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Monday, April 28, 1986/The Battalion/Page 7
Veteran a
victim of
Vietnam’
Slouch By Jim Earle
7 (lidded ih.n I hud been spending too much time just turning the
pages, so I solved the problem by uttuching my textbook to the wall. "
Convicted spy will testify
against his ex-Navy buddy
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — John
A. Walker takes the witness stand in
federal court Monday to publicly de-
setibe for the first time his 17 years
as a Soviet sp\ master, and to accuse
ex-N’avv budds Jerry Whitworth of
espionage.
The government, admitting
Walker is a traitor, will ask jurors to
believe his testimony anti convict
Whitworth as a spy. The defense will
argue that Walker's accusations are
selt-ser\ ing lies.
For Whitworth, a retired Navy ra
dioman who faces the prospect of
life in prison if convicted, this is the
tirst confrontation with Walker since
both men were arrested nearly a
year ago.
Whitworth, lb. who had a spotless
service record, is accused of being
the chief supplier of classified codes
and communications data that
Walker sold to the Soviets. The gov
ernment alleges that he received
$332,000 and has charged him with
13 counts of espionage and tax ev a
sion, seven of which carry potential
life sentences.
Whitworth says he is innocent and
his lawyers say ht*is being offered as
a sacrificial lamb by Walker, who
won leniency for himself and his 23-
veat -old son, Michael, by agreeing to
be the star witness against Whit
worth.
The prosecution, while conceding
Walker has a credibility problem, is
relying on him to provide key evi
dence against Whitworth in the trial
that began March 24.
Assistant U.S. Attorney William
Farmer told jurors in his opening
statement, “In this case, you’re going
to have to decide whether you’re
going to believe the testimony of
John Walker ... or whether you’re
going to reject it out of hand because
he is a traitor.”
LAKF; WORTH. Fla. (AP) — Da
vid L. !• unchess was a victim of Viet
nam, just as surely as if he had died
in a jungle firelight instead of Flor
ida's elect t it chair, sav f ellow v eter
ans and .those who study the war's
lingering psychic wounds.
Tuesday's execution of Funchess,
39. was the first of a veteran diag
nosed as suffering from post-trau
matic stress disorder. It rekindled
deep emotions among Vietnam vet-
erans and debate about the b-vear-
old stress disorder defense bv veter
ans accused of crimes.
Ron Hanna, a 3 l-vear-old Army
veteran still trying to deal with the
emotional damage f rom two years of
combat 15 years ago, said, “They
could have helped him; at least let
him live in pi isctn.“
Peter F.rlinder, a Minnesota law
professor who lias researched crimes
by veterans afflicted with the stress
disorder, said its symptoms weren’t /
recognized bv the American Psychi
atric Association until 19(30.
Funchess stabbed a man and
woman to death in 1974 at a Jackson
ville lounge where he had been
fired. He was convicted in 1975.
During a 1982 clemency hearing be
fore Florida's governor and Cabinet,
expert testimony stated that Fun-
chess suf fered from the newly recog
nized post-traumatic stress disorder.
Gov . Bob Graham refused to rec
ommend mercy. Last week, he said
he believed PTSD exists but it did
not justif y clemency for F unchess.
1 estimonv showed Funchess was
a battered c hild from a poor Jack
sonville family but had no history of
violence. He enlisted in the Army in
!9()7 and was absent without autho
rization during training after his
brothet was murdered.
He stepped on a land mine in
Vietnam 2'-j months into his war
tour and was discharged after going
AWOI. two othei times. When lie
got home, F unc hess bec ame’ a heroin
addict and bounc ed through several
jobs before the murders.
William Weitz, an Army veteran
and clinical psychologist who heads
the Vet Center here, said PTSD
doesn't excuse all crimes. Weitz, who
has testified in numerous criminal
cases, said a kev lac tor should be the
veteran’s pre-Vietnam behavior.
Veteran pushes for Korean War memorial
BF.RWICK. Pa. (AP) — Three decades later, Amer
ica still doesn't have a national monument honoring
those who fought in Korea.
Fony Zclanavage, a 53-year-old retired insurance
agent who won the Purple Heart in that war, wants to
change that.
According to Zclanavage, “Korea is the forgotten
war. and about (i million of us who were sent to Korea
are the forgotten warriors. I want to get the word out.”
An Army medic who landed in Korea with the 2nd
Division in 1950, Zclanavage today wages a single-
handed mail campaign for a Korean War memorial that
isquickly attracting nationwide attention.
Armed with broad sheets of postage stamps and
thousands of "Forgotten War” bumper stickers he de
signed and pays f or, Zclanavage began his campaign on
his kitchen table, and it “mushroomed” into a spare
bedroom in his ranch-style home here.
It has produced requests for nearly 20,000 stickers
he freely distributes across the country and overseas,
along with a note encouraging a grass-roots letter-writ
ing effort to Congress in support of a Korean mon
ument.
He also wants those who write to drive with head
lights on until national leaders make his hopes a reality.
Based on the number of veterans who served in Ko
rea from June 25, 1950, to Julv 27. 1953, Zclanavage
figures it would cost the government about 09 cents to
honor each one by erecting a S3.5 million memorial.
That is the amount of taxes the government lost
through the $10 million in tax-deductible donations
raised for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, he says.
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Aggie Scholarship Golf Tournament
Sponsored by:
Recreation & Parks Students
Miller Lite
Date:
Place:
Format:
Prizes:
Entry Fee:
Deadline:
Saturday, May 3, 1986
Bryan Golf Course, Tee times start 11:00 a.m.
Four-man Scramble
(Anyone can play)
* Only one A-player per team *
Trophies awarded to top three teams & last place
Courtesy of Miller Lite
Flole-in-one waterbed on Hole 2
Courtesy of Waterbed Gallery
Driving contest for gold Miller Lite putter
$25.00 per player (tax deductible)
Includes green fee, I/2 cart, Miller Lite Bag-Towel, and BBQ.
Completed entry form and total entry fee must be received by
April 30, I986, at the Recreation & Parks Office, at Francis Hall,
by the Library on the TAMU campus.
Information: Recreation & Parks Office: 845-7323
Bob Carbtree: 845-5334
Buster Brown: 696-1338 or 846-0070
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