European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 22, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday july 22, 1988 the stars and stripes Page 5 sidewalk chefs know for sure flow fief it is Sacramento Calif. A a sidewalk and a dashboard did double duty As broiling pans because of the heat Here. A group of 300 youngsters attending a sum Mer school program at California state univer sity saw a meal of Chicken Rice and carrots cooked on the sidewalk in 107-degree heat. The food was in a cardboard Box lined with foil that was set in the Sun for a few hours tues Day. After learning How to make the solar ovens from microbiology professor Robert Metcalf the children nibbled on samples. It s just As Good As Home cooking and Proba Bly better i mean for carrots said Jennifer Olson 11. On monday disc jockey Pat still at Zap pm bought a 3 /2 Pound pot roast wrapped it in foil and put it on a dashboard. About seven hours later the roast was medium rare. The official High monday was 112, but the temperature inside the car reached 187, said still who had placed an oven thermometer in the Auto. We were shocked at How Good it was he said. It was  Fri arrests 8 men with ties to pro libyan plot in . Washington a Fri agents on wednesday arrested eight men linked to pro libyan activities in the United states and a . Attorney said one of them was involved in a plot to assassinate a top official identified by a government source As former White House aide Oliver North. Six of the defendants appeared before a . Magis trate in nearby Alexandria va., and were ordered held without bail until a detention hearing Friday. They were led out of the court with their hands and legs shackled. Five of the men four libyans and a moroccan Are members of a purported student organization sponsored by the libyan government. The sixth a naturalized american of jordanian origin owns a Down town Washington travel Agency. All six were charged with illegally diverting funds to support the activities of col. Moa mar Qadhafi including travel to Libya by disaffected americans. . Attorney Henry Hudson said two others were being held on similar charges one in Denver and the other in Detroit. Hudson said travel Agency owner Mousa Haw Amda .42, was involved in a potential plot to assassinate a High government official of the United  Hudson did not identify the official or give any other details. But another official said the target was former National Security adviser North. North who was dismissed in november 1986 Over allegations that he illegally funnelled Money to the con tra rebels in Nicaragua was a leading official in coun Ter terrorism operations aimed at Libya. During congressional hearings on the Iran Contra affair North said threats against his life had prompted him to install a Security Fence around his Home. Hudson said defendant Saleh Mohamed Gumma Al Raj i 32, had Given the libyan government a list of names of people in the Federal government who May have been involved in the 1986 . Bombing of Libya. The prosecutor said this was done for the Pur pose of retaliation by Libya. This is a rare Case a sensitive Case involving National Security Hudson told the magistrate. He said the prosecution had obtained much of the information leading to the arrests from informants whose lives were in danger. Our intention is to try and protect them As Long As possible Hudson said. Six of the eight arrested were described As members of the people s committee for libyan students based in Mclean a. The other two were the owner of the manara travel Agency and an agent for the company according to the Fri. All were charged with violating a License allowing the student organization to provide financial support for libyan students in the United states and Canada. Colombian cocaine lord gets life plus 135 years Jacksonville Fla. A a Federal judge wednesday sentenced convicted colombian cocaine Kingpin Carlos Lehder Rivas to a maximum life sen tence without parole plus 135 years As a sign of society s determination to expunge this  . District judge Howell w. Melton brushed aside Lender s Contention that he was a political prisoner. Lehder who prosecutors called a key figure in the Medellin Cartel drug ring said to be responsible for 80 percent of the colombian cocaine Corning into the United states was convicted in May of importing 3.3 tons of cocaine into the country from his Island smug gling Headquarters in the Bahamas. Melton imposed the harshest penalty possible under Federal Law Over defense objections that it exceeded the maximum allowable under the .-Colombia extradition treaty. The sentence is a message. A signal to our society that it will do everything it can to rid itself of this cancer Melton said. During a 25-minute speech to the court prior to the sentencing Lehder portrayed himself As a victim of the political ambitions of . Attorney Robert Merkle now a candidate for the Republican nomination for one of Florida s Senate seat. I have been or. Merkle s hostage said Lehder. I m a political prisoner. My arrest is  he said he had been kidnapped and illegally brought to this country because he had been a political 1,000 office jobs eliminated by Jet engine manufacturer Leader in Colombia working to overthrow the .-Colombia extradition treaty. He was a victim of mistreatment and harassment. And psycho logical torture ordered by or. Merkle Lehder said in slightly accented English. But Melton who ear Lier wednesday sentenced Lehder s co defendant Jack Carlton Reed to 15 years in prison  tics was not at the Root of the Case. Lehder you were not convicted because of your political beliefs because you Are a colombian the judge said. The truth of the matter is the smuggling was done for Money.  prosecutors had asked for life without parole on the charge of running a continuing criminal Enterprise plus 15 years each of 10 drug smuggling charges. But under the Law one drug smuggling charge had to be concurrent with the life sentence leading to the 135 year total. Lehder will also have to pay $350,000 in fines. Reed was fined $25,000 for his conviction on a single count of conspiracy to import cocaine. Merkle s replacement . Attorney Joe Magri who attended the sentencing As a Spectator Calle Lehder a cocaine Narco terrorist and applauded the  judge fairly justly and appropriately socked it to a hoodlum said Magri. The sentence sends a Clear message that we re serious about stopping narcotics , 38, one of the leaders of the violent Medel Lin Cartel was convicted May 19 of smuggling colom Bian cocaine into the United states through the Baha  attorneys Edward Shoal and Jose Quinon had asked the judge to impose a 20-year sentence at most which they said would be four times longer than the terms being served by the former smugglers who turned against Lehder and testified for the  listening to almost four hours of arguments and objections from Lehder s attorneys to pre sentence reports Melton told the defendant that the govern ment had presented monumental amounts of incriminating evidence against  the lengthy list of convictions the judge said they did not adequately portray the evidence of your  in the seven month trial included allegations that bahamian officials including prime min ister Lynden o. Pindling helped Lehder and his smug gling organization run More than 20 tons of cocaine from Colombia through Norman s Cay into deserted airstrips in Florida and Georgia. East Hartford Conn. A Pratt and Whitney aircraft is eliminating More than 1,000 White Collar jobs in a move designed to enhance its competitive position in the Jet engine Market. The company said Only 283 people would be Laid off. The rest of the Sala ried jobs will be eliminated through attrition and through not filling 314 vacant positions officials said. Pratt and Whitney said 158 people Learned wednesday they were being Laid off. The rest of the Job reductions will take place Over the next 18 months. When the reductions Are completed the company said it will save an estimated $ 100 million a year. Cost reductions Are difficult but eliminating unnecessary tasks and the reduction of staff Are Steps we must take to ensure a healthy future for Pratt and Whitney and All our peo ple company president Arthur Wegner said. Analysts have predicted that the Jet engine maker a division of United technologies inc., eventually will have to Lay off 2,000 to 4,000 of its 46,000 employees to remain competitive with its chief rival general elec tric co. Once the world s dominant Jet engine builder Pratt and Whitney saw its share of the commercial Jet engine Market drop from 100 percent in 1974 to about 40 percent in 1987. General electric s share grew during the same period from nothing to 45 percent to 50 percent. Similar declines have occurred in Pratt and Whitney s military business. Pratt and Whitney used retirement and Severance incentives last year to reduce its White Collar work Force by about 2,000. In the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. July 22, 1948 twelve communist leaders representing the party s High command in America were indicted on charges of supporting the violent overthrow of the . Government. 30 years ago today. July 22, 1958 . Diplomatic trouble shooter Robert Murphy opened direct talks with the lebanese rebels in an attempt to bring peace to Lebanon. 20 years ago today. July 22, 1968 a Large explosive charge in Saigon presumably set by the Viet Cong killed at least five people and wounded 55. 10 years ago today. July 22, 1978 president Carter told americans he has not embarked on a vendetta against the soviet Union Over human rights but he defended the cutoff of a Sperry Rand uni  computer to the soviet news Agency Tass in protest Over the recent conviction and prison sentences Given Anatoly Shucha Ransky Alexander Ginzburg and other dissidents