Wednesday ‘June 4, 1997
Clintons’ lawyers criticize Whitewater prosecution
WASHINGTON (AP) — Lashing out for the first time, the
first family’s lawyer accused Whitewater prosecutors
Tuesday of inflicting "leak-and-smear” damage on Hillary
Rodham Clinton and of violating grand jury secrecy rules.
“We adamantly reject the suggestion of impropriety,”
prosecutor Kenneth Starr replied.
In a letter sanctioned by President Clinton, attorney
David Kendall accused Starr of engaging in “a public rela
tions offensive” that “is wholly inconsistent with your pro
fessional obligations as a prosecutor.”
Kendall’s attack was prompted by a New York Times
Magazine story on Sunday that quoted unnamed prosecu
tors from Starr’s office. It contained “plain violations of grand
jury secrecy” rules imposed on prosecutors, Kendall wrote.
Three former prosecutors sided with Kendall, saying
the article indeed raised questions about conduct by
Starr and his prosecutors.
“What Ken Starr has done with the
New York Times piece is outrageous; it’s
antithetical to everything we’ve learned
as prosecutors and as independent
counsels and he should be ashamed of
himself,” said Michael Zeldin, a former
Justice Department lawyer.
Zeldin was part of the independent
counsel probe into a 1992 search of
then-presidential candidate Clinton’s
passport files.
Kendall’s six-page letter marks the first time the Clintons’
Whitewater lawyer has publicly criticized the prosecutor.
And it comes at a time when the Whitewater probe is
intensifying. Prosecutors questioned witnesses Tuesday
Clinton
before the grand jury in Little Rock, Ark. And Starr recently
filed court papers saying he had gathered “extensive evi
dence” of possible obstruction of justice, including witness
tampering, perjury and document destruction.
White House press secretary Mike McCurry said Kendall
discussed the letter with Clinton. “He agrees with the sen
timents conveyed by Mr. Kendall,” McCurry said.
“What is needed is a wholehearted commitment to wind
ing up this investigation in an appropriate way,” Kendall
wrote to Starr. “This means not chasing every rainbow or
every partisan rumor, whether in the hope of wounding or
destroying a target, or for any other reason.
“The present public posturing on your part suggests to me
a total loss of perspective: I don’t believe that there’s ever been
a jugular here for you to go for, but in the last several months,
you’ve demonstrated an unerring instinct for the capillary.”
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Army may give potential drill
sergeants psychological exams
Decision result of numerous sexual assault cases
WASHINGTON (AP) — The
Army is considering giving psy
chological exams to potential
drill instructors and bolstering
anti-sex harassment training to
weed out any who might prey on
vulnerable recruits, military offi
cials said Tuesday.
The suggestions are expected
to be contained in a report slated
to go to Army Secretary Togo
West, perhaps as early as next
week. Last November, West
ordered a high-level panel to
review the service’s sexual mis
conduct problems and come up
with recommendations.
The secretary took action after
the sexual assault and harassment
scandal was made public at the
Army’s ordnance school in
Aberdeen, Md. Complaints of rape
and other misconduct involved pri
marily noncommissioned officers
and young female trainees under
their charge.
The panel’s report is expected
to fault the service for failing to
do an adequate job of screening
instructors, particularly those
who -have nearly total control
over young recruits.
Besides the psychological
screening, officials also want to
lengthen the time frame for back
ground checks from three to five
years for potential drill instructors,
said a senior military officer famil
iar with the proposals.
There has not been a sufficient
look back at people’s records to
establish whether criminal or
improper conduct has occurred,
said the official, who spoke on
condition of anonymity.
Son of CEO found bound, shot to death
NEW YORK (AP) — The schoolteacher son of Time
Warner’s chief executive was found bound and shot
to death in his apartment.
Police said Tuesday they had no motive and no sus
pects in the slaying of 31-year-old Jonathan Levin, who
had been shot in the head. There was no sign of a
break-in, said police spokeswoman Noreen Murray.
Levin was the youngest of three children of Gerald
and Carol Levin, who divorced in 1970. The elder
Levin has been chairman and chief executive of Time
Warner for four years.
Co-workers from Taft High School in the
Bronx sent police to Levin’s apartment in a pros
perous neighborhood on Manhattan’s Upper
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However, Lampley said funding is not the only
reason for the bill.
“We hope it will make minors realize they have a
responsibility when driving,” Lampley said.
Lampley hopes word of the tougher penalties will
get to high-school students, deterring them from
breaking the law by consuming alcohol.
Kerri Crocker, a 20-year-old junior psychology
major, said the bill will not stop minors from drink
ing or driving intoxicated.
“They will just get sneakier,” Crocker said. “I
know people who have gotten DWIs and they still
drive. They just hope they won’t get caught.”
SB 35 is not the only bill sent to Bush pertaining to
alcohol use by minors. Two bills targeting retailers sell
ing alcohol to minors were also sent to the governor.
HB 3440 would place stricter penalties on retailers
who serve, sell or deliver alcohol to people who are
under 21. Penalties include canceling the retailer’s
alcohol license.
HB 3441 gives the Texas Alcoholic Beverage
Commission authority to use minors in sting operations.
Joel Romo, assistant to Rep. Dan Kubiak, who
sponsored the bill, said the TABC already enforced
the penalties, and these bills simply put the penalties
and methods they use “in the books.”
Sgt. Laban Toscano of the enforcement division of
West Side on Monday night after he failed to
show up for a teacher’s conference Saturday or
report for work on Monday. He lived alone in a
one-bedroom apartment.
His body was discovered face down, halfway out
of the kitchen, and his feet were bound with duct
tape. He also had unspecified chest wounds.
Police said it was unclear when Levin was killed.
David Garcia, a neighborhood hardware-store clerk,
said he saw him walk by on Saturday afternoon.
A neighbor said he heard Levin’s dog barking all
weekend. The dog had been shut in the bedroom.
Neighbors described Levin as a humble man who
never mentioned his family’s wealth.
the Bryan-College Station TABC District Office, said
appellate courts upheld TABC’s practices of canceling
alcohol licenses and doing sting operations. He said
legislators just wanted to put it into statutory law.
But whether or not the TABC laws are upheld by
courts or are in the books, retail store owners must
still abide by them.
Some store owners believe the laws put more
responsibility on them than the actual perpetrators
of the crime: minors.
J.J. Ruffino, owner of J.J.’s Package Stores in Bryan
and College Station, said he and his employees pick
up over 200 false IDs every year.
“I have no intent of breaking the law,” Ruffino said.
Ruffino said he realizes it is hard to find stores
who sell to minors, but he does not believe sting
operations conducted by TABC are fair.
“I’ve never agreed with TABC giving us (retailers)
an opportunity to break the law,” Ruffino said.
However, Randy Yarbrough, assistant administra
tor for the TABC in Austin, said all bills dealing with
minors and alcohol are about individuals taking
responsibility for their actions.
“As a store owner you have a responsibility,”
Yarbrough said. “Holding an alcoholic license is a
privilege, like a driver’s license.”
Yarbrough said these privileges can be taken away
as punishment.
“We’re trying to balance out the store owner's
responsibility with someone under 21 who tries to
buy alcohol,” he said.
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Sparks pleaded guilty to a
charge of intoxicated manslaugh
ter and was sentenced to a six-
year prison term.
Sgt. Laban Toscano, of the
enforcement division of the
Bryan-College Station divi
sion TABC district office, said
the case, which is awaiting a
decision by Judge Cathleen
Parsley, is not yet settled
because of the judge’s request
to have final arguments put
into writing.
“With a case like this, you never
know how long it will take,”
Toscano said. “Harry’s may not
see a final decision for another
couple of weeks.”
The bar faces a possible fine
or liquor license suspension.
Parsley recently considered
testimony by witnesses who said
Harry’s employees make every
possible effort to avoid serving
patrons who are drunk.
But Lt. Scott McCollum,
public information officer for
the College Station Police
Department, said there have
been several minors charged
with possession of alcoholic
beverages and even public
intoxication at Harry’s.
A bartender charged with
selling alcohol to a minor can
face severe consequences,
including time served in jail
and a large fine, Rick Powell,
coordinator of Student Legal
Services for Texas A&M
University, said. The state of
Texas requires bartenders to
have TABC certification,
which is obtained by taking a
course on alcoholic beverages
in which they learn about the
effects of alcohol and when to
stop serving it to someone.
A business can lose its liquor
license or face other sanctions if
found liable for misconduct of
serving alcohol.
Seaback, who also owns JD
Wells, The Tap and Barracuda Bar,
was unavailable for comment.
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A 13-foot model of the Boeing 747 Air Force One
will allow viewers to get a closer look at the presi
dent’s plane.
Portraits and a large section of the Berlin Wall
torn down during Bush’s administration will domi
nate the walls of the complex.
A Persian Gulf War era patriot missile symbolizing
the United States’ involvement in that conflict will
be displayed along with a replica of a SCUD missile
(as space allows).
Bush’s 1,500-piece menagerie of elephant fig
urines, made of everything from crystals to coconut,
will be displayed.
The complex includes three main sections: the
George Bush School of Government, the Presidential
Conference Center and the Presidential Library,
Museum and Archives.
The Bush Museum is on an approximately 18,000-
square foot area that once housed A&M’s hog farm.
Archives of papers also may be viewed on com
puters in the archives section of the Library.
Bush told reporters following former President
Richard Nixon’s funeral that he wished for he and his
wife Barbara to be buried under a tree-shaded area
on the complex grounds. Their daughter Robin, who
died in 1953 of leukemia, will be buried near them.
Millie, the Bushs’ dog, died last month and also is
expected to be buried at the site.
Sports
Briefs
Red Wings win in
Game 2 of finals
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — After
42 years of waiting, maybe the
time has finally come for the
Detroit Red Wings to win the
Stanley Cup again.
One thing is a little more
certain after the Red Wings’ 4-
2 victory Tuesday night gave
them a 2-0 lead in the best-of-
7 Cup finals.
The Flyers’ goaltending
change from Ron Hextall to
Garth Snow that was supposed
to provide a spark backfired.
Kirk Maltby beat Snow with a
45-foot shot early in the second
period and Mike Vernon made
the lead stand up by making 29
saves as the Red Wings won on
the road again and go home
with a chance to win their first
Cup since 1955.
Graf ousted in
French Open
PARIS (AP) — Nothing was
working for Steffi Graf. Her vaunt
ed forehand was missing wildly,
her backhand slice was off, her
serve wasn’t doing any damage.
All she could do was throw her
head back and let out an
anguished cry, screaming an
obscenity in German that summed
up one of the worst days in her
Grand Slam career.
Graf and fellow defending
champion Yevgeny Kafelnikov
became the latest victims Tuesday
of the wildest, most unpredictable
French Open in memory.
Graf, a five-time winner whose
career is suddenly in crisis, tum
bled out in the quarterfinals in an
error-filled 6-1, 6-4 loss to 11th-
seeded Amanda Coetzer.
Oilers move not
a done deal yet
HOUSTON (AP) — Harris
County commissioners failed to
give final approval Tuesday to a
plan that would allow the
Houston Oilers to move to
Tennessee a year early.
County Judge Robert Eckels
said all parties generally had
agreed on terms of the settlement
but attorneys for the city and coun
ty still were working out details.
In an agreement passed by the
commissioners earlier this year,
the county would receive a $5.25
million settlement that would
include the NFL team’s practice
facility, valued at $1.5 million.
“There are issues of the
method of conveying the field and
practice facility to the county,"
Eckels said. “There are issues of
title insurance yet to be covered in
the proposed document, and there
are technical issues about who
would enforce these agreements."
Astros win over
Dodgers, 4-3
HOUSTON (AP) — Jeff Bagwell,
after hitting the game-winning
homer in the 10th inning, gave
Craig Biggio credit for playing the
most important supporting role.
“Craig’s play saved the game
for us,” Bagwell said after his
homer off Scott Radinsky gave
the Astros a 4-3 victory Tuesday.
“If he doesn’t decoy Nelson
Liriano, the Dodgers score, they
bring in Todd Worrell and it’s an
entirely different situation.’’
Liriano’s baserunning blunder
came in the top of the ninth
inning with the game tied 3-3.
The second baseman led off with
a single, and two outs later,
Liriano broke for second as Mike
Piazza delivered a double down
the right-field line.
Liriano should have scored eas
ily, but Biggio faked the runner as
if the throw was coming to second.
Liriano rounded second, but
stopped, turned, stepped back to
second and then stumbled as he
resumed running to third base.
Johnson probably
out 2-4 weeks
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) -
Michael Johnson’s coach on Tuesday
questioned Donovan Bailey's
entourage for ordering him to deliber
ately try and get Johnson injured.
“From the accounts I’ve read in
the Toronto papers, Dan Pfaff
(Bailey’s coach) ordered Donovan
to go take him out hard and you’ll
get him hurt,” Clyde Hart said,
referring to Sunday’s 150-meter
match race at Toronto’s SkyDome.
It was announced Tuesday that
Johnson probably will be sidelined
2-4 weeks.