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4 ELKO DAILY FREE PRESS, Elko, Nevada Wednesday, July 20, 1994 Simpson defense paints ugly picture of officer with the job. That's the unfortunate part about being a said one colleague who spoke on condition of anonymity. The role of the attorneys is to go after the witnesses, and all police officers know that "Mark is a strong officer, his integrity is intact and he will do just assessment jibes with Fuhrman's performance evaluations from 1976 to 198L which were included in his lawsuit Superiors described him as strong-minded, extremely competent, dedicated and thorough. The civil rights group Police Watch, however, found three complaints filed against Fuhrman. In 1987, a black man claimed Fuhrman who is white and another 4 i The 17-story tower of the old Dunes Hotel-Casino is shown before dawn this morning as it began to crumple during a noisy implosion.

Las Vegas tower razed officer attacked him. In 1990, a black robbery suspect said Fuhrman made hanging phone calls to his wife and daughter at their jobs. And in 1983, a man claimed Fuhrman harassed him because he was handing out religious literature. Officers pointed out that none of the complaints was recent "You get complaints filed against you wherever you are," one of Fuhrman's colleagues said. The defense, meanwhile, continued its assault "(Tm) getting a lot of the information from inside the LAP.D.

(With) Mr. Mark Fuhrman, the one common denominator is he is well perceived to be a racist and a pathological liar," said private investigator Zvonko Pavelic, who has been hired by the defense to do research. The Los Angeles Times reported that Fuhrman was a member of a group of officers called Men Against Women. A defense source, speaking on condition of anonymity, described the group to the AP as "basically a white Aryan brotherhood, fraternal police organization that is basically anti-females." The department has investigated a group of that name that is based in the West Los Angeles station where Fuhrman works, Lt. John Dunkin said.

He would not say if Fuhrman was involved. For all the effort to discredit Fuhrman, legal experts said it was not clear if Simpson's lawyers would be able to bring much of what they dig up into court "I do imagine that the court will allow questions about bias," said Loyola University law professor Laurie Levenson, "but as to any specifics of incidents over 15 years ago. I think the judge may very well exer cise his discretion." 1 Mark Fuhrman i LAS VEGAS CAP) A piece of Las Vegas history went out with a bang when demolition experts imploded the last remaining tower at the star-crossed Dunes resort. "It was, like, perfect," Alan Feld-man, a spokesman for Mirage Resorts, said as a thick coating of dust settled around him following Wednesday's pre-dawn blast. A series of sharp blasts reverberated along the Las Vegas Strip as 315 charges of dynamite brought down the 17-story tower, clearing the way for two new Mirage resorts on the 163-acre site.

Wednesday's shot was devoid of the pizzazz that accompanied an earlier implosion half a block away. A 24-story Dunes tower was imploded Oct 27 in a fiery spectacle that drew tens of thousands of people to the Strip and was watched by millions around the world. An estimated 3,000 people gathered on the Strip for Wednesday's 4 a.m. blast, while others watched from hotel rooms surrounding the area. The tower was bathed in floodlights and back lit by some of the city's most famous resorts.

Workers sounded a siren just seconds before the detonation, then a series of explosions echoed along the Strip and the tower folded inward, settling into a 30-foot pile of rubble in 4.5 seconds. Mirage Chairman Steve Wynn was on hand for the implosion, along with his daughter, Kevin, who pushed the button to detonate the explosive charges. A cloud of dust enveloped the area, and then moved down the Strip. Interstate 15, which parallels the property, was closed for 13 minutes as a safety precaution and to allow the dust to settle, said Nevada Highway Patrol spokesman Steve Harney. Street sweepers fanned out along the Strip, sucking up the thick layer of dust Feldman said it would take about 60 days to haul away the pile of concrete and twisted steel left by the implosion.

Phil Cooper, vice president of public relations at nearby Caesars Palace, said guests were alerted in advance by letter that the implosion US FOR News Capsules Ike 9grtheastern Nevada Jtistoriccd Society and Museum regret the death of a member, Qrace "Etcheto LOS ANGELES CAP) During J. Simpson's preliminary hearing, Detective Mark Fuhnnan was the perfect witness: composed, confident and articulate. He provided one of the prosecution's most compelling pieces of evidence by testifying that the bloody glove he found outside Simpson's mansion matched one found by the bodies of Simpson's ex-wife and her friend. But in the two weeks since then, Fuhrman's image has been transformed from star witness to that of a racist who beat and harassed people for the thrill of it Unidentified members of Simpson's legal team say they might argue Fuhrman planted the glove on Simpson's estate. Lead defense lawyer Robert Shapiro says his team is scrutinizing a lawsuit Fuhrman filed against the city in 1983 seeking a disability pension.

Documents from the lawsuit show Fuhrman told psychiatrists that working in black and Hispanic neighborhoods made him a mentally unstable "wild man" who enjoyed violence. He also told psychiatrists that he once broke the elbows and knees of a man who spit on him. Fuhrman lost the lawsuit after several psychiatrists claimed he made up a mental disorder so he could retire to a cabin in the woods, become an artist and receive a disability pension. Whether or not Fuhrman was lying, the picture isn't pretty. Fuhrman cant defend himself though he did deny planting the glove because the police department has ordered employees not to discuss the Simpson case.

Fuhrman's friends at the police department were frustrated, but acknowledged that bad press comes Drug use WASHINGTON (AP) Americans' use of illegal drugs leveled off last year after 13 straight years of declines, the Clinton administration said Wednesday. From a high of 24.3 million in 1979, the number of people who had used an illicit drug in the previous month dropped to a low of 1.4 million in 1992, then rose to' millioif last year. The increase was not considered statistically significant. "Many of these remaining drug users are chronic, hard-core users, whose addictions are clearly more severe and who are more difficult to reach and more resistant to change," said Donna Shalala, secretary of health and human services. The data is from the 1993 National Household Survey on Drug Abuse, run by Shalala's department.

The findings are based on answers given to government hired questioners in households nationwide, and the survey notes "possible underreporting of drug using behavior by respondents." More than three-quarters of the 11.7 million current users ingested marijuana 9 million with about 7 million of them using marijuana alone, the rest combining it with other drugs, the survey said. Another 12 million current users took cocaine, the survey found. Japan military TOKYO (AP) Japan's new Socialist leader declared the country's military to be constitutional today, renouncing his party's 40-year-old stand in an attempt to reassure uneasy allies. For four decades, the Socialists maintained that Japan's military was illegal under a provision in the postwar constitution that bars Japan from maintaining forces that provide the potential for war. That argument never made much headway.

Past governments, dominated by the conservative Liberal Democratic Party or former Liberal Democrats, argued that the constitution did not bar defensive force. So when Tomiichi Murayama took office June 29 as Japan's first Socialist prime minister in 46 years, many wondered how he would reconcile his party's position with longstanding national policy. His declaration today to Parliament seemed necessary to reassure voters and Japan's allies that his government does not plan radical changes in Tokyo's policies. Inmate incest WALLHLL, N.Y. (AP) A convicted killer has been charged with would take place.

"The only call we received was from a guest who was unhappy with the noise from a helicopter that was hovering overhead," Cooper said Wednesday. Cooper said the resort was coated with dust when winds shifted shortly after the implosion. Bobbi Katz, a spokeswoman at Bally's Hotel and Casino, across from the site, said Mirage officials had assured the hotel that guests would hear nothing more than a sound similar to loud thunder. She said many guests turned out to watch the event, but none complained of being awakened by the noise. The implosion was carried out by Controlled Demolition Inc.

of Phoenix, Md. The implosion marks the final chapter in the checkered history of the famed resort. The hotel opened May 23, 1955, on what was then the south end of the Las Vegas Strip. In 1975, St Louis attorney Morris Shenker took control of the property. Shenker was the lawyer for Teamsters boss Jimmy Hoffa and many alleged mob figures, bringing the Dunes under the close scrutiny of state gaming officials.

In 1985, the Dunes' parent company filed for bankruptcy. Two years later, Japanese industrialist Masao, Nangaku bought the tottering resort for $157 million. He sold the property five years later to Mirage Resorts for $75 million. The Dunes closed WJ Jan. 26, 1993.

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"There are no survivors." It was the worst crash in Panama sinee June-1992, when a plane from COPA airline crashed in mountainous Darien province, killing 47 passengers on board, most of them Colombians. CIA budget WASHINGTON (AP) The House approved today an estimated $28 billion to finance the clandestine and intelligence activities of the CIA and other federal agencies in 1995. The 410-16 vote to pass the Intelligence Authorization Act came after House members rejected, by a close margin, a proposal to declassify the total amount spent by the intelligence community. That figure has always been kept secret out of Cold War concern its disclosure would aid the Soviet Union or other American enemies, although the estimate of $28 billion has been widely reported and cited by members of Congress. The act finances intelligence activities of 11 federal agencies, including the CIA, FBI, Defense Intelligence Agency and National Security Agency.

Shortly before final passage of the bill, the House also approved by a voice vote amendments stating that members of Congress and the executive branch should not be shown classified information until they sign an oath of secrecy. police scared off the cougar with a shotgun. The goat had to be killed. The 2-year-old, Jesse Humphreys, was attacked Sunday as he camped with his parents in the Tonto National Forest about 60 miles east of Phoenix. Joey Day said he grabbed his son as the cat tried to drag off the mat where the boy was sleeping.

Jesse's only injuries were scratches and a gash in his ear that required 10 stitches. The mountain lion continued to stalk the family for 20 minutes before disappearing. "I thought he was going to be breakfast," said Jesse's mother, Suzi Humphreys. Rory Aikens of the Arizona Game and Fish Department said the boy was lucky to be alive. "Mountain lion attacks are rare," Aikens said.

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