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Barbie complains
LYON, France (AP) — Former
local Gestapo chief Klaus Barbie
said Tuesday his trial on
charges of crimes against
humanity gives the impression
he "acted like a madman" and
ran around Lyon hunting lews.
Barbie, an SS lieutenant in Lyon
from 1942-44, listened without
apparent emotion as two court
clerks read descriptions of his
purported crimes against lews
and Resistance workers during
the Nazi occupation of France
in World War II.
"I had the impression after all
those charges that I ran around
Lyon with a rifle in my hand
and hunted )ews." the 73-year
old Barbie told the court.
"When I heard all those accusa
tions against me today and
yesterday I felt like It was a
revival of the Nuremberg trial."
Soviet voices concerns
MOSCOW (AP) Foreign
Ministry spokesman Gennady
Gerasimov said Tuesday the
kremlin has five points of con
cern about a new U.S. draft trea
ty to reduce strategic weapons
by 50 percent. He said the pro
posal submitted by U.S.
negotiators in Geneva on Friday
"indeed reflects the Reykjavik
accords in the context of reduc
tion of strategic arms by 50
percent."
Hut Gerasimov said other
elements of the U.S. proposal
are cause for concern, lie said
the Soviet concerns were with a
U.S. offer to make the cuts over
seven years, the provision for
sublimits on various types of
missiles, lack of reference to
long-range cruise missiles,
failure to aim for total elimina
tion of strategic weapons, and
no commitment to ban weapons
from space.
National
McFarlane admits fault
WASHINGTON (AP) -
Former National Security Ad
viser Robert C. McFarlane. con
ceding memory lapses and
"some tortured language," said
Tuesday that if anyone is at
fault for misleading Congress
about the Iran-Contra affair. "1
am." McFarlane. testifying
under oath for the second full
day at the House-Senate hear
ings, was asked in various ways
whether them had been a cover
up after the outlines of the affair
became public last Nov. 25.
In a typical response.
McFarlane answered u question
from John Nields, counsel for
the House committee, about
whether he attended a meeting
about foreign contributions to
the Nicaraguan Contra rebels,
saying: "I am willing to accept
that (1 was there) because I am
told I should be as supplicatory
as I can.... I can conceive that 1
might hava been a party to it
but I doubt it ”
House cuts SDI budget
WASHINGTON (API - Thu
House on Tuesday cul deeply
into President Reagan's “Star
Wars’’ budget request and re
jected early deployment of the
system, while Reagan criticized
the chamber for approving
nuclear arms control restric
tions and threatened to veto the
Pentagon bill to which they art?
attached. After a series of voles,
the Democratic-control led
House approved $3.1 billion for
the Strategic Defense Initative.
The president had sought
$5.8 billion for the fiscal year
starting Oct. 1. which would
been have a large increase over
the current $3.6 billion SDI
budget. After setting the
budget, the chainlter voted
301-122 to reject a proposal by
Rep. Jack Kemp. R-N.Y.. pro
posing that Reagan be ordered
to develop a rudimentary SDI
system by 1903.
Honduras to get jets
WASHINGTON (Al») - The
Reagan administration, saying
it is necessary to maintain the
military balance in Central
America, announced plans
Tuesday to provide Honduras
with 10 F-5E fighter planes over
the next two years. The
Nicaraguan Embassy said the
decision will shift the power
balance in the region in favor of
Honduras and also will thwart
efforts to reach a Central
American peace settlement.
Both the White House and the
State Department denied that
the transaction represents an
escalation in the Central
American conflict. They noted
that the F-5Es will replace -
and not supplement — Hon
duras’ existing fleet of jet
fighters. Presidential
spokesman Marlin Fitzwater
said the French Mystere Jet
fighters currently used by Hon
duras date back to the 1950s.
Gene discovered
CHICAGO ( A P ) -
Remarkable physical
similarities in a man and his
nephew who both have
schizophrenia have led resear
chers to the approximate loca
tion of one or more genes that
could cause the disease, a
researcher said Tuesday.
The discovery of such a gene
could be a major step toward
better understanding and treat
ment of schizophrenia, which
afflicts an estimated 1.5 million
Americans, researchers said
The man and his nephew
shared an extra copy of a seg
ment of chromosome 5, one of
the 2:t pairs of chromosomes
that carry hereditary informa
tion in humans.
Regional
Boy sentenced to life
VANCOUVER (A I*) - A jury
decided Tuesday to sentence
1«»-year-old Sean Stevenson to
life in prison without parole for
the triple slaying of his family
on New Year's Day. Skamania
County Prosecutor Robert Leick
told the jury he was wrong in
originally seeking the death
penalty for the youth.
Leick said hi* changed his
mind after speaking with
psychologists who indicated
Stevenson suffered from severe
emotional problems. Stevenson
was convicted Thursday of one
count of aggravated first-degree
murder in the rape and slaying
of his sister, Amy Stevenson,
and first-degree murder in the
death of his mother. Margaret
tiutler. and stepfather. James
Butler. The killings occurred
New Year's Day in the tiny Col
umbia River town of Skamania
Committee endorses bill
SALEM (Al’| An Oregon
Senate committee endorsed a
bill Tuesday that would require
certain employers to provide up
to 12 weeks of unpaid parental
leave to their workers The
House earlier approved a ver
sion of the hill that would apply
only to new mothers or to
fathers whose wives die or are
incapacitated by the birth.
Hut before sending the bill to
the full Senate, the Senate 1 -abor
Committee amended it to allow
both women and men to request
the 12 weeks of leave. One
parent could claim the entire
leave or the two could decide to
split the period into parts totall
ing 12 weeks, said Sen. Cruttan
Kerens. IVKugene. who is a
member of the committee. The
labor panel raised the number of
workers from 15 to 25 that a
company would have to employ
before it would fall under the
proposed regulations.
Panel approves increase
SALEM (Al’| - A 65 percent
increase in the general
fund budget for Gov, Neil
Goldschmidt's office to $5.2
million was approved Tuesday
by a legislative budget panel. A
joint Ways and Means subcom
mittee endorsed the $2.t
million increase that would add
10 staff jobs, increasing the
governor’s staff to the
equivalent of 59 full-time
positions.
The plan now will be taken
up by the full committee.
Among the suggested staff posi
tions are a new executive assis
tant for education and two
education aides. Goldschmidt
has said he needs the positions
to exert more influence over
higher education budgeting
Officer cited for DUII
JACKSONVILLE |AI'| - A
Ja< ksonville police officer was
cited on a charge of driving
under the influence of intox
icants after he lost control of his
pickup truck and hit a tree,
Jackson County deputies said.
Richard 1. Stribling. t». was
uninjured after the early Mon
day crash, deputies said Stribl
ing refused a Ureathali/.er test
and was cited at the scene,
deputies said, lie was schedul
ed to appear May 2(1 in Jackson
County District Court
Jacksonville Police Chief
Mike Moore said Stribling
would remain on active fluty
pending the court appearance.
Records show Stribling started
working for the city in March
I'lHO and was fired in October
1985. An arbitrator ruled in
May lRBb that he should he
reinstated with track pay.
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