European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 26, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes july 1985 controversial chief of Fema resigns Washington up Louis Gifu chief of the Federal Agency in charge of civil defense and natural disaster has resigned after a Stormy tenure marked by congressional allegations of fraud and a longtime associate of attorney general Edwin quit tuesday As the director of the Federal emergency management his office said president Reagan was expected to accept the although he had not for Mally done so by late Albert a chief critic of said the resignation brings Hope for More competent Giuffrida tenure As head of this important Agency has been riddled with from allegations of misuse of government personnel and property to reve lations of fraud and said his resignation Marks the end of a disastrous Era for said who headed a congressional panel that investigated the Agency while Gore was a House Fema also had been criticized for adopting an inadequate National civil de sense plan and for squandering its modest budget to the Point where cutbacks were the Agency quietly scrapped one civil defense plan to evacuate whole Cit ies to Rural areas in the event of a nuclear in another the Agency Drew widespread ridicule for paying for a study that concluded factory workers could Best try to save themselves in a nuclear attack by jumping into a Large Pool of Gore said his investigation disclosed that Giuffrida and his executive Deputy Fred had approved the illegal construction of a residence on government property for their private use at a Cost of More than in Public Villella resigned two Days after Gores subcommittee opened its the subcommittee investigation later revealed that Giuffrida attended expensive political for which he billed the Gore a Justice department investigation is Gore Fema spokesman Robert Mahaffey said who has been with the Agency since feels he has accomplished his he said the administrator is pursuing several options in the private sector but has not made a decision on a new asked if he was forced out of his Mahaffey under the Agency had been the subject of investigations into allegations of mismanagement and favor it ism in its dealings with Triton and Imp two Washington firms holding million in contracts with Giuffrida and Villella acknowledged in March testimony to a House science and technology subcommittee that each took Worth of tickets for a political event but never knew who paid for Triton said it paid for tickets for both men and their wives to attend a fundraiser for vice president George Bush at the Ca Pitol Hill club on the company said it also paid for Giuffrida and Villella for a March 22 dinner hosted for president the Bills later were submitted to the government for experts urge International action against hijackings Bonn up air experts of seven leading Industrial nations agreed thursday on the need for new measures to combat a German diplomatic source at the end of a today confidential meeting on air the experts decided to urge worldwide adoption of tightened anti Hijack the source no communique was issued at the end of the which was so confidential that the German foreign ministry refused to disclose where in Bonn the representatives of the United Japan and Germany were the foreign which organized the said Only that the experts had a thorough discussion on air safety and re cent developments and would report to their governments on the the German diplomatic source said the experts would urge their governments to ask All countries to tighten Security to pre vent such hijackings As that of the Ameri can Twa Airliner to Beirut last the experts called for better Security by airports and the source other details were not it was not Clear if the experts proposed sanctions against countries that fail to take adequate Security precautions or encourage or give Asylum to in the past the United Britain and Germany All have called for the Boycott of countries that Aid hijackers or neglect Secu such air safety meetings have been held twice a year since but this one was open ministers to lower some prices Switzerland a open Oil ministers adopted a majority decision thursday to slightly reduce some Oil ministers the ending four Days of Stormy was not expected to have an immediate effect on consumer prices for Oil the Price cuts affect a relatively Small proportion of world Oil Mana Saeed the Oil minister of the United Arab disclosed the agreement As the 13 ministers ended their summer algerian Oil minister Belgacem Nabi confirmed Oteiza said the agreement called for a reduction of 50 cents per barrel in the Price of Low Grade crude to a medium Grade oils were lowered by 20 to Oteiza the base Price for specs to Quality crude was left at per were All Oil minister Tarn David West of Nigeria said As he left the hotel ballroom where the meeting was asked whether he was pleased with the meetings Ahmed Zaki saudi arabian Oil told reporters i Yamani engineered the Deal to reduce heavy crude although the Deal does not fundamentally alter specs pricing it was intended to satisfy saudi needs to increase its Oil which have dropped to a 20year 3 networks to comply with subpoenas new York a Abc Abc news and Cable news network say they will comply with Justice department subpoenas seeking material broadcast about the june 14 hijacking of a Twa jetliner and the detention of its a spokeswoman for lbs which was also said wednesday that network attorneys Are studying the Abc and can said they would allow the Justice department Access to All broadcast material and some material not Abc and lbs reported they were told the Justice department wanted to use their audio film and still Pho tos in a Federal grand jury investigation of the Abc quoted sources As saying the Fri wants to show the tapes to the Crew of the trans world airlines plane to help identify the the lebanese government has ordered a judicial probe to identify and arrest shiite moslem who hijacked the Jet on the flight from to terrorized the passengers and forced the Crew to criss correction the stars and stripes 14month plan Ning Calendar for 1985 contains an listed As actually Falls on the stars and stripes re Grets the Cross the the Justice department has declined to confirm a grand jury probe was planned or discuss any Legal Steps the United states might try to take against the such As extradition and we decided it would be important to look at some of the footage of these said Justice department spokesman Terry you can draw your own infer he refused to elaborate on the depart ments citing the obviously sensitive nature of the whole Carol director of information for Abc said the networks lawyers were told by Justice department attorneys that the scope of this investigation is Crim Inal in in View of it is consistent with Abc news policy to give them everything which appeared on the she material which was not she would be provided in a manner consistent with the constitutional Protection afforded a news a network source who spoke on the condition of anonymity said Abc would not disclose publicly what material it turns Over out of concern for the safety of its employees in the Middle the Justice depart ment appeared satisfied with the arrange said the William a spokesman for Abc said the network will allow screening of audio and video reports Broad cast on Abc television and radio net Abc will also conduct an internal re View of audio and video outtakes which were not looking for material bearing on the identity of the he material will be made available for screening by the Justice department in connection with the Federal grand Jurys investigation of the crimes of air piracy or air piracy where a murder can Drew the hijackers killed a Navy lbs news spokeswoman Ann Morfogen our attorneys Are seeking to meet with their and we wont have any comment until that meeting takes she said she did not know when the meet ing might Cable news which said it too had been expressed willingness to provide the Justice department with footage it had a statement read by can senior pro Ducer Liza Mcguirk we will furnish the requested she said this applied to both aired and unaided material because the subpoena specifically sought times Art critic Dies new York a John an Art critic for the new York times for 17 has died of pancreatic the newspaper he was More timely because of recent Germany was the Host this year because the 1985 economic Summit meeting of the seven top Western Industrial nations was held in Bonn in Mac flights the following information on military Airlift come commercial contract flights arriving and leaving Rhei main Ger Between july 29 and August is provided for customer All times Are local and the schedule is subject to american military passengers May Fly to and from the United states with a valid identification card and proper leave or travel american citizen passengers who Are 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