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I 1 i i Rail ctrifc JD, Lee fooiball coaches have hard time finding Dip into somelhing taoty PAGE1D Rain keeps fires from spreading PAGE1C in-Gtato opponent paralyta Drifain PAGE 8A PAGE 1 THE ALABAMA CooyngnnWttwAdvwtitwCo 25 CGOtS 989 Montgomery 1 01 st Year No. 1 38 Lover said wife paid kill deputy 0 ii. if' irnfjfr in mil mi i. imw'-ei'ii .9 By Brian Ponder Journal staff writer The wife of slain Montgomery County Sheriffs Deputy Isaiah Harris gave her lover a $100 bill as part of a scheme to have her husband killed, the alleged lover testified in court today. And Lorenzo McCarter, the alleged lover, told a jury that three months prior to Sgt.

Harris' death, Louise Harris told him she was tired of the way her husband was treating her, and that "she wanted him killed." Mrs. Harris, 35, is charged with capital murder in the death of her 36-year-old husband. Prosecutors allege Mrs. Harris contracted the killing to collect life insurance benefits of at least $100,000. If convicted, she could receive the death penalty.

Three men, including Mr. McCarter, also are charged in the shooting death but are to be tried later. I Wednesday, July 1 2, 1 Attacks their lives 1st in a series By Janet Jimmerson Journal staff wilier Some anniversaries are celebrated with flowers and cherished with memories. Others are marked with tears and battered by nightmares. For the four women raped last year by Timothy Yelder, the anniversary of his assaults denotes survival In an interview with The Alabama Journal, the four women described the changes wrought by last year's ordeal and their efforts to recover.

They spoke on the condition that their real names not be used. Yelder, 24, was sentenced to four life terms in prison for his crimes. Prosecutors estimate he will not be eligible for parole for 50 years. Now, all of the women want assurance he will serve out his sentence. All but one said he should have been sent to the electric chair.

Susan, a 26-year-old graduate student and Yelder's second vic: tim, was engaged to be married when she was raped April 28, -1988, at a friend's home in east Montgomery; She has since married, but she said her husband often travels, leaving her alone. On the anniversary of her attack, she set a goal for herself, she Said. i "I spent the night by myself lust to see if I could do it," she said. i Fran, 34, is part of a large family. She was raped the night of her mother's birthday after she returned home from a family celebration.

This year, she and her family went out of town, she said. Fran sold her house after she was raped and moved in with her parents for almost a year. She has since moved into a new house equipped with burglar bars, an alarm system, a privacy fence and outdoor lights, but described her first night in the home as terror-filled. Margaret, a 57-year-old mother of three and Yelder's last victim, said the possibility that her teen-age daughter might have been raped instead makes it easier for her to cope with the attack. She almost has accepted what happened to her, she said.

changed Mr. McCarter testified today under an agreement with the state that the state would not seek the death penalty during his trial. However, Mr. McCarter could still receive the death penalty should the sentencing judge decide it is warranted, attorneys said. Mr.

McCarter told the all-female jury he was present when 1 Mrs. Harris paid Michael Sock-well and Alex Hood Jr. a total of $100 to kill her husband. Mrs. Harris handed Mr.

McCarter a $100 bill, he said, which he then handed to Mr. Hood, the lover testified. Mrs. Harris promised Mr. Sockwell and Mr.

Hood more money once she received her husband's life insurance benefits, Mr. McCarter testified. He also said he later over-, heard the two men inform the deputy's wife that their task had been completed. (Please see DEPUTV Page 7A) terprise on the ruins of a failed Stalinist system." Meanwhile, Secretary of State James Baker announced NATO will formally propose cutbacks in non-nuclear forces in Europe to the Warsaw Pact on Thursday. Mr.

Baker told reporters in Budapest the move indicates President Bush's timetable for a convention arms accord within 12 months is on the mark. President Bush first outlined his plans at the NATO summit in Brussels in May. President Bush's speech, broadcast live on Hungarian television, followed talks with Hungarian leaders who gave him a plaque containing barbed wire from the fence recently dismantled along the Austrian border. That barrier had stood as "the ugly symbol of Europe's division and Hungary's isolation," the President said. Yelder listens to testimony during rape trial Bush promises Hungary Peace GSrps, access to VS.

markets devastating the combination of loneliness and fright," she said. On the anniversary of her attack, Margaret said she went to work as usual. "No one realized it except me, naturally. And I didn't talk about it," she said. "I just bumped on through it." But one of the other victims said her husband expressed concern for Margaret about that time.

Susan said her husband had attended an August hearing concerning the attack on Margaret and had been impressed by her testimony. "He called me from Atlanta back in late May, and he said, 'I think you need to send (Margaret) some flowers and say I'm thinking about Susan said. "I wouldn't do it because he wanted to send them on the 30th (the date Margaret was. attacked). "I would burst out in tears if somebody sent me flowers on the (Please see ATTACKS Page 3A) black car was driving around the village and the driver was shooting at everybody," she said, speaking on condition of anonymity.

"I went to tell the mayor. I saw an old woman lying on the ground dead. There were also a lot of injured." Police said Mr. Dornier is about 31 years old and had been working on his father's farm in Luxiol. They said Mr.

Dornier and a police captain were wounded in a shootout 'I have kinda accepted that it's never going to go away, and that's a help because I still get real depressed at times and sorry for 7 Margaret, Yelder's last rape victim "I'm okay," she said. "I have kinda accepted that it's never going to go away, and that's a help because I still get real depressed at times and sorry for myself." Margaret had just started a new job when she was attacked on May 30, 1988, but she said her co-workers have been supportive, without prying into the details of the assault. "I needed all of the support I could get because I had just recently been divorced and I was living alone, and my child had just left home for college. It was About 100 people live in Luxi-ol. The village is 275 miles southeast of Paris.

Mr. Dornier's uncle, Georges Dornier, said in a telephone interview that his nephew was "mildly depressive. I saw him this morning and he was very calm." A young woman reached by telephone in Luxiol said she heard what she thought were firecrackers. "Then a neighbor told me a Isaiah Harris Shot while on the way to work Bush receives section of wire The Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary -President Bush today got an unusual souvenir to take home from his historic visit to this communist nation: an actual piece of the Iron Curtain. Premier Miklos Nemeth gave President Bush a piece of the barbed wire, enclosed in a brass case, from the barriers that used to separate Hungary from the West.

The Hungarians began dismantling the grim fences along its border with Austria earlier this year. about the planned disposal and allowed to participate in the decision-making process. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency approved the toxic waste disposal as part of their Superfund clean-up program. "By carefully inspecting these shipments, maybe we can make sure that our people's right to safety is not violated again," Gov.

Hunt said. The shipment of the 47,000 tons of PCB-contaminated soil to Emelle is expected to take two to three months, said Mr. Colbert. Gordon Kenna, a spokesman for Chemical Waste Management which received a $16.1 million contract for the waste disposal, said his company has handled similar shipments involving PCBs, or polycholorlnated biphe-nyls. Scientific evidence has linked PCBs to cancer and other diseases.

He also said the Texas Water Commission is inspecting the shipments. Gov. Hunt said troopers will examine the trucks when they arrive at ChemWaste's landfill at Emelle to check that all safety guidelines are met He said the dirt is being transported at a (Plri DIET PiRf 3 A) Man kills mom, sister, 10 others 1st of 2,000 truckloads of dirt en route to state By The Associated Pte BUDAPEST, Hungary President Bush, declaring that "the Iron Curtain has begun to part," promised today to give Hungary unlimited access to American markets and said he would send the first Peace Corps volunteers ever dispatched to a communist nation. Warmly applauded by his audience at Karl Marx University, President Bush also offered a $25 million grant to spur this reform-minded East Bloc nation's fledgling free-enterprise system. Saluting political and economic reforms here, President Bush said there is "no mistaking the fact that Hungary is at the threshold of great and historic change." The president said Hungary's enormous challenge is "to build a structure of political change and decentralized economic en Expect 30 chance of showers Thursday Thursday will be partly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of rain with highs in the 90s in the tri-county area.

Tonight will be partly cloudy with rain possible. For the rest or the state, Thursday will be partly cloudy with a chance of rain with highs in the 90s. More weather on Page 2A. Ann lander Business aotsMed 8B 8A Comics, puzzles- ..68 Death notices Editorial Movtei. Sport 9A 10A 5B 58 2B Pick of the Pack.

Cc 269-0010 tmr 9wcy room: Jocloon Larry Ware expects big ByltwAaociatad Pm BESANCON, France A man went on a shooting rampage in a village in eastern France today, killing 12 people, including his mother and sister, before being captured, police said. Witnesses said the man, identified as Christian Dornier, drove around the village of Luxi-ol shooting out of his car window. Police said 10 people were wounded. Lawmakers say tough stealth fight ahead frThAMOCIcPdPl The first of 2.000 truckloads of toxic dirt began its journey today from an abandoned industrial site near Houston to a hazardous waste landfill in west Alabama. The first of 10 plastic-lined trucks, each carrying more than 23 tons of contaminated soil, was reported on the road for the 600-mile trip to Alabama by 9 a.m.

They were expected in the state about 9 p.m. "The process is very similar to loading dirt anywhere, except that the workers are wearing plastic suits and breathing filters while working around the trucks," said Bill Colbert, a spokesman for the Texas Water Commission. "We also have a wash-down facility to decontaminate the trucks before they leave the property." Gov. Guy Hunt, who along with other state officials went to court last year to try to block the shipments, said Tuesday the trucks will be Inspected by state troopers and Alabama environmental officials. In announcing the inspection plans, Gov.

Hunt said Alabami' ans' rights were violated when they weren't notified last year things this season tion to the Senate Armed Services Committee on Tuesday. At the start of today's hearing, Republicans as well as Democrats served notice that the B-2 faces serious opposition in a budget-minded Congress. "The B-2 program is in a lot of trouble, a lot of difficulty. It's not technical problems but the price tag," said Rep. Bill Dickinson of Alabama, ranking Republican on the House Armed Services panel.

The Air Force campaign comes amid growing opposition to the bomber, which recent estimates indicate would be the most expensive aircraft in history at $500 million to $750 million a copy. Last month, Sen. John Glenn, D-Ohio, a member of the Senate Armed Services panel, urged Defense Secretary Dick Cheney to suspend production of the B-2 because the aircraft has not been tested in (light Sen. Glenn said pursuing production of the plane violates the rule of "fly before buy." WASHINGTON Lawmakers today warned Air Force officials that the half-billion-dollar B-2 stealth bomber faces a tough uphill fight in Congress despite the warplane's strategic importance. it in perspective or there's a real possibility that the B-2 will become a museum piece," Rep.

Les Aspin, chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, told Air Force officials at the tart of a hearing on the radar-evading plane. Air Force Secretary Donald Rice and Chief of SUIT Gen. Larry Welch, using a color-slide presentation, argued that the plane outpaces improvements In Soviet air defenses and that failure to build the bomber would undermine the nation's nuclear deterrent force. The Air Force argument marked the second day in a row that officials took their case to Congress. Mr.

Rice and Gen, Welch made a similar presents- COMING TOMORROW: Georgia's ft.