European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 24, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday october 2, 1987 the stars and stripes Page 7 Robertson aide defends Sale of computer system Washington a pal Robertson s presidential Campaign won t re veal who paid the Campaign $137,500 Tor a computer system a transaction that has raised questions of propriety. The ism computer Sale reported on Robertson s financial statement to the Federal election commission was arranged by Clarence Archie Decker a former Colorado state senator and Denver lawyer who is Robertson s regional political director Campaign spokeswoman con Nie Snapp con firmed in a new conference thurs Day she called the $337,500 Sale a very solid business transaction and said it involved no illegality or violation of the s 1,000 Cap on individual contributions to a presidential Campaign. But the declined 10 disclose names Orang of the purchasers characterizing them As people not in  she said they were people who Are inter ested in buying used  Robertson Fec spokesman Fred Eiland said Heco Tild not speculate on specifics of the Robertson matter but noted that in the past the commission has permitted or denied Sale of Campaign assets depend ing on the circumstance. Such rulings have held that a Campaign cannot sell equipment for the Pur pose of raising Revenue or retiring debts or if the Campaign intends to lease Back the equipment without the purchaser violating the $1,000 per person contribution limit. Snapp said the computer Sale was Nota method of fund raising. There s nothing unusual about this. The Robertson Campaign which instill using the computer equipment will not lease it Back after Selling it. But will buy a larger system she said. The system being sold in upgrade form was purchased for $231,480 at the beginning of this year from another Robertson associate George Border of Chesapeake a Snapp said the $337,500 Price was fair and  Snapp said the purchasing  futures inc., was put together by a Denver Law firm that specializes i such deals a firm in which Decker had been a partner. Grand jury probing Mecham election loan Phoenix Arii. A the stat attorney general said thursday that a grand jury had begun investigating  Mcchamp s failure to disclose a 1350.000 Campaign loan in apparent Vio lation of state Law. Attorney general Bab Corbin  give details on his probe but he con firmed that it included other matters be sides the loan. Mecham who Drew National attention for rescinding a stale Holiday honouring the Rev Man in Lush or King has been inc target of a recall Campaign begun even before he took office in january. Corbin s office issued a raft of subpoenas wednesday and thursday to Mech him some of his lop aides and people who signed promissory notes to Back the 5350,000 loan which was not reported tothe Secretary of stale As required by Law. All were ordered to appear before Ibe stale grand jury on nov. 3 and to bring relevant documents. Questioned by a reporter Mecham s press Secretary. Ken Smith said that no favors were grunted to the Man who granted the loan Developer Barry Wolf son or anyone else connected with the  governor s lawyer Murray Miller said he believed Corbin had conflict of interest and should not be conducting the investigation sinc Corbin had Given Mecham advice on Echirn financial reporting. In addition he said inc Alt Crney Genera had not ruled out running for governor himself. Disclosure of the loan wednesday caused a new storm of criticism of Mech am and gop House speaker Joe Lane revealed that his office had begun studying the impeachment Law and was swatting the outcome of Corbin s investigation. App Oil Douglas Youngs beneath his 1946 a Runca caught in � tree near Star Lake . Pilotless runaway plane found ensnared in tree Star Lake . A an air plane that took off without its owner when he cranked its propeller to Start it has been found 65 Miles away and Upin he limbs Ofa 35-foot Poplar tree. Douglas Youngs said he thinks Pecan repair old Dollar As he Calls the 1946 two seater Craft just As Luonas he figures out How to get it Down. Not just Plain dropping it because that will leave it in far worse shape than it s in he said after the plane was found wednesday two Days after it look off. A Man searching for signs of Dee before Hunting season spotted the sin Gle engine Acroca Champ in a Wood. De Section of the town of Clifton. Youngs 58, a new York air Brake employee said he flooded the plane s engine when he tried to Start it Mon Day evening. He said he opened the throttle an cranked the prop backward to Force excess fuel from inc engine. But the engine started and the plane lurched Down he Airstrip drag Ging Youngs 150 Yards while he Trielo climb in. It climbed in a spiral while he watched. I knew it was just going to keep climbing and climbing until it ran out of Gas Youngs said. Youngs wife said he rarely cries but he was crying when he told her the plane was gone. The plane Worth about $7,000, fell into the tree Tail first the engine door and some Small pieces fell to the ground. One Wing was severed but the fuselage seemed mostly intact. Black professors organize to improve conditions Washington a the organizer of a new National organization for Black professors says it will try to warn members away from revolving door campuses that recruit minority faculty but Seldom Grant them tenure. It May be that Black faculty should t go to some of those places in the first place said Ronald Walters Howard University professor of political science. More than 100 Black academicians were expected at conference at Howard this weekend to Lay he ground work for the National Congress of Black faculty wallers the driving Force behind the group said he Hopes to attract support from at least a Quarter of the nation s nearly 19,000 Black College professors. He said the Congress will fight on behalf of teacher denied tenure lobby for research dollars form a data Bank of Black Talent and pressure journals to publish More research by Buck scholars. There s a tremendous amount of pain out there Walters said. Some of them have bounced around four five six institutions. Black faculty Are an endangered  Walter said. We have a whole generation of people who Are not getting tenure for one reason or  he cited figures from the equal employment Opportunity commission that the number of full Lime faculty positions held by Blacks dropped from 19,674 in 1977 to 18,827 in 1983, according to surveys the percentage of Black High school graduates going on to College has slumped from 33.5 percent in 1976 to 26,1 percent in 1985. However a larger percentage of Blacks gained High school diplomas 76 percent up from 68 percent earlier. Walters said Black faculty members find it difficult to publish their work especially if it is done from whats called the Black perspective. Racial tensions flared on several major campuses Las year including the University of Michigan the Citadel and the University of Massachusetts at Arnhorst