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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Sunday, July 17, 1988

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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 17, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday july 17, 1988 the stars and stripes Page 7 release of Dod probe papers delayed los Angeles a a Federal judge temporarily blocked the release of court documents in the massive probe of fraud in the defense Industry Friday say ing he will decide in a week whether to overturn a magistrate s ruling that the Media and the Public have a right to seethe documents. . District judge David Kenyon or dered attorneys for the news Media the government and other interested parties to submit papers and be prepared to pre sent arguments on july 22. Federal judges in three other jurisdictions Minneapolis Brooklyn n.y., and Alexandria a. Rejected other efforts Friday to unseal affidavits concerning the probe. Kenyon s decision blocked action on ruling by . Magistrate Joseph Reich Mann ordering release of sealed affidavit filed with warrants to search the offices of three Southern California defense contractors and one defense consultant. Reichmann s ruling on a request by attorneys for the los Angeles times Copley newspapers and the National broadcasting corp. Was appealed bring ing the Case to Kenyon. In his ruling Reichmann was Adaman about the Public s right to know. Corruption bribery these Are thing that go to the heart of How our govern ment functions Reichmann said. Weare talking about the foundations of our country the defense of our country defense consultant Fred Lackner s at Torney William Dougherty said he wanted the affidavit released so he could represent his client properly. The warrants sought in los Angele were used on june 13 to search the offices of Northrop corp., Tel Edyne inc.,Litton industries and Lackner s Home. Affidavits attached to the warrant contain statements from investigators disclosing evidence they uncovered an detailing what they Are seeking through their searches. In Minneapolis . Magistrate  Cudd refused the Star Tribune s re quest to unseal documents related to the search of Uniss corp s offices in Eagan Minn. In Brooklyn . District judge Edward Korman ordered the unseating of four search warrants but postponed opening the warrants until wednesday to give the government time to Appeal. The search warrants that Korman said could be made Public include those used atthe Long Island Home of Charles f. Gard Ner a defense consultant who is a former vice president for the Uniss corp. The office of Dennis Mitchell a Uniss employee at its great neck n.y., Plant the offices of the Hazeltine corp. In Greenlawn and the Kane paper corp. In Baldwin n.y., which supplies paper products to aerospace companies. In Alexandria va., two Federal judge refused to unseal affidavits used to search the office and Home of former Navy official Melvyn Paisley and the premises of Thomas Muldoon of Washington. Both men Are defense Consul Tants. In St. Louis Mcdonnell Douglas corp. Said its consulting contract with Paisley has been terminated by  Miami s police chief retiring Miami a Clarence Dickson the first Black to head Miami s police Force announced his retirement Fri Day saying the corruption problems that rocked the department during his 3 /year tenure Are behind us  Dickson 54, will be replaced by assistant chief Perry c. Anderson who also is Black. A Miami policeman for almost 29 years Dickson became eligible for retirement this year and said at a news conference that he simply decided to take it. He said he was proud of overcoming challenges such As the corruption problems in the department. That is behind us  the soft spoken chief inherited a department that had doubled to almost 1,100 officers Many poorly trained after the 1980 Liberty City riots and the Mariel boat lift. Under his tenure about 100 officers were charge with crimes or punished administratively including those convicted in the River cops Case that grew out of a deadly cocaine Ripoff ring run by officers on the Midnight shift. But in addition to the successful actions against rogue cops there were lingering embarrassments including the unsolved theft of $150,000 from the narcotics unit. Happy birthday a John Matar is Waist deep in plastic peanuts a Chicago Home. The Brothers have been exchanging 47th birthday gift from his brother Sam in his gag birthday presents for the past dozen  e unsolved theft of$15otoo from the Nar 47th birthday fro i r Sam in his  Colic i trustee May ban bakkers from heritage Usa fort Mill . A Tammy Bak said he did not want to deny the couple bakkers Access to heritage Usa after is try they  Ker defied a request by the pal bankruptcy Access to them. The studio mrs. Bakker several incidents in which he Felt their mrs. Bakker s visit to the studio trustee that she not visit certain parts of heritage Usa and the trustee says he May have to ban the bakkers completely from the religious theme Park. Mrs. Bakker attended the filming of the pal today television show thursday ignoring . Red Benton s request that the evangelical couple voluntarily restrict their activities to the West Side of the rail Road tracks of heritage Usa. Jim Bakker s parents live on the grounds West of the tracks and Benton Sai acres visited is East of the tracks. The bakkers moved Back to the area recently to mount their drive to regain control of the pal ministry which the lost in 1987 in a sex and Money scandal. Benton was appointed by the . Bankruptcy court to oversee the Sale of heritage Usa property to pay pal s creditors. A buyer is expected to be named next month. Benten said he decided to limit the bakkers Severa presence was disruptive. In one incident mrs. Bakker and rus sell Deshields a drummer in the pal band engaged in a shouting match i front of the studio audience. Benton said pal s attorneys contacted the bakkers attorney Ryan Hovis to ask the couple if they were going to deliberately test me to see what i would  but Hovis said i Don t think that Sfair i Don t think it s right for the Bak kers to have to stay away from the min str mrs. Bakker t n thursday was without incident said pal Security chief Gene Ervin. He said she quietly watched the show and left before it ended. Bakker meanwhile said he wished Ben ton had contacted him about the matter directly instead of going through attorneys. I think if or. Benton wants to say that he should have the Courtesy to Call me or write a letter telling me so Bakker said. Ill be glad to notify them. If they want to provide Security that s  Marine quits grueling run Lone Pine Calif. A a Marine corps major who lost a lung when he was wounded in Vietnam Friday gave up his attempt to run from the lowest Point in North Amer Ica to the highest Mountaintop in the Continental United , suffering from cramps and dehydration and show ing a temperature of 101.6 degrees maj. John Bates quit the run on the flank of mount Whitney. He had started the run in death Valley on wednesday night. Bates 42, said he was done in Bya Steep 11-mile Grade and tempera Tures of More than 100 degrees Fri Day the los Angeles times reported. I tried to climb into a Bush thinking it was my wife s car he said managing a weary smile. I was also violently regurgitating anything i  Bates left Badwater Calif., at 282feet below sea level at 8 . Wednes Day. His goal was to beat the existing record to the Summit of mount Whit about 146 Miles away. The record is 45 hours 15 minutes set by Gil Cornell of Lone Pine last year. Bates ran the course in septem Ber 1986 in 63 hours including two eight hour sleep Breaks. His wife Stephanie 36, who was accompanying him in a camper said when his temperature reached 101.6degrees she decided Over his objections to drive him into Lone Pine. Engineer gets year term Baltimore a Rick l. Gates the Engineer who caused the worst crash in Amtrak history was sentenced in fed eral court Friday to three years in prison for conspiring to obstruct an investigation. Gates 34, is already serving a five year sentence on a state conviction of manslaughter by locomotive. The Federal term will be served consecutively with the state sentence. Sixteen people were killed and 175were injured when Gates drove three linked Conrail engines past a close switch and into the path of an Amtrak passenger train near Chase md., in Jan uary 1987. Gates was charged april 1 in Federal court with conspiracy obstruction of an Agency investigation and two counts of making false statements to investigators from the National transportation safety Board. Gates pleaded guilty in May to conspiracy for lying to Nosb inncv.vc.5vr about following safety i . T a i smoking marijuana with  a  the crash. .  to a s dismiss the other charges. The brakeman. Vav v vo.v-.-. Of.-. The Case the p.nmvvv. I c. Of .-,t,.\\ mums n Vic v . While Gates guv Vio a is in i that to to sentenced to two Oil Truw a cars in prison. With All but my months suspended and supervised probation Amer he is released  
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