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‘EDITORIAL £
Jack Anderson ■
How much did Heckler know?
WASHINGTON — A former Health and
Human Ser.vices Department official who
pleaded guilty to conflict of interest now
claims that then-Secretarv Margaret
Heckler not only knew aftout the situationbut
encouraged the activities that led to the
charges against him, according to court
documents.
C. McClain Haddow, Heckler’s former
chief of staff, was sentenced to a year in
prison after he acknowledged that he arrang-
ed for his wife, Alice, to accept payment
through a phony contractor for speeches she
had written for Heckler. But Haddow insists
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It s not always
system's fault
e Reversal of lower court decisions, especially in
criminal cases where loss of life is involved, always
causes public consternation, as it should.
However, it is not always the fault of the justice
system when this occurs. It is sometimes caused by
overzealous law enforcement work, the haste of which
contributes to procedural and/or constitutional viola-
tions.
A case in point involves a Texas defendant charged
with engineering the murders of three people. The U.S.
Supreme Court/ for the second time since 1983, reftrSM.
to hear the appeal, allowing a Texas Court ofCriminal
Appeals decision reversing the trial court verdict to
stand. —
Claude Lee Wilkerson confessed to engineering the
kidnapping and deaths of three people confronted in a
Houston jewelry store, taken hostage and murdered as
they stood bound on the edge of open graves.
In 1983, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals ruled
that Wilkerson was unlawfully arrested, and that his
confession and the evidence gathered from it' were il-
legally obtained. For the second time recently, the
Supreme Court agreed.
Wilkerson, 33, spent four years on death row after his
September 1979 conviction of capital murder, although , u ,, ,
evidence showed he did not participate directly in the wntmg:',tm used ^,he depart
killings but did give the order to carry them out.——-
A 1981 Supreme Court ruling held that once a defen-
dant asks for an attorney, police cannot talk to him
without the attorney being present unless the defendant
initiates the conversation. ,
Wilkerson’s lawyer introduced evidence showing
police questioned the defendant without his attorney be-
ing present and that Wilkerson’s attorney was kept from
the place where Wilkerson was being questioned.
Understandably upset by the reversal, Don Stricklin,
first assistant Harris County district attorney, said he
lacked evidence to retry Wilkerson and was unhappy
about the way the justice system functioned in this case.
From Sun files
says that when he realized it almost a year
latex and discussed the matter with He.ckler,
she told him not to worry about it.
A spokesman for Heckler, wfyo is now am-
bassador to Ireland, said, “The case is still in
litigation and it would be inappropriate to
comment.” ■■
On Oct. 2, U.S. District, JudgS|G^:hard
Gesell stayed Haddow’s prison sentence
without explanation. Neither the prosecutor
nor the defense attorney would comment.
HHS press secretary Chuck Kline said he is
unaware of any investigation into Heckler’s
possible involvement in the case.
“As far as the allegations against
Secretary Heckler, that’s exactly what they
are — allegations,” he told our reporter
Tanya Isch. \
In a ietter that is part of the court records,
Hacldow’s attorney, Brian Gettings, wrote to
HHS general counsel Ronald Robertson last
month that Heckler had told Haddow she
wanted his wife to work as a subcontractor -
conflict-of-interest problem, in January 1985,
he mentioned it to Heckler, Gettings wrote:
“Secretary Heckler . . . advised Mr. Had-
dow at that time that she was the official in
the department that was making the deci-
sions regarding Mrs. Haddow’s speech-
writing efforts, that Mr. Haddow had no role
in the, mStter ather-than as a conduit for ex-
ecuting her decisions. In the conversation
about the .^conflict-of-yiterest) statue,
Secretary Heckler stated that Mr. Haddow
would ‘never have to worrry about this.’”
When Margaret Heckler
was secretary of Health
and Human Services, a
chief of staff arranged for
his wife to accept payment
through a phony contrac-
tor for speeches she had
written for Heckler.
adds: “Other versions of the SA-2, deployed
in the U.S.S.R., have a maximum range
capability to 50 kilometers, and most have a
nuclear option.” The report warned that it’s
possible some of Fidel Castro’s SA-2s are fit-
ted with 25-kiloton nuclear warheads. If this
could be proved, of course, Washington
would raise an immediate stink over breach
of the 1962 missile agreement.
PRESIDENT REAGAN gave his own
peculiar twist to history when he said recent-
ly that the elimination of the House Un-
American Activities Committee “shows the
success of what the.Soviets were able to do in
this country with making it unfashionable to
be anti-communist.” That’s not the way we
remember the fear and loathing among de-
cent citizens over the congressional witch-
hunted, which led to the unlamented death
of H^AC. And the president is wrong if he
thinks effective anti-communism is “unfash-
ionable.” It’s only the mean-spirited, venge-
ful hysteria otHUAC’s professional anti-
communists that offended the American
public.
Also included in* the court recbrds are the
results of a polygraph test Haddow took on
Sept. 10,1987, indicating that he was not lying
when he made the allegation about Heckler.
In another letter in the court record,
fol-mer Heckler speech writer William Nixon
wrote to Judge Gesell that there was nothing
suspicious or unusual in the lack of evidence
that Heckler ever used any of the speech
material Mrs. Haddow was paid for writing,
"It was also Mr. Haddow’s understan- Nixon, now a speech writer for Sen. William
ding,” Gettings wrote, "that she wanted the
relationship to be undertaken in a manner so
that Mrs. Haddow’s role as one of her speech
/writers would not be open and obvious.
Secretary Heckler was concerned, among
other things, about criticism which could
result from yet another husband-wife team
performing critical functions at the upper
echelons of the department.”
Two such teams Gettings mentioned were
Juaq del Real, former assistant general
counsel, and Claire del Real, former deputy
assistant secretary for legislation.
According to Gettings' letter, when Had--
dow first realized there was a possible
Roth Jr., R-Del., wrote that Heckler rejected
or ignored as much as 90 percent of the
speeches written in-house, reassigning them
to outside contractors.,Even then, he added,
she often didn't use any of the speeches, but
improvised from the various drafts in front
of her
MISSILES IN CUBA — Cuba's surface-to-air
mjssiles may have nuclear warheads, ac-
cording to a_ secret Defense Intelligence
Agency report. "SA-2 missile in Cuba is
believed to have a maximum range capabili-
ty of 35 kilometers and a 190-kilogram, high-
explosive warhead,” the report states, but it
HOT DIGGITY DOGSKI! Just when the
ennui-laden trend setters of American cul-
ture seemed about to run out of inspiration,
they have been rescued by an unlikely gent
named Vyacheslav Zaitsev, the Soviet
Union’s top fashion designer. Not content
with being on the cutting edge, so to speak, of
Soviet style, “Slava” is about to offer his
latest creations to American clothes-horses.
Soviet fashions apparently have come a long
way since the black serge bell bottoms of
Vyacheslav Molotov’s heydey; the American
manufacturer of Slava’s designs insists they
“look like Paris to me,” We predict a
boomlet in “proletarian chic.”
PSST! HOT' GAMESKI? - Computer
games are hot items on' Moscow's thriving
black market, according to intelligence
sources. We’re told that a package of 10
games sells for anywhere from $100 to $300.
Not many Soviet citizens have personal com-
puters, but those who do apparently are will-
»ing to pay the price for happy hdurs spent on
such games as “Battles of 1917” and “Raid
on Moscow.” .
United Feature columnist Jack Anderson was assisted
by Dale Van Attain writing today’s story.
Richard McWilliams
in play here in '67.
From The Baytown Sun files,
this is the wav it was:
55 YEARS AGO
Schools here have been visited
by 433 parents during the past
six weeks, and Sam Hduston
elementary School has recorded
the largest number of visitor's,
Tri-Cities Bowling Alley an-
nounces tis formal opening at 400
Texas; Ave. F.R. Allison is
manager.
50 YEARS AGO
William Quartz is named sec-
tional chairman for the Harris
County Red Cross drive. His ter-
ritory includes Goose Creek,
Pelly. Baytown and Cedar
Bavou. , » t
Gander football captain David
Conway no longer complains of a
sore leg. The “Charley Horse”%is
gone.
Herschell Wilkenfeld
celebrates bis ninth birthday
with a theater party . •
Joe Lee buys an interest in the
Tri-City Barber Shop at 106 W.
40 YEARS AGO
Directors of the Tri-Cities
Chamber of Commerce endorse
the upcoming bond election to
finance a swimming pool. If the
$130,000 is approved, a pool will
be built at Roseland Park. One of
the conditions of the gift of the
park bv Mr. and Mrs. E.R.
Kilgore of Houston was that suf-
ficient funds must be raised by
July 1,1948. to have work started
for a swimming pool.
30 YEARS AGO
Horace Mann Principal A.L.
Tillery reports a stop watch and
$49 are stolen from the school.
Policeman John Meadors in-
vestigates.
Lots are for sale in Graywood.
Raytown's newest -subdivision
that is being developed- bvv
Truman Cox and Elmer Grav.
20 YEARS AGO
Richard McWilliams, a stu-
dent at Stirling High School, will
make his first appearance at the
Baytown Little Theater' in the
drama. "Laura.’,’ ' ” ~ ________
.Crosby Brethren Chureji.
located on the corner of Church
Street and Miller Wilson Road"
since 1921. will be demolished to
make way for a/iew church. The
church was originally built for a
Presbyterian congregation with—
lumber hauled by wagon from
Dayton by Joe SVoboda and his
sons.
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
On Nov. 5, 1782, the Continen-
tal Congress elected John Han-
son of Maryland-its chairman,
giving him the title of "president
of the United States in Congress
Assembled," Hanson held the
job for one year, then resigned
because of ill health. He died in
1783. " ,
On this date: /'
In 1872. suffragist Susan B. An-
thony was fined $UX) for attemp-
ting to vote in the presidential
election for Ulysses'S. Grant,
who won. She did not pay the
fine.
In 1895, George B. Selden of
Rochester. N.Y.. received the
first U.S. patent for an
automobile.
In 1911, Calbraith P. Rodgers
arrived in Pasadena, Calif., hav:
Fng completed the first transcon-
tinental airplane flight in 49
days. Rodgers had left Sheep-
shead Bay. N.Y.. Sept. 17 in a
Burgess-Wright. biplane, and re-
quired about 70 stops along the
way.
In 1912. Woodrow Wilson was
elected president, defeating Pro-
gressive (Republican Theodore
Roosevelt and incumbent
William Howard Taft, who ran
on the regular GOP ticket.
In 1940, President Franklin D.
Roosevelt won an unprecedented
third- term in office as he
defeated Republican challenger
Wendell L.Willkie. '
In 1946, Massachusetts
“Democrat John F: Kennedy was
elected to the'U.S. House of
Representatives.
In 1956, Britain and France
started landing forces in Egypt
during fighting between Egyp-
tian and* Israeli forces around
the Suez Canal. A cease-fire was
declared two days Jater. y'
In 1968, Richard M. Nixor
defeated Vice President Hubert
H. Humphrey for the presider
CT: ’ * „ - /./■
In 1974, Ella T. Grasso was
elected governor of Connecticut,
the first woman to win a gover-
norship without succeeding-ner
husband. : jf
Today’s Birthdays: Actor-
singer Roy Rogers is 75. Sihger-
songwriter Ike Turner is 56/. Ac-
tress Elke Sommer is 46. Actor-
playwright Sam Shepard is 44. *
Singer Bryan Adams is ,28. Ac- '
tress Tatum O’Neal is 24. Ac-
tress Andrea McArdle is 24.
“Thought for Today: “Woman
is like a teabag — you can’t tell
how strong she is until you put
her in hot water,” —/First lady
Nancy Reagan. / <
Now the God of peace, that °
brought again from the dead our
Lord Jesus, that great shepherd %
B i D16 of the sheep, through the blood of
the everlasting covenant, make
_ you perfect in every good work
VGiSG m d0 His will, working in you
that which is well pleasing in His
sight, through Jesus,Christ.
Hebrews 13:20-21
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To The Sun:
AN ER PRIDE INSIDE! This
is a slogan we see aroUnd Bay-
town during football season:
more importantly, Lee-Sterling
week. I have pride in both
schools for several different
reasons!
To begin with, my parents
graduated from different high
schools. Mv mom graduated
from Robert E. Lee High School,
and my dad from Rqss S. Sterl-
ing High School. When I was a
baby we drove home from Texas
A&M every Friday to watch the
Rangers play :
Until my seventh-grade year,
| we attended Sterling games
Since 1 would soon be attending
Pressroom Foremon - REL. Ve began attending Lee
s,ng Room foreman games when I started the eighth
TMUMowmii. grade. What an adjustment for
» us all!
My mom arid 1 will never
i-ieiMw t. forget the Ganders raging onto
- /# the field before the kickoff and
*‘T„my dad st andtng and screaming.
"c°Blue!"
* m , Regardless of the ember
rassmg moments he has caused
me, I’m very proud of my dad
Mapo^mg Editor
Advertising Monogef
Classified Monogep
Circufotion Manogep
He was a great pitcher and
shortstop for the Rangers! He
played halfback for the Rangers
his junior and senior year. No.
26, and he was the first Sterling
pitcher to defeat REL in
baseball. I have met coaches in
town that still refer to him as
"the arm!”
. My mom took a lot of abuse at
Lee by wearing my dad’s varsity
jacket and senior ring. She was
the only girl at Lee dating some^
one at Sterling
Since this is my last year at
Lee, and my last football game
to march as a Lee Brigadier, it
will be very emotional for me in
nfhny ways; but someone is
alfeady waiting in the wings to
carry on for me; my little
brother — Mikie’ He is 6-vears-
old and can hold his own with
anyone when it comes to loot-
bail - -
If you’ve been to Stallworth
Stadium or any field that we’ve
played on this year, he’s been
down on the field waiting for the
Ganders to take the field
Before every game, he goes
down with my dad to see "the
guys.” He slaps hands and gives
“high fives" to the players when
they come on and off the field.
I’m not sure how the players
feel about this,“but it’s a thrill for
Mikie! Last year he wore No. 65,
Todd Cauley and this year he’s
wearing No. 25, Quentin Coryatt.
And if you've ever seen a little
guy on the field after the game
running from goal post to goal
post making touchdowns —
that's MikieU
There will be a special an-
nouncement given before the
game for all seniors from the
class of 1968 to join the Good
Sportsmanship League on the
field for the pre-game activities.
Sterling graduates and Lee
graduates will come onto the
field from their respective sides.
As far as we can determine, my
parents are the only seniors
from the class of ’68, to marry,
so as you can probably guess,
they will be on the field, but -
will my dad enter from the Sterl-
ing side or will he come out from
the Lee side’’Don’t a«k me!
If the parents can show us this
kind of togetherness after 20
years, then we shouldn’t have
any trouble getting along
togethe/ now! To have the Lee-
Sterling reunion together after
20 years of being apart is a
wonderful example for us all.
Being editor of the Lee
Traveler again this year, I
thought it would be a bit more
difficult not being in my familiar
surroundings. Everyone at Sterl-
ing has been very supportive to
the entire" yearbook staff,
especially %ffSTP: .Reilly and
John Culp.
One of the most pajnful
memories of things I lost in the
fire was a letter written to me
from Mr. Reilly welcoming me
to the Sterling yearbook staff
when I graduated from Horace
Mann. Little did I know that1
someday I would be with them!
So- when you go to the game
Friday, remember this rivalry
goes back 20 years and the two
opposing schools are still
friends! So, GO AN ERS!!!
Kelley Hawks
EdHor»in>chiet
Lee Traveler
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