European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 20, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday. April 20. 1388 the stars and stripes a grand jury questions Meese again lawyers confident attorney general won t be indicted asii1ngton attorney general Edwin me Csc appeared for four Haun before a Federal grand jury Mon Day in the criminal investigation of his activities that began nearly a year ago. It was i fifth grand jury appearance in the prune by Independent counsel Jamrs Mckay since coming under Crimi Nal investigation i ill May i. Prese s attorneys Nathan Law in and James Rocap said in a statement that the attorney general answered All questions and they said they remain confident thai a Csc won t be indicted and that the probe will be completed in the near  Mckay has been delving Inlo a s4d.doo-a-year Job for a desc s wife. A Csc s involvement with a so billion iraqi Oil pipeline the attorney general s ownership of s 14,000 in regional Bell Telephone Stock and Meuse s ties to scandal plagued cd Lech corp. The attorney general s most recent grand jury appearance in the Mckay prob from Mckay s office were focusing on the wed Lech Mailer. Last thursday to members of the family that arranged to pay the salary or a desc s wife Ursula while leasing office space to the Justice department were questioned in front of the grand jury. The associated press reported last wednesday thai a partnership headed by Howard m. Bender won a j50 million lease on Justice department offices after the Bender foundation had put up Money to pay mrs Meuse s salary at the multiple sclerosis society. Mrs. A desc is to be questioned by Mckay s office later this month in connection with the Job. Longtime Mccase Friend e. Robert Wallach who is under indictment in the we Lech scandal had a role in helping arrange the Job for mrs. Me Csc Wal Lach s attorney has ind the Washington Post Mckay said 2vi weeks ago that he did no indictment of Meese in connection with the Oil pipeline or the Telephone Stock but that his investigation would continue at least through the end of april. In connection with the Oil pipeline project Meese referred Wallach to Llin National Security adviser Robert Mcfear Laite in May 19s5. The referral led to a meeting the Neit month involving Mcfarian. Gullach and Walbach s client. Swiss oilman Bruce Rappaport a partner in the pipeline project. Rappaport paid a Al 50,000 Legal fee to Wallah who deposited it in a Stock trading account owned by Meuse s Finan Cia manager w. Franklyn Chinn. Oivinn in effect pooled Wallach s Money with that of nicest and other customer 10 help generate s40.doo in Siock trading profits on a 150,000 investment in just 18 months. Wallach introduced Meese to Chinn. Mckay also Hai been investigating Meese holdings of Telephone Stock in 1935 and 1986 when a Csc met with executive regional Bell companies. The phone companies wanted the jus Tice department to reverse its positron and to recommend that the so called baby Bells be permitted to enter several new types of business a year after his meetings with inc Bell executives a Csc approved the recommendation reversing earlier department policy. A desc listed his Telephone Stock As having been sold on Federal financial Dis closure forms for 19b5 and 1986, but the attorney general actually had transferred the holdings to Chinn. Mccase regained Possession of the Stock and sold it last september. Mckay also has been examining a desc s efforts on behalf of Wedlich. At Wallach s Behest then White mouse Counselor Meese intervened on behalf of the Bronx . Defense contractor directing his White House staff to ensure that the company got a fair hearing from the army in connection with a j32 Mil lion engine contract. Killed in fall this is a. Recent publicity Phulo of Tnp Ese us isl Belinda Anu Dis also Luiona u Belinda Nielsen vast gird to Itu ill Ltd sunday when the fell Nellt performing in a circus in Hialeah. Fla. The 31-Vhr-Oid performer landed on her face Oiler falling about 17 feet and apparently suffered i broken neck. Kennedy family wants clothes that Frk wore on fatal night los Angeles up the family of the tale sen. Robert f. Kennedy has asked for the clothes he wore the night he was assassinated in 1968, prosecutors said. Stephen Smith Bra incr in Law of Kennedy s widow Elhel Kennedy telephoned prosecutors april s and asked that the clothes be returned to the family. Dep Uty District attorney Steven Sowders said. The District attorney s office which has custody of Kennedy s suit shirt socks tie and handkerchief is considering the request Sowders said. Historians authors and others Are opposed to giving the clothes to the Kennedy family Sowders said. They have asked thai the articles be left with the government. This is inc first Lime we have Ever received a request from the family said Sowders head of the District attorney s special investigations division. California Law says items seized during a criminal Case should be returned to Hie owner or next of Kin after they Are no longer of use to the government Sowders said. But historians and Olsen have asked thai the clothes be preserved by the government so that research can continue in the future Sowdon said. Right now we do have the clothing Robert Kennedy was wearing the night tie was assassinated and right now we Are weighing these requests he said. And How we Are going to dispose of the property i m not  Sowders said he and assistant District attorney Curt Livisay the no. 2 official in Sowders of fico. Hope to male a  to District attorney 1m Reiner later this week. We re sensitive to the historical interests but we re also sensitive to the Ranics of the family Sowders said. We consider the family s request to be the Pri Mary claim. We try to support the victims of violent crime As much As we  Sowders said that from the Lime of inc assassination until 1532. The clothes were in the Possession of the clerk of the los Angeles Superior court. Kennedy s Assassin Sirhan Sirhan was convicted of shooting the presidential candidate on june 3, 1968, at the ambassador hotel. Sirhan 13 serving a life term in state prison. In 1932, at the request of the District Nomey s of fice the clothes including Kennedy s suit jacket and Shin both of which arc bloodstained and marked with Bullet holes were turned Over to a National archives repository in Laguna Miguel in Orange county last week because of the request from the Kennedy family Sowders took Possession of the clothes and transferred them to an evidence holding area in the District attorney s office he said. Mother arrested after Tot ate cocaine Salinas Calif a a woman was arrested for investigation of child Ondang Crmim after her 14-month old daughter reportedly licked up a Small amount of co Caine from a nightstand investigators said monday. Debra Rodriguez 29, was released on j 5,000 bail after being booked on Titt endanger Mcm charge and a count of possessing cocaine police said. The child was taken into protective custody authorities said. Rodriguez was taken into custody at Natividad medical Center on saturday after her daughter had her pumped. Police said the woman put the baby in bed with her after the child woke up crying on saturday. When the Mother woke up again a half hour later the baby had while powder on her Mouth and was acting oddly according to police reports Rodriguez reportedly told police she realized two lines of Caine were missing from her nightstand. The Mother told police she gave her baby whiskey and lemonade to Calm her Down before calling the Emer gency 911 number sheriff admits buying Job seller is sentenced Huntington . A the sheriff in corruption plagued Mingo county pleaded guilty monday to buying his Job for s 100,000 and inc Man who sold the Post to him was sentenced to 14 year in Federal prison for conspiracy and Laic Ishuin. I despise Jour acts of Public corruption . District judge Charles Hadyn m said in sentencing Furnier sheriff and political Boss Johnie Owens who admitted Selling his Job to Chark j e. Eddie Hilbert in i9s2. Hilb Crl faces up to 13 years in jail and 1351.000 in tines after striking 3 plea bargain with Federal prosecutors. Me pleaded guilty 10 conspiracy failure to report income and mail fraud. Hadyn set sentencing fur june 13, Hil Bert also resigned As Shari stand forfeited his pension As part of the plea bargain. Shortly after Hilbert entered his Pica Hadvin sentenced Owens to five years in prison and fined him si0,000 on a conspiracy charge and three cars for each of three counts of Las evasion. The sentences Are to be served consecutively Hajn said adding that to give a lighter sentence would minimize the serious Ness of your activity if Ever this Cycle of corruption Breed ing corruption is to be stopped it has to be stopped with some signal event that will Tell the people of Mingo county Sliu were slaves to inc system that they arc free the judge said. Also monday Hadyn sentenced for Mer county economic Opportunity commission director Larry c. Ham Rick who pleaded guilty earlier this year to using Etc Money for his own political purposes. He was Given 12 Yei Iii in Pris on and a 12,000 Tine and was ordered to repay inc Etc an amount to a deter mined by Federal auditors which Haden estimated would be Between  and $60,000. Owens is the Linchpin in a corruption Case against More than a Doren county optic its. Fifteen county officials including Lamrick were charged last wok with conspiring with Owens Olio was county Democrat in chairman at the time to control the county elections of 1984