter telling Gov. Bill Clements
we don’t want any lameduck
appointments here,” Brooks
said. “Mr. Pope knew that when
he accepted the appointment.”
Pope has been reluctant to
cooperate with the Senate’s re
tirement plans, saying the chief
justice of the court should not
have to make deals with the
Senate.
Hearings on Pope’s appoint
ment were scheduled for this
week but were delayed until ear
ly February at Brooks’ request.
White has refused to com
ment on Pope’s situation, saying
he would prefer the matter were
handled in the Senate.
alias ozone level
ndangers funding
annual?! 1
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d 22 A
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to an ah#
r Count 1 United Press International
DALLAS — The head of the
63 pettf.Sl Environmental Protection
erators jgancy says Dallas will be penal-
>ftheiri°t|q for failing to meet federal
lean-air standards for ozone.
centoftl’C Speaking at EPA regional
tion in headquarters Tuesday, EPA Di-
to fast ector Anne Gorsuch said the
added nfky faces a possible loss of feder-
jounds I J 1 highway construction funds,
) 0 k bash jr pollution control funds and a
on major industrial growth.
Sanctions against the city will
e proposed next week and
will take effect by late
ummer, she said.
'UllRdl ^ a ^ as is among 100 cities and
nationwide that have
c v /i 0t complied with sections of the
(/Ito “ u ';i ean A ct au ma y be
y’S C/llf'unished for their failure to
Parker amply with the federal law.
„n Bryan Gorsuch, who has battled en-
ironmentalists and Democratic
jly Comifjwmakers for two years, said
llT1 jly Eudje EPA opposes the use of sanc-
jly Com(i4ns to force compliance by
ties and counties.
clearly on the re-
have for the last 20
irish hall ! ont hs: We have continuously
es c O.K. |S ec i Congress to revise the
Evenini “Let me go
ningEuch 31 ^ as I hav
/elcome
1 ' v ,’ she said. “Sanctions im-
d by the mere occurrence of
a date that was picked out five
years before are to me an
anathema. I think they are arbit
rary. I think they are counter
productive environmentally. I
think they are disruptive econo
mically.”
In particular, she opposed the
withholding of air pollution con
trol funds to cities.
“These are funds that come tb
the jurisdiction from the federal
government for the sole pur
pose of cleaning up the air the
law directs us to improve,” she
said. “That’s the original cutting
off your nose to spite your face.”
Ozone is a toxic, colorless gas
that is produced by the reaction
of sunlight with hydrocarbons,
which are emmitted by vehicles
and industrial plants. Excessive
levels cause headaches,
coughing, shortness of breath
and other respiratory problems.
The EPA set air quality stan
dards in 1971 for ozone, carbon
monoxide, sulfur dioxide, nit
rogen oxides and particulates.
The deadline for meeting the
standards was Dec. 31, 1982.
Dallas recorded excess ozone
levels 10 times last year. The law
allows one violation annually.
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