4A i'95 BONDaVh THE CXARION-LEDGER THE NATION FBI arrests 2 more 1. in oil extortion plot fa: 7 i security official, Bob Quintana, the FBI Jt 1 if is I'm- v---. mmfJX-T. AP Williamson building comes crashing down Sunday morning in Cleveland. Demolition snreads dust blanket Imnate frees hostage after gripes aired EDDYVTLLE, Ky.
(AP) An inmate held a guard hostage for more than eight hours Sunday and surrendered after a list of his personal grievances against the prison was read over a radio station, officials said. Paducah station WKYX-AM, which normally does not operate on Sundays, turned on its power at state police request and aired the list including complaints about food and no running water in his cell. William Woolum, 26, later released the guard unharmed in the maximum-security unit of the Kentucky State Penitentiary, said Jack Wood, an assistant to the warden. Wood also released copies of Woo-lum's four-page, handwritten complaint during a news conference. Woolum sawed through the bars on his cell door about 1:30 a.m.
and another inmate handed him a fake gun fashioned from a bar of soap, Wood said. The fake "looked real enough that when it was pointed at the officer, he stood still," Wood said. The guard asked his superiors to withhold his name and they obliged. Woolum was serving life plus 31 years for "multiple offenses," including the death of an inmate who was stabbed 52 times, Wood said. Wood said there never was a danger of Woolum escaping.
Woolum's list said he had no running water in his cell, his toilet had been turned off, some of his personal effects had been removed and his food consisted of cold sandwiches. Wood said the statements were accurate, but said the personal effects were taken after a weapon was found in the cell, the toilet was turned off after Woolum tried to plug the drains to flood the cell block, and the cold food was given because Woolum was throwing hot food and water at guards. The guard was unarmed and did not have keys that would have allowed Woolum to escape the cell block, Wood said. Negotiators maintained contact with the inmate over the guard's two-way radio. Woolum also told authorities he was monitoring the radio station.
"They recorded a statement made by Jack Wood and played that back" over, the air, WKYX news director Mary Beth Foster said. Since arriving at Eddyville in July 1978, Woolum has been written up 32 times for violations ranging from disruptive behavior to theft, Wood said. He had been sentenced to a reformatory and was transferred after an escape attempt. While serving time in various prisons, Woolum attempted six escapes, including one from Eddyville earlier this summer, Wood said. He was found hiding in a ventilation duct.
made Cleveland look for a fleeting moment like Mount St Helens. "I wish we could control the dust but there's no way," said Jack Loizeaux, president of Controlled Demolition Inc. of Baltimore, which used its "implosion" technique to take down the 18-story Williamson building and the 8-story Cuyahoga building. "The older the building, the more dust Maybe if we had a 30-knot wind we could just whisk it all away," Loizeaux said. The buildings were the last obstacles on the site of the proposed $200 million 45-story headquarters for the Standard Oil Co.
(Ohio). CLEVELAND (AP) With a mighty roar and rumble, two old buildings were blown down with tons of dynamite Sunday and thousands of onlookers cheered until a cloud of gray dust billowed toward their nostrils. The cloud dumped dust up to a half-inch thick on streets in a two-block area and then street-cleaning machinery moved in, stirring the dust even more. "I just ducked my head, covered my nose and mouth when I saw the cloud coming," said Alan Kickler, a Coast Guard auxiliary member who watched the blast that BAYTOWN, Texas (AP) The FBI arrested two more people Sunday in a $15 million extortion plot against a Gulf Oil refinery. Meanwhile, a reported deadline passed without any new explosions at the facility, which had been rocked by a blast four days earlier.
John Marvin McBride, 46, and Jill Re-nee Bird, 36, both of Durango, were arrested in Durango on Sunday on federal arrest warrants charging them with violation of the federal extortion statute, the FBI in Houston said. Two Durango men were arrested in Arizona Friday night and the FBI said the investigation was continuing. Authorities searched for additional bombs Sunday at Gulf's Cedar Bayou plant, 30 miles east of Houston. Five bombs were found at the plant last week after Gulf received a six-page letter Tuesday threatening to blow up the plant, officials said. One bomb exploded harmlessly Thursday as it was being deactivated.
The Baytown Sun quoted a source as saying the letter warned that 10 bombs were hidden in the plant and that the facility would be blown up if the money was not received by midday Sunday. The two men arrested Friday Theodore Duane McKinney, 45, and Michael Allen Worth, 34 were held on $1 million bond in Phoenix, Ariz. U.S. Magistrate Morton Citver scheduled a preliminary hearing for McKinney and Worth on Friday. McBride and Ms.
Bird, arrested by FBI agents and Durango and La Plata County police, were to appear before U.S. Magistrate David West in Durango later Sunday. The U.S. attorney's office in Denver recommended bond be set at $1 million each. The FBI said Sunday that search warrants were issued and executed for three homes and a business in the Durango area, and the agency said the investigation also was continuing in other parts of the country.
Gulf spokesman Kirk Vogeley said Sunday that company officials believed that if there were an explosion at the Cedar Bayou plant, it would not cause any damage beyond the borders of the facility. No houses or businesses are nearby but Interstate 10 runs in front of the plant "We've emptied out the process units and removed essentially all volatile feedstocks and products. The plant is in the best possible condition to meet this situation," Vogeley said Sunday. The plant has been shut down since Thursday morning and only the minimum number of workers needed for maintenance and security remain there, Vogeley said. About 1,100 people normally work at the plant.
McKinney and Worth were arrested at a Chevron gas station in Apache Junction, while on the phone with a Gulf said in an affidavit presented in federal court in Phoenix Saturday. Gulf spokeswoman Dorothy Brown said officials were checking records to see if the two men arrested had ever worked for Gulf. Durango police and La Plata County authorities in Colorado said the man and woman arrested Sunday had no record of criminal activities. Durango coin shop owner Larry Ras-mussen said Mike Worth had operated a gun shop and private investigating firm on the floor above him for at least the last three years. Quintana had gone to Arizona as instructed Friday in a telephone call from a man who said he was one of the people involved in the extortion attempt the affidavit said.
Quintana, who was told to bring $15 million, was led by a series of calls from pay phone to pay phone to await instructions on delivery of the money, the FBI statement said, adding that surveillance and telephone taps were used in the investigation. Gulf and the FBI have refused comment on whether an ad using Quin tana's name was placed by Gulf. The ad, appearing in the Houston Post classified section Thursday and Friday, read: "George Liedstrom, have received your packages, but couldn't keep the secret Still need the instructions to open them and willing to pay the bill. Mail to (sic) slow and insecure. Please contact Bob Quintana at the main office." One of the five bombs found exploded at the plant Thursday while being deactivated and the other four were disarmed by the Houston police bomb squad without explosion, the FBI said.
The FBI affidavit said one of the bombs, a "sample charge," was found with instructions provided in the letter to prove the threat was genuine. The five devices with highly explosive materials were wired to detonate if moved or tampered with, the statement said. The plant eight miles north of Bay-town, makes petrochemicals used in the manufacture of plastics, detergents, cosmetics and other products. The company spent at least $1.5 million to shut down the plant Thursday and said it will cost that much to return it to normal operations. Gulf officials said Gulf is spending at least $300,000 a day to keep the storage tanks, processing units and pipelines clear of volatile material during the shutdown.
Also, Gulfs chemical division closed down all non-production offices across the nation this weekend as a "precautionary measure" and increased security at other facilities. Farmer selling all to appeal son's case tractor. BUD, Ind. (AP) Farmer Joseph J. Cal the verdict to file motion to correct errors in the trial, and another 30 days to "Who'll give me 12-gimme 12-gimme 12? There's 12, thank you," chanted the auctioneer.
"We gotta have more. Did I hear 13-hear 13? There it is! What's that? Wegotl4-gotl4." "Practically stole that from me," said Callahan as he watched the bargain hunters. "I paid $1,600 for that" By evening, the sale of rusty tools, barbed wire, furniture, glassware and guns had generated "a few thousand," Callahan said. The younger Callahan was convicted Sept. 2 of shooting Vandivier in the head with a 9mm pistol and strangling Mrs.
Vandivier with a tube sock. Prosecutors said he then stole Vandivier's wallet and went on a shopping spree in Greenwood, an Indianapolis suburb. Callahan, who maintains his innocence, was sentenced to two 50-year prison terms. Indianapolis attorney Nile Stanton was hired for the appeal, which hasn't been filed yet. Stanton has 60 days from lahan hovered in his backyard and watched his possessions being auctioned off, one by one.
He said there was no other way to pay for an appeal of his teenage son's murder conviction. 'Tell you what this is gonna cost us our farm. Gonna cost us most everything we got might even cost me my life," he said Saturday. "I'm doing the best I can. I'm on the downside of life, though, I know it" added the 57-year-old Callahan.
"But I can't give up. Not with my boy in jail. He's my son. Who wouldn't fight all the way for their kid?" Half a mile away stood the brick home of Harold H. Vandivier, 78.
He and his 73-year-old wife, Pauline, were murdered there on March 15. Joseph F. Callahan, 17, was convicted in the slayings. Braced against a car parked in his front yard, the elder Callahan listened to the bidding on his red and gray Ford initiate the appeal. Callahan's former defense attorney, Larry D.
Combs, said after the trial that he thought the conviction should be thrown out since Indiana law doesn't allow juveniles to give statements to police unless they waive their constitutional rights after "meaningful consultation" with their parents. Combs said that taking the younger Callahan's alibi without giving the teenager the opportunity to discuss the problem with his father was improper. Jeanine Callahan, the teen-ager's mother, said she and her husband aren't sure if an appeal will be successful. But "We just gotta keep working and living in Joey's behalf. We love our boy.
You can't turn it off, even if we thought he did it" Arguing case at Supreme Court is lawyers' World Series The justices: Barry Goldwater Worked in Nixon Justice Department Termed "remarkably unstuffy" and kind to la clerks and court employes by The Brethren Was hospitalized early this year with withdrawal symptoms resulting from a re duced dosage of a painkiller used to treat a back ailment Recovered from the episode, Rehn-quist has resumed the bench with no recurrence of the slurring of words or halting speech that he displayed earlier. Justice John Paul Stevens Age 62. Born Chicago. Appointed 1975 by President Ford Was an antitrust lawyer and part-time law professor until he was appointed ty President Nixon as an appeals judge Viewed as a wild card on the court, independent and unpredictable An enthusiastic pilot and flies his own small plane Underwent open heart sugery in early 1 970s Justice Sandra Day O'Connor Age 52. Born El Paso, Texas.
Appointed 1981 by President Reagan as the first woman justice in the court's history Grew up on the Lazy Ranch on Arizona-New Mexico border Was assistant attorney general in Arizona, state senator, then state judge before her appointment to the court married to Stanford classmate who now works in a prominent Washington law firm Earned first-year reputation as hard worker, well prepared, conservative. 1970 by President Nixon following Senate rejection of two other nominees, Clement Haynsworth and Harold Carswell Grew up in Minneapolis Was best man at Burger's wedding frequently linked with Burger by name "Minnesota Twins." Once considered becoming a physician, but closest he came was job as house counsel for the Mayo Clinic His medical knowledge was put to use in the court's Roe v. Wade decision upholding women's rights to abortions. Justice Lewis Powell Age 75. Born Suffolk, Va.
Appointed by President Nixon in 1971 Spent most of his life in' Richmond, reaching prominence in private practice Served as head of Richmond and Virginia school boards, earning reputation as a moderate in face of pressures not to desegregate Served as president of American Bar Association, where he worked to establish Legal Services Corporation for the poor of the justices, reporting holdings of $2.2 to $4.8 million1 Justice William Rehnquist Age 58. Born Milwaukee, Wis. Appointed by President Nixon in 1971 Was a classmate of Sandra O'Connor at Stanford Law School Served as law clerk to Justice Robert Jackson, and wrote a memorandum favoring separate but equal schools for blacks and whites Repudiated the memo at confirmation hearings Worked in the 1964 presidential campaign of avid dislike for Burger, calling the Chief Justice "dummy" and other less kind descriptives Used to engage in outside public activities, but ended them after Abe Fortas scandal in 1969 Now rarely heard from off the bench. Justice Byron R. White Age 65.
Born Fort Collins, Colo. Appointed 1962 by President Kennedy. Was footballAli America at University of Colorado Earned the nickname "Whizzer," an appellation he strongly Was Rhodes Scholar Alternated law study at Yale with pro football for Detroit Lions was a classmate at Yale with retired Justice Potter Stewart worked in presidential campaign of John Kennedy, who was a friend for years Plays a hard game of basketball in court's fourth-floor gymnasium with his law clerks Ardent trout fisherman. Justice Thurgood Marshall Age 74. Born Baltimore, Md Appointed .1967 by President Johnson, the first black in court history As head of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Legal Defense Fund, he argued the historic winning side in Brown v.
Board of Education school desegregation cases The only justice to report no other income or assets aside from his court salary Loves storytelling and wisecracks. Justice Harry Blackmun I Age 73. Born Nashville, HI. Appointed in Who are they? Gannett News Service Chief Justice Warren Burger Age 75. Born St.
Paul, Minn. Appointed 1969 by President Nixon Was floor manager for fellow Minnesotan Harold Stassen at 1948 and 1 952 Republican conventions Wrote opinion for a unanimous court in 1974 case VS. v. Nixon, which ordered Nixon to turn over tapes to the Watergate special prosecutor, and led to resignation of Burger's sponsor Prefers News World Report over other newsmagazines, and favors it with interviews Fancies himself a sculptor and wine connoisseur. Justice William Brennan Age 76.
Born Newark, N.J. Appointed shortly before the 1956 election by President Eisenhower, who reportedly told his attorney general," "Find me a Catholic real quick." Was opposed in nomination by Sen. Joseph McCarthy, who charged Brennan was too close to communists Authored court's "one man-one vote decision in 1962 Most senior justice, probably its most liberal Depicted in The Brethren as having an By TONY MAURO Gannett Newi Service WASHINGTON Around 2 p.m. today, lawyer Gerald Caruso will reach the high point of his career thus far. By 2:30 p.m., he may wish he had never gotten out of bed.
For Gerald Caruso, 32 years old and three years out of law school, will be arguing before the U.S. Supreme Court on the opening day of its fall term. For a lawyer, appearing before the high court is the Kentucky Derby, the Grand Prix and the World Series combined. It's one of the most traumatic and important experiences a lawyer can have. For one terrifying half-hour, Caruso will be locked in discourse with the nine most important judges in the land, some of whom relish the special sport of jousting with hapless attorneys.
It is an experience that has caused the strongest of men to faint dead away. One lawyer fainted in 1944 after Justice William O. Douglas asked him a simple question. The attorney struck his head on Uie way down, but after a brief recess he returned to the podium and answered the query calmly, as if nothing had happened. Another lawyer, in the final stages of cancer, refused to give up his chance to argue at the Supreme Court, so he fortified himself with blood transfusions, made his argument and then went home to die a few hours later.
"It's the creme de la creme. It never gets routine," says Erwin N. Griswold, who ought to know. Griswold, 78, former solicitor general and former dean of Harvard Law School, has argued before the court 124 times since his first case there on Feb. 9, 1933 more times, he says, than any other lawyer alive.
For Gerald Caruso, it is the first time, and enjoying the experience is not uppermost in his mind. He's just looking forward to getting through his half-hour without mishap. He will be arguing on behalf of his native Massachusetts, which prohibits the sale of liquor within 500 feet of a church or synagogue. A bar owner claims that's unconstitutional, a lower federal court agreed, and it will be Caruso's job to convince the justices that the law is proper. Describing himself as "about as fresh as you can get" when it comes to arguing before the high court, Caruso said his preparations have been "incredible," constituting hours of reading related ers.
When a justice asked about the prior decision, the lawyer replied, "I'm sorry, but I'm not familiar with that case." The lawyer won anyway. In 1972, Abrams was present when a lawyer opposing him on a part of his case rose to make his argument to the court Justice Douglas almost immediately asked the lawyer, "How is it in a case of this magnitude now before this court you could give us a four-page brief which does not cite a single decision of this court?" The lawyer replied, "Justice Douglas, you have to understand, I'm a very busy man." The lawyer won nonetheless. Abrams, who came prepared, lost By and large, although exhilarating for lawyers, oral argument is often dry stuff for everyone else. "As a spectator sport, it's not a helluva sport," says Bork. "A lot of oral argument is pretty poor." In fact even justices have been known to catch up on sleep during particularly dull arguments.
Questioning, he said, "gives you assurance that the court is not comatose." Floyd Abrams, New York lawyer who has argued many of the major First Amendment cases in the last decade, agrees, and professes not to mind when the justices interrupt his prepared remarks. "It's all right not to give a fully rounded argument" said Abrams. "I can give that at home to my wife." The darkest fear lawyers have is being asked a question they can't answer, so most of them study as they have never studied before when they are called to the highest court Even the veteran Griswold spends days in research before he appears, although he says be no longer does what he once did to prepare. "One day 50 years ago, I went down to Hains Point (an isolated park here) and said my argument out loud to myself," he said. "People must have thought I was crazy." But preparation isn't everything.
Abrams tells about a 1961 case in which the Supreme Court was asked to reverse a 1949 decision on police pow cases, rehearsing his arguments and having lawyers in his office pepper him with questions the justices might ask. And'the justices just might ask him a lot of questions. Hearings before the Supreme Court are not like Perry Mason. No interrogation of witnesses, no introduction of shocking new evidence just a plea by the lawyers for the justices to see the facts and the law their way, an elaboration on the written briefs the justices have already seen, and answers to whatever questions the justices might still have. In most cases, the argument is limited to a half -hour for each side.
"Once I begin, I am absolutely unaware of anything behind me," said Griswold in his office here. "I am solely aware of the justices in front of me, and of the questions they ask, and of the clock." Often, the questions and the clock leave lawyers with no time for persuading. "You never say everything you want to get out," recalls federal appeals judge Robert Bork, who was solicitor general tricky in his questions, that he's trying to sneak up on me. I tend to focus on that trying to figure out when he's going to pull the rug out from under me." Justice William Rehnquist's specialty is asking startling hypothetical questions. During one argument two years ago, the issue was whether prohibitions on government funding of abortions amounted to government endorsem*nt of religious views.
Rehnquist suddenly interrupted and asked the government lawyer how he would feel if the government put a special tax on Manischewitz wine, which is used in Jewish religious ceremonies. Mouths dropped open, but before the government attorney had time to answer, Justice Thurgood Marshall interjected, "There is a distinction between drinking wine and having a baby." The late John W. Davis, who argued before the Supreme Court 140 times between 1913 and 1954 and is viewed as the all-time dean of Supreme Court practice, once admonished attorneys, "Rejoice when the court asks questions." the federal government's chief advocate before the Supreme Court during the Nixon and Ford years. "It's like standing in front of a particularly lively class in law school. Once you're up there, you're on your own." One lawyer in the early part of the century found that out the hard way.
He rose to make his oral argument and was immediately hit by questions from justices at either end of the bench. They never let up. The lawyer was unable to make a single point of his own choosing. When Chief Justice Edward White told the lawyer his time was up, he protested, "But Chief Justice, your two end men have used up all my time!" Replied White, "It is not the concern of the court how an attorney spends the time allotted him." On the current court, Justice Byron White is probably the most persistent questioner, never reluctant to derail a lawyer's train of thought. "Byron White asks rather complicated questions," said Griswold.
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