European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 20, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 6 the stars and stripes Friday january 20,1989 not in trouble Barry says before questioning by jury stateside Washington a mayor Marion Barry under subpoena thursday before a Federal grand jury investigating his ties to a suspected drug dealer. Barry told reporters he had done nothing wrong and was not the target of the probe. To not in trouble Barry said at an Impromptu news conference As he headed into the grand jury s meeting room in the Federal courthouse. The Public sometimes has the impression that going before grand jury Means that someone is guilty. Butt Only Means they Are investigating. That s the american Kenneth Mundy bar by s attorney said he has received assurances that Barry is not a target of the probe. Federal official were not available to comment on Mundy comment. Officials also refused to Barry comment on Barry s appearance before the grand jury but had earlier said that investigators Are gathering information on whether Barry thwarted a police drug probe and Are also looking into the possible misuse of government funds. The mayor was subpoenaed after failing to answer an informal request that he appear. Barry is expected to testify before the grand jury again next week Mundy said. On dec. 22, police were inexplicably called off planned attempt to make an undercover drug Purchase from a former City employee Charles Lewis aft Rbarry showed up at his hotel room. Barry has also acknowledged contacting police officials looking into the affair but said he was Only trying to Speed up the probe. District of Columbia police chief Maurice Turner has denied that police were tipped off that Barry was in Lewis room but did say that detectives were called off their attempted drug Purchase by the hotel s manager. The grand jury is also hearing testimony on a jointpers9nnel project involving the District and the . Virgin islands government. Lewis a former City employee spearheaded that project for the Virgin islands. He was fired last april after Virgin islands official expressed concern about Cost overruns on the project. Barry and other top City officials ran up hotel an restaurant Bills of More than $37,000 in connection with the project. So far Lewis City personnel director Theodore and a personal bodyguard who accompanied Barry to Lewis hotel room have testified at least once before the panel. Barry s Telephone records police phone logs an thousands of documents connected with the Virgin islands personnel project have also been include contracts officials have said were pre pared and backdated Well after the project began. Chrysler will form new company of Meef military aircraft upsurge Detroit up Chrysler technologies corp Etca wholly owned subsidiary of Chrysler corp., said wednesday it will form a third company to believes will be a surge in military aircraft business in the Early 1990s. The new company Chrysler technologies military aircraft and systems corp., will be operational within 30 Days headquartered in Waco Texas and concen trate on military aircraft business. Gulf Stream aerospace corp. And electro space sys tems inc., the two other companies which became part of Etc in August 1987, will focus primarily on com Mercial aircraft and defense electronics products. We took a look at our business plan Over the next five years As Well As the National defense budget and we see some growth for business said John Stellman vice president of finance and planning for Etc. So we have dedicated resources and a facility fully to this Type of one main project could be the development of military version of Gulf Stream s new give corporate aircraft Stellman said adding that a 200,000 Square foot expansion of an aircraft modification facility i Waco is to be completed in june. Stellman also said the new company will eventually mean More jobs in the Waco area. So far this is really a realignment in reporting relationships within the company he said. But obviously new jobs will be created. There May be several Hundred added Over the next few Milton w. Holcombe a vice president of electro space will become president of the new company Etc said. Or. Robert l. Carrel executive vice presi Dent of electro space will become president of elec Tro space systems succeeding James r. Lightner who will retire effective feb. 1. Both Gulf Stream and electro space were acquired bythe no. 3 car maker years after its Brush with bankruptcy in the Early 1980s, which forced it to shed its de sense and overseas automotive businesses. Gulf Stream headquartered in Savannah ga., was acquired by Chrysler for $637 million in 1985. Elec Tro space based in Richardson Texas was acquired in1987 for $367 million. Both already have various Mili tary contracts Stellman said which have helped Etc s consolidated sales grow to $ 1.3 billion last year. Etc headquartered in Washington d.c., also has various other military and commercial operations in Oklahoma Texas and California. Angry to viewers give mayor Thunder for aids victim s trials Kokomo ind. A the mayor in Kokomo has been swamped with Calls from angry viewers of a movie about the education and Legal troubles that aids victim Ryan White experienced in the area. The movie told the Saga of White a Haemophilia who was barred from Western Middle school in near by Russiaville after he was diagnosed As having acquired immune deficiency syndrome in december 1984. They be been calling giving us Thunder Robert said wednesday. Sargent has received Calls from As far away As Arizona and new Hampshire questioning him about the actions portrayed in the Ryan White the movie broadcast monday night on starred George c. Scott Judith Light and Lukas Haas. Ryan and his family successfully took the school corporation to court. They won another Legal Battle when some of his classmates parents tried to get a injunction keeping him out of school. The movie also depicted the harassment allegedly suffered by the Whites during their Legal struggle. Some Kokomo residents complained tuesday that the movie left the impression that their entire Community was against Ryan and his family. Sargent said Many of the viewers who called his office also got that impression. They wanted to know Why we d do what we did to Ryan he said. I talked to each one and i think i turned a few Sargent who was not mayor at the time of the Dis Pute said he told the callers that Many in the commune % a local ministerial Alliance editors and health officials had supported Ryan s return to classes. Ryan who is now 17, returned to school in 1986 he has since moved to Cicero and attends Hamilto Heights High school. The . Nielsen co. Estimated that 15 million viewers saw the movie. . Company to Market soviet space hardware Houston up the soviet Union signed a contract with a . Company to Market All soviet space scientific services data and hardware including a satellite borne nuclear re actor it was reported tuesday. Space Commerce corp. Of Houston will pro vide Public relations marketing of Remote sensing and navigation satellites and engineering and technical services the Houston chronicle re ported. John Pike a space policy analyst with the federation of american scientists confirmed the existence of the new soviet nuclear reactor Sas the most powerful to orbit Earth. Billy Goat s escapades Send kid births booming Springfield mass. A zookeepers Are blaming a kid Boom at the Forest Park zoo on the escapades of a Billy Goat who escape from his pen. Six Nanny goats have Given birth to 11 kids in the past week and five More nannies May be expecting said zoo manager Barbara Lewis. We re taking this Day by Day she said. Lewis said the Billy Goat escaped and mingled with the nannies for two weeks late last summer while repairs were being made to a nearby Pond. At the time Lewis said she did not know the extent of the Goat s exploits. One of the kids Frankie has been named for the Security guard who found its Mother giving birth last week. Lewis said the guard had never seen a birth and was thrilled by the experience. Chevy Comoro still tops list of most stolen cars Detroit Michigan a the Chevrolet Camaro is continuing its lock on the no. 1 spot on a vehicle valuation service s list of most Sto Len cars. Certified collateral corp. Of Chicago which sets values of stolen vehicles for insurance companies said wednesday the 1986 Camaro waste most stolen car in 1988. It was followed by the 1987 Camaro the 1984 Camaro the 1985 Camaro and the 1981 Olds Mobile Cutlass supreme. The company began compiling lists of the most frequently reported stolen Domestic and imported cars in 1985. A Camaro has topped the Domestic list every year spokesman to Figel said. Among imported cars the 1987 Hyundai Excel topped the 1988 list. It was followed by the 1985 Mazda rx7 it and Toyota Corol Las from the years 1983, 1982 and 1981. Saudi Arabia to Purchase 200 Bradley vehicles Washington up Prince Bandar bin Sultan saudi Arabia s ambassador to the United states announced Jan. 5 that saudi Arabia has signed a letter of agreement to Purchase 200 Bradley fighting vehicles for an estimated $550million. In the announcement released through Thea Audi arabian embassy wednesday the Prince said the kingdom was convinced that the Brad Ley is the Best vehicle of its kind and it will be an important part of the modernization of our de sense the Purchase Marks the first Sale outside the United states of the Bradley an armoured tracked vehicle. Fac corp. Of san Jose calif.,will deliver the vehicles in two batches of 100 in 1991 and 1992. Congress was notified in May 1988 of the government to government Sale through the for eign military sales system
