European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 17, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes Friday june 17,1988 news briefs Mecham found not guilty on loan fraud charges Phoenix Ariz. A a jury thursday acquitted former gov Evan Mecham and his brother Wiliard of charges hat they concealed a $350.000 loan to his 1 986 Campaign. On his As he clerk read the not Guilly finding the last of six counts median embrace lawyer Michael soil who was seated next to him at the defense table and then turned around and hugged his wife Florence. The jury had received the Case on wednesday after hearing seven Days of testimony supporters of the former governor in he courtroom cheered at the end. Mecham Rose crossed to the jurors and began shaking their hands. Mcchamp who was impeached and remove from office earlier this Spring had said wednesday night that he had a Clear conscience but the 64-year-old former Auto dealer said he would feel better when it s Here referring to the verdict prosecutor Harriett lol nein told the jury in wednesday s final portion of the closing arguments Hal the Mcchamp cloak of innocence has been stripped away thread by thread by thread Wiliard Mecham and Evan Mecham stand naked before you now. Because the Evi Dence is overwhelming of their  Nicaragua Aid Convoy stopped by . Customs Laredo Texas a members of a con Voy organized to bring humanitarian Aid to Nicaragua have vowed to take their fight to Washington after . Customs officials at the Border blocked heir  we Are going to do is take them the vehicles 10 Washington d.c., and Park the across he Street from the White House and Hope to use them As a National rallying Point for in majority of americans who oppose the War against Nicaragua said Gerry Condon a National coordinator for the Convoy. Well probably be there for months he said wednesday. Customs agents impounded four vehicle wednesday alter the 35-Vchicle velerans1 peace Convoy attempted to Cross into Mexico without Export authorization. The 106 Convoy members had planned to take30 tons of food medical supplies and clothing to Nicaragua. But Treasury department official served notice that leaving the 38 vehicles there would violate a 3-Ycar-olo Trade embargo. Ferraro s son gets 4 months in cocaine Selling conviction Rutland i. A the son of former Vic presidential candidate Oraldine Ferraro was sentenced thursday to four months in jail for Selling s2sworth of cocaine to an undercover police officer two years ago. John Accarp jr., 24, and his parents stood stoical Lyas judge Francis Mccaffrey handed Down the sentence m Vermont District court in Rutland. I can t in Good conscience sentence you without any time to serve Mccaffrey said. The sentence also includes 300 hours of Community service and a $ i Josfine a tearful Ferraro had asked Mccaffrey not to Treather son differently than any other person convicted of Selling a Quarter of a Gram of cocaine. Ferraro who ran on the democratic ticket in 1984,said her son s arrest and conviction have taken a heavy loll on her family and her son. He does t go to Church with us she said in ver Mont District court. He does t want to be seen with us. It s not because he s ashamed of us. It s because he s ashamed of what he s  Zaccaro told Mccaffrey in a quivering voice that he has swim off drugs. I d like to make a personal pledge to you and my family that i will never again be involved in drugs or any illegality,1 he told Mccaffrey. Zaccaro faced up to five years in prison and a $ 10,000 Fine his attorney Charles to Daft had asked Mccaff Reyto accept a probation officer s recommendation of a suspended sentence probation and Community service of unspecified length. Addison county state s attorney John Quinn recommended a jail term citing the deterrent effect on drug cases in society. He did not specify the  at the sentencing hearing the founder of Cove Nant House a new York City shelter for runaways said he believes hat Zaccaro has Learned Tram his mistakes and should not be  has worked As a Volunteer for the shelter in a program that brings runaways child prostitutes another children from he streets to the Center. You can t try and reach these kids. Without coming into a far better and deeper understanding of your own value system said the Rev. Bruce  said earlier hat he wants the sentence to be noticed to deter other drug Sellers and  you want to gel a message out o people you certainly want to Send that in a nigh profile Case the prosecutor said. At the hearing Quinn asked Ritter what message the sentence should Send regarding drug use. I doubt that incarceration of John would be much of a deterrent to anyone Ritler replied in Caroca Tion for John right now would be More in line of society seeking retribution rather than  club from Page 1 men corp. Computer at the lab that is pan of in network. He was t sure How they were tracked Clown or if any action was being taken against club  re no kids Alexander said of the club s members. They re adults. They Are a worrisome group to american computer experts. They re not just hackers doing pranks. They Are a group whose motives and Aims Are not entirely Clear. The information 1 have is that there was a break Inland it lasted for several hours and it was caught he said. As soon As it was discovered we pulled jul out of the network Alexander said the computer club also gained acres so a Navy computer but did t know where it was located or any details of that penetration he said he was t sure of the computer network s purpose but understood it is a great big party line for technology and science  the computer processes general technical information in the lab not military data he added. Several Days after the break in. Digital equipment and jul officials rebuilt the system to make sure thai if they club members planted any viruses we were not going to continue using the operating system they had been mucking around  computer virus is a program surreptitiously inserted into a computer to disrupt i Normal  procedures Are being tightened considerably to make sure his won t happen again Alexander  incident is the second such break in in to Yean at the  april a West German prosecutor revealed hat a 24-year-old West German Hacker or computer Buff inked his Home computer to about so . Military computers by Telephone. Targets included compute sat jul the air Force systems come in Al Segundo and at the Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory in Berkeley. Hot from Page 1 Nam Robin Williams has a line in there that sums it up hot Damn hot hot and wet " said Frank Acker Man spokesman for the Cape cod National seashore in Well acct mass. An estimated 196.000 people jammed beaches wednesday in the new York City area As the temperature hit 96 degrees tying a 97-year-old record. It reached 98 i Boston exceeding by 2 degrees the record set in 9j6. The bodies of an elderly woman and her daughter were found thursday in their Boston apartment. A preliminary investigation indicated the women died because of the heal said police spokeswoman Jill  Massachusetts and Rhode Island the miserable weather became an official heal wave meaning at Leas three straight Days of temperatures at 90 or higher the National weather service  Colorado thunderstorms spawned live tornadoes in an area 55 Miles Long from North to South tossing vehicle Sand storage Sheds through the air and tearing off several roofs. Seven people were injured none seriously one twister hit near Denver s Stapleton International Airport where the air traffic control Tower was evacuate for about 25 minutes Sla Lelon spokesman Richard Bou Lewar Esaid. Much of the property damage involved uprooted Trees Tost shingles and broken windows rather than destruction of Homes officials  the East the severe heat is being caused by a High pressure system off the mid Atlantic coast pumping ingot air from the South Central part of the country nation Al weather Servic Meteorol Girt Mike Wyllie  hundreds and hundreds of Miles the ground is very very dry said Peter Lamb of the Illinois stat water Survey. So what the Sun is doing is Healing the ground and the ground is heating the  heat coming in the Wake of a dry Winter and Spring in the nation s mid action aggravated widespread drought conditions thai have threatened farm yields Send prices rocketing on commodity exchanges rowdies from Page 1 raged from about 9 . Tuesday to 3a.rn. Wednesday around the City s main Railroad station where a Market Hall was wrecked and in the narrow streets filled with bars and cafes in the old City District. After the match wednesday police put 95 British fans who were detained the night before on a late night train Toos Lende where they would Board the ferry to England. Scores of other British fans also caught the train after being urged by police using loudspeakers. The train station was cordoned off by some 500  scuffles were reported. The riots which began in Stuttgart sunday and continued in Cologne Mon Day renewed Calls to Stop British soccer teams from playing abroad. After a 19s5 rampage by frenzied Brit ish soccer fans killed 39 italian fans at the key set stadium in Belgium English soccer clubs were banned from playing in Europe. The ban did not apply to the june 10-25 european championships. England which plays the soviet Union saturday has lost both its games and has no Chance to Advance in the tournament. Meanwhile in London the British government thursday proposed a five part crackdown on soccer hooliganism that would bar England s National Lear from the world cup the olympics and other International events. The package was unveiled by Home Secretary Douglas Hurd after a 75-min Ute soccer Summit at prime minister Margaret Thatcher s 10 Downing Street Home. Thatcher whose term As prime min ister has been marked by strict Law and order mandates called the meeting of top level officials As English fans dulled with police and supporters or other nations at he european soccer championships in West Germany. We were All appalled by what has happened in Germany Hurd said. We were Clear that present arrangements arc not enough and have got to be strength  besides possible limits on English participation no International tournaments Hurd said areas to be considered were travel restrictions on fans involve Din violence. Tighter controls Over who gets int matches. Tougher licensing Laws outside soc cer stadiums to Cut Down on fans getting drunk before and after matches. Stepped up police surveillance an intelligence gathering. The Home office said the restriction son International Competition would apply Only to the English team and not tothe squads from the other three sectors of British soccer Scotland Wales an Northern Ireland