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The Commercial Appeal KMPri HOWAPD 155th Year No 54 4 Sections Memphis Tennessee Wednesday Morning February 23 1994 FINAL 50 OA official wife face soy charges Administration orders damage study demands Russia take immediate action ft agency and Ames had been under investigation for two years according to a law enforcement official who spoke on condition of anonymity Ames 52 had been transferred out of counterintelli-i activities and his current S7000(Ka-vear ouera-tlons officer at the CIA's Coun- Mr determine the damage to national security Secretary of State Warren Christopher summoned Russian diplomat Vladimir Chkhikvlshl-vili for a formal protest The Russians were told in blunt terms to take specific steps including the voluntary withdrawals some Intelligence officers from the United States a senior administration official said Tuesday night Despite the White protests to Moscow the case luus-trats that even in the post-Cold War days friends and foes are trying to pry secrets from each other The CIA had suspected since 1985 that there was a spying for the Russians inside the intelligence officials said the case of Ames one of several branch chiefs responsible for trying to wnmask Soviet spies otherwise thwart Soviet efforts to spy on the United States the mid-1980s represented disaster for US intelligence Ames had access to US espionage operations CIA efforts to recruit agents in the Soviet Union and the attempts to ferret out spies It was not clear why the internal security failed to notice that the couple was living the high-rolling lifestyle outlined in court documents President Clinton filed a protest with the Russian government and ordered the National Security Council and the CIA to Aldrich Ames is led from federal court in Alexandria Va Tues- day after being charged with conspiracy to commit espionage By David Johnston TtM New York Times Newt Sarvtoa WASHINGTON A veteran CIA official was charged Tuesday with accepting more than SIS million for nearly a decade of spying for the Soviet KGB and its successor intelligence agency in Russia Prosecutors accused Aldrich Hazen Ames and his wife Maria del Rosario Casas Ames who once was a paid CIA Informer of compromising some of the most closely guarded secrets in intelligence including classified operations and the identities of operatives employed by the united States abroad Former and current counter 'f i A X--' vwf ii and in OUT OF THE DARKNESS talk with prosecutors valid judge rules By Bartholomew Sullivan The Commercial Appeal JONESBORO Ark A ruled Tuesday there was no conduct in efforts to obtain another statement from Jessie Lloyd Misskelley Jr before the murder trial of codefendants Charles Jason Baldwin and Damien Wayne Echols Circuit Judge David Burnett also ruled that Misskelley "may be permitted to testily if he chooses to do so" Baldwin 16 and Echols 19 went on trial here Tuesday charged with capital murder in the May 5 deaths of three West 18 was found guilty earlier this month in Corning and is serving a life sentence plus 40 years Jury selection was put on hold while lawyers for both sides ar- FCC tells cable firms to reduce prices 1 Local officials unsure of impact day 10 months after ordering 10 percent rate reduction backfired for some consumers who complained that their Sir A f-rr -trf if gued did i about what prosecutors ad Burnett appointed an attorney to talk to Misskelley Defense attorneys say that prosecutors told Misskelley's tether that they would try to get the sentence reduced to 40 years in exchange for his testimony That would mean Misskelley eventually would be eligible for parole Under his present sentence parole is not possible unless a governor grants clemency Burnett would have to approve any agreement about a reduced sentence for Misskelley Prosecutors declined comment on whether Misskelley will be called what he said over the weekend or whether they will continue to seek the death penalty for Echols and Baldwin Only 62 of the first 150 prospec- lease see BOYS Page AS a that bills went up The new rate cut is expected to take effect in mid-May Though the impact on any individual bill immediately known most consumers can expect to pay less for cable service each month because the reduction covers all channels except per-view and premium serv like HBO and Showtime the subscribers look at what they were buying in September of 1992 the vice will have gone down one-sixth" when tike new rates go into effect FCC Chairman Reed Hundt said in an interview Please see CABLE Page A9 INSIDE Sarajevo truce may spread in Bosnia A2 Health plan insures pooled small firms B1 BUSINESS 14-i BYGONE DAYS CS CLASSIFIED DS-14 COMICS cs-a CROSSWORD C4 DEATHS BS 495 LIVE! CS LOTTERIESBIRTHS AM MOVIES CS SCOREBOARD DS TELEVISION AS VIEWPOINT AIMS WEATHER: Mostly cloudy today Chance of morning rain High In upper 50s falling Into 40s by afternoon West wind 15 mph and gusty Partly cloudy tonight and Thursday Low in lower 30s High In lower 40s DetailsDI CopyrtgM 1M4 Th ConmraW AepMl 7iiu49377ii10040 0 temarcotics Center The couple appeared briefly before a federal magistrate in Alexandria Va Tuesday and seemed far removed from the flamboyant cloak-and-dagger world of spies Ames thin and graying was led into court in handcuffs wearing an open shirt and beltless trousers His 41-year-old wife a Colombian-born part-time student at Georgetown University folded her hands in her lap If convicted each would face a Please see SPIES Page A7 After 11 days of a chilly house worse yet no routine to gauge her young life Nichols Bryan 2 finally sleeps peacefully nestled in her bed after life returned to normal with electricity Mary Helen Lovett an tant manager at said the Bryans lived in an area that did not experience widespread outages so the area was pushed to- Please see FAMILY Page A10 he decided to leave it would be because of a career Buchanan the third director came to the museum in 1986 He had been executive director of the Lakeview Museum of Arts and Sciences in Peoria 111 from 1982 to 1986 Before that he was a program coordinator with the American Association of Museums in Washington and coordinator of museum development for the Tennessee State Museum in Please see ART Page A6 Photographs by Troy Glasgow Before the ice storm the fireplace might have seemed romantic to Rose Bryan but after placing another log on the fire on Day 5 of her power outage she recognizee the fireplace as heater stove and soot disperser -tr i v' 'v a FEMAgoesto Mississippi A14 kitchen switch Nichole 2 sprinted toward the TV Rose 27 said a prayer saw it lit up and I said Lord thank you thank you Since shortly after the Bryans lost power The Commercial Ap- peaThas kept track of how the family endured in their three-bedroom ranch-style home in the Bethel Grove community Their saga featured the same kinds of questions that thousands of others asked over the last 13 days Had they gotten through to Was their supply of firewood adequate? Was their early upbeat attitude turning into disdain? Yes barelv and not really but their good attitudemlght not have lasted much longer "We dealt with it OK but I learned that this was just a taste of what will happen when we get an earthquake said Rose Bryan Of deal sparks memories made for cherishing From Staff and Wk Report WASHINGTON For the ond time in less than a year the Federal Communication Commission is ordering cable companies to cut the prices they charge for programs and equipment The 7 percent reduction is expected to afreet 90 percent of cable television subscribers although Memphis-area cable officials said they know what the Impact will be in the city and surround-lng communities The FCC unanimously approved the new rate cut on Tues Tactics fail suspect on list By William Bayne The Commercial Appeal One of North America's most wanted bank robbery suspects was arrested in Southaven Tuesday after attempts to divert police served only to increase a citywide alert A suspect identified as Patrick Michael Mitchell 51 was arrested moments after he emerged from Deposit Guaranty National Bank at 1215 State Line Road Southaven Police Chief Tom Long said Mitchell was arrested after at least three bogus telephone threats were reported to ice including a threat to Southaven City Hall Mitchell has the dubious distinction of placement on the 10 Most Wanted list and the Top 15 list maintained by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in Canada Entering police headquarters Long said the suspect said Patrick Michael Mitchell You guys are looking for been named as a suspect in bank robberies from coast to Long said "He was on the Most Wanted television show Friday night" Friday ni en police Southaven officers had Please see BANK Page A6 By Laura Coleman Tha Commercial Appeal No more midnight telephone mils to No more fire-brewed tea No more camping out in the living room After 11 powerless days of effects of the ice Rose and Nichole Bryan pulled into their driveway late Monday night and to their utter delight saw that had left the lights on This South Memphis family had been driven out of the darkness and back into the world of getting a good sleep cooking on an electric stove and renting videos The thousands of customers without power in Shelby County had Just been reduced by one As of 11 pm Tuesday about 4000 customers remained without power When the Bryans saw the lights Richard 44 flipped the After 11 powerless days of weathering the effects of the ice storm Richard Rose and Ni- Dixon By Fredrlc Koeppel Tha Commercial Appeal The Portland Art Museum is expected today to offer its top Job to John Buchanan director of the Dixon Gallery and Gardens in Memphis according to an Oregon newspaper A story in The Oregonian this morning said Buchanan is the top candidate and the Portland museum's trustees meeting this morning will offer him the position of director According to tolaKe Oregon art post as she wiped fireplace soot from a coffee table imagine what these people who deal with this storm would do if we had an earthquake because the power would be out a lot longer than this" have made no offer nor extended a contract nor have I accepted or agreed to an offer or Buchanan said going to Portland would be "an unbelievable opportunity and the Portland Art Museum has a great future I would probably be excited to be part of Herbert Rhea chairman of the Dixon board acknowledged that Portland has pursued Buchanan been a marvelous 7 he said of his working relationship with Buchanan members of the museum staff and search committee "it is all but certain that Buchanan will the newspaper reported Contacted late Tuesday afternoon Buchanan said "This museum pursuing me They John Buchanan has been -k fV' dt.