European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 27, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday october 27. 1987 the stars and stripes Paga 5 critics say Reagan drug crusade stymied Washington not one year after presi Dent Reagan declared a National crusade Riga Insl illegal drugs critics say the Effort has been stymied by Ioor Coord inn i Ion and the failure of Ilic it mini. Ration to follow through there is no uni Igor drug crusade said sen. Al Fonse m. O Avalo. R-n.y., who is one of several congressional critics. It is a  administration officials Point to achievements including a Sharp increase in manpower at Federal Law enforcement agencies and increases in arrests and drug seizures. For example the customs service seized More than 86,000 pounds of cocaine in the past year up 60 percent from the year before. And administration spokesmen say the president and mrs. Reagan have helped Shin Public altitudes through Public appearances and by encouraging employers and schools to fight drug abuse. But in recent interviews former administration officials members of Congress drug treatment and Educa Tion specialists and academic experts pointed to exam Ples of poor planning and coordination that they said undermined the Anli drug Effort. Among them Are less than three months after the president signed a Bill authorizing 11.7 billion in new Money for anti drug programs in 1987, the White House proposed cutting Back Money for treatment Educa Tion and local Law enforcement for 1988. Although the Campaign sent a new wave of of fenders into the Federal prisons no one had prepared for the resulting overcrowding which threatens to interfere with enforcement activities. The Federal system designed to hold 28.000 prisoners is already at 160 percent of capacity and expects 72,000 prisoners by 1992. A year after the president set a Goat of increasing the spaces in treatment programs experts say the pro Grams still can Only treat a Small fraction of the half million intravenous drug users in the United states. Experts in preventing drug use say not enough is being done to assure thai $200 million allocated for drug education last year is being used to establish effective programs in primary and secondary schools the Justice department never established 24 task forces to fight the use of crack a highly Addic Tive form of cocaine after their creation was announced last fall by attorney general Edwin a Csc. And the White mouse Confer ence on drugs a Gath ering of experts that had been scheduled to report on anti drug stat cries last Spring is just beginning i work. Congressional studies contend that i the National drug pol icy Board the body is d am a a abolished to coordinate Federal drug efforts has not been Able to resolve inter Agency conflicts thai have limited the effectiveness of some programs. The coast guard and the customs service for example were locked in a jurisdictional Battle Over smuggling for More than a year subs packing Kemp Dupont get Early jump cruise missiles in Media Blitz for White House on Gulf patrol Washington not the Navy has quietly created a new Mission for submarines firing cruise missiles with High explosive non nuclear warheads at military targets ashore according to Pentagon officials. Department of defense officials have indicated that american attack submarines armed with cruise mis Siles carrying conventional warheads Are on patrol Negr the persian Gulf should president Reagan order an other attack on iranian installations either on the coast or Inland. In such an attack officials said a submarine could fire then slip away undetected the Navy keeps sub Marine movements secret but each Battle group Cen tired on a battleship or Carrier sails with two to four submarines. Two such groups Are in the arabian sea. Until now american nuclear powered attack sub marines armed with torpedoes have been trained Pri Marily to attack enemy warships Supply vessels and submarines at sea. Submarines could also join an aircraft Carrier in mounting a strike the Navy said. The Tomahawk cruise missile a flying torpedo with stubby wings pow ered by a Small Jet engine could be used against anti aircraft missile Sites thus allowing aircraft to bomb targets with less risk to planes. Washington a in a preview of the Multi million Dollar Media Bill that will overwhelm voters by election Day 1988, two of the 12 presidential candidates already Are taking to television in a serious Way. Rep Jack Kemp r n.y., starts broadcasting biographical ads in new Hampshire his week and in Iowa the following week. Fellow Republican Pete Dupont began Brief ing new Hampshire to viewers on his social Security plan oct. 21 in the first phase of a five week 5300,000 advertising run. All this occurs before Kemp voters have even gone to the polls for local elections in 1987 much less tuned in to what s at stake four months from now in Iowa s presidential caucuses and new Hampshire s first in the nation primary. Kemp and Dupont Are following a Long shot strategy that Temple Democrat Bruce Babbitt to spend j2 50,000 last Spring to put his Best to face before Iowa voters. The underdog candidates Are using Media Early because they have to Gamble Roll the Dice and try something to gel attention said Larry Sabato a Polit 3 firefighters die in training Blaze m1lford, Mich. A a training session for Volunteer firefighters turned deadly sunday killing three Volunteer firefighters and seriously burning a fourth As they tried to put out a controlled fire in an old  was like a bomb Only you did t hear the explosion witness Dale Milter said. Two men and one woman were killed when they became trapped inside the Century old farmhouse. Six others were injured. It happened after just a few seconds Miller said. As soon As it billowed with Black smoke everybody panicked. I heard people running and Yelling and Catl ing for More help he said. Some witnesses said inc second door of the iwo Story farmhouse collapsed beneath the firefighters. The training involved firefighters from Milford Highland White Lake and Lyon townships. Killed were Marsha Baczynski 41, of Milford Rob Ert Gregory 33, of Highland and Thomas Phelps 34, of new Hudson said Anne Allen spokeswoman for Huron Valley Hospital. A firefighter identified As Dale Wilisch 32, was re ported in serious condition in a Hospital bum unit. Five charged in Federal bribery sting Tampa Fla. A Federal officials have charged five people in what they describe As the largest Federal bribery Sling Ever in which a customs agent posed As a corrupt congressional aide. Special agent Mike Miller and other agents received 11.4 million in bribes in the past nine months from suspects who were led to believe he could influence Federal narcotics and Money laundering investigations in Tampa Fla., is. Louis and Detroit Federal officials said charged with bribery and mail fraud was William a Wood 37, already serving a 20-year prison sentence for conspiracy to distribute cocaine. His wife Carol Wood x and Frank Basso 34, each were charged with conspiracy six counts of bribery and six counts of obstruction of Justice. Jeffrey l Koons 34, was charged with conspiracy and three counts of bribery of a Public official. All four Are from key Largo. A fifth person David Ecarlson. 27, a fort Lauder Dale Pilot was charged with conspiracy to defraud the Federal aviation administration mail fraud and using a phony name in executing mail fraud. Icat science professor at the University of Virginia. Are they squandering their resources on what a cartoonist has parodied As perceptual engineering in Iowa the Money is much better spent on voter Contact through the mails and through inc Telephone Sabato said. Kemp and Dupont overshadowed by vice presi Dent George Bush and Senate minority Leader Bob Dole of Kansas in the gop pack have Little to lose by getting a jump on the Campaign advertising season. Election analysts predict most of the major Media buys will occur for super tuesday March 8, when 20 slates including a dozen in the South have scheduled primaries or caucuses. Kemp spokesman John Buckley said his candidate is running no. 2 in new Hampshire behind Bush but ahead of Dole and intends to consolidate his Posi Tion through advertising. Media strategy is a closely held secret among the campaigns of front runners and political heavyweights such As Dole Bush and Massachusetts Cov. Michael Dukakis. Rep. Richard Gephardt d-mo., expects to be on inc air in december or january a spokesman said. There la be nothing in the next month we re moving our Headquarters to Chicago said Pam Smith of Democrat Jesse Jackson s Campaign sen. Albert cored Tenn focusing his efforts on super tuesday plans to do Little if any paid Advertis ing in Iowa or new Hampshire. Sands of time in the stars and stripes 40 years ago foe a. Oct. 27, 1947 the army transport Joseph v. Connolly steamed into new York Harbor with inc bodies of 6,200 american War dead the first to be returned from european burial grounds. 30 years ago today oct. 27, 1957 new York police dict they would question Gambler Frank costello about the oct. 25 murder of murder inc s former lord High executioner Albert Anastasia. Dozens of underworld Fig urn have been questioned about the a Niland style shooting. 20 years ago foe a. Oct. 27, 1967 Mohammad Reza Pahlavi crowned himself Shah of Iran in ceremonies far which the country waited 26 years. He had refused a Corona Tion in 1941, saying he could not reign Over illiteracy and poverty. ? 0 years ago today. Oct. 27, 197 7 the statue of Liberty was opened after a nine hour occupation by 30 puerto rican nationalists who demanded Independence for puerto Rico