European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 26, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday october 26, 1986 the stabs and stripes Page 7 military May be losing gear to terrorists los Angeles a displaying am munition clips flak jackets and other Sto Len equipment. Sen. Pole Wilson r-Calif., said Friday thai the military is losing huge amounts of gear that May be ending up in the hands of paramilitary groups guerrillas criminals and terrorists. There is a shocking degree of theft and resale of military property going on said Wilson surrounded at a news conference by tables piled with equip ment recovered through an undercover investigation at Camp Pond Luton Calif. Wilson who will chair the Senate armed services committee task Force on military inventory management next month said he expects to Rand losses in the billions of dollars. This represents a Small fraction of what was recovered through the opera Tion of an undercover surplus store manned by Fri and naval intelligence operatives Wilson said. What we have determined is that this is in fact big Busi  the services admit they Don t know the extent of the problem and the Gen eral accounting office is unwilling to estimate the amount of the loss other than to Sav it s in the very Large numbers he said. The task Force working with the serv ices and Federal Law enforcement Agen cies will try to produce legislation to Aid the prosecution of such thefts and seek non legislative improvements in regulations 03 Well As expansion of command responsibility for inventory. The investigation known a opera Tion Kip Stop was begun in 1982 and led to he conviction of 103 civilians and the courts martial of 43 marines. The amount of gear stolen from Camp Pend Leton is Uncertain but the government has recovered 11.5 million Worth to Date. Similar thefts have been reported and similar activities undertaken in connection with army  Wilson said adding that All the services and the defense logistics agencies Are involved. He said the problem is partly due to the military s immense inventory of 1162 billion Worth of equipment. Wilson said it s not known where All the stolen items Are ending up. But we do know that some of it is getting into the hands of paramilitary racist Radical organizations he  Are convinced that some of it is being sold illicitly to those supplying guerrilla operations in other countries. We Don t know but suspect that some fit is going to organized crime within this country. We do know that at least there is the danger thai some of it will find its Way into the hands of terrorist Organiza  the stolen items included ammunition magazines holsters camouflage clothing and straps flashlights packs headphones shark rape Plant sunburn ointment canteen Caps and holders and fuel packets for heating rations. Doing the dishes Terry Leasure who works for Tallahassee Fol television satellite dish distributor uses a Long Han Brush to give the dishes a scrubbing on the dealer s display lot in Florida s capital City. Asphalt search is scuttled after discovery of Gold Uvalde Texas a an Oil company Learned that All that glitters in t Asphalt when it stumbled onto a major vein of Gold and Silver in South Central Texas. Exploration co. Was originally interested in exploring the tract for its promising Asphalt deposits but discovered a More lucrative Ore company executive Paul Sigmon said. We weren t looking for Gold and Silver. We did t believe it Sigmon told the Dallas morning news after discovering the Gold and Silver the san Anto Nio Energy firm scuttled Oil exploration project and began leasing 150,000 acres of land along the vein s path. So far the publicly held company has invested si.5 million in the project. Officials would have preferred to keep the find secret so they could continue buying land while competitors remained in the dark. Sigmon said but the com Pany s lawyers realized announcing the discovery could have a profound affect on the company s value. If the discovery pans out it will be Only the second Mjor Gold find in Texas. 9 killed in train crash new Delhi India up1 an express train smashed into six stationary freight wagons killing nine people and injuring 43 m Central Adhya Pravesh slate the press Trust of India reported Friday legislator s Choice name names or eat Crow Columbia . A a legislator charged with obstruction of Justice after publicly saying he had seen colleagues use cocaine on the floor of the slate House is in a no win situation a fellow representative says. Rep Phil Bradley a Greenuk said his motive for the statement on a radio talk show was his support for drug test ing of Public officials. Now be is under indictment for Refus ing to identify the legislators. Colleagues Are accusing Bradley of casting a Cloud Over them All and a prosecutor is vowing to make him name names or Eal  Bradley says if he gives the names of legislators he could ruin their political careers. Further he says there is no Point in naming them because they can t be convicted in his word alone. If he remains silent and is convicted of obstruction of Justice in a trial to be he Din february or March he will be expelled from the House and will face a Maxi mum 10-year prison sentence. He was indicted tuesday freed on his own recognizance wednesday and sus Pended from the House thursday. He s in a no win situation said rep. Mike fair also a Republican from Greenville. Ii All just does t make a lot of  Bradley 48, said be has known about a drug problem in the House Tor three to four years but is speaking out now be cause it s time the Public knew How bad the situation is. Said rep. Eugene Foxworth a Charleston Bradley is not the Type of person who would lie about something like  Bui other lawmakers suggested Brad Ley had political motives since a majority of the legislature is democratic. This is a horrible thing. He should name names and places because this tars All of us with the same Brush said rep. Patrick Harris Danderson chairman of the legislative ethics committee. Solicitor Jim Anders a Democrat has vowed to get to the Bottom of Bradley a accusations. The prosecutor said he a acting on principle not politics. Any person who alleges they air wit Nesses to a serious crime and do not co operate with authorities they will to charged with obstruction of Justice Anders said. It s Lime for him to name names or eat  Don f Knock Knock if until you be tried it he says san Francisco up never repeat never ask who s there when Charlie Orr says Knock Knock he can give you 147,771 different answers. Orr 71, is president of the National Knock Knock joke club which he claims has 10,000 members. And he in t joking. Orr defends the Knock knocks As the Only original american joke form. They Trace their history Back tothe Days of prohibition when a tap on the speakeasy door produced a pee through the peephole and the question who s there Orr Ai befits the head of the dub has written Down 147,771 replies to the historic question. Orr says the first Knock Knock joke was created by two men inside the restroom of a new York bar. Knock Knock one said. Who s there said the other.  who Ranger clothes before  said he Gol hooked on the jokes at a Long ago Square dance when the caller answered Rhoda who with Rhoda hone All the Way  Orr said he doubled Over with laughter and his future became dear. He said he often has to defend the jokes against those who Don t find them funny. Perhaps they Are a Low form of humor be said but in these limes Low humor is better than nothing at  in the meantime Orr keeps writing Down new ones daily in abbreviated form. 147,757 for rooms four rooms the Bel tolls. 147,762 Avenue Avenue heard of me7 147,769 Peru Peru of the pudding is in the eating. When you really gel into this he Aid you leave out the Knock Knodt part. Take too much