Harrises Plead Guilty to Kidnapping
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Four dorms renovated by Janice McCormack provide area for these changes. Construction in fisher is at Renovations were made this past present incomplete. Fr. Frederick summer in four dorms to provide a Brenner, rector of Fisher, explain partial solution for social space ed th11.t work was started during the The problems on campus. Lounges and summer, but was suddenly halted kitchens were constructed in and has not resumed. A new TV Howard and Fisher Halls, while lounge and kitchen, as well as new rooms were built in study carpeting in the hall':; game room, lounges in both Holy Cross and are planned for Fisher. Carroll Halls. The .>tructural shell and wiring The dorm with tbe least social are the only progress which has space available for students was been made in Fisher's kitchen and Observer Howard. A conference room, study student' cannot use either the an i7dendent student newspaper serving notre dame and st. mary's lounge, and a first-floor lounge· kitchen "r the lounge. Brenner with a kitchen were constructed to said, "I hope the work is completed Vol. XIII, No. 4 1 Friday, September 1, 1978 solve this problem. Rooms with a verv soon .. -we didn't ask for a lot." total of eight beds were removed to · Jcontinued on page 5] Harrises plead guilty to kidnapping OAKLAND, Calif. [AP]-In a charges, including the most serious country - the kidnapping of Patricia "Although one of the serious Joseph Romero and Russell Little, surprise plea bargain move, Sym- of the allegations, kidnapping for Hearst," Harris said. mistakes the SLA made was to let serving life sentences for the bionese Liberation Army founders the purpose of bodily harm. But he insisted that Miss Hearst Patricia Hearst stay with us as an murder of Oakland school super William and Emily Harris pleaded Alameda County Superior Court had lied about her treatment after armed combatant ... her conversion intendent Marcus Fo:;ter. guilty yesterday to the 1974 kidnap- Judge Stanley Golde accepted the the kidnapping. became a symbol to the world," he "We can never minimize the ping of Patricia Hearst. But they pleas and dismissed the remaining "Patricia Hearst was kidnapped. said. price the state is extracting," Mrs. insisted they were proud of the charges. Sentencing was set for She was not brainwashed, beaten, Both Harrises took the occasion Harris said, her voice breaking. terrorist action which stunned the Oct. 3. tortured or raped. She was nt of the court appearance to mourn "But neither prison nor passage of world. The Harrises currently are locked alone in a closet for days and the deaths of six SLA members in a time is going to destroy the sense "The plea does not mean we serving sentences for a Los weeks on end. She was not coerced fiery 1974 Los Angeles shootout of strength in both of us .. The have feelings of .remorse," Harris angeles conviction of kidnapping into rejecting her family and with police. The only other accomplishments of the Hearst declared. "Instead. we feel pride and robbery in the bungled holdup remaing with the people who made surviving members of the small kidnapping can never be erased~" in what these actions were able to and shootout of a sporting goods up the SLA,'' Harris said. band of young revolutionaries are accomplish." store involving Miss Hearst. [continued on page 2} Attorney Leonard Weinglass, They were sentenced to 11 years who represented Harris, said the to life in that case, but the move means the couple will be "on California Community Release the street in 1983." Board recently specified that they The guilty pleas closed the book would be released in April 1980. on the last criminal charges facing The sentence bargain on yester any of the participants in the day's guilty pleas would add 3 1/2 bizarre history of the undergroung years to that time. group. Following Miss Hearst's kidnap- The slender, mustachioed ping, in a series of headline harris. 33, facing a courtroom making twists, she was trans audience which applauded him formed into the revolutionary loudly, said the Hearst kidnapping "Tania". declaring from the had proved to the world the power underground that she had joined of revolutionary ideals. Harris her kidnappers. grew up in Carmel, Ind. The She remained a fugitive for couple met while attending Indiana - nearly two years but, upon her University. capture, the avowed revolutionary Emily Harris, 31, pale and declared she never had been a puffy-faced from three years in terrorist. Her story that she had prison, fought back tears as she lived in fear of her captors and vowed that she and her husband committed crimes to please them would be ''back on the streets as was rejected by a San Francisco people committed to change.'' jury which convicted her in 1976 of· Miss Hearst, 24, heiress to a armed bank robbery. legendary publishirtg fortune, Her appeals failed, and she is became the nation's most famous currently in prison at the Federal kidnap victim on Feb. 4, 1974, Correctional Institute at when she was dragged screaming Pleasanton, about 10 miles south from her Berkeley apartment. east of here. Although sentenced The Harrises sat facing the to seven years, she could be judge, their hands clasped to- released on parole by next year. gether, and pleaded guilty to four Mrs. Harris' attorney, Susan separate charges: kidnapping Miss Jordan, said the couple's plea Hearst; robbing her then-fiance might help Miss Hearst, who is Stephen Weed; kidnapping one of seeking an early release. Miss Hearst's neighbors, Peter In their statements, the Harrises Benenson, and falsely imprisoning said they believed the prosecution another neighbor, Stephen chose a plea bargain rather. than Suenega. They also admitted gamble on Miss Hearst's credi- The Senior Bar's grand opening last night was a successful beginning as it launched yet being armed with a rifle. bility as a witness. another hopeful semester.(photo by Doug Christian) In return for the pleas, Assistant "Today, we take full responsi- ~-~ h I District Attornery Alex Selvin re- bility for our participation in the Sec ur I. ty c a ng es res u t •q•u•es•t•e•d--d.is•m•i•s•sa•l--o•f•s•e•v•e•n--ot•h•e•r--•fi•r•st.. p•o•li•ti•c•a•l•k•i•d•n•ap•p•i•n•g--i•n--t•hi•s-. Ruling may affect program from recent SIA report by Diane WUson by Mark Rust company that makes helmets for crtme, as well as making students response to a suggestion in the News Editor Staff Reporter Notre Dame, has been contacted feel safer when walking on campus report, a plan was formulated so with an order for the intra-hall after dark. thai in an emergency situation, "approved" models. Changes initiated in the Notre One suggestion in the report was Notre Dame Security would know Dame Security Department this Because of a recent NCAA ruling According to the NCAA ruling, summer were suggested in a report to use graduate and law students to bow to contact the St. Joseph on football helmet safety, the only helmets designed to meet issued last spring by Security man the Main Gate, so that Notre O>unty sheriff's department, the status of this year's intro-hall safety standards, and given the Audit, Inc. (SIA), Dean of Students Dame could present a good impres South Bend Police, or the St. Joe football program is in serious NCAA seal of approval, may be James Roemer said Wednesday. sion to visitors while preserving Prosecutor, if their help was doubt, according to Dominich Na- worn in play. Any other type of Most visibly affected were the security. Roemer and James needed. politano, director of non-varsity headgear would put the team in Gibbons, director of special pro Mala focus oa womea'• ~ violation of the rules, and would security force, women's security jects, met over the summer with sports. and general security on campus. Making women more CODS\.ious Napolitano made the statement make the University liable for law The individual changes cover a applicants for the job. Five persons of their own security and more last night after meeting with Uni- suits resulting from neck and head f were hired and Roemer said he responsbile for it was one of the wide spectrum o concerns, plans to hire one more. versity officials responsible for injuries. including increased security patrols main suggestions in the SAl report athletics and the University's legal Ac~ording to Napolitano, the after dark, women's slef-defense Roemer explained that he chose last spring. Assistant Provost Sr. staff. At that time, it was NCAA ruling - which came out last class to be ofered by the phys-ed persons who would be able to deal John MiriaJ:D Jones said a program determined that new helmets year and applies primarily to the department, and the strict enforce with situations at the front gate. has been started to inform would be needed in order to twmply varsity football program - has been ment of a SSO fine for drinking They need to be helpful,- he said, students, especially freshmen, with the NCAA ruling. interpreted by University officials alcohol in the stadium. but must also be able to say no to about dangers on campus. According to Napolitano, the to apply to intra-hall football as One of the most obvious changes students who wnat to get on During freshman orientation, campus. University will not know until well.