Daily News Record (Newspaper) - May 20, 1988, Harrisonburg, Virginia Sewer Woes New lines debated 19 Feathers Repeat 31 y Todays Weather 197 48 Pages May 4332702 Rain Likely 25 Cents Senate Weighs War Powers Act Reform Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON The War Powers a law that has been the focus of a fight between the White House and would be overhauled proposal introduced Thursday in the Our goal is to make the statute more said Senate Majority Leader Robert a sponsor of the reform about the existing Byrd if I were I would thumb my nose at this The War Powers Act has never really The law was enacted in over the veto of President who argued that it was an unconstitutional restriction on his That is the same position taken by all three subsequent The law requires a report from the presi dent when military personnel are sent to situations of imminent Under some those troops must be withdrawn after 60 days or 90 unless Congress specifically votes to authorize them to The new proposal would let the troops re main for an unspecified length of time unless Congress votes to remove It also creates a group of 18 senior congres leaders who would regularly meet with the president to discuss national securi ty Presidents have not consulted adequate with Congress prior to making decisions to involve the nation in a situation where hostilities are imminent or proba said arguing that the new 18 member group would change The congressional leadership group could trigger the war powers law by introducing a resolution to either authorize the troops to remain or to order them John Warner of ranking Republican on the Armed Services Commit said he believes the change is a good idea because the current law has never worked very Warner said he doesnt know whether President Reagan will back the It will be up to the administration to look at this and see if they can support said explaining that administration ap proval was not sought by the group of legislators who drafted the Byrd I would hope the administra tion wont veto He said action is likely later this year by George said that the War Powers Act is a good example of the limited ability of human beings to predict future It was written for the Vietnam said and has been difficult to apply to current situations of brief military Campbell Convicted Of Murder By CYNTHIA PRICE Staff Writer Leon Campbell of Main Harrisonburg was convicted Thursday in Rockingham Circuit Court of Campbell is one of two people charged in the death of John Can of Harrisonburg body was found July 19 on Court Canney died of head wounds in by Canney was taken to the Universi ty of Virginia Medical where he died the next The other Clifford of Market Har will undergo trial June Smith told police that Campbell had Lets find knock them in the head and get some Campbell told police he hit Canney in the back of the head with a 2by4 inch about three feet in I was carrying that two by four across the way at Calhouns right there where that wall is I keep seeing that at night time in my he told Campbell told Harrisonburg Detective McDorman that he has trouble remembering the night and that he has nightmares about He did tell I just wanted to tap him on the back of his head and knock him out so Charlie Clifford Smith could do his told police that Campbell hit Canney with the board as if he were swinging a baseball Conversations between police and the two youths resulted in differing But when McDorman con fronted Campbell with the evidence and asked Its a story you had to tell because we found out most of the isnt that true Campbell Campbell will not be sentenced un til June 30 after a background report is He faces a maximum penalty of life clashes or terrorist The most recent dispute over the War Powers Act involves Reagans Persian Gulf policy of 11 tankers and protecting them with Navy Navy vessels have also been authorized to aid neutral merchant vessels which seek Reagan has refused to invoke the even though there have been four separate clashes between the Navy and Con gress has debated trying to invoke the but has been unable to agree on whether that should be Last 115 legislators went to federal court and filed seeking an order See Page 2 Associated Press Teacher Grace Currin faces her class Wednesday in Joke teach ing Stalls Class By JAMES LITKE Associated Press Writer CHICAGO A whole class of whose teacher fail ed to make the grade must go to summer school before they can be says their one of four who tried unsuccessfully to fire the It is really a joke that the system allows this to said Dyanne principal of Spencer Elementary where Grace Currin Those children deserve a better a better educa Currin has not handed in a lesson plan all Dandridge Alexander and when you ask her about she says I left it at The noise level in the class is Kids are Children are rolling around on the They are throwing chairs across the One day I walked into her classroom and Did you see that chair fly across the room and she I told them not The citys schools are saddled with too many students and too lit tle and the result too often is the Chicago Tribune con cluded after a nation of a system that Secretary of Education William Bennett has called the worst in the In a lenient administra a powerful teachers union and a misguided state law have created an environment that protects in competent teachers and ignores the children the teachers are sup posed to the Tribune said Thursday in its weeklong series on the The newspaper found that of 139 teachers over the last five were so lacking in atten teaching ability or relationships with their students that their principals moved to fire 99 are still in the I am part of the but you cant expect miracles when you have low said who has taught for 30 There always will be discipline problems in that said Cur whose most recent assignment is at in an impoverished See Page 2 Lehder Guilty Of Smuggling Sentence Possible By RON WORD Associated Press Writer Carlos Lehder reputedly a leader of a violent Colombian drug cartel responsible for most of the cocaine imported to this was con Thursday of smuggling more than three tons of cocaine into the United The verdict capped a trial on a federal indictment charg ing him with taking over the island of Normans Cay in the Bahamas to smuggle cocaine into Florida and Georgia from 1978 to This is truly a major victory in the war on said At torney Robert the lead pro Authorities say is a key figure in the Medellin responsible for up to 80 percent of cocaine and Merkle said the case threatens the cartels I would say they are looking over their Merkle I think their days are But Edward said the means nothing at He accused the government of creating even convincing jurors their security was He promised an ap Drug Enforcement Administration spokesman Jack Hook called the operation the worlds largest drug trafficking By authorities say the French Connec tion drug ring smuggled in about 70 pounds of heroin from 1968 to The verdict was hailed by At torney General Edwin Meese who called it an excellent example international cooperation against a major drug Lehder could face up to 150 years in prison and in fines for his convictions on all 11 ranging Associated Press Carlos Lehder Rivas from possession of cocaine to run ning a continuing criminal enter His Jack Carlton of San was convicted of one conspir acy count and faces a maximum 15 year Asked if Lehder will spend the rest of his life behind Merkle I certainly hope That is going to be my When the verdicts were Lehder looked down then stared straight Two female jurors one sobbing into her as their seven days of aunt in the audience also cried and slumped down on the Following the the jury had to consider government motions seeking the forfeiture of millions of dollars of property in the including an airstrip and See Page 2 Associated Press Crash Relatives Relatives show their grief during a memorial service in Thursday for 27 people killed in a fiery bus crash last Anger and but no satis answers remain for the families and friends of the a priest said at Thursdays Story on Page White House Gives Bush Free Rein By DAVID ESPO AP Political Writer Vice President George Bush received an open invitation from the White House Thursday to ex press policy differences without fearing criticism in any way from President Michael Dukakis hit administration cutbacks in money for drug Dukakis Democratic Jesse campaigned on the West but spent most of the day in private who has the Republican presidential nomination locked also spent most of the day working But the political repercussions continued from his declaration on Wednesday that he would not negotiate with drug dealers an implied disagreement with administration talks with Manuel the Panamanian general facing drug charges in this The vice presidents comment dominated the daily press briefing at the White where spokesman Marlin Fitzwater said no offense was taken by the As we go through I would ex to see the vice president speaking out on a number of he I expect a number of them will be different than existing policies and we will we will not criticize them in At the same Fitzwater defended the ad ministrations approach to which White House Chief of Staff Howard Baker has likened to plea But the spokesman also gave these words of advice to White House reporters If you want to drive a wedge between the White House and the vice forget Bush received his pass from the White House as public opinion polls showed him losing ground to the Democratic a decline widely believed linked in part to controversies involving Noriega and embattled Attorney General Edwin Meese The vice who stressed his loyalty to Reagan during the competitive weeks of the primary has been receiving un solicited advice from Republican allies that he needs to establish his own identity with the See Page 2 Soviets Admit Heavy Losses By CAROL Associated Press Writer MOSCOW The Soviet Union lost up to soldiers in a government official said Thursday as the first contingent of Red Army troops was arriving home from the war with Moslem Eduard a political observer for the official Novosti press told reporters that a Western estimate of to Soviet deaths in the armys 8V4 years in Afghanistan was approximately It was the first time a Soviet of gave any estimate of Soviet losses in Soviet of have refused to specify the death toll or even the number of Soviet troops deployed In other developments Pakistans acting foreign minister implied his country will continue to help arm the anticommunist guer and Tass said Afghanistans Foreign Ministry complained to monitors that Pakistan was sending arms to the Afghan guer The withdrawal began as required under a peace accord signed April 14 in The first Soviets to leave Afghanistan crossed the border into Termez in Soviet Uzbekistan on Radio Moscow reported that the soldiers sent a message to President Reagan urging him to use Americas prestige and your per sonal authority on behalf of this humane goal that of bringing war in Afghanistan to an end and to en sure that no more bombs no people die and no more children become Foreign Ministry spokesman Gen nady Gerasimov said Thursday that Defense and Foreign ministry officials would meet with reporters next week to discuss Rosental was asked at a news con ference how many Soviet soldiers died in Afghanistan over the course of the Soviet military involvement in See Page 2 Dog in the Thurs May 19 ad should hove been 2 lor no 3 for 89C os Broadway Super Todays Index Bob Classified Jeane Local Obituaries Anna Catherine of Zada Elizabeth of Route Mount Details on Page 25
