By The
Associated Press
Edited by Kristine Long
NEWS DIGEST
Netwaskan
Wednesday, February 2,1994
Israeli newspapers quoted senior
military leaders as saying Foreign
Minister Shimon Peres conceded too
much during his weekend meetings
with PLO chairman Yasser Arafat in
Davos, Switzerland.
Arafat told reporters in the Swiss
capital, Bern, that he and Peres post
poned plans to initial agreements
reached in Davos after “the Israeli
side asked for some more days to study
the new drafts.”
The newspaper Maariv quoted
sources close to Rabin as saying he
was “very angry” when he saw the
television footage of Peres holding
hands with Arafat as they walked to
the podium Sunday for a news confer
ence in Davos.
The Israel-PLO peace agreement
promised autonomy for Palestinians
in the Gaza Strip and Jericho. But it
has not been carried out yet because of
disagreements over the size of Jeri
cho, the securing of Jewish settle
ments in the Gaza Strip and the con
trol of border crossings to Jordan and
Egypt.
JERUSALEM—Despite progress
in Israel-PLO talks, Prime Minister
Yitzhak Rabin said it would take time
to overcome differences, and other
officials predicted that an agreement
was still weeks away.
Palestinians and some members of
Rabin’s Cabinet said an agreement
was close on the final terms for Israeli
withdrawal from the Gaza Strip and
the West Bank city of Jericho.
Officials were optimistic about the
progress made during the weekend
bargaining session in Switzerland, but
Rabin said several issues still needed
to be resolved.
“I believe we are moving slowly in
the direction of agreement. It will take
time,” Rabin told American Jewish
leaders in a conference call. “It will
take more time than we had expect
ed.”
Peace talks continued Tuesday in
Cairo, Egypt,between Israeli and PLO
representatives.
Deputy Foreign Minister Yossi
Beilin said on Israel radio that a full
agreement might be several weeks
away.
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Israeli newspapers quoted senior
military leaders as saying Foreign
Minister Shimon Peres conceded too
much during his weekend meetings
with PLO chairman Yasser Arafat in
Davos, Switzerland.
Arafat told reporters in the Swiss
capital, Bern, that he and Peres post
poned plans to initial agreements
reached in Davos after “the Israeli
side asked for some more days to study
the new drafts.”
The newspaper Maariv quoted
sources close to Rabin as saying he
was “very angry” when he saw the
television footage of Peres holding
hands with Arafat as they walked to
the podium Sunday for a news confer
ence in Davos.
The Israel-PLO peace agreement
promised autonomy for Palestinians
in the Gaza Strip and Jericho. But it
has not been carried out yet because of
disagreements over the size of Jeri
cho, the securing of Jewish settle
ments in the Gaza Strip and the con
trol of border crossings to Jordan and
Egypt.
NetSa&kan
Editor Jeremy Fitzpatrick Night News Editors Jeff Robb
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Harding denies involvement
PORTLAND, Ore. — Jeff
Gillooly pleaded guilty to racke
teering Tuesday and struck a deal
with prosecutors to testify that his
ex-wife, Tonya Harding, approved
the assault on Nancy Kerrigan.
Under the deal, Gillooly will be
exempt from any other charges,
including those that may grow out
of a federal investigation. He agreed
to serve 24 months in prison and
pay a $100,000 fine.
Gillooly’s lawyer, Ron Hoevet,
said his client hoped Harding would
also admit her involvement in the
plot.
“Jeffhas a message for Tonya—
he hopes that she will now do what
he has done and move quickly to
resolve the changes that will surely
be brought against her,” Hoevet
said.
“Denial is no longer plausible,”
Hoevet said. “The truth about this
bizarre crime has now been re
vealed.”
Harding, who is training for the
WinterOlympics, which begin next
week in Norway, issued a statement
earlier Tuesday again denying “all
media speculation and rumors that
suggest that she was involved in the
Kerrigan assault.”
“Jeff Gillooly’s accusations ap
pear to evidence a continued prac
tice of abusive conduct intended to
disrupt Tonya Harding’s life and
destroy her career,” the statement
said.
Harding has said she didn’t learn,
until days after returning to Port
land Jan. 10, that people close to
her were involved in the Jan. 6
assault on Kerrigan. Harding has
not been charged.
In court, a somber Gillooly spoke
quietly and responded to
Multnomah County Circuit Judge
Donald Londer with short answers.
Gillooly said he understood the
charge against him.
In a later statement to reporters,
Hoe vet said Gillooly attended a Dec.
28 meeting with the three other
men charged in the attack to dis
cuss how to prevent Kerrigan from
competing in the U.S. Figure Skat
ing Championships in Detroit.
“After the meeting, while driv
ing toward home, Tonya approved
the plan that had been discussed
and gave the OK for the assault on
Nancy Kerrigan. The final deci
sions was hers to make,” Hoevet
said.
Hoevet was asked what words
Gillooly said Harding used to ap
prove the plan. He answered, “As I
understand the quote, it’s ‘OK, let’s
go for it,’ or, ‘OK, let’s do it.’”
Harding won the national cham
pionship after Kerrigan was struck
on the right leg, forcing her to
withdraw. Both women were named
to the Olympic team.
A special figure skating panel
met Tuesday for the first time in
Colorado Springs, Colo., to cons id
er stripping Harding of her U.S.
Figure Skating Association mem
bership.
WASHINGTON — President
Clinton Tuesday named Boston law
yer Deval Patrick to be the nation’s
chief civil rights enforcer, filling a
spot left vacant for months after the
withdrawal of Lani Guinier.
Wasting no time, conservatives
called Patrick “a stealth Guinier.”
“He understands the law is a tool to
help real people with real problems,”
Clinton said in an Oval Office an
nouncement, flanked by Attorney
General Janet Reno and Vice Presi
dent A1 Gore.
Saying the Justice Department’s
civil rights division has protected civil
liberties for “tens of m ill ions of Amer
WASHINGTON — President
Clinton Tuesday named Boston law
yer Deval Patrick to be the nation’s
chief civil rights enforcer, filling a
spot left vacant for months after the
withdrawal of Lani Guinier.
Wasting no time, conservatives
called Patrick “a stealth Guinier.”
“He understands the law is a tool to
help real people with real problems,”
Clinton said in an Oval Office an
nouncement, flanked by Attorney
General Janet Reno and Vice Presi
dent A1 Gore.
Saying the Justice Department’s
civil rights division has protected civil
liberties for “tens of millions of Amer
icans,” Clinton said, “There is still
much more to be done. We need a
strong and aggressive civil rights di
vision and a compassionate advocate
for freedom and fairness at the helm of
that division.”
Patrick, a native ofChicago’s rough
south side, brought his children to the
ceremony. “1 am humbled,” he said.
Conservatives denounced the
choice even before Clinton’s an
nouncement.
“Patrick appears to be a ‘stealth
Guinier,’” said Clint Bolick, vice pres
ident of the Institute for Justice. “He
has no paper trail, but is part of the
same pro-quota chorus that produced
Lani Guinier,” Clinton’s first nomi
nee as assistant attorney general in
charge of the Justice Department’s
civil rights division.
Drawing fire from some black lead
ers, Clinton abruptly withdrew
Guinier’s nomination in June, saying
he was surprised by the liberal bent to
some of her writings on racial politics.
The post has been vacant since Cl in ton
took office.
The attack Monday by Bolick, who
led the conservative charge against
Guinier, brought administration back
ers to the defense of Patrick.
LOS ANGELES — Reginald
Denny, the trucker who was nearly
beaten to death during the 1992 riots,
can sue the city for failing to protect
him, a federal judge has ruled.
U.S. District Judge William Mat
thew Byrne Jr. cleared the way Mon
day for a trial on the lawsuit filed by
Denny and three other riot victims.
They contend- and now must prove
- that police pulled out of South Cen
tral Los Angeles, the flashpoint of the
1992 riots, because most of the resi
dents there are black and Hispanic.
Denny, who sat quietly during the
tua — Reginald
Denny, the trucker who was nearly
beaten to death during the 1992 riots,
can sue the city for failing to protect
him, a federal judge has ruled.
U.S. District Judge William Mat
thew Byrne Jr. cleared the way Mon
day for a trial on the lawsuit filed by
Denny and three other riot victims.
They contend - and now must prove
- that police pulled out of South Cen
tral Los Angeles, the flashpoint of the
1992 riots, because most of the resi
dents there are black and Hispanic.
Denny, who sat quietly during the
hearing, said afterward that he felt
abandoned at the intersection where
his beating was broadcast live by tele
vision news crews.
“It’s all on the videotape,” Denny
said. “How many police officers did
you see in that picture?”
Denny and the other plaintiffs -
TakaoHirata, Fidel Lopez and Wanda
Harris - claim they were deprived of
their constitutional right to equal pro
tection under the law.
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in
1989 that pol ice departments may not
selectively deny protection to “disfa
vored minorities.”
Byrne dismissed one portion of the
suit, the victims’ claim that they were
deprived of the right to due process.
The riots erupted after four white
policemen were acquitted on state
charges of beating black motorist
Rodney King. Two of the officers were
later convicted in federal court and
sentenced to 2 1/2 years in prison.
Denny’s main assailant, Damian
Williams, who hurled a brick at
Denny’s head, was convicted of may
hem and assault and sentenced to 10
years in prison.
Quake shakes Hawaii; no damage reported
HONOLULU — An earthquake
shook Hawaii early today, prompting
curious residents to flood police de
partments with telephone calls. But
there were no reports of damage or
injuries.
The earthquake, at 12:01 a.m.(5:01
a.m. EST), measured 5.2 on the Rich
ter scale, the Pacific Tsunami Warn
ing Center reported.
Mike Blackford, the geophysicist
at the center, said a tsunami (so-called
“tidal wave”) was not generated by the
quake and no damage was reported.
The three-to-five-second quake
occurred 20 miles beneath the Kilauea
crater in Hawaii Volcanos National
Park, on the island of Hawaii.
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