European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 6, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday aprils 1989 the stars and stripes Page 5 Texas guard scarfs new role in drug control Battle Washington a the next Cactus you Sec some night along he  Border in Texas just might be a National guardsman gathering intelligence information on drug trafficking. National guard troops will try to infiltrate areas of suspected drug smuggling along the Border and relay intelligence to Federal authorities under a $2.9 million program to fight narcotics trafficking in Texas sen. Phil gear no said tuesday. The Scias Republican said the guard is not Dis closing Many details of the planned foot patrols part of a drug trafficking package of actions including Aerial surveillance and helping the . Customs service with search and seizure of cargo crossing the Border.  \ congressional source speaking on condition of anonymity said the Texas guard troops would use camouflage paint to look like a Cactus Bush and then infiltrate along the Border under cover of  the $2.9 million was approved last week by de sense Secretary Dick Clincy who also authorize plans involving guardsmen in other states. Gramm said a so called Long Range reconnaissance patrol program is a new program the National guard is not talking  however he said it involves troops who will pro vide additional assistance to Federal agencies in a running War with drug smugglers along our Bor dcr.". ". The american people clearly want the Millary More involved in our War on drugs Gramm said in an interview. It is a great step. To enhance our ability to interdict drugs coming into our country. Built. Col. De Komandosky spokesman for the National guard in Texas said he was not aware of any such foot or air patrols involved in the $2.9 million Effort. The Only Money we be been allocated by the department of defense for drug interdiction is to run a cooperative program with the customs service Komandosky said. Under that plan some 90 to 100 Volunteer part time guardsmen were on thursday to be sent to four Border Points of entry and the port of Houston to assist customs inspectors searching for illegal drug shipments. Komandosky said he was positive the Money would not be financing the air or ground patrols. Unless Gramm knows something i Don t know and that s entirely possible thai i m no aware of any such animal. Ethics panel studying a right s red Washington a the ethics committee tuesday interviewed two men involved in a real estate Deal with House speaker Jim Wright a Texas amid reports Wright May have accepted si00,000 in Urc ported gifts from one of  committee planned to resume its closed door deliberations on a Long list of possible rules violations by Wright on wednesday and a final outcome of the Case still appeared to be More than a week  Wall Street journal reported tuesday that the committee is consid ering who Lucr Wright violated rules by accepting use of a condominium in fort Worth Texas and a 1979 Cadillac and by allowing a salary paid to Hij wife from fort Worth Developer George Mallick a longtime Friend and business partner  Wrights by House rules prohibit accepting gifts of More than $100 from any person having a direct interest in  Wright has Slead family denied Violat ing House rules. But in a new variation on the denial Mark Johnson a spokes Man for the speaker said tuesday that if the committee finds any rules infractions they would Only be technical and not  the Washington Posi in its wednes Day editions said the ethics panel has concluded. That several of the charges against Wright should be dropped. Those include Wright s intervention with Federal banking regulators on behalf of hard pressed Texas institutions his intercession with government officials on behalf of a Texas Oil and Gas company and his use of a government paid staff aide to compile a Book. Committee members met privately tuesday Wilh Mallick and Wilh Richard Swann chairman of the Pioneer savings Bank in Orlando fla., to  about an investment Mallick and Wright made in wind Wood a housing development undertaken by Swan and others in 1985. Wright made roughly $50.000 on the deal.". We re Fine tuning what we already knew said committee member John 1. Myers. A and. The committee apparently is exploring whether Wright or Mallick had direct financial interests in the health of the Sav i Ings and loan in i Dusley Ai a time i when Wright was i lobbying Federal regulators to be More lenient with ailing a is. One Issue is whether a $2.2 Mil lion loan made to 1 Malikk s sons a loan Mallick co signed by a Trou Iii it bled savings an loan to develop a shopping Center gave the Developer an interest in legislation calling for forbearance towards is by Federal regulators. Wright tuesday denied any knowledge of the loan or a Federal lawsuit against the Mallick to recover $1 million lost after the loan was foreclosed. To say that i favored forbearance be cause of George Mallick is ludicrous Wright said. He noted that other Texas lawmakers had fought for the same pro vision in the Law because the Economy of our slate was Iri crisis and our constituents were feeling the need for  the ethics committee has been investigating Wright s finances since june and has spent some is million on a probe by its outside1 counsel in the Case Richard  v during depositions taken from Mal lick last year Phelan was highly sceptical of benefits received by the in gals from their partnership with Mallick known As Mal Lightc. That included the condominium that Mallick made available to inc Wrights for a Token fee the use of the car and mrs. Wright s $ i s,000-a-Ycar salary. Admits accepting Alexandria a ltp1 former senior Navy Engineer Stuart Berlin Lold a jury tuesday he took bribes for 10 years before he was snared last june in the Pentagon corruption scandal for agreeing to Lake up to $2s,000 from a middleman fort Eldyne Indus tries inc.  said that beginning in the late 1970s, he look monthly bribe payments from three defense Industry figures seeking help on government contracts one identified by Law enforcement sources As a former offi Cial of the amex corp. Of California. Berlin who pleaded guilty March 23 to taking pay offs from a middleman  and the Hazeltine corp. In 1987 and 1988, made the disclosure while testifying As a prosecution witness at the trial of three tiled one executives. The conspiracy and bribery Case against them is the first logo to trial in the massive Pentagon corruption investigation code named operation 111  you be been Selling Jour country Short for Money for 10 years defense lawyer Mark Tush cd asked Berlin i have taken Money for 10 years Berlin said. The former Navy Branch chief Yacknow Liged he had received about $s80 a month from Industry representative William Buckmire whom he said was seeking help on a Navy program beginning in the late 1970s. Berlin said he took another $300 to $400 a month and up to $1,000 a month for  from Sheldon Matzkin a Washington area lawyer sources close to the Case said Matzkin represented the Gould corp during its Competition with Hazeltine fora $150 million electronics contract. Law enforcement sources said Berlin apparently passed inside contract information to both competing bidders Berlin also acknowledged taking a few Hundred dollars a month for three years from Manny Caldera a top am sex official. V. Assistant . Attorney Joseph Aronica spearhead ing the Fri and naval investigative service investigation into Pentagon procurement fraud told reporters that investigators were unaware of those payoffs until Berlin pleaded guilty and pledged to fully cooperate with investigators. Asked whether the three Industry figures now were subjects of the still expanding inquiry Aronica said suffice it to say the investigation is  Berlin s testimony highlighted a fast paced eight hours of testimony during which Lackner also detailed for the jury his role in the misery scheme. Town clock to keep chiming until court decides lawsuit Northampton mass. A the Hatfield town clock can keep on chiming at night despite a couple s lawsuit charging that it keeps them awake a judge ruled. Superior court judge John f. Murphy or. Said in rejecting a request for a temporary injunction monday that silencing the clock until trial will not Bucsi serve the Public s  the judge also said i Richard and Pamela carnal failed to show they would suffer irreparable harm if the clock was allowed to continue to toll the hours. The carnally who moved to the Little farming Community of 3,200 people last summer when the 200-year-old clock was not working sued in March after select men declined to shut off the clock at night. The couple contends the clock located in the Steeple of the first congregational Church about so feet from their Home Bomonti the hours at 75 decibels is decibels louder than a vacuum cleaner and 25 decibels above the level the fed eral aviation administration has set As the loudest people can sleep through. Murphy said expert testimony would be required at trial to determine Decibel Levels plus the mechanical feasibility of installing a timer to shut off the Chimes late at night. The Casalls could not be reached for comment tuesday. Bui their lawyer w Michael Ryan said he would seek to bring the Case to trial As quickly its Possi ble. Most people arc sympathetic to the Casalls even people who want the Bell to keep ringing Ryan contended. Sands of time in the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. April 6, 1949 formal peace negotiations Between chinese nationalists and communists began in j citing in the second postwar attempt at a political settlement of the 22-year-old struggle for control of China. 30 years ago today. April 6, 1959 an East German family of 10 crashed through the heavily guarded Border near Brunswick West Germany in a 7-Lcm Ruck and asked for Asylum to the West. 20 years ago today. April 6, 1969 Haskell Karp a 47-year-old Illinois Man received the world s first artificial heart implant in an operation performed by heart surgeon or Demon a. Cooley in Houston. 0 years ago foday. April 6. 1979 the labor department said that wholesale prices Rose at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of percent during the first three months of 1979, the largest quarterly Advance since the fourth Quarter of 1974,