European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 29, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes saturday april 29r19b9 Bush defends trip across America Washington a president Bush said Fri Day Ilia he Learned a lot from his  mate tour designed to enhance his activist image 100 Days into his tenure and took a slap Al unflattering reporting of the trip. In terms of problem solving Washington. Does not automatically know Best Bush told the conserva Tive american legislative Exchange Council a Busi Ness oriented group of slate legislators. Apparently referring to news accounts that de scribed his trip As in Mcless disoriented and jumbled. Bush said it s a very important thing for a president to gel outside the White House and move around this coun try. Some of the friends that we were travelling with did t seem to understand that. But 1 can Tell you that 1 Learned a lot from it. And it was a very Good thing Todo and i m going to keep doing  the trip was timed to project Bush As an Active problem solver just As the Media assess his first 100 Days of his presidency a while House aide said thurs Day. Although Bush has said he is indifferent to the mile Stone the s making these appearances even before some of these Idamay stories Are getting out the official said. He discussed the strategy on grounds of anonymity -. Other White House aides called the trip a Success checkpoint Linda Williamson turns her head As it Small amount of blood is drawn from her Arm at Dallas City Hall. The Texas procedure was part of nation wide health Check during the week for High Choles Terol and High Blind pressure. Last year 400,000 people in the United states turned  the Iol unitary testing sponsored by countdown Usa. It s a very important thing for a president to get outside the White House.   president Bush despite an Aura of confusion caused by scheduling foul ups and unfocused presidential speeches. Sometimes just the idea of getting out of. Washington is part of the president s responsibility and role chief of staff John Sununu said thursday. He really feels it s important for him to go out and let the folks see him. The president gels a lot out of  Sununu conceded that Bush s speeches on several occasions garnered Little coverage on. The heavily watched National television evening news shows. But he said that you Don t always focus just on trying Roget 15 seconds or 30 seconds on the National news. The. Regional aspect is very  White House press Secretary Marlin Fitzwater de Nied that Bush s trip lacked an overriding theme on which the nation could focus saying that the theme is building a better  Bush began the trip monday by attending a memorial service in Norfolk va., for the 47 victims of the battleship Iowa explosion. This was added to an Al ready heavy schedule monday that had Bush declaring himself off to a Good Start in a speech to associated press newspaper publishers in Chicago. The trip took Bush through Illinois North Dakota California Texas and Florida. He wanted to get to California to talk about som of the major issues such As research and development for High technology and a reduction in the capital Gar Ilax. But Bush dropped plans to talk about offshore Oil drilling because of the Valdez Oil spill aides said privately.,. ". Sununu said Bush had been especially determined to hit hard on drug abuse. As part of that attempt Bush visited a 213-Acrcranch in California s Orange county that had been turned into a sophisticated drug trafficking Clearing House Complete with hidden chutes and trapdoor to conceal the merchandise -.-,.  thursday before flying Home to Washington heat at one of a dozen Multi screen consoles at a coast guard drug interdiction communications Center i Miami and watched a simulated drug bust in which drug running boats and planes were tracked and apprehended Hud abuses helped feather9 nests of Many panel chief says Washington a an investigation into a s22s million Federal housing program shows it was used during  years to leather the financial nest of former administration officials and other prominent republicans he i Louse banking commit tee chairman says. ,._. Rep. Henry b. Gonzalez. A Tsas said he will hold hearings on the report by the inspector Genera of the department of housing arid Urban development which suggested favouritism and cronyism in awarding Federal housing renovation contracts. Hud Secretary Jack Kemp said Friday that Therp Gram was being abused by consultants and some Folk who were making a phone Call and gelling a Federal  Kemp who addressed a gathering of stale legislators has hailed spending on the program pending a review of projects the report documented How former Reagan administration figures and other republicans raked in hand some proms on consulting contracts to rehabilitate subsidized apartments for the poor. The Toniu Tants included president Reagan s first Interior Secretary James  late John Mitchell attorney general under president Nixon former re publican sen. De Brooke of Massachusetts and former Kentucky gov. Louis Nunn also a Republican other consultants included former top Hud officials under Reagan Era Secretary Samuel Pierce with one charging fees of $1.3 million. Still other former officials under Pierce participated As developers in projects to renovate subsidies housing for the poor benefited by the Hud contracts. Watt Mitchell inspector general Paul Adams Drew a comparison with he Pentagon procurement scandal with former government officials drawing big fees As consultants to developers seeking government contracts. But Adams said he had found no evidence that Active Hud officials had been involved in influence peddling and made no charges of criminal activity. The rehab program is a s225 million a year Endeavor Thill survived in Congress despite efforts by the Reagan administration to kill it through it developers win con tracts to acquire and renovate housing and receive Hud guarantees of subsidized rents for 15 years. It is indeed ironic that a program that the Reagan administration had sought to terminate for six years was misused to Feather the financial nest of Hyp an administration favourites Gonzalez said. He praised Kemp who ordered a Hall 16 3.5 pending awards Worth s100 million and audits of existing con tracts. Arms seized during mid of . Motel Washington a Cit police and Federal agents seized 20 weapons including a grenade launcher and arrested $11 people in a raid on a Motel inthe capital s Northeast Section Early Fri Day. A nazi Flag Wai found in one of two cars with Texas License plates that was searched during the raid said John Kelso. Assistant special agent in charge of the Fiji s Wellington Field office. The investigation started thursday afternoon when a suburban Dallas woman called the Obi s Dallas Field office to re port that her son John barn an j3, of Row Letic Texas had been  unidentified woman said Ramhari who had been missing two weeks instructed her to wire him $1,000 Here or some harm would come to him according to Kelso Fri agents traced the Man to the Motel and quickly determined thai heh adn t been kidnapped Kelso said. Apparently they May have been Lowon funds and this May have been an Effort by him to gel some additional funds Kelso said. It s unfortunate that he would involve his Mother Fri agents discovered the hotel rooms contained automatic weapons and Noti find City police the secret service and the Bureau of alcohol tobacco an firearms the Fri official said. Two of the suspects Richard Wil Liam Mcewen 40, and his wife. Billic Joy Mcewen 4x both of Roulette suffered minor injuries during the police raid when officers had to restrain the from reaching their weapons said police spokesman Joseph Gentile both we retreated at . General Hospital and re leased to police custody. The other suspects were identified As Margaret Arredondo. 29, of Dallas Kevin Owen. 21, of Washington do and Diane Joy Mcewen 28,  were charged with violating the National firearms  said authorities were still trying to determine Why the suspects were at the econ Lodge. Where they had been staying for several Days and what the were planning to do with the weapons the weapons scud included a Gre Nade launcher attached 10 a Rifle some zip gum several pistols silencers and a variety of other semiautomatic and Auto Matic arms said police capt. Philip a o  re very destructive sort of weapons said Kelso. They have the Power to kill people or to inflict Senous bodily injury is children aged 7 to 15 were found in the Motel rooms and taken into protective custody Kelso said. Dead at 74 Roy be Williams 74, former presi Dent of the teamsters Union Hoser Ved three years in prison for bribe died Friday Al his Home Nearl Toft. To. He had suffered front f Mph scan and heart problems