European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 25, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse . Plans new controls on Arm sales new York. A the United Stales plans to demand that foreign countries buying arms with Amer ican Loans agree in Advance to make i hair records and files available to Federal investigators inc new York times reported thursday. The new requirements arc an Effort by the defens and Justice departments to combat fraud in the foreign military sales program the times said the rules would of acct american arms makers As Well is their foreign customers. Millions of dollars have been stolen from the pro Gram by people who bribed foreign officials set up Dummy corporations submitted false invoices and diverted american Aid to secret foreign Bank accounts from which it could not be recovered. The Justice department told the times that investigating corruption in arms Aid has been especially difficult in the Philippines Al Salvador and Egypt under the new rules foreign governments buying arms with american Loans would have to agree in and Vance to cooperate with Federal investigators the times reported. Likewise companies Selling weapons to a foreign government that is financing their Purchase with . Aid would have to agree in Advance to give Federal investigators Access to their records. Military contractors have objected to the new rules As burdensome and unnecessary. Lobbyists for arms exporters also expressed concern Joel l Johnson vice president of the american league for exports and Security assistance told the times these rules could impose an enormous unnecessary administrative Burden. They arc designed to make life easy for prosecutors. They Are not Likely to deter fraud above and beyond the cumin regulations he added. Friday november 25, 1988 the stars and stripes Page 7 ii May be a few months before the new Oprah win Frey appears on be television Semens at most stars & stripes readers but when she docs viewers will the new Oprah see a scaled Dawn Winfrey she s 67 pounds lighter thanks loan intensive supervised four month liquid diet program. The photo at right was taken in 1986, Bronx school Board suspended colombian .-.-. I. I new York a schools Chan cellar Richard Green wednesday sus Pended All eight members of a Bronx school Board after disclosure of an incs. Ligation of alleged incl l and drug use among its members. Bronx District attorney Paul Gentile said at a wednesday news conference that Community Board 9 in the Bronx was the focal Point of a grand jury probe into the activities of Bronx Community school boards. It is far More extensive than hns Cen previously reported Gentile said of allegations of Board wrongdoing. He re fused to detail specific allegations raised in published reports. Green said the suspension of the members of Community Board 9 was necessary because of the investigation. And the recent arrest of a principal who worked in the District on drug charges "1 do not by suspending them allege that they arc guilty of anything he said. I would Hope the due process works i their behalf Gentile said investigators from his of fice City police and members of the Board of education s inspector general office arc conducting the probe. He said it will cover alleged use and distribution of drugs by school Board members and their subordinates. Alleged extortion of Money under the Guise of fund raising for school Board members seeking re election. Whether principalship assistant principal jobs and other posts under he control of the school Board Are being sold or if the jobs arc being awarded Ona patronage basis How school custodians operate after school programs and if they have been accepting Money to keep school open illegally or failed to report alleged drug parties. Buying and handling of school equipment specifically computers word. Processors and furniture and whether it ends up in the schools or in someone Shouse. Green announced the suspensions after meeting for two hours with the members of Community Board 9. He said their suspensions could be appealed to the Central Hoard of education and that icy probably would be eligible to be candidates in the next school Board election in May suspended Board member carmelo Sac Lold a news conference the suspensions were unfair because they had not been accused of wrongdoing. He denied that Board members had used drugs or misappropriated school equipment. Green said he has appointed four trus tees to oversee the business of Community Board 9. The trustees Are two Bron lawyers and two Board of education pm Floyces. V pilots seek 727 safety Midi fixation Seattle a the air line pilots association said its probe of a Delta Jet liner crash at Dallas in August has prompted it to Mck an emergency modification in Takeoff warning systems of All Boeing 727 jetliners. The Union which represents Commer Cial Jet night Crews said it had found a serious deficiency in the Lack of an inboard Wing Flap position senior for the stall warning system on 727s,. ". Salt Lake cily bound Delta flight 1141 crashed and burned while taking off from Dallas fort Worth International Airport on aug. 31, killing 14 of the ids aboard the Boeing 727. The National transportation safety Board said that White flight 1141 had no problems As it rolled Down the runway it encountered almost immediate trouble after liftoff and rolled violently from left to right before Crashi Gas part of its investigation into the crash the Nosb has studied whether the Takeoff warning system alarm failed on. The Delta flight the alarm is designed to sound if a Pilot has not prepared an air Craft properly for Takeoff such As leaving Wing flaps which help give a Pjanic lift in the wrong position. The Alpa released a Letler to Leroy a. Keith manager of the Faa s aircraft certification division in Seattle from Harold of Martha san Dirc Clor of Alpa s Accident investigation department in it Martha san noted that the Flap position sensor on a 727 is located on the outboard Wing Flap but not on the in Board Flap. A if the outboard flaps were properly extended for Takeoff but the inboard haps were still retracted Martha san said in warning alarm would not sound. While the Nosb has yet to explore this possible explanation for the Acci Dent. Inc air line pilots Assoc lion Acci Dent investigators fee strongly thai there is sufficient evidence to conclude that such a condition did exist on the Acci Dent aircraft Martha san wrote even if this was not the cause of the Delta Accident such an occurrence could be inc cause of another one he wrote urging the Faa to Issue an emergency directive to Correct the b727 stall warn ing system. Drugs seized in Florida Miami a . Customs service agents seized a colombian Caligu Jet and fined the airline $4 finding 250 pounds of cocaine in the aircraft s hold Early wednesday a spokesman said. It was the third Lime agents at Miami International Airport discovered smuggled cocaine in packages aboard Lineas Carcas Del carib jets in As Many months said customs spokesman Gil Stallings. Inspectors with the customs Contra band enforcement team seized the dc-8 cargo Jet following right 236 from Bogota Ana bar Anquilla Colombia after opening wooden crate and finding the cocaine in Side. ,. " no arrests have been made. Stalling said. It was the first time the customs serv ice Sci cd one of Lac s jets but cocaine seizures have become almost routine wit the airline. Stall Ings said agents recovered 25 pounds of Fth drug nov. 6, two pounds sept. And made 10 seizures Overall on Lac jets since 19fl 1, he said Lac has signed the customs Carrier initiative agreement which commits the airline to providing significant Security and inspection procedures to reduce or eliminate drug smuggling on its aircraft stalling said. Penalties for a manifested d rugs arc $500 per ounce for Marij Uana and $ 1,000 per ounce for cocaine. Customs Wilt hold the pcs As a Lien against the Fine until the airline furnishes a letter of credit and agrees to improve is inspections he said what we want to make sure is that inc. Airline is making a tangible honest Effort to improve their Security 1 stalling said this amount of cocaine is not a Small .
