European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 13, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes thursday March 13, 1986 sex san Diego mayor candidate named acting director of Voa 11 a a t i i ? to k / a n t n i t i / it t Washington a Richard w. Carlson a journalist who ran unsuccessfully for mayor of san Diego in im4. Has been named acting director of the voice of America a spokesman said tuesday. Carlson. 45, has been director of the office of Public Liaison for i he . Information Agency since december. The appointment to the Post at Voa the inner National broadcasting  of the . Information Agency be came effective monday. A political neophyte Carlson was overwhelmed in the san Diego mayoral election by Roger Hedgecock who was under indictment at the time for conspiracy and per jury involving illegal Campaign finance practices. Pledge cock was eventually convicted and sentenced to a ear in county custody. He resigned shortly before he was sentenced and is free pending Appeal. Carlson Winner of broadcasting s Peabody headliners and Golden Mike awards and three emmy also has worked for the los Angeles times and United press inter National. He was embroiled in a bitter lawsuit after he wrote an article that a Federal judge said was published by look Magazine with reckless disregard for the truth. In the late 1960s, Carlson and another writer claimed in the article that former san Francisco mayor Joseph Alio to attended meetings with men identified by look a mafia leaders. Alioto called the article character assassination for political purposes and . District court judge Wil Liam Schwarzer ruled Alioto had proved the article was published with reckless disregard for the truth. Alioto eventually won a $350,000 libel award. A search is under Way for a permanent director for the Voa to replace Gene Pell who resigned in october to become president of radio free Europe radio Liberty. Documents reveal contingency plan for martial Law during nuclear War san Francisco a area military command ers could declare martial Law if circumstances demand immediate action and without asking higher authorities if communications Are disrupted say newly declassified fed eral documents. In a lawsuit filed in june 1983, the Bay area lawyers Alliance for nuclear arms control sought disclosure of any government plans to declare martial Law seize property or suspend constitutional rights in the event of a nuclear War. Under martial Law according to the newly released Federal emergency management Agency documents the armed forces ordinarily would exercise police Powers would restore and maintain order and would provide distribution transportation communications and Relief. The group s lawyer. Bill Brocket said that the documents provide no firm standards for returning control to civilian  he said the group would press Fema for additional documents. In every Case the documents say control will be re turned to civil authorities upon receipt of notification from a recognized civilian authority at an authorized level that civil authorities arc prepared to exercise  the document on which the word secret had been lined out and replaced by  contained two pages devoted to the possible imposition of martial Law. Conditions May arise necessitating the imposition of martial Law Over specific areas the document said. It said the decision would be made by the president in most instances with a proclamation containing instructions on the exercise and limitations of martial Law. However the decision to impose martial Law May be Niada by the local commander if circumstances demand immediate action and time and available communications facilities do not permit obtaining prior approval from higher authority. Whether or not a proclamation of martial Law exists commanders must weigh every proposed action against the threat to Public order and safety so that necessity May  Fema had previously revealed documents mentioning a plan by the joint chiefs of staff for military support of civil defense including possible imposition of martial Law by a senior military commander if local civilian authority has broken Down. The new documents did not expressly link military authority to assistance of civil defense. Verne Paulc Fema spokesman in san Francisco did not return Telephone Calls left at his office and at a hotel in Sacramento where he was staying. Who stole the car Don f ask Elton Baton Rouge. La. A an 11-year-old boy was napping in the Back scat of his father s car when somebody drove it off a convenience store parking lot but Don t ask him about who stole the car or where he spent the night. I was asleep Elton Floyd said tuesday after mosquitoes woke him in the car at a downtown intersection. The Only noise he heard during the night he said was the slamming of a car door. Floyd s father. Emmet told police he left the keys in the ignition when he stopped at the Market about 10 30 . Monday and went in with his 4-year-old son Brian. He was in the store about three minutes and when he went out the vehicle and the child were gone police spokesman it. Robert Rarick said. Rarick said the thief possibly did t know the boy was in the Back seat. The elder Floyd said he and friends searched for the car All night after he called police and he was still out when police called about 8 30 . And told the family Elton was Safe and the car had been found. Rarick said an Anonymous caller had phoned to re port a boy sleeping in an abandoned car. Elton Floyd told police he did t realize what had happened until he woke up swatting mosquitoes tues Day morning. Itati Idi suitable suit a photo David Guessford of Hagerstown md., looks like he s suited for a trip into space. But the special outfit is designed to keep his environment warm while he walks from a Mobile Home to the Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore. Guessford suffers from a rare blood disease that makes the suit mandatory. . Consulates in 7 countries May close to save Money Washington a the state department said that in a move to save Money it plans to close . Consulates in seven countries by sept. 30. The United states would eliminate 35 jobs and save about $4 million under the plan which Calls for the closing of the consulates in Bremen Germany Nice France Rotterdam Netherlands Winnipeg Canada Salvador do Bahia Brazil Trieste Italy and Seville Spain said spokesman Pete Martinez. Congress has 15 Days to object to the closings. Mazda increases prices by 4% because of Rise in yen s value Detroit a the strengthening of the japanese yen has prompted Mazda motor corp. To raise suggested retail prices of its cars by 4 percent. Mazda increased prices when the 1986 Model year began in october and has raised them twice since. Increases announced Range from $700 on the company s least expensive car the Mazda 323 Hatchback which now will list for $5,795, to $800 on its most expensive the re 7 Turbo sports car which has a sticker Price of $20,195. Prices for the company s Light trucks also were in creased. The least expensive Model the b2000 Shor Bedwill Start at $6,295. Stores in 6 states remove milk believed tainted Little Rock. Ark. A milk from two dairies believed tainted with Low Levels of a banned pesticide and under re Call in six states was pulled off store shelves As health officials continued checking Dairy products for contamination. The states involved in the recall arc a Kansas Oklahoma Missouri Mississippi Kansas and Tennessee. Thirty eight Arkansas herds have been quarantined because of suspicion that they ate feed contaminated with Hep Bachlor. Safeway stores has removed suspect milk from its shelves and is offering refunds to customers who bought milk thought to be contaminated spokesman Gerald Mauldin said monday. Only a few customers have reported buying the possibly tainted milk he said. About 10 stale health department work ers checked Dairy cases in Central and West Ern Arkansas said Bill Teer the Agency s director of sanitarian services but or. Stuart fit Hugh Deputy director of the department said no illnesses have been re ported in the slate because of contaminated milk. In Kansas suspect milk was taken off the shelves of some Wichita stores stale Dairy commissioner Archie Hurst said in Topeka. Kansas agriculture department officials began sampling raw milk and Dairy products in Southeast Kansas where it is Possi ble some contaminated feed was sold said a department statement. After tests by the . Food and drug administration found Hep Bachlor Gold Star products of Little Rock voluntarily recalled 60,000 Gallons of milk and farm fresh inc., of Ponca City okla., recalled about 2,500 Gallons the health depart ment said sunday. The milk was distributed in Arkansas Tennessee and Mississippi but 90 percent of the suspect Batch May still be in Ware houses officials said. The Fra said it found cattle feed con Taining Hep Bachlor during a routine Check last month and reported that Valley feed of Van Buren May have distributed it to Arkansas Oklahoma and Missouri cat Lac pc rations for up to six months. In Southern Missouri at least four Dairy Farmers had to dump their milk monday said Jim Kennedy executive Secretary of the stale milk Board. No tainted milk has turned up in stores in the slate Kenned said. Arkansas health department director Ben Saltzman said sunday Hal milk re called included Lucerne Brand at Safeway stores in Little Rock with Plant no. 05028" on containers Blossom time Brand at Safeway stores in Little Rock Shu fresh Brand at affiliated food stores in Little Rock sees Els Brand in Memphis Tenn. And favorite and Salley brands in missis Sippi