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If msiae today 3 i -a Lai Las haa Lja 139 Lam Ls You don't need Hollywood to get you in the mood for Halloween. Real life is scary enough LATE KENTUCKY EDITION, 74 PAGES COPYRIGHT 1988, THE COURIER-JOURNAL, LOUISVILLE, A GANNETT NEWSPAPER SATURDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1988. 35 CENTS -J fKM 0Mmri tfr3f flit rtf ifw' 57 a y-jMr jyiy ells Angels leaders guilty of conspiracy BLUEGRASS STATE POLL Barger also was convicted of the misdemeanor charge of converting a government intelligence manual for his own use; that carries a maximum penalty of one year in prison and a fine of $25,000. Three more of the 10 Hells Angels on trial were convicted of the misdemeanor charge involving the government manual that contained photographs and addresses of a rival motorcycle club, the Outlaws. They are Lawrence Russell Hagel, Gerald G.

Protzman and Edwin Floyd Hubert, all from Anchorage, Alaska. Five Hells Angels from Alaska were acquitted: Jeffrey Lynn Esley, Dennis E. Pailing, Daniel Mcintosh, Mark E. Greer and Charlie E. Potter.

The case stemmed from an alleged plot to kill members of the Outlaws. The government charged that the Hells Angels pooled explosives and used the intelligence manual to pick out potential victims for revenge attacks after a Hells Angel from Anchorage was shot and killed in Jefferson County by an Outlaw after a barroom fight. A member of the Outlaws motorcycle club pleaded guilty to reckless homicide in the shooting. U.S. District Judge Edward Johnstone released on bond the five men convicted yesterday pending sentencing, which he Most say state's DUI penalties are too lenient mm- mnnmm By GIL LAWSON Staff Writer Most Kentuckians think penalties for drunken drivers aren't strong enough, and a large majority favor stricter guidelines to prevent courts from dismissing or reducing most drunken-driving charges.

Those are among the findings of a recent Bluegrass State Poll. While a sizable majority favored tighter guidelines for courts, the poll found less agreement on some other proposed measures to combat drunken driving. People were divided over whether accused drunken drivers should lose their licenses at the time of arrest rather than upon conviction. People also were evenly split over whether the blood-alcohol level of 0.10 percent at which drivers in Kentucky are presumed to be intoxicated should be lowered. Those and other related issues have received attention since May 14, when an allegedly drunken driver crashed into a church bus near Carrollton, killing 27 people.

The poll found that 98 percent of the 806 adults who were interviewed said they had read or heard about the accident Also, 48 percent said they drink beer or alcohol. Of drinkers who were aware of the bus crash, See MOST Back page, col. 1, this section By DEBORAH YETTER Staff Writer Two men described by the government as national leaders of the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club were convicted by a federal jury in Louisville yesterday of conspiring to violate federal firearms and explosives laws. Ralph "Sonny" Barger 50, president of the Oakland Hells Angels chapter and the club's longtime national leader, and Michael "Irish" O'Farrell, 39, a former president of the Oakland chapter, could receive up to five years in prison and a fine of $250,000 for the felony convictions. Coal firms fail to pull deed issue off ballot By AL CROSS Staff Writer FRANKFORT, Ky.

A judge yesterday rejected four coal companies attempt to cancel the Nov. 8 referendum on the broad-form deed amendment to the state constitution. Franklin Circuit Judge Ray Corns said his order should clear the way for a vote on the amendment, which is designed to keep mineral owners from Probe of alleged fraud in broad-form deeds is sought. Page A 7. strip-mining coal without landowners' consent.

Attorney General Fred Cowan and John Palmore, the attorney for the four companies and former chief justice of Kentucky, agreed that Corns' ruling is not the type of order that can be appealed. But even if voters approve the amendment, the legal battle could continue for years in state and federal courts because the companies argue that it would violate the U.S. Constitution. While the battle has been waged See EFFORTS Back page, col. 5, this section TIME FOR A CHANGE It's time to "FALL BACK." Davliaht-savina time ends at 2 a.m.

tomorrow, so don't forget to set your clock DacK one nour. it a 9 Vv A PRODUCE PICKER: Paul Kirkpatrick checked out the fruit and vegetables at Louisville this week. The enclosed market, built on the site of the old open-air one, to be put back on market scheduled for March 10. Government prosecutors said they were pleased with the verdict The 12-week trial was one of the longest and costliest criminal trials ever in U.S. District Court in Louisville, and the jury deliberated for eight days.

"The jury convicted five people who were charged with serious crimes," said First Assistant U. S. Attorney Cleve Gam-bill, who prosecuted the case. "These were men who were discussing murder." But Barger, who appeared relaxed and See HELLS ANGELS Back page, col. 1, this section STAFF PHOTO BY PAUL SCHUHMANN the new Haymarket in downtown officially opened on Thursday.

istering this drug, exclusively in approved health clinics, provides indispensable safe-pards to women's health," he said. Family planning groups hailed the government's decision. They have predicted the drug, which is taken orally, would widely used in the Third World, where abortions are often dangerous because of lack of resources. Anti-abortion groups have vehemently opposed the drug, saying it will make abortions much easier and more commonplace. "We regret the decision," said Emmanuel Tremblay, president of France's leading anti-abortion coalition, Respect for Life.

"The government is acting like a dictator in ordering a company what to do. "This shows that the government is fanatically in favor of abortion. They would nev- See ABORTION Back page, col. 5, this section Bush's lap do with this issue. I would condemn in way, shape or form the issue used in way." At the center of the controversy stands black man, William Horton a convicted first-degree murderer furloughed under a program begun by Dukakis' Republican predecessor.

While on release, Horton traveled to Maryland, tied up and slashed Cliff Barnes and raped his wife, Angela. Dukakis changed the program after much public clamor. Pinkerton and his team collected whatever material they could glean on the See FURLOUGH Back page, col. 1, this section U.S. deficit grows again Business, back page, Section 0 Do you think the penalties for drunken driving are too strong, not strong enough or about right? TOO STRONG NOT STRONG ENOUGH 1 1 53 ABOUT RIGHT 139 NO OPINION C3 "Would you favor or oppose Taking away the license of an accused drunken driver upon arrest rather than only if there is a conviction? FAVOR 48 OPPOSE 45 Setting stricter guidelines to prevent courts from dismissing or reducing most drunken-driving charges? FAVOR "7 78 OPPOSE Allowing police to make spot checks to give drivers breath-alcohol or coordination tests, even though a driver may not have committed an offense? FAVOR 46 OPPOSE 48 "Don't know" responses are nol shown.

Percentages are rounded to the nearest whole number. STAFF CHART BY STEVE DURSIN Abortion pill By STEVEN GREENHOUSE New York Times News Service PARIS Saying it was acting in the interests of public health, the French government yesterday ordered a company to resume distribution of a new abortion-inducing drug, two days after the company took off the market because of pressure from anti-abortion groups. The drug's manufacturer, Groupe Roussel Uclaf, said it would comply with the government's order and resume sales of the drug, which is considered a less-expensive, safer alternative to surgical abortions. The government told Roussel to resume distribution of RU 486 after family-planning groups, women's organizations and doctors protested the company's Wednesday announcement that it was suspending sales of the drug. "From the moment government approval for the drug was granted, RU 486 became Bush calls Dukakis sexist; Dukakis says Bush is hiding.

Story, A 3. the exchange interested Jim Pinkerton, research director for the then-flailing Bush campaign. Said Pinkerton: "I thought to myself, 'This is incredible' It totally fell into our lap." To be sure, some in the Bush campaign were apparently familiar with the furlough issue; days before Gore broached it, one operative had told reporters it would be a helpful line of inquiry. Gore, however, had broken the ice. Since April, the issue has been transformed.

It "gets to the heart of the mat How the drug works RU 486 blocks pregnancy after conception by interfering with progesterone, a hormone essential to maintaining pregnancy. The drug terminates pregnancy in about 75 percent of women If used in the first six weeks of pregnancy. When also used with prostaglandin, a hormone, the rate rises to 95 percent. Some women who use the drug will bleed excessively. the moral property of women, not just thej property of the drug company," Claude Evin, France's minister of health, said in a television interview.

The drug "is an advance because it does not involve use of an anesthetic. The precautionary measures to be taken in admin issue fell into ter," said Lee Atwater, Bush's campaign manager. "It's the single biggest negative Dukakis has got" It became the essence of a campaign to cast Dukakis as weak on crime and foreign policy and defense. It turned Dukakis' own theme against him, by defining him as incompetent. It was also a device to illustrate a lack of feeling by Dukakis the "ice man," as Bush put it in their first debate.

To Dukakis, Bush's use of the furlough issue was evidence of a campaign of "lies." To Jesse Jackson, it was a sign of campaign racism, "designed to create the most horrible psychosexual fears." "Race," insisted Atwater, "has nothing that be to any this a only How the prison-furlough By SIDNEY BLUMENTHAL The Washington Post WASHINGTON For Al Gore, it was a final chance. In early April, a week before New York's primary, he needed an issue to use against Michael Dukakis. Gore had tried foreign policy and defense. Now he decided to try crime. When Gore asked Dukakis about "weekend passes for convicted criminals," an uncomfortable Dukakis, after dispassionately reciting statistics, conceded that the Massachusetts furlough program for murderers sentenced to life in prison had been canceled.

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