European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 8, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes monday August 8, 1988 panel criticizes probes of Bond drug charges stateside Atlanta not the Atlanta police depart ment was divided by racism and failed to follow Stan Dard operating procedures in 1987 when it investigated charges that former state sen. Julian Bond was a drug abuser a civilian review panel has said. In a report to mayor Andrew Young who was him self briefly caught up inthe investigation the re View panel said the department had been inconsistent in its policies Aswell As in the Levels of competence and Diligence and sometimes integrity of its officers. The report apparently concludes investigations that began after Bond estranged wife Alice walked into a police Sta Tion in March 1987 to complain that she had been assaulted by a woman she identified As her Hus band s Girlfriend and drug supplier. In a rambling tape recorded statement taken by two White police officers mrs. Bond who is Black implicated not Only her husband and the woman Carme Lopez As cocaine users but also other Public figures in Atlanta. After the complaint was disclosed to Atlanta news gathering organizations Young called mrs. Bond to discuss it. She subsequently retracted some of the statements in the taped statement. The officers who took mrs. Bond s statement were accused by their superiors of violating policy by Dis closing the report to the news Media. Young was investigated by a Federal grand jury to determine whether he had attempted to obstruct jus Tice by tampering with a Federal witness mrs. Bond. Bond Bond was investigated by . Attorney Robert l. Barr on drug charges. None of the investigations resulted in any action. The investigation of the two police officers was dropped the grand jury declined to indict Young and no drug charges were brought against Bond. Lopez was found guilty in Dekalb Supe rior court on aug. 28, 1987, of Possession of cocaine with intent to distribute. Young then asked nine prominent at Antans Blacks and Whites to investigate the initial police investigation. The report deals mainly with delays the panel encountered in its investigation. In a Brief Section on the police investigations the panel says Standard operating procedures were not followed in Many instances and in some situations the procedures were neither Clear nor  the report also charges reciprocal racial problems Are still a substantial Factor in the Atlanta police depart  while the report is not specific about that one of the co chairmen of the panel said this week racial problems some of which Are created by White office Sand some of which Are created by Black officers still  the panellist Jesse Hill president and chief executive officer of the Atlanta life insurance co., said the racial problems probably began with the two White officers who took mrs. Bond s statement. Some of the probing that took place the question ing of mrs. Bond leading her to talk about people she did t know was one of the things that concerned me Hill said. At the same time Hill who is a Black member of the panel said White officers probably suffered discrimination by Black officers and superiors. The panel s single recommendation to the mayor s office was a review of Standard operating police proce dures or a management study of the department. Study Aims to determine Best diet for High altitudes Colorado Springs Colo. A seven men atop pikes Peak Are munching on liquid protein and fiber bars with bagels and Popcorn for treats in Hopes of determining what the human body prefers at High altitudes. The $250,000 project has taken the seven from Sealevel to 14,000 feet always eating the same things. For the 12 investigators it has been nerve wrack ing. The whole thing could be destroyed so easily said Lorna Moore a co investigator and professor of anthropology at the University of Colorado in Den ver. Any kind of Accident an injury a mistake in data collection and it would be  Moore and others suspect that High Altitude prompts the body to change its preference for Carbo hydrates to a preference for fat they base their suspicions on a seemingly paradoxical change in blood chemistry at High altitudes although lactate a waste product of the body s metabolism typically increases when oxygen is in Short Supply it is known to decrease at High altitudes. Digesting fat produces less lactate than digesting carbohydrates Moore said and could explain the Paradox. Should the suspicion prove True the researcher think the Peak s latest research project could help tourists and Colorado newcomers adapt to High altitudes. The project headed by or. Jack Reeves a medical professor at the University of Colorado health sciences Center in Denver also could assist in devel Oping drops to treat chronic lung and heart problems Moore said. Since the Start of summer most meals eaten bythe seven subjects Ages 20 to 32, consist of liquid proteins with fiber and Energy bars. Each also gets a Bagel with Cream cheese for breakfast Popcorn inthe evenings and for some apples that Are carefully weighed and recorded on the subject s Chart the subjects will undergo eight types of tests to measure Between 100 and 200 variables before the testing ends next week Moore said. Newest nuke submarine san Juan commissioned Washington a the Navy said it commissioned its newest nuclear powered attack sub Marine during weekend ceremonies in connect Cut. The san Juan was moved to Active service sat urday morning at the naval submarine base at new London conn., the Navy said in a  Rico gov. Rafael Hernardez Colon delivered the principal address during the ceremonies. The nuclear attack sub will be the third Nav ship to Bear the name san Juan the capital of puerto Rico. The vessel is 360 feet Long 33 feet wide an displaces about 6,900 tons when submerged. A so called los Angeles class sub the san Juan is de signed to Hunt Down and destroy enemy submarines. Whether through rain sleet Snow or years and years. Nickerson Kan. A it took a while but a Christmas card mailed in 1965 has finally reached its destination. I could t believe my eyes said Betty Smith who found the card Friday while she was sorting through her mail. What if this was something important it could have been medi Cal records. A  her daughter Tawnya 19, picked up the Mailat the Post office. The card was from Smith s Stepmother and was addressed to Smith her husband Curtis who died this april an their two sons. The postmark indicates it was mailed . 5,1965, from Salem Ore. There Are no cancellations on the envelope to indicate it was sent to the wrong Post office Orcas lost in Post office equipment. Getting their Gator is the subject of first class Gainesville Fla. A for Many prospective Alligator Hunters their first close encounter with their prey was in a hotel conference room. A five foot Gator in the Gainesville Hilton on thursday was the main attraction of the initial six hour training session for some of the 238 people awarded licenses to participate in Flor Ida s first Alligator season since 1962. State Alligator trapper Dave Mattox entered the hotel carrying his wild and kicking catch wrapped in Burlap its jaw fastened shut with duct tape As 70 Hunters and spectators watched with gaping Mouths. I m going to explain now How i catch Gator said Mattox who spent two hours de scribing How to freeze the animal s attention with Light Harpoon it noose it axe its spinal Cord and drag it into the boat. Mattox unfurled his Gator rolled him out on the carpet and snipped off the tape holding its jaws together to give viewers a glimpse of what they la be up against. Prospective Hunter Richard King enjoyed the Day s lesson the Only training hell get. I believe in out on the Job training King said. Judge who had key role in rights cases Dies Washington a retired fed eral judge j. Skelly Wright who participated in the Pentagon papers Case and wrote the decree ending de Facto segregation in the nation s capital died Friday of cancer. He was 77. His retirement last year after 25 years on the . Court of appeals Here two As chief judge and 13 years As a . District judge in his native City of new Orleans ended a judicial career in which he played Akey role in Many cases involving conflicts Between the rights of citizens and the pow ers of the Federal government. Wright whose full name was Jame Skelly Wright was graduated from Loyo la University Law school in 1934 an became an assistant . Attorney three years later. Following military duty i London Wright returned to new or leans to practice Law before being . Attorney in 1948. He was appointed to the . District court in 1949, becoming the youngest Man to hold the Post. After his 1960 order de segregating the new Orleans school system Drew threats against his life president Kennedy re assigned Wright to Washington . In 1967, Wright s order overturned the District of Columbia school system s racially separate tracking system for grouping students. The Wright decree in addressing de Facto segregation was considered one of the most significant education rulings since the 1954 supreme court decision outlawing Sepa rate but  in the 1971, Pentagon papers Case that involved an attempt by the government on National Security grounds to restrain publication by the Washington Post of portions of the documents he dissented from the ruling of two other judges on a three member appeals court panel. In favouring the right of the newspaper to publish he wrote to allow a government to suppress free speech simply through system of bureaucratic classification would sell our heritage far far too  survivors include his wife Helen a son James Skelly Wright jr., one brother James Edward a night or. Of new Orleans and three Sisters Rosemary Ruckert and Katherine Hotard of new Orleans an Margaret Hewes of Birmingham Ala