European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 22, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 4 the stars and stripes thursday september 22,1988 radar plane to Aid customs in tracking drug smugglers by the Cox news Washington the us. Cus Lonu service has provided a peek inside he cockpit of the Blue Eagle the new High tech Long Range radar plane that will enable airborne agents to track drug smugglers from the Jungle airstrips of Colombia to their rendezvous Points in Flor Ida and Texas. The p-3 airborne Earl 1 warning aircraft a civilian version or the military Azacs Long engaged in peace keeping in. The Middle East i the first detection and sorting plane designed specifically for the interdiction or narcotics smugglers. The Blue Eagle will Pairo the Southern . Border the Caribbean Ana the Gulf of Mexico. The plane will be linked by computers to bases in Miami and Riverside Calif. From those centers we can scramble aircraft any where on the Border to intercept drug smugglers said Charles r. Parkinson associate commissioner of the Cus Toms service. The p-3 can pick up targets Over land and a and use in Board computers to sort Clandestine ii thu from among planes Hying Legal patterns he said. This unique aircraft will greatly enhance the ability of Federal agents to detect drug traffickers said attorney Gen. Richard Thornburgh at a dedication ceremony for the plane on tuesday. We Are working hard to reduce the flow of drugs across our bonders and having the p-3 As part of the Cus Toms service Fleet Marks a red letter Day in that Effort said Treasury Secretary Nicholas Brady. It gives Cus Toms anew dimension for its interdiction the dedication was among the first Public events for to Burgh the replacement for Edwin Meese who re signed amid controversy and Brady who stepped in after James Baker left the Treasury department to run the presidential Campaign of vice president George Bush the p-3, built by Lockheed aeronautical systems company Cost $19.7 million not counting the govern ment supplied aps-125 radar that sits atop the fuselage like a giant routing mushroom. One sweep of the radar can cover 196,250 Square Miles enabling agents to spot aircraft or boats in virtually All of the Caribbean or Gulf of Mexico. The plane can stay inthe air for up to 14 hours and has a Range of 4,600 mites. Thus it is capable of flying off the coasts of Colombia or other countries where drug smugglers begin their journeys to the United stale. Eventually the customs service plans to have four of the p-3 aircraft on the Lookout for drug traffickers. The Blue Eagle will be based in Corpus Christi Texas. Bill Calls for guards at news Racks to keep sexy papers away from minors san Bernardino Calif. A publishers of sex oriented newspapers would be forced to Post 24 hour guards at news Racks to prevent minors from buying the papers under a Law Given preliminary approval. But City attorney James Penman said tuesday he would recommend that City leaders rescind the Ordi Nance because it conflicts with state Law which takes precedence the City Council gave the ordinance Ini tial approval by a 4-2 vote monday. Penman said he had done further study since Mak ing a statement earlier tuesday that he believed the Law would stand up to constitutional scrutiny. I Don t see the ordinance As opening a Pandora Box or undermining the first amendment he had said. We re just responding to the Community s concern about keeping adult material away from children that s the ordinance believed by Penman to be the first of its kind allows Coin operated machines with adult publications Only if publishers hire guards to make sure minors Aren t among the customers. A final Council vote is scheduled ocl 3. If approved the ordinance would become Law in 30 Days barring appeals. The Constitution protects publishers from Laws that ban their written material but courts have sided with cities that restricted the availability of pornography to people under age 18, Penman said. Sett oriented newspaper published locally Are sold in news Racks throughout the City alongside those for conventional daily newspapers. No representatives of adult publications attended the Council meeting but the measure has drawn criticism from publishers who would be affected by it. There s absolutely no Way we can Man All the news Racks said Bill Berk editor for the lot Angeles based Hollywood press. Penman would t comment on the financial Fea Sibil the concent we were asked to address was How to protect minors How to prevent them from buying adult material and that s what this ordinance docs he said. Mitsubishi recalls some 84, 85 cars Washington up Mitsubishi motor recalling about 100,000 i9s4 and 1985 passenger can most sold As Plymouth a and Dodges because of excessive Carbon monoxide emissions die government said. The environmental Protection Agency said tuesday the affected 1984 models Are the Dodge and Plymouth Colt and the Mitsubishi precis with 1.4-liter engines. The 1985 models Are the Dodge and Plymouth Coil and the Mitsubishi Mirage with 1.5-liter engines. Cali fornia models Are not included in the recall Chrysler dealers will handle repairs for the Dodge and Plymouth models and Mitsubishi will repair pre Cis and Mirage models it said. Lar Oczos Caver Zus says Only goal is to educate people Washington a the new education Secretary Lauro Cavazos reported to his first Day on the Job wednesday promising to won with people build a consensus and define a problem i really bring no Agenda other than to try to and Vance education in America Cavazos sworn in on tuesday told a news conference. We re All on the Side of Angels so we have no problems Cavazos repeated hit pledge to support pro Grams to help educate people so they reach their full potentials. Cavazos is the first hispanic member of the Cabinet although president Reagan leaves office in four months Cavazos said he would conceit note on the question of Bow do we position this nation to be competitive at the turn of the Century and i Don t just mean economically. Rather let us look to make sure every person in America today is educated to Cavazos said no Deal has been struck for him to remain in office if Republican presidential nominee George Bush wins the november election. Asked by a Spanish language questioner about problems facing hispanic children Cavazos said m Spanish that his biggest such concern is keep ing hispanic youths in school. Answering another question Cavazos said in Spanish and English that he supported bilingual education programs but believes the emphasis should be on helping students learn English As quickly As possible. My goal is to make that person competent As quickly As possible in English he said. On tuesday Reagan called the 61-year-old Ravazoi who it president of Texas tech University and a registered Democrat a Sterling example of the magnificent contributions his panic americans have made to our National Jesse Jackson s half brother charged with murder Greenville . A Noah Robinson the half brother of Jesse Jack son was charged with murder tuesday for the 1986 slaying of a Man in front of a downtown building owned by Robin son a prosecutor said. The Greenville news quoted prosecutor Joseph Watson in wednesday s editions As saying he expects to seek the death Penally for Robinson because he is charged with a murder for hire. Watson said he also will seek the Deal i Penally for other principal co defendants the newspaper reported. Calls by the associated press to wat son s Home late tuesday were not an swered. Robinson a 45-year-old Chicago Busi Nessman and Greenville native was the sixth person charged with murder for the 1986 slaying of Leroy Zambone bar Ber. Barber once worked for Robinson in Chicago and the two men had had sever Al altercations Over the years Greenvill police have said. Although Robinson and Jackson share relatives m Greenville the former democratic presidential hopeful has said he has had no recent Contact with his half brother. Robinson turned himself in to police tuesday evening and was in the Green Ville county detention Center awaiting a Bond hearing which could be held wednesday at the earliest m. Jerry Star gel said. Murder warrants were issued previously against five Chicago men in bar Ber s death Edgar Cooksey Alan Earl Knox Eugene Leo Hunter Henry Leon Harris and Jackie Early Clay Clay is a fugitive and the other four Are in police custody. Their Ages were unavailable. Authorities have alleged thai a five member team from Chicago s Al run Street gang shot Barber in the head jan.2,1986, after he was called to a pay Tele phone outside a lounge in the Greenville building. A former gang member Tramell Davis has told authorities that the Leader of the Al runs ordered Barber killed for harassing Robinson. Robinson s alleged involvement is he basically hired an Al run hit team to come to downtown Greenville to kill Barber Watson said tuesday. Watson would not comment further about the Case and said police were continuing their investigation along with the Federal Bureau of alcohol tobacco and firearms office in Chicago. Robinson was charged in june with conspiring to kill Janice d. Rosemond who old a Chicago grand jury last fall that she witnessed the 1986 slaying of Barber. Within weeks of her testimony Rose mond was attacked in her Greenville apartment. She survived five sub wounds and later recanted her testimony about the Barber slaying saying she had been intimidated by police. Freddie a Sweeney who once worked As a janitor in one of Robinson s Compa Nies has been charged with assault and Battery with intent to kill Rosemond. Robinson has maintained that he bad nothing to do with Barber death or Ros Roond s stabbing and said he it the victim of a massive Golem men Apon sorted conspiracy. Robinson and a former employee. Jake h. Oliver Are charged with criminal conspiracy intimidation of a witness obstruction of Justice and accessory to a felony in connection with the nabbing. Robinson had been free on a $500,000 Bond
