European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 29, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday december 29, 1988 the stars and stripes  pics Lenl elect George Bush walks the Fields out Side Bec Volle Texas looking for a ill. Beeville Hopes Bush will boost area s Economy Beeville Texas apr residents Are hop ing the National attention president elect George Bush s Hunting trip has brought this South Texas town in the heart of Cowboy country will trans late into economic gains. We arc on hard limes said left Latcham general manager of the Sci weekly Bec Villa arc Picayune in this sleepy Lawn of about 15,000 some 20 Miles from the Lazy f ranch where Bush is Hunting Quail. Ever since president Reagan. The econ omy a Cal Down said Alex Acosta owner of the Bee club bar and lounge. It s  the Bee club one of several downtown saloons is near a boarded up Art Deco movie Thea Ter a pharmacy and at least two Western stores that sell Cowboy boots and hats. Like other Texas towns Berville and surround ing Bee county have been hit hard in the 1980s by Flat Oil and natural Gas prices. Agriculture and ranching Are other mainstays of Fth Economy. Joe d. Montz the City manager who is con stantly trying to Rustle up new business for his native town wished aloud that the Bush visit might bring a Shotgun factory Here. They could say this is where Bush hums. He conceded that possibility was Remote but added the More National exposure you gel who knows. Unemployment in the City is about 8 percent. Area officials Are trying to persuade the stale to locate a new prison in the  also want More Light Industry and manufacturing such As a local Factor that makes steel waste  biggest employer is Chase Field Nas with about fio civilian employees. The county also has a Junior College and a Texas am agricultural research station. L although Bush has hunted at the Lazy f ranch owned by Houston millionaire will Parish for two decades he has never visited acc Villa on the annual Post Christmas excursion residents say. H was no different this trip Bush remained secluded for a second Day tuesday on the 10,000 acc ranch with the parishes and James a Baker Iii his close Friend and designated Secretary of suite. He was to leave thursday for a fishing trip in Alabama. Report links top of official to payoffs for aiding firms Washington a a top air Force official has been accused by Federal investigators of receiving payments and other gratuities in Exchange for help ing a defense consultant and contractors according to a report published wednesday Victor d. Cohen Deputy assistant air Force Secre tary in charge of buying tactical command control communications and computer systems used his offi Cial position to help consultant William Calvin and his clients including Uniss corp., Loral electronic systems division and cubic corp the Washington Post reported. Cohen s participation has ranged from providing Calvin s clients with proprietary information to Struc Turing procurements in a manner that eliminates com petition said an affidavit unsealed tuesday. The document was filed in court last june and was released by a Federal magistrate in Hyattsville my. In response to a lawsuit by the Post. Cohen s assistance to Calvin s clients can clearly. Be traced to illegal payments and gratuities provided to him by Calvin or the clients said the affidavit which was filed to support a search of Cohen s House in Poto Mac my. The affidavit apparently gave no total but mentions that an earlier investigation of Cohen revealed a $2,900 Check from Galvin to Cohen in Jan uary 1982. Cohen s attorney Seymour Glanzer did not answer a Telephone Call to his Home tuesday. The Post said Calvin s attorney also was unavailable for comment. Prosecutors say they have evidence that consultants including some former his level Reagan administration officials and former High ranking military men who work for the nation s largest defense contractors bribed Pentagon officials for information vital to winning contracts Worth billions of dollars. There have been no indictments in the Case which was revealed in june when Fri agents raided More than 40 locations. Those locations included Cohen s Home and office plus the offices of Calvin and his Stepson Kenneth f. Brooke Cohen whose phone was lapped has been relieved of contracting responsibilities As have four other Pentagon employees who have been subjects of the two year investigation. The Cohen affidavit indicates that cubic president Colvin Wellborn had complained to Galvin thai Cohen had stalled for six months on providing an acquisition plan. Cohen s willingness to assist cubic in obtaining government contracts can be traced to what is believed to be the receipt of a payment from  the affidavit said. Two other affidavits also were released tuesday in Hyattsville. One alleged that investigation of Uniss activities demonstrates that former Uniss vice president and later company consultant Charles Gardner and others have sought to corruptly influence congressional legis lation on defense programs through payment of Mon ies and gratuities to selected  that affidavit concerned the search of the Home of Richard Sec Lucyer a former aide to the late rep. Joseph a. Addabbo . Secl Meyer of Berwyn Heights my operated an air plane Uniss used to provide flights for members of Congress. Charles . Ruff a Uniss lawyer Lold the Post he had absolutely no knowledge of or any comment about any attempt to corruptly influence or the pay ment of gratuities to  the affidavit refers to wire lapped conversations in which Gardner has made references on several Occa Sions that if Seelmeyer was to talk he could doa lol of damage particularly in reference to congressman Roy Dyson s trip to new York in May 19ss. In which Sci Meyer apparently had a role in  both Sec Lucyer and Dyson d-md., denied the allegations. Dyson and several other congressmen were mentioned Early in the Case prompting a Visil to Capitol Hill by . Attorney Henry e. Hudson who is handling the investigation Coal mining rules dra re criticism new York a the Interior department of tuesday proposed rules thai environmentalists say could open protected Federal lands including National Parks to Coal mining according to a published report. The proposal published in tuesday s Federal Regis Ter would allow the Laws of individual states to deter mine who has the right to mine Coal from National Parks wildlife refuges wilderness areas and other protected Federal lands according to a Story in wednes Day s editions of the new York time Congress prohibited Coal mining on Parkland and other protected Federal holdings in 1977 but made an exception for holders of mining claims that were valid at the time the times said. Secretary of the Interior Donald p. Hodyl has said he would not allow mining in National Parks but under the proposed rules the government would have to buy Back mining claims to protect All Public land from mining / environmentalists say buying Back the. Mining claims could Cost millions of Dolli irs and they criticized the proposals As a Giveaway to the Coal Industry the times reported. National Park service spokesman George bar Iacy said tuesday thai although he did not know details of the proposal there is no reason to be concerned about mining in the Federal Parks. The worst Case scenario would be that when an individual s claim was authenticated As a Val id ensling right the Federal government would move to compensate them bar Iacy said. We have the assurances of the Secretary of Interior and indeed the Congress that there would be no min ing in National  National Park service officials said Only a. Few Parks including the new River Gorge in West Virginia were seriously threatened by private mining claims. A statement by the Interior department said the proposals were intended to resolve conflicts involving mining claims on Federal lands and to ensure that private property rights Are recognized the newspaper said.  these holders should be defined has been a matter of dispute which the new rules attempt to re solve by giving Stales the authority to decide whether the mining claims Are valid the times said. Cover up charged in miss killing Meridian miss. A officials reviewed the investigation tuesday into the killing of a Black Man by a White police officer but a civil rights activist wants an Independent probe to make sure there is no cover up. A. -. ". Michael d. Moore 27, was shot to death Friday night by Rookie officer James Marble 32, during a scuffle outside a convenience store authorities said. The officer reported seeing Moore through the store s front windows trying to stuff merchandise into his pants police said a fight broke out when the officer confronted Moore. Police chief Walter Tucker said tuesday the depart Merit s investigation into the shooting was Complete and thai the findings had been submitted to a review Board consisting of himself two shift commanders iwo detectives two City prosecutors and the City s equal employment Opportunity officer. Tucker said the Board s goal was to determine the facts of the Case and not to assign responsibility. He said the panel s findings would be turned Over Romayor Jimmy Kemp far further action. Obie Clark president of the Meridian Hapier of the National association for the advancement of coloured. People said he had Little Faith in the investigation. We can just about predict what they arc going to do. They be been covering stuff  he said. Bui Stewart Murphy a spokesman for the Fri in Jackson said no request had been made of the Fri to investigate the shooting. He declined to speculate on whether the Fri would gel involved  the past Federal officers have become involved when. A shooting involves possible civil rights violations. Witnesses reportedly lot police that Moore aggressively assaulted Marble to avoid being arcs us. Moore was not armed however the reports said. Police accounts said Marble an officer for 10 months fired his service revolver at Moore hitting him in the Chest