European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 4, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes monday april 4,1 bus police got a Boot out of scofflaws cure Denver a there was a Lime when the Only boots associated with this cily were Cowboy and ski boots Bui that changed in 1955 when police asked an inventor 10 make a device hat would immobilize a parked car. In his Small pattern making shop in Wen Denver Frank p. Marogg de signed a 12-Ppund. Jawlik Clamp. Marugg died 15 years ago bul his Denver Boot continues to torment parking violators and scofflaws. Many . Cities use the original Denver Bool or a variation and it also has been used in Japan Israel and England. Denver cily and county officials were enthusiastic about the Bool from the Start. Some 200 Denver boots Are used in the metro area and we re or Dering More said sgt Chuck Espinoza chief of the Boot detail for the Den vet county she riots department the county employs four full time Bowien who seek out cars registered to motorists who Haven t paid find once a car is located it takes about 19 seconds to fasten one of the 12-Pound boots Over the front wheel said Espinoza. The jaw like Clamp coven the Hub Cap making it impossible to remove the tire trying to drive with the Boot can severely damage a lire. The Denver Bool is made of an aluminium Alloy with a breaking sir Earth of 32,000 Pound per Square Inch. Espinoza said the boots which Are clamped on care about 40 or 50 times a Day in Denver add Al .5 million each year to the City and county s general fund. Motorists can get de booted Only by paying All fines. Marugg s daughter Grace Berg who has taken Over the manufacturing and marketing of her father s most famous invention said last week they be been unable to improve on it Berg 62, runs the company out of her suburban Home a foundry pours the Metal parti and a Mechanic Assem Bles them she recalled How the Denver police asked her father for a device to Eisimi Nale the need to Taw. They were running out of space in the cily garages and it also relieved the problem of inventorying each car that was towed  she said. Berg said she Sells Between so and 100 Boot a year and charge 1275 apiece. Denver gels a special Rale the said became it buys so Many. A j not a fast moving object they usually last a Long time said Berg. Berg said she also Sells Many Boot to parking garage owners in new York cily and i few to owners of expensive cars who want to protect them from thieves. Party chairmen discount Meese juror As vote Issue Washington a the chairmen of the democratic and Republican Senate Campaign committees said sunday the juror Over the Legal problem of attorney general Edwin Meese Iii will not Likely survive As a key election Issue by november. And Elliot Richardson who in the Ninon administration held the office now occupied by Mcnese criticized president Reagan for being too staunchly Loyal to Heese. Reagan stuck by Mcwest this past week even after of top Justice department aides resigned because of their con Cern that the investigations into Meuse s activities had Hurt the department s image and operations Richardson interviewed sunday on Abc tvs meet the press said Reagan i attitude follows the pattern he has shown with other embattled administration figures. He s been much too tolerant Loo amiable too willing to id his friends get away with things because he has somehow come to believe in them As individuals and in of Eccl has looked the of her Way Richardson said. "1 do not think he has been Tough enough with  although the resignations of the Mcnese deputies touched off bipartisan fails in Congress for Meuse to quit two top political party leaders said the Mcnese matter won t be a Long term political Issue in and of itself i Don t think it will have much Impact either on the Senate or the presidential races. It will be a Factor but i Don l think it will be a major one a decisive Factor sen. George Mitchell of Maine head of the democratic senatorial Campaign committee Taid in an inter View on lbs tvs face the  he said the Meuse Mailer would become pal of the Reagan legacy of aides and issues that have led to investigations indictments and convictions in the Gen eral category of ethical breaches. I Don t think you could single out any one thing and say this ii the decisive Factor. I think there will be an Appeal in the presidential race in terms of integrity and ethics in government generally of which this is one  his Republican counterpart sen. Rudy Boschwitz of Minnesota stated Fiat although there is some political liability involved. I Don l think it s going 10 have a measured Impact on the  but rep. Barney Frank d-mass., predicted in an interview on meet the press that the a Csc affair would have ramifications for the republicans in no vember. He cited George Bush s squirming on the subject last week in which Bush declined to say a Csc should resign bul said the attorney general should be beyond reproach. Richardson who resigned in 1973 rather than obey Nixon s order to fire watergate special prosecutor a wave High you Little Ham chop chop it pig thinks it s Jet Tell Winf the or off Honolulu us 40 does crop chop s owner Brian Knul Aiu. Tar porker and inn Una Nain gel Bond Ltd us sport a the two Nurt prut Muir for the wet Pel surfing contest held saturday. It in t known How the Little Phi he partner did in the a until. Ehi Bald Cox called for Meuse to resign. He should step Down front that office when then Are be Riou questions As to his integrity even though the proven guilt May not be conclusive he Aid the current climate at the Justice depart ment a the worst since the saturday night massacre of the watergate planned Nixon administration that saw the departure of Richardson and other lop administration official. Asked if Meese could rightfully refuse to resign on the basis that he won t be hounded out of office by a Lynch mob Ric Liardon replied the question in t whether an individual can be improperly affected by charges or accusations that have not yet been fully proven. The question i whether an Gurney general of the United states should cling to office a spite the impairment of his effectiveness that has been brought about by a situation like this however rep. Henry Hyde r-lll., also speaking on the Abc program said that a Csc should not be chased from office unless he s proven Gnu of  on Friday Independent counsel Jama Mckay said he had found insufficient evidence to warrant indict ing Meese in connection with a Al billion iraqi pipe line plan at 3 possible conflict of interest involving his Telephone company Slock. Era wants City to oust police chief Tarpon Springs. Fla. A the National Rifle association is trying to get this City s interim police chief ousted saying he unfairly charged a service Sta Tion owner with illegal Possession of a handgun after a robbery. In a letter mailed Lorna members lost week one of the Oraan ipalion i National directors asks Forli Elp in keeping Keith Bergstom from bringing his Campaign against Law abiding gun owners to Tarpon  the letter told members they should voice their opposition tuesday when City commissioners meet to consider permanently appointing Bergstrom As chief. In question is Burgstrom i enforce ment of an anti gun ordinance while be was police chief in Oak Park Iii. An april 1984 measure banned Possession of a handgun within the cily Miu. I find it very ironic that the Era in effect is criticizing me for obeying the Law and being accountable to the people who make the Law Bergstrom said Fri Day. Oak Park police charged service Sta lion owner Don Bennett with violating the ordinance when following a robbery at nil station in 1986, he chased the suspects and fired at them with a .45-Calibcr pistol Bergstrom said. Bennett ultimately was Acquill cd Burgstrom who came to Tarpon Springs in october 191 7. Denied the Era accusations