European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 24, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday. March 24, 1988 the stars and stripes Page 7 rats Are out of their holes says Mecham Phoenix. An. A got. Evan Mecham says a lot of the rats have come out of their holes to Badger him in i Senate impeachment rial and he will probably Appeal to the . Supreme court if weaken convict him. At the trial testimony was heard tuesday on the second of three impeach ment articles against Mecham accusing him or misusing j80.000 from he Gover nor s protocol fund by loaning it to his car Dealership. Jim Colter Mcchamp s former chief of Staft. Testified thai he warned the Gover nor it would be politically unite 10 borrow the Money but Mecham instructed i m to write inc Check anyway. Colter said Mecham also Asl cd him not to record a document securing the loan although Colter did not know Why. Lie testified however that he did not think any Law had been broken or i would have  the protocol fund created with fund raising revenues from Mcchamp s inauguration it intended to be used for state ceremonial gifts the prosecution con lends the fund is Public Money and therefore inc loan was illegal while the defense says the Money can be used As Mecham sees fit Csc Cpl to repay his Campaign expenses. However he first two witnesses to testify on the charge said they were shocked when they heard that Mecham had inane the funds to his Auto dealer ship "1 was very surprised and disappointed and saddened said Warner Lee a former state attorney general who advised the Mechanic inaugural commit tee. I thought hat it was a very awk Ward thing politically to have  "1 personally was shocked and initially Felt betrayed said Deputy Mnicopa county attorney Howard Schwartz who helped draft an agreement for use of funds raised by Mcchamp s inaugural committee. In an interview tuesday on Star radio Mecham said he considered the protocol fund to be private association Money. Not slate  he acknowledged he was Laid it was politically not a Wise thing to do but i was t thinking of  the governor mid he could have Bor rowed the Money from other sources but decided on the protocol fund so it would earn the 9 percent interest being paid by Mcchamp Pontiac. Mecham inc first . Governor to be impeached in six decades also said if he is exonerated he will do a belter Job As governor. They la probably say this is another one of those gaffes but a lot of the rats have come out of their holes hat s been after i and now we know a lot More who they Are Mecham said. Quite frankly i la be a Tot Wiser governor from Here on  if he is allowed to nume his Job Muchant said he. Will tin department of Public safety director Ralph Mit Scad one of the chief accusers in his Senate trial. A Senate conviction Mecham said will certainly not be on the basis Ofemi dance and on that Well go and Appeal ii of course. Probably direct to the . Supreme  earlier tuesday the Senate finished hearing testimony on the lint impeach ment charge that Mfacham tried to thwart an investigation of an alleged death threat by a state official against a former top Mcchamp aide. After heated debate a motion to vote on the first count immediately was dropped after it became Clear most senators wanted to hear testimony on All three charges first. Cmor .1 loan or sen ate is required to convict Mcchamp and remove him from office. Most disgusting or. Herbert 1-Npidns abort vice president for re search into development of Cal Mac inc inventor of odor eaters and renowned As the Einstein of odor checks an entry in the annual National rot ten in Esker a test in month Clakr it at left 8 year old Robert Scruton of month Elk holds his Tro Phy  he displays the ragged sneaker which was judged id be the most Diu till j and smell of inc More than �0 entries in the contest. Loss of contracts forces Lockheed to shift workers Sunn y Vale Calif. Up up to 1,000 workers Al Lockheed corp. Wilt by available for reassignment As a result of the loss of two military contracts a spokesman says. The spokesman Bob Burgess refused to describe the change in the workers status As a Layoff. Bui he acknowledged that some employees who lose their jobs when contracts arc cancelled or lost have to leave the aerospace and defense giant if they arc not Able to be reassigned to other Lockheed jobs. Lockheed based in Calabasas Calif., employs 30,000-people Ai Lockheed missiles & space co. Inc. In Sunnyvale 60 Miles South of san Francisco. The bulk of the workers 25,000 wort in Santa Clara county while another 5,000 arc scattered through submarine space and other bases throughout the country. Burgess confirmed that Lockheed in recent months has lost two key contracts which will result in the elimination of 500 to 1,000 jobs by the end of the year. We lost a classified contract and did not win an other one Burgess said. He would not elaborate on the nature of the contracts. Lockheed currently is working on a number of classified projects under president Reagan s strategic de sense initiative also known As Star  Burgess added that Lockheed experts that 1,000 employees will leave the company this year through nor Mal attrition such As death or a voluntary decision 10 change jobs. He also Slid there currently arc a couple of Hundred Job openings at the Sunnyvale Plant. Since Jan. I 170 Lockheed employees have been made available for reassignment through changes in contracts or other business. Of those 130 were Able to find jobs within inc company and inc remainder arc either still looking or have icel Burgess said. 3 kids Mother killed in Blaze Columbus Ohio a three children and their Mother died tuesday morning when the children set fire 10 their House while playing with matches authorities said. The deaths follow a rash of similar fires herein recent months Kevin Cardon who Heads a program aimed at preventing children from Start ing fires said 1 children have been killed in the last four months in fires hey started. Fire battalion chief David Zwayer identified the victims of tuesday s fire As Patty Compton. 36. And three of her children Joshua 1, Jennifer 4, und Cas Sandra 5, a fourth child Tanya Compton 7, and a woman identified As a family Friend Dor Leen Wilson 32, escaped the ire Zwayer said. Police said the children were lighting matches and set fire to a Couch. Missing zeros costing insurance firm millions of dollars in bankruptcy Case new York a three Scroi mean nothing by themselves but leaving them off the end of a number is going to Cost inc nation s largest insurer at least is million and possibly much More. Prudential insurance co. Of America is offering f 8 million to Settle claims resulting from a clerical error in which a Lien n held was listed As being for $92,885 instead of 592,885,000. The Case is part of the chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings of Mclean industries inc., Parent of United states lines. Prudential holds mortgages on eight of inc company s Container snips. The Sale of inc eight ships was expected id Rabe at least $51 million All of which ordinarily would go to Prudential because the mortgages put it at the head of the line of creditors. But the the missing zeros have weak Ned Prudential s standing. Prudential is proposing to pay the shipping company 17vi percent of the Sale s net proceeds an estimated $8 Mil lion to be distributed among other creditors most of whom support the proposal. But general electric capital corp., which shares a second mortgage on the ships with Prudential opposes the Deal saying inc Lien should be considered Worth Only j92.sss. The settlement proposed by Pruden tial is not in the Best interests of the bankruptcy estate Sandy Mayerson a lawyer representing be capital said tuesday . Bankruptcy judge Howard Buschman Iii heard closing argument on Prudential s proposal tuesday and is expected to Rule on it in several Days. If Buschman knocks Down the pro posed settlement and decides the Lien is Only Worth $92,885, Prudential would collect Only that much. The rest of its claim would be thrown into a Pool and shared with other creditors. Prudential says the clerical error repeated on at least 20 documents was committed by someone at a Law firm it once used Haig i Gardner poor and havens. Prudential said it has not decided whether id file malpractice lawsuits against Kaighn Gardner and us Overall outside counsel on the transaction Dewey Ballantine Bushby Palmer & Wood. Bath Law firms have declined to comment on the Case