European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 10, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes monday. October 10, Sibb use of guard helicopter questioned san Juan puerto Rico up puerto Rico s governor repeatedly has used National guard helicopters and Crews As a federally subsidized air taxi service in possible violation of Pentagon rules a san Juan newspaper reported sunday. The National guard Bureau in the department of defense has promised to investigate the alleged violations which include about 125 flights a year in nation Al guard helicopters by gov. Rafael Hernandez colonel Nuevo Dia reported. A spokesman for Hernandez Colon said he used the aircraft any Lime he needed to move rapidly around the 3,000-Squarc-mile Caribbean Island. National guard officials said they had no control Over when Hernandez Colon could Fly in its aircraft. I can t make a judgment on thai. He s my Boss said Mai. Gen. Alfredo Mora adjutant general of the 10,000-Roan puerto Rico National guard. You Are going to Fry us on  governor is head of the pro autonomy popular democratic party and favored for re Elc Clion nov. 8. Flights taken by Hernandez Colon include one aug. 28 in which he went to a music festival attended by 60,000 people in order to gain publicity for a govern ment anti inter Campaign. Pentagon regulations bar use of National guard air Craft by state personnel except in such cases As Gover nor declared state emergencies civil defense operations or search and Rescue missions approved by the  National guard is a militia controlled by Gover nors of the individual states but comes under . Supervision when called into Federal service. Almost Al the puerto Rico National guard s budget Comet front the department of defense. A spokesman for he Mandy Colon said the Gover nor reimburses the National guard for use of aircraft but refused to provide records detailing flights or alleged payments. The article did not say what the flights might . Paul Walker a National guard Bureau inspector general said his office would investigate the alleged  use of National guard aircraft by stale personnel has caused a great Deal of problems nationally in terms of interpretation and comprehension Walker said. Artistic daughter Dene Lin the dab her of chinese Lead Billon. The water and Ink Brusher Dei Xiaoping shows the promotion paintings will be shown in her first one nil piece for her Hefner galleries Hexhi woman exhibition in new York. _ fugitive in fraud Case arrested in Japan Miami a a fugitive financial planner who left notes of apology when he disappeared with an estimated j2smillion in investors1 finds in August was arrested saturday in Japan Fri agents said. Henry Hcrman 52, was arrested by Federal agents when he got off a plane in Tokyo after being expelled from Taipei Taiwan late Friday said William Wells special agent in charge of the Miami Fri office. Hcrman has been a Federal fugitive since August on charges of embezzle ment and mail fraud he is accused of masterminding a scheme that May have swindled nearly 50 investors . Attorney Dexter sch Tinct said in a Federal complaint filed aug. 29. Attorneys for a group of investors who have filed a civil suit against Hcrman said up to Jis million is miss ing from client accounts Hcrman sent Handwritten notes of apology to his clients aug. 10 when he dropped out of sight Gherman had made Calls to his wife and to Miami attorneys after his disappearance but authorities did not know his whereabouts until . Citizens in Taiwan reported he might be there agents said. Authorities then arranged his expulsion said Wells. Wells said thai if Hcrman agrees he could be brought Back to Miami within a week. But if he fights extradition the process could take As Many As 4i Days he said Hcrman is accused of illegally trans Ferring clients1 Money to a Miami Bank account since 1978 and issuing false statements indicating investment in Money Market funds and certificates of Deposit Echt inn said in the complaint. The complaint cites five counts of embezzlement and two counts of mail fraud. Hcrman faces 35 years in prison and fines in excess of $1.5 million if convicted on All counts Lehtinen said. Gherman had a longstanding pattern of embezzlement from about 25 professional associations handling pension funds and other assets for members sch Tinen said. Thread of of workers denied stateside los Angeles a Lockheed corp. Workers believed to be assembling top secret stealth fighter planes have not been put at risk by hazardous Chemi cals used in their work a company official said. "1 cannot emphasize too strongly that we have seen nothing to indicate the materials we work with Are fundamentally unsafe or pose a health Hazard provid ing proper procedures Are followed John c. A Nice Dino president of Lockheed s aeronautical systems co., said in an editorial in the company s employee newsletter published thursday. Seventy five employees at the company s Burbank Plant have filed suit against Lockheed and firms Mak ing and supplying various chemicals believed used in making the fighter. About 150 employees have filed worker s compensation claims charging they suffer from illnesses caused by dangerous chemicals. Lockheed workers claim composite materials used in the stealth fighter designed not to reflect radar and chemicals used to Mill or clean them Are causing rashes nausea dizziness memory loss and Lack of concentration according to rep. Howard Herman d calif., whose District includes Burbank. Inspectors from the Federal occupational health and safely administration and the Pentagon last week announced they were inspecting Lockheed s facilities but they have declined to comment on what they have found. The employees have said Security provisions forbid Ding them from discussing their work with outsiders have kept them from seeking treatment from private , Brizendine said employees could seek help from private doctors and show doctors company lists of chemicals that Are being used. Chicago electric rates rising 62% Chicago a electricity customers in Chi Cago Are paying the highest rates in the United states this fall a Utility watchdog group said. A citizens Utility Board study concluded that electric rates charged by Commonwealth Edison co. Are increasing an average 62 percent As rates Are converted from summer to Winter Scales this month. De i Ion serves Chicago and much of Northern Illi Nois. The increase approved by the Illinois Commerce commission in june Means that a typical monthly residential Bill will be $58.58, according to the study. The next most expensive american cities for non summer electric rates Are Philadelphia with an average of 15 2.57 new York at $49.66 san Diego at $45,39 and Phoenix ariz., at $41.39, the study said. An Edison spokesman said the study results Are misleading because a 13 percent reduction in sum Mer rates is not considered. The study figures were based on an estimate of400 kilowatt hours per month by a single family or two family building that docs not have electric heal. They re not giving us credit for the rate reduction that was in effect during the holiest summer in history. People paid substantially less than they would have if the old rates were in effect said Edison spokesman John Hogan. The Illinois Commerce commission approve the 62 percent jump in Winter rates As an emergency measure to reduce the difference Between summer and Winter Bills. Yale purchases Archive of Renaissance family new Haven Conn. A a huge Archive of Long secret documents of a family powerful in Italy during the Renaissance has been acquired by Yale University and May give scholars a bet Ter understanding of 15th and 16th-Century Europe. The Spinelli family included Bankers and businessmen who held important offices in the florentine state. Some family member were generals in wars Between italian City slates and treasurers to Popes. Others served As spies an ambassadors. The family s activities spanned four centuries. Yale announced saturday that it obtained the collection in april through a Swiss rare books dealer. Yale spokesman Walter let Tel said he did t know How much Yale paid for it and said no further information would be made available about the Deal. Fire atop 607-foot Tower forces diners to evacuate Seattle a a Small fire in a Kitchen atop the space Needle filled a restaurant with smoke and forced tourists to leave the 607-foot Tower saturday. No injuries were reported. Damage was estimated Ai $2,000, mostly from water damage caused by the restaurant $ Uto Matic sprinkler system fire officials said. The space Needle was built for the 1962 world s fair