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Wednesday, October 19, 1977Sabich test resultsw.yj• V # « • #« «*••••/.v.v.yv,',*,v .v.v v.%* r . | - » * » - - • • • I . «• « .could hurt memoryy.* -.v.\ .v.’.va*.-, v.VA*. .‘•v.v.wSw. 55*.y/.v«*/.'A.v . %v.ASPEN, Colo. (UPI) -eleasing the results of bloodVladimor P. Sabich, 62 a retiredpolicemanand urine tests on Vladimir wife, Frances, 62. Their at-l a I a * * .“Spider” Sabich, who was shotto death by his lover, Claudine Longet, might “blacken historneys went to court after the district attorney refused to release the records.memory,” a prosecutor says.Pitkin County court officials said Tuesday a decision may be made within 10 days whether to force District Attorney Frank Tucker to open his files on the Sabich slaying. District Court Judge J.E. DeVilbiss will issue the ruling in the case.Parents of the former worldTucker said he would notreveal the results of blood and urine tests run on Sabich because it might tend to “blacken his memory.”He also has refused to allowattorneys for the family to seehis notes recording impressionsof Miss Longet’s diary. The diary was found in Sabich’schampion skier, who was killed home after the shooting.in a 1976 shooting at his posh mountain home, asked that theinsistedshooting was an accident.files be released as evidence in “I would like to say again Ia $1.3 million lawsuit against Miss Longet.The former Las Vegas showgirl and ex-wife of entertainer Andy Williams served 30 days in jail earlier this year after being convicted of negligent homicide in Sabich’s death. She and Sabich had livedtogether for two years at his home prior to the shooting.The 32-year-old Sabich was shot once in the abdomen. MissLonget said the gun discharged accidentally when Sabich was trying to show her how to use it. A ballistics expert testified the weapon’s safety catch was defective.Tucker, who prosecuted the case, has refused to let attorneys for the couple see theevidence — including blood and urine tests run on both Sabichand Miss Longet.He said interviews takenduring the investigation cannot be released because manv ofthose questioned were guaranteed confidentiality.Barry Bryant, an assistant to Tucker, said some ofthe interviews and records, including the results of blood and urinesamples, could be considered“pretty slanderous.”The lawsuit was filed byLittle blueprisonersreprievedSAN DIEGO(UPI)—A last-minute reprieve saved 10 little blue prisoners of the federal government from execution.The prisoners were Tahiti blue lories — five pairs of mates — seized by Los Angeles customs agents who captured bird smugglers who were trying to bring the lories into the country illegally.Federal law provides that contraband birds be put to death.But the U.S. Attorney’s office intervened at the request of wildlife authorities, who saidthe Lories are an endangeredam not guilty and should nothave been sentenced to 30 davsin jail or one day,” Miss Longetsaid after her release from jailin May. “It was a very difficultexperience, but I tried to makeit as positive as possible.”MINI-SMOKEY may loo in highway chases. An miniature patrol car thr in Des Moines. Powerei vehicle is equipped with radio.Lance opens convewith well-acceptedHOUSTON (UPI)nametag read simply Bert Lance, Atlanta, Ga., but there was nothng unassuming about the way he strode to the microphone and addressed hisaudience.“Only people from the privatsector ... being willing to tak whatever abuse may be ir volved... will allow us from noion to make sure that the thrusAmericansociation convention mightof government is turned towar making government the servar of its people instead of th master.”have been cool, even though its leadership reinvited Lanceafter his Sept. 21 resignation as federal budget director underAt a subsequent crispl; handled news conferencefire for past banking practices.takingLance told reporters he did no apologize to the bankers be cause “I don’t think I’ve hurhands Tuesday, the much-investigated Lance opened with a joke about the lady who poked and pinched a chicken beyondtheir collective reputations. He said he had talked tPresident Carter “from time trecognition before telling thetime ... about a lot of things’ since his departure. He decline*grocer she wo The pointedthe grocer — “Lady, I really'Reverence'thatof test yourself” — brought the desired laughter and applause. And Lance, who later crisplyin useof hedenied to reporters the joke was a “poke” at fellow bankers, moved smoothly on to praise his audience, which responded three times with reservedCORVALLIS, Ore. (UPI) Hallucinogens need to be “us( with reverence,” the discover LSD told an audience lt;pharmacy students Tuesda;Albert Hofmann, now retireiapplausethe agenda.“I am proud of you and I’m proud of the business you represent. There is absolutely no reason for you to beapologetic.”The closest thing to an expression of regret for any embarrassment he might have caused the banking industry was a listing of things Lance “did not go to Washington toemphasized that LSD was m discovered by accident; that is by the far the most active an most specific hallucinogen; th* its extremely high potency i not just a curiosity, and that it i of great scientific interest.However, he said, “I’m ver concerned about the use of LSfor fun.“LSD is about 5,000 to 10,(M times more active than me;do.”“Ispecies.did not go to create problems for you and the business I have been so much acaline, which produces qualitatively nearly the same symptoms,” and which was known long before LSD, he told a seminar at Oregon State University.
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