Show Herald Journal 2 — The Logan Utah Sunday May X 1981 Abscam: seven convictions but trouble ahead " NEW YORK (UPI) — Abscam the most successful prosecution of congressional corruption in American history still faces a crucial courtroom challenge that will determine the basic legality of the entire operation The conviction of Sen Williams Charges on D-- bribery-conspirac- congressmen Harrison two-ye- ar undercover FBI probe in which agents posing as wealthy Arabs spread hundreds of thousands of bribe dollars along a trail that resulted in the conviction of seven congressmen “Abscam was far from the biggest corruption scandal in American history but it was the most successful attempt to T high-rankin- Sirosecute said only be finally resolved by the US Supreme Court Basically the defendants are arguing that the “sheiks" the satchels filled with cash and in Williams’ case the lure of two Arabs willing to pay him $126 million for stock in a titanium mine were part of a blatantly illegal government effort to manufacture the crimes the congressmen were convicted of George Koelzer the senator's lawyer has described the operation as “evil” “vicious” and “unwarranted” Williams himself called it an “FBI concoction” in testimony during his month-lon- g trial in US District Court in Brooklyn The government contends that its Abscam operation merely set out the bait and that otherwise honest officials would Philadelphia city councilmen have already been reversed on appeal and court rulings could upset the rest US District Court Judge George Pratt the presiding judge at the Abscam trials of five congressmen including Senator Williams is conducting a series of due process hearings in which the defendants are challenging the legality of the entire operation Other defendants are filing separate but similar challenges to their y Friday capped a been convicted” Stanley Aronowitz a professor of political science at Columbia University But the Abscam convictions of two non-existe- nt convictions Pratt has yet to rule in any of the cases but he has already indicated that he expects the questions he is considering will elected officials Never before have seven g lawyers with deep reservations about Abscam tactics have already testified in previous trials that Weinberg complained that a criminal case could not be made against Williams unless the con man “put words” in the senator's mouth It was Weinberg who urged Williams to impress “Sheik Yassir Habib” by boasting to him about his influence with high goverment officials The senator proceeded to do just that during a June 1979 videotaped meeting in which he told the “sheik” that getting government contracts for a titanium mine he held a hidden 18 percent interest in would be “no problem” Weinberg’s actions during Abscam are a key element in defense claims that the government failed to exercise proper control over the operation have walked away from the cash and business deals offered by the “sheiks” and their representatives A principal target of the defendants is Melvin Weinberg 56 a convicted con man who played a key undercover role for the FBI during the Abscam operation Defense lawyers have variously described him as “diseased" “malignant” and “totally crooked” Weinberg a short squat man with a thick Bronx accent began working for the FBI as an informant in 1969 and wound up earning $3000 per month from the bureau as the “financial adviser" to Abdul Enterprises a phony company that supposedly invested Arab wealth in the United States Two New Jersey Justice Department cigar-chompin- g Personal income rises (UPI) — Per capita income in the United States rose more than $700 last year over 1979 to an average of $9458 the government said Saturday Alaska led the nation at $12406 while Mississippi was at the end of the line with $6508 according to the Commerce Department's Bureau of Economic Analysis The bureau also reported that during the 1970s differences in per capita personal income among the states narrowed Those states which income levels at the beginnhad ing of the decade generally saw larger increases than those states which were above average in 1970 Nationwide per capita personal income rose 1429 percent during the decade In all states said the agency the rise in income during the decade exceeded the 934 percent boost in prices by at least 19 percent The 1980 per capita personal income in New area the Great England the Lakes and the Far West was above the national average by 5 6 3 and 13 percent respectively In the Plains states the Southeast the Southwest and the Rocky Mountain states income levels were below the national average by 3 14 2 and 5 percent respectively The 1980 income figures and their percentage of the national average by regions and states: WASHINGTON below-avera- ge East-Mid-Atlan- tic ¥ h ft S UPI Never anger a dozer driver buildings were smashed Property damage in the Friday rampage was estimated at $3 million John D Thompson 24 was arrested and ac- - Police and construction workers ap- pear bewildered as they look over the end of a bulldozer rampage in Gillette Wyo in which nearly 20 cars were destroyed and two apartment cusedof driving the bulldozer (lodged in the building at rear) he was charg- ed with motor vehicle theft and destruction of property Nine face death for jail riot : CHICAGO (UPI) — Six men and six women who sat impassively through endless weeks of testimony must soon decide the fates of 10 Pontiac prison inmates charged in a riot that left three I guards dead : Nine of the 10 could be sentenced to death — making the trial the biggest civilian death penalty case in US legal history After five months of jury selection and two months of testimony attorneys are prepared to deliver closing arguments Monday : There has been no physical evidence Once the riot was quelled prison officials ordered the inmates to ship Their clothes were left in the prison yard over the weekend It rained Whatever evidence there was was rendered useless : Much of the prosecution’s case rested on the credibility of inmates called to testify And the defense has taken aim on those witnesses ' After the July 1978 riot inmates were kept in deadlock for eight! months — two inmates to a cell the size of the average bathroom Food and human waste covered the floors The summer’s heat and the smell made breathing difficult The noise made thinking impossible The defense maintains it was those conditions that forced inmates to turn stoolie and make up stories implicating others in the riot Michael Evans 23 Ernest Jackson 25 Benny Lee 26 Steven Mars 29 c attempted murder A directed verdict of acquittal freed Urn of 14 of 15 counts against him — including murder Jackson was mentioned only once during the testimony Angelo Robinson one of the original 17 defendants testified he saw Jackson kick Conkle and stab guard Danny Dill who was severely injured Two other witnesses who were to have testified against Jackson gave the defense videotaped statements repudiating their grand jury testimony The directed verdicts for Jackson changed the attitudes of all the defendants — especially Jackson The threat of a death sentence removed Jackson already a convicted murderer took to swaggering into the courtroom wearing his suit coat or sport coat like a cape He listened to testimony leaning back in his chair legs outstretched The only testimony with emotional impact came from two guards severely injured in the riot — Dill and Dale Walker “I heard an unusual sound It sounded to me like a very loud moan" About Cache The Logan Public Library presents a free lecture il- lustrated with slides on “Women and Family Life in Japan” Monday 7 pm in the The lltrulil Jtiiirnul WR Foul Publnhor Pukfohad ovory availing Monday thru Friday and Sunday morning by Pionoor Nou-In75 Watt 3rd North Utah 14331 PO lov 487 Toophona?S2 2131 Saconddau potlogo paid a logon Utah '3 David McConnel 27 Ronny Newby Joseph Smith 28 Kevin Tolbert 21 and Jesse Hill 26 are accused of murder attempted murder and mob action in the stabbing deaths of guards Stanley Cole 47 William Thomas 49 and Robert Conkle 22 All face the electric chair if convicted Albert Jackson 27 is charged with 23 USPS J Logan Library Weber State and eight state who community Asia Kazuko 1978-7- 9 in and Mrs Monobe Audit Bureau ol Circulation United Prow tntamational NEA Now Service ' - 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