The Daily Egyptian, February 01, 1984

Southern Illinois University Carbondale OpenSIUC February 1984 Daily Egyptian 1984 2-1-1984 The aiD ly Egyptian, February 01, 1984 Daily Egyptian Staff Follow this and additional works at: https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/de_February1984 Volume 69, Issue 90 Recommended Citation , . "The aiD ly Egyptian, February 01, 1984." (Feb 1984). This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Daily Egyptian 1984 at OpenSIUC. It has been accepted for inclusion in February 1984 by an authorized administrator of OpenSIUC. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Lawyer claims Daily 13gyptian accused rapist Southern Illinois University Wf'dnesday. Februuy I. 1984. Vol 69. No.90 is mentally ill 8y Dave Saelens considelable tragedy and Starr Writer violence." Among the first of Clemons' ........ - The defense attorney for eight witnesses were the two accused rapist Arron L, women who were raped in April Snowden said Tuesday that 1983. Snowden's crim£:s are the result Clemons' first witness. a 19- of the onset af m"nt2.1 illness at year-old woman. said she was an early age and eruptions of sl'!eping on the living room mental illness throughout his couch when she was awakened life, by a man entering the duplex In the fIrst day of a bench apartment through the liVIng trial before Jackson County room windcw. Circuit ,Judge Richard Rich· The woman testified that the man, the 29·year-old Cal man was wearing a blue jacket bondale ml1n appeared on four over his head and face. and he counts of rape. two counts of threatened to kill her if she did deviate sexual assault and one not remain quiet. She said he count each of home invasion placed a towel over her head. and armed violence stemming then walked into the kitchen from events which took place and opened the silverware April 29. 198.1. in a Giant City drawer. Road apartment. The second witness, an \8- Snowden. a former SIU·C year-oJd woman. said the man maintenance employee, was woke her at 1 :38 a.m. and. originally cllarged with 29 threatening her with a knife. ~ounls mclud'ng rape. home forced her into the living room. ,1."'- invasion, armed violence. The women testified that th~y deviate sexual assault. were blindfolded and gagged burglary and battery - four of and were both raped twice. which were dismissed last July The second witness said the Staff Photo by ~t'ville Lo~rg when the statute of limitations man then tied her feet together U. Gov. George Ryan shows the increase in grants for abandoned mines in Southern Illinois. ran out. and her hands behind her back Richman said the trial is the with a !'ope. The first witness first in the county under a said that at this point the man revised insanity law passed by forced her into the bedroom and $4 million grant to create jobs the Illinois Legislature last year which shifts some of the burden bel~~ ~i~~~~af~~~'t their o{ proof of insanity to the third roommate, an 18-year-old defense. male, then arrived at the in statewide nrlne reclamation In pre-trial proceedings, apartment and the assailant defense attorney Harvey tried to keep the roommate out By Paula J. Finlay Sites are the ta;get of the gas leaks, fire hazards and Welch, of Champaign, protested !ly holding the door shut. Staff Writer council's projects. dilapidated mine structures that the new amendment be The first witness said she then Operators are now required that are sometimes found at decl .. l"ed unconstitutional as pulled the assailant tf, the floor More than $4 million in to contribute 35 cents per ton of abandoned mines and can applied t.o the facts of the case. and the roommate entered the federal funds will be spent for surface-mined coal and 15 cents threaten the safety of citizens," Richman denied the motion, but apartment. The roommate reclamation of abandoned per ton of underground-mined Ryan said. asked Welch to resubmit it in testified that the man gathered mines in Southern Illinois. coal for reclamation projects, The grant is divided into $9.9 writing. his clothes and that, although he creating about 160job~,Lt. Gov. Ryan said, and those fees are million for construction and $1.6 In his opening remarks, hit the man once, the'assailant George Ryan said Tuesday. channeled back to the states million (or administration of the Jackson County State's At got past him and fled the area The Illinois Abandoned Mined through the OSM. prl'gJ'am. torney John Clemons said that Lands Reclamation Council has ~hirteen of :ile 31 abandoned About 40 people will be em the trial would .. tell a tale of See TRIAL, Page 3 been granted nearly $i1.5 mines statewide slated for ployed for every million dollars million in federal reclamation reclamation are in Williamson, spent m the reclamation ac funds for 1984- almMt $5 Gallatin, Jackson, Perry and tivities, Ryan estimated, which million more than last year, Randolph counties, Ryan said. win mean about 120 new jobs in Amtrak to St. Louis Ryan. chairman of the council, More than $3 million will be Williamson County and 450 said at a press con'~rence in spent in Williamson County to statewide. Most of the projects Marion. reclaim eight mines - more will be let out for bid tbis spring A grant from the federal than in any other county. and summer, with construction may begin in April Office of Surface Mining a t the Reclamation will elimin:.te work eXpe<:ted to follow soon safety, health and en after. The contracted work 8y Rod Stone continue," Carle said. U.S. Department of Interior win Writer fund 26 reclamation projects at vironmental hazards and ble.. d would be done under the Stan Carle said that during the the land with its natural en supervision of the countil, and first six months the train would 31 mine :sites in 16 Hlinois Amtrak is expected to start counties. Min"!s that were viromental, Ryan said. in most cases it would be done rely heavilj on tourist fare to by local contractors, he said. new passenger service to SI. the New Orleans World's Fair. worked before implementation "Through our reclamation Louis from Carbondale via of regulations requiring work, we elim,nate the open The actual test period would be oper _tors to reclaim their own shafts, sub.<:idence problem:s, Centralia this spring, Rep. Paul the following six months, he See RYAN, Page 2 Simon, D-Makanda. announced said. Tuesday. Carle said many of the train's The Amtrak board of passengers are expected to be directors is expected to of SIU-C students commuting to Shultz says Salvadoran forces ficially approve the new service Belleville and St. Louis. Amtrak Feb. IS, said David Carle, believ('S there will be f.ufficient Simon's press aide. He said tlle passe~gers to maii':~:;; the line, represent totalitarian interests new line, which will include a he said. stop in Belleville. would begin Cclrle said the line would use SAN SAL"ADOR. EI tour of Latm ." '1lertca and the them was Roberto d'Aubuisson, in April. Norfolk Southern Railroad Salvador rAP) - Secretary of Caribbean, was seen as a bid to El Salvador's most prominent Presently. Carbondale track between St. Louis and State George P. Shultz said boost the morale of a rightist leader, who has residents must travel to Belleville, and miMis Central Tuesday he was "proud to stand Salvadoran government at claimed that American in Springfield in ord~r to connect Gulf track between Belleville together" with the Salvadoran tempting to come to grips with terference i~ imr.eding the with passenger rail service to and Centralia. government, am! he assailed the problems of uninterrupted Salvadoran army s effort to SI. Louis. The new train is one of two violence by both leftist warfare and a falte~ing defeat the guerrillas. The Amtrak board vetoed a Amtrak is starting for use guerrillas and ,'ightist death economy. direct Carbondale to St. Louis during the New'Orleans World's squads. En route from Washir.gton he American officials believe Iir.e because the necessary $4 Fair, he said. Arriving at San Salvador's told reporters he planned to d' Aubuisson Iut~ ties to riglltist million in capital im encourage the government to death squads. Two months ago provemer.ts would have been airport, Shultz called the leftist l (Jus insurgency a "totalitC'''ian'' continue its "definite the State Department turnea 100 exoensive, ('.arle said. movement that "depef'!ds on movement" toward curbing the down his request for a visa to Amtrak estimates that it Bode outside support" for its sur- death squads. visit Miami. would spend about $230,000 on vival. He said that if politically Shultz I?lanned to fly to capital improvements to get the "Our enemies are weak," he motivated killings go un Venezueia m the early evening. line underway and construct said. "They represeJ'lt forces punished, "the ability of the connections at Belleville and that are foreign to this Unll~ States to maintain the Shultz told reporters on the Centralia, as well as 2 hemisphere and offer only level of support which we want Right from Washingtun that the passenger platform at totalitarianism." to maintain is going to be very Magana govl!rnment recently Belleville, Carle "said. Shultz asserted that "the seriously damaged." bas beer. far more outspoken in He said Amtrak would begin tactics of totalitarian terror and Afterward, Shultz bad lunch denouncing rightist terror and ~~:~ne on a trial basis for a Gus says if and when Am...

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