European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 19, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday october 19, 1987 the stars and stripes Page 5 drug buyers persistence brings arrests san Bernardino. Calif. A some people won t Lake no for an answer even if the ques Tion is whether sheriffs deputies will sell them drugs. Authorities lost week raided an Iron barred House where highly re fined Rock cocaine known As  was allegedly being sold and arrested a woman Hying there but customers kept dropping by said sgt. Ross Dvorak of the san Bernardino co my sheriffs department. It was Tunny. These people would walk in buy the drug and we would arrest and handcuff them in the Kitchen Dvorak said. The Topper came Friday afternoon. We had i in custody and were gelling ready to Lake them in when a Man came to the door Dvo Rak said. We flashed our badges and guru and told him we were with the sheriff s department and to go a Way. The Man said. I Don t care who you Are i want to buy a Rock " Dvo Rak sail detectives obliged the Man then arrested him the sergeant said in All 30 people were arrested on Possession charges Dvorak said. The resident Zirt Lia Epps was arrested for investigation of drug sales. Robertson refuses to apologize for remark aimed at first lady Seattle a Republican presidential hopeful Pat Robertson denying he was referring to Nancy Reagan when he said the president was under pressure to reach an arms agreement with he so Viet Union to win the Nobel peace pric said saturday he would not apologize to the first lady. There s no apology acc essay. I did t say anything wrong Robertson said at a news conference at Portland Ore inter National Airport. However hours before Robertson is sued his denial an aide to the gop candidate told reporters that Robertson was referring to mrs Reagan. Robertson s remark Friday night at a dinner for delegates to the Western slates Republican leadership Confer ence occurred As mrs. Reagan was pre paring to undergo cancer surgery. Robertson noted that his wife is a Bob tall Republican a reference to her conservative political views. Then he added my wife docs not like communists. I want to set your minds at Case she has never suggested that i make an accommodation to the soviet Union in order to win the Nabei peace  Republican party chairman Frank  jr., informed of the re Mark said it s wrong. I think that he should apologize in Portland Robertson said "1 think Frank went off the deep end. I did t mention Nancy Reagan s name he added. I be been making the same speech for at least a month. What i said was not a reference to Nancy Reagan at  in Washington while House spokesman Marlin Fitz Waitr said he had no comment on Robertson s re Mark. George Vinell a Robertson aide con Robertson firmed that the for Mer television evangelist who is seeking the 1988 gop presidential nomination was referring to mrs. Reagan but said Robertson was unaware the first lady was about to undergo surgery. I had no idea he quoted Robertson As saying. My wife Dede had a Mastectomy. I m praying for mrs.  surgeons at Bethesda naval Center Hospital removed mrs. Reagan s left breast saturday and said thai after the operation she was Strong and  Robertson and the other cop presidential contenders have a Meetin sched used for tuesday with president Reagan at the White House. Robertson s remark was a major topic of conversation the second Day of the meeting which was hearing from the party s sin presidential hopefuls. Vice president George Bush. Robertson and former Secretary of slate Al expander m. Haig or. Spoke Friday. Senate gop Leader Robert Dole of Kan Sas who will announce his presidential candidacy on nov. 9, urged the delegates to ask yourself which one of these candidates has been tested in a lot of  asked about Robertson s remark Dole said "1 think it s  also on the Agenda were rep. Jack Kemp of new York and former gov. Pete Dupont of Delaware. He self destructed last night said Pat bum Aroos a Republican activist from Stanwood Wash. People were a  Robertson s remark about mrs. Reagan came in a speech in which he was critical of what he portrayed As the moderate leanings of the Reagan administration As the nominee of the Republican party i would have no intention of reach ing out for a vice president to choose some Liberal with whom i disagreed in order to balance the ticket ideologically he said. "1 would appoint As my Secretary of slate someone who would stand up for America instead of somebody who would try to move the nation toward a one world socialist  6 gu/7fy of conspiracy in warehouse Bank scheme St. Paul Minn. A six lax protesters were convicted saturday of conspiracy to defraud the . Govern ment by setting up a system of so called warehouse Banks that did not report customers transactions. I think the verdict should be a real loud message to a lot of tax protesters who have been using warehouse Banks that not Only the government but also the pub Lic will not tolerate this Type of fraud assistant . Attorney Donald Lewis said following the verdict. I think the jury did a fair Job irs special agent Jim Molnar said. Defense attorneys said they planned to Appeal. The six were accused of Selling up the so called warehouse Banks in at least three Stales to conduct secret financial transactions and thus conceal their in come from the internal Revenue service. The unchartered warehouse Banks dealt with account holders by number instead of name Kepi no records and emphasized privacy on transactions made in Cash or commodities the government said. Federal Law requires reporting of Cash financial transactions that exceed 110,000. The six were members of the Denver based nation Al commodity and barter association. The Ocba was founded in 980 by Ullin conservative lax protester John Grandbouche an unsuccessful candidate for governor of Colorado who died last year. The government says the group s affiliated warehouse Banks pumped More than 130 million in account Holder transactions through the system each year. Prosecutors alleged that the conspiracy look place be tween 1982 and 1985, when raids were conducted in Minnesota Colorado South Dakota Oregon and Iowa. The government called the transactions secret but defendants maintained that they were private and therefore protected by the fourth amendment to the . Constitution it was a Long investigation. There were very complicated issues involved said Tom Brandon group manager for the irs. The jury of sin men and six women deliberated for 19 i hours Over three Days before reaching its verdict convicted were Donald let Carlson of Burnsville Norbert e. Stelten of Avon Lloyd m. Emond of Tyler Robert and Audrey Hawley of Alexandria . And Joseph p. Gorman of Littleton Colo. During the five week trial Lewis characterized Gor Man As the architect of what amounted to a tax protes Ter banking  Minneapolis lawyer Bruce Hanley representing Gor Man said his client had no connection with the alleged conspiracy he and other defense attorneys said they re planning an Appeal. Each faces a maximum of five years in prison on one count of conspiracy to defraud the government. More crimes reported says Fri Washington a crime re ported to police Rose 1 percent in the first six months of 1987 compared with the same period last year although the amount of violent crime was Down slightly the Fri reported. The number of murders was Down 2 percent robberies Down f percent and forcible rapes unchanged according to police department reports compiled by the Fri. The six month report supplies percent Ages based on reports from selected cities but does not give totals for the number of reported crimes nationwide. Those figures Are supplied annually in the summer after reports Are received from All of the nation s police departments. The Only violent crime that showed an increase was aggravated assault which Rose 2 percent according to the report. It gives these other estimates larceny thefts Rose 2 percent. Motor vehicle thefts were up 6 percent. Burglar is declined 1 percent. Arson dropped 6 percent. The amount of crime reported showed no change in the Midwest and in Western Stales but Rose 3 percent in the South and 2 percent in the Northeast. Crime Levels were stable in the nation s Rural areas and in cities with populations of less than 10,000. Crime increased 1 percent in the suburbs and in mid and Large sized cities Rose Between 1 percent and 3 percent. In cities of More than t million people crime went up 2 percent. In cities of from 500,000 to i million it Rose 3 per cent in those from 250,000 to 500,000 it went up 2 percent. And in cities of 100,000 to 250,000, the increase was 1 percent. The Fri crime Index which tallies Only crimes reported to police has been climbing for two years while another National Survey by the Justice depart ment s Bureau or Justice statistics snows a decrease in crime. The Bureau s report is based on interviews with thousands of households across the country and counts both reported and unreported crimes. Criminologists attribute the increase in the Fri statistics partly to an increase in recent years in the number of crimes reported to police. Hawaii offering i year Feacher warranty Lihue Hawaii a people get their new cars fixed free of charge when something goes wrong Why not their new schoolteachers the University of Hawaii Board of regents answered that concern by approving a teacher warranty program at a meeting Friday. Starting this semester graduates from the University s College of education will be Able to return for remedial help free of charge if they run into trouble in certain skill areas during their first year of leaching. The program was developed in response to concerns raised before the legislature in 1986 about the Quality of teachers in Public schools. However College officials believe the new program won t Cost much because few of the graduates will require remedial help said Dean of education John Dolly. Sands of time in the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. Oct. 19, 1947 eight socialist members of the British parliament said soviet Leader Josef Stalin told them he has no thought of making War and wants to Settle political and economic issues with the United states. 30 years ago today. Oct. 19, 1957 the French nation Al Assembly rejected right Wing Independent anime Pinky air his Cabinet leaving France s 18-Day political crisis in worse confusion than before. 20 years ago today. Oct. 19, l�67 an unmanned soviet spacecraft landed on Venus and found its Landing area too hot for human life with temperatures ranging Between 104 and 504 degrees. I0 years ago today. Oct. 19, 1977 a West German commando Force flew Home from Mogadishu Somalia after a raid on a hijacked Lufthansa Airliner in which they rescued All 86 Sun. I ing hostages and killed three of the four hijackers