European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 30, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Friday december 30, 19s8 the stars and stripes Page 7 three europeans Alli oily involved in efforts id ship ills High Lech equipment valued at $1.4 million a Bulgaria were arrested arrests foil High tech smuggle plan Boston a three men were arrested in Boston and Rome in an alleged scheme to smuggle $1.4 million Worth of High tech equipment. To an Eastern bloc country authorities said wednesday. The men allegedly tried to Export equipment used to lest and repair elec tronic chips to Bulgaria. The equip ment has military and civilian applications and Export 10 Eastern bloc nations is b. Govans 47, of Micro in Netherlands and marcs Jules Syl via Sanders 33, of Belgium who were arrested in Boston were charged with violating the Export administration act and with Money laundering said Leonard s. Wallon a . Customs service agent in charge. Goris Christiaan grandia of Amsterdam was arrested by italian police in Rome on dec 23, and . Officials arc seeking to extra die him . Attorney Frank Mcnamara said. Authorities said Gova crts company contacted Geradyne inc. To buy the equipment and was told that the United states like in would deny Export per Mission. A Geradyne employee in formed customs and the company allowed agents to Monitor negotiations to buy he equipment. An undercover customs agent was introduced to Govaerts As a Geradyne employee and in recorded conversations of averts stated thai his partner Gran Dia had made contacts for the equip ment in Bulgaria authorities said. It was unknown if the Case is related 10 an arrest in Miami last week of a Man who authorities said was part of a High tech smuggling ring that was try ing la in i Ssu Filison Vax com Puter into Bulgaria. . Waters extended to 12 Miles los Angeles not president Reagan acted wednesday to extend the territorial Waters of the United slain to 12 Miles from 3 Miles a move administration officials said was partly intended to hinder operations of soviet spy trawl ers thai ply american coastlines. Extension of inc territorial sea by the United states to inc limits permitted by International Law will Advance inc National Security and other significant interests of the United Stales Reagan said in the proclamation the move would not affect cruise ships and merchant vessels on innocent passage through american Waters. The United states is the i05lh nation to adopt a 12-mile limit since passage in 1962 of inc United nations convention on the Law of the sea which set territorial limit guidelines. Officials of the state department in Washington said Reagan s announce ment was motivated in part by a desire to keep soviet intelligence gathering ves Sels farther from the Shoreline. They said Navy and intelligence officials had been pressing for such a move. Soviet spy ships once converted fish ing trawlers bul More recently built especially far intelligence gathering eaves drop on . Military communications networks and help Monitor movements of . Submarines and warships. Pentagon officials say american Intelli gence has noted a significant increase recently in the Lime soviet intelligence ships spend off Pearl Harbor which is Headquarters of the Navy s Pacific beet and off the submarine bases at Kan Diego and in the Strait of Juan de Fuca in Washington stale. The officials said soviet ships were spending up to three times As Many Days As they Nad in the past at their listening posts before returning to Home ports. The officials said they did not know what prompted the increase in soviet activity. I tic proclamation Uvrl not Stop such operations but might make them More difficult. Falling roof pair arrested in bizarre drug cose takes 2 lives Philadelphia a factory roof fell apart during a Windy rainstorm wednesday killing two people crushed by debris authorities said. Police said no other injuries were re ported after the Cornice and parapet of the Baxter Kelly and Frost tool and die co. Came apart about 4 45 . Police and Rescue workers had searched through the fallen chunks of Concrete wednesday night looking for other victims who might have been trapped. A witness whose parked car was demolished the Rev. Robert Falkenstein said inc victims were a. Man arid a woman in their cars apparently ready to leave inc North Philadelphia area. They just got out of work he said. Their cars were running. Another min Ute or id and they would have been Falk Enslin was standing across the so Rcpt when the collapse occurred. We looked up and saw the ions of bricks falling Down he said. Police at the scene said the collapse May have been caused by wind but no official determination was made by wednesday night. A police photographer said four ear including Falkenstein a were damaged by the collapse. The photographer said inc tool and die company was operating wednes Day but there was no word if people were inside at the Lime of the collapse. ". The names of the dead were withheld pending notification of family members authorities said. Monterey Park Calif. Up a suspected drug dealer and a woman accomplice were arrested after trying to pose As United nations agents in Hopes of persuading police to return More than 5300,000 and a Cache of drugs authorities said wednesday. Andrew Kim a korean National faced charges of Selling and transporting illegal drugs and was being held on $2 million bad sol. Victor Puluso said. Officers stopped Kim dec. 17 for a routine traffic violation and discovered a loaded revolver ammunition a Small Quantity of illegal drugs and a wig in his car. Officers booked Kim on suspicion of robbery and illegal drug Possession. Two ays later after Kim had bailed out of jail investigators searched his car and. Found a briefcase containing s326, in Cash about 6 pounds 01 several weapons including two military assault rifles and hundreds of rounds of ammunition. Kim was booked a second time on charges of allegedly transporting and sell ing drugs after he made an appointment with investigators and tried to convince them he was a special . Police agent. It was a very bold move Puluso said. Bold would be a mild word to de scribe a. During the meeting Kim accompanied by oily or a former news reporter with the International daily news and a Leader in the asian Community said he was an official from the . Asian criminal police department and the Cache found in his car was part of an investigation he was working on. Or said she also was a member of the same fictitious . Department. Or sub sequently was arrested and booked on suspicion of conspiring to fraudulently obtain inc property of another. I Kim was also charged with concealing a loaded weapon after police found a Pis Tol under his clothes judge signs order Selling pal to gun Anicin Charlotte . A a . Bankruptcy court judge signed an order wednesday formally Selling the pal ministry s assets to a Toronto real estate investor for $65 million. Buyer Stephen me Mick has i Days to come up with a s3.25 million Deposit. If All goes As planned in 41 Days Mernick would assume the administration and operation of pal s Headquarters which includes a Christian theme Park and satellite television studios. 1 judge Rufus Reynolds who signed the order in his Greensboro office approved. The offer dec. 13 in bankruptcy court at Columbia . " but the Rev. Sam Johnson pastor of heritage Village Church at pal and president of heritage ministries Lold the Charlotte observer that he has t Given up his Hope to buy pal s Headquarters in fort Mill . Charlotte broadcasting executive by Bahakel also May contest the Sale. Baha Kcal claimed he was t Given a fair Chance to beat Crnick s bid and his lawyer Faison Barnes said two weeks ago Baha Kcal would Appeal the order.-. Bancs declined to say wednesday whether Bahakel would follow through with an Appeal. We have to the order in Scurto know exactly what we plan to do he said. The order was expected to be filed thursday in . Bankruptcy court in Columbia. Pal has been in bankruptcy court since june 1987, three months after former Leader Jim Bakker resigned in a sex and Money scandal. Mernick an orthodox jew has said he is willing to Deal with heritage ministries about keeping alive Christian broadcasting on inc Pulsa Liliie television network he said in october that he was interested in Atlas a real estate Deal. The network carried on More than boo Cable systems is among pal s most valued assets. Other assets include 1,700 undeveloped acres in South Carolina just South of Charlotte two too room hotels one of them unfinished and a water Park. Once Mernick pays the balance of the $65 million the Money would be distributed to pal s creditors
