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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 1, 1983)
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But his real business was PEOPLE! Eight hundred years later we Capuchins — followers of Francis — are still in the “People Business." As a community of priests and brothers we spread the Gospel message of peace and justice to our age. Interested? Let's talk. inter/national From Auociitrd Press reports El Salvador bill killed WASHINGTON — Pres. Ronald Reagan, ignoring appeals from the State Department, on Wednesday killed legislation that would have tied continued military aid for El Salvador to its progress on human rights and land reform. Reagan doomed the bill through a "pocket veto" — allowing a mid night deadline for his signature to lapse. Even so, White House spokesman Larry Speakes said the administation was "firmly com mitted to the protection of human rights, economic and political reforms, the holding of elections and progress in prosecuting the cases of murdered American citizens in El Salvador." Speakes said that even without the law, the administration would provide periodic reports to Con gress on the "political, economic and military situation in El Salvador." But he did not say that such reports would specifically in corporate the human rights issue. Earlier, officials who spoke on condition they not be identified said Reagan's objections stemmed from his opposition to congres sional constraints on his authority to conduct foreign policy and from concern that the legislation would undercut the U.S. commit ment to help El Salvador in its fight against leftist guerrillas. Rights panel bill revived WASHINGTON — Pres. Roanld Reagan revived the U.S. Commis sion on Civil Rights on Wednes day after waiting until virtually the last moment to sign legislation rc*ducing his power to influence the panel. Technically, the commission died at midnight Tuesday. The bill signed by Reagan revives it, but with greater congressional — and less presidential — control over its makeup. Reagan, frustrated by the Senate's refusal to confirm his choices for commission member ship, precipitated a crisis by firing three Democratic members of fhe six-member panel last month. That left the panel without a quorum and legally powerless to meet, and it infuriated members of the House and Senate alike who accused Reagan of trying to thwart the will of Congress. To head off a move that would have established the commission as an arm of the Congress, Reagan agreed to a compromise that ex pands the commission member ship to eight members, who will serve staggered, six-year terms. But the president, who previously had named all six members of the panel, then would be able to ap point only four. The speaker of the House and majority leader of the Senate each will name two. Reagan also was forced to sur render his authority to fire any commissioners, except for malfeasance or neglect of duty. And, further diluting the presi dent's influence over panel ac tivities, Reagan will have to let the commission select its own chair man and vice chairman, whereas previous presidents designated the panel's leadership. Eugene man shoots self EUGENE — A Eugene man shot himself to death Wednesday as police kicked open his door to ar rest him on a charge of stealing a 6-pack of beer Tuesday, police here say. Officer April Norman of the Eugene Police Department said Halwin Hickman, 21, died of a single self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head. Robbery homicide detectives went to Hickman's apartment to arrest him for first-degree robbery for stealing the beer at gunpoint from Sunny's Market Basket in Eugene, Norman said. She said the suspect went into the store twice. The second time he stole a 6-pack of beer and pull ed out a revolver when the store clerk confronted him, the officer said. Murderer executed STARKE, Fla. — Robert Sullivan, 36, a convicted murderer who spent 10 years on death row, was executed in Florida's electric chair Wednesday alter reciting a psalm in tears and thanking Pope John Paul II for trying to save his life. A black hood was placed over his head and the executioner, also wearing a black hood, threw a switch sending 2,000 volts of elec tricity through Sullivan's body for two minutes. wuxaaeea err - Sullivan was pronounced dead at 10:16 a.m., six minutes after Gov. Bob Graham gave the go ahead for the execution, ending a week of frantic legal maneuvering that reached to the U.S. Supreme Court and won the condemned man a brief stay. Florida thus became the first state to have executed two people since the Supreme Court reinstated the death penalty seven years ago. Eight other Americans, all men, have been executed since the landmark decision. "I hold malice to none. May God bless us all," were his last words. Sullivan was sentenced to death for the April 9, 1973 robbery and murder of Donald Schmidt, an assistant manager at a Howard Johnson's restaurant in Homestead, south of Miami. Schmidt's credit cards and watch were found on Sullivan when he was arrested. Late Monday, a federal appeals court and later the Supreme Court, refused to spare Sullivan's life. A final appeal to the Florida Supreme Court and the federal appeals court, claiming electrocu tion constituted cruel and unusual punishment, was rejected in the morning. Stopovers in the manly ports NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — Navy Cmdr. Gerald Vanderwier was convicted Wednesday of three counts of sodomy with one of the crewmen aboard a ship he com manded during a Mediterranean cruise in March. Vanderwier, who did not testify during the three-day court martial, showed no reaction as military judge Capt. Maitland Freed announced his verdict after deliberating about 15 minutes. After court recessed, Vander wier, 42, a 19-year member of the service who has four children, hugged and kissed his wife, Patricia. Both declined to speak to reporters. Freed set sentencing for Thurs day morning. Vanderwier could be dismissed from the Navy, lose pay and benefits and be sentenc ed to 15 years in prison. Fie was convicted of having oral sex with former Petty Officer 3rd Class John Rainville, who was a hospital corpsman aboard the Mayport, Fla.-based frigate McDonnell while Vanderwier was in command. We're Great Fun All Week Long at &hHa/0s 440 Coburg Rd. ;; 343 1221 ;; Ping-Pong paddles & balls At your Bookstore
