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Show Tuesday. July 4, 1981 THE HERALD, Provo, Utah—Page 9 Atchison Unveils Statue Panel to Consider Preventive Detention In Honor of FamousPilot Involvement of Awaits High Court Test ATCHISON, Kan. (UPI) the world, state officials and proud local residents gathered in Amelia Earhart’s hometown tounveil a statue of the pioneering woman pilot who mysteriously vanished on flight over the Pacific. ‘Amelia pointed the way to excellence,’ said Kansas Gov. John Carlin at the ceremony held to unveil a smiling, life-size bronze likeness of the first woman to solo across the Atlantic. ‘She captured for posterity the spirit of heroism A crowd of about 200 citizens of Atchison, joined aviators — male and female and somefrom asfar away as Australia — and local andstateofficials in the 45-minute ceremony Sundayjust 12 days before the anniversary of her birth Among those attending the ceremony Williams in Abscam great tragedies of modern time — Aviators from around She was just ready to realize her dream, ready to reach for that brass ring,” Carlin said Rep. Jim Jeffries, R-Kan.. urged all those at tending the ceremony to live their livesin the tradi- tion of Miss Earhart ‘Herspirit has given her an everlasting place in history and our hearts,” Jeffries said The statue of Atchison’s beloved aviatrix stands on a three-foot pedestal. On the baseis inscribed a statementof Miss Earhart’s — ‘Let there be peace on earth, and let it begin with me.” To further honor Atchison’s favorite daughter. the City Commission has declared her birthday July 24, an officialholiday. Ip 1932, when Miss Earhart becamethe first woman to solo across the Atlantic, she was quoted as sa‘ing the flight was “primarily a gesture of personal satisfaction.” But she added, “I shall be happyif my smail ex- was Mildred Morrisey, Miss Farhart’ssister, and Crosby Kemper, whose foundation donated $83,000 to pay for the sculpture Sculptor David T.S. Jones of Augusta, Ga worked on the statue for a year, spending many hours interviewing those who knew Miss Earhart ploit has drawn attention to the fact that women are and studying photographs of the maverick aviator for detail in his project “This has given me the feeling that I knew Amelia personally,”’ Jones said. Carlin called Miss Earhart’s 1937 disappearance over the Pacific Ocean after completing two-thirds of an around-the-world flight attempt one of the and low-key way. You were overwhelmed before you knew it."” “She felt that womencould do everything a man flying, too.”” “She was a definite feminist,” said Fay Wells, a friend of Miss Earhart’s, “Butshedidit in a quiet could do — giventhe opportunity,” “That's why she wanted to fly the Atlantic,” Mrs. Wells said WASHINGTON (UPI The Supreme Court is facing a major con. Stitutional dispute that goes to the WASHINGTON (UPI) TheSenate Ethics Committee begins consideration this week of what to do about Sen. Harrison Williams, D-N.J., the only heart of the law-and-order debate focusing on ‘‘nreventive detention member of the Senate convicted in the govern beforetrial ment’s undercover Abscam investigation. The committee's findings, expected in jailing crimina! suspects without bail September, could result in a reprimand, censure or When the high court returns from summer recess, it must decide whether even expulsion of the 61-year-old Williams, now serving his fourth term preventive detention law. Williams wasthe seventh member of Congressto be convicted of corruption charges brought by FBI undercover agents who secretly videotaped bribe offers madeon behalf of make-believe Arab sheiks Like the six convicted House members, Williams still is seeking to overturn his May | conviction on groundshis constitutional rights wereviolated. The Senate committee decided to begin hearings Tues- day anyway Chairman Malcolm Wallop, R-Wyo., said he was aware of the unresolved court questions, but the committee is concerned only with violations of the Senate Code of Conduct — not criminal statutes Kenneth Feinberg, hired by Williams only last week to defend him before the committee. said Wallop was wrongin thinking the committee can ignore courtissues. to hear a challengeto the nation’s only enacted in 1970 by the District of Columbia Under the controversial statute local judge can order a suspect detained for up to 60 days, pending trial The potential high court test was in itiated by the DC. Public Defender Service on behalf of Marvin L Edwards, a Washington youth accused of a string of sexual assaults and rob. beries Edwards, then 17, was arrested March 18 and charged with raping a woman in February. Heallegedly confessed to the rape and admittedguilt in a forcible sodomy and seriesof17 rob- beries Hehassince pleaded guiltyto several of the counts and is serving a 10-to 36. ear prison sentence On the basis of Edwards’ extensige uvenile criminal record, D.( prosecutors convinced a judgeto hold him inpretrial detention without possi bility of bail Edwards lawyers appealed the pretrial detention order to the D.C Court of Appeals, arguing the detention law was unconstitutional. 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