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VOL. 102—NO. 176.
Friday
JULY 25,1980.
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Carter pledges cooperation
in investigation of brother
WASHINGTON (AP) — President
Carter is promising full White House
cooperation, perhaps even his own
p testimony if necessary, in the special
Senate investigation of his brother Billy’s
Libyan connections.
Presidential press secretary Jody
Powell said Thursday that Carter did not
expect to invoke executive privilege for
s* either himself or his aides to keep them
from testifying or providing information.
He will instruct his staff to cooperate fully,
Powell said.
The Senate Judiciary Committee was
meeting today to discuss details of the
probe by a nine-member panel — five
Democrats and four Republicans — into
the Billy Carter-Libyan ties and whether
the White House influenced a Justice
Department investigation of the
president’s younger brother.
Hearings are expected to start next
week, and the committee is under orders
to produce a report a month to the day
before the Nov. 4 election.
Sen. Birch Bayh, D-Ind., chairman of the
special panel, vowed to "pursue the truth
wherever it may lead and let the chips fall
where they may.”
"We plan to investigate...anything that
(Billy) Carter may have done while
representing a foreign nation that may
have had impact on the policy of this
^ country,” Bayh said. “We plan to in-
vestigate the propriety or lack thereof and
what the governmental response has been
to that undertaking.”
He called on White House aides and Billy
Carter to testify voluntarily, rather than
under subpoena.
Bayh said he hoped it "would not be
necessary” to call the president as a
witness, but Powell would not rule out the
possibility of testimony by Carter or his
wife, Rosalynn.
Powell said the president would
"respond fully...in accordance with
mutually acceptable procedures con-
sistent with the responsibilities and time
constraints of his Office.”
Gerald R. Ford, who appeared before a
House Judiciary subcommittee in 1974 to
discuss his pardon of former President
Richard M. Nixon, is the only president to
testify publicly before a congressional
committee.
Presidential counsel Lloyd Cutler told
the Public Broadcasting System that it had
not been decided whether Carter, if asked,
would testify before the special Senate
committee, answer written questions or
convene a meeting at the White House.
Like other presidential aides. Cutler
took pains to discourage any comparison
with Watergate, saying he was "confident
nothing remotely resembling the ob-
struction of justice of the Watergate period
could have happened."
Billy Carter registered under protest
last week as a foreign agent for Libya’s
leftist government to avoid a full grand
jury investigation. He has acknowledged
• receiving from Libya $220,000 in in-
stallments on what he has described as a
$500,000 loan.
Both the White House and the Justice
Department insist there was no
collaboration during the department's
investigation of Billy.
"The department has nothing ’what-
soever to hide with regard to this in-
vestigation,” said Attorney General
Benjamin Civiletti. He said there were no
pending investigations of Billy Carter.
Shortly after the Senate created the
special panel Thursday, Powell told
reporters the White House will provide any
information sought by the committee
about Billy Carter's ties to the Libyan
government and about his contacts with
the White House staff and the Justice
Department.
“We believe, the president believes, that
we will come out all right in the end
because we have behaved in a proper
manner in regard to this issue and the best
way to make that clear to the American
people is to provide the maximum possible
information," he said.
After ordering a search of White House
files and records, and talking to White
House aides who dealt with Billy on the
Libya issue, Powell released new in-
formation about White House meetings
that had not been included in a statement
issued just two days before.
He said Rosalynn Carter had telephoned
Billy Carter from the presidential retreat
at Camp David, Md., last November to ask
“whether he thought he might be helpful”
in gaining release of the American
hostages in Iran.
Powell did not say when the call was
made, but said he believed Brzezinski
Officer sounds warning
Drugs still problem here
Summer fun and friends
The idea is to get wet and cool off on a hot Texas summer afternoon, but getting
squirted is something one endures rather than enjoys. Eight-year-old Angie Johnson
took the first spraying over the head Thursday from six-year-old Lisa Wright and
nine-year-old Jeniffer Johnson (top photo); Angie got her turn to "cool" her friends
later, but they wouldn't stay in one place long enough for a good cooling (below). But
the grass got watered, anyway...
-Stall Photos by JOHN GORE
Drug abuse continues to be a problenf in
this Northeast Texas area, Sammy
Weaver of the Sulphur Springs Police
Department told the Rotary Club Thur-
sday.
Weaver said amphetamines and bar-
biturates probably are giving the most
trouble because of their relatively easy
availablity, and reported that con-
siderable marijuana remains in use.
Due to its distinctive odor and ap-
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pearance, marijuana use is difficult to
disguise from officers, parents and others,
the speaker pointed out.
He also dropped a stern note of caution
to people who use “upper” and “downer”
pills.
“The worst thing to do is mix them with
alcohol,” he cautioned. “This is something
that probably causes more deaths than
heroin. It sets up two different pressures
working against each other in the body.”
Weaver also expressed belief that a
considerable amount of cocaine is being
used here, mostly by adults due to its high
cost.
“The biggest cocaine bust between
Dallas and Texarkana in recent years took
place right here in Sulphur Springs,” he
declared.
Weaver said people of this area have
little opportunity to buy heroin and that
very little LSD h-s been encountered here
in recent years He cautioned against a
relative commonly known as angel dust
which has many of the same charac-
teristics.
“Angel dust is a leading cause of death
because it is a drug whose effects can’t be
measured,” he declared.
Bobby Singleton was program chairman
for the meeting.
Recently retired club president J.T.
Nowlin was presented with a pin in behalf
of the group by his successor, David
Alexander.
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puzzles police
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Smaller cars, driver conservation
leaves state in road money pickle
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The state will
have to dip into its surplus to come up with
$117 million for the highway department in
lltl, according to the Highway Index Cost
Committee’s latest estimate.
State highway officials told the com-
mittee Thursday they will need $167
Ohm above their 1981 budget to meet
actual operating costs.
The committee, headed by Gov. Bill
Clements, approved the estimate.
The Legislature approved $750 million a
year for highways. The appropriations bill
also included a $193 million transfer from
general revenues for 1981.
The latest estimate is based on con-
struction costs 35 percent higher than in
1979.
Mark Goode, engineer-director of the
State Department of Highways and Public
Transportation, said the drop in revenues
— from a $693 million estimate in October
1978 to a $652 million estimate now — is due
to less driving and smaller cars. Income
from gas tax dropped due to reduced
consumption. Auto registration fees
dropped because Texans are buying
smaller cars, which cost less to register.
NEW YORK (AP) - Deep in the bowels
of the Metropolitan Opera House, past the
giant Chagall paintings and the crystal
chandeliers, someone tossed the bound,
nude body of a blonde violinist down an
airshaft as the Berlin Ballet danced on the
main stage.
An autopsy was scheduled today to
determine what caused the death of the 30-
year-old professional musician, whose
body apparently was dropped 60 feet from
the opening of a rooftop air duct to a
protruding beam below Police said there
were no apparent wounds on her body.
Helen Hagnes, who disappeared after
telling friends she was going to meet star
Valery Panov, apparently died after a
chance encounter backstage Wednesday
night, police said.
The mystery deepened when Panov said
he did not know Miss Hagnes.
The murder occurred some time after
Miss Hagnes left the orchestra pit between
portions of the ballet company’s program.
The company performed its scheduled
ballet, "The Idiot,” with the orchestra
playing music by Dmitri Shostakovich on
Thursday night as more than a dozen
detectives combed the building for clues.
Although the murder was a topic of
conversation among the crowd of some
3,200 ballet fans, neither the ballet troupe
nor the orchestra of free-lance musicians
publicly mentioned the killing.
“They're very upset,” opera
spokeswoman Johanna Fiedler said of the
dancers. “But everyone’s professional.
There’s just the feeling that the show goes
on. It’s something that's ingrained through
already had spoken to Billy Carter about
becoming an intermediary to enlist
Libya's help in securing release of the
hostages. However, the New York Times,
in today's editions, quoted an unidentified
“individual familiar with the
arrangements” as saying the Rosalyn
Carter call was first.
Billy set up a meeting between him,
Brzezinski and the Libyan charge d'af-
faires, Ali Houderi, on Nov 27. Shortly
afterward the Libyan government urged
Iranian revolutionary leader Ayatollah
Ruhollah Khomieni to free the hostages.
Powell also said that at the president's
request Brzezinski arranged a meeting
between President Carter, Houderi and
Brezezinski on Dec. 6. At that meeting.
Carter registered his strong protest over
the burning of the U S. Embassy in Tripoli,
a subject discussed by Brzezinski and
Houderi again on Dec. 12, Powell said.
Billy Carter received his first payment
from Libya of $20,000 about a month after
the Dec. 6 meeting, but Powell cautioned
reporters Thursday against assuming
wrongdoing from "the way events are
juxtaposed."
Psychiatric
probe asked
for gunman
DAINGERFIEU), Texas (AP) - A
defense request for further psychiatric
tests is expected during a competency
hearing in Morris County Monday for
Alvin Lee King III.
King, accused in a June 22 shooting
spree at the First Baptist Church here that
left five worshippers dead and 10 wounded,
is undergoing psychiatric testing at Rusk
State Hosptial.
King’s attorney, Percy Foreman of
Houston, said he would enter a report
made by Dr. James A. Hunter, clinical
director of maximum security at Rusk, at
the 10 a.m. hearing.
Foreman said he would ask that more
tests be made on King.
“I think both sides will be in agreement
for further tests," he said
King allegedly shot himself m the head
after spraying the church's congregation
with gunfire
District Attorney Charles Mac Cobb said
he would not comment on whether he
would oppose anticipated defense motions
to delay the proceedings.
— News briefs
years of practice.”
Dancers were escorted in groups around
the opera building by police detectives.
Ms. Fiedler said the normal house security
force of eight would be doubled until the
troupe moved on to Washington after
Saturday Right.
Miss Hagnes had performed for the first
two selections of a four-ballet program
Wednesday night. Theater officials said
she left her violin on her chair, stopped in a
dressing room and then left around 9:30
p.m. for what was described as an “an
artistic discussion" with Panov, the Soviet
emigre dancer and choreographer, in his
dressing room.
But she was never seen in or near
Panov’s dressing room, and police said
Panov is not a suspect in the case.
Miss Hagnes’ disappearance was noted
when she did not return at 10 p.m. for the
fourth ballet of the night and when her
husband, Janis Mintiks, a sculptor, could
not find her at the end of the show.
Detectives began searching the 14-year-
old building, which has a white marble
edifice with an imposing front of glass.
They foDowed the red-carpeted hallways
that run through the building.
Ten hours later, the woman’s shoes were
found on the roof. Her body was discovered
in the air shaft a short time later.
Deputy Chief Inspector Richard
Nicastro said Panov’s dressing room was
on the stage level and there was no known
reason why Miss Hagnes should have been
on a higher floor. He said he believed her
death was the result of "a chance en-
counter.”
Stage plans
top session
A meeting at the Civic Center has
been scheduled for 1:30 p.m. Aug. 6
for members of the Hopkins County
Commissioners Court, the Civic
Center Board, members of the
Community Players and other in-
terested parties to talk with a
prospective consultant and architect
for the work at the Civic Center.
County Judge Joe R. Pogue says
that he wants to get the project rolling
agam to add curtains and lighting in
the auditorium and to provide ven-
tilation and electrical work to the
livestock arena and other parts of the
complex.
“We’d like everybody who has an
interest in building the Civic Center
into what we all want it to be to come
to the meeting so that we can have as
much input as possible,' ‘ Pogue said.
Forecast same:
fair and hot
The National Weather Service
forecast is calling for mostly fair
skies and hot temperatures through
Monday. High readings should be in
the upper 90s to the low 100a. Ovenight
lows are expected to be in the mid 70s
during the same period.
In another move, the Service
dropped the alight chanccrdf rain on
Monday from the forecast.
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