European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 21, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday. March 21. 1988 the stars and stripes Page 7 paper says 80 Noriega indictment blocked Washington a Panama strongman Gen. Manuel Antonio Noriega might have been indicted in 19so for illegal Amis purchases but the Carter administration did not want to upset uie delicate relationship it had with Panama at the time the Washington Posl said in its sunday editions. We had evidence to indict him for conspiracy David Kimbler to former agent with the Bureau of alcohol Tobac co and firearms who was one of the key investigators told the Post. But the jus Tice department did t want  Trie ease stayed alive for several Yean but Noriega was not indicted the news paper said. Separate charges against Sev eral of Noriega s alleged co conspirators were filed in 1979 and dropped because of a technical flaw. Those charges also were not pursued the state department did t want to see this Case go to trial David Good Hart the lawyer Tor one defendant told the Post the criminal Case against Noriega then head of Panama s intelligence serv ice developed during a delicate Lime in  relation. In december 1979, Panama helped the Carter administration by giving re Fuge 10 the deposed Shah of Iran. Us weeks later on Jan. 31. 1980, . Attorney Jack Eskenazi of Miami wrote letter to a senior Justice department official advising that . Customs agents had sufficient evidence to indic Noriega for the illegal Export of j2 Mil lion in arms the Post said. Tuck Nail used the Justice depart ment How to proceed. The pent which published a copy of the confidential letter quoted Eskena Zias laying unfortunately those of us in Law enforcement in Miami find ourselves frequently attempting 10 enforce the Laws of the United Stales but simultaneously being caught Between foreign policy consideration Over which we have no control and often no knowledge officially the Justice deportment responded by taking for More information. Unofficially the department made it Clear that the slate department did not want the Case logo Forward the Post said. Slate department officials who dealt with Panama at the time lot the pos they could not recall any Effort to prosecute Noriega on gun running. I really Don t remember Slid Brandon Grove who was Deputy assistant Secretary of mate Tor inter american attain at the time. Robert pastor president Carter s National Security Council staff member responsible for latin America expressed tur priv when told of the Elk nazi letter according to the Post it is incredible to me that anyone inthe Carter administration would have tried to prevent prosecution of any Pana Manian involved in arms trafficking or that anybody would have blinked or ignored such information regarding panamanians involved in arms trafficking pastor old the Post famed California Bridge finally getting lights san Francisco up the san Francisco Oakland Ray Bridge is finally completed s1 years and four months after it opened. The finishing touch on the 7.5-mile half suspension half cantilever Span hailed As one of the Engi Neering wonders of the world when it opened is a permanent necklace of lights a grateful string of1,700 Low Energy High output Light bulbs sweeping in arcs from Tower to Tower along suspension cables and outlining the More angular cantilever supports. The mayors of the Bridge s Anchor cities Sanfrancisco s an Agnos and Oakland s Lionel Wilson and California gov. George Duck Mejia will switch on the lights for Good at 9 15 . Monday during Brief ceremonies in the san Francisco world Trade Center. While lighting a Bridge May seem insignificant the concept has been embraced with Fervour by Resi dents of the Bay area and visitors who will find the Skyline altered forever on their next trip to Bagh dad by the  originally the plan was to tight both Bridges Bob Halligan local historian and California depart ment of transportation executive referring to the Bay Bridge and its More glamorous Cousin the Golden Gate Bridge. It was always in their minds that someday they would Light them he said of depression Era Bridge eng incan who had aesthetic foresight but no spare Money. When the Bridge s 50th anniversary came around in november 1986, Halligan said it became obvious thai it was the right thing to do for the fireworks studded 50th birthday party a string of temporary lights went up but Only on the suspension segment linking san Francisco with Yerba Buena Island. The Public response was immediate and enthusiastic people really enjoyed it Halligan said this Bridge site May not be As Beautiful As the Golden Gale Bridge but it s one of the great Bridges today. I never dreamed hat these lights would make ii As Beautiful As it docs. People who saw it must have thought so  the project is one of several that have bound Resi dents of the Bay area cities together in recent years. The two towers of the Golden Gate Bridge which turned 50 last year at a party thai  800,000 people Are now Pennant Nelly illuminated. That Campaign led residents of the Western san fran Cisco neighbourhoods to lobby for lights on the huge Cross atop mount Davidson a proposal that stalled when the City s budget deficit got out of hand and when the temporary lights were Hung on the Banbridge cables a funny thing started happening on the Way through the toll skua commuters i Gan saying keep the change paying a full Dollar for the 75-Ccm fare with the stipulation trial the extra two bits go for the Purchase of permanent lights. Quarter by Quarter More than 125,000 was raised the show of grass roots support prompted corporations and wealthy individuals to begin making sizable Dona Lions and by last summer after the state agreed to pay half the Cost the  project had begun. Monday s Celebration in contrast to the wild Golden Gate and Bay Bridge parties is being kept deliberately Low key. People Are encouraged to watch the lights come on from various Vantage Points Bill no mass gatherings arc expected. No fireworks nothing like that Halligan said with an air of mock  we re finally going to put this birthday to  $14,000 raised for survivor of Mission Bells peal joyfully to Makiu survive in 11 five transplants return of swallows to Capistrano Pittsburgh l 4,000 to help cover the medical expenses of a toddler who s the longest survivor of a five Organ transplant. Moses Rutland 71, a retired Butcher and John Ribner. 49, an eighth Grad teacher both of Flint mich., said contributors ranged from the City s mayor Loa child who gave $34 in pennies the Money was donated saturday for Tabatha Foster 3, of Madison Vilc ky., who is recuperating from a five Organ transplant she underwent nov. 1 at Chil Dren s Hospital of Pittsburgh she received a new liver pancreas email intestine Anil parts of a stomach and Colon during the experimental operation which is not covered by her parents insurance. She suffered from Short gut syndrome a congenital defect and would have died without the transplant according to doctors Rutland said he began collecting Money for Tabatha last november ii seemed like somebody in the world should try to help this family he said. Ribner Laler Orra Nizard a two week a 1.400 drive at Whittier Middle school in  always stress to my students to help their Community to not always take for yourself he  Williams a Pittsburgh attorney representing Tabatha and her parents Roy and Sandra Foster said the s 14.000 gift is the largest one so far. It brings total contributions to 1320.000, leaving about 1225,000 in unpaid Bills. San Juan Cal . A swallows were outnumbered by tourists and there was no telling to Many of the Birds had just arrived but Belli pealed Joy fully saturday to Herald the Birds return to m vision san Juan can Strann. An estimated 7,000 people flocked to the 212-year-old Mission some waiting out an Early morning chill to witness the swallows fabled is. Joseph s Day return from their Winter Home in Argentina. Although Only a handful of the Clit swallows were seen by mid morning 92 year old Paul Arbiso who has announced the sighting of the swallows since 1910, rang four old Belli to Wel come them Back Ai 9 h . He had been expected to ring the Bells an hour earlier but instead went to mass however with the Mission grounds packed tradition apparently had to be fulfilled."1 saw a couple this morning not Loo Many a few he said. I was in inc other Church and they wanted me to ring the Bells so they brought me  the crowds and Urban sprawl Are responsible for the Scarcity of swallows who once numbered in the thousands Arbiso  Perez 66, of East los Angeles. Who said he and his wife have come every year since 1947, agreed there were More swallows than lost year but nothing like the numbers he saw the first time. The insect eating Birds who travel More than 6,060 mites from Argentina to the Mission arc the victims of urbanization that has turned the Small farming town about 60 Miles South of los Angeles into Community of 22,500 with condominiums and parking lots. About 40 Early Birds had been counted during the  accounts of the swallows return were recorded in 1776, the year father Junipero Sena founded the Mission. Com Poser Leon Rene s 1939 song when in swallows come Hack to Capistrano popularized the return of the Liny deft tailed bin and ignited the Louril Rush. As legend has it the swallows have failed the camera and binocular lot Era Only once in 1935, when inc Birds were reportedly delayed by a storm. The event has ill detractors. Som Bird experts argue Ihal migrating animals Don t make or keep appointments. March 19 is a Day people chose and i m nol sure the swallows Are aware  said Gerald Collier a san Diego state University ornithologist. They do come around the beginning of  computer sets up Fer National Bridge match Buffalo . A contract Bridge players in France Italy and the United states sat Down saturday 10 play one another in a computer linked game. A computer dealt 32 Bridge hands Lobo players in Milan Italy so in Paris 100 in Houston and 244 playing in Buffalo it the North american Bridge championships sanctioned by the american contract Dridge league. Each table of four players in each City got inc same cards for each hand. The system first demonstrated in Buffalo on Friday dealt the cards in trays in one City while dealing identical Bridge hands in the other chips dubbed bridging the  the International game was described by Sherri Rosen of inc Bridge league As the first world Competition with computer Gener ated Bridge hands and in ital scoring. La will give player Here in Buffalo a chalice to see How they can compete against people in other pans of the world the  scoring shi1 explained was to be done in Paris and the results transmitted to Buffalo the Buffalo players also were competing among themselves in inc men s an women s pairs finals of the Spring championships. At inc same time they were competing in the International game. They came to Buffalo expecting to be in the men s and women s pairs but did t expect to play an intercontinental match said Rosen. The 10-Day Spring championships on of three major tournaments that inc american contract Bridge league runs each year have attic cd about 5,000bridge players to Buffalo