News Scrapbook 1985

01 Angeles, CA (Los Angeles Co.) Times (San Diego Ed.)

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San Diego, CA (Son Diego Co.) Evening Tribune (Cir. D. 127,.454)

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• "' Attorney for Lucas Will ave Co-Counsel in Multiple Murder Trial rr Ry .G kEZA. Times Staff Writer

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F.sr. 1888 u~as may be given additional lawyers By Mik~~S--- Gilham represents Lucas on charges of mur- Grimes' request to discuss "matters on a sealed Tribune Sufi Writer · dering Universit of San Diego student Anne record in the nature of an application for assist- A series of meetings may bring more defense Catherine wan e, 22, on ov. , and Amber ance." lawyers into one of the t o cases against David Fisher, 3, and her baby-sitter, Rhonda Strange, 24, In cases involving a posi i le death penalty, Allen Lucas, who is charg with six murders and on Ocl 23; and of attempting to murder Jody judges may appoint additional att.orneys at public one attempted murder. Santiago, 29, of attle, June 9. expense to help the lead defense lawyer. Lucas· retained attorney, G. Anthony Gilham, The case is scheduled for trial next month, but Lucas also is cheduled for a hearing Monday and "att9flley Robert Grtmes have said Gilham Gamer indicated after meetings with Gilham, on a petition for delay in his other case, also may be given the help of one or two addillonal Grimes and attorney Robert Boyce that the trial involving three mttr er charges. Lucas' attorney lawyers to defend him against thr of the mur- may be delayed. in that case, Public Defender William Saunders. dcr charges and the attempt charge. Gamer ordered Lucas and Gilham to return is seeking a three-month delay rn the preliminary "There may be one or. o additional attorneys, next Tue day for continued hearings on whether hearing and an order disqualifying District Attor- but I won't be one of them," Grimes said after a additional attorneys will be appointed. ney Ed Miller's office from the prosecution. series of meetings with Barbara T. Gamer, su- Gilham's conduct became a matter of concern Saunders said yesterday that the hearing on the pervising judge of th Superior Court's crimmal among courthouse officials when he mi~sed three disqualification of Miller's office probably will be dlVlsion. consecutive court appearances including a pre- set for May 23 and the preliminary hearing for Said Gilham: Tm still on the case, but there tnal mollon in Lucas' case. . mid-June. may oe one or two additional attorneys. Don't It also was reported lhal he had been involved In that ca e, Lucas is charged with the May 24. believe everything you read in the papers." in a heated dispute with a judge April 4 and a 1979, slayings of Suzanne Camille Jacobs, 31, and Newspapers reported last week that some s ting at his home April 6 and had exhibited her son, Colin, 3, in their Normal Heights home judges were worried about Gilliam's recent be- usual behavior irrvar·ous court appear nces. and the Dec. 8, 1981, slaymg of Susan Garcia, 32, a havior, includmg failures to keep court appoint- In yesterday's meeting, Gamer met i her real estate saleswoman slain in a home she was ments. chambers with Gilham, Grimes and Boyce at preparin£ to i,how to potential buyers.

and Gamer mud she was precluded by the jud1 I c of eth cs from comm nUng What IS known 1s that Gamer a ked def n attorney Robert Gnmes to au nd Tuesday's heanng nd act as Lucas' attorney at that h ring If Gilham failed to appear. "I w asked to be here because of the qu tlons rai ed by the publicity about Tony," Gnmes said. "l was ked by Judge G:imer to appe r nd advil c the chent In the ev nt that Tony was not able to mak the h arlng.'' Grim Ba.Id he was m court m ely as a courtesy and has no In ntlon of rcpre nting Lucas. He also tr d that Gilham has not b n found unqualified to represent Luc . Gllh m. Grimes and Robert Boye . no er defense lawyer, m t w th Gamer m her chambers b fore Tu day's heanng. Boyce 1d he was In court only to help Gilham ut d clined to say whether h h s been ked to ct as co- counsel Aft r th •min te m cling in h r chambers, Garn r heduled a hearing for Tuesday at which Lu- ca ' attorn ya are expected to ar- gu more motions before Gamer nnounce a ttial date Gilham d fending Lucas on charge that he murdered IJDlver- sit of San nor btudent nne nne Swanke, 22, on ov 20. He Is charged in the same case with murdering Rhonda 'tr rig, 24, and Amber Fishel', the 3-y ar-old ch d Strang was baby- mttlng, on OeL 23 in Strang's Lak ide home; and with the al- t mptcd murder of Jody Santiago, 29, or ttle n June 9. Lucas also .s awaitmg tnal on thr other counts of murder. Pub- lic defender William B. Saund s 1s d f ndmg Luc m that case. Lucas is charged with killing Suzanne Camille Jacobs, 31, and her son, Colin, 3, m May, 1979, in their ormal Heights home. He also is charged with killing Gayle R. Gar- eta in Spring Valley in December, 1981

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By Vicki Torres Tribune S/Jlff Writer

Jewish leaders attending a symro- smm on the 40th anmversary of the_ Holocaust said outrage over Presi- dent Reagan's planned visit m May to a German cemetery will not be stilled by his addition of a stop at a German concentration camp. "I don't think it (the concentration camp visit) is going to be very sati - factory," said David Roth, a phi! o- phy professor at Claremont McKen- non College and the keynote speaker at the symposium last night at the University of San Diego. Roth said Reagan should drop plans to visit the Bitburg cemetery where members of Hitler's storm pe , ffen SS, lie among the 2,800 German military dead. The visit was proposed to symbolize 40 years of U.S.-German friendship. "There might be other ways to em- phasize reconciliation," Roth said. Lucy Goldman, chairwoman of the Jewish Community Relations Coun- cil that helped sponsor the symposi- · wn, said Reagan's actions showed "a lack of sensitivity that is grotesque." "I think it (the visit) is an insult to all Americans," Goldman said. "I don't think the Jewish community even needs to be picked out as par- ticularly sensitive on this issue." The American Legion, a group of military veterans, has also protested Reagan's visit, Goldman said. The group cited the number of American soldiers killed by the Germans dur- ing World WarU, she said. "I'm wondering if President Reagan would go to Iwo Jima and lay a wreath on the graves of Japa- nese soldiers," Goldman said. Diane Strum, president of the Sec- ond Generation of Holocaust Survi- vors, called Reagan's proposed visit to the cemetery "an affront." But she pointed out that she was in Washington, D.C., in April last year whe:i Reagan greeted a group of Jewish concentration camp survi- vors and voiced his support for them. Roth said Reagan has a strong record of concern for the Holocaust survivors but added that the recent controversy is probably the result of bad political advice. "He probably acted to place the priority on the political situation be- tween the United States and Germa- ny," Roth said. Last night's symposium is an annu- al event held to examine the Holo- caust as the 20th century event that most challenged the world's htnnan values and ethics. In his remarks before about 75 people in attendance, ll,oth said that the lessons of the Holocaust suggest that "people have to help each other to be good."

Son Diego, CA (Son Diego Co.) Son Diego Un ion [Cir. D. 217,3241 [Cir. S. 339,788)

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WHERE REAGAN WILL VISIT Graves of SS troopers at a cemetery in Bitburg, West Germany

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San Diego, CA (San Diego Co.) Daily Transcript (Cir. D. 7,000)

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of he audience listen intently at the eighth annual Holocaust Symposium at University of San Diego.

Attitudes said key to avoiding holocausts By Rita Gillmon S fWrll r Union.

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• "We must chaUenge the proposi- tion that Individuals and small groups cannot stand up to the exter- mination programs of governments." Roth, who teaches at Claremont McKenna College, has made wide- ranging studies of the Holocaust and prepared lesson plans for universi- ti m the United States and Israel. fie sa d tudy of the events leading up to the Holocaust and the motives of those who earned 1t out and those who resisted is imperative. 'If hope 1s allowed to seem an un- r alisllc response to the world, we will soon fmd it impossible to remain human," he said Also speaking at the sympo ium were Sheldon Krantz, dean of USD's School of Law; Diane Strum, presi- dent of Second Generation of Holo- caust Survivors; and Suzanne Cho- ney, a staff writer for The San Diego

and said that while many would like to prevent such people from speak- ing at all, any move to suppress pub- lic speech is dangerous. "We should be very cautious about any overly intrusive law enforce- ment or intervention in the activity of hate groups, especially just for the exp, ession of opinion When you start making judgments over what is proper or not proper to say, where do you stop?" Krantz said there JS great danger in driving the expression of hate groups underground to fester. There should be swift and firm law enforce- ment followmg violent actions, he said. Strum, the daughter of Holocaust survivors, said her generation and fu. lure ones bear the responsibility for continuing to tell the story as the sur- vivors pass into histor

If humanity 1~ to prevent future holocausts, the world mu t develop a se of social r pon ibihty .and I am bow to save life and not waste it, phllo ophy Professor John . Roth told about 200 people last night at the Holocaust Symposium t the Man- ch ter Conference Center at the University of San Diego Roth Was tne keynote speaker for th eighth annual symposium and disc d I on for a plurahstlc so- ciety. Quoting from George Orwell's novel "1984," h said "th 1mag of a boot tamping on a human face for- ever" i. all too possible for the futur if we don't learn th lessons the holo- caust can teach u . He said the 20th century ha hown a proliferation of technology and progress as well as unpr ed nted quanllti of mass death

Choney said the media have a re- sponsibility to tell the stories of the survivors but cannot ignore hate group activities no matter how small or heinous the groups are. She cited an incident when leaflets were put on cars near an El Cajon theater and the story was reported in local news- papers. She said the newspaper could not ignore such stories but that ev should not be blown out of propor- t10n, During the symposium, members of the Institute for Historical Review placed leaflets on cars t t e univer- sity, questioning whether e Holo- caust ever happened. Th 'tute's aim is to prove the Holocaust the extermmation of 6 million Jews dur- ing World War II - never occurred. Krantz discussed the existence of hate groups in a democratic society

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A one-day national conference on "The Press, Libel and American Freedom" will be presented 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. April 27 at the San Diego Hilton Hotel, sponsored by t he San Diego County Bar Association and University of San Diego School of Law. Speakers include David Boies, attorney for CBS in the Westmoreland case; New York Tim s columnist Anthony Lewis; Stanford University law professor Marc Franklin a nd University of Michigan Jaw professor Frejerick Schauer. .:Zt/% . j< .. --.-c..__

Individuals can have a strong moral sense on their own," he said, "but the resolve, the power we have as individuals ii frail. "Its effectiveness can be crushed by the state political power in 'partic- JJlar.~"----------....J