European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 20, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday july 20, 1986 the stars and stripes Page 5 maps focus on contractor fraud theft Seattle up the army s top cop said Friday that his military police Force is shifting focus from drug abuse among recruits to while Collar crime among defense contractors. Maj. Gen. Eugene Cromartte said he is trying to train More investigators to track fraud and theft by those who sell the army supplies ranging from Fiel rations to sophisticated weaponry. The general accounting office estimates that graft and fraud through defense contracts costs each Branch of the military about i percent of its budget Cromartie said. That s about $700 million for the army and 1don t think that is an exaggeration he said. It s a kind of mind set that Industry has been cheating unfair and Square. It s a matter of us getting  the general Heads the army s criminal investigation come a military detective squad of 2,125 investigators and military police. Cromartie made the remarks while attending the National conference of Law enforcement explorers in Seattle. The explorer groups Are affiliated Withlaw enforcement agencies of All types including fed eral and military police forces. Cromartie said that urinalysis tests and periodic surveys show that drug abuse has fallen 11 percent across the Board since 1979, when the army declared War on drugs. The emphasis on White Collar crime has been Ahard transition for the army investigator unit which now has 255 agents working on cases involving mostly defense contractors he said. Most of our investigators Are used to working Ona Case for two weeks and finding an answer. But these contract fraud cases you can work on one for two years and still not have  the army has 55 civilian investigators working in his unit at pay higher than army personnel the general said. He said there Are plans to hire More. The higher salaries Cromar tie said will help him keep Many trained Soldier investigators who too often have left the Cromartle service for other Federal investigative agencies. University to sell Stock in firms doing business in South Africa by the los Angeles times Santa Cruz Calif. The University of califor Nia Board of regents voted Friday to sell $3.1 billion Worth of investments in businesses that have ties to South Africa Over a four year period. The divestiture approved by a 13-9 vote will exceed the combined amount divested by All other col Leges and universities in the United states to Date. The decision came despite the opposition of univer sity president David p. Gardner and warnings from treasurer Herbert Gordon that divestiture would cos the University More than $100 million. Many regents however admitted privately that the did not know whether divestiture is a sound fiscal policy but said they believed it was necessary on moral grounds. Last year with the help of gov. George Deukmejian the regents Defeated a policy put Forth by Assem Blyman Willie Brown a san Francisco Democrat and member of the Board that also would have called for Complete  year however the regents approved the policy despite Brown s absence from the meeting and the absence of another of the most outspoken advocates of divestiture businessman Stanley  Angeles mayor Tom Bradley Deukmejian s democratic opponent in the november gubernatorial election appeared at Friday s meeting to urge the Board to adopt an even More drastic divestiture policy. Whitworth jury still undecided san Francisco up jurors in the espionage trial of Jerry Whitworth completed a sixth Day of deliberations Friday without deciding if the former Nav radioman knowingly sold secrets that went to the soviet Union. The jury will resume deliberations monday. Whitworth has admitted that he stole military secrets As part of the John Walker spy ring but the Crit ical Issue facing jurors is whether he knew the information he stole was being passed to soviet agents. Whitworth has denied that he knew the information was being sold to the russians or that it might . Security. Whitworth 46, is accused of Selling classified Nav codes for nearly a decade to the soviet Union through Walker. He was paid $332,000 Between 1974 and 1983for the information. The indictment charges Whitworth specifically with conspiring to commit espionage in the Walker ring spying for the soviets tax evasion and conspiring to evade taxes. He faces a maximum sentence of seven life term plus 27 years if convicted on All counts. Celebrities warn youths Don t do drugs Seattle up sports stars and show business celebrities joined Federal officials Friday to urge nearly 2,700 Volunteer Law enforcement explorers to resist peer pressure to take drugs. Drugs and life Don t balance Houston rocket basketball Star Ralph Sampson told a cheering throng during a stage show of bands pop music and testimonials from sports and entertainment personalities. You do or you Don t do drugs you live or you  your pick he said. I get High off of chocolate Chip cookies and  said he had been a Friend of Len Bias the new Boston celtic from the University of Maryland who died of heart failure after taking cocaine. Seattle sea Hawks football player Dave Brown Quot ing from the Bible said the body in t made for drugs. Taking drugs he said is like operating a car without following the instruction manual. Baseball player Marty Barret of the Boston red so told stories about resisting peer pressure to use drugs in High school and College and How drugs and alcohol had led to the deaths of people he knew. The rally came on the last Day of a five Day National conference of the Law enforcement explorers groups of Young volunteers affiliated with local state and fed eral Law enforcement agencies. The conference was ice noted by los Angeles police chief Darrel Gates and Drew Law enforcement leaders from across the nation. Koch Calls for mayors1 conference nationwide crackdown on crack new York up the chairman of a House drug panel and mayor Edward Koch declared a National emergency in Day a  against Ute a drag a Peak Adly cocaine derivative. Saying wide spread use of crack is no longer just local problem rep. Charles rang Al ., agreed with Koch who testified before the House select com Rangl Mittee on narcotics abuse and control to join in calling for a National conference of mayors to discuss How to combat sales of the  and Koch agreed to sign a let Ter inviting the mayors to the meeting inner York. No Date was set. Koch reiterated his Call for All Passen Gers to be sniffed by drug dogs on All planes arriving in the United states fro foreign countries. They say dogs bite said a charged up Koch. Sure dogs bite. If you can 1 train them to sniff out drugs you can i train them not to bite.". If any illegal drugs Are found on i a plane he said Iti should be sent Back to the country it came from even if there Are Ameri i cans aboard. Koch when we ship afew Back they la Start having dogs sniff ing out drugs he said. He also called for an end to the use of$100 Bills because they Are so frequently used in drug transactions and Money laundering. Koch repeated his Call that special fed eral prisons be set up in the desert and the  if people know they Are going to deserving time in a tent City in the desert or where it s snowing out in the Tundra the will have second thoughts about drugs he said. His suggestions were generally applauded. Others panellists were sen. Alfonser Amato r-n.y., rep. Mario Biaggi d n.y., and rep. Ben oilman  Oilman said the concentrated form of cocaine is invading our towns and per Meating our neighbourhoods with an in Sidi Rusness unmatched by any other Ille Gal  among the witnesses were gov. Mari Cuomo and Manhattan District attorney Robert Morgenthau. The governor said the Federal government has not done enough about illegal drugs. We failed to keep narcotics control atthe top of the National Agenda and this great growing wave of sickness anguish death and terror continued to move across the country swallowing up More and More of our life he said. Sands of time in the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. July 20, 1946 the International military tribunal in Nuernberg heard a plea that German Gen. Alfred Jodl appeared in a wrong Light because of the company with which he was sur rounded in the prisoner s Box. 30 years ago today. July 20. 1956 president Eisen Hower sounded a new Appeal for the so Viet Union to join the United states in disarmament program. 20 years ago today. July 20, 1966 two . Marine platoons held out for four hours against Waves of North vietnamese troops jus South of the 17th parallel while covering the withdrawal of their battalion. 10 years ago today. July 20,1976 Mike Bruner a col lege dropout who makes water Beds broke the world record in the 200-Meterbutterfly and led a 1-2-3 . Sweep of the first swimming medals awarded atthe Montreal summer olympics