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lay • December 6 classk sday • December 6, 1994 ATTALION Page 5 mmmmM ingrich burns White House bridges ew House speaker charges one-fourth of inton's staff with having used illegal drugs ASHINGTON (AP) — Suggesting a pat- of Republican recklessness, President ton’s top adviser said Monday “we can- do business” with Newt Gingrich if the House speaker insists on making un- ded allegations. rom chief of staff Leon Panetta to first Hillary Rodham Clinton, the adminis- ion pounced on Gingrich for his charges |t up to a quarter of the White House staff used illegal drugs. His charges are absolutely false,” Panet- aid angrily. The time has come when he has to un stand that he has to stop behaving like out-of-control radio talk show host and in behaving like the speaker of the se of Representatives,” Panetta said, aying he saw signs of “a troubling pat- Panetta compared Gingrich’s remarks h Republican Sen. Jesse Helms’ recent rning that Clinton would need a body- rd if he ever visited North Carolina. !‘I think it is so unfair,” the first lady said ingrich’s remarks. She said she hoped it was “a momentary lapse.” If any Republicans were bothered by Gin grich’s accusations, there was no sign of it as House GOP members joyfully installed him as the next House speaker, cheering, “Newt, Newt, Newt.” In nominating speeches, he was praised as a visionary. Rep. Bob Walker, R-Pa., a close Gingrich ally, said, “This White House is going to have to learn that they no longer have lap dogs on Capitol Hill. ... They’re also going to have to learn there’s a new majority here.” Gingrich ignited the latest flap between Republicans and the White House when he charged in a television interview that up to a quarter of the White House staff had used drugs in the past four or five years. Gingrich, who has admitted smoking marijuana as a youth, said the source of his information was a senior law enforcement official, whom he did not name. Panetta said that no one in the White House uses drugs. “If Newt Gingrich has ev idence to the contrary he ought to tell me that, he ought to make it public and I’ll fire them,” Panetta said. The White House seized on Gingrich’s remarks as evidence that Republicans who are taking power in Congress are out of control and willing to go to any length to undercut Clinton. “The bigger concern that I have,” Panet ta said, “is that this is part of a troubling pattern that we see with Jesse Helms and now with Newt Gingrich in which they en gage in reckless accusations. They impugn the integrity not only of the president but now every member of the White House staff without facts, without evidence, with out any foundation.” Helms, who is taking over as chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, eventually said his remark was a mistake. The White House was slow to react to Gingrich’s charges Sunday, with adminis tration officials saying they didn’t want to dignify his comments with a reply. “He’s speaker of the House of Representatives. Words matter,” Panetta said. “And he’s no longer just the minority whip. ... He’s not the editor of a cheap tabloid, he’s not just an out-of-control radio talk show host. “We want to work with him. ... We can’t do business on the basis of unfounded allega tions and on innuendo.” STUDY FOR FINALS in the peaceful, quiet surroundings of the MSC Forsyth Center Galleries (across the hall from the Post Office in the MSC) COFFEE & LATE HOURS ifits a summer campij en affected by AIDS. duction definitely! traditional Christa ice attempt atreinve] t it seems that withli jch a worthy cause.! pent more time arm arot Card Stalker to face trial fter predicting death, rape lilted lover threatened girl friend with card readings Ivis “the King” for Ray Charles and living legends, and Natalie Cole arear sst female vocalists jut together a nicer y the title, this is a you’ll be listeningto d if you are planning : it, but haven’t yet Save it, like thatg® *eceive from your Ima but can’t open Christmas. Use it as ivational tool to get ![h finals. i when you go home, nom and dad out to with you. They will ; that this old Christ- tory was not slaugh- ay a modem remake, tory has been retold !w audience, anditis rical as ever. CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A jilted lover ac- iused of threatening his former girlfriend with arot cards that predicted her kidnapping, rape md death goes on trial this week in a test of 'Jew Hampshire’s year-old stalking law. Robert Ainsworth, who mockingly called limself the Tarot Card Stalker after he was iharged, is accused of leaving a bundle of the fortune-telling cards, tied in orange and black ibbon, to frighten Teresa Reed. “We’re testing the waters” with the stalking harge, said Dover City Prosecutor George Watten- iorf. “It’s an unusual stalking case because he sed tarot cards to communicate the threat.” Reed said her former boyfriend left 13 cards, arranged in a specific order, at a friend’s house just weeks after the couple split up in September. Reed said Ainsworth dealt tarot cards fre quently when they lived together, although she never became expert at their meanings. Howev er, two psychics consulted by police interpreted the cards as telling the story of the couple’s stormy relationship — with a frightening twist. “The only cards I understood were at the end,” Reed said. “They showed kidnapping, rape, justice and death.” Psychics sometimes use the colorful, out- sized cards to predict the future. The cards, packaged in decks of 78, picture allegorical fig ures that symbolize the forces of nature and the virtues and vices. Ainsworth, 36, was arrested Nov. 17 and charged with stalking Reed. He is also charged with violating a restraining order and with crimi nal mischief for allegedly slashing her car tires. Reed,. 23, said that after their son, Billy, was born last winter, she wanted Ainsworth to set tle down and stop hanging out with bikers. She walked out when he refused. After that, police say, Ainsworth often drove by Reed’s home, honking his horn, and made calls in which he laughed or left suggestive messages. In a hand-lettered flier Ainsworth posted in three towns to try to raise money to win cus tody of his son, he accused Reed of kidnapping the boy, now 11 months old, even though Reed had been awarded custody. In court, Ainsworth’s lawyer, Jim Loring, said the tarot cards proved nothing. Loring did not re turn a reporter’s phone calls asking what his client intended by sending Reed the particular cards. “Giving 13 tarot cards to someone is not a crime in and of itself,” said Grace Mattern, co director of the New Hampshire Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Violence. "How ever, if the effect and intent is to threaten someone, there is a criminal act there.” Reed said she knew Ainsworth for three years and they lived together five months. “The day I told him I was leaving, he said he consid ered me property and that women should do what they are told,” Reed said. Ainsworth was released on bail Nov. 18. Shortly afterward, he allegedly threatened one of the psychics who had assisted police. Accord ing to police, he walked into The Hidden Trea sure, the psychic’s shop in Portsmouth, intro duced himself as the “Tarot Card Stalker” and said he'd like to predict her future. Arrested a second time, for violating the terms of his bail, Ainsworth is jailed pending start of his trial this Friday. He could get up to a year in jail and a $2,000 fine on each of the charges. Every state but Arizona now has a stalking law, according to the Battered Women’s Justice Project, based in Duluth, Minn. New Hampshire’s law defines stalking as purposefully causing enough distress for a rea sonable person to fear for her or his safety, but it requires an implied or implicit threat. Police were unable to arrest Ainsworth until he made the tarot card threat, Wattendorf said. “Until we have some case law to guide us, there is going to be some uncertainty on how this law should be applied,” the prosecutor said. “We took the tarot cards as an implicit threat to her safety. Nobody in law enforcement wants to take a chance in these circumstances.” Doctors order longer hospital stay for Quayle INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Dan Quayle was ordered to stay in the hospital an extra day Mon day because his body was resist ing medicine to prevent new blood clots in his lungs. The former vice president was given blood thinners, but a test found that his liver pro duced enough coagulants to counteract the medication, said Dr. Homer Twigg. Twigg, a lung specialist, said the dosage was increased, and Quayle could be released from the hospital on Tuesday. The 47-year-old Quayle was hospitalized a week ago with clots in both lungs. He had been scheduled to go home Monday. Blood thinners are used to keep more clots from forming while the body’s natural enzymes break’down the existing clots. Twigg said that “things have gone better than expect ed” and patients with Quayle’s ailment usually spend seven to 10 days in the hospital. He said the clots would take about six weeks to dissolve. Quayle is able to walk but .suffers from shortness of breath, said Dr. Deborah Allen, his family’s personal physician. He won’t have to stay in bed when he goes home to Carmel, but his activity will be limited for a few weeks, she said. Doctors have also told him he can’t fly for a month. They believe the clots formed during long periods of. inactivity aboard planes. 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