European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 03, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes wednesday May 3,1989 helicopter s troubles called exaggerated Washington a defense Secretary Dick Cheney exaggerated prob lems with the sh-60f built by Sikorsky aircraft when he scrapped plans to order 18 of the anti submarine helicopters in the 1990 budget says a congressman from the state where Sikorsky is head quartered. They were blown out of proportion rep. John g. Rowland r-conn., said monday. There were really no big prob lems at  last week Cheney cited operational problems in the two sh-60fs already delivered by Sikorsky which is based in Stratford conn., and is a division of United technologies corp. Cheney did include funds to keep the program going until future purchases can be made. But according to briefing papers the Navy provided to Rowland a member of the House armed services committee most of the problems either have been fixed or Are being resolved. The Navy said none of the failures poses a serious enough problem to prevent Safe use. The problems included improper installation of a warning Light and dam aged sonar cables according to the documents. The Navy said the helicopter has no substantial design  Sikorsky officials also were fixing problems discovered during the previous year s testing including an Overly Sensi Tive automatic Altitude control designed to keep the Craft at so feet above the water. The system apparently forced the helicopter up and Down with the motion of the Waves below said an aide to Row land David Boomer. The sh-60f is a modified version of Sikorsky s sh-60b Seahawk. The so 60f, expected to replace the Sikorsky built sh-3h, is made to be based on air Craft carriers for anti submarine mis Sions. The sh-60f Lowers sonar equip ment into the water and pulls it in search of enemy subs. Capt. Barton Strong the Navy s pro Gram manager told Rowland in the Pri vate briefing monday that the sh-60f was performing Well and would be a significant improvement Over the sh-3h, the congressman said. Strong assured Rowland that the Pentagon still supports the sh-60f program. Navy officials told the congressman that the administration plans to buy 175 sh-60f helicopters Over 13 years. Seven were ordered in 1987 and 18 each i fiscal 1988 and 1989. The Navy plans to return to a request of 18 in 1991, then 12a year through i99s, 17 in 1996, 24 in 1997 and 25 in 1998. The helicopters Cost about $15.8 Mil lion each. The 1990 budget which originally called for $313.6 million in sh-60f spending was reduced by Cheney to $94 million to cover spare parti and advanced procurement to keep the program alive. No sh-60fs would be Purchase Din 1990 under Cheney s budget but con Gress still has to approve that plan. New Bradley link to Bonk reported Tom Bradley los Angeles a a Bank held $600,000 in Federal funds for the City without paying interest for three months in an account established by mayor Tom Bradley and controlled by one of his aides a newspaper reported tuesday. The situation was discovered two months before Bradley started earning$18,000 a year As a consultant to the Bank the los Angeles Herald examiner reported. The mayor s ties to far East National Bank and another institution Valley Federal savings and loan association have prompted an investigation by the City attorney s office and police depart ment into conflict of interest allegations. The Mayur has denied knowing that the City was doing business with far East in 1988 at a time when the Bank was paying him the consultant fees. Bradley returned the $18,000 after the matter Fia was made Public. The allegations have Given Rise to a City ethics panel appointed by Bradley a Day after his narrow re election april 11.the panel of seven civic and religious leaders met for the first Lime monday and sought to distance itself from the mayor and the City Council. The panel agreed to organize As an Independent organization probably As a non profit corporation and not take an funds from Bradley his political action committee or the City Council. We will be most effective most cred Ible. If we arc Independent said Geoffrey Cowan former state chairman of the political watchdog group common cause. Cowan was asked by Bradley to head the panel. According to records obtained by the Herald examiner Bradley authorized the far East Bank account and his lop aide Anton Cellcia controlled deposits made to the account by the Federal government in 1987. On aug. 4, 1987, $600,000 in Federal transportation funds was deposited in the account and $789,230 was added on oct. 31,1987, records show. It was not until nov. 9, 1987, that the City treasurer s office discovered far East held nearly $1.4 million in City funds an ordered the Bank to return the Money to the City the Herald examiner reported. The Money should have been transferred to the City Treasury within a Day or two said William Hoss the City treasurer s Cash management and investment officer. A spokesman for the Federal Urban mass transit administration which sent the Money to the City said the Deposit May have violated Federal regulations be cause Money from Federal Grants must be spent promptly. The spokesman asked not to be identified. Phone Calls to Cellcia s office for com ment were not returned. Bradley is with holding comment pending the outcome of the City attorney s investigation. North s jury resumes deliberations for 1 oth Day Washington a jury deliberations at Oliver North s Iran Contra trial resumed for the 10th Day tuesday morning a Day after the presiding judge said a court Challenge by the news Media threatens the proceedings. The panel which had met for nearly 46 hours in the nine previous sessions has Given . District judge Gerhard a. Go sell no notes in a week. While the nine women and three men went about their work monday attention in the courtroom focused on a dispute in which 10 news organizations want Access to a trial document that summarizes highly secret intelligence intercepts of a Cia assisted ship ment of Hawk missiles to Iran. The government says National Security would be jeopardized by disclosing the stipulation which is part of the evidence before the jury and Gesull says the matter could Force a mistrial. It is highly unusual to Supply documents to the jury which Are not part of the Public record in the  has already ruled against releasing the document. If you prevail in this matter Csell told a lawyer for the 10 news organizations one possibility is i must discharge the  the judge did not elaborate on How forced disclosure could Lead to the mistrial. But one possibility might be a protest by the Justice department that National Security secrets were about to be disclosed. That would Force go sell to withdraw the document from the july s consideration which in turn could Lead North s lawyers to say he could not get a fair trial. After the court session lawyer Timothy Dyk told reporters that the jury has no Security clearance the jury s free to discuss it then the rest of the country ought to Sec what the jury  under the classified information procedures act the government May file an affidavit with the court if it fears disclosure of a classified document would harm National Security. That act can Lead to dismissal of the indictment or the specific charge affected by the information. The Media organizations involved in the Case Are the associated press Cable news network capital cities Abc lbs Dow Jones National broadcasting co., National Public radio the new York times the times Mirror and the Washington Post feb May re ease Dafa on use of libraries in Hunting spies Washington a the Fri is considering the release of data on its visits to the nation s libraries to track suspected intelligence agents from the soviet Union and East bloc countries. The Fri offer was contained in a stipulation order signed monday by . District court judge Louis f. Oberdorfer said Scott Armstrong director of the private National Security archives. The Bureau will begin processing More than 3,000 pages of documents related to libraries in at least 13 states Armstrong said. The archives is a non profit re search facility that collects declassified information on National Security issues. It filed suit last year seeking the records. The Bureau has been conducting an awareness program in the new York City area telling librarians that soviet and East bloc intelligence agents use libraries to seek technical data and to approach potential recruits. The Fri also goes into libraries close where in the country in response to  investigations of suspected East bloc agents v to have used those facilities. The investigations have included libraries at Princeton University Urcla the University of Maryland and George Mason University in Fairfax a. Fri director William s. Sessions has told Congress that the program was a response to a Large scale soviet Effort to dig out sensitive information. Jury sound Barrier broken by la county los Angeles a the county has agreed to pay for a sign Lan Guage interpreter for a partly deaf per son called to jury duty. At least deaf people now have the option of serving on a jury just like every body else said Nathan Shapiro an Engineer who Nas assigned the interpreter monday because of a settlement reached in october of a lawsuit the Council for the deaf sued los Angeles county in 1981 for refusing to pay the $4,000 Shapiro spent to hire an interpreter to help him serve As a juror in 1980. Hearing impairment had been a valid excuse for being excused from jury duty. Shapiro was summoned again in 1987 for jury duty and the county still refused to pay for an interpreter said Marc la Meyer Council executive director. The new interpreter service will Cost the county $30,000 for a Roll time coordinator plus $171 a Day for each interpreter. It s about time that deaf people had the right to serve As jurors if they want to Meyer said. This is one step for  we Hope this will encourage other deaf and hearing impaired people to be come jurors said de Johnson director of the county s interpreter services. We now have seven others in our jury Pool waiting to be assigned to a court