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Show 4A The Salt Lake Tribune Saturday, White House Gunman Claims Agencies, Reagan Doped Him March 17, 1984 By Tom Seppy Associated Press Writer - WASHINGTON The young man who was shot in the arm when he threatened a guard trying to question him outside the White House fence was ordered to undergo psychiatric testing Friday after he disrupted a hearing, with claims that President Reagan, the FBI, CIA and Air Force intelligence had drugged him. During his appearance before a U.S. magistrate, David A. Mahonski, 25, disrupted his arraignment three times. s The president of the United States and certain elements of the society fill me with drugs and ruin my life, like the communists would," said Mahonski, who came to court dressed in a blue hospital jumpsuit and carrying his right arm in a sling. "I have had just about enough that I can take in America, he guards saw Mahonski pacing back and forth near the White House on March 2. Mahonski appeared to have "paranoid delusions with respect to somehow being force-fenarcotics and drugs, the official d said. Mahonski left Washington on March 8, the assistant U.S. attorney said, bought a shotgun in York, Pa., on Tuesday and was spotted near the White House the next day. He consented to a search of his car and a bow and arrows were found, O'Malley said. -- said. Mahonski said the government Gerald, left, and President Reagan cussed Reagans plans to visit Ireland. dis-Frida- y, days. Mahonski, 25. a high school dropout who lived with his parents in Irish Prime Minister Visits Reagan In Attempt to Halt Flow of Arms By Michael Gctler Washington Post Writer WASHINGTON President Reagan, at a White House luncheon Friday on the eve of St. Patrick's Day, told visiting Irish Prime Minister Garret FitzGerald that "we support your personal mission in America to end the tragically misguided support of some here for terrorist ele- ments in Northern Ireland." Reagan, who will visit Ireland in Jude, also praised FitzGerald for trying to reconcile the Catholic-dominate- d Republic of Ireland which he heads and the Protestant-dominate- d provinces of Northern Ireland which are under British rule. In a toast to FitzGerald at a luncheon attended by other prominent lawmakers of Irish heritage, including House Speaker Thomas P. (Tip) O'Neill Jr., and Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, Reagan said "you have reminded those in this country who provide assistance to Northern Ireland's terrorists that they are assisting in violence and murder. - On Thursday, FitzGerald told reporters here that the United States is the leading outside source of arms and money for terrorist Irish organizations such as the outlawed Irish Republican Army. "Let me assure you, the president added, "that the vast majority of Irish Americans join you today in condemning support for those who preach hatred and practice violence in Ireland." Reagan also encouraged the work of the "New Ireland Forum. This is a group organized nine months ago by FitzGerald and involving the three main Catholic political parties of Ireland and one in Ulster. They will produce a report next month on ways to begin resolving the religious and other differences between the two regions. Reagan, both in his public toast and in a half-homeeting between the two leaders, also encouraged renewed high-levdiscussions between Irish and British leaders over the Ulster problem. Senior administration officials said later that the effort to cut down on the flow of arms and money to the IRA did not require new U.S. policies but rather more "cooperation by the courts and American citizens." At a press conference later in the day. FitzGerald, who ended his weeklong visit to this country Friday, thanked Reagan for his "strong endorsement" of both the appeal against violence and the efforts at reconciliation. FitzGerald said that while it is traditional for Irish prime ministers to visit America around St. Patrick's Day, this visit marked the first time in many years that a leader was able to bring a positive message about the work of the New Ireland Forum rather than just the negative reminder of perpetual violence. He said congressional leaders had told him his visit, combining an apto stop helppeal to ing the IRA with a glimmer of hope for reconciliation, "is bound to have an impact here" and "narrow down" support for the IRA and other terrorist groups. Richard Stern, a attorney, said the bullet hit Mahonski on the right forearm, breaking the bone. He was given an antibi court-appointe- d in- telligence agencies "have put a bug in my head which transmits everything I think across the country. I don't need another nut ward. The president has had me in three already." Magistrate Arthur L. Burnett ordered him sent for testing at St. Elizabeths Hospital, the federal mental institution in southeast Washington, and set another hearing within 30 Associated Press l o .rrphotu v After exchanging St. Patricks Day gifts Irish Prime Minister Garret Fitz- - He pulled the gun on Thursday when guards tried to question him outside the fence on the south side of the W'hite House, the prosecutor said. otic to ward off infection and doctors expect to put his arm in a cast within 72 hours. In his hometown, a police officer who spoke only on condition that he not be identified said, "Hes a nice guy but he's awfully mixed up. He had swings in mood, hills and valleys, that type of thing Mahonskis uncle, Howard Engel, was quoted as saying Mahonski had often talked about going to see the president and straighten him out." The uncle said the young man had been treated for drug use, particularly cocaine. "When he was high, he blamed the establishment for everything," Engel said. Park Police Lt. Jeffrey Davis said there was no evidence that Mahonski intended to enter the White House grounds and that he had not been listed as a threat to President Reagan. Williamsport, Pa., was charged with resisting a uniformed Secret Service guard. Lt. Walter J. Gorman, who sought to question him outside the White House Thursday night. According to a criminal complaint filed in federal court Friday. Mahonski threatened Gorman with a sawed-of- f shotgun hidden under his jacket. Gorman first ordered Mahonski to "freeze." then shot him in the right arm when Mahonski pointed the barrel, shotgun at Gorman, the court papers said. William J. O'Malley Jr., assistant U.S. attorney, told the magistrate that Mahonski started using drugs about 10 years ago, underwent treatment in i978, and began using drugs again about two years ago. O'Malley said he was released from a treatment program in Pennsylvania last single-- May. O'Malley said Mahonski's parents tried to obtain the aid of an attorney to have him treated either voluntarily or unvoluntarily, but were unsuccessful. Mahonski had been in Washington at least three times, O'Malley said. He added that Mahonski paid his hotel bill nightly in cash and he engaged in strange and odd behavior." He said uniformed Secret Service Replacement Named For Nicaraguan Envoy A By George Gedda Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON President Reagan said Friday he would replace Anthony Quainton, the U.S. ambassador in Nicaragua, with Harry E. Bergold Jr., a - career foreign service officer who has most re- - f. centlv served as ambassador toU ft The decision to replace Quair.ton. made public earlier although not officially an-- p j - sa,-Hungary- . tlPjKH 1 nounced, was said to have reflected an administration concern that he had not applied sufficient pressure on the leftist V Mr- - Bergold Sandinista government in Nicara- gua. Bergold has served in State Department posts in Honduras. Mexico. Spain and Panama. In addition, he has served as a deputy assistant secretary of defense and as an assistant secretary of energy for international affairs. He held the post in Hungary from 1980 to 1983. No Reason Given In announcing the move, the White House gave no reason for replacing Quainton. No new post for the envoy was immediately One official, speaking on condition he not be identified, said Quainton irritated Henry A. Kissinger, chairman of the National Bipartisan Commission on Central America, by suggesting that the United States could coexist peacefully with the Sandinista government. The State Department has said Kissinger had no role in Quaintons reassignment. Quainton also antagonized some conservatives when he disputed allegations that the Nicaraguan govIn a conernment was fidential cable that Quainton filed on July 16, he said that his embassy staff had found "no verifiable ground" to accuse the Sandinistas of President Reagan and some Jewish groups had asserted that the Sandinista regime drove the nation's small Jewish community into exile. Solid Professional According to the official who requested anonymity, Bergold is a solid professional" who earned high marks for his service in Hungary. He said the appointment of Bergold to the Managua post reflects the importance the United States attaches to its relationship with Nicaragua. Bergold joined the Foreign Service in 1957 at age 26, serving tours of duty early in his career in Tegucigalpa and Mexico City. From 1966 to 1972. he served as political military counselor in Madrid, participating in negotiations on U.S. base rights in Spain and in the management of U.S. Spanish military ties. 157c of Communities Suspect Shot Rural Areas Lack Public Water Service - Thousands of by public water systems, the report said. of all rural comFewer than munities were served bv waste-wate- r treatment plants as of 1980, although of the public facilities that city people take for running water and toilets, a new Agriculture Department study said Friday. Approximately 55 percent of the nations rural communities are served by one or more public water systems." the report said. The remaining 45 percent of rural communities rely on private wells, e small cluster wells, other water supplies or hauled water for all of their water needs." Virtually all cities of more than 5,500 people - and the majority of the smaller have public water service for at cities least part of their people, however. But only 38 percent of the unincorporated rural communities including small towns and townships - are served W ASHINGTON (AP) ruial areas still lack many one-thir- grant-ed.jncludi- d about 13 percent without such facilities had plans to build them. Most of the areas lacking the facilities were unincorporated. "By contrast, more than 60 percent of and cities with populations under 2,500 more than 90 percent of cities with popu- had lations between 2,500 and 50,000 their own waste-wate- r systems, the report said. The study was based on a nationwide sample survey of public facilities serving rural America. As defined by the report, there are more than 45.000 rural communities in the United States with a total population of about 85 million. on-sit- . d Jerrugan The actions followed an investigating into the delay in sending an ambulance for Lillian Hoff 6ii, w ho died before paramedics aimed at her home on Jan 5 Mrs Boff's stepson. Larry Hoff, called for an ambulance Jan 5. his stepmother was having trouble breathing. He then spent eight minutes on the telephone with Ms' Mynek. who scolded him for foul language arid demanded to speak with Mrs. Boff. The written reprimands were given Uo ( mergence call screening nurse Lclani Starks and f.re sci tion eh:(f Mike Jones. Jermgan said Assist ant Chief J R Walton, w ho wa$ the head of the commurm aliens dejKirtment where he others ware retired effective Friday, la- has said i The Dallas Mol rung News tported that Walton was throated with days ago. Ms demotion several who has an unlisted telephone number and could not he reached for comment, has been on administrative leave pending trie outcome of the investigation, fire officials said Myrick. said Boff. who has filed a $315,000 claim against the city said his faith in the emergency response system remained shakened alter his experience and he would not call the city to request an emergency ambulance again 'My first response rigid now is no way I am not going to go through this again No No," Ruff said, "I will get a private ambulance service to He do nr will do it my. self Hopefully, the system's going to I don't know what to tie correi ted he added sjy. Nur.-My rick has been d.s (barged (apt Greene has been deit ' ' e ambulance supervisor A section has Gin reprimanded (hut has been reprimanded Assis tarn (hod Jit Walton has rcirod off due today." Dallas Fire ('hod Dodd Miller told a news conference nuded An "He's essentially Locking at health care, the study found TV Actress Two Id.S ANGELES (FPL s pleaded mnoi ent Friday to charges they broke mm 'he Hollywood Hills home of ac'ie-Penny Marshall dressed like Japanese ninja warriors and robbed the of TVs "Laverne and Shirley. Daniel Shepphard. 19. of Los Angeles was tharged wi'h one count each of armed robbery, residential burglary and possession of an illegal teen-ager- s co-st- weapon. Anthony Pierson. 18. of Beverly Hills, was ehaiged with ne count each of armed robbery and residential but glare Rdh pleaded innocent to the ehaiges at a Municipal Court arraignment and were ordered bv Judge Michael Tynan to remain in custody m lieu oi $20,000 hail each pending a March 29 preliminary hearing Pros'TUtors all. K'd the two to. wearing f lack ropes with hoods and carrying a sword and a knife broke into Miss M.i--!all's D me Tuesday night was alone in 'he Miss V.ir-hal- l home whtn she spotted a fipuie it, her den ar.d activated a silent alarm alerting security guards i La. (AP) - A Roscoe says a womans place is in the home, but I keep breaking out and coming back to our house! HINCKLEY. Ohio iUPR Park rangers called otf their watch Friday for the annual (final return of Hinckley's buzzards. content with three unofficial sightings of the ugly birds "Oh. they're definitely back in ILryklev ..ml Sgt. Edwin Folts of Cleveland Metroparks Rangers. ope nt those who waited two days in won for a mass sighting "They just didn't fly by the official spotter." Rangers returned to a roost near Hinckley Lake Friday morning after the three unofficial sightings wore recorded Thursday The birds legend dictates have returned to Hnukiev every March 15 for 166 yi,rs Folts said tins year's sightings occurred in three widely spaced areas around the town 35 miles south of Cleveland Rang rs said Thursday the wet w. at her, which dampens the bum ! ..ti.ers and fori es them to fiv r. may have delayed their arrival The rem.endi r of k should the arrive in tushrub-covere- d i f ne x weeks, they s.ml The Ihfee utioflieial sightings were by rangers near the roost area and in a remote section of Hinckley Park, and by a woman north of the park. Folts said. Lt. Reger Lutz, designated as the official buzzard spotter, spent 13 hours Thursday in a cold, damp field near the roost vainly waiting and watching for the birds' return Some 20 spectators joined him Thursday hut only a handful returned Friday. The buzzards - actually turhave black feathkey vultures ers and red skin heads, and soar 1.000 feet by catching updrafts. Common lore says the buzzards first showed up to feast nn the victims of the "Great Yarmit Hunt" of 1818 - when nearly 300 deer, hears and wolves were killed by white settlers Naturalists dispute the legend lovers, however, maintaining the birds return to the same place because they were hatched there Undaunted hv this year's disappointing buzzard vigil, the Hint kley Chamber of Common e planned to go ahe.ui with its annual Buzzard Sunday pancake breakfast this weekend a tiadi-tiosince 1957 brain-dead,- " said Dr. Ray Caillouette. "He's on a He's not going to . respirator. live." The gunman, identified by police as Gary Plauche, 39. was arrested immediately and taken to the East Baton Rouge Parish Jail, where sheriff's Col. Fred Shman said he was being questioned. "If the man dies, he'll be charged with cither first- - or second-degremurder. If the man lives, tie'll be charged with attempted murder." Sliman said. A television news crew was taping Dnucett's return from Anaheim, Calif , when the shooting occurred. The crew captured the incident on videotape. Ed Buggs. a WBRZ-Treporter, said East Baton Rouge Parish sheriffs Maj. Mike Barnett and another . Buzzards Sneak Back To Hinckley Homes ' Rolf said Friday ho thought city officials should also have Fred Greene. "I think they both Greene and Ms Mynek should have been fired." BATON ROUGE. man being returned to stand trial for kidnapping a boy was shot in the head by the youth's father at the city's airport Friday night, police said. The victim, Jeffery Paul Doucett. 25, was taken to Earl K. Long Hospital. where he was iisted in critical condition. A physician said death was virtually certain. Nearly all rural communities have some fire protection, but more than 40 mostly percent of those with facilities in unincorporated areas lack complete hydrant coverage or larger tank trucks of at least 3,000 gallons capacity. that "nearly all rural communities were served by some kind of hospital facility" and that only 2 percent had no hospital within a radius and only 12 percent had fewer than three hospitals within the same distance. Father Of Victim Overall, the rural population is concentrated in the South, which had 35.4 million rural people in 1978, and the North Central with 25.1 million. The West, with 11.6 million rural inhabitants, had the smallest such population. Rural inhabitants in the Northeast totaled 13.4 million. Department Dismisses Nurse Pair Denies Robbing For Delaying Ambulance A nurse who arDALLAS (AP) him for gued with a man. foul language and ddaved sending an ambulance for t.is dying stepmother was fired on Friday the Fire Department said In addition to the firing of nurse Billye Mynek. tier stipcrv isor. Copt. Donald Greene, was demoted to lieutenant, and other employees involved m the ease were teprimand-esaid department spokesman Bill By . e officer were escorting Doucett around the metal detector when Plauche stepped up and filed. "The man who pulled the trigger is the father of the kid who was kidnapped. His name is Gary Plauche," Buggs said. Plauches son. Jodie, was kidnapped tiere Feb. 19 and found unharmed when the FBI arrested Dou-eeta karate instructor, on March 1 in an Anaheim hotel room. "They were walking him through the airport when a man stepped from a telephone booth and fired one shot He was a! point blank range." t. said Buggs. "I was an eyewitness when Maj. Barnett asked him bv name, 'Gary, why did you do it'1' Buggs said. Gary said this hack 'll it were your son, you would have done the same thing "He loc ked sedated. a if he didn't care lie looked despite the f let the guv s h mil was on the floor, as if tie had accomplished what he was out to do mission accomplished ' ' t |
