European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 20, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page so the stars and stripes monday. June 20,1988 proof focus shifts to retired Admiral by Norman Black a military writer Washington Federal agents investigating fraud and bribery in the de sense contracting Industry Are examining the work of a retired four Star Admiral who was an apparent favorite of former Navy Secretary John f. Lehman. Retired adm James a. Ace Lyons also was a colleague of a Central figure in the defense contracting probe Melvyn r. Paisley according to Pentagon sources who spoke on condition of anonymity. Set Rel Lurf Story. Page 5. According to a search warrant unsealed by a Federal court in St. Louis last week. Lyons has worked As a consultant to the Mcdonnell Douglas corp. Since at least last december. The sources said Lyons was hired to help Mcdonnell Douglas sell Jet fighters to South Korea. Lyons retired oct. I after serving two years As the commander of the Pacific Fleet. In that Post he presumably forged lies with military leaders in South Kory Well As other Pacific Ocean country As Japan Australia and the Phil Pojl Lyons is not accused of a wrong doing. But the  a search of corporate owes in St. Louis where Mcdonnell of Oglas is headquartered for any conflicts agreements re ports.  or any other documents milling to the work of Ace Lyons Foj la Donnil Douglas from do ccmbxT87 through 1988. C sources said that Lyons was hired by Mcdonnell Douglas the nation s largest defense contractor to assist the company in marketing the of a a Navy Jet to South Korea. The koreans Are said to be debating whether to buy the of a in or the f-16, made by the general dynamics Dorp. Without mentioning any names the search warrant authorized Federal agents to search Mcdonnell Douglas offices for internal Navy documents relating to the f/a-18 in  Lyons who now lives in the Washington suburb of Mclean va., Hai an unlit j phone number and could not be Raju for comment. Jim Reed a Sokop Purfor Mcdonnell Douglas said Frijs Pedid not have any information a Aiple on Lyons work for the company the search Wuolu makes Clear that its primary Foj Ris the relationship be tween up Elffa former top Navy official and nerf consultant for United tech 5 corp., and Thomas Gunn a Inell Douglas executive. In singling out Lyons however the investigators have signalled interest in another close associate of Lehman. Pais Ley was recruited by Lehman in 1981 to be one of his two top aides. Paisley re signed the Post in april 1987, the same month Lehman left and within a week after his departure began working for United technologies. Sources said thai Lyons 60, a Grad uate of the . Naval Academy was a close associate of Lehman and came to know Paisley Well. Starting in 1983, when Lyons was pro moved to the position of Deputy chief of naval operations for plans policy and operations he began working on a Hail basis with Lehman and  widely thought to have won gym urls Star and the command of Juks. Pacific Fleet two years late cause of leh Man s intervention indeed lasy Pember James h. Webb jr., i Hertz Secretary accused Lehman of Fiat Lam in handling military promo Grid cited Lyons As an  inc same time Pentagon sources disclosed that Webb along with adm. Carlisle . Troll the chief of naval operations adm. William j. Crowe the chairman of the joint chiefs of Shaft and adm. Ronald. Hays the head of the . Pacific come had joined forces in pushing Lyons into retirement. The revelation thai Lyons retirement was not voluntary prompted Lehman by then Back in private life to condemn the move against his Friend As the revenge of the  Webb responded to Lehman during t. Pentagon press conference by saying you would expect that sort of a com ment it s no secret that my predecessor played a great Deal of favouritism in the promotional and assignment aspects of officers in the naval  meanwhile it was Learned that engine maker Pratt & Whitney possessed Sensi Tive documents thai rival general elec tric co had submitted to the defens department in competing for contracts Worth hundreds of millions of dollars. Was made by the Fri in warrant obtained to seize male r is from the offices of Eugene Tallia vice president of Pratt & Whitney and head of the company s Washington of fice. Pratt & Whitney is an operating unit of United technologies corp. A copy was obtained by the Trade paper defense week and made available saturday to the associated press. The investigation which sen. John Warner r-va., a former Navy Secretary Calls the most widespread Case i or any one else has Ever seen has been going on for two years but was such a Well kept secret that even president Reagan was in the dark until last week. In a related development sources who declined to be identified told the associated press saturday of a conversation Between Federal prosecutor Henry Hud son who is spearheading the investigation and sen. Charles Grassly a Iowa a critic of Pentagon spending policies Grassley and aides met with Hudson for 15 to 20 minutes thursday afternoon and then the two met alone for another 30 to 40 minutes. After Hudson Laid out the scope of the probe the sources said Grassley aware of the close ties among Paisley Lehman and Everett Pyatt assistant Navy Secretary for shipbuilding asked if Lehman was a target of the investigation. Hudson an swered with a Blunt no comment Lehman Paisley and Pyatt have not returned numerous phone Calls seeking their comment. Soccer violence continues third straight night Frankfurt a English rowdies rampaged through a bar late saturday and police arrested about two dozen German and British soccer fans in Frank fun several hours after the soviet Union s 3-1 Victory Over England in a third straight night of disturbances. Police reported about 300 English and German hoodlums including 16 right Wing extremists were arrested or placed under preventive detention in three cities in the latest round of clashes and vandalism by soccer fans. Following the England soviet Union match hundreds of police patrolled Frankfurt s main train station where disturbances had broken out late Friday. Some English rowdies were arrested after they ran sacked a bar where they had been drinking according to police. Police said groups of germans were picked up for. �. Public drunkenness and because it appeared they were Foj / to i preparing to attack English fans. My Frankfurt police saturday afternoon said that in addition to 88 arrests late Friday and Early saturday 12 other brawling fans had been arrested just before the game Between England and the soviets. I Don t know if they were English or German. We had a mix of both before police spokesman Manfred fun Ellhardt said in a Telephone interview. In  50 known West German trouble makers were taken into temporary custody As a preventive measure before the Start of the Netherlands Ireland match according to officials. The Dulch won 1-0 and no incidents were reported. Frankfurt police spokesman Kurt Kraus said 16right-Wing extremists arrested in Frankfurt Early sat urday Are members of the notorious Eagle front ran club. The Eagle front is a group of Young fans who often have tattoos of Neo nazi emblems. Dozens of those arrested were English tans on their self proclaimed invasion of Germany 1988." Man of the fans were infuriated that their team had already been eliminated from the championships even before the match against the soviets. The violence surrounding the european soccer championships already has led to More than 700 arrests in five German cities and forced cancellation of the English clubs bid to rejoin european tournament play next season. In Munich police arrested 120, All West German except for one English fan for brawls that broke out As the Host team beat Spain 2-0 Friday in olympic stadium. Late Friday night groups of English West German and italian rowdies got into isolated scuffles near the train station Here police said. From Page 1 in Meta greets leaders i top Industrial no Fons Toronto a leaders the world s larges industrialized  Assem bling Sawday for their annul economic sum Mit Mee Liefl italian prime minister of Draco de Mita and British prime minister a mrgaret Thatcher arrived in Toronia saturday however the official we comings Wert had of d for sunday the Start of the Summit. Already on the a Imil Agenda was a . Joust with the euro aos Over agriculture subsidies. The . A Gan probably joined by Canada will Sce Kobti in Dyball agricultural subsidies but the ides  resistance from France and wcgcrmany7 the Sumran Juhost. Canad prime minister Brian mul Rdby visited the chive lion Center where the Ummil was to open unday to Lell reporters m hoped it would be in world class event f Japa pc prime minister Noboru Takeshita a priv caste Friday. Pre Lenl Reagan and French preside fran  were due to arrive Sunda Anatolian province of Afton after the incident. His father Ibrahim Demirag claimed that his son would not dare Lake such action without some others behind  the news Agency reported that do Miragias a Mem Ber of the now defunct Neo fascist National movement party s youth organization before 1980. The parly s youth Branch known As the Gray wolves or the idealist clubs was one of the belligerent sides in a right against left wave of terrorism that claimed 5,000 lives in the 1978-80 period and prompted the military takeover in 1980. Michmel a Agea the turkish gunman who wounded Pope John Paul ii in 1981, was also accused of belonging to the Gray wolves turkish news agencies reported responsibility claims for the assassination attempt from the outlawed kurdish labor party and a previously unknown group called the revolutionary officers organization. None of the claims could be confirmed ind Epen  look about 50 people into custody in an at tempt to determine whether people involved m the decoration of the convention Hall were responsible for smuggling the gun into the Hall turkish wire services  was about 24 feet from the lectern when he fired at Ozal police said. They said one of the Bullet shit the microphone in front of Ozal and the second shot hit him in the hand. Spanish police seek three terrorists Cadiz Spain up1 authorities searched sat urday for three suspected terrorists who opened fire on police after a motorcycle bomb they were rigging exploded near a joint .-Spanish Navy base officials said. Authorities were alerted to the three when a caller reported an explosion at 8 30 . Friday on a Beach 3 Miles from the Atlantic coastal town of Rota where the base is located. When police arrived they found a motorcycle destroyed by an explosion and organized a search of the area a statement by the governor s office in the provincial capital of Cadiz said. Off base housing for . Military personnel and Spanish Navy installations Are located near the Beach. A spokesman for the naval station at Rota would not comment except to say the matter was being investigated by Spanish authorities. In the sweep police saw two men and a woman who appeared to be foreigners carrying backpacks. When challenged one of the three pulled out a gun an opened lire. The three then dropped the backpacks and fled. No one was injured in the shooting. The three ran to a nearby Highway commandeered a  at gunpoint and fled North towards the coastal Low Nof Chi Piona. Police found 35 pounds of explosives timers an detonators in one of the backpacks authorities said