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Friday. January 30. 1976

KENTUCKY

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On her toes

Kernel photographer Alan Jett caught this ballerina on her toes during a lecture
demonstration last night in Memorial Hall. The program was presented by the
Lexington Ballet Company and lecturer Constance Phelps.

Taylor trial

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University of Kentucky
Lexington. Kentucky

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Council reapproves
'Pettit' parking plan

By DAN (‘RUTCHER
Kernel Staff Writer

The Urban County Council meeting last
night, billed as a public hearing on the
civic center parking plan, began with a
chant from some of the more than 250
spectator~protestorsz ”We shall not, we
shall not be moved. Like a tree standing
by the water, we shall not be moved." It
promised to be a bizarre meeting.

For the spectators at least, the outcome
of the meeting was more grotesque than
bizarre, as the Council voted 9-6 to turn
down for the third time a proposal by
Councilwoman Pam Miller to build a
parking garage, which would not involve
the abolishment of additional houses. The
vote left intact the previously adopted
parking plan, known as the "Pettit plan,"
reffering to Mayor Foster Pettit.

The Pettit plan allows for approximately
2,000 parking spaces on a surface lot within
the block brunded by Broadway, Merino,
High and Maxwell Streets. It involves
demolishing a total of about 130 homes and

,displacing at least that many families.

The vote came after three hours of
questions directed at Lexington Center
Corporation (LCC) officials by council
members and spectators. There were also
three alternative parking proposals
presented, though none of them came up
for camcil consideration.

Though the three alternative plans were
received‘enthusiastically by the audience,
it appears unlikely, considering the sub-
sequent council vote rejecting the Miller
plan, that any of them stand much chance
of getting beyond the proposal stage.

In answering spectators and council
members’ questions, Tom Minter, LCC
executive director, said the hotel
developers feel LCC is legally bound to

A flamboyant defense lawyer, frequent laughter

and a complex

By JOHN WINN MILLER

Assistant Managing Editor
(Editor‘s note: John Winn Miller has been
covering the Luron Taylor kidnap-murder
case since m id-tlctober. He attended every
day of the trial. The following article
reflects his impressions).

With the reading of the verdict, one of
Lexington‘s most publicized trials was
over.

Investigations preceding the trial had all
the ingredients of a well-written mystery
thriller. There was the celebrity witness,
the missing body, the hint of a large
quantity of drugs, an all-out investigation
by police, the possibility of a football
scandal and an innocent man arrested for
the crime.

The alledged kidnaping and murder of a
black man named Luron Eugene Taylor
had also brought a special investigative
team from Sports Illustrated, the Courier-
Joumal sports editor, Washington Star
and Louisville Times reporters and a
Newsweek columnist to Lexington.

case created a surreal atmosphere

The trial promised to be no less
dramatic than all the accounts and
speculation in the press concerning the
investigation. Although it was dramatic,
the courtroom suspense resulted more
from what was not said than the actual
events.

With his opening statement on January
19 defense attorney Henry Hughes set the
tone for his case. Clad in a weltworn suit
and cowboy boots, the bearded Hughes
joked with the jury about how he felt like
Custer because of how many witnesses the
prosecution was calling.

analysis

 

 

“If the prosecution has as much
evidence as they claim to have, my clients
don’t need me; they need Perry/Mason,”
Hughes said with a slight. country twang

But unlike Perry Mason, Hughes did not
challenge most evidence presented by the
prosecution. “We agree with 90 per cent of

the prosecution's evidence." Hughes said
in his opening statement. “But. we don’t
agree that my clients kidnaped Luron
Taylor.

Most of the prosecution’s witnesses were
greeted by Hughes with a loud “no
questions". And whenever the opposing
attorneys would introduce one of their
more than 40 exhibits, Hughes would raise
his hands and say “no objections” in a
tone of voice that suggested “Why should I
object?”.

When Hughes did cross-examine a
witness, his questiors were usually short
and polite. Unlike television lawyers,
most attorneys like Hughes follow a rule of
thumb that you don’t cross-examine
hostile witnesses, according to a bcal
attorney.

But, occasionally Hughes would ask an
apparently mystifying question. The
question remained a mystery until his
closing argument, which enthralled the
packed courtroan.

Continued on page 5

' Singletary said

provide 2,000 parking spaces to be located
on South Hill, rather than the 950 spaces
specifically mentioned in LCC’s contract
with the developers.

LCC attorney James Shuf fet said if it
came to a legal battle over that point, LCC

would probably win the 'a wsuit, but
would lose the war" if the hotel were not
built, because of the loss in éivic center
revenues. Hotel developers have made
it known that adoption of any plan other
than the Pettit plan would. ' jeopardize the
building of the hotel.

The vote to reject the Miller plan
followed the same pattern established at
the Jan. 6 council meeting, when five of
the six new council members voted with
Miller. Voting for the Miller plan were
Miller, Bill Bingham, Mary Mangione,
Darrel Jackson, Eleanor Leonard and
William Lyons.

After the vote on the Miller proposal, the
council passed a resolution by Mangione to
“support the creation of at least 200 low-
income dwelling um‘ts to be completed
prior to the end of the rent supplement in
the relocation plan.” The relocation plan
'refers to Pettit‘s proposal for $500,000 in
relocation money to be included in the cost
of the parking plan. Rent supplements
would be paid for two years.

The three alternative parking pram;
which were not voted upon by the council
were:

--A plan presented by architect Lynn
Cravens, which entails developing 1,400
parking spaces in the warehouse area west
of the center using the old L&N railroad
depot for retail shops. The devlopment
would be done privately and. along with
950 parking spaces on South Hill

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lJK budget cut;
not significant,

By (iINNY EDWARDS
Managing Editor
' FRANKFURT—UK President Dr.
Otis A. Singletary said yesterday that
the cut Gov. Julian Carroll made in the
University’s budget request for the 1976-
78 biennium ‘is not too significant.”

Carroll trimmed approximately 45
per cent off the Council on Public
Higher Education’s (CPHE) recom-
mended increase for UK. According to
a spokesman with the Kentucky
Department of Finance, the ap-
proximate 45 per cent reduction is
figured by computing the difference
between the I974-76 operating budget
and the CPHE’s recommendation for
the 1976-78 biennium and then deter-
mining the amount of this figure the
govemcr proposed to cut.

,“The money that the governor has
recommended to cut weill make it
possibb to centinue most programs and
to expand and improve other
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The Lexington Center will alter
more things in Lexington than the
location of UK basketball games.
Its construction already has
started to change the way
Lexington views itself wonce just a
big little town, now people have
begun thinking of Lexington as a
convention city.

Merchants ail over town are
gearing up for those conventions
and sellers of alcohol are hardly an
exception.

In fact, 14 local bar operators
have banded together to request an
extension of their business hours
until 2 a.m. Bars now mustclose at
l a.m. by city ordinance.

Already planning behind the
Lexington Center has been proved

 

Lexington becomes
a convention city

inadequate by its present parking
problems. Perhaps the developers
are also shirking their duties by not
fully providing citizens with in-
formation about other aspects of
the center’s impact —like possible
extended bar hours.

 

 

 

 

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Women

Editor:

l admiretthe Kentucky Kernel for the
wide and efficient coverage of men’s
athletics. A single issue has several
articles on men‘s basketball and
wrestling teams. Butone area in which
the newspaper lacks coverage on is
women’s sports.

Jan. 24, the Lady Kats Basketball and
Field and Track teams are entered into
tournaments. No articles have ap-
peared concerning these events.

Women athletics could use the sup-
port of the Kentucky Kernel. The school
newspaper should cover all sports
because both women and men spend
much time and practice as participants
of intercollegiate sports.

Karen Brashear
Home economics sophomore

Co-ed

Editor:

i realize that the co-educational
dorms were a maior breakthrough for
the liv ing conditions on campus. But the
time has come for still another change.

The visitation schedule for the coed
dorm is no different than the schedules
for the other dorms, except that
visitation betWeen residents happens to
be coed. At any rate, this year's ex-

dorm has been successful and this!
result can lead the way to the extension
of the present visitation hours.

As it now stands, there are no
visitation hours during the week. My
question is: If students of the opposite
‘sex can live under the same roof, why
can’t they visit non-residents of the
cpptsite sex during the week, as well as
on weekends, and visa versa? .

i realize the need for security in-
volved, but I also think that a sign-in

 

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periment with the sophomore co-ed,

 

system of scheduled hours during the
week, as it is on weekends, would help
to alleviate that problem.

Atcollege age, weare adult enough to
know right from wrong and surely old
enough to be trusted. Granted that
there are some who do not live up to
these qualities, but there are adequate
penalties for these reasons.

This question has been raised to the
administration, but only concerning the
med dorm. I feel all the dorms should
be included as well. As of yet, no results
have been disclosed. Hopefully, the
administration will be open-minded
when evaluating our request.

Joy Eagle
Accounting sophomore

Elevators

Editor:

On numerous occasions this year i
have entered the Patterson Office
Tower and tried to ride the elevators.
For some reason or other the tolerance
of the elevators for crowds is poor.
They jump, refuse to close and show
what can only be called situational
stress to loads.

Though an alternative to riding is
walking, this gets tiresome beyond a
few floors. The effect on the occupants
of the elevators can be iudged in the
way they hold their breath and Sweat.
This factor possibly creates anxiety in V
professors also. If nothing can be done
about the mechanical aspects, at least a
sign ought to be posted about “thinking
positively.” if this doesn't help the
elevators, at least it may reduce the
anxiety of the riders.

Robert G. Barclay
Engineering freshman

 

 

23 singled-out for student code violations

”23 disciplined for student code
violations,” proclaimed the banner
headline in Wednesday‘s Kernel. But a
more apt description of the University’s
action against these offenders might be:
”23 singled-out for student code

violations.”
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dick
.downey

 

'As to the identity of these culprits —
perhaps ”scapegoats” might be a better
term —ail thatis known is thatlb are on
football team. The other seven
presumably are connected to the first 16 in
some form or fashion. The University is to
be commended for not releasing any
names «~23 lives already have been
disrupted by the internal investigation,
which lasbd for two months and its in-
terviews.

Dean of Students Joe Burch certainly
put a lot of time into the probe. But for
what? The astounding revelation that 23
UKsl'udents consume or deal in marliuana

oramphetamines? Well if you never heard
ofeither drug the revelation would be hard
to believe.

As a result of finding these 23 pseudo-
criminals, the University has meted out
three undated suspensions, a level of
punishment just below suspension; nine
disciplinary probations, a level of punish-
ment just below undated suspension; and
it official letters of warning, a level of
punishment below probation. In looking at
Burch’s track record here, one wonders
why there was such an uproar. When the
importance given the investigation is
weighed against its results, the scales tip
heavily toward the former.

One also wonders to what end and by
what motivation the University of Ken-
tucky sought to puta smoke-filled spotlight
on such a narrow segment of the campus
population (i.e. the members of the
football team). It w0uld not make any
more sense to concentrate the same in-
vestigation on the fraternities and
sororities. Or what about the residents of
Haggin Hall or the Towers?

The point is that students who smoke
now out across all socio-academic lines.

Since it's not an isolated phenomenon, the

football players shouldn't have been
singled-out .for the treatment they
received. The reason they were singled-cut

 

lies somewhere in the need for University
public relations to maintain a cleaned-
house image in the athletic program. Such
a motivation could explain why the highly
publicized, time-consuming probe resulted
in such innocuous results. Sure, there were
a lot of rumors flying around after the
Luron Eugene Taylor kidnap-murder, but
to what extent this investigation actually
dispelled any rumors and at what cost
remains unknown. '
President Otis A. Singletary seems
relieved at the finding that 90 per cent of
the football team were not linked to drug
use in any wayand thatdrug abuse among
the guys is not "disproportionate to that of
the general student population." Drug
abuse, in Singletary's definition,
presumably means using less than hard
drugs, since he reported that no hard drug
use was found among football players.
ldon’tknwv for sure, but the university l
attend —which isn't at all different from
Stab U Anywhere —certainly has more
than to per cent pot-smokers. Let‘s be at
least realistic, Dr. Singletary. CBS news
reported Monday night that at least 43 per
cent of the people in the United States
favor marijuana decrlminalizafion now.
And you tell us thatbf the 43 per cent on a
college campus who advocate a change of
the laws, only a fraction are

"drug .

abusers.” Bob Gable’s truth bell would
clang loud and long over that one, Doctor.

And finally, Singletary made the
following recommendations to the athletic
director as a result of the investigation:

—review any needs for strengthening
the drug education program in athletics.
But why single out athletics. Or, put
conversely, why not single out the football
team instead of athletics as a whole.
Besides all that, drug education can be
effective atthe high-school level. But these
days most people know abOut that stuff
when they get to college -or else they
basically leave it alone.

—work with the coaching staff to devise
a plan for better supervision of student
athletes. Again, this solution is
meaningless. Does this mean that athletes
now will be followed by investigators. Does
this mean the private lives of athletes now
will be controlled by the athletic depart-
ment. Obviously not. This is the only type
of ”supervision" that would put the lid on
pot-smoking among those who want to
smoke pot.

William Shakespeare once wrote a play
about all this brouhaha. it was a comedy
called "Much Ado about Nothing.”

 

Dick Downey is "a UK law student whose
column appears weekly in the .Kernel.

 

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Opinions from inside and outside the University.

 

 

 

 

Synthetic chemicals interfere withlife

Therefore, they imply, we should forget
abwt cancer and let death come when
it will.

Cancer is almost entirely a man-
made disease, caused by man’s con.

 

By Wayne Davis

Life is a series of thousands of
biochemical reactions going on
simultaneously within a cell. it is a
remarkable phenomenon, pushing
continuously against the laws of
thermodynamics and carrying on such
remarkable activities as moving
materials against a diffusion gradient.
In addition to its routine activities, a
cell mustbe internally programmed, or
respond to external cues, to know when
to divide and when to stop, so that your
nose. for example, grows so far and no
further.

in its three-billion year history, life
has often encountered the various
elements and natural compOunds found
on the surface of earth. Evolution
selected for those life forms that func-
tioned well in their environment and
against those whose processes were so
disrupbd by natural taxins as to
produce birth defects, mutations and
cancer. ,

Today man is producing thousands of
synthetic chemicals and industrial
production of several hundred new ones
starts each year. Since life has never
before encwntered these substances.
we should expect many of them to in-
brfere with normal metabolism to
produce birth defects, mutations and
cancer. Pesticides, for example,
substances designed to interfere with

 

life processes, are most likely to be
carcinogenic.

Growth stimulating hormones, either
nabral or artificial, are likely car-
cinogens; iustaboutany molecule built
upon a steroid skeleton should be
suspect. Whereas the body's feedback
mechanisms to control natural growth
are attuned to the normal production of
hormones, one should not expect them
to handle extraneous doses such as the
massive slug of DES in the morning
after abortion pills.

Anyone with the most rudimentary
knowledge of fundamental biology
should be aware of these facts and

'recognize their significance. Un-

fortunately, the writers of a Jan. 20
Spectrum article ("Cancer causes
come as no surprise,” Kernel) ap-
parently lack such knowledge. They (a
lawyer and a sociologist, both assistant
professors of psychiatry at the medical
scth at Pitt) also apparently know
nothing about cancer, the subiect of
their article, and have paraded forth a
verbiage of nonsense that is a disser-
vice to their readers.

The theme of Meisel and Lidz seems
to be tha twe are all going to die anyway
so why try toavoid cancer. The cause of
deaf: is life, they say. and everything
—at least metaphorically ——causes
cancer. All things that cause cancer are
part of everyday 'life and everyone
knows that good things are bad for us.

tamination of his biological en.
vironment with carcenogenic sub-
stances (Cancer, Res., Oct, 2974, p.
2,425; Science Jan. 23, 1976, p. 268). Of
course, a few carcinogens are natural
substances such as asbestos and ar-
senic. A few others are produced by
plants in their continuous evolutionary
battle with the animals whicheatthem.

Thus afla toxin is produced by a mold
on peanut. Butaccording to Consumer
Union, a reasonable quality control
program would keep, this powerful
carcinogen out of your peanut butter.
Nor would it be difficult to cut down the
amount of asbestos or arsenic received
by people in high exposure areas.

Large numbers in my generation and
many more of today's students will die
of cancer. i agree there is no way to live
a normal life today without substantial
risk of cancer. Eating so-called natural
foods and following related behavior
pattr rns would likely have negligible
«ffect. We all carry body burdens of
man-made carcinogens which are
simply found everywhere. For
example, dleldrln and hepfachlor
epOxide, among the most stable and
most powerful cancer agents known.
got into the food chain following spray

programs duringthe 1950’s when many
millions of acres of the eastern US.
were covered by airplane. The USDA
used your tax dollars to poison your
land for the financial benefit of the
chemical companies and other death
dealing businesses. Neither this nor any
of the other major cancer problems
could pass under the guise of "good
things are bad for us," unless Meisel
and Lidz consider cigarette smoking a
good thing.

I think most people w0uld rather die
of stroke at age 75 than from cancer at
age 55. Death from cancer is often most
unpleasant, sometimes prolonged and
very painful. The attitude of Meisel and
Lidz suggests they have never been in a
cancer ward nor had a friend die of the
disease. lMth their philosophy of "going
to die anyway” they might better
choose suicide over cancer.

Although there is little the individual
can do (except refrain from smoking)
to avoid cancer, much can be done to
reverse the trend for the next
generation. Congress could pass the
Toxic Substances Control Act which has
been killed in every recent session by
strong industial lobbying efforts. The
act would require that new chemicals
be tested for health effects before being
released on the public.

 

Dr. Wayne H. Davis is a biology
professor.

 

 

 

 

 

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1 news briefs
Ford wins‘house battle
in CIA secrecy decision

WASHINGTON (AP) —In a precedent-setting victory for
President Ford, the house blocked its intelligence committee Jan.
29 from publicly disclosing secres without the President’s ap
proval.

The directive was approved 246-124, over objections of the
committee majority. The majority objected to giving the President
and the inteuigence agencies the power to censor the committee’s
final report to the house. .

Supporters of the move. to block the secret disclosure, led by the
intelligence committee’s ranking Republican, Rep. Robert Mc-
Clory of Illinois, said public disclosure would violate an agreement
with President Ford.

“What agency do you think will provide us information if it thinks
we cannot be trusted?” McClory said. “And that’s the issue before
us today: whether we in the house can be trusted.”

But the committee’s majority, including Chairman Otis G. Pike
(D-N.Y.), said there was no agreement with Ford to keep secret
information out of the committee’s final report to the House.

U.S., Mexico begin campaign
to control narcotics smuggling

 

 

 

MEXICO CITY. Mexico (AP) —Mexico has agreed to cooperate
with the US. to crack down on growers of marijuana and poppies,
the source of opium. .

The campaign is the result of an informal agreement between
President Gerald Ford and President Luis Echeverria of Mexico
reached a few weeks ago.

It calls for parallel efforts by drug enforcement authorities
along both sides of the 2,000-mile border to smash narcotics
smuggling from Mexico to the US. as well as the destruction of
growing centers.

Drug enforcement officers estimate that 90 per cent of the heroin
and a large chunk of the marijuana smuggled into the US is of
Mexican origin. Heroin is a narcotic manufactured from opium
poppy seeds, which is grOWn illegally in large quantities in this
country.

Simants sentenced to death ‘

NORTH PLAT'I‘E. Neb. (AP) —Erwin Charles Simants, con-
victed earlier this month in the shooting deaths of six members of a
Sutherland family, was sentenced Jan. 29 to die in the electric
chair.

Lincoln County District Court Judge Hugh Stuart ordered
Simants to be executed at 11 am, April 21, at the Nebraska Penal
Complex in Lincoln.

The Simants case drew national attention when a judge imposed
a pro-trial gag order, fueling an ongoing controversy over free
press and fair trial rights.

The news media was prohibited from reporting severalaspects of
the case. including a confession, until after a jury was seated.

Simants showed no visible emotion as the death sentence was
pronounced.

 

 

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IliICFIzNSI'I ATTORI‘IY HENRY ll:'(i.lll'2
Prosecuting attorneys
present methodical case

Pl PHI
ACTIVES

THEIR NEW
lNlTlATES!

(‘ontinued from page 1.

Opposing the flamboyant
Hughes were Pat Molloy,
Commonwealh‘s attorney and
Larry Roberts, as‘sistant
Commonwealth‘s attorney.
Wearing conservative suits, the
co—prosecutors took turns
questioning witnesses.

The red-headed Molloy was
usually the more aggressive of
the two. Speak'ng‘ in distinct
tones, he occasionally appeared
to lose his temper w hena witness
gave ambiguous testimony
Molloy s ruddy complexion would
darken a shade as he lowered his
voice and rephrased his question
for a reticent witness.

Speaking in a soft but clear
voice Roberts methodically laid
the ground work for the
prosecution 5 case.

In threedays, Jan 20toJan. 22,
the prosecution called over 40
witnesses The defense called
only nine witnesses all in one
afternoon.

Throughout the testimony
there seemed to be an almost
surreal atmosphere about the
trial. No one seemed to take it
seriously.

The three defendants, Elmore
Stephens, John Bishop and
Robert Channels, appeared calm
throughout the trial. During
recesses they wo uli stand around
in the hallway andjokewith their
families and each other. The
family of the deceased Taylor
mingled in thesame hallway and
showed an equal lackof remorse.

From one of the bathrooms
came the pungent smell of
marijuana.

Inside the courtroom. wit-
nesses frequently evoked
la ughter' from the audience. Mrs.
Alfred Collins, Sonny's mother,
produced several g'ggles as she
kept calling John Bishop by his
cousin's name, Darryl. Even
Bishop could not refrain from
laughing while in the witness
stand.

But Roberts put a chilling halt
to Bishop‘s laughter when he
said ‘Keep laughing Mr.
Bishop," and looked at the jury.

Although most of the
prosecution‘s witnesses testified
on minor points such as the
defendants movements two days
before the Oct. ll kidnaping of
Taylor, two witnesses, Darlene
Taylor and Mike Marler, were
crucial to the case.

Taylor’s widow, Darlene, took
the stand and dramatically
pained out Stephens and Bishop
as Mo of her husband’s four
abductors. Us‘ng a diagram of
her qugx drawn b
Roberts, Mrs. Taybrgrafliicay
described how four men grabbed

her husband and forced him into
the trunk of a car.

She was cakn and p'ecise in
her testimony until she was asked
to describe herhusbands clothes.
When she mentioned his tennis
shoes. she brokedown and cried.
After a short recess Mrs. Taylor
returned to the stand and cooly
continued her testimony. Her
testimony was the only outburst
ofemotion during thee ntire trial.

Under cross-examination from
Hughes, Mrs. Taylor admitted
that she had also identified three
other men as her husband's
abductors. ()ne of them. Noble
Leroy Butler of Louisville, was
arrested but later released when
his alibi was confirmed.

Mrs. Taylor also told Hughes
that on the night of the abduct1on
Stephens was definately wearing
the same flowery shirt that the
prosecution had entered as
evidence.

Four other witnesses took the
stand but presented conflicting
testimony about the kidnaping.
Some said they saw two men
others said three. Some wit-
nesses described the abductors‘
caras beingdarkandlarge. Mrs.
Taylor said it looked like a yellow
Mustang. However, only Mrs.
Taylor was able to provide a
positive identification of the
kidnapers.

But a surprise witness ap-
peared to bolster Mrs. Taylor’s
testimony A nervous and sc-
ared Mike Marler said he saw
Stephens and one other man
kidnap Taylor. Marler. who
didn't come forward with his
knowledge until the day before he
testified, said he didn‘t tell the
police about Stephens because he
was scared. “Ididn't want to get
involved," he sail.

But the tension surrounding
Marler’s surprise testimony did
not compare with the hushed
excitement in the courtroom
when Srinny Collins was called to
the witness stand. The long-
awaited-and-much—talkedabout
appearance of Collins lasted
only l0 minutes.

Collins, wearing worn-out blue
jeans and a light blue tie-dyed
shirt, barely spoke above a
whisper He told the jury that the
three defendants came by his
dorm room around 1:50 a. 111.
Sunday, Oct 12 and stayed for 20
to 25 minutes. Bishop had on
Collins' jacket, Collins said. The
jacket had bloodon it bit a police
micro- -analyst coukl not ithntify
the blood type.

Throughout his testimony,
Collins seemed hardly able to
breathe. His bare chest heaved
as if gasping for breath. 0c-
casrona

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