European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 25, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday january 25, 1989 the stars and stripes Page 7 together again Alexander Pyatetsky is reunited with his wife Sophia and his daughter Julia on his arrival at o Hare inter National Airport in Chicago. Pyatetsky a soviet jew was Given Permis Sion to emigrate to the United states after being separated from his wife and children for the past year. Hahn had drug habit investigator testifies Albany . A a state investigator testified that Jessica Hahn told him she had a cocaine habit around the time she said she received $12,000 in hush Money from the pal ministry. The former Long Island Church Secre tary said she used $7,000 to buy cocaine sometime after getting two payments from the pal ministry said Richard Friedman an investigator for the state attorney general s office. He said he did not know if the pal Money went directly for the drugs. Friedman testified that Hahn told him that one of her close friends wrote a letter to pal asking for $100,000 not to talk about an alleged rape by pal television evangelist Jim Bakker. News of Bakker s 1980 sexual encounter with Hahn led to his ouster from his lucrative ministry. She described what had happened and to me it sounded like extortion Friedman said of Hahn s description of the letter sent to pal in 1985. Friedman testified monday in a hear ing to determine what evidence should be admitted in Long Island minister Eugene Profeta s upcoming trial on tax Eva Sion charges. Profeta also is accused of trying to persuade Hahn his former Church Secretary to lie to a grand jury investigating charges against him. Hahn was at the Albany county court House but did not testify monday. Friedman said Hahn made two Tele phone Calls to Profeta in 1987 that were taped by investigators after she received assurances that she would not be prosecuted by the state for any crimes relating to her work with Profeta s full gospel Tabernacle Church in Massapequa . Profeta s lawyers have asked state supreme court Justice Joseph Harris not to allow transcripts of the Calls to be used As evidence. Profeta pleaded innocent after being indicted in october on charges he evaded taxes and skimmed Church funds to pay for gambling trips to Atlantic City . Friedman testified that he asked Hahn to question Profeta about trips the pair allegedly took to Atlantic City. But he denied under Cross examination by pro feta s attorney that he coached Hahn on what to say during the Telephone Calls. Veterans groups asking Congress for More Money Washington a four major veterans organizations have submitted a detailed request to con Gress asking for billions of dollars in additional spending for the depart ment of veterans affairs. The organizations issued what they called an Independent budget proposal for veterans programs. It contends that the budget for vet Erans programs for the current fiscal year is insufficient to continue operating veterans hospitals and other pro Grams at current Levels. It says former president Reagan s budget proposal for fiscal 1990 Falls even Shorter eliminating Hospital and nursing Beds and cutting 5,000 jobs. The proposal was released by the veterans of foreign wars the disabled american veterans the Par Al Zed veterans of America and the american veterans of world War ii Korea and Vietnam known As am vets. That proposal claims that the final Reagan administration budget of $28.6 billion should be increased by $3.5 billion with half of that going to the veterans medical system. The Bush administration has not is sued its version of a 1990 budget proposal. The department formerly known As the veterans administration operates the nation s largest system of hospitals and other medical facilities. The veterans groups claimed that by any Standard service to veterans is at an All time  the document reflects frustration among advocates for veterans with Overall Federal budget constraints hav ing limited appropriations for the a and resulted in reductions in the num Ber of a Hospital Beds. In recent years Congress has approved legislation setting priorities for which veterans Are eligible for care and requiring payments by veterans insurance companies in some cases. Con Gress has also applied income limits for treatment of veterans with ailments not connected with their military serv ice. The veterans groups have directed much of their criticism at the White House s office of management and budget and the new Independent Bud get proposal supports those criticisms. In a prologue the groups say their document connotes a final loss of Confidence in bomb s intention or Abil Ity to address veterans issues objectively or to support the moral and Legal obligations that this nation has accorded the men and women who have served our  the proposal also was endorsed by a dozen other groups representing Veter ans and a doctors and nurses. Salad bars gain popularity but Aren t much of a bargain Washington a supermarket salad bars Are growing in popularity but an agriculture department nutritionist says they also can be More expensive than tossing something to Gether at Home. Eileen p. Newman of the depart ment s human nutrition information service said a study showed the costs per Pound for Many common salad ingredients Are significantly higher at salad bars than the same items bought elsewhere in the store. The study of 55 prepared items showed that Consumers May want to weigh the Cost of salad bar purchases against preparing the items at Home Newman said. It shows for example that Many common salad ingredients including cucumbers iceberg lettuce tomatoes spin Ach and Green peppers Cost from two to four times More at salad bars she said. But there were also bargains. The per Pound prices of items of animal origin such As cheese Ham and tuna were Actu ally less at the salad bars. The Price information was collected in the Washington d.c., metropolitan area last july. Reputed organized crime Kingpin charged in Union Leader s shooting new York a John Gotti the reputed head of the Gambino organized crime family and two of his associates were arrested monday night on charges that they had ordered a Union Leader shot three years ago. Gotti was arrested while walking with his bodyguard in Manhattan s Little Italy Section about 5 30 . He was charged with first degree assault and conspiracy said District attorney Robert Morgen Thau. Gotti was arraigned before Manhattan criminal court judge Patricia Williams who ordered him held without bail. An indictment by a grand jury was expected to be unsealed tuesday. The other defendants arrested on the same charges were Angelo Ruggiero and Anthony Guerrieri. The Fri has identified Ruggiero 48, As a Captain in the Gambino group and Guerrieri 60, As a sol  the Fri and other new York state Law enforce ment officials have said that Gotti 48, Heads the Gambino Gotti family Syndicate which is believed to be the largest and most powerful organized crime group in the country. Assistant District attorney Michael Cherkasky declined to comment on the charges. But sources said the sealed indictment involves the shooting on May 7, 1986, of John o Connor vice presi Dent and business manager of carpenters Union local 608. O Connor was shot several times in the buttocks in what investigators said was retaliation for his having ordered vandalism in 1986 at a restaurant using non Union carpenters. O Connor apparently was unaware that the owners were friends of Gott i s. Morgenthau s office said Law enforce ment officials overheard Gotti via a court authorized listening device talk about kill ing a Union Leader shortly before o Connor was wounded. The contract for killing o Connor allegedly was Given to James Coonan the reputed Leader of the we sties a gang that operated on Manhattan s West Side. Some of the gang members Are expected to be named in the indictment. Aids deaths up in new York new York Dpi a dra Matic increase in deaths from aids made it the third largest killer in the City last year behind heart disease and cancer health officials said. When broken Down by age aids was the leading cause of death among men in the City Between the Ages of 30 and 44, and women aged 25 to 39. A total of 3,710 people died from aids in 1988, a 17 percent increase Over the 3,159 deaths in 1987, health commissioner Ste phen Joseph reported. The figures were contained in the health department s annual report and come a month after state health officials predicted an unabated in crease in aids cases and deaths Over the next five years