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Tuesday, June 12,
Contraband traffickers possess rare plants
Officials seize cacti samples
LA PAZ, Mexico (AP) — Envi
ronmental officials have reported
seizing 1,500 samples of rare and
endangered cactus species from
traffickers in contraband, the
government news agency Noti-
mex said.
Graciela de la Garza, director
of ecological conservation said
traffickers intended to ship the
plants out of the country, Noti-
mex reported Sunday.
She said more than 600 plants
were seized in Cuautla, 50 miles
south of Mexico City. The cacti
had been uprooted in five states
around the country, the news
agency reported.
De la Garza said another batch
of stolen cactus was confiscated in
Cuatro Cienegas in the northern
state of Coahuila.
Rasmussen
(Continued from page 7)
NFL,” Stautner said.
Why not use a league to farm
younger, more inexperienced play
ers with the potential to become an
NFL starter?
The idea of a minor football
league has been tossed around, but
no affiliation between the NFL and
any other league has been estab
lished. Some type of organized
scouting into a minor league t
benefit teams by giving them
depth in key position and still
tain the alloted number of plat
on the roster.
At the same time, it would
athletes such as Morris, who
the skills, but need timetodeu,
an opportunity to continue fiAa
for a dream that they’ve hark
since high school — tnat of plal
in the NFL.
Gorbachev
(Continued from page 1)
the republics’ independence cam
paigns.
Gorbachev has said the republics
are free to pursue independence,
but insists they do so in accordance
with Soviet constitutional guidelines
of Lithuania, Arnold Ruutel of Esto
nia and Anatoly Gorbunov of Latvia
will meet with Gorbachev, as well as
his Federation Council, a new presi
dential advisory body, according to
spokesmen from the three republics.
Also on Tuesday, Lithuanian
Prime Minister Kazimiera Pru-
nskiene will meet with Soviet Pre
mier Nikolai I. Ryzhkov to discuss
the economic embargo and her gov
ernment’s halt of the conscription of
66
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loscow is sort of trying to find common ground. The
very fact that they (Soviet leaders) are conversing with
us on the basis that we are not revoking the 11th of
March (declaration) is the movement.”
— Algimantas Cekoulis,
Supreme Council consultant
that were set down in April and re
quire a referendum, legislative ap
proval and a wait of up to five years.
Presidents Vytautas Landsbergis
Lithuanians into the Soviet army, a
Lithuanian spokesman said.
Landsbergis and Gorbunov met
Monday in the Lithuanian city of
Panevezhis to map strategy for the
Kremlin session, said Rita Dapkus, a
spokeswoman for the Lithuanian
parliament, the Supreme Council.
The three presidents formed a
united front last month to press
their drives to restore the indepen
dence they lost 50 years ago when
forcibly annexed by Josef Stalin.
The leaders had asked for a meeting
with Gorbachev.
Gorbachev later met with Ruutel
and Gorbunov, as well as Pru-
nskiene, but he has remained firm
that they must either suspend or re
voke their declarations of indepen
dence.
Although Estonia and Latvia have
taken a more cautious path toward
secession, Lithuania declared its in
dependence March 11 and immedi
ately began passing laws to back up
the declaration. Among those laws
was one suspending conscription of
Lithuanian youths into the Soviet
army.
nia to be unconstitutional on
14.
Algimantas Cekoulis, a Supr
Council consultant who was a
panying Prunskiene to Mos
along with Deputy Prime f
Algirdas Brazauskas, said
lieved he saw some “movemenfl
the Kremlin’s position.
“Moscow is sort of trying lo|
common ground,” he said,
very fact that they (Soviet ItatJ
are conversing with us on thei
that we are not revoking the lli|
March (declaration) is
movement.”
Cekoulis said that Ryzhkov-
spoken of the Soviet Union siiM
ing “bruises” from their own®,
nomic blockade — hurting noifl
Lithuania but other republic^’
well.
The Soviet leader declared inde-
pendence moves by Latvia and Esto-
“If Russia has the bruises:
that blockade, that is the reason&j
these movements,” he said, if
have shot their own feet.”
Poindexter
(Continued from page 1)
false testimony and preparing an in
accurate chronology to conceal U.S.
involvement in a 1985 shipment of
missiles to Iran.
Six other men, including retired
Marine Lt. Col. Oliver L. North, a
former Poindexter aide, have been
placed on probation after being con
victed or pleading guilty to crimes in
the Iran-Contra affair.
Poindexter showed little emotion,
except to smile at his wife Linda, af
ter the sentence was announced.
The couple kissed and walked
arm-and-arm out of the courtroom
after the 40-minute proceeding. As
the Poindexters left the U.S. Court
house, they briefly joined a throng
of 30 supporters who were carrying
banners and chanting, “Full pardon
now.”
Presidential spokesman Marlin
Fitzwater said there would be no
White House comment on the sen
tence. Asked if he could rule out a
pardon by President Bushof his col
league from the Reagan administra
tion, Fitzwater said, “I can rule out
having any comment on this matter
while the case is under appeal.”
Greene said that Poindexter,
North and others involved in the
Iran-Contra affair “carried out their
own private policy” by helping arm
the Nicaraguan rebels after Con
gress passed legislation forbidding
further U.S. military aid.
“Admiral Poindexter and his asso
ciates obstructed the Congress, nulli
fying the decisions that body had
made on the issues of supplies to the
Contras,” Greene said.
“They decided the policy of the
Boland Amendment was wrong —
they went about to violate it on a
large scale and for a lengthy period,
and then to lie about their activities
to prevent the public from finding
out,” Greene said.
Prosecutor Dan K. Webb had
urged the judge to ignore any argu
ment that lying to Congress “is a
technical violation of the law.”
“This case is a classic example of
what happens when these laws are
violated,” Webb said. “We literally
had this admiral and one very mis
guided and confused lieutenant col
onel operating a private war in Nica
ragua and Congress didn’t know
about it.”
Afterward, Webb said Greene had
imposed “a very fair and very
proper sentence” that would be a
warning to other public officials.
Defense attorney Richard W.
Beckler urged Greene to spare Poin
dexter a prison term, saying the re
tired rear admiral “has always put
his devotion to the country above
any selfish interests of his own.”
Flag
(Continued from page 1)
ling flag burning.
“The fl
While he held a high office, “I
don’t think anyone can appreciate
the power and pressure tnat bears
on that,” Beckler said.
‘Every step can be a misstep,” the
- r \ y
defense lawyer added. “Clearly mis
steps were taken here.
Webb disputed Beckler’s argu
ment that Poindexter should be
placed on probation because North
and others were not given prison
terms.
“John Poindexter is the superior
and he, unfortunately, has to be held
accountable for the events that made
up Iran-Contra,” Webb said.
flag uniquely symbolizes the
ideas of liberty, equality and toler
ance — ideas that Americans have
passionately defended and debated
throughout our history,” he said.
“The flag embodies the spirit of our
national commitment to those ide
als.”
In the 1989 case, the court struck
down a Texas law banning flag bur
ning. It was that year-old opinion
that prompted Congress to approve
the federal law declared unconstitu
tional today.
Supporters of the federal legis
lation said it is different from the
Texas law because the federal act
does not single out flag burning as a
means of expression.
The federal law forbids defiling
or destruction of the flag for any
purpose — except to destroy a soiled
or worn flag.
David Cole, an attorney with the
Center for Constitutional Rights and
co-counsel for defendants in the
case, said, “We are overjoyed. The
court has essentially said that the
First Amendment means what it
says. And that is that the govern
ment cannot incarcerate its citizens
for engaging in political expression
that the government doesn’t like.”
The Bush administration, with
some reluctance, joined in defend
ing the federal law.
President Bush and leading Re
publicans said they would prefer a
constitutional amendment to ban
flag burning, and Bush allowed the
legislation to become law without his
signature.
“I remain convinced ... that a con
stitutional amendment is theo
way to ensure that our flag is [r
tected from desecration," Bushif
then.
The prime sponsors of thei
were Democrats, who learnedss
ter lesson from the 1988 preside: |
campaign in which Busn expie'
patriotic values in defeating t
Michael Dukakis of Massachusee
The law made it a crime punis:
ble by up to a year in prison fort
one who burns, mutilates, del*
tramples the flag or “maintain
on the floor or ground."
The latter phrase was pror.?:
by a controversial Chicagoan
hibit last year in which viewers
invited to stand on an Americaall
and write comments about thei
play in a ledger.
ay’:
ide
after federal judges in the Distrs:
Columbia and Seattle said the ]
eral law violates First Amends!
rights. The law was challengecl
demonstrators who burned AmT
can flags in the two cities.
Brett F
trip do'
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Brennan read for six mini
from his opinion in the hushed
crowded courtroom.
Brennan was joined by Jus:
Thurgood Marshall, Ham
Blackmun, Antonin Scalia and
thony M. Kennedy.
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Stevens was joined by Chief
tice William H. Rehnquist,Byre,
White and Sandra Day O’Coikf
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89-1433, and U.S. vs. Haggerc
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Tanker
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to be covering an area about 5-by-7
miles Monday afternoon.
The spills were estimated to con
tain 10,000 to 100,000 gallons,
according to Officer Mark Sedwick.
A plane dropped 4,000 gallons of oil
dispersant on one of the slicks late
Sunday and it appeared to be work
ing, he said. The larger slick had
shrunk early Monday to 15 miles
66
As the fire goes down,
they’ll put teams on board
to fight it. They’ll work step
by step until the fire is out.
They attack it from the
edges and then move in.”
— Rich Muller,
Chief Petty Officer
long from 21 miles, Coast Guard of
ficials said.
The firefighting operation ap
peared to be having some effect,
with the black smoke at times chang
ing to white and gray.
“As the fire goes down, they’ll put
teams on board to fight it,” said
Chief Petty Officer Rich Muller.
“They’ll work step by step until the
fire is out. They attack it from the
edges and then move in.”
Calm seas and good weather
aided firefighters, he said.
“They expect to have something
positive within an hour after the
foaming starts, and about four to six
hours after that, they’ll have pretty
good control if it’s successful,” said
Coast Guard Capt. Tom Greene.
Earlier, officials had expressed
concern that the intense heat of the
fire could cause the vessel to warp,
break apart and sink.
By Sunday, the superstructure at
the rear of the tanker and the stack
over the engine room had buckled in
the heat. By midday Monday, the su
perstructure was obscured by thick
clouds of black smoke and flames.
Before it slipped to the surface,
the rear of the tanker had dropped
58 feet since the first explosion, indi
cating either the cargo shifted or the
ship was taking on water, officials
said. Coast Guard Rear Adm. Wil
liam Merlin said the aft deck was just
5 feet above the water.
The fire-fighting foam could not
be used earlier because the nearest
available equipment to spray it was in
Louisiana, the Coast Guard said.
“There is an equipment and tech-
while some of its cargo wast
transferred to a smaller tanker
66
Fhey expect to have
something positive within
an hour after the foaming
starts, and about four to six
hours after that, they’ll
have pretty good control if
it’s successful.”
— Tom Greene,
Coast Guard Capt.
nology shortfall,” Lt. Cmdr. Frank
Whipple said. “I don’t think that is a
secret.”
Over the weekend, fireboats con
fined their efforts to keep the cargo
holds cool nearest the blazing super
structure and containing the flaming
oil on the water’s surface. Water,
however, was of little help in dous
ing the fire aboard the vessel.
The Norwegian ship was hit by an
id ~
Little if any of the African
crude spilled initially ordurin]
explosions later Saturday an(
Sunday. But on Sunday afterrs
five powerful blasts within 2f
utes ripped through the ship,
ing flaming crude into the a
water.
The Mega Borg carries more
three times as much oil as wassp
by the Exxon Valdez off Mask
March 1989 in the nation’s woir
spill.
But authorities noted thattK
spilled in Alaska was heavy er
which doesn’t dissipate nearlj
rapidly as the light crude aboatt
Mega Borg. Also, much of th
spilling off Texas was being
sumed by fire.
Currents and winds were
pected to push the oil toward a
mile stretch of coast between!
port and Corpus Christi. Bu'
Coast Guard’s Greene said the
rents were expected to keep the
from coming ashore.
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