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Suspect pleads not guilty
to 1974 bombing attempt
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A mother of three accused
of planting bombs as a member of the radical Sym-
bionese Liberation Army (SLA) 25 years ago pleaded
innocent yesterday to attempted murder charges.
A judge ordered Kathleen Ann Soliah, 52, to be held
on $1 million bail on murder conspiracy charges.
The defense requested lower bail, saying she was
not likely to flee because she is devoted to her friends
and family, dozens of whom attended the hearing.
“There is no doubt that in the time
since the crimes were committed, she
has become a loving wife, a mother
and a friend to many,” Judge Larry P.
Fidler said.
However, prosecutors have
charged her with “a particularly ab
horrent crime” that could have
killed police officers as well as inno
cent bystanders, the judge added.
Soliah is accused of placing pipe
bombs under two Los Angeles police
cars in retaliation for a 1974 shootout
with police in which six SLA mem
"SAie knows she
wasn't there, and
she knows she
didn't place bombs
under police cars."
— Andrew Dawkins
Minnesota state representative
bers were killed. The bombs did not go off. If convicted,
she faces a maximum sentence of life in prison.
The SLA was a radical group that made headlines
in the 1970s when it kidnapped heiress Patricia Hearst,
who was later jailed for taking part in an SLA bank
robbery.
At a brief news conference after the hearing, de
fense attorneys again proclaimed that Soliah was
innocent.
“She knows she wasn’t there, and she knows she
didn’t place bombs under police cars,” defense lawyer
Stuart Hanlon said. “That’s the truth that will come
out at trial.”
Soliah, 52, had spent 23 years as a fugitive before
FBI agents acting on a tip from the TV show “Ameri
ca’s Most Wanted” captured her last month in St. Paul,
Minn.
In Minnesota, she was known as Sara Jane Olson
and living as an actress, a doctor’s
wife and the mother of three girls.
Some of Soliah’s longtime friends
from Minnesota testified in her favor.
“Her life is with her children and
her husband and also those of us in
the community, ’’said James Johnson,
an elder at the church the Olson fam
ily attends. “There’s no way she
would run from that.”
“I would stake my reputation that
she would not flee,” said Andrew J.
Dawkins, a Minnesota state represen
tative and a friend of the Olson fami
ly for the past 20 years.
The prosecutor. Deputy District Attorney
Michael Latin, had initially asked for bail to be set
at $10 million.
“The true facts in this case are that she is ac
cused of planting bombs to kill police officers,
some of whom are in this courtroom today,” Latin
said. “Their families were almost without them for
the rest of their lives.”
Settlement ends estate trial
GALVESTON (AP) — Facing
the prospect of testimony about
an alleged affair by their client,
lawyers for four-time congres
sional candidate Donna Peter
son settled their case yesterday
against the estate of her mil
lionaire husband.
Estate attorney Douglas L.
Poole said he believes plans to
detail the affair and show
forgery of a contract between
Webber and Peterson led to the
settlement.
Michael Catt, a lawyer for Pe-
tersoq,.disagreed.
“We were excited about try
ing the case," he said. But he
added that Peterson and her
lawyers were “extremely satis
fied” with the settlement.
Webber, 68, died on Dec. 5,
1997, in a beach house on
Galveston Island. It was just 98
days after the couple married
and less than a month after he
filed for divorce in Louisiana,
where he married Peterson.
An autopsy determined that
Webber died of a heart attack.
But because Webber had cuts
on his right wrist and a razor
resting on his abdomen, the
Galveston County medical ex
aminer’s office did not rule
whether the death was natural
or the result of suicide or even
homicide.
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“If he [Barrett] had perceived
this to be a serious question at the
time, he might not have done
this,” he said. “[But] if we [jour
nalists] only wrote about people
we didn’t know, we wouldn’t
write any stories.”
Barrett also addressed the per
ception he was profiting from his
friend’s troubles as a journalist.
Walraven said covering olher’s
misfortunes often was a necessity
in journalism.
“If you’re in the journalism
business, you’re paid to report on
the missteps of others,” he said.
“We (journalists) try to keep that
to a minimum, but we are paid to
be observers and messengers.”
Garage
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“This new system would work
well for the residents, but I’m not
sure about the faculty and staff,”
Albritton said. “We (residents)
might have the better end of the
deal. ”
The Southside Garage holds
around 2,000 spaces. Of these,
100 are used by staff members.
Wine said the first concern is
getting students parking spaces
closer to where they live.
“Our next concern is how to
provide cheaper options for low
er paid staff,” Wine said.
She said fees for the contract
spots have increased from $240
to $348, which could pose a fi
nancial problem for some staff
members. Wine said they are
looking into changing Parking
Lot Area 25 on Lewis Street into
a parking option for staff and
possibly student leaders from the
band. Corps of Cadets and Resi
dence Hall Association.
Wine said they would prefer
not to number the entire lot so
students would still be able to
use the lot after 5:30 p.m. She
said prices for this lot would
range form $132 to $264 depend
ing on whether or not the space
is numbered.
She said the Southside Parking
garage is the most popular
garage, and it has a one-year
waiting list. Wine said they have
not considered changing other
garages because each garage is
different, and therefore, they all
do not share the same problems.
“We are trying to gather infor
mation and develop a plan to im-
pleihent some time this fiscal
year,” Wine said. “We are talking
to representatives of everyone
that will be impacted to get in
put. ”
Wine said students who have
purchased contract spaces for the
fall in the Southside Parking
Garage will be notified that this
possibility exists.
Commission
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and a senior food science major,
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good opportunity for people to ex
perience other cultures.
“We want to celebrate and make
everyone aware of the huge
amount of diversity we have on
campus and in our community,” de
Sousa said. “A&M does a wonder
ful job of bringing in many differ
ent students, and we would like to
celebrate that.
“History has shown that hu
manity progresses most when cul
tures are exposed to each other. ”
Seth Cole (left) a senior agricultural business major, catches 7-year-old Justin Hyman as he jumps
from the Lawrence Sullivan Ross statue on the Texas A&M campus Wednesday afternoon. Hyman
was touring the campus as part of the Central Baptist Church School-Age Mother’s Day Outing.
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