B—The Daily Collegian Friday, Sept. 24, 1982
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Gemayel sw • rn
Lebanon's president
By KATE DORIAN
Associated Press Writer
BEIRUT, Lebanon Amin Gemayel was sworn in as
president yesterday, vowing *to rebuild the army and the
government in an effort to end the "vicious cycle of bloody
violence" in Lebanon.
"Lebanese citizens, we are facing destiny-making chal
lenges," Gemayel said in his first speech to Parliament as
president. "The wars of others in Lebanon and at- Leb
anon's expense must stop.
"I offer no program of a new era because a single
concern grips us now. This is to stop the vicious cycle of
bloody violence on Lebanon's soil." ,
Gemayel, 40, began a six-year term by taking the oath of
office before Parliament at the Lebanese military acade
my in Fayyadieh, three miles east of Beirut. He replaces
President Elias Sarkis.
Cabinet ministers, leaders of Lebanon's Moslems and
Christians, and foreign diplomats, including U.S. presi
dential envoy Philip C. Habib, were on hand to greet
Gemayel when he arrived for the 50-minute ceremony.
With loud applause, Gemayel stepped up to the rostrum
and read the oath that was to have been taken by his
brother, Bashir Gemayel, killed by an assassin's bomb
Sept. 14.
Amin Gemayel, a moderate member of the rightist
Christian Phalange Party, was overwhelmingly elected
AP Laserphoto
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Amin Gemayel, sworn in as the eighth president of Lebanon, is assisted by the outgoing president Elias Sarkis (right)
and Khalil Haddad, the protocol ambassador of the Lebanese government.
by Parliament Tuesday under an accord mandating that
the president of religiously divided Lebanon be a Christian
and the prime minister a Moslem.
He took office less than a, week after the massacre of
hundreds of men, women and children in two Palestinian
refugee camps in west Beirut. The slaughter has been
blamed on militiamen who once were commanded by
Bashir Gemayel.
The new president's ability to rally the support of his
slain brother's men will be one of his first4ests in leading a
country rent by sectarian feuding long before the Israelis
invaded June 6 to rout the Palestine Liberation Organiza
tion.
At precisely 11:53 a.m., a 21-gun salute was fired
The new president was embraced by his father, Pierre
Gemayel, 77, the Phalange Party founder and one of the
architects of Lebanese independence from France in 1943.
Amin Gemayel then delivered a 15-minute address in
which he said he was determined to have friendly rela
tions with all nations, "including our Arab brothers.
Lebanon belongs to the Arab circle."
Gemayel said he would try to build "a strong, indepen
dent and sovereign state" and an army "capable of
repulsing transgressions against ,the nation or encroach
ments against the law."
Saeb Salem, a former prime minister who led the
Moslem opposition to Bashir Gemayel's election Aug. 23,
gave his support to Amin Gemayel during his election.
in as
Corona found guilty in retrial
By JACK SCHREIBMAN
Associated Press Writer
HAYWARD, Calif. The jury in
Juan Corona's retrial found him
guilty of 25 counts of first-degree
murder yesterday for stabbing and
slashing migrant farm workers to
death more than a decade ago.
The jury of seven men and five
women had deliberated 10 days
after .a trial that lasted seven
months.
Announcement of the verdicts
took 41 minutes in the Alameda
County Courthouse chamber be
cause each juror was polled indi
vidually after the decision was read
on each of the 25 counts.
It was not immediately known
when Corona would ,be sentenced.
The maximum penalty would be a
reinstating of his earlier life sen
tence,, since California had no death
penalty law on the books when the
murders occurred.
Jurors had sent a message to the
judge at 1:24 p.m.PDT saying they
had reached a verdict after 53
hours and 59 minutes of deliber
ation. Because of a previous
agreement, alternate jurors were
given an opportunity to reach the
courthouse before the decision was
read.
Corona was convicted and sen
tenced to life in prison after his first
trial ended in January 1973. But in
1978 an appeals court ordered a new
trial on grounds that Corona did not
receive adequate legal representa
tion the first time.
The case created a ,sensation as
the largest mass murder in U.S.
history in 1971 when the bodies of
the victims were unearthed from
shallow graves near Marysville,
aboutloo miles northeast of Sacra
mento.
All but One of the decaying
corpses had their heads chopped
open with a knife or machete. Most
were stabbed in the heart or chest.
And almost all were found on their
backs ; hands over their heads or
chests with shirts partially. remov
ed. At least seven had their under
wear pulled off.
The second trial started Feb. 22
In both trials, the prosecution's
case was purely circumstantial,
with no testimony from anyone
claiming to have seen Corona kill
anyone..
The second trial included Coro
na's sworn testimony that a Mexi
can official fabricated his alleged
confession, a defense theory that
Corona's' deceased homosexual
half-brother Natividad could have
committed the crimes, and a key
defense witness who admitted he
lied on the stand.
Arie Jones testified he once saw
Natividad slash one of the 25 vic
tims during a homosexual act in the
back room of the Guadalajara Cafe
in Marysville. But he admitted lat
er that he lied about being a crop
duster and, a major in the Air
Force.
In July, Corona took the stand
and said he didn't remember what
he used his machete for, or if he
ever got blood on it.
Asked about a post-hole digger
Juan Corona
found in his garage covered with
dried mud imbedded with human
hairs, Corona said he had "bought
one more or less like" it. But he
said he didn't remember seeing
hair on it or blood on a floor mat or
throw rug found in the trunk op his
Chevrolet Impala.
Finally, Corona testified he did
not confess to a former Mexican
consular official.
An alleged confession to the Mex
ican official, Jesus Rodriguez-Na
varro, was "concocted to shake
down the state of California," Halli
nan said during the retrial.
Rodriguez-Navarro had testified.
he interviewed Corona in prison in:
1978 and quoted Corona as saying::
"Yes, I did it, but I am a sick man
and a sick man cannot be judged by:
the same standards as others."
state news briefs
Shapp challenges governor to debate
HARRISBURG (AP) Former
Gov. Milton Shapp, saying he re
sents having his name and admin
istration impugned, challenged
Gov. Dick Thornburgh yesterday
to make good his claim he would
debate anyone.
In a letter to Thornburgh, Shapp
repeated a remark the incumbent
made two days ago at a press
conference in Hershey: "Dick
Thornburgh is not afraid to debate
anyone."
"Well Dick," Shapp wrote, "I
accept this challenge."
The former governor said he
would debate Thornburgh any
time, any place, and talk about
Camiel reinstated on commission
HARRISBURG (AP) Demo
crat Peter Camiel won a ruling
from' Commonwealth Court yes
terday ordering that he be re
instated to the Pennsylvania
Turnpike Commission.
President Judge James Cruml
ish directed Gov. Dick Thorn
burgh to rescind his suspension of
Camiel within five days andaward
Camiel back pay.
Camiel, a former Philadelphia
Democratic chief, was suspended
in May 1980 after he was indicted
for his alleged role in putting ghost
employees on the state legislative
payroll.
After being convicted by a U.S.
District Court jury, Cainiel and
nation news briefs
Nuclear freeze referendum allowed
BOSTON (AP) Gov. Edward
J. King signed a bill yesterday
making Massachusetts the ninth
state to allow its residents to ex
press their views Nov. 2 on a
mutual and verifiable' nuclear
weapons moratorium.
"This allows Massachusetts vot
ers to make a statement as to
whether their tax dollars should be
spent on nuclear weapons," said
state Sen. George Bachrach, one
of the key supporters of the refer
endum.
The question finally approved
by the Legislature is similar to
that adopted by Wisconsin voters
on Sept. 14. It eliminates reference
Cops convicted on drug charges
MIAMI (AP) Four former Racketeer Influenced Corrupt Or-
Dade County homicide detectives ganization; racketeering conspir
were convicted yesterday on a acy, cocaine possession, tax fraud
variety of charges after being and civil rights violations. He will
accused of staging phony raids, face up to 99 years in prison and
stealing drugs and money and • fines totaling $128,000.
working with a reputed cocaine Two other defendants were con
kingpin. victed on racketeering violations
Four other ex-detectives were and one was convicted on lesser
acquitted by the federal jury, charges only although he could be
which deliberated 13 days in the retried on the racketeering counts.
four-month trial. Three former Pete Cuccaro, spokesman for
detectives were acquitted last the Metro-Dade Police Depart
week, and two pleaded guilty and ment, said any damage to the
testified at the trial. department's image probably
CI
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Julio Ojeda was convicted on 11
counts, including membership in'a
world news briefs
20 more hostages freed in Honduras
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SAN PEDRO SULA, Honduras brought the smiling hostages out
(AP) The papal nuncio led, of the besieged building to a wait
another 20 weary hostages out of ' ing military bus that took them to
the chamber of commerce build- the Third Infantry Battalion head
ing yesterday, leaving leftist guer- quarters about a mile away
rillas holding fewer than half the
captives they seized six days ear
her
The government said 39 hos
tages remained insider the cor
doned-off building, including two
Cabinet ministers, a central bank
president and 36 prominent busi
nessmen. The rebels released 21
hostages on Wednesday.
The government initially had
reported 41 hostages still inside
late yesterday and offered no ex
planation for the revised figure.
Papal nuncio Andrea Cordero
Lanza, one of the mediators,
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any state-government-related top
ic. "Yes, even corruption . . ," he
wrote.
In both his first run for the
governor's office and in his re
election bid this year, Thornburgh
has pointedly compared his ad
ministration with Shapp's.
"I resent many of the
statements he's been making
about me personally and about the
record of achievement during my
eight years in office," Shapp said.
Thornburgh spokesman William
Green said Shapp's request was
"the most absurd thing I've ever
heard."
two other defendants were ac
quitted by U.S. District Judge
Clifford Scott Green. The decision
was affirmed Sept. 7.
When Thornburgh refused to lift
the suspension, Camiel filed suit.
Turnpike Commission Chair
man Jack Greenblat said Camiel's
return will allow the agency to act
on a number of projects, including
a widening of the turnpike in the
Philadelphia area and either the
expansion or bypass of the Lehigh
Tunnel. •
A turnpike spokesman, R.R. Ha
ratine, said Camiel was expected
to return to his $15,000 a year job
next Tuesday.
to a weapons freeze, which was the
issue that blocked passage of the
bill for months.
The ballot question is:
"Shall the secretary of the Com
monwealth of Massachusetti in
form the President and the
Congress of the United States that
it is the desire of the people of
Massachusetts to have the govern
ment of the United States work
vigorously to negqtiate a mutual
nuclear weapons moratorium and
reduction, with appropriate verifi-.
cation, with the Soviet Union and
other nations?"
came when the, investigation was
made known in 1979.
There was no explanation for the
release, as was the case. Wednes
day. A presidential spokesman
earlier said the government had
not • reached any agreement with
the rebels.
A government list showed three
foreign businessmen from Gua
temala, Spain and Switzerland
among those released yesterday.
• As the hostages were leaving,
Red Cross volunteers brought
large jugs of water and juice and
boxes of fruit for those still inside.
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