European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 3, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                N pregnant sailors subject of study. Page 3 d Gao says . Billed for yacht ski Lodge Page 5 g strike by mine supervisors cripples . Coal Industry Page 8 the stars Fries 4uthqhized  c vor.46.no.289 wednesday february 3, 196b d 8693 a protesting indians surrender him Sterton. . A two aimed american indians who had taken Over a newspaper nil acc monday 10 pro Cimi the Dalh of a Black jail in male re leased i hair last seven hostages Afler a in hour standoff. It s Over. The hostages have been re leased Jim Sughrue Civ. Jim Martin s press Secretary said Iho Tlly after 8 . The indians identified As Timothy Jacobs Anil Eddie a ill her. Had demanded10 speak with Man in before ending the siege at the Robeson an newspaper. Martin old a news conference Ihas redid not Nugo Kiaie Wilh the iwo Dirac Fly but agreed to meet with Ihm Lair and to Sci up a task Force in investigate their complaints. None of these Are the kinds of de mands thai could not he met Martin said. Jacobs 19, and Hatcher. 30. Said they arc Tuscarora Cherokee indians. Aul Nori  from nearby Pembroke Paul Daly the  of the i in North Carolina said Lla Cher and Jacobs would be charged with hostage taking and Federal firearm1 violations. Afier they were taken Inlo custody by Fri agents they were taken to an Undis closed jail outside the co my he said. The iwo were armed with a double barrelled Shotgun u Singi i barrel cd shot gun a .3s-caliber pistol and a knife Daly said. Jacobs and Hatcher had old re porters in Telephone interviews they had see indians on Back Page do Paulics in ruin son county , Slind by with shotguns outside tit Lumberman newspaper office Dur Lnu the 10-hour be e monday. Meese denies knowing of bribe plan says involvement in pipeline extremely limited Washington Fyt attorney general Edwin Mccase Iii monday denied any wrongdoing in connection with 3 billion Dollar iraqi pipeline project and insisted he knew nothing about any plan to bribe israeli officials. In his first Public comment about the bribery allegations a Csc read a statement to reporters in which he said his involvement in the pipeline proposal was extremely  mom who refused to Tave questions during his appearance in a Justice department conference room said i was convinced that a special prosecutor s investigation of the pipeline project will inevitably re sult in a conclusion favourable to me the special prosecutor. James c. Neckay has evidence that Mcnese received a memorandum in Ito from a close Friend and adviser e. Robert Wai hell that said the pipe line project would involve payments to the israeli i Abor party. The principals in the project wanted assurances that Israel would Noi destroy the pipeline the pipeline which would have carried Oil from Iraq to the jordanian port of Aqaba near israeli Terri tory was eventually abandoned. The israeli government monday denied any knowl Edge of illegal pay cols in regard to the pipeline. For Mckay the critical question is whether me Csc knew that Wallach and other advocates of Floc pipeline project were prepared to make payoffs to israeli officials in Exchange for their cooperation. The Federal Conul practice Art of 1977 make the attorney general responsible for prosecuting Amer ican citizens or companies thai try to bribe foreign officials. Under the Law Mccase could face criminal charges himself if he had knowledge of a bribery plot and did nothing to Slop in. According to administration officials. Mckay has told the while House thai me Csc played an important and sustained role in 1485 in promoting the Oil pipe line project in which Wallach  a financial incr sri. In a letter in the fall of 1985, me Csc advised Shimon Peres. Ihen israeli prime minister to Deal Wilh the National Security adviser rather than the state depart ment in secret discussions about the proposed pipeline. Justice department officials said monday the attorney general did not intend to resign and was optimistic he would not face criminal charges in the Case. A senior department official said however there was some speculation that he would be leaving by March. Melesc blamed news organi actions for Many of his roubles arguing that he had been the victim of a Cas Cade of misinformation false headlines half truths innuendo and misunderstanding of Fth  the attorney general said Mckay was apparently focusing on "10 words in a lengthy memorandum see Meese on Back Page More charges expected in Navy Seal probe by Norm an Black apm Tilar nil stir Washington the Navy s investigation of corruption within one of its elite Seal commando teams has Broad ened and soon will result in the courts menial of three additional sailors officials who asked Noi 10 be identified said monday. They also said some additional cases involving Seal team six might be handled through Federal indictments instead of courts martial. Seal stands for sea. Air and land. To Dale one member of team Sis has pleaded guilty in Federal court to submit Ting false expense vouchers and two others have pleaded Guilly in military courts martial. One source did new indictments arc possible by March. The Navy acknowledged last summer thai in had begun invest Ligating Seal team is in late 1985 and was focusing on expenditures by team members for training travel and equipment Pur chases. Although the Navy refuses to confirm it. Pentagon sources say the team based Al dam neck va., near Norfolk is a special unit trained in counter terrorism and hostage rescues. Seal teams help form the . Mili tary s a called special operations forces. The sources said monday that preliminary investigations and hearings had recently been completed for two sailors and thai preliminary proceedings for the third would be completed in a week or so. The officials said two of inc sailors would be charged Wilh defrauding the Navy of Aboul $2,000 each through the submission of false voucher claims while the third allegedly overcharged the serv ice by Aboul shoo in false claims. Naval investigative service agents so far have checked at least 15,000 travel and Purchase vouchers submitted by learn members one official said. The Justice department in the meantime is looking at other aspects of the Case including alleged financial lies Between former members of the unit and defense contractor the sources said