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1ST pw C I11 O' O cl Associated Press X ^1 w W O' w Edited by Brandon Loomis Four associated with Noriega convicted on smuggling charges LAFAYETTE, La - Four men were convicted Monday in a major drug smugglirg operation with links to deposed Panamanian dictator Man uel Noriega, but 16 co-defendants in the 2 1/2-month trial were found in nocent. The defendants, mostly boat cap tains and truck drivers, had been charged with conspiracy, importation and distribution. Federal prosecutors said they smuggled 48,000 pounds of marijuana into North Carolina in 1982 and 280,000 pounds into Louisiana in 1983. They planned to smuggle 1 mil lion pounds into Missouri in 1984, prosecutors said, but were foiled by the arrest of ringleader Stephen Mi chael Kalish. Kalish testified that what he called the “Master Blaster” load was to arrive a few days before he was arrested. ■ . i Kalish, who said his drug-smug gling organization operated from the late 1970s through 1984, is currently in prison stemming from a guilty plea entered in Tampa, Fla., in 1987 to a charge of continuing criminal enter prise. Jerry Hughey, of Austin, Texas; Jim Swope, of Texas; and Max Wade, no address available; were found guilty on 16 counts. Steve Ellendcr of Houma, La., was found guilty on six counts and innocent on seven others. The same investigation that led to the trial also led to Noriega’s 1988 indictment in Tampaon drug charges. In his testimony, Kalish said he had given Noriega a $300,000 “pres ent” for helping arrange a Panama nian banking network to launder drug profits. He said the network he set up with Noriega laundered $50 million to $ 1 (X) million a month for the Medellin drug cartel of Colombia. In November, a pilot who said he flew a private airplane for Kalish's drug operation said Noriega was a passenger aboard the plane several times. ‘‘Kalish offered Noriega the plane when he needed it,” Jay Foreman testified Nov. 27. Foreman said that after becoming involved in Kalish’s operation, he was able to avoid customs inspec tions in Panama. Counts one through six in the in dictment were conspiracy counts regarding the possession, importation and distribution of marijuana. Counts seven through 13 dealt with aiding and abetting the importation and dis tribution. Hughey, Swope and Wade were convicted on all of those counts, plus three counts each dealing with wire fraud, interstate commerce and the illegal distribution of funds from the conspiracy. Ellcnder was found guilty on the first six counts. Thousands in E. Germany storm police headquarters tAM dckliin -.inousanas oi people stormed the headquarters of East Germany’s hated secret police Monday, official media reported, and a prosecutor said he will indict for mer Communist leader Erich Honccker for high treason. The charge, which also will be sought against the former head of the secret police, carries a minimum penalty of 10 years in prison and a maximum of death in “exceptionally grave cases.’’ East German state television said the situation at secret police head quarters had gotten 4 ‘out of control. ’ ’ The reports forced a hasty suspension of talks between the government and the opposition. Thc^jfficia^icw^mencyAD N said lens oi thousands nao stormca the building, while stale-run televi sion spoke of 100,000 people. The secret police are being dis banded, following massive protests from East Germans. Cfcief prosecutor Hans-Juergcn Joseph told officials at the govern ment-opposition talks that Honecker and former national security chief Erich Mielke are being investigated for ‘ ‘anti-constitutional association and high treason. i Honecker and Mielke already had been under investigation for corrup tion and abuse of power. Honecker was removed as Communist Party leader Oct. 18. | Mielke headed the secret police, \ which has become a target of bitter j criticism since the Communists were f forced to share power in East Ger- ( many’s peaceful revolution. Communist Premier Hans Modrow f today promised to publicize details of r how the secret police force is being t dismantled and he appealed for an end to strikes. c iuiii uanay;ini/ irony iwuiBMon Chimpanzee goes berzerk, bites off veterinarian’s ear and fingers during rampage LIUONIER, Pa. - A chimpan zee went on a rampage as it was being moved Monday morning and bit off a veterinarian’s ear and part of one hand, police said. Dr. John C. Kelliher, 43, of Adel phi, Pa. was helping William C. Holmberg transfer two chimps from their cages to a transport cage when one of the animals forced its way loose and attacked Kelliger, police said. Holmberg hit the a 20-ycar-old male chimp with a large metal pipe, said stale Trooper Clint Irvin. As the chimp released Kelliher, Holmberg managed to push the injured veterinarian into an empty animal cage and lock the door. When police officers arrived, Holmberg borrowed a gun from one of them and shot the chimp four times, but the animal remained alive until another officer destroyed it with one more shot. Kelliher was flown toPresbytc rian-University Hospital in Pitts burgh, where he was listed in fair condition. The thumb, fourth and fifth fingers on one hand were amputated, his left ear was bitten off, and he was bitten on his face, head, scalp and forearm. Holmberg used to run a zoo at a small amusement park in Westmore land County, Pa., and has been taking care of the chimps and as sorted exotic birds since it was closed about five years ago, said police dispatcher Marilyn Sinsa baugh. The chimps were being taken to a laboratory in Maryland when the attack occurred around 2:15 a.m., Sinsabaugh said. She didn’t know why they were going to the lab. Victims found in ferry DHAKA, Bangladesh - Salvage workers pulled up a capsized ferry Monday and found 16 bodies in its lull, the government said. Newspa >crs said at least 100 people were eared dead after the collision with a argo vessel. Rescue workers called off the search or bodies at dusk, but hundreds of datives of the victims still thronged he river banks. “Have you seen my husband?” >ne woman, Ranu Ali, asked the res cuers. “He was on the ferry.” When told her husband, Ahmed Ali, was not among the survivors, she began sobbing. The single-deck wooden ferry Ajmcri sank Sunday at the conflu ence of the Dhaleswari and Shitalkhya rivers near Munshiganj, 20 miles southeast of Dhaka. Police and other officials refused to say how many people were aboard the ferry. Shipping Minister Korbal Ali told Parliament the ferry was brought to the surface about 15 hours after it capsized. Authorities said it sank in about 50 feet of water. “Only 16 bodies have been found so far in the hull,” Ali said. Hedidnot say whether the death toll was ex pected to rise. One official said he doubted more bodies would be found when the search resumed at dawn today because they may have been swept downstream. The government-owned Bangla desh Times said there were 300 people on board, while the independent II tefaq newspapers said there were 150. The ferry had a licensed capacity of just 60 passengers. 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Second-class postage paid at Lincoln, NE. aLl material copyright 1990 DAILY NEBRASKAN Museums deny having remains i iktnAi vr ki.L « _ * j .• •.. a . ■ _ _ officials said Monday they do not know what Otoe-Missouri tribal offi cials in Red Rock, Okla., are talking about when they say they want the remains of their ancestors removed from Nebraska museums. Two Nebraska museum officials said they don’t have the remains and don’t know who does. ‘ ‘ I’ve got a big surprise for them - we don’t have any,” said Hugh Genoways, director of the University of Nebraska Stale Museum. James Hanson, director of the Nebraska State Historical Society, also / said me society docs not nave utoc remains. * Otoe Tribal Chairwoman Della Cheryl Warrior recently learned from Walter R. Echo-Hawk, an attorney with the Native American Rights Fund of Boulder, Colo., that some Otoe skeletons from the 1300s might be in the custody of the Nebraska State Historical Society or the University of Nebraska. “1 have no earthly idea who has Otoe material," Genoways said. "Maybe all their stuff still is in the ground.” Gay Men’s Support Group Focusing on Members’ Concerns Jan. 31/Feb. 1 to May 1 or 2 Call 472-3461 to inquire or participate. ~ 50C OFF Any pizza 475-6363 NAME _ ADDRESS_ DATE Expire* 2-1-90_ $1.00 OFF Any pizza ordered 11 a.m.-4 p.m. 475-6363 NAME__ APPHM1 DATES_ Expire* 2-1-90 j WELCOME BACK j STUDENTS!! ■ Broke, need extra money ■ after the holidays? DONATE FOR DOLLARS! | This Coupon is worth I $20.00 on your 1st and 2nd donations (within 6 days or if you have not returned within 2 months). Present this coupon-Earn Extra Cash! For more information call the "Friendliest Staff in Town." 474-2335 « Lincoln Donor Center 126 N. 14th Suite #2 j