European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 27, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse April 1977 the stars and stripes Page 7 Bell rejects Fri pleas to halt proposes guidelines1 Washington up attorney Gen eral Griffin Bell monday rejected Fri pleas that he halt prosecution of an agent charged with making illegal investigations but proposed to set up Tai proof guide lines for the Bell met for three hours with Fri director Clarence Kelley and two successive groups of Fri agents who contended that a Justice department investigation of the Fri has damaged Fri it was fairly obvious if we drop the investigation morale would go Bell told reporters after the that was the unspoken asked if he had reconsidered the prose cution of former Fri agent John Kearney in new Bell said he had in a news briefing after each 90mlnute Bell said they did not discuss the Case against a former Fri super visor indicted for illegal wiretaps and mail openings from August 1970 until june to ask Bell they discussed ways to improve Fri Bell said he asked both groups to advise How the Fri has con ducted investigations so be can ask con Gress to enact a charter spelling out proper investigative i want to be Able to set up a fail proof Bell asked about the indicted Bell they brought his name they seemed to think highly of Silhouette of a Rescue a woman grasps the shoulders of a fire the woman was among 39 per Man As she is rescued from a stranded sons stranded for several hours when a Gondola Cabin on a sky ride at Kings mechanical problem halted the lot foot Island amusement Park in Kings High press experts ask sugary snack ban lion to know whether the alleged illegal wiretaps and mail openings charged to Kearney were simply a matter of following orders from Kearney was accused of directing illegal wiretaps and mail openings in a search for weathermen fugitives charged with bomb asked if he is reconsidering the Kearney Bell told i am asked if the meeting caused him to change his mind on he it didst change my after Kearney became the first Fri agent in history to be indicted for an offi decayed Afeefh give protest a bite Washington up in a petition endorsed by health professionals and accompanied by a bag full of decayed a consumer group tuesday asked the government to ban sugary snack food to commercials aimed at the Center for science in the Public in Terest also asked the Federal Trade com Mission to require ads for other foods to disclose their sugar Content and to include a health warning for those foods normally eaten with a meal which contain More than 10 per cent it was the second similar request lodged with the Etc in recent the Boston based action on childrens television recently filed a petition seeking a crackdown on Candy ads aimed at sugary food especially when eaten Between have been shown to be a major cause of tooth yet Candy soft cakes and and sugary snacks Are the most heavily advertised products on childrens television pro the petition said by the age of americans average 14 missing or filled Teeth per the group asked for a total ban on advertising of sugar filled snacks on pro Grams aimed at attached to the petition was a plastic bag with 170 decayed contributed by dentists and others who signed the Many of the Teeth were the petition was signed by nine dental school Deans and a medical school Dean in addition to More than health professionals in hospitals and elsewhere to whom the petition was circulated during the past six both the american medical association and the american dental association backed the Deans signing the document were Don Allen of the University of Florida Hudson medical College of geor school of dentistry Stanley Hazen of the Southern Illinois University school of dental Medicine Merwin Landay of the school of univer sity of Louisville William Brown of the College of University of Oklahoma Louis Terkla of the univer sity of health services school of dentistry Sheldon Rovin of the University of school of dentistry Harald Loe of the University of school of dental medi Cine Errol school of University of Maryland and Marion Dean of the Howard University school of extradition of Banks ordered n Appeal of the which he said was to the state supreme a a state appeals court ordered Edmund Brown to extradite american Indian movement Leader Dennis Banks to South Dakota on a warrant stemming from a Rio assault the 3rd District court of appeals issued its ruling a week after a hearing at which attorneys for California and South Dakota argued Over South Dakotas bid for Banks Browns Legal affairs an Thony said he would strongly urge an Banks fled to California after his Cor c Tion on riot and assault with a deadly weapon charges stemming from a 1973 riot at a Cutler the governors office fought South Dakotas request for the governors office argued it was Stu dying allegations that Banks life would be in potential danger if he returned to South Cal an estimated 300 Fri agents pro tested with a mass demonstration in new Kelley said later Kearney was indicted for actions taken in Good Faith under Stan Dards of a past Kelley announced last week that he was seeking a meeting to ask that Bell recon Sider the Fri cases in Light of a decision last year not to prosecute Cia agents for past but Bell said the Cia matter was mentioned Only and during the Dis Cussion on morale he asked for candid advice about the Bis past and present practices so he would shape a better Brown cools on penalties for info leaks Washington up defense Secre tary Harold Browns initial support for criminal penalties for persons leaking intelligence secrets apparently has been modified in the face of opposition by presi Dent Carter and vice president Walter according to recently released testimony before the Senate armed services com Brown backed criminal penalties favored by the Cia for disclosure of be but now a Pentagon spokesman says the defense chief is reexamining his Posi Brown now stops Short of endorsing legislation imposing criminal the measure is expected to be reintroduced backed by Cia it would impose penalties of up to five year jail terms and fines for persons convicted of releasing intelligence seriousness of problem leaking of intelligence secrets has been described by Carter and other government leaders As a problem which could jeopardize National Security and relations with other in written questions 25 from Thomas Brown was asked what Steps he would take to insure Security of defense department Intelli gence the responses were re leased last the Pentagon said it could do Little to prevent partly because of the absence of any legislation establishing penal ties for government officials who Are guilty of unauthorized legislation setting the penalties would enable us to obtain an enforceable secrecy agreement from government employees and is a critical step to preventing danger Ous leaks of National Security inform the Peng ton response administration policy on How Best to Stop leaks of intelligence secrets became an Issue last month when Mondale disputed the statement of newly appointed Cia director Stansfield Turner that the government needed More Teeth to Deal with Mondale said he was personally opposed to criminal penalties and that be would find it difficult to accept such a i dont think it would work and i dont think it should he a few Days in a March 9 news con Carter said that my own interest would to be minimize the use of any Crimi Nal penalties and that other sanctions might be the president also said he noped to Cut Down on leaks by limiting the number of officials who have Access to sensitive intelligence
