European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 29, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes thursday. September 29,1988 stateside suit seeks tax exemption for Michigan tank Plant Detroit up the Justice department has filed a lawsuit in . Dis Ricl cart seeking property tax cum Lions for general dynamics corp s tank Plant in suburban Warren. The government claims thai general dynamics a private Corporal Ion owes no local taxes because in produces tanks for the army on Federal land under a government contract. Warren has levied lairs against general dynamics since 1985, but the company under the advice of the Justice department so tar has refused payment. The levies have amounted 10 about $500,000 a year. Warren City assessor Donald Melchirt said the cily began lading the Plant formerly owned by Chrysler corp. Under a slate Law allowing taxation of private companies operating on lax exempt land. Sex toys r us executive accused of insider trading Washington up the securities & Exchange commission has charged a former toys r us inc. Executive Wilh insider trading violations for Trad ing in the company s Slock ahead of an announcement of improved sales. James Markham former director of the company s Industrial purchasing division was charged in a civil suit filed monday with the . District court in new Jersey inc Sec announced tuesday. The suit charges that Markham bought 175 Slock options in november and december 1986 based on non Public company information that the firm s i9s6 retail sales would be belter than expected and Well ahead of 1985 sales. The options were sold in january 1937, netting Markham a �40,000 profit the Sec said. He allegedly sold the options after toys r us announced that its november december 1986 sales were up about 26.8 Over the 198 5 Christmas season sales official believes Abu Nidal resuming terrorist activity Washington a Abu Nidath after lying Low in 1987, appears to be resuming his terrorist Campaign with support from Libya the top . Counter terror ism official said tuesday. L. Paul Bremer. Ambassador at Large for count Crter dorism also told reporters that the number of terrorist incidents appears to be headed for a record level of 1,000 this year although the number of americans killed in such attacks has fallen any Effort to make an assessment of where we Are in terrorism leads you to the inevitable Good news and bad news he said. The bad news is that terrorism is certainly continuing. According to the figures that we keen. 19b7 was the wont year in history. We had 832 recorded incidents in International terrorism up from 774 in 1986, he said. For the first six months of 1988, terrorism is up substantially Over last year perhaps by As much As a third. So it is possible that we will end this year Wilh As Many As 1,000 incidents maybe More which would make 1988 the worst year he said. The number of americans killed in terrorist Inci dents has fallen from 38 in 1986 to 12 in 19s7 and three in the first half of 1988, he said. Most of the increase in terrorism consists of attacks in Pakistan by agents of the Kremlin backed regime in Afghanistan he said. He said he had no evidence that the afghan government was responsible for an air plane disaster that claimed the life of pakistani president Mohammad Ziaul Haq and the . Ambassador to Pakistan on aug. 17. The Good news in the Bailie against terrorism is increased cooperation among the United Stales and its allies said Bremer. We estimate at least several Hundred incidents have been stopped by Steps that we and our allies have taken Over the last three years. Maybe As Many As 300some major and some not he said. He declined to give specifics. About half the terrorist incidents last year took place in the Middle East and there has been an up surge in attacks in Peru and Colombia he said. Abu Nidal a Palestine bom terrorist whose real name is Sabri Bunnah spent a quiet year in 1987 after sponsoring machine gun attacks that killed 22 people at the Rome and Vienna airports in december 1985, said Bremer. And in april 1986, the United states bombed Libya an act that . Officials say caused col. Moa mar Qadhafi to suspend his support of terrorism temporarily. The air raid and Western pressure has had the effect. In the Case of Libya. To drive inc terrorism that Libya supports into different channels so that instead of using diplomats and business Qadhafi is doing it More through surrogates like Abu Nidal and the japanese red  Libya also is believed to have developed the capacity to manufacture chemical weapons said Bremer. The japanese red army claimed responsibility for bombing a Uso club in Naples Italy killing a . Servicewomen earlier this year. Bremer and Oiler american officials blame Abu Nidal s organization for iwo attacks this year one killing nine people on a greek cruise ship in july and another killing eight in the Sudan last May. Both involved gunmen spraying crowds with machine gun lire the same lactic used in the Rome and Vienna Airport attacks. Abu Nidal is a Man Given to spectaculars said to cmdr. Syria closed Abu Nidal s offices in Damascus last year but still allows him to maintain training Camps in the Bcka Valley of Lebanon. Abu Nidal is believed to maintain a Core operation of 300 to 400 people in inc libyan capital of Tripoli said by cmdr. Bremer also said that although Iran has opened negotiations to end its War with Iraq the United Stales still believes that in supports terrorists. Moreover Iran is thought to have influence Over terrorists holding nine american hostages in Lebanon. Seoul support Sam Cooper who was it member of the 1936 us olympic team displays his support fur the games in Seoul by Dis puking the american and inc olympic rags outside his Bowling Green Ohio Home. Cooper who has attended 10 summer and Winter olympic games a o lit the symbolic lurch on his town. Dod stockpile growing out of control study says Washington a despite re forms the Pentagon continues to do a poor Job of managing is inventory of millions of aircraft spare parts containers of food and other items and should reduce inc huge stockpile a sen ate report said. The enormous unprecedented and unsustainable growth in the Pentagon inventory has simply overwhelmed the Pentagon s depots warehouses and accounting and control systems according to the study released tuesday by the Senate governmental affairs committee the defense department s Supply sys tem has been unable to Cope with the new demands made on in. The management of current inventories has not kept Pace with inc Pentagon s ability to spend Money on new goods it said. The Repon was the latest in a series of studies by the democratic controlled panel of How the Pentagon manages its huge stockpile. The studies have been critical of the defense department and have recommended management changes. The studies affect so called secondary items which include spares repair parts supplies food and clothing. That stockpile is in contrast to principal items like tanks ships and air planes. President Reagan s defense buildup has led to a Large increase in the secondary item stockpile. It now contains about 4.6 million different types of items and is Worth $94 billion compared to its $43 Bil lion value in 1980. For example two years ago the army missile come asked army officials in Europe to return 24 stinger hand held mis Siles for lest firing. The missile come sought 24 specific missiles but service officials in Europe were Able to find Only nine by March 1987. Finally after searching the army sent inc european inventory of missiles service officials were Able to locate the other missiles. Army officials conceded thai their policy for recording inventory information on Smalt missiles was ambiguous and contained multiple and contradictory control  the study said. Pentagon officials asked for comment did not immediately respond. However they agreed with the general  Spring when the con Gressional watchdog Agency raised similar criticisms of the Pentagon s inventory management. Defense department officials conceded they needed to do better. The committee recommended a number of changes including a halt in the Purchase of items nil immediately needed and bet Ter administrative and internal Pentagon controls Over the vast and widely segmented inventories. One example cited As wasteful spending was the Purchase by the defense logistics Agency of Metal bars used to mount hash ing red lights atop emergency and police vehicles used by the services. Because of an increase in demand the la bought 4,297 of the bars in february 1986. Hut shortly after the Purchase the demand dropped leaving he la with enough of the ban id last for the next six  panel also said the Pentagon needs to improve Security at Sites where weapons and other potentially dangerous items arc stored for example the panel said its investigators found that stinger missiles were stored at various Sites in West Germany in lightweight Metal Sheds Wilh the word Slinger stand Mcdon the shed s Side