News Scrapbook 1988

San Diego, CA (San Diego Co.) Daily Transcrirt (Cir. D. 7,415 MAY 1 8 1988

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3A Judges ~re Now TryingTo PolishTheir Image, Too ,Judl(l"II, ltkt•~f f~YH, are try Solutions'! and what effect color and age of the Marketing Administrators. 1111: lo do , ,nl'•hmi: ahout tht•ir "We have to work on it," said litigants had on the outcome of a Tamara Fogg (University of

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San Diego Law School) is a prin- cipal with Ferris, Brennan & Brit- Leonardo Radornile (Universi- ty of Chicago) 1s a director of the Permanent Portfolio Fund, a regis- tered investment company. law professor He rbert Lazerow has been elected to the American Law Institute, a 75- year-old organization which has a major voice m developing Ameri- USD Rog er N ielse n and Chet Te klinski are of counsel to Mulvaney & Kahan, which has moved to the First Nat10nal Bank Building, 401 West A St.. 17th Floor. J ames P. McGowan Jr. . Datebook: May 21: Julia Garwood talks about the legal and emotional aspects of divorce from 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Center for Women's Studies and Services, 2467 E St., downtown. May 25: South Bar Bay As n. luncheon at Seafood Broiler, 342 F St, Chula Vista; Speaker, Steve Thunberg, court administrator. June 1: Lawyers for Literacy, 5:30 p.m., Bar Assn. offices. Call Judy Hamilton at 236 1142 to confirm attendance. Scenes: The red Toyota with the license plate LM Law. The attor- ney noted that EC Law was al- ready taken From last Saturday's semrnar on Privacy, Politics and the Press at Cal Western Law School, Tran- ,;cript staffer Todd Davis reports the followrng: • On the impact of the courts on First Amendment liberties, Supe- rior Court Judge Richard Huff• man said the "most we can do is close a hearing, and thereby limit the press' access to information. But once they have it, we can't outright order ,them not to print it." • On misrepresentation to get information, L.A. Times reporter Ralph Frammolino said he "wouldn't wear a (doctor's, smock, but i would try to get mto a place (Continued !In Page 4A 1Continu~i~e3A~ I by wearing my usual clothes and acting like I have business there." • On the Society of Professional Journalists/Sigma Delta Chi Code of Ethics, Union City Editor Rick Levinson: "SOX is a professional organization, but that's not to say all papers subscribe to the SDX Code of Ethics. Many papers don't work according to that code." / * * * ma·ns a r La Jolla office. ident coun I in the * ton. can law

Some 90 questions which were not answered because of time were handled personally by a Questions were chosen by the Sacramento Human Rights Com- m1ss10n and the League of Women Voters. Some 25 interpreters were on hand, along with umformed as well as plainclothed police - which "This 1s obviously a new con• cept," said Loncke, one which came from the community forums spon- per~. the Bee and Union. Loncke originally talked about it with his "mentor,' Superior Court Judge Roger Wa rren, and last Septem- her went to the CJA's Public In• formation Committee, which wholeheartedly endorsed it. On May 4 a similar version was pul on by a Sacramento coun cilmember which included Judges ,md attracted 200 persons. The ession was taped for cable, some- thing Loncke called "really impor- tant." Last month he came to the meet, till( of the Public Information Committee at the Oakland Airport ,ind this Saturday addresses CJA's board in Santa Barbara. "It's not public relations. It's education," he emphasized. "I don't want a glib thing like packaging judges for PR reasons." is a "viable, strong judiciary that has public confidence." Solution to the judicial image problem? "Our best shot is to do thrngs like the Sacramento court did and answer any questions," said Roderic Duncan, chair of the Public Information Committee. On the Move: Regina Petty of Gray, Cary, Ames & Frye has no oppositton to succeed Deputy Dis- trict Attorney Bonnie Dumanis on the California Young Lawyers A ·ociatton Board of Directori Petty was quoted as saying durin a recent Lawyers Club semim that she personally observed c1 fighting among women lawyer Not so, she says. What she said w; that "males have a tendency characterize disputes betwe, women attorneys as a cat fight." Carol Scott, also at Gray, Ca has been elected a member of t 1,9 8-1989 Board of Directors of1 National Association of Law F, Whal he's interested In each judge 1 "part of public life." Horcd by two acramento newspa

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Nunez is credited with designing the zero-tolerance program, in which anyone found crossing the border with any amount of drugs - The program has been adopted nationwide and Customs recently extended it to mclude conveyances, resulting in the seizures of vehicles and ves els found to have even trace haven't received any cases yet on the seizures, let alone forfeitures," Nunez said. "Our position is that we will review any cases referred to us to see if they fall within the zero- He added, "When we launched the zero-tolerance program at the bor- der we had outlined written proce- dures and had training programs to make sure (law enforcement) would be sending us ca es that will stand up. None of that has happened here. We're getting hit with this cold. "It would have been better if they had consulted with us first, but this was mandated out of Customs head- Nunez said his office has been in touch with Customs counsel in Washington in an attempt to clarify A Customs spokesman in Wash- ington said the agency's lawyers are no matter how s·mall - is prosecut- ed. amounts of drugs. "As of today (Thursday) we tolerance program." quarters in Washington." the policy

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"We wouldn't have the program if we felt it was unconstitutional," said Customs spokesman Dennis Shi- "There's no way the Customs Ser- vice is going to do something inten- tionally against the Constitution that would fly in the face of the gov- ernment itself. We feel it's based on sound law. If the law is changed it's one thing, but until it is changed we'll continue with the program as Legal experts agree recent seizures by Customs under zero tol- erance have legal precedence, al- though some question whether the agency is stretching the law beyond John Kaplan, a drug law expert at the Stanford Law School, said, "I don't know whether it's constitution- al or not but I think it's a dumb thing to do ... It's a very good way to alienate people who should be supporting the war against drugs, and is an example of the kind of grandstanding that is silly." Michal Belknap, professor of law and legal history at California West- ern School of Law, agreed zero tol- erance seizures are civil forfeiture actions that do not require prosecu- "This longstanding legal tradition goes back before the Constitution .•. moski. it exists." its original intent. tion of individuals.

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MOTHER'S PLACE: When Mother Teresa comes in to talk a t USD on Tuesday, she'll go house hunting. She's looking for a place to accommodate 30 broth- ers from the Missionaries of Charity, the order she founded. The men will work in Tijuana, where Mother Teresa now has only four nuns helping the poor.

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Tells reservations in enforcement of Customs actions abroad against a vessel itself, rather than against any individual," Bel- knap said. "Obviously from a lay- man's point of view if a car is seized it seems like an action against you, but it's a legal distinction." Larry Alexander, professor of constitutional law at the University of s~. said forfeiture 1S a "time-honored" procedure and seizures are "reminiscent of some practices in the Middle Ages when if an animal got loose and tore up s.. Z.m on t •·•

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Irene Palmer is honored by the University of San Diego

<){~ . Tierrasanta resident Irene Sabelberg Palmer was honored at a dinner held for her Saturday, May 7th, by the Univirrs!_ty of San Diego for her 12 years of service as Dean of the hilip Y. Hahn School of Nursing. Sr. Sally Furay, vice president and provost, presented Palmer with a Dean Emeritus Certificat.e. Establishment of the Irene Sabelberg Palmer Scholarship was announced at the dinner. Each year, beginning next fall, t hree nursing students - one from the bachelor's degree program, one from the master's program and one from the doct.oral program - will be named "Palmer Scholars." The scholarships awarded will be based on academic excellence. Palmer was founding dean of the nursing school, arriving at USD in 1975. Four years later, through her own fundraising efforts, the $1.4 million Muriel Marsh/Philip Y. Hahn School of Nursing building was dedicated. Palmer established a graduate nursing program in 1977 and a doct.oral program in 1984. She resigned last year as dean, but remains as a faculty member. In the fall, she switches from full-time t.o part-time teaching as part of her phased retirement plan. "We have such a high caliber of students, it's a pleasure and an honor working with them," Palmer said. Before joining USD, Palmer was dean and professor at Bost.on University's nursing school. Earlier positions include: Assistant Dean and Associate Professor University of Colorado School of Nursing; Associa~ Chief, Nursing Service for Research, Vet.eran's Administration Hospital, San Francisco; Captain, Army Nurse Corps, instructor, Medical Field Service Schools, Letterman Army and Walter Reed Hospitals. Palmer has lived in Tierrasanta for the past 8 years.

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lit• ap pro,u·ht•d him with new papl'r u lici('s and cnmmcnlt•d, ml'hat isn't true, 1 1t'!'' rcgnrding incid •nts which l,,,vt• .,dded to tlw imag.. prohll'rn McDunuld notPH n "growini: di. •nch:rntnwnt with i:ovcrnment g •ncrally," .1dding th.it "it' toui;h lo hi' 1n govnnnll'nt," HOntPthing wh11·h 1s ''partin1lurl) tru1• of JUdJ,:('S," Thl' di f'm•hnnlnwnl. howevl'r, may b1• "percept 10n problem mon· than 111 •ality problem." By focusmg 011 a mull problem or o Hmnll pwc1· of the "1mllre machin " p ·opl1• can "m,1ke th i;yslem ppt·,ir wor ·• than 1t is," ·aul McDonald Baff.1' rPport 1s d1H· m•xt month prior to the C,JA board m1•eting on ,July 9. "It is !uppo~cd to ht· a very hroad report," exphtintd Mc Ou11 ,,Id, "more d1n•ctwn than pro- grams." He v1pws it us u "long- rangt• progrum" which will not be implemcnll'd during hi term. After it's revwwed by the board it will tlwn go to Duncan·s 15- memtwr committee, which includes San [)i(•go judi:es Barbara Gamer and Jame Malku . sa,tl n1•11(hh11i h 1ve

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Continued From A-6 ,z_'j55"° "The disease should not make us bitter, should not make us angry, should not make us resentful," she told several dozen AIDS patients and volunteer workers. She said AIDS can bring people closer to God, their families and their friends. "It is just a disease, like any other disease," Mother Teresa said. A,!Ds patients, she said, deserve the same "tender love, compassion and care as any other terminal patients. Mother Teresa presented each patient at the center with a kiss and a small

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'miracle medal" inscribed with a prayer. Some regard Mother Teresa as a saint. "I think she is," Figueredo said.

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~~siness 6riefs / , New NAIOP president S.) B?ntla es1dent Jeff Phair has recently been elected the 1988 prfe ,dent of the an f?iego chapter of the National Assoication o lndu trJal and Office Park . Phair i. president of The Phair Company a fu ll · I t t d 1 . , -service rea es a e eve opment firm based in the South Bay A · f h l· v· Ph • . native o u a . 1 ta, . air attended Hilltop High School and earned a degree in busines\ from California We tern Univer ity H I hol~s a !11 Siers degree in business admini tration from ·Na~i:n: Univers11y and a law degree ~rom the Univer it of San Die Th ~AIOP I a professional organuatfon ommitted to -~onom,c growth through the development of indu strial and of- tree parks, promoting jobs and commerce. T~e San Diego chapter ha 150 members. including developers, lenders, architects, engineers, land planners, con- tr,1 tors and other rc,11estate development support companies. ,t':'I

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