European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 6, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                June 1985 the stars and stripes Page 5 a Lowers Fop Rafes on Home Loans Washington a the veterans administration said it is lowering its maximum interest rate on Home mortgages from 12 percent to the lowest in More than two the which took effect is the second decrease in less than three weeks and the third this the rate dropped from per cent to 12 percent on May the rate last dropped As Low As percent on May but it stayed there Only one the last time it was that Low for a sustained period was from october 1979 to february Warren executive vice president of the mortgage Bankers association of said he expected the lower a rate to hold steady for at least a few he said he expects a further slight drop in conventional mortgage interest rates perhaps to 11 percent from the present 12 percent use of military to locate latin drug making Sites is urged Washington a the retired commander of armed forces in latin America recommended tuesday that Mili tary units stationed there be authorized to help foreign governments locate and de stroy drug making army Paul who retired in March after two years in charge of the Southern said most latin american governments want to Stop drug dealers but Lack the equipment and Man Power to track them in dense forests and Only the department of defense has the surveillance and equipment to do the Gorman told the Senate subcommittee on in not Here to advocate the use of air Force wings or helicopter squadrons in saying we should Supply the intelligence gathering capability of the armed he Gorman said latin american drug Deal ers produce and ship most of the marijuana and and a significant amount of the heroin used in the United he said the drugs move through a transnational infrastructure that can Only be shut Down if attacked before drugs Cross the Bor i saw enough instances of drug smug gling during my command to Lead me to itch for authority to arrest the Gorman i sat at my breakfast table in Panama and watched boats loaded with marijuana go by on their Way to the United germans testimony endorsed a measure offered by Dennis which Calls for creation of a unit of 16 c130 air planes equipped with and other tracking devices to work under the direction of the Southern but if that plan proves unacceptable to Gorman suggested outfitting c 130 planes owned by latin american gov our proper role is technical and i would like to see that Gorman Jim asked whether it would be More effective to allow troops to conduct Antidrug strikes and make arrests after drug operations Are there might be a justification for that if we knew the next Stop for the drugs is the United but 1 cannot Sec us getting approval from governments allowing us to take Gorman adding later that whenever we get american troops doing the work of foreign we Are risking a severe policy under he refused to say whether Cuba or Nicaragua Are actively engaged in smuggling drugs to the United but he said drug movement is so widespread it could Only come about with help from the cuban Deconcini an amendment to the 1986 defense authorization is Esti mated to Cost about million its first year and million each year after the House is considering a Bill proposed by Charles which would allow the military to assist Federal drug agents in seizures and arrests at current Law allows the military to share information and equipment with drug but prohibits military personnel from assisting in drug seizures or defense rests in von Bulow retrial three mlle Island unit up Claus von blows de sense attorneys rested their Case tuesday without calling the Jet set financier or his teenage daughter to testify in his retrial on charges he tried to kill his wealthy wife with insulin the state plans to Call an undetermined number of rebuttal witnesses before the nine Eskold retrial reaches the 14member sequestered jury sometime later in the prosecutor Henry Gemma defense attorney Thomas Puccio said von Bulow wanted to testify but he accepted my decision not to do the disadvantages clearly outweigh the Puccio he really Doest have any testimony that going to significantly Advance the von Bulow said the defense strategy of relying on medi Cal experts made his testimony i had wanted to testify for a very Long but it turned out to be a medical he if nothing was Why should i stand up and nothing was von Bulow was convicted in 1982 of twice trying to kill his Martha sunny von and later said he regretted not in the verdict was Over turned on constitutional Puccio rested his Case after nine medical experts backed defense claims that insulin did not cause von blows wife to fall into comas in 1979 and Puccio said he could still Call von Bulow and his Daugh after the state presents its rebuttal but he indicated it was asked what the jury would think of von blows not taking the stand in his own Puccio i dont think they can conclude much one Way or the i dont think he projects von Bulow is on trial a second time for allegedly trying to kill his wife at their Newport mansion to inherit million and marry his Alexandra prosecutors in the retrial indicated that they had Days a photo Claus von Bulow and daughter Cosima return to Worth of questions to ask the socialite and his appearance could have opened the door to Many areas of his Back ground and conduct that the defense has sought to sup it was ruled tuesday that prosecutors could recall two of their Star witnesses the family Maria Schreal and von blows Annie Laurie Kneissl to rebut specific areas raised by the Deputy pleads innocent to computer prank los Angeles a a sheriffs Deputy pleaded innocent tuesday to charges of entering her lieutenants License plate number in a computer list of stolen cars with a warning that the Driver was armed and Deputy Kathy a six year was arraigned on felony counts of maliciously accessing a com Puter system and falsifying government said prosecutor de judge Elva Soper released Kay on her own recognizance pending a july 15 preliminary the Deputy was indicted by the county grand jury last prosecutor Steve Sowders said this was not the first time Walker Force had been the object of pranks by his and an investigation is continuing into whether other deputies May have been i know it the Case is based on underlying personal grievances against this Sowders refusing to who has declined to has been transferred to another Telephone Calls seeking comment to Kays Bradley were not after the indictment of Kay last Deputy Mike Hogan the which serves As the lieutenants family was entered into the state Justice depart ment computer As stolen with the accompanying admonition that its Driver was armed and such a computer entry would mislead any police offi cer into falsely thinking the vehicle Driver or passengers were dangerous thus creating a potentially perilous and tragic he preparing for reopening of nuclear reactor a a process to heat the three mile Island unit 1 nuclear Plant will Start thursday in preparation for reopening the four reactor coolant pumps Are used to bring the Plant close to its operating temperature and according to Gnu nuclear the facility most of the plants but not the nuclear reactor will be tested during the heat the nuclear regulatory commission last week voted 4 1 to allow the restart of unit which was undamaged in the 1979 Accident that crippled its sister reactor and shut the Plant the state and other groups have asked a Federal appeals court to stay the which will otherwise take effect the heat up is intended to prepare the Plant for a sustained nuclear Chain reaction needed to generate elec the Chain reaction would come at the Start of a three month plan to reach full Power Gnu nuclear the heating process is similar to four tests undertaken at unit 1 since the company Sands of time in the stars and stripes 40 years ago june 1945 nearly 500 heavy bombers dropped tons of fire bombs on a 10squaremile Section of the enemy radio reported the Eastern part of the Industrial Center in 30 years ago today june 1955 in a symposium at the 21st annual meeting of the american College of Chest physicians at Atlantic Alton a surgery professor at Tulane University medical said there was a definite parallel Between the number of cancer cases and cigarette 20 years ago today june 1965 astronauts James Mcdivitt and Edward White soared into their third Day in space aboard the gemini 4 capsule with a godhead to orbit on for a record fou Day 70 years ago today june 1975 Ronald a 30yearold Houston optician convicted of murdering his son with Poi soned tricks treat was sentenced to death in the electric