European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 12, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Inside stripes d Home refinancing easier with new a rules Page 2 g sex pow reflects on his time in Captivity Page 3 Foj . Heightens Security in canal zone stories Page 9 d Syracuse beats Pitt in College basketball Page 21 vol. 46. No. 298 Friday february 12,1988 Good morons d 6693 a Nofziger found guilty former Reagan political director convicted on 3 charges acquitted on 1 Washington Al j Lyn Nofziger president Rea Gan s one time political director was found guilty thurs Dayhof charges he illegally lobbied lop presidential aides on by Fialo of private clients aft Rhc if Al the White House tic jury convicted Nofziger 63, on three charges that he had illegally lobbied former colleagues on be half of Wedlich corp., a maritime engineers Union and the manufacturer of the air Force s a to aircraft. Nofziger could be sentenced to is years in prison and lined up to 130.boo on the three convictions. . District judge Thomas a. Flannery scheduled sentencing for March 25. Nofziger acquitted on a fourth count of illegal lobbying activities afterwards said he still fell he had done nothing wrong and said he would Appeal. The jury found no Feigor guilty or illegally using his influence by sending an april 8, 1982, memo to than presi Damial Counselor Edwin a desc Iii. The memo suggested that a desc enlist the support of top administration officials including the president to per Suade the army to give a no bid contract to  Small engines to the Bronx based cd tech corp. The firm has since been implicated in numerous plots to buy influence with High government officials Uso reopening Alphoso mrs. Douglas Micart Hiir Atli i hand front l so Hal rerun Paul r. Sir cant and retired Gen. Wil Liam Westmorland during ceremonies marking the reopening of the times Square Center dedicated to her late husband. The metropolitan new Yore Uso he served tens of thousands of Gin . Mecsei now the attorney general had testified in the . District court trial that he could not recall Dis cussing the wed tech contract during an april 5, 1982, meeting that was referred to in Nofzger s memo. The. Jury acquitted Nofziger of a single charge that he had illegally lobbied a White House official on be half of wed tech. The jury also cleared Nofziger s part Ner Mark a. Braggo a felony charge of aiding and abetting that alleged Contact a May 28, 1982, letter to Deputy presidential Counselor James e. Jenkins. Nol Zigr 1 defense had contended that Bis name on the Jenkins letter had been forged by another we Lech lobbyist Stephen Denlinger. Outside the  courthouse Nofziger said i feel i am innocent. 1 Don t think i did anything wrong he described his crime As kind of like running a Stop sign and said the Law under which he was convicted which regulates the lobbying activities of for Mer executive Branch officials is  it does t apply to the Congress he said la does t apply to the judiciary. All men arc not equal under that Law. Ii seems i have been found guilty of trying to get see guilty on Back Pago Lyn Nowc Lucr military s ban on homosexuals Likely to stay in effect Dod says by William j. Bartman and Chuck Vinci Washington Bureau Washington the Pentagon thursday said policies Banning homosexuals from military service will probably remain in effect until a Federal appeals court decision ruling those policies unconstitutional is finally resolved. The Justice department said it is seriously consid ering appealing wednesday s 9th . Circuit court of appeals ruling that the discharge of former army sgt Perry Waikins in 1981, after 14 years of Active duty service was unlawful. The immediate Short term effect of the ruling is unclear. La. Col. Greg Rixon an army spokesman said a decision from a court at that level generally carries the weight of Law in the area under its Juristic  this does t mean thai when the judge wants see ban on Bach Page Germany carnival crazy Days kicked off amid aids warnings Bonnaf Rhine Valley residents kicked off the crazy Days of carnival thursday with parades dances arid drinking and health officials warned the merry Makcon to take precautions against aids it was women s carnival Day in the Rhine Valley with women staging a mock storming of City Hall in Bonn Dassel Dorrand Cologne. Women s carnival Day is a centuries old tradition going Back to limes when women were allowed 10 take part in the carnival merriment for Only one Day. Throng of people wearing masks or face paints paraded through City streets danced to traditional Carni Val Lime songs and downed generous amounts of local Beer. Merry makers threw confetti passed out Candy to children and blared out tunes on tubas trumpets and other instrument. Shops Banks and business closed for the afternoon another tradition of women s carnival Day. Government offices also shut Down for the Day. Health officials worried that the aids problem could Worsen during carnival placed poster in ban and discotheques warning people about the deadly Dis ease that can be spread through sexual Contact. Party goers and bar hoppers hoping to find Romance during carnival were urged by health experts to carry condoms carnival is for Many people a time when people see carnival on Back Page