European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 2, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes wednesday july 2,1986 Man pleads guilty in Doggone Dpi Case Louisville by. A William David Bowen insisted he could t be charged with driving under the influence of alcohol because he was t the real Driver of the car his dog was. The 34-year-old Louisville Man is legally Blind. Bowen was arrested april 26 when officers spotted his car weaving in the Road. They did t believe he was Blind and charged him with driving under the influence reckless driving and hav ing no operator s License. When he was Down taking a breathalyzer test he refused it and said the Only reason i m refusing is be cause i was t driving. He was and he pointed to his dog an alaskan malamute named sir Anheuser Busch ii which he called Bud said David Kap Lan Bowen s attorney. Arresting officers said Bowen had gone about a mile after leaving a tavern where he had an argument with his girl Friend who left Bowen the dog and her car at the bar. When the place closed i had to get the car Home somehow Bowen said in court May Al. He said in court Bud was in the Pas Senger scat and barked to Tell him the colors of each traffic Light he approached. When reminded that dogs arc color Blind Bowen said Bud had been trained to distinguish changing lights. What he told me was that he had taught the dog to Tell Green stoplights from red said Kaplan. He would bark twice for Green and once for red and the dog would help him. He s not totally Blind but has peripheral vision and can make out a form on either end of his  Kaplan said Bowen could barely make out a car in front of him but with the dog helping trim he did get pretty  using Street lights As a guide and keep ing Pace with the speeds of cars next to him Bowen said he and Bud motored along pretty Well. But since he could t see the White lines dividing the Highway and Bud had no training in that area he could t keep from weaving. The dog was doing his Job said Jefferson District court judge James Nicholson or. Bowen just could t keep it in the  Bowen pleaded guilty and Nichol son credited him with the 30 Days he spent in jail while he was wailing for his trial releasing him to be reunited with Bud who had spent the time in the animal shelter. Bowen said he has Given up driving for Good. How insider trading works 1-insider picks up con Toj Entiat Norma ton that Acme co. Is target of $25 a share takeover by Xyz inc. At the Lime. Acme s Stock is Selling at $20 2insider Calls his broke Rand tells him to buy 1.000 shares of Acme. His broker buys Stock at $20 a share. 3two Days later. Xyz announces agreement to buy Aone Lor �25 a share. Prue of Xyz s Stock shoots up to $25 a share. 4the insider then Sells Hiss lock pocketing a is a share or s5.0qo. Profit. Chicago Tribune Gia pfc souic6 Chicago try Bow new reports 2 accused in Stock trading scam agree to forfeit $3.5 million new York a two officials Al leading Wall Street brokerage houses agreed to forfeit More than s3.5 million tuesday after the securities and Exchange commission accused them of joining in a massive in Sider trading scheme. Robert m. Wilkis a 37-year-old first vice president Al , Hullon and Ira b. Sokolow 32, a vice presi Dent at Shearson Lehman american express neither admitted nor denied any wrongdoing As they signed consent orders to Settle civil charges filed by the com Mission. Wilkis agreed to give up s3.3 million and Sokoto promised to repay 5210,000. They were accused of joining in a scheme with in vestment banker Dennis b. Levine who was a Man aging director at Dre Jiel Burnham Lambert inc. Levine pleaded guilty to criminal charges last month and agreed to cooperate with investigators. The Sec had accused him of making More than $12 million in alive year period by trading on confidential information he acquired in the course of his work. Wilkis who earned an undergraduate degree from Harvard in 1973 and a master s in business a Drinis ration from Stanford University in 1976, began Bis illegal trading in 1978 years before Levine is alleged to have done anything wrong the Sec charged. But in the Early 1980s, the commission said. Levin and Wilkis agreed to help each other by exchanging confidential information about planned mergers and other deals that held the potential for big Stock Market profits. Sokolow who holds a degree from the Wharton school of business and a master s from Harvard furnished Levine with Simitar secret information in re turn for a share of the profits Levine made by to tiding on it the Sec said. Levine had worked at Shearson Lehman and its predecessor Lehman Brothers Kuhn Loch along with Sokolow from 1981 until Levine joined Drexel in 1985. The cases against Wilkis and Sokolow Are apparently the first to result from Levine s cooperation with authorities and they seemed to confirm fears an Wall Street that the trading scandal would spread from Drexel to other prominent brokerages. It is against Federal Taw for corporate officers in vestment Bankers and others with Advance knowledge of mergers and similar developments to buy and sell stocks based on that knowledge while the information is unavailable to the general Public. Economic Index shows Advance of 0.2% for May Washington up the government s Brood Reading of economic vitality in the near future Rose a modest 0.2 percent in May the Commerce depart ment said tuesday. The composite Index of leading economic indicators Rose to 178.8 in May from a downwardly revised 178.s in april the Bureau of economic analysts said in a report. The 0.3 percentage Point change works out to a Rise of 0.2 percent. Last month the Bureau reported gains of 0.9 percent in March and 1.5 percent in april. A change in credit outstanding and net business formation forced Down Ward revisions to 0.6 percent and 1.3 percent respectively Bureau analysts said. The april Advance was still the Best since october 1983, when the economic barometer surged ahead by 1.5 percent. Deputy White House press Secretary Larry speaker said figures indicated slow Economy activity in the current period. Stronger employment and output growth remain Likely in the second half of the year. With interest rates again dropping lower and Lead ing indicators still climbing we expect Strong third and fourth Quarter growth to continue to fuel the rear Gan economic expansion now in its 43rd  the Index which seeks to predict the direction of the nation s Economy three to six months in Advance stood at 167.1 in May 1985. It has advanced by 2.9 percent during the first five months of this year. The composite Index has either advanced or remained unchanged in 12 of the last 14 months. The last decline came in january of this year when it fell Back by 0.2 percent. Six of the 11 indicators advanced in May. Led by Money Supply in 1982 dollars which accounted for 0.28 per cent of the Overall Index gain the Bureau said. As in other recent reports the Industrial sector of the Economy appeared weak while the financial sector seemed comparatively robust. The May Advance was weaker than Many economists had expected. But if net business formation which has fluctuated wildly in recent months due impart to uncertainty Over the Impact of tax reforms on capital formation is excluded from the equation the Index Rose by a solid 0.6 percent. 49% of americans in poll Bock immigration curbs new York up a poll published tuesday on the eve of Liberty weekend a festival celebrating the statue of Liberty and her huddled masses showed nearly half of All americans strongly support curbs on immigration. The new York times lbs Survey showed 49 percent of All adult Ameri cans want immigration decreased while 42 percent want it increased in 1965, a Gallup poll showed Only 33 percent of americans wanted a Cul in immigration Levels. The poll of 1,613 adults also showed one third of the Public believed Immi Grants took jobs away from americans. Slightly More than half of those inter viewed however said immigrants Gener ally took jobs americans did not want. Despite the feeling that cuts in Immi Gration numbers Are needed 61 percent said they would Welcome newcomers from abroad into their neighbourhoods. Only in the Northeast did a majority 52 percent say the United states should Welcome poor immigrants. Other regions found this impractical. Only 3s percent of respondents in the Northeast said immigration should be decreased compared with 51 percent in the West and s3 percent in the Midwest and the South. A majority of Northeast racers polled also said they believed recent Immi Grants contribute to this country rather than cause problems. Forty five percent of the respondents said new immigrants worked harder than native born americana but 47 percent believed most immigrants ended up on welfare. The times said the census Bureau did not have figures on the number of immigrants on welfare. The poll conducted just before the House judiciary committee finished work on an immigration Bill designed to curtail the influx of illegal aliens found Public support for two key elements of the legislation penalties against employ ers hiring illegal aliens and a program to legitimize the status of illegal aliens who have been Here for several years. The Public opposed by a margin of s8 to 36 percent another element of the legislation special guest worker arrangement Tor Tanner to bring in temporary workers from other countries to pick crops an arrangement insisted on by Western growers of fruit and vegetables. Despite the widespread desire to re Stria immigration the poll found solid support Tor admitting political refugees especially those from communist coun tries. The margin of sampling error in the june 19-23 Survey was plus or Opunui 3 percentage Points