4The Daily Tar HeelTuesday, February 4, 1992
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Defense claims Noriega
worked as ally to U.S.
. MIAMI Manuel Noriega was the
United States' closest ally in Latin
American drug wars and served its po
litical ends in Central America and the
Grenada invasion, his attorneys said
Monday as they opened his defense.
"At the end of this case you may
fonder why General Noriega was ever
idicted," attorney Jon May told jurors.
The prosecution case in Noriega's
jO-count drug and racketeering trial
ejnded in December, but the defense
fas delayed seven weeks after U.S.
Pistrict Judge William Hoeveler un
derwent heart surgery.
J In a brief opening statement, May
argued that Noriega could hardly have
Sold his nation to Colombia's Medellin
Cocaine cartel while at the same time
identifying its couriers to the U.S. Drug
Enforcement Administration, raiding
laboratories and seizing cocaine-refin-faig
chemicals.
i "The level and quality of the coop
eration given by General Noriega to the '
United States was unprecedented among
tjhe leaders of Central and South
America," said May. "General Noriega
t"as our ally in the war against drugs."
Ifconvictedonall 10 counts, Noriega
ould receive a 140-year sentence
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Democratic governors
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WASHINGTON Democratic gov
ernors took over a White House cer
emony Monday and pumnieled Presi
dent Bush with criticism of his economic-revival
plan. Lashing back. Bush
demanded to know if Democrats wanted
to raise taxes, close military bases and
lay off workers.
The Democrats opened the surprise
attack by accusing Bush of trying to
stampede them into supporting his tax
and spending plan and the March 20
deadline he set for Congress to enact it.
! Bush appeared stunned by the unex
pected criticism, which came after a
lengthy speech in which he had asked
the governors to support his proposals.
Under the White House format, tele
vision cameras and the press were to
leave the room after Bush's remarks.
However, Romer seated at Bush's
right raised his voice and said force
fully, "Could I ask the press not to leave
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yet?" Bush relented, and Romer began
his assault. He said Bush's $1.52-tril-lion
budget contained $40 billion in
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INDIANAPOLIS A teenage
beauty contestant blurted out,'" He raped
me!'" and looked as if "something had
taken her soul away," another pageant
participant testified Monday in boxer
Mike Tyson's trial.
"I just wanted to comfort her," Stacy
Murphy told the Marion Superior Court
jury. "I didn't know what to do. I knew
she needed help, and I knew I couldn't
help her."
The prosecution neared the end of its
case as the trial entered its second week.
Tyson, 25, is charged with rape, con
finement and criminal deviate conduct.
If convicted, he faces up to 63 years in
prison.
The defense maintains that the
woman consented to sex and has im
plied that the former heavyweight box
ing champion will testify.
British TV ad features
tourist plug from Bush
ALEXANDRIA, Va. A commer
cial that stars President Bush as a
pitchman for visiting America has
proven a hit on British television, and a
similar ad campaign may be mounted in
Japan or Germany next year, govern
ment officials said Monday.
The commercial is part of a cam
paign aimed at adding to a tourism trade
surplus forthe United Statesthat reached
$10.6 billion for 1991 and is projected
to hit $ 1 1 .9 billion this year.
In 500 airings that began Jan. 13 and
will continue through February, British
viewers see American scenery as Bush
extols the nation's beauty.
But, he adds, "most of all, you'll find
the friendliest people in some very in
teresting places. Today there are more
reasons than ever to visit America. So
what are you waiting for an invita
tion from the president?"
Of the estimated $45.2 billion that
foreign visitors left in the United States
last year, Japanese accounted for $8. 1
billion, Britons $4.1 billion and Ger
mans $2.6 billion.
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By Anna Griffin
Assistant Stale and National Editor
Ruby Hooper, a longshot Republi
can gubernatorial candidate, said her
faith, honesty and dedication to hard
work could help her capture the
governor's mansion.
Hooper, a 67-year-old state em
ployee, said in an interview that her 40
years of experience serving the people
made her the best possible candidate for
governor.
"I've worked for the people a long
time," she said. "I'm noted for being
very honest and very compassionate."
Hooper served at Dorothea Dix Hospi
tal from 1945 until 1982.
Hooper's campaign, which began last
May when she resigned as deputy sec
retary for the N.C. Department of Hu
man Resources, is based on restoring
public faith in government and improv
ing state living conditions through edu
cation. "I'm running against the establish
ment," Hooper said. "I'm running
against a lot of money. I won 't be bought.
The largest contribution I will accept
will be $100."
Running for public office is nothing
new to Hooper. The UNC-Greensboro
graduate ran an unsuccessful campaign
forthe N.C. General Assembly in 1969
against Rep. Ray Fletcher, R-Burke
County. Fletcher still holds the 47th
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North Carolina's first night courts designed to ease overcrowded case loads
By Karen Lakey
Staff Writer
Overcrowded courts in Raleigh and
Asheville began receiving some needed
relief Monday with the debut of night
courts that will handle less pressing
cases and leave time during the day for
more serious trials.
The Wake and Buncombe County
night court programs, which began op
eration Monday evening, will allow re
tired judges to hear pleas and misde
meanor cases during four-hour court
sessions, four evenings per week. Each
county has four functioning night courts.
The program also should give dis
trict attorneys more time during the day
to prosecute major cases, especially
drug- or alcohol-related trials.
"Night court will be like any other
district court, operating in the same way
and dispensing the same high quality of
justice," said Franklin Freeman, direc
tor of the N.C. Administrative Office of
the Courts and head of the Wake County
pilot program.
The majority of cases heard in Wake
County night courts will be victim-initiated
complaints, such as assault or
trespassing, eliminating the need for an
arresting officer to be present at the
trial, Freeman said. In victim-initiated
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Hooper also challenged Gov. Jim
Martin in the 1 984 Republican primary.
In her 1984 effort, Hooper spent less
than $10,000 and earned 9 percent of
the GOP vote.
In planning her 1992 campaign,
Hooper said she had expected support
from Martin, who had appointed her to
the position in the Department of Hu
man Resources after she ran against
him. But when she went to the governor
with her resignation last May, Martin
failed to tell her he would be backing Lt.
Gov. Jim Gardner, she said.
Despite her loyalty to the GOP,
Hooper said she did not believe Jim
Gardner was the right candidate for
governor.
"I've realized two things during my
campaigning: Everybody doesn't like
Governor Martin, and everybody
doesn't like Lieutenant Governor
Gardner," Hooper said. "What I want is
for people to have a choice. I'm not a
professional politician, I'm a citizen
candidate."
Improving state education on all lev
els will be the major task facing the next
governor. Hooper said. Students must
be taught the basics of reading and
"The program will add additional resources to attack
our increasing criminal case load. We hope it frees
time so the district attorney can put more effort into
trying cases in district and superior court."
Bert Butler
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cases, the plaintiff swears out a com
plaint or warrant with the magistrate.
Buncombe County night courts will
hear similar pleas and misdemeanor
cases, said Bert Butler, a trial court
administrator and a director of the
Asheville program.
Asheville night court judges also will
hear all traffic violations, including those
involving alcohol or drugs, he said.
Butler said he thought the program
would be well-reieived by defendants
because it would save them the incon
venience of missing work to go to court.
Cases will be heard on a first-come,
first-serve basis, quickening the judi
cial process, he said.
"The program will add additional
resources to attack our increasing crimi
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arithmetic to combat the state's high
illiteracy rate, she said.
"From kindergarten to fourth grade,
we should concentrate on reading and
math," she said. "You have to be able to
read to do anything."
Problems such as the recession and
the state's rising crime rate could be
alleviated by improving North
Carolina's ineffective schools. Hooper
said.
'The future of our state, the social
problems we are having, relate to our
poor education," she said. "We've got
to get all of our population reading."
Hooper said she would advocate ex
panding and modifying the state's com
munity college system to provide op
portunities for technical job training.
"Every child that chooses not to go to
college should have the opportunity to
learn a trade," she said. "We have fami
lies that can't read. We have to get these
people into community colleges."
Although there are few female legis
lators in North Carolina, Hooper said
she did not expect her gender to be a
detriment to her campaign. The fact that
she is a woman would make her a more
effective governor, she said.
"I would hope that thinking people
would realize that it's time for a woman
governor," she said. "We need some
calm and some warmth and together-
frees time so the district attorney can
put more effort into trying cases in
district and superior court."
A $295,000 grant from the
Governor's Crime Commission will
fund the night court program. Judges
will receive $150 per day, plus travel
expenses. The rest of the grant money
will help pay part-time prosecutors and
other court personnel.
With the state budget already strained
to the limit, Butler said he expected the
program to be a responsible use of state
money.
"It's very worthwhile, especially
when resources are so difficult to come
up with lately," he said. '
N.C. Attorney General Lacy
Thornburg said he was excited about
the program's potential.
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to do what was morally right.
"If you can come to a consensus and
try to do that which is right and good
then (the General Assembly) will be.
more inclined to work with you," she'
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"It's certainly innovative," he said.
"It's an excellent step in the right direc
tion." Night courts could become an inte
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might be expanded to handle superior
court cases still reserved for daytime,
courts, Thornburg said.
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night court program could include al
lowing judges to hear routine superior
court cases such as pleas in felony trials,
said William Pittman, an assistant dis
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If the pilot programs in Buncombe,
and Wake counties are deemed a sue-,
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General Assembly to be considered for.
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The program could be enlarged to
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Fayetteville, Freeman said.
Butler said the program's success,
would be measured by its effectiveness
in providing acommunity service while
relieving case loads of daytime court'-.
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yers get their work done, and victims
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then it will be a success," he said.
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