European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 14, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday january 14,1989 the stars and stripes Page the secret service has received this custom built Lin Coln town car from the Ford motor co. For use by the the first wheels new administration. The car which will transport president elect George Bush beginning with his Ina a Gural Parade Jan. 20, was redesigned to accommodate Armor plating and extra communications equipment. Reagan civil rights record k Mart held liable defended on 60 minutes Washington a president Reagan say some civil rights leaders Are doing so Well by keeping alive the feeling that they re victims of prejudice that he sometimes wonders whether they really want what they say they  Reagan made the statement in an interview to rebroadcast sunday on the lbs television program "60  portions of the interview were broadcast thursday on the lbs evening news. An to has scheduled the program for Jan. 22. The president defended himself against criticism of his civil rights record saying he has been a lifelong foe of discrimination and one of the great things that i have suffered in this Job is this feeling and this editorializing comment that somehow i m on the other  of the Black leaders who have criticized him he said sometimes i wonder if they really want what they say they want because some of those leaders redoing very Well leading organizations based on keeping alive the feeling that they re victims of  he declined to name names. Mike Wallace of "60 minutes conducted separate interviews with Reagan in the Oval office and with first lady Nancy Reagan in the presidential residence. . May raise duties on vehicles Washington a the Treasury department has taken under advise ment a customs service decision to classify imported sport Utility vehicles such As the Suzuki Samurai and most Small vans As trucks subjecting them to duty rates 10 times higher than those for cars an Agency spokesman said thursday night. The spokesman who requested anonymity said the department decided thursday to review the ruling and will assess the Case to make a Legal decision. Last week Deputy customs commissioner Michael Lane said that in the past these vehicles sometimes had been classified As cars upon which a 2.5 percent duty is imposed and at other times As trucks subject to a 25 percent duty. The deciding Factor often was whether the vehicles were fitted with Back seats and other amenities. Lane said Auto Industry officials have estimated the ruling could affect 100,000 to 250,000 or More vehicles Many of which would be switched from the car to truck category and could net the govern ment Hundred of millions of dollars in higher tariffs. He also interviewed them together in the residence. Asked whether she had Ever worried during the Iran Contra crisis about the possibility of impeach ment mrs. Reagan said no Well no. I it never entered my mind until somebody said it on television and then that word is a frightening  it s like it s like having somebody say cancer to you. You know you. You. You  mrs. Reagan did not say who it was she heard discus the possibility of impeachment. No impeachment moves were made against the president who repeated during the interview his denial that he swapped arms to Iran in an Effort to secure release of american hostages. Mrs. Reagan also said in the interview she believes John Poindexter who lost his Job As the president s National Security adviser because of the Iran Contr affair should have told Ronnie about the diversion of profits from the arms sales to Contra rebels in Nicaragua. The president has said he did not know of the diversion. Asked if she disagreed with her husband about his description of Poindexter aide Oliver North As a National hero the first lady replied sometimes we  Niagara Falls . A a jury found Kmart inc., the nation s second largest retailer liable for $2.4 million in damages for Selling a Shotgun to an intoxicated Man who later shot and paralysed another Man with it. The state supreme court jury in Niagara count made the award tuesday to the estate of Thomas vis comi and his widow Norma Viscomi of Niagara Falls. Viscomi was shot in the Back in 1979 by John hoop sick who held a longtime grudge against him and who hours earlier purchased the Shotgun and ammunition at a k Mart store in Niagara Falls. Terry Smith a lawyer for the widow said the store Sale clerk should have known not to sell the weapon to Hoopsick who was described As obviously drunk an agitated at the time. Smith said the award was the first in new York i which a jury has held a store liable for Selling a weapon to a Drunken person. Although Federal firearms regulations prohibit the Sal of guns to minors illegal aliens and people with drug dependencies and mental deficiencies there is no prohibition against sales to people who Are drunk he said. Smith said there have been a number of successful cases against gun retailers including a judgment against k Mart in St. Claire shores Mich. Man arrested in nerve Gas plot Newark . A a korean american businessman was arrested thursday in an alleged International conspiracy to buy nerve Gas bombs for Export from the United states possibly to Iran officials said. Juhwan Yun 48, of Short Hills .,was accused in a Federal complaint of conspiring to violate the arms Export control act by seeking to ship the Gas Sarin which attacks the Central nervous system causing convulsions and death. An assistant . District attorney Saidat one Point in the dealings with Yun the purported destination was Iran but that this had not been verified. Yun negotiated with an undercover customs agent posing As an arms dealer to buy 500 Quarter ton bombs that use Sarin said Richard Mercier special agent in charge of the . Custom service s office in Newark. Yun was arrested after his wife dropped him off at customs offices in Newark where Yun believed he was to meet the undercover arms dealer Mer Cier said. If convicted Yun faces up to five years in prison and a $250,000 Fine. Hews ordered held without bail by . Magistrate Ronald Hedges pending hearing tuesday. According to the Federal complain filed in . District court in Newark a seven month investigation began when an arms procurer a confidential informant told customs officials that Kome International corp. Of Summit had contacted the informant about buying am munition for Export to South Korea. Yun is identified As president of mex which sought information on the Purchase of 105mm and 106mm am munition the complaint said. Pomex is an import Export concern that had engaged in legitimate arms dealings. On june 27, an undercover agent contacted Yun and said he could provide information about the ammunition. Court papers said the agent taped july 6 conversation with Yun in which Yun said that four years ago Iran asked South Korea to deliver 400 Tow mis Siles electronically guided missiles de signed mainly As anti Armor weapons. The agent said that he had 20 Tow i missiles ready for Sale. Two weeks later the agent told Yun he had 500 Tow ii missiles available and Yun said he would make inquiries to find some right people at the right Price the complaint said. Authorities said the Deal was never completed. The complaint also alleged that Yun asked the undercover agent if he could Supply stinger missiles to the same Desti nation As the tows. This is believed Tobe Iran the complaint said. British officials became involve when according to the complaint Yun on nov. 27 phoned a briton Charles Ca plan who operates Domino associates of London. Caplan asked Yun if he could obtain 200 to 500 bombs of Sarin the complaint said and three Days later Yun asked the undercover agent if he could obtain the Sarin. Yun was communicating throughout the alleged negotiations with . Joo president of Kwang Jin trading co. I Seoul the complaint said. French officials entered the investigation when Yun discussed the Deal via facsimile with Joo who was staying in France. Yun and Caplan discussed in other facsimile messages during december the Purchase of Sarin for $12,000 for a mini mum of 500 bombs. Authorities said Yun met with Capla nand two other people in a London hotel earlier this month. The identities of the others who Are described in the Federal complaint As co conspirators were no released. Caplan also was charged in the complaint. Officials Are considering extraditing him