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Show Hasten A Friday, August 28, 1992 The Daily Herald Dnfc!!o Ex-Dotr- oit Mideast peace talks hit snag over Lebanon police chief sentenced - DETROIT (AP) Detroit's former police chief has drawn 10 years in prison for stealing $2.34 million from a police fund. . U.S. District Judge Paul Gadola also ordered former Chief William Hart on Thursday to repay the money. Hart, 68, was convicted in May of embezzlement and tax evasion. Prosecutors said he lived in high style with money from the fund, which was set up to pay for drug buys and undercover operations. His trial included testimony from his three former girlfriends and his wife. Prosecutors alleged that $2.6 million was stolen, but Gadola said some of that money was spent legitimately. Attorney alleges Gulf War cover-u- p An attorney DENVER (AP) for a former diplomat accused of secretly taking money from Kuwait to push the United States into the Gulf War claims the U.S. government and "almost surely the White House" condoned his campaign. Sam Zakhem, a former U.S. ambassador to Bahrain, and two other men allegedly accepted $7.7 million to lobby for U.S. involvement after Iraq invaded Kuwait in 1990, then kept most of the money for themselves. "The Treasury Department, in particular, probably the State Department, and almost surely the White House were aware ... but did not disapprove of the activ- - IsWASHINGTON (AP) rael's refusal to consider a timetable for withdrawing its troops from Lebanon has brought peace talks between the two countries to a standstill, the chief Lebanese negotiator said today. Despite hopes the new Israeli government would be conciliatory, the Lebanese delegation's unanimous view is "the Israeli position on our track has hardened," Suheil Shammas told a news conference. "We have come to a sort of impasse," he said, with Israel insisting the negotiations begin with Lebanon's commitment to a peace treaty. He said the Lebanese would return to the negotiating table on Tuesday, revealing their position on key issues over a long weekend. "If we find we are being bogged down on purpose we will not be silent," he said. Shammas, secretary general of the Lebanese foreign ministry, was due to meet later today with Edward P. Djerejian, the U.S. assistant secretary of state for the Near East. "We in Lebanon have a real interest in peace," Shammas said. "We want it and we need it. We shall close no doors, we will shut no windows. " Israel keeps troops in a strip of southern Lebanon alongside friendly Lebanese militia as a barrier to guerrilla attacks. Syria, meanwhile, has some 30,000 troops in the coun- cross-bord- er trv- - Shammas said their presence li a proper topic of negotiations, but should be dealt with within the Arab world. He said Lebanon's overture to Israel is "commit yourself, in principle, and dicuss with us a timetable of withdrawal and we will discuss security arrangements." Shammas told reporters: ' 'That was flatly refused. ' ' He said Israel instead wants "confidencto talk about measures" to e-building improve the lives of the Lebanese in the area. Shammas said that was a back-doway of Israel trying to maintain its occupation of part of the w as not Arab-Israe- - Clinton takes on Texas By ROBERT NAYLOR JR. Associated Press Writer nt surrenders to : ; Pea-bod- 1 two-da- I ! g. Bush says trade Attorney names judge for LA. trial will aid economy - Dis- -' LOS ANGELES (AP) By KAREN BALL trict Attorney Ira Reiner has pro-- i Associated Press Writer posed letting another black judge ' President FINDLAY, Ohio preside over the trial of three black Bush is pushing trade as a key to : men accusing of beating a white ; trucker at the start of the riots. reviving the U.S. economy and Reiner, who was criticized for says rival Bill Clinton's economic removing the black judge original-'- ; plan would amount to a "tax made- chine that spits out pink slips." ly assigned to the trial, asked to on Bush, campaigning at factories Thursday fense attorneys to case in the Ohio and Missouri, focused on to Superior give agree ' Court Pitts. Donald jobs, trade and investment ThursJdge One lawyer agreed and Reiner's day as he tried to show he had a spokesman said a second had also plan for the sagging economy said yes. The third defense attor- -' the issue seen as his biggest stumbling block for ney said he had not decided. The three defendants are ac-- i "I learned that when we export, cused of beating Reginald Denny we really help the American econas the riots began on April 29. omy," Bush told a group of tool and dye workers in Findlay, drawing on his ownership of an oil drilling company 35 years ago. Bush hit on trade as he courted -the Mich. Reagan Democrats (AP) SOUTHFIELD, him in 1988 but with The state Board of Medicine has who were are e now thought to have drifted upheld its suspension of won both Missouri and Bush KevoJack Dr. inventor away. four Ohio ago, but they're years rkian's license. this as seen is battlegrounds suicide that major is "It the antithesis of healing," board year. representative Dr. John Ingold "We cannot go to protection wrote in an opinion released and higher taxes," Bush said on Thursday. trade. "We must go to exports and The board suspended the more competition. pathologist's license in "My opponent's answer is to 1991 after he helped a woman kill oth-' look two inward, to protect what we herself in 990 and helped 1. in 99 suicide have," BusHsajd, noting that Cliner women commit whethlater ton supports higher taxes for for- decide will The board profits in . er to revoke his license permanent- eign companies earning has and States the United yet to 'y Amerihe will new North said the back fully Kevorkian's lawyer can Free Trade Agreement. hppcaL Hurricane prompts giving, greed By The Associated Press Congressman ; Migrant workers reach for supplies of food and clothing Thursday being distributed from the back of a truck in Florida City, Fla. The workers live in an area hit hard by Hurricane Andrew. or here and I have a lot of kin folks here and I'm a whole lot more like you than he is." Bill Clinton, WACO, Texas A Rice University poll released courting voters in President Bush's the day before the Republican Naadopted home state, told Texans he tional Convention last week in may not be a resident but "my Houston gave Clinton a daddy was born here ... and I'm a lead in Texas, but GOP officials whole lot more like you" than say the gap has since narrowed. ities," defense attorney Jay HoBush. It was Bush, speaking to the rowitz said during a pretrial hearThe state's 32 electoral votes convention, who raised the quesing Thursday. make it key to success in Novemtion of which campaign could be ber and Democrats Clinton and Al trusted on the economy. Gore worked hard Thursday to Gore ridiculed the Republicans Bush. from Texans for away push having "the audacity to say this Clinton told an evening rally on election is about whether or not FBI the banks of the Brazos River here you can trust them." that the Republicans "literally Nicho"Someone who says 'Read my BOSTON (AP) Rep. the' economic fedhave worst performto surrendered Mavroules las lips' and then raises taxes on avereral authorities today after a fede- ance since the roaring '20s." age working Americans ought to "Folks, this deal is not work- have second thoughts about raising ral grand jury indicted him on ecothat question," the Tennessee senmultiple charges, some possibly ing," he said of White House we do can think nomic "I ator said. his as tenure policies. dating back to i n the better." . 970s mayor Clinton said the Democrats have The economy has been the DemMavroules appeared at Boston a simple plan for revitalizing the ocrats' main issue all along the ; FBI headquarters this morning af- nation's economy. y bus tour that road on the ter meeting with his attorneys. ends thank feel today. "We call it putting people "I you," quite well, Clinton ribbed Bush for claimthe Democratic congressman said first," he said. "It doesn't seek to ' as he left his home in Peabody. By ing his legal residence as Texas, push this country to the left or the J this afternoon, Mavroules said, where the president uses a hotel as right, but to lead us into the fuhis address and owns a tiny plot of ture." "we'll pick up the campaign." Mavroules spokesman Michael land. He accused Bush of defending "I want to tell you something 'Greenstein said the indictments, ' which were sealed, were returned folks, I don't have a hotel room in the interests of the rich while igfamilies who Texas and I don't have a plot of noring working-clas- s ; by the grand jury Thursday need jobs, health care, family Federal prosecutors refused land about the size of this plaleave and other help in tough ;to give details of the charges be-- '; tform," the Arkansas governor times. born was fore a news conference later today. said, "But my daddy eve-inin- AP Photo ed Selfless HOMESTEAD, Fla. giving and sharing are rampant in die wake of Hurricane Andrew. So are profiteering and greed. As people whose lives were upended by the storm lined up for food, water and other, essentials, many told tales of $24) bags of ice, inflated lumber prices and the like. "It's terrible," said Marie Martinez, who paid $10 for five gallons of water. "We paid it. We're desperate." Others paid exorbitant prices to entrepreneurs set up on the roadside to peddle generators, chain saws, building materials and water. Some said they were making supplies available out of the goodness of their hearts. Gov. Lawton Chiles signed an order declaring anyone charging "exorbitant or excessive prices" necessities faced for fines of up to $10,000 per violation under Florida's law against unfair trade practices. Zephania Fearson wanted to buy some tar paper from a roadside merchant to patch his roof. Jim Purdy, who brought a truckload of building materials to Miami from Ocala in Florida, was a roll. $15 charging "That stuff sells for 7 a roll," Fearson mumbled. "He's selling it for $15. The rain's com'' ing and I've got no choice. a bad was said he taking Purdy rap. He blamed suppliers, who he said had jacked up prices. "I can't justify to these people post-Andre- w north-centr- al $6-$- what's going on," he said. "We're just trying to get the stuff to the people." Rick Remke, a contractor from Tampa, came to Miami to help family members repair their house. He lounged in the back of a truck along Highway 1, trying to sell generators. "My contractor's price for a sheet of plywood is $7.50. Now they are asking over $14 and not giving any guarantees," Remke said. "I think it's out-and-o- ut greed." A hastily arranged telethon simulcast on at least six Florida stations raised mors man $2.2 million for hurricane victims Thursday night, station managers said. Insurance companies handed out checks to see people through the crisis. 'I worked the Oakland hills fire in California," said Tony Moreno, manning a State Farm mobile unit. "I know what they're going through." Hurricane surivors are also saying Andrew exposed shoddy workmanship, inferior materials and lax enforcement during building-cod- e Miami's boom years. Dade County, which includes the city of Miami, requires buildings that can withstand 125 mph Florida Attorney General Bob Butterworth said Thursday he had subpoenaed several top wood suppliers, including Georgia-Pacifi- c Corp., to supply documentation justifying the price hikes. "I don't see any difference be- winds. tween the looters who go through the rubble in the trailer parks and the business people who cash in on America Message this disaster by gouging customhe said. ers," Loont how I issued a stateGeorgia-Pacifi- c sohrt America' ment denouncing price gouging. While there were instances of dooMoa Now the greedy profiting from the situaconontKh uwllu tion, more frequent were cases of heartfelt charity. Sunday 6pm - Radio AM 960 Some loaded pickup trucks with Presented by food and clothing, drove south and Charles Wilson gave it all away. Chain restaurants distributed free food and drinks. Independent for Congress . 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