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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Tuesday, February 11, 1986

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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 11, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes tuesday february 11,1986 reagans Enoy Ron or s risque business Washington a president and mrs. Rea Gan monday gave their son Ron a favourable review Tor his White House spoof on saturday night live say ing they were delightfully surprised to see what a Good performer he  president s younger son was the Host  night on the late night Abc comedy show in which redid a Takeoff from a scene in the movie risky Busi Ness dashing through the White House in his under Wear. Assistant White House press Secretary Mark Wein e had never seethe program  always knew Ron was a Good writer and we were delightfully surprised to see what Good performer he is he was funny. He was at ease. We enjoyed it the show opened with Ron s parents at their ranch in California talking on the Telephone to their son him he was in charge of the White House while were  tells them not to of things hangs up the the that he will take Good Carole and charges Down the stain in jockey shorts and a shirt dancing Rock song. Actor Tom cruise performed an t _ tical scene in risky business in which the sob thu Brothel in his family s suburban Home while us Pate were away. Young Reagan followed his opening scene we i monologue in which he talked about the m it be taking a spin in an f-16 and giving away Dollar water projects an no big Deal he said. . Official indicted in Campaign funds cast Charleston . A West Virginia attorney general Charlie Brown was indicted monday on eight mis Demea nor counts of violating state election Laws accused of soliciting Campaign contributions from his employees. Brown 35, in his first term in the office called the charges false and Petty and said he will fight  will have my Day in court and when All the facts Are heard i will be cleared he said. If convicted he could be impeached an removed from office. Two of Brown s three predecessors As state attorney general were indicted convicted and served time in fed eral  county prosecutor Charles King began a grand jury investigation after former Deputy attorney general David Grubb accused Brown last month of pres Suring employees for Campaign contributions to pay off his 1984 Campaign debt. State Law prohibits elected officials from seeking Campaign contributions from their was fired As head of the attorney general consumer Protection division the same Day he went Public with his complaints about Brown. Brown from Charleston later acknowledged asking his employees to buy $100 tickets to a november 1985 fund Raiser in tended to help pay off Bis Campaign debt he said he committed an error i judgment but insisted that he did not break the Law. Brown contends that since the Campaign was Over his solicitation of employees fell through a loophole in state election  said Brown had shaken Down employees for contributions. He said that on Kov. 6, Brown gave him four tickets to the fund Raiser told him to buy two of them and see that division employees bought the other  said that when he walked at the demand he was called into the attorney general s office and told his Job was in jeopardy because he was not being supportive of his  indictment alleges that the same of sense occurred in the solicitation of eight different Deputy attorneys general. King said. Grubb said monday that he has mixed feelings about the indictment i wish the first thing when i walked into his office and complained was that he said yes you re right this is illegal let s Stop it instead he took a completely different course which resulted in the indictments he said. I feel vindicated but i Don t have my Job Back so it s kind of an empty feel ing Brown a Democrat was elected attorney general in 1984. He had headed the con Sumer Protection division under former at Torney general Chauncey Browning until 1983, when he left to head group and prepare for his own Cap Dpi if convicted on to counts be cod sentenced to eight Yean in Jab no $8,000. King said Brown s first court Ion the charges will be feb. 21 _ Nawhaw circuit judge Margaret worm of among brawn Pride Cecan Wallace Barron. Attorney Gen 1956 to i960 and then Goren sri was acquitted in 1968 of charter to took Kickback a governor. Bess was convicted three Yean later of the jury Foreman in that trial. C. Donald Robertson who Arron As attorney general Plet. In 1972 to one racketeering and on count in connection with a bribery i in the state office of the Federal administration. He was acc Ned of i bribes while attorney general Young husband Fukien year of Hal Warden of Nambe Tern who became Balaod when he was 12 Aid got a Avert at 13, has harried for the second one. Hist own wife Catherine rom tint b 14 us uni Fiat Ward. Who Tel us lint marriage with us men Bride  Arete blow soviet bloc scholars will lose Access of . Supercomputers paper says to Acu fat to Lvii tit me. M .3swashington up is. Supercomputers will soon be off limits to soviet bloc scholars at the insistence of the Pentagon and intelligence agencies who fear the k?�3 3$T�leholm a officials of several us. Universities and the National science foundation the Federal Agency which represented them have reluctantly agreed to placing tight restrictions m soviet bloc scholars Access to supercomputers. The agreement in principle followed seven months of discussions and was reached last month but it has not been officially  officials familiar with negotiations on the Issue say they Are still seeking exceptions from a Blanket ban and it is not Clear that faculties will accept the gov � officials had argued against the restriction that the government s restricting foreign Sybo train hods of research would set a dangerous precedent infringing on academic Freedom. Us. Military officials argued that soviet military specialists poring As scholars could use supercomputer which work at High speeds and constitute  computer equipment to design weapons or break most of the 170 supercomputers around the which work on some of the toughest problems in Aow roles nuclear physics cryptography booted mow wide Range of academic pursuits until recently hid in private or government hands. The National Security Agency which monitors offer and data transmissions around the world and Breaks co i for us. Intelligence agencies is said to have the Jaaj collection of supercomputers each costing $10 Nubia $30 million. The Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory designs nuclear weapons has More than half White most major automobile and aircraft  several military contractors and Oil Aupiu Kroul least one. It a $200 million National science foundation will put supercomputer centers on five Campos ton. The University of Illinois Cornell Thelwe fornia at san Diego and Carnegie Merim i in Pittsburgh. A few universities Are buying supercomputers. The administration has been trying top allies to impose similar restrictions As part Flat a Battle against High technology leaks to thes Orlet hoc h0uwi if a Tom Nagy icon 10 a Awve own. Faulty Brake pedals on hummers to be replaced by Norman Black  replacement work is expected to hide is also Vino i i a. Yap military writer Washington the maker of the army s new successor to the jeep has agreed to replace the Brake pedals on Allor the Utility vehicles delivered so far the army said monday. Am general a division of the ltvcorp., has also agreed to begin installing a new Brake pedal Assembly on All of the so called hummers now in production. A few pedals broke off in use but no Acci dents resulted the army said. Until repairs Are completed on the roughly2400 hummers already delivered the army will not use any of the vehicles it has nor Iuit accept any More of them the service added. The t Wor i take about 30 Days. Am general will assume the costs the army Laid but no estimate was Given. The Hummer is the Mck Natie for what the army officially cabs the hmm we or High mobility multipurpose wheeled vehicle. It is a four wheel drive died powered vehicle that comes in four Basic configurations and is designed for off Road use. Although the army wants the Hummer primarily to carry cargo troops or weapons Over rough terrain the in ton vehicles also being used to replace Many aging much lighter jeeps of world War of Fame. While the army is responsible for Over seeing production of the Hummer the Vej w 8s s "8 used by the air Force and Marine corps. Am general has a contract to produce roughly 55,000 of the ,.a,,? a statement it had o5srtad set flows snap off. In u e1nterest??y,k a suntssfnifrafe"8?1attempt individual one. Am general was awarded Fth fixed Price contract in 1983 wort billion to build 55,000 hummers. Production began in the summer of with full scale production be Mearly 1985. According to Gaal am.  producing 70 hummers a Day  months. It a the army s decision to Anthor Tow scale production last year we to controversial because operate Hajj. Continued to spotlight problems a the Hummer s ability to Ford deepirt1 and avoid mud contamination of ill system starter and Radiator  
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