European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 18, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Thursday september 18, 1986 the stars and stripes Page 7 democrats outline own defense policy Washington up _ democrats trying to toughen Thor defense image outlined their own Mili tary program tuesday and said the Reagan defense buildup has been a bad bargain for the program to be outlined at forums across the country during the weeks leading up to november s elections focuses on getting More value out of the defense budget revising . Military strategy by get Tine allies to assume a larger share of defense needs and reorganizing the military establishment. Presented by the ranking Democrat on the Senate armed services committee Sam Nunn of Georgia and House armed services committee chairman los Aspin d-wis., the proposals by the democratic leadership Council a panel of leading party figures from around the country represent the latest Effort by democrats to give the party a pro defense image. Nunn said the country is stronger now than when president Reagan took office because of the huge Mili tary spending increases but the question is what we got for the Money. We Are concerned we Are not stronger in proportion to the Money Aspin termed the Council s Effort a document that is serious about defense. My Gripe with the Reagan administration despite All the Money they be spent i they arc not serious about in addition Nunn said it is time to Start exploring the idea of Universal National service a require ment every citizen perform some form of Public serv ice civilian or military As is the policy in a number of nations. Nunn and Aspin in a letter to former Virginia Robb the Council s chairman said the administration s rapid military buildup has been a bad bar gain for America. We simply Haven t gotten what repaid they also said there should be fundamental changes in the Way we plan finance organize and deploy our armed the Council s recommendations were similar to ones produced earlier this year by the defense task Force of the House democratic caucus. In addition to recommending Pentagon reorganization a move expected to gel final congressional approval this week the Council suggested a variety of purchasing reforms. Nunn also said Europe and Japan must shoulder a greater Burden of National Security requirements. Japan he said in addition to meeting Pacific defense commitments should play a larger role envelopment funds to third world nations. Large lending de we have to demand that our allies do More. Our allies in Europe must do much More Nunn said. 4 finders of $6 million lose in Effort to keep it san Francisco up a Security guard and three employees of a car rental Agency who found More than $6 million in Cash and Gold in the trunk of a parked automobile lost their bid to keep the Money. The 9lh . Circuit court of appeals tuesday affirmed the Federal govern ment s claim to he Money suspected of being intended for use in an aborted drug Deal. Traces of cocaine were founding the car. The appeals court also rejected a claim by the state of California to the Money As abandoned property. The court held that the Federal govern ment alone was entitled to seize the Cash and Gold through forfeiture because fed eral authorities established probable cause to believe the Money was intended for use in an illegal drug transaction. Ann Smith Kamali Nelson Garroll and Douglas Stavoe employees of Bud gel rent a car and Security guard Pearl Lampros had ought to share in the Money for their parts in finding the Money in october 1984. The car was retrieved from the Sanfrancisco International Airport parking lot after it was listed As missing when the rental contract expired. Garret and Stavoe based their claims on being the first to spot the car in the parking lot. Lampros said she opened the car trunk and Taw the Luggage containing the Money. Kamali also saw the Luggage an claimed a right to it because she opened the bags and discovered the currency. A total of j5.6 million in s100 and$50 Bills was found in Duffel bags and suitcases. Also 450 one Unce Gola coins and 500 one ounce Platinum ingots were in the trunk. The renter of the car who listed his address As Miami has never come for Ward to claim the Money. The Justice department is expected to share a portion of the Money with the san Mateo county sheriffs office under a recent Law that allows local agencies to share in property seized in the course of Federal investigations. Texas county . Vying for Money found in car botulism in ducks a Cycle of death los trivium botulinum bacteria in Low oxygen water reproduce during hot dry weather snails and Midge larvae feed on to Lutinus spores ducks eat larvae and snails and suffer fatal paralysis from botulism poisoning Ries Lay eggs on Duck carcasses resulting maggots Are eaten by other ducks these ducks also die of botulism Chicago Tribune of Apoc Scuta Norton a we dog Uttmi Tux Ratony san Angela Texa a More than 5600,000 in &0. S50 and $100 Bills found in a car stopped for speeding Haspil led government against government w a court Battle Over who Gen to keep the suspected profits of drug dealing. Crockett county won the first round tuesday when judge Halbert 0. Wood Ward denied the Federal government s motion to dismiss the county a claim on the Money that was found by Highway patrol officers May 11. We have a Chance for the Money and that is Good Crockett county judge . Fields Aid after the ruling. "1 Nave no idea when things May get going to data i the Money. This a a different kind of county officials maintain the Money found in a rental car stopped for Speed ing should go to the county because the owner have not Laid claim to it and it was abandoned in their county. The two men in the car believed to be driving from Miami to Elpaso denied ownership of the Money which was found inside a suitcase and an attache Case in the trunk records show. Tests on 172 of the Bills yielded minute traces of cocaine officials said. Mary colder representing Crockett county said the county has Legal inter est in the 1600,000 under state Law be cause the Money was relinquished voluntarily and was unclaimed for More than 30 Days after announcements were made in various Media. Diane Kozub special assistant to the . Attorney in fort Worth said the Money was not abandoned and that the Driver signed a receipt disclaiming pos session of the Money Only to he could leave custody. Botulism threatening waterfowl in Denver Denver up an outbreak of Bol Liim a threatening Denver entire waterfowl population killing or Paralez ing hundreds of Birds in the City s panel veterinarians say. A City zoo veterinarian said 500 Duck Sand Genie hive died at City Park alone this summer from a variety of the deadly bacteria known As goal iridium botulinum or Type c. The veterinarian or. Richard Cam Bre said the disease could kill All the ducks in any Given spot the botulism items from a combination of High temperatures and Low oxygen Leve in Park Lake due 10 infrequent Ait Cong. Gambit said. Ii spread when decaying car casses of Birds and Small anti Ruuti in the lakes Are eaten by fish larvae and Snail that an later eaten by waterfowl. It paralyses them Munore Laid they usually he said cooler weather will halt the process creating the bacteria. Authorities said the outbreak poses no threat to he Ruuti of to dog and cats. Sales of pc by undercover cops ignite Washington juror Washington a police posing As drug Deal in have started Selling the Hallucinogen pc on the streets of the cation s capital in an unusual undercover operation that critics contend will dangerously spread the powerful drug. The Effort began Over the weekend As part of the City i operation clean sweep bringing 23 arrests of people who bought the drug and were later picked up said assistant police chief Isaac Fulwood. Fulwood called the operation an accepted Law enforcement but critics condemned it As to i Bic entrapment and noted that pc i known to cause violent behaviour in users. It is not like marijuana said Cheryl Long head of the Public defender s office. You re probably dealing with the most controversial and destructive drug currently causing concern in the Washington area. It possible that after a Sale is made police May not arrest or immobilize the person who has pc or phencyclidine has become one of the Moil prevalent illegal drugs used in Washington. It is used commercially As an animal tranquil Izer and sold on the streets As a Hallucinogen. Fulwood said the officers made Quick arrests of the drug buyers. There s no real danger to the Community because the recovery is made so fast that the suspect Deal even know what hit them said Fulwood
