European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 18, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday june 18, 1986 the stars and stripes Page 5 Abc news did t demand subpoena Federal officials review Abbas tape los Angeles a Abc news has allowed the Justice department to View the interview the network Hel Wilh terrorist Abu i Abbas including portions of the interview that Are no being aired. Abc news president Lawrence  said monday the network is planning to give the department a cop of the videotape of the interview with Abbas. Abbas is the palestinian accused of plotting the Achille Lauro hijacking in which american Leon  slain. Portions of the interview were Broad cast May 5 on Abc nightly news and More was to be broadcast tuesday on Abc s documentary. The Achille Lauro a study in  the Justice department which is conducting a criminal investigation a Abbas reportedly engaged in negotiations Wilh Abc last month in an at tempt to persuade the network to turn Over unused videotape from the Abbas interview. The department was especially inter ested in the fact that on the May 3broadcast, Abc news correspondent Henry Champ said Abbas freely admits responsibility Tor the hijacking of the italian cruise ship the Achill Elaura however no videotape was shown of any such remark by Abbai and Federal criminal lawyers would like to know whether it exists. Champ agreed not to disclose Abbas antiterrorism agreement key Points of statement by major industrialized nations urge All nations to condemn Terrons and to collaborate in improving and extending measures against terrorists and their supporters intensity Exchange of information among governments on ways i preventing terrorism Slop exporting weapons to nations that support terrorism limit the size of diplomatic missions of such nations refuse entry to suspected or convicted terrorists improve extradition procedures involving suspected terrorists rigidly enforce visa and immigration regulations against citizens of nations supporting terrorism improve cooperation among police and Security organizations fighting terrorism Chicago Tribune graphic source Chicago Tribune news Raport whereabouts As a condition for the meet ing. In the negotiations Justice depart ment officials hoped to persuade Abc 10provide the material without having to Issue a subpoena thus avoiding a fur Rover the Case sources in Washington told the associated press Grossman on monday said the net work recently allowed Justice depart ment officials to review videotapes an transcripts of the interview with Abbas. He declined to be More specific about when the review took place. Hol Aid the review look place on Abc premises but no transcripts or tapes had yet been turned Over 10 the department. We arc planning 10 turn Over Ai the request of the Justice department the videotape of the interview Grossman said. They have already seen the Tran scripts and have screened inc interview Justice department spokesman Joh Russell asked about Grossman s com ments said i have nothing to say  the Day after the portions of the inter View was broadcast inc stale depart ment accused Abc of encouraging terrorism. Robert Oakley head of the state department s come terrorism Section suggested that when news Media make deals to interview terrorist fugitives the news organizations become a com  he called the interview repro  in an earlier interview with television reporters Grossman defended the inter View we re not in the Job of capturing fugitives we re in the Job of reporting the  Grossman was asked several Lime whether Abc news had an obligation to bring Abbas to Justice. We re not an intelligence service or Law enforcement  Grossman said. Our role is to report the  Grossman said the British news Agency Reuters and the Irish times newspaper also interviewed Abbas without Dis closing his location. Neither Story had a dateline. Where he was interviewed on a Par Sicular Day was hardly a key Clement Grossman said. The news executive said the value of the Abbas broadcasts is for the Ameri can people to see for themselves what kinds of threats there Are. And to see for themselves who the people making in threats Are. This is not just a killer running around in the Mideast Grossman said. This is a major International performer with major International contacts and major International clout thai i what makes him so dangerous and that s what makes him so  curious of uncovers $24,328 Federal error Long Beach Calif. A two year old Jennifer Randall got her Small hands on a govern ment envelope thai arrived in the mail and ripped it open and uncovered 19 months of Federal payments totalling $14,328 to a dead woman. Jennifer s parents Nancy and Larry Randall had bought their House from the estate of Helen c. Marshall a War widow whose mail kept com ing Long after she died in october 1984. The Randalls kept sending the letters Back marked deceased and finally the Post office agreed to Stop delivering them. But on May 30, one More envelope from the government slipped through and Jennifer Gol her hands on it. She Tore it open pulled out the paper and had a grand Lime. Her Mother rescued he document a notice that the government had deposited an additional $1,347 in Veteran s and retirement benefits into a great Western savings account for Marshall. Mrs. Randall tried to report the error but said the local veterans administration complained she did t have enough information and the Federal office of personnel management told her to Call Washington. Byl hat Lime i just went Arr ghz she said. So she went to the Long Beach press Telegram which found that s24.328 in such erroneous pay ments had accrued to Marshall s account since he death great Western had been told to close the account but the Day i Host instructions were Given two More Federal deposits arrived and apparently overrode the closure said Branch service manager Cindy Pointon. She said the Thrift also received a letter stamped deceased but did t know what Date Marshall had died and so did nothing about it. Eventually it would have been caught she said. The Federal agencies will seek reimbursement from great Western the newspaper reported monday. Pm recalling cars for removal of fire Hazard Detroit a general motors corp. On monday recalled 87,000 Chev Rolet Cavalier Oldsmobile  skyhawk and Cadillac Cimarron subcompact cars for removal of a plastic ornament that could cause an engine fire. Pm said the plastic Cap that fits Over the air cleaner on the 19ss models u jumped with the words "2.0 liter fuel injection and should be removed and thrown away. Owners can do this them selves or they can take their cant to the dealers to have it done the company said pm recalled 34,000 Cavalier with tie me problem 14 Mynthi ago. The com Pany Aid mechanics sometimes re assembled air cleaner improperly or left ornament naming on engine parts where they melted pm said it knew of 13 engine fires but had no reports of accidents or injuries mulling from melting ornaments. Operating rates in . Dropped sharply in May Washington a the nation s factories mines and utilities operated at just 78.6 percent of capacity in May As the United states suffered the steepest four month decline in operating Rales since the end of the last recession a report by the Federal re serve Board said. Operating Rales fell 0.6 percent Las month for an Overall decline of 2.2 per cent since january the report release monday said. That was the sharpest four month setback since an identical fall from june through october 1982. The Repon said the fall in operating rates left american Industry operating Al its lowest level since december 1983, the biggest decline in May came inthe motor vehicle Industry where the operating rate fell to 75 percent com pared with 80.4 percent the month be fore. Auto plants had operated at 85.1 per cent of capacity in february bul have slipped from this level As automakers Laid off workers. The operating rate in the mining Industry fell to 74.2 percent of capacity drop of 5.8 percentage Points since Jan uary. In manufacturing the Overall operating rate fell to 78.8 percent Down from79.4 percent in april. Production of durable goods item expected to last three or More years declined to 75.7 percent compared with 76.6 percent in april while production of non durable goods slipped 0,1 percentage Point 10 �3.5 percent of Capaci  operating Rale in the machinery category dropped below 70 percent inlay about 9 percentage Points below the average level of the past two dec Ades primarily because of production cutbacks by producers of High technology items such As computers. The nation s utilities operated at83.4 percent of capacity in May up 0.2 percentage Point from april. Sands of time in the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. 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