European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 20, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 26 the stars and stripes monday june 20,198b laxity led to scandal lawmakers say Washington a the investigation of alleged bribery and fraud in Pentagon weapons buying shows presi Dent Reagan s administration was More worried about winning huge defense budgets than about making sure the government spent its Money wisely legislators said sunday. Democratic sen. Sam Nunn of Georgia chairman or the Senate armed services committee said the Pentagon has had a serious management problem. Fora number of  we had people being selected for their ideological beliefs for their salesmanship Bui Noi for Good sound management Nunn said. I think the emphasis has been on salesmanship and getting the Money and news briefs the management end of it has been the last an the list of priorities he said on Abc television s this week Wilh David  rep. Les a spill a wis chairman of the House aimed services committee said he agreed and added i do think that in one sense it s surprising this has t happened before. There s always been a lot of Money floating  they were referring to the 2-year-oldinvestigation into allegations that de sense contractor paid consultants an government officials for secret Pentagon information that was useful in winning weapons contracts Worth hundreds of millions of dollars. The investigation came to Light last tuesday when the Friand naval investigative service raided the offices of Pentagon officials defense contractors and consultants. Sen Charles Grassley a Towa a Sharp critic of Pentagon waste said the affair arises from the Good old boy network. It s an ethic within the defense depart ment that Breeds an Altitude among the defense Industry catch us if you  Grassley was interviewed on lbs Tele vision s face the nation along with rep. John Dingell d-mich., chairman of the House Energy and Commerce com Mittee. Dinge i s panel has investigated Pentagon waste As has the Senate Judic iary administrative practices subcommittee which Grassley has chaired. Both said their committees turned up evidence of Pentagon waste but nothing was done. Dingell complained that administration officials did t want la act we have found consistent instances where the buddy buddy approach would pre vent vigorous actions by the defense department into these kinds of abuses Federal investigators reportedly Are pursuing the possibility that former Navy Secretary John Lehman or. Tipped military consultant Melvyn Paisley off that he might be the subject of an investigation. It was disclosed last week that Paisley s Home and office were bugged during the investigation. Paisley was a former lop Navy official under Lehman before resigning in april 198710 open a consulting business. Pais Ley has emerged As a key figure in the investigation. Police 500 youths clash after concert in w. Berlin Berlin a West Berlin police clashed with about 500 youths including Neo nazis in a riot following a Rock concert at the Berlin Wall. The violence erupted after the concert part of the three night Berlin Rock Marathon came to an end late saturday night. Several thousand of the estimated 35,000 con curl goers shouted for encores police said. Most of the concert fans left after being asked to do so but about so remained setting Small fires and throwing Beer bottles and cans at the stage police  charged at the troublemakers scuffling with a number of them. Two police officers received minor injuries and eight people were arrested. The Rock Marathon which has featured the British group Pink Floyd among others began Friday night and was to conclude sunday night with a performance by Michael Jackson. Anti Khomeini group claims capture of Iran Border town Baghdad Iraq a the National liberation army an Iraq based organization of iranians opposed to the Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini said its troops captured the iranian Border town of Mcheran on sunday after fierce  press officer at la Headquarters in the iraqi capital told reporters that la fighters liberated Mcheran in a major offensive launched saturday night. The official iranian news Agency monitored in Nicosia Cyprus confirmed that fighting was going on in Mcheran but said the attack  iraqi  la formed last june is built around the Mujaheddin Khaliq people s warriors that helped Khomeini overthrow Shah Mohammed Racza Pahlavi but were later outlawed by Kho Meini s islamic fundamentalists. The Mujahed Din Khaja describe themselves As islamic socialists seeking a secular government. Supported by Iraq the la forces have been playing a Small but growing role in the Iran Iraq War. English soccer fans leave after clashes in Frankfurt Frankfurt a Frankfurt police said sunday the Drunken brawling English soccer fans had left own after three nights of Street clashes while Munich authorities warned of an organized gang of West German troublemakers since he european soccer championships started on june 10, More than 800 fans had been arrested in six West German cities. The behaviour of the English fans has prompted Sharp rebukes from British prime minister Margaret Thatcher and has forced a cancellation of English teams re entry bid to european tournaments next year. Frankfurt police on sunday said three straight nights of soccer related disturbances in Frank Furt had apparently come to an end after 98more rowdies most of them English were rounded up overnight major from Page 1 Ury Frank Carlucci and soviet defense minister Dmitri of Lvov. . Officials had pressed for a formal apology for three years because of what one intelligence source termed extraordinary  army Brig. Gen. Roland Lajoie who was Nichol son s commanding officer said of the apology it was a Long time coming but the soviet military has made the right decision Lam personally very  . Intelligence sources providing the most com plete account of Nicholson s death to Dale said he was shot while taking part in a . Military Liaison mis Sion assigned to reconnoitre sensitive soviet and War saw pact military facilities in East Germany. According to sources Nicholson and his Driver Jesse Schatz had driven to Ludwig lust East Germany on March 24, 1985, to try to photograph new Armor installed on soviet tanks. Under postwar agreements. Soviet and . Forces Are allowed to mount observer missions into each other s territory to collect intelligence Pentagon officials said. The scoop is that Nicholson was inside a soviet tank shed when a sentry shot him a . Intelligence. Source  officials confirmed that Nicholson said Jesse pm shot after one of three shots from a soviet sentry ripped into his Abdomen. A Pentagon spokesman quoted Suchati As saying in his deposition that the soviets left Nicholson where he fell for six hours surrounding him and demanding he sign a confession. What incensed Pentagon officials was that Nichol son could have been saved sources said. According to . Intelligence sources soviet medi Cal help was on the scene but the soviets refused tallow them to attend Nicholson until be signed a document absolving the soviets of responsibility for his being wounded. . Intelligence sources said that when Lajoie arrived on the scene Nicholson was still alive but that Little could be done. But an army spokesman disputed thai scenario say ing Nicholson was already dead when Lajoie arrived. The sources said the soviets tried to gel Lajoie to sign the same document . Intelligence sources said Nicholson was so badly wounded that at times he would lapse into unconsciousness at which Point the soviets would prop up his head and try to get him to sign a . Intelligence source said. Nicholson finally bled to death . Intelligence sources said. A state department official said the soviets were trying to cover their backsides by attempting to obtain a confession from the dying Man. A Pentagon analyst said there is a message the soviets were sending by shooting Nicholson and that is blatant intimidation. In the old Days they used to castrate . Agents when they were  in september 1983, the soviets destroyed a korean Airliner carrying 269 Crew members and passengers charging it violated soviet airspace. A state department official said that if the United tales shot Down every soviet aircraft that violates . Airspace you would have a lot of dead rus  the Point is that we Don t View what the soviets did to Nicholson As acceptable behaviour this offi Cial said at bilateral talks last March in Geneva Carlucci again presented to Yazoo a demand for an apology and compensation for Nicholson s murder. Yazoo replied that the incident had not occurred when he was de sense minister but that he would look into it Pentagon officials said. According to slate department officials the matter of compensation apparently has been dropped a Pentagon spokesman declined comment referring All questions on compensation to the stale depart ment but a state department official said the joint statement did not mention compensation. The army considers the Mailer closed the spokesman said. Several Pentagon and intelligence sources said they Are not satisfied with the apology. What i find interesting in the apology statement is that it said that soviets and the United states would work together to prevent repetition of the incident one analyst said. He interpreted this As the United states admitting impart that we had done something wrong adding it makes the apology and removes it in the same  another Pentagon source said what Nicholson and his Driver were doing was entirety  but a slate department official said the soviets in the past never admitted an error never admitted they were wrong. Perhaps this is  attempted attack in Spain blamed on w. Germans Cadiz Spain up1 authorities said sunday that three West germans were behind an attempted bombing attack against a nato delegation. The attack was foiled when a Detonator exploded prematurely. We have established that the terrorists were West germans the Cadiz civil governor Mariano Baque Dano said. The two men and a woman Are believed lobe in Seville where police have mounted a sweep. Baquedano said the three were planning to Sel off a motorcycle bomb Friday at a Seaside resort hotel in the Atlantic coastal town of Rota where the 72-member nato delegation had been staying. But a Detonator went off prematurely destroying the motorcycle and alerting police. In a search 01 the each area 200 Yards from the hotel police spotted three people carrying backpacks. When ordered to Hall one of the three opened fire on police. The backpacks were dropped and the three fled commandeered a Van and forced the British own ers to drive them to Seville 100 Miles to the North. In one of the packs police found 35 pounds of explosives timers and detonators. One of uie timers was set for i2 30a.m. Saturday. Marine vet Dies at 90 Palo Alto Calif. A James Pistorio 90,who Rode with the detachment of . Mounted marines that occupied Veracruz Mexico in 1914 after a dispute with Mexico Over the arrest of a group of american sailors has died of heart failure