European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 23, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday july 23, 1988 the stars and stripes Page 7 Anne Frank pen pal letters to be auctioned new York a pen pal letters that Annefranc and her older sister sent to two girls in Iowa just a month before the germans invaded the Netherlands will be auctioned in new York in october. The correspondence two letters a Post card two passport size photographs of the jewish sister Sand the envelope in which they were sent was verified by . Westra director of the Anne Frank Center in Amsterdam the new York times reported in Friday s editions. After the letters were written Anne and her family refugees from Germany hid in a dutch House until they were found by nazis. Her diary published in 1952, is a poignant account of their life there. The letters dated april 27 and 29, 1940, were sent to two Sisters in Danville Iowa Juanita Wagner 11, who was Anne s age and Betty Ann Wagner 15,the age of Anne s sister Margot. The letters written in English contain Little men Tion of wartime horrors that led to the girls deaths i nazi concentration Camps and no reference to the condition of the Franks As refugees. Dear Juanita Anne wrote. I did receive you letter and want to answer you As Quick As possible. Margot and myself Are the Only children in ourhouse. Our grandma is living with us. My father has an office and Mother is Busy at  she signed the letter Annelies Marie Frank. Margot wrote we often listen to the radio pastimes Are very exciting having a Frontier with Ger Many and being a Small country we never feel  in a Telephone interview with the times Bettyann Wagner of Burbank calif., said she and her sister now Juanita Wagner Hiltgen of Redlands calif., lived As girls on a farm in Danville. The letter Exchange was started at the suggestion of a teacher she said. We never received a reply from our second let ters in answer to theirs but we thought that had to do with the War and censorship said Wagner. Wagner 63, a computer operator nine years ago established a non profit organization the wayfarer ministries which ships books to missionaries. He sister is married a grandmother and a corporate Secretary for a water company. The Sisters kept the letters and told their Friend about them. Only recently did they decide to make them Public and auction them through Swann galleries in new York on oct. 25. George Lowry president of the galleries said he thought at first the letters to be sold As one package might bring $20,000 to $30,000. But now he thinks they might go for More because of possible interest by institutions. Federal prosecutor labels Meese a sleaze new York a a Federal prosecutor in the we tech corruption trial stunned the courtroom thursday when he called at Torney general Edwin Meese Iii his ultimate Boss a  assistant . Attorney Edward j. Little then told jurors that was no excuse for the conduct of rep. Mario Biaggi d-., an six others charged with racketeering. The suprise remark came near the end of Little s summation to the jury. These defendants can t get out of this Case by pointing fingers at Meese. So what who cares that s got nothing to do with what happened in this courtroom said Little. He also denied defense hints that prosecutors were shielding de Meese our  Biaggi and his co defendants Are charge with turning we tech corp., a now bankrupt defense contractor into a racketeering Enterprise that paid millions of dollars in bribes to obtain government contracts. A Cornerstone of the defense has been that corrupt we tech executives who Testi fied for the government had links to White House insiders like Meese and did not Nee to bribe Biaggi. Little said the answer to this Meese de sense was Meese was a sleaze too also i addition to these  Justice department reaction was Swift. We have asked the . Attorney s office in new York to Check to see whether or. Little is quoted accurately said depart ment spokesman Patrick Korten. If such remarks were made we would consider them to be inappropriate unprofessional and not least flatly  asked whether possible disciplinary action might be contemplated at some Point regarding Little Korten declined to answer directly saying the first thing we want to do is determine precisely what he  one of Meese s attorneys Nathan Lewin acc a Emfs of eliminate Sale of illegal to de scramblers Washington a the Federal communications commission is crack ing Down on television pirates who mar Ket illegal de scrambling devices for Back Yard satellite dishes the Agency s chairman said thursday we will put them out of business and if we can put them in jail Dennis Patrick told a news conference. We re putting the Iju Blic on notice that we will no longer look the other  Patrick said the acc is sending warn ing letters to 19 firms that the acc believes sell the technology that enables Adish owner to decode the scrambled Sig nals used by Premium program services like Home Box office and Showtime. Using such illegal devices allows a dish owner to receive the broadcast without having to pay the fees charged by the programmers or the Cable firm authorized to retransmit their signals. Patrick said he was unable to say How Many illegal de scramblers Are in us around the country but he said their use is increasing and some estimates put the number at As Many As half of All the units Carlucci to visit .s.r. Washington up defens Secretary Frank Carlucci will Fly to the soviet Union next week for his second formal set of talks with soviet defens minister Dmitriy Yazoo the Pentagon said thursday. We Are leaving Here on next thurs Day. There is a rest Stop in route. We will be in. The soviet Union for fou Days chief Pentagon spokesman Dan Howard said. He said a detailed itinerary had not yet been completed.  letters pointed out that Sale and use of illegal de scramblers is prohibited by both the Federal communications act and the . Criminal code. The warned of acc fines and possible Crimi Nal prosecution for any continued illegal activity. We strongly encourage you to discontinue Selling this technology immediately the letters  said signal piracy not Only hurts programmers but also the Public because it increases the Cost of program Ming discourages new Programmer from entering the Market and could Lead existing Cable services to refuse to sell their signals to dish  Market May dry up in the Long run if we cannot stamp out piracy said Patrick. He declined to predict whether an end to piracy would Lead Cable serv ices to lower the prices they charge Dis owners. The acc said it sent letters to Tes tron Floral Park . . Systems Glencoe Ontario Canada Rel Market ing turks and Raicos islands British West indies satellite to Muncie . Bytes Anthony Fla. Sports sched uling Fargo . And Hinks Ann Arbor , Magna systems Flushing . . Research Lacrosse wis. And Vance logic inc., Vancouver British co Lumbia Canada Walker technical serv ices Catlett a. Pc tech Oakville Ontario Canada Wiz tech grand rapids Mich. Clear vision Arvada Colo. Canh Townson a. Dow link communications Bixby okla. By electronics Marshall Mich. Coop s Box Washington Mich. And integrated Cir Cuit technology Nashville Tenn. Reacted to Little s comment by saying think the remark is beneath contempt. It s ridiculous to make a statement like  As a matter of prosecution strategy to group the attorney general with these people is beneath  a special prosecutor in Washington James c. Mckay has said there was insufficient evidence to charge Meese with wrong doing in the we tech scandal although he questioned the attorney general s ethics on several issues. Meese claiming the Mckay report vindicated him said he would leave office later this summer. Seeking to defuse the Meese defense before defense lawyers began their closing statements in the 4-month-old trial Little said we tech bribed person after person. They bribed a whole Ream of  they bribed everyone including these people he said referring to Biaggi and two of his six co defendants former Bronx Borough president Stanley Simon and Peter Neglia one time regional head of the Small business administration. What these people did was to sell influence in new York City and to sell influence in Congress said Little. He said of wed tech officials whatever they did with Meese was wrong but that was done separately in the executive  Dominic Amorsa the first defense attorney to sum up said he was glad the govern ment has conceded what we have been say ing Meese is a sleaze indeed he is and indeed he  final arguments by the seven defense Law yers were expected to continue into next week with Biaggi s lawyer James Larossa going last. . District judge Constance bake Motley denied a defense request during the trial to Call Meese As a witness saying his actions had nothing to do with the guilt or innocence of those on trial. Lion surgery Scott the Mountain lion a resident of Franklin Park zoo in Boston under goes surgery in Grafton mass., to re pair a dislocated Paw. Scott had Bone grafts removed from his shoulder and packed into his Paw where they Are held in place by a stainless steel plate. Performing the surgery is or. Rand Boudrieau of the Tufts University school of veterinary Medicine