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Monday, April 18, 1983AThe Battalion/Page 9 afia kingpin jailed r Brilab involvement nited Press International NlW ORLEANS — The N BF 11 j a ^i n S of elderly Ol ifiu kingpin Carlos Marcel las a warning that no lOiint of money or power aise a person above the h.S. Attorney John Volz akf Saturday. Marcello and Charles ggnier, former state com- iis|oner of administration, /ere convicted of racketeer- igin the 1981 Louisiana Bri- iblrial. Marcello was jailed iteFriday to await the start of B^year prison sentence. ; “Nobody is above the law,” ■Volz, who served as chief irose cutor in the 19-week ftirt proceeding. “There H\|been those who said Mr. larcello and Mr. Roemer lould never go to jail. We’ve ..■tained all along that was ticorrect. Tfhe system works for ev- lody. I think the thing it lows— 1 hope it shows — is I not only poor people ive to be responsible for "hei/Bking the law,” Volz said. ireclmJ.S. District Attorney tloivv Sear, who presided over the Brilab trial, gave Roemer 10 days to get his affairs in order before report ing for his 3-year term. The reputed “Little Man” of Gulf Coast organized crime was ordered to turn himself in immediately because author ities feared he might try to flee the country before starting his term. Marcello was processed by U.S. marshals and taken to the Community Correctional Center to await transfer to a federal prison. Volz said he was uncertain how soon Marcello would be eligible for parole but added any such decision would be pushed into the future by an additional 10-year term hand ed down on a California rack eteering conviction. In Shreveport, Roemer said he was surprised by the speed with which the 5th Cir cuit turned down his appeal — ruling on 300 pages of legal briefs in five weeks rather than five months. Marcello and Roemer were found guilty in the Louisiana case in which undercover FBI agents posed as insurance salesmen willing to pay bribes for lucrative state insurance business. Volz and Fades L. Hogue, head of the Justice Depart ment’s Organized Crime and Racketeering Strike Force in New Orleans, Thursday asked Sear to put the two men behind bars. The 5th Circuit earlier this week refused to overturn the men’s convic tions. After the 5th Circuit re jected Marcello’s appeal, his attorney, Arthur Lemann III, said he would seek a re hearing by a three-judge panel of the appeals court. If that bid failed, he said, he would seek a review by the en tire 11-judge panel and would file a similar request with the U.S. Supreme Court. Federal court rules dictate that after an appeals court up holds a conviction and jail sentence, it has 21 days to order the trial judge to sign papers ordering the convicted felons to jail. Senate Republicans bicker Tax bills stalled by GOP United Press International WASHINGTON — The GOP-led Senate Budget Com mittee is deadlocked over how much to raise taxes next year, not because of Democrats’ un willingness to compromise, but because the usually unified Re publicans are divided over Reaganomics. In essence, the unruly Demo crats and staid Republicans have exchanged roles, and Senate Re publican leaders are not quite sure how to handle it. On Tuesday, the committee will try again to reach a consen sus on how much to raise taxes next year, the last key compo nent of the 1984 budget resolu tion the panel is drafting. Democrats watched in amusement last week as two of the 12 Republicans on the com mittee heatedly argued in public whether supply-side economics, the basis of President Reagan’s economic policy, is working. “We’ve flirted with supply- side,” Sen. Mark Andrews, R- N.D., told his Republican col leagues Thursday. “It doesn’t work in the face of high interest rates. I think we have to increase taxes if we’re going to be honest with ourselves.” “The notion of supply-side is working fine,” shot back Sen. William Armstrong, R-Colo. He argued that lowering the federal tax burden on workers with Reagan’s income tax cuts the past two years has led con sumers to invest more money and stimulate the economy and, as a result, interest rates have fallen. “Supply-side didn’t bring the rates down,” Andrews said. “It was that $98 billion tax increase bill that brought interest rates down 5 or 6 percent.” Committee chairman Pete Domenici, R-N.M., his teeth clenched, was forced to pound his gavel to end the bickering between the two. But Andrews voted for a Democratic proposal to raise $30 billion in 1984 by repealing the third year of the Reagan tax cut program, which is scheduled to take effect July 1. The plan failed on an 11-11 tie vote. With the Republicans di vided, all other tax plans failed also, and by nearly 2-to-l mar gins. Congress plans busy week adriplegic wins millions out-of-court settlement lUnited Press International LOS ANGELES — A college jhomore who has been a ^■plegic since he was run vijby a car over five years ago I won a $4.5 million out-of- iffereifjlettlernent. :r ub: Court officials said Friday the sav ltd is the largest personal in- iBcase settlement ever ;ebean«etl in the North Central 'connA 01 ' Court District, idits! “Ihasn’t really hit me yet,” e Simileith Ritchie, 21. “Obvious- I’m really happy.” r (u jfchie will receive the money in an-Operators and managers of moursHorthridge shopping cen- • e01 ,in whose parking lot he was , pf j, under terms worked e d tip conference wit h Superior Inotpfl Judge Robert Schif- ma:: ^ The suit alleged the com- talvdlnH operating the North- l ievve lge Trade Mart were at fault Somfraiise the parking lot was poorly illuminated, lacked speed bumps and speed signs and had poor security. Ritchie was 15 and a member of the Calabasas High School football team in 1977 when he and two friends were hit by the car in the mall parking lot. Ritchie suffered a broken neck, which made it impossible for him to move his limbs. His companions, Ted Leon and Michael Weiner, were awarded $75,000 and $25,000, respectively, for their injuries. Ritchie’s mother, Marcia Ritch ie, who came upon the scene mi nutes after the accident, will re ceive $200,000 for emotional distress. United Press International WASHINGTON — Con gress, stepping up its tempo, hopes to act this week on a nuc lear freeze resolution, aid for jobless home-owners and a re peal of tax withholding on in terest and dividends. But its 1984 budget timetable keeps slipping. The Senate and House could advance each piece of legislation by the end of the week, but de lays, scheduling problems and other roadblocks could just as easily produce a five-day tread mill. The docket includes: the nuc lear freeze resolution, housing, tax withholding and Nicaragua. Once again on Wednesday, the House will take up a resolu tion calling for a mutual and verifiable freeze on nuclear weapons production by the Un ited States and the Soviet Union. Sponsors claim to have the votes to pass the resolution and already have turned back four test votes on weakening amend ments. But still pending are other amendments that would delay final action, possibly throwing the vote into the following week. The House also plans work on housing legislation, which it bypassed last week. The bill in cludes a $760 million authoriza tion to help pay the mortgages of unemployed workers facing foreclosure. The fund would go into effect whenever the mortgage default rate exceeded 1.3 percent nationwide. A similiar bill has been approved by the Senate Banking Committee but is not scheduled this week. Once again, the Senate is grappling with a proposal to re peal the 10 percent tax with holding on interest and di vidends, a move strongly opposed by President Reagan. Senate Republican leader Ho ward Baker has told sponsors of the repeal that he will permit only three attempts to end a fili buster against the proposal. The first comes Tuesday, and the backers believe they can muster the needed 60 votes — if not Tuesday, then Wednesday or Thursday. If the repeal gets through the Senate, it will have more prob lems. House leaders oppose the legislation, and the bill will have to be brought up by a petition discharging the Ways and Means Committee from juris diction, always a difficult pro cess. In the final stage, the question may rest on the ability of the Senate and House to override a promised Reagan veto. Concern in Congress over U.S. covert activities in Nicar agua increased last week despite assurances from Secretary of State George Shultz and CIA head William Casey that no U.S. law has been violated. Baker may call a secret session of the Senate to brief members on the situation in Central America. So far, briefings have been limited to the Senate and House intelligence committees. yearbook CINEMA I & II CENTER R46-6714 ‘GANDHI” (PG) frast Picture - Actor 8:00 SOPHIE’S CHOICE” (R) Bast Actress 8:30 CINEMA III ST OAK MALL 764-0616 LASH DANCE” (R) 7:45-9:45 gbest Supporting Actress GET OFF ON OFF-CAMPUS? NEST IN A TREEHOUSE. Do you get off on the idea of living off-campus? Yet wouldn’t want to miss out on the fun, friends, and closeness the dorms offer? You can enjoy the best of both worlds ... by nesting in a treehouse. Treehouse Apartments. Just a little off campus, and so much more than just a dorm. 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