European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 13, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday july 13, 1987 the stars and stripes putting on the dog Patsy Ross a product manager for 7-Elcveu, squirts a turd on rows at hot dogs at Ibe company s test Kitchen in Dallas the Chain Selb More the 175,000 hot dogs Dally across the country. Activist opposed to draft begins 3-year prison term Madison wis. Not wearing a to shirt Bear ing the words Justice is a constant struggle David o. A Crecy a 26-year-old Law student at the University of Wisconsin departed for Leavenworth Federal Penitentiary in Kansas on Friday to begin a three year term for refusing to Register for the military draft. His prison term plus a $10,000 Fine was the harsh est sentence handed Down in 18 cases chosen for prosecution under a now abandoned Justice do payment policy that singled out Only those non registrants who actively identified themselves As draft resisters. The selective service system estimates that 400,000 Young men live not registered since president Carter instituted draft registration in 1980 shortly after the soviet Union invaded Afghanistan. Defendants had asserted that the policy was unconstitutional and the department dropped it in 1984 after it was challenged but the supreme court upheld the policy in 1985, ruling that it did not amount to selective prosecution or an infringement on free speech those prosecuted Justice Lewis f. Powell or. Wrote in he majority opinion in effect selected them selves for prosecution by refusing to Register after being reported1 and warned by the  the punishment meted out for failure to Register has been uneven among the is men prosecuted under the abandoned policy Legal action against four was dropped and the others were convicted and Given Pris on sentences or put on probation. The sentences ranged from the three year term and $10,000 Fine for Mericy to six months of House arrest for David a. Walc whose Case went to the supreme court. Two others were indicted under a replacement policy of prosecuting people who were not vocal resistors but the charges were dropped when they agreed to Register. A Crick snid his Send enc handed Down by . District judge John Shabaz in Wisconsin was designed not so much to punish me far what i was convicted of but for my political views Korky who owns a Bookstore in Madison is also regional director of the committee against registration and the draft at his sentencing Shabaz criticized him As Aid ing and abetting registration Nesi slurs and refused his re quest to remain free on bait while awaiting an Appeal. Kersey whose Appeal has been filed said he had refused to sign up because registration would make it easier for the United Stales to Send troops abroad. No one has been drafted since the United slates swim Chad to a voluble or army in 1973, but some of the political and religious arguments that led Many Young men to oppose the draft in the Vietnam War continue to be cited by those refusing to Register today. Some of these Young men Are trying to make a political statement by saying Ronald Reagan in t going to Send me to the Middle East or to Central America " said Wilfred Lebel the departing director of the selective service system. "1 Don t know Why they look at it As a political Issue. It s not. It s a nation Al Security  he said draft registration would shorten by six weeks the Lime it would take to mobilize conscripts for military training. Of America s key allies Only Britain and Canada do not have a draft. In fact most Young men do comply with he Law which requires All male citizens and resident aliens is to 26 years old to Register. The Agency reports 97 per cent compliance among the nearly 18 million Man who have been eligible since 1980. Ebel said most of the 400,000 who failed to Register did so through inadvertence rather than deliberate resistance. They simply forgot to Register or did t get around to it what i Call typical teen age tardiness he said. John doe9 leaves town of he came Anonymous a West Palm Beach Fla. A an innocent Man who spent 11 Days in jail because he refused to identify himself then had to picket a police station to get his suitcase Back has left town still unknown. The Man known Only As John Doe to authorities left the City on a bus Friday after police finally gave in handing Over the Luggage without a signature. I Felt there was a principle involved Here and i was not going to waive my rights Doc said on the Way to the bus station. The problem with americans in general is that we re out Here every Day trying to make ends meet and we dont have time to stand finn on our  Doe had picketed he West Palm Beach police station three times since july 2, and As be boarded the bus Friday he was still holding his placard. It read return the suitcase now. A badge does not Grant the West Palm Beach police a License to steal property from another nor the authority to Tram ple upon the rights of we he people Doe s problems began in january when police received a tip that a Man Matching his description was carrying drugs in a suitcase on a bus. They detained him found nothing in his unease except clothes and tooth paste and said he could leave. When asked to sign a jail release form however Doc walked arguing hat he was innocent and that police had no right to compel him to give his name. Doe remained in the Palm Beach county Jait for 11 Days until a circuit judge ordered his release. But police re fused to turn Over the suitcase without a property release signature. Authorities said they believed that the Man was from Dania in nearby Ruward county and that he returned there. In july still unable to regain the suit Case. Doe began picketing refusing a police Compromise to sign the release John  police finally threw in the Towel Friday. When Doe opened the suitcase he found the lining had been torn and the toothpaste squeezed out of the tube. Police suggested he file a claim with the City. Thai s unlikely however he would have to sign the claim. Of North for president Campaign launched Tallahassee Fla. Up three business men say they have mounted a Multi slate bumper sticker Campaign advertising Ollie North for presi. Dent and Hope to raise enough Money to pay for the Marine lieutenant colonel s Legal defense. Malvin Mann a former four term mayor of Goose Crest , Philadelphia restaurant owner Effie Zell and Tallahassee Horn builder John Hill began the Campaign to pro Mote a Leader that s finally emerged Hiu said. Crusty crush aeon cracks up in fall Boston a Ralph a 30-Pound giant lobster slated for display at the new England aquarium died after a fall from a scale officials said. The crustacean s Shell was irreparably cracked when it fell while being weighed aquarium spokeswoman Mimi Simpson said. Ralph was destroyed be cause of the possibility of infection. We re devastated Simpson said Fri Day. It s very sad. Ajl i can say is that we feel horrible about  the lobster was caught by a Westport Fisherman off George Bank and was purchased by the museum for $127.50. Simpson said such accidents Are extremely rare at the aquarium. The three of us feel that finally a Leader has come out that Wilt inform the american nation about the invasion we think the soviets Are going to mount in Central America Hiu said and we think Ujj s about Lime a Man like North took control and Ted this nation in the right  the three already have 10,000 slickers printed and plan to it hundreds of thousands More Hill said. They arc  Mann s priming shop in goos Creck. No Price has been set for the bumper stickers Hill said. A Telephone number in each stale is Given for people to Call and pledge their support he said. The Campaign is financed by the three businessmen and volunteers he said and profits will be sent directly to North s Home in Falls Church a Hill said he thinks North Mil spend ii million in Legal fees As a result of his connection in the Iran Contra affair our Campaign is in its grass roots stage right now but we Hope to raise 31 million or so to pay North Back Hill said. Overfilling of $130 million alleged Rockford. 111. A a grand jury investigation has been launched into Sundstrand corp., accused by govern ment auditors of overcharging the Feder Al government More than $130 million on a wide Range of military contracts according to a published report. The alleged Over toiling by the Rock Ford based aerospace company includes charging the air Force and Navy for costs associated with Many of its private commercial contracts during the past 10 years the Chicago Tribune said in its sunday editions. For example auditors found that the company was charging the government for inc com of promoting its products Al air shows in France and Britain costs that auditors found had nothing to a with government contracts the newspaper reported. As a result of the audit Federal grand juries in Rockford and Seattle arc looking into possible criminal charges such As false claims false statements or conspiracy involving Sundstrand officials the paper said. We Wil not respond at this time said Matt Miller spokesman for sunds Trand which provides the Pentagon with flight generators data recorders in flight movie and stereo service and other mechanisms for aircraft. People like Sundstrand Are suppose to know the owl accounting standards said Ted Smith of los Angeles a de sense department attorney taking part in the  of the company. What we re saying is that they re charging the government for costs that Are strictly  the defense department investigation the findings of which were obtained by the newspaper under the Freedom of information act covers inc company s subsidiary in Seattle As Well As its Bead quarters and other facilities in Rockford. The grand jury in Rockford has targeted officials at the highest Levels of the corporation the Tribune quoted an unidentified official As saying. Agents from the Fri and the Pentagon Are working on the Case along with fed eral prosecutors supervised by . At Torney Anton Valutas in Chicago the paper said