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Liberian coup unsuccessful;
dusk-to-dawn curfew ensues
ABIDJAN, Ivory Cowl (AP) - President
elect Samuel Doe mid in a radio broadcast
Tuesday that an attempt to overthrow hi*
government in Liberia had failed, and he urg
ed the rebel* led by a fugitive genera! to "lay
down their arms immediately."
Doe's statement was broadcast on Elwa
Radio, a Christian station that had been held
by the insurgents earlier In the day. The broad
cast, monitored in the nearby West African na
tion of Ivory Coast, indicated Doe's forces had
gained the upper hand after a day of fighting
with radio stations changing hands between
rebels and loyalists.
In the broadcast, Doe ceiled on the armed
forces "to stand firm and to continue to remain
loyal to the government." He mid his troop?
were searching for "the remaining scattered
rebels "
"I take this opportunity to inform the na
tion that the coup has failed. I'm still the com
mander in chief of the armed forces of Liberia
and the head of state." Doe mid in the
broadcast.
He said he had ordered a dusk-to-dawn
curfew and dosed Liberia’s borders and its in*
ternationai airport to aid in the search for
rebels led by Gen. Thomas Quiwnnkpa.
The broadcast was heard at 7 p.m. (2 p.m.
ESTJ, about 17 hours after fighting started with
an attack on Doe’s executive mansion.
Witnesses said at least a dozen bodies
were seen being taken to a hospital.
Doe said in a telephone interview with
NBC's London bureau earlier in the day that
his soldiers had killed "about 15 rebels" who
attacked the executive mansion before dawn.
Richard Gilbert, a U.S. Embassy
spokesman in Monrovia, the Liberian capital,
said the center of the city was calm at mid
afternoon and that Doe loyalists had recap
tured the government radio station.
Gilbert, in a telephone interview with
Associated Press Radio in Washington, added;
"As far as we know, all Americans are safe.
We've advised people to remain in their
houses, off the streets."
Walker sentenced to life in prison
NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — Ar
thur Walker, a retired Navy of
ficer convicted of supplying
secrets to a Soviet spy ring run
by his brother, was sentenced to
life in prison Tuesday by a
judge who refused to "treat this
as a slap-on-the-wrist case."
Walker, a 51-year-old retired
Navy lieutenant commander,
told U.S. District Judge Caivitt
Clarke Jr. that he wished to
"apologize to all the citizens of
this country for what I did.”
”1 dishonored myself. I
devastated my family. Nobody
could be any sorrier." he said.
Clarke then sentenced
Walker, of Virginia Beach, to
the maximum of three life terms
and four 10-year terms on seven
counts of espionage, with the
sentences to run concurrently.
Walker, who was also fined
$250.(KM), will be eligible for
parole in 10 years.
Walker's wife Rita, the only
witness at the sentencing hear
ing. testified that he became
suicidal while he was spying
and had an affair with his
brother’s wife in the late 1960s
and early 1970s.
His brother, John Walker Jr.,
48, a retired Navy chief warrant
officer, and John Walker's son,
Navy seaman Michael Walker,
22. pleaded guilty to espionage
Oct. 28. In exchange for his
cooperation with authorities,
John Walker is to receive a life
sentence and his son is to serve
25 years.
Arthur Walker’s attorneys
argued that his role in the spy
ring was less significant than
his brother's or nephew’s, but
Clarke disagreed.
“Arthur Walker was an older
brother and an officor and had
been entrusted by his govern
ment with far greater respon
sibility than either John Walker
or Michael Walker," the Judge
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on-the-wrist case. The evidence
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Defense attorneys, who had
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