European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 13, 1981, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Watching Over Reagan at Pacific Palisades by Judith Miller new York times i will stand there with a Shotgun in my arms and say no so vowed president elect Ronald when asked recently whether he would permit the secret service to bolster Security at his tranquil California ranch at Pacific near Santa but reagans neighbors in that elegant com clinging to the Cliffs High above the oceans have seen profound changes since reagans its awfully Nice to see one of the neighbourhood boys make said Bob a television comedy script writer who lives Down the Street from but i could do without the thundering the As he Calls Are the squads of secret service local policemen on ear shattering Motorc cavalcade of reporters in cars and and helicopters zigzagging Over the neighbourhood As Reagan comes and its like living in a said Ron an attorney who inhabits the House next door to the but the neighbourhood understands the its fun and we love Burnss enthusiasm is not shared by All members of the once quiet take the their sprawl Wood beamed Home overlooks the police barricade when Reagan is at blocks Access to san Onofre Road to All but residents and those cleared by we hear them Stop every Check said Sabrina our bedroom is directly above the Check and we overhear secret service agents talking to each other All the the secret service is not so Schiller the secret is highly secretive about Steps taken to protect officials for sex to disclose even the number of agents assigned to protect Reagan at his Palisades Home and his Santa Barbara for his Reagan has not yet disclosed whether he will maintain a Western White House there or at his so the secret service has not yet decided what to do about Security in the the secret service is Comfort ably ensconced in a rented House across the Street from the but plumbing in the Ivy covered House collapsed recently under the Strain of its Many they set up outhouses in the really very Tudor observed Mirabe a neigh Bor and avid Reagan Nowell is renting a room Over her garage to one of the neighbourhoods other class of Par time residents or newsy in the words of the secret serv Abc is paying a month for a room with a Bath Down the for a site for its the associated press is paying month to lease a a Picus according to one knowledgeable United press International was paying 50 cents a month for a but rent was recently raised to after the wire service upgraded its phone location to Bright Orange the White House staff pays a month to rent a House Down the its a Little noisy when Hes said Marcia a but All of these agents around certainly make you feel new York times Reagan neighbors watching As policeman directs traffic away from the Elsa whose Wood and Glass Home overlooks the reagans is not sure about the alleged safety last my neighbors went on vacation and were totally cleaned out by burglars in a Van with the secret service Only a Hundred Yards several neighbors share Myers when Reagan they the barricade goes but tourist gawking at the Reagan Home this its q Little noisy but All of these agents around t certainly make you feel Safe fear has led several to discuss with secret service and local police the possibility of erecting and Manning a permanent but that May cause for one residents fret about Quick exit from the Canyon in the event of a a constant concern in those heavily wooded if Ever there were a fire like the one Here two years Burns the secret service had better be pre january 1981 pared to see so Many Mercedes benzes careening Down the Road that it will look like a Panzer neighbors agree that secret service agents have at tempted to be considerate and relations Between the service and the Community appear there Are to be residents below the san Onofre barricade Are no longer permitted to jog through their old Hill Burns notes that he no longer Waters his land by sprinkler system when Reagan is there the first time i turned it on after Reagan came three startled secret service agents literally popped out of the Bushes under the sprinklers line of most neighbors agree that As Long As reagans visits to Palisades Are the Burden is but regular they might eventually become a Santa Barbara is Welcome to Schiller said of the but virtually All of the neighbors say they would not sell their whose prices Start at for mod est bungalows and Rise to More than million for the most select gazing at her swimming Pool and now almost constantly under the watchful Glass Eye of the secret service Myers cheerfully summed up Many neighbors in going to wait pm the stars and stripes Page 13