European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 25, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 i kit the stars and stripes May 1985 spy convicted in stealth Case gets life sentence los Angeles a a Man who tried to deliver secret plans for the stealth bomber to the soviets but instead gave them to undercover Fri agents was sentenced to life in prison after apologizing to his colleagues and the the sorrow and remorse i feel Are beyond Thomas Patrick Cavanagh 1 shamed my fathers honorable received the life sentence after throwing himself on the mercy of the court thursday and apologizing for what he called my disgraceful the former Northrop employee asked District court judge Matthew Byrne to consider the unblemished life he led until he attempted to pay his debts by Selling stealth project his buyers were undercover Fri in imposing the harsh Byrne said he Hopes it will be a deterrent to that limited group in this country that has the ability and capacity to commit these kinds of the courtroom was hushed As Byrne imposed two con current life a penalty More severe than the 99 year term the government Cavanagh will be Eligi ble for parole in 12 assistant attorney Percy Anderson had told the quite Cavanagh is a Cavanagh has to be and a message has to go out to people who Are similarly Anderson noting that 10 to 15 espionage cases Are pending in courts Cavanaghh Manuel portrayed the Engineer As a desperate Over his head in debt and unable to find another Way to get the judge said Cavanagh was obviously not a lifetime adding it would be difficult to conclude this is a bad Hes a Man who has lived a decent he was a Good he served the military with he is not a bad what we the judge is what made this no bad Man do this extremely bad there seem to be a lot of remedies available before you do to your coun try what he did to his Araujo had pleaded for a sentence of no More than 10 years in Cavanagh was arrested 18 and was charged with two counts of the Fri has said Cavanagh contacted soviet officials in san Francisco and offering to sell documents on the stealth bomber which is designed to make bombers invisible to Federal agents intercepted the Calls sent undercover operatives Cavanagh thought were soviets to Deal with they tap recorded their meetings with the and Byrne indicated thursday he had listened to Many of the Cavanagh pleaded guilty March 14 and said his sole reason for betraying his country was use clothing exporters allegedly paid kickbacks to salvation army Philadelphia a two use clothing Export ers gave payments Over 13 years to top salvation army officers in return for a steady Supply of according to court documents cited in published several senior officials of the salvation army Are still under investigation by customs and the postal inspections service in connection with the alleged kick David an agent with customs Crimi Nal investigations office in told the Washington exporters Harry and Jerald paid kickbacks to several salvation army officers to win favored treatment in buying used clothing and the papers filed tuesday in District court the salvation army collects thousands of tons of used clothing and Sells some of it in its Thrift shops around the much of the material is surplus or How and it is authorities said the in trying to guarantee a steady Supply of used paid off salvation army officers to favor them Over other a criminal inquiry filed in the court charged the us atches and their Dumont Export with conspiracy and mail the men understated the value and weight of shipments of used clothing to 11 depriving those nations of customs tax court documents they also misidentified shipments in order to circumvent Laws ban Ning imports of used clothing into Nigeria and a sanitized clothing into other at As Many As 30 salvation army officers and employees were being the Post but the newspaper quoted sources close to the investigation As saying the inquiry had narrowed to Between five and 11 of the More senior the Philadelphia inquirer on wednesday quoted sources As saying the investigation entered on salvation army offices in los new Atlanta and assistant attorney Stephen inter viewed late refused to confirm that salvation army offices in those cities were under Frances assistant director in the communications department of the salvation army National Headquarters in new told the Post that the salvation army regarded the Philadelphia investigation As a pending Legal matter and refused to the salvation army officers allegedly received the Ille Gal payments from Dumont from 1970 to May do Mont shipped castoffs clothing to third world and euro Pean where it was according to the according to the the men supplied seven ship Ping companies with at least 310 certificates understating the weight of shipments of clothing and rags by nearly million the fraudulent documents Cost 11 foreign nations in lost according to the Crimi Nal the defendants also undervalued 21 shipments to France and India by about causing losses to nations which charge a customs tax of approximately 5 percent of the clothing the document soviets use jobs As front for Senate panel says n stateside Washington up an estimated 200 soviets attached to the secretariat Are intelligence using their jobs As a the Senate intelligence committee reported because of their espionage those soviets should be subject to the same regulations that restrict the travel of soviet diplomats to the new York the committee the committee said the agents use the United nations to support soviet propaganda including gain ing favourable actions or comments on soviet positions and statements by Kremlin they gather information to provide Early warning of possible actions and Are involved in shaping Confer ence papers controlling the flow of news to staff and Del influencing delegations seeking secretariat and and aiding soviet diplomats during conference and other the unclassified report the committee said 800 soviet personnel Are assigned to the management about 200 Are intelligence and others Are used or compromised by soviet state the the committee William said employees of the secretariat owe their primary loyalty to the United their real allegiance is to their he and they Are Able to travel around the United states with out identification or government the soviets Are using employment at the United nations As a front for their and we must do what we can to prevent Roth come to papa a photo Bui of Dallas counts his prize As the Winner of the world series of poker in Las with million in Cash and chips on the Smith unveiled a full House thursday to beat the three fives held by his last also of who won As the the event Drew 140 each put up to 18 stolen paintings by Dali recovered in Good condition a eighteen paintings by Salva Dor Dan stolen last june from a Newport Beach gallery were found in Good condition in the bedroom of a Home officials the valued at More than had been sought by the Fri and the insurance firm Lloyds of Lon they included considered one of the eccentric surrealists most famous works of the William Kenneth was booked for investigation of receiving stolen property and was being held in lieu of bail Riverside county sheriffs detective Jan Duke Tammy his said she didst recognize the value of the paintings her husband brought Home a week and described them As Kinda Gawky the Dali paintings were stolen by burglars who entered the signature gallery through a the collection was on display in Honor of Dalis 80th the gallery owned some of the and others were on loan from gallery administrator Nicki Anderson said at the time of the 2 men indicted in falsification of car import documents los Angeles a a Federal grand jury has indicted two men on charges they falsified Auto emission documents in order to import european luxury cars into the United accompanying the which included ferraris and falsely said they were modified to meet Domestic emission Stan said assistant attorney Daniel Albert of Corona Del was indicted on 35 counts and faces fines of and five for each counts Garo Hometown was charged with 10 counts and faces in fines and five years imprisonment for each Federal Law permits foreign cars to be imported and sold at a profit if they Are modified to meet Domestic emission