European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 6, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Saturday september 6,1986 the stars and stripes Perot tried to buy alleged Mia video Texas billionaire s $4.2 million offer Rej 9ide page3 Washington a Texas billionaire h. Ross Parol a fact i a a ring with vice president George Bush pledged 1oobtain a videotape purporting to War alive in Laos. I was asked by our government to pursue the thing to get the tape if in Enisley Perot said in a recent Telephone interview. Said Fine it s a Long shot but i la be glad to do the tape was never produced and the Money was never paid. Perot refused to identify who in inc government asked him to punic the matter Marlin Filz Waitr spokesman for wednesday the vice president disc Scilk rape with Perot and Askco him to take a there and Sec if he thought they Sercl but Fitzwater added to Bre he Bush did t ask him to make payment also into Lytdia a Meffson was rep. Bill Mendon. R n.c., who he discussed the videotape Mailer War Inrush and that later the vice president aupry Teand based on our discussion i tried 10 assist Ftp crop in any Way i according to a former army major who first told 2nd arson fire ruins rare books at la Library los Angeles u i a fire at the historic Cen trial Library that destroyed about is million Worth of rare music and Art books May have been set by the same Man who sparked a $22 million inferno there five months ago authorities said. The fire wednesday evening ruined nearly half of the music and an books kept in the cast Wing one of the Library s most valuable collections and one of inc Best of in Type in the nation the librarian said. The cause of the second arson fire in the 60-year-old building was found to be lighted paper and common combustibles the same material used to set the first Blaze april 29, a fire official said. The method of operation was very similar to the flip that occur cd april 29," Deputy fire chief Don Anthony said. Anon investigators Are now continuing their investigation focusing specifically on in depth interviews or those who were in he building at the Lime of the fire and right fire chief Donald Manning said he believes the same Man set both fires at the Library which has been closed to the Public since april 30, department spokesman Tony Didominico said investigators arc now following up on More than 200 leads trying to locale he arsonist. Before we jump to conclusions that someone on the Library staff was involved there Are so Many open Ings in the building that anybody Streetwise could penetrate it Didomenico said. Cily librarian Wyman Jones estimated the loss to the music collection at 1800,000 to si.2 million. The tire also caused nearly is million in damage to the Structure. The Story of inc Lape the Money was on Deposit in the Bank of America in Singapore last april when he at tempted to obtain photographic evidence that am Raj cans were still being held prisoner. Retired a. Mark Smith told the nil Lee last june went to i instructions from intelligence Agency Mill up Rohin Gregson a Brills claimed to have Possession i videotape. Smith told inc committee thai Gregson who also uses the name John Ubassy rejected the offer. Smith testified Gregson told him i did t ask you for $4.2 million in Cash. I asked you for support for these people in Laos. Cral i have never asked for the people in Laos were rebel forces fighting the communist government. The major also told the committee he had seen the tape and it showed caucasians being held prisoner and forced to work in Timber and mining operations in Northern Laos. Part Mcnol lists 2,441 americans who from the conflict in Southeast Asia. In monthly tally of reports pertaining to possible pos. The defense intelligence Agency lists 881 Case of alleged sightings of live americans being held Pris Oner since the fall of Saigon in 1975, the latest Dia tally lists 136 of thai total As currently unresolved. The Agency said the remainder were disproved. Perot said of the videotape like everything else found the pow Mia thing it s a will of Illas computer magnate first became involved in let Muse m 1969 when he attempted to Fly to Hanoi iced wac Dol supplies and Christmas Din ners to american a a a financed a successful 1979 Rescue Mission to liar act oof his employees from a Tehran prison. The fact that we have one forces major who says he has seen the tape makes it More than just some bogus thing floating out there in Asia said Perot. The Basic Steps involved were to produce the tape see the Lape and if in fact the tape was what it was purported to be at that Point pay for the tape and have it available to our government he added. So it was a kind of reasonably fail Safe process in that you got a Chance to look before you docked in a void spec it Mark Hansen snapped this photograph of a boat on a like at Beder Kesa German -. Titled docked in � void the photo took second place in the Black and White Scenic and nature category in the Usa eur photo contest. Hansen 26, is with the 581st signal co 39th signal bit Bremerhaven. Newly released Nixon tapes draw few listeners famous and trivial town the Days but few visitors to seen willing to make the trip to hear them. A new Batch of tapes was released this week including an interview made three months before Nixon re signed the presidency in disgrace in which he pro claimed his innocence in the Waie Maie scandal and said he would t have lasted one minute in office if they were True. Nonetheless the tapes attract few Vitito some May be put off by the Fri nhe Nixon presidential Maleri Alse in
