4 Page 2-Tuesday, July21, 1981-The Michigan Daily Larry Layton to face trial in Jonestown case SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Larry Layton, once a true believer in Jim Jones and his Peoples Temple, goes on trial today in a murder conspiracy case which could shed new light on the mass killings and suicides which shocked the world in 1978.. With jury selection scheduled first in federal court, testimony is not expected to begin until mid-August. But the bizarre events in a Guyanese jungle, which claimed 913 lives and ended the reign of a maniacal cult leader, will be recalled from the start as Chief U.S. District Judge Robert Peckham and lawyers try to find an impartial jury. "WE'RE FINDING that the level of recognition in this case is very, very high," Tony Tamburello, Layton's private defense attorney, said. "It's as high as anything that's happened in the last 50 years. People are in- terested... Some of the interest is macabre, but most of it is just curiosity." The shootings of Rep. Leo Ryan, (D- Calif.), three newsmen and a Temple defector on a remote airstrip three years ago triggered the mass suicide- murder of 913 followers of Jones, a San Francisco preacher who moved his flock to Guyana to live communally in the jungle. JONES, WHO orchestrated the bizarre ritual, was found shot to death. Layton, the 35-year-old college graduate who gave up his wife to Jones and emigrated with him to Guyana, is the only survivor to stand trial in the WELCOME TO DASCOLA STYLISTS * 4 Barbers * No Waiting Liberty off State.. 668-9529 East U, at So. U.... 662-0354 Arborland........971-9975 Maple Village.....761-2733 United States on charges stemming from the jungle massacre and airport slayings of Rep. Leo Ryan, (D-Calif.), and four other people as they tried to leave the Jonestown settlement. Tamburello sees the recognition fac- tor as a roadblock to finding jurors with no preconceived opinions, and both he and his co-counsel, Chief U.S. Public Defender James Hewitt, said they per- ceive Layton's case as a David-and- Goliath battle with the U.S. gover- nment. SPECIFICALLY, they say they have been denied access to many State. Department records on the Jonestown settlement and the massacre. "The State Department will not give us this information because they say it's classified," Hewitt said. "They claim national security is involved. "We suspect a lot of CIA involvement in the Jonestown settlement but we can't prove it," he said. "We can't get enough evidence to put on that kind of a defense. It's very frustrating. We know something is there beneath the surface, but we can't prove it." SANFORD SVETCOV, the chief assistant U.S. attorney who is directing the prosecution, declines to discuss why documents are being withheld. "The defense is getting what they're entitled to," Svetcov said. "If it's material and appropriate for the defen- se to have it, the judge will release it." Svetcov declined to disclose the prosecution's strategy, and the defense attorneys said their course will not be certain until the government case is revealed. BUT TAMBURELLO and Hewitt in- dicate they will attack the gover- nment's handling of the Jonestown situation both before and after the massacre. "My whole feeling is the government wants to tiea neat little package around Larry Layton and present him as the one responsible," said Tamburello. "That's absurd. It's incredible." Today ..And they're off P ARAMOUNT MAY have traded the glory of Belmont Park for the staid bridal paths of Central Park, but the 20-year-old retired racehorse has proven he's still the tops. The usually docile chestnut gelding, for no ap- parent reason except the memories of past runs for the roses, took off on a weekend gallop through Manhattan's Upper West Side, leaving his rider and onlookers gasping. Margaret Pocock, who rented Paramount from the Claremont Riding Academy, said the horse was trotting and cantering on a Central Park bridle path Sunday when he suddenly began racing with another horse. At 90th Street and Central Park West, the.traffic lights star- ted to turn as Paramount raced for the intersection. "I sort of half slid and half fell to the ground," said Miss Pocock, who was "just a bit dazed, with maybe a bruised nose." Residents spotted Paramount galloping west across 90th Street and called police. Officer Peter Scalisi raced after the horse in his cruiser and caught up with him at 79th Street and Riverside Drive, where he had paused to graze. Scalisi, who said he loves to ride, mounted Paramount, subdued him and returned him to the stable. Paul Novograd, the stable owner, said he had no idea what made Paramount race to Riverside Drive. "Long ago the drive was the place for fashionable parading on horses," he said. "Maybe it was a genetic throwback." Games people play A T SIX HOURS, the Davis, Calif. event wasn't the longest Monopoly game i history. But with a black-square parking lot as the playing board, it might have been the biggest. At least Davis game store owner Derrick Bang thought so as six players rolled his home-made foot-square dice and shouted orders to other people serving as counters. Bang made houses and hotels of cardboard, stenciled 19-by-23 inch property cards, and supplied $15,000 in bills measuring 8-by-14 inches. "I enjoy doing things that are sort of unique and that can involve my customers," Bang explained. He said the set cost $200 to make. He charged each player $10. The winner, Elysa Zweig, 27, whose husband Bruce served as her counter. "We play it on a regular basis, and since we also dabble in real estate, this seemed like a good way to play the game," Mrs. Zweig said. Toda vs weather Mostly clear, with high temperatures in the mid-80s. Happenings .. . Films CFT-Modern Times, 4, 7,8:40 & 10:20 p.m., Michigan Theater. Miscellaneous Folk Dance Club-beginning teaching, 7 p.m., Union. Third International Keyboard Institute-Organ Week, call 764-2500. The Michigan Daily Vol. XCI, No. 44-S Tuesday, July 21, 1981 The Michigan Daily is edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan. Published daily Tuesday through Sunday mornings during the University year at 420 Maynard Street, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 48109. Subscription rates:$12 September through April t2 semesters): $13 by mail outside Ann Arbor. Summer session published Tuesday through Saturday mornings. Subscription rates: $6.50 in Ann Arbor: $7 by mail outside Ann Arbor. Second class postage paid at Ann Arbor, Michigan. 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