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Institute Continued from Page 1 were injured, some permanent ly crippled, and eight, in cluding Portland reporter Linda Frazier, were killed in the bombing. While perhaps few people have heard of the Christie In stitute. many will be familiar with its work. The Institute suc cessfully represented the Karen Silkwood estate in its suit agonist the Kerr-McGee nuclear corporation, proving employees of Kerr-McGee entered Silk wood's home and deliberately contaminated it with plutonium, a toxic radioactive substance used to make nuclear weapons. The Christie institute also won a lawsuit against the Ku Klux Klan for violating the civil rights of several demonstrators whom the Klan shot to death at a rally in Greensborough. N. C., in July 1984. The Institute won an appeal in the defense of Catholic workers in the Sanctuary Move ment charged with violating im migration laws in Brownsville. Texas, in March 1984. It also represented victims of the Three Mile Island nuclear disaster. The institute’s current lawsuit generates some skep ticism. The Reagan Administra tion calls it a "minor nuisance." Defendant Richard Secord called the it "pure fantasy." In the meantime, however. Secord has spent $130,000 of the money from the sale of arms to Iran to have operatives "dig up dirt on the people doing the lawsuit." Davis said. The federal court in Miami refused a defense motion to dismiss the suit, and two Congressional comittees, the Senate Foreign z 0 01 z> O o " COUPON 20% OFF any N€$«S Purchase (with coupon) at Kampus Barber Shop 851 East 13th Phone: 343-7654 Men & Women We have 3 barbers to serve you! NO APPOINTMENTS NECESSARY Expires 2/29/88 i COUPON ■< o o c TJ o z Bill Davis Relations Committee chaired by John F. Kerry, D-Mhss., and a House Judiciary Subcommittee chaired by Congressman Bill Hughes. I)., N.J., are looking in to the Institute's allegations. They will be holding hearings on Contra drug smuggling within a couple of weeks, Davis said. This case is a watershed and could go either way, Davis said. It could be a chance to "take our democracy back," or it could become "the biggest cover-up yet," he said. A lot depends on the media, which have given scant coverage to the lawsuit so far. Defazio Continued from Page 1 to flight insurance for the Con tras at U S. taxpayers' expense. Defazio went on to praise the Contradora and Arias peace plans. He said he believed Reagan never wanted to deal peacefully w'ith the Sandinistas. "In early September (1984) we hailed this (peace plan) as a tremendous breakthrough. Two weeks later, unexpectedly, the Nicaraguans agreed to accept the Contradora proposal. "Suddenly the next day we found it to be totally objec tionable. The United States turned 180 degrees. . . . We were not able to satisfactorily explain why ..one day we found it acceptable and when the Nicaraguans agreed to it, it wasn’t." Defazio said. Although he said he didn't wholly support the Sandinistas. citing suppression of public meriting and press freedoms, he applauded them for making concessions — in some cases going beyond those made by neighboring countries. Defazio said the Contra aid vote before the House Feb. 3 will be close, but expects the House will succeed in killing funding of the insurgents once and for all. Defazio explained the vote will hinge on the votes of con servative southern Democrats who are afraid of being labled pro-communist and are thus easy prey to administration political pressure. When a member of the au dience asked why Defazio thought Reagan was so "freaked out" about the Sandinistas, the congressman rubbed his eyes and joked. “1 don't know, maybe it was something from his childhood." Program Continued from Page 3 are taught by instructors from Academic Learning Services who offer tutorials to students in need. 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