NATIONAL BRIEFS
Star witness linked to gun-drug exchange
MIAMI (AP) — The prosecution's star witness against ter
mer Panamaniandlctator Manuel Noriega has links to I S
supported guns-for-drugs flights inaid of the Nicaraguan
Contra rebels, a government source says
Panamanian drug pilot Floyd Carlton, 42, currently in the
U S. witness protection program, look the stand last week
and is expected to resume testifying Monday in Noriega s
drug and racketeering trial
Carlton provided the lion's share of evidence leading up to
Noriega’s February lOflfl indictment hast week he gave the
most damning trial testimony against Noriega so far, tying
him directly to drug payoffs and relating conversations Im>
tween the two men about cocaine flights.
But Carlton also provides Noriega s defense with its first
opportunity to contend that the United States had links of its
own to Central American drug trafficking, by working with
Florida-based smugglers flying arms to the Contras arui're
turning with cocaine.
Noriega's defense has long claimed that he was doing C S
bidding in many undercover operations in Panama, espei nil
|y in aid of the Contras. Prosecutors say, however, that
Noriega's claims are simply .1 smoke sc ream designed to cloud
his private drug-smuggling transactions
Abortion foes, advocates vie in NY streets
NHW YORK (AP) — Thousands of abortion-rights .advo
cates marched down Fifth Avenue on Sunday to counter a
"life chain" staged by abortion opponents
Abortion foes tried to form a cross by lining tit) bloc ks on
Fifth Avenue and five blocks of Till) Street with people bold
ing signs saying "Abortion Kills Children ” But the chain had
gaps, with some entire blocks left empty
Organizer Christopher O'Hare, of the National traditional
ist Caucus, estimated 2,71)0 abortion foes took part There
was no police estimate.
Counterprotesters organized by the Women's Health Ac
tion Mobilization marched down Filth Avenue 1 arrying signs
and chanting slogans including “Not the church, not the
state, women must decide their fate."
There were about 4,000 counterprotestors, said police offi
cer Scott Bloch They were separated from anti abortion ac
tivists by a line of police officers No arrests were made,
Bloch said
Order postpones nuclear construction
COLUMBIA, S C (AIM — President Bush's order to reduce
nuclour weapons could mean another delay In restarting an
aging reactor at the Savannah River Silo, part of the govern
ment's nuclear weapons construction complex, offic ials said
It could also alter plans for a new ST) (> billion reactor that
South Carolina officials have hoped will he built at the site
Government and civilian officials w ho monitor the nut lear
arsenal and the U S. Energy Department's production com
plex mot Saturday to dismiss the possibilities.
They agreed the developments probably would lead to
postponement of a restart of the K Reactor, used to produce
the radioactive gas tritium, one component of nut lear weap
ans.
But they disagreed on what Bush's decision means for large
projects such as a planned new reactor to produce tritium.
Loss of oil pressure forces landing
WICHITA, Kan (Al’J A United Airlines plane lost oil
pressure in one engine and made an emergency landing Sun
day at Mid-Continent Airport, authorities said None ol tit
52 people aboard was injured
Flight 388, a Boeing 737 bound from Denver to Springfield,
Mo . diverted to Wichita after developing problems in its left
engine, said Gene Cuutiere. Federal Aviation Administration
duty officer in Kansas City.
The pilot told passengers one engine had lost oil pressure
and had been shut down, said passenger Dan Shelley, news
manager at radio station K ITS-AM in Springfield.
Emergency equipment was on the scene when the plane
landed. As the plane taxied to a stop, the passengers burst
into applause, Shelley said
Senator revs up Democratic campaign
WASHINGTON (AP) — Nebraska Son. Bob Kerrey isn't
wasting any time in trying to got a little momentum lor his
Democratic presidential campaign.
Kerrey enters the race Monday with an announcement in
Lincoln, and then will bead from his home state to Colorado,
where lie’s viewed as the early favorite because of his close
ties to former Colorado Sen. Cary Hart's supporters
Then it's back to Nebraska for a rally, a trip to Iowa lie
next morning, and a day and a half In South Dakota A quit k
stop in Chicago on Oct. 3 is planned before Kerrey spends a
full week in New Hampshire.
Thu Iowa caucuses are Fob. 10, Now Hampshire s primary
Feb. 18 and both South Dakota and Colorado in the next two
weeks.
Kerrey won't bo the only new candidate on the road this
week and next.
Arkansas Gov Bill Clinton plans to enter the race Thurs
day. and advisers say a draft schedule culls for him to travel
for tho following wook to 10 duys to kick off his campaign
States on his visit list include Iowa. New Hampshire and
Texas.
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