European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 02, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Monday. May 2, 1988 the stars and stripes Page 5 new policy allows coast guard to seize ships carrying even Small amount of drugs Miami api the Ocapan adminis Ira Liim has toughened its drug enforce men by allotting the coast guard to Sei a any boat or ship on which even a Small amount of contraband is fount. Transportation Secretary Jim Burnley said saturday. policy was enacted april ii. Inc c Oast Juard has confiscated nine vessels including a $300,000 yacht off the coast of Florida that would not pre ii isly have Hrcan seized official said. A confiscated hot can be returned to its owners Only if allegations of illegal drugs on Board arc proved to be false. Otherwise. I he boat is turned Over to . Customs which can sell it at auction. This new policy should be taken As fair warning to anyone who is using or transporting any delectable amount of drugs on Pur Waterways whether it s in a commercial vessel a Row Boal or a Mil lion Dollar Burnley said at news conference. They will not Only be prosecuted to the fullest extent of applicable stale and Federal Laws but will be risking the loss of their property As bum Lcy said inc administration now has Zero tolerance toward illegal drug door a bit wider Tor drug smugglers around the world and for drug users in this inc previous strategy of focusing on larger quantities of drugs where there was an intent to Deal Burnley said. The tougher policy is an attempt to reduce demand for illegal drugs Burnley said. He said it is based on inc notion that when we permit even the smallest drug infraction what some still Call recreational drug use we open inc Haven t been prosecuted because the . Attorney s office was flooded with bigger drug cases said la. Cmdr. Jim Simpson a spokesman for the coast guard in Miami. Now we will at least be Able to talc the boats Simpson said. It should be a opera Fenor James Mccracken Dies of stroke new York Al l metropolitan opera Tenor James Mccracken. Celebrated internationally for his singing of the title role in Verdi s polello has died at age 6 i of complications from a stroke. Mccracken died Friday night at Roosevelt Hospital where he had Bent adm Iii d two weeks earlier. A respiratory ailment already had forced him to cancel his performances this month. The Tenor appeared at Carnegie Hall in december in a concert performance of la Fiamma and per formed As flies Tan in fidelio in december and january with the Washington opera. Mccracken leaped into operatic prominence in i960 when he Sang Otelo to great acclaim in Washington. . Zurich Switz Iland and Vienna Austria. Act Racket s san Francisco opera debut in i9fi2 As polello was declared a sensation. His dark timbered fervent Lenor and emotional intensity was Well suited to the Long and difficult role. It is believed that Mccracken Sang polello More often Ihan any Tenor in history. He was born dec. 16. 1926. In Gary ind. While in a Navy choir Mccracken was heard by a music Loving officer who lie try for an opera career. With the help of the Chi Imi he Sang his Way through two years of music study at Columbia University. His opera debut was As Rodolfo in la holism a at the Central City Colo opera in 1952. His met debut a Pluto Lames Mccracken Al a Berlin performance in 1987. Was in a Small role in la Bohr my in 1953. He and his wife Mezzo Soprano Sandra Warfield who was singing principal roles at inc met. Left for Europe in 1957 so that Mccracken could further his career. They wrote a Book about their experiences. A Star in the Mccracken returned to inc metropolitan opera in Triumph in 1963, becoming the first american native to sing Ocllo at the met. In the 1970s he Sang at the met in Aida polello Isicc. Be i rope Etc and the Lenor broke with the met in 1978 because he was t scheduled for televised performances. He re turned and Sang at inc Mel s Centennial Celebration in 1983. He Sang with icon sync Price in her four Farewell performances As Aida. The last one in january1985, was televised. Metropolitan opera music director James Levine once said of Mccracken. You can count on the Fin Gers of one hand the lingers in inc world Al any time who can sing the roles he director John Dexter while working at the Mel said Only two other men in Hie world can command the stage As he docs Laurence Olivier and Paul survivors besides his wife include a son. John of free port . A daughter Anna Mccracken logy of new York and a sister Jean Yellen straight of Huntington. Ind. Jury summons Fawn Hall in Iran Contra probe los Anneliis a Fawn Hall the former Secretary to Oliver North has been named by a Federal grand jury As an a indicted co conspirator in the Iran Contra affair a newspaper reported sat urday. Hall was named along with Robert . A former assistant to North on inc National Security Council staff and Joe Fernandez a former Cia agent the los Angeles times reported. The action which has been kept under court Seal allows Independent counsel Lawrence e. Walsh Loyse the testimony of the Unini Clad co conspirators against the prosecutor s primary targets North former National Security adviser John retired Gen. Richard Secord and iranian born arms dealer Albert Hakim. Citing unidentified sources close to inc investigation inc times said inc move is significant because it distinguishes Hall. Earle and Fernandez from conventional witnesses whose testimony would apply Only to one defendant at a Lime. James so Inghart a spokesman for Walsh declined comment on the report saturday in Washington. Hall s attorney Plato Cacheris said i Don t regard her As a co conspirator and this is grossly unfair and san Francisco limiting water use by residents Csc offices while she was North s per Sonal Secretary. She and Earlc have admitted shredding documents later sought in the investigation. Fernandez former Cia chief of Sta Tion in Costa Rica has acknowledged involvement in secret . Airdrop to inc contras at a Lime when Congress had banned military Aid to the rebels. Earle s lawyer. Dennis Dean Kirk declined in comment. John Stein the attorney representing Fernandez could not breached for comm Cal. The process of naming Unini Clad co conspirators has come under criticism on the ground that because they Are not defendants they do nol have the Opportunity to Clear themselves in court. San Francisco a water rationing began sunday but City residents won t know How much water they will be allotted for another two weeks. Beginning May 15, customer w ill receive notices idling them How much Waler they can use the san Francisco water department said Friday. We arc asking people to Wail until they gel their allotment before they Start saying icy won t have enough water. They should wait until they know said James c Money general manager at the water department. "1 would encourage them to Start saving Waler now and not panic until they Sec How much they will c Money said. Reduced rain and Snow have lowered reservoirs in Northern California Oregon and Washington. The rationing program adopted thursday by the City s Public utilities commission is aimed at reducing con sumption by 25 percent compared with among other things the new rules prohibit washing sidewalks operating decorative fountains and serving water to rom aural patrons except on request. The rationing program will depend on Public cooperation and inc Only pc Ali pics will be increased rates for excessive use and possible installation of flow re Stric tors for big wasters said Cooney. North Point Amer. Secord and Hakim were indicted on charges of conspiring to divert Iran arms Sale profits to the nicaraguan Contra rebels. Hearsay testimony from an alleged member of a conspiracy even if Unin Dic cd. Can be used against All members of the conspiracy because the witness was close to events inc times said. Walsh hits reportedly granted full immunity to Hall and Earle. Fernandez has nol been granted immunity however and could still face charges sources told the times. In testimony before a congressional committee last year. Hall admitted re moving classified materials from the Sands of time in the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. May 2, 1948 martial Law was declared throughout Al Hans after greek minister of Justice Chris los ladas was gravely wounded by a grenade. 30 years ago today. May 2. 1958 president Eisenhower called on Congress to resist any attempt to write a rigid defense reorganization Law suggesting that to do so would open the Wayto a future Pearl Harbor. 20 years ago Rodax. May 2, 1968 Israel s 2.5 million citizens surrounded by 100 million arabs pledged 10 destroy them celebrated the 20ih anniversary of the first Independent jewish stale in nearly 2,000 years. 0 years ago today. ,. May 2, 1978 former president Nixon said in his memoirs that he realized his presidency was doomed when it became known his Oval office conversations had been taped but he decided not to destroy the tapes because they would give him Protection if aides Lumc against him
