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NAACP executive says
judicial system biased
United Press International
PHILADELPHIA — A judi
cial system biased against blacks
is responsible for the ordeal of a
black engineer who spent 16
months in prison before being
cleared of robbery charges, the
head of the NAACP says.
NAACP Executive Director
Benjamin Hooks charged Sat
urday that the engineer, Lenell
Geter, was arrested because of
his race.
“He was arrested and his pic
ture was circulated basically be
cause he was black and had a
bag in his hand, and there were
reports that a black man with a
bag in his hand held up a store.
“That is ludicrous, and abso
lutely riduclous and repugnant
of /
to the whole concept of Ameri
can justice,” Hooks said. "I
guess it will only be when a
white man is arrested for hav
ing a bag in his hand and con
victed that we’ll get a lot of
help.”
Geter ended a two-year legal
battle last week when prosecu
tors dropped charges he robbed
a suburban Dallas fast food res-
taurand of $600. He had been
convicted of the charges in 1982
and sentenced to life in prison.
“What happened to Geter
could happen anywhere in
America because the criminal
system is flawed and,
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said.
Geter, an engineer
Denmark, S.C., wasfreedfm
prison on bond last Decemtt
to face a retrial brought aku
by national publidty. NAAI
attorneys ail
fense.
Hooks said Geter desenti
“hero’s welcome” forhisordti
“We should give Mr. Gq vorked for
the kind of hero’s welcoraci nenttothe
was extended to Robert Goo Erwin dec
man,” he said, referring to
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Meese files yield information
on Carter’s last TV appeal
United Press International
A plane from the past
Photo by BOB CASTER
This T-6 Texan belonging to The Confederate Air
Force was one of over a dozen “warbirds” from
the 1940s and 50s that descended on Easterwood
Airport this weekend. The CAP, based in Har
lingen, restores vintage aircraft and displays
them across the country.
Black death
Bubonic plague spreading across western states
United Press International
ARLINGTON — Bubonic
plague, carried by fleas in wild
animals, appears to be drifting
across several western states
and has caused a record num
ber of human infections, veteri
narians reported Friday.
“Last year was the worst year
on record,” said veterinarian
William Rosser in a speech to
delegates at the annual “Dis
eases in Nature” conference.
“We hope that this year will be
an improvement, but there’s
just no telling.”
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Rosser said the disease —
which killed a third of the pop
ulation of Medieval Europe —
spread steadily from its origin
in California 80 years ago, and
now exists in at least 14 western
states including New Mexico,
Arizona, Colorado and Texas.
“Texas is at the extreme east
ern edge,” he said. “It’s been
pretty much confined to the
west so far,” he said. “But many
people feel the epidemic is
steadily drifting eastward.”
He said a record 40 human
cases were reported in the
United States last year, com
pared to 19 the previous year.
In Texas, the last case was re
ported in January, striking a
rabbit hunter from Kermit,
where another man had died of
the plague two years earlier.
“The 45-year-old Kermit
man complained to authorities
of sweats, head throbbing and
groin pain,” Rosser said.
WASHINGTON — Edwin
Meese, who denies taking a ma
jor political role in the 1980
Reagan campaign, was pro
vided details of President Car
ter’s final, election-eve tele
vision appeal three days in
advance, Meese’s campaign files
show.
Also among files recently
turned over to the Senate Judi
ciary Committee by House in
vestigators are several memos in
which Robert Garrick, director
of political development for the
Reagan campaign, describes
materials picked up from
sources in or close to the Carter
Initially misdiagnosied, blood
tests eventually revealed the
plague bacteria and he was suc
cessfully treated with antibiot
ics. Rosser said 15 rabbits shot
by the man and a companion
were tested, and three carried
the plague.
“The disease is treated easily,
but it must be diagnosed
quickly,” he said. “Most victims
in Europe died within two or
three days.
camp.
Garrick reported to Meese,
who has said he handled only is
sues and policy for the Reagan
campaign.
Meese, whose nomination as
the new attorney general is em
broiled in a controversy over his
financial dealings, has denied in
writing that he knew the Rea
gan campaign obtained
material generated for Jimmy
Carter’s re-election bid.
Meese told investigators for a
House subcommittee recently
that he remembers few of the
memos, found in his campaign
files, referring to tips or other
information flowing from the
Carter campaign or White
House.
The Nov. 1, 1980, campaign
memo from Peter Dailey, an ad
vertising man for the Reagan
campaign, advised Meese and
seven other campaign officials,
“I’ve just learned that Carter’s
20-minute presentation on elec
tion eve will consist of a pre-re
corded format with Henry
Fonda as the narrator-host."
Dailey said the ad, which ran
as scheduled, would include,
“approximately three minutes
of Henry Fonda setting the
stage ... segments of political
types such as (House Speaker
Thomas) ‘Tip’ O’Neill and oth
ers endorsing Carter ... seg
ments featuring statues of fa
mous presidents with the
narrator (giving) quotes by each
of these presidents ... Carter in
the Oval Office in a cardigan
sweater making a five-minute
appeal to voters” and a closing
scene showing “Harry Truman
beseeching people to vote the
Democratic Party.”
Dailey, who recently resigned
as U.S. ambassador to Ireland,
could not be reached for com-
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Carter strategists. The H#
investigation began withdi
sures last summer that mate
from Carter’s debate briel
book reached the Reagan
files for ap
commission.
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Rep. Donald Albosta, I
Mich., chairman of the pai^j
asserted last fall that
months-long inquiry biE san AN']
turned up evidence of an “otf tors ‘ Frid
mzed effort by the Reaf ^
campaign to obtain CarU^, fror
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in Meese’s files rekindles ques
tions, being investigated by the
Meese, in an affidavit s| Attorneys
milted to the subcommittee Cvnthia Kir
cently, wrote, “I havenokn(“ the Universi
edge of any effort by the IS Science Cer
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Radar gun training delayed
United Press International
EL PASO — Training on the
controversial Sgt. York air de
fense gun has been delayed,
Fort Bliss officials said Friday.
The first model of the
weapon system has arrived at
Fort Bliss, almost six months be
hind schedule.
Because of the delivery delay,
training on the weapons system
has been set back from June to
November, said Maj. Cen.
James Maloney, Fort Bliss com
mander.
The Sgt. York, named for
Sgt. Alvin York, the Tennessee
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I hero, was shipped to the Army
on March 13 from the Ford
Aerospace and Communica
tions Corporation at Newport
Beach, Calif., said Donald
Flamm, the company’s director
of public affairs.
Flamm said the delay in de
livery was caused by “software
integration problems.” He said
officials “don’t feel they’ll re
quire hardware changes.”
“There is a lot of concern
about the DIVAD program,”
Maloney said, referring to the
Sgt. York by the acronym for its
original name — the Division
Air Defense gun. “Last year the
plan was to start the training
this June, but this has been de
layed until November.”
said the radar-equipped
performed well in most
them. On three of the tests,
results “just weren’t up to
top parameters,” he said.
Flamm said there were 'i
sification of targets" probl
with the radar system. He*
not specific about the p
The General Accountingfl
fice and congressional inves
gators criticized the Pentai
for failing to analyze the el
of producing and fielding
Sgt. York gun with its deficit
cies uncorrected.
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Army sources said the delays
were caused by “quality control”
problems with the Sgt. York.
Flamm, however, pointed out
that the Army did not refuse to
accept delivery of the system.
Company officials have been
performing a series of 75 tests
on the Sgt. York, and Flamm
Maloney defended the St fining her
York, calling it in an earlier
terview, “a devastating!)' efft
live weapon” and pointed t from her pi
that Ford, has the responsibi unattended
ficii
for correcting any deficiencies
The Army plans to buy®
of the guns, which areequippi
with twin, turret-mounted
mm cannons, officials said.
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