European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 12, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday May 12, 1989 the stars and stripes Page 5 la mayor says he erred but not illegally by the Iris Angeles times los Angeles major Tom Bradley in an extraordinary Public admission told a stunned City Council wednesday he made an error in judgment in creating the appearance of a conflict of interest be tween his personal finances and his mayoral actions but he insisted that he will he con crate d by pending investigations into his behaviour. I was insensitive nol to realize that accepting out Side employment can create the perceptions we see today said Bradley making his comments under the Glare of a Battery of television cameras in a hastily arranged appearance in the Council chamber. In retrospect my decision to engage in outside employ ment was a mistake because of the perceptions it created. I now recognize that error and will always regret it. I am certain the mayor added that the inquiry will conclude that i violated no  the two minute Public statement which Bradley aides said the mayor had been mulling Over for a week was meant Blunt the political damage mounting daily be cause of the raft of investigations surrounding the mayor. Council members were told of the pending statement less than 30 minutes before Bradley delivered it. And the mayor refused to answer questions afterwards. The members whose Good will Bradley was clearly courting with what he termed a few personal words about the controversy expressed sharply mixed re actions. Council members Robert Farrell and Joel Wachs Rose in a standing ovation As Bradley marched from the Council chamber but other influential Mem Bers discounted the mayor s address. I Don t think it was Clear enough i Don t think it was convincing enough said councilwoman Gloria Molina a member of the Council s governmental operations committee which is overseeing City attorney James k. Hahn s probe of the major. Councilman Mike woo who Heads the committee offered a similar assessment. We still need to find out what the facts Are he said. Bradley faces several investigations into his con duct. Harm s investigation which is expected to continue for ninth centers �-.a. Bradley s financial relationships with two local institutions. The far East National Bank last year awarded Bradley $18,000 to serve As the Only paid member of its advisory Board. The second company. Valley Federal savings & loan had paid Bradley up to $24.000 a year since 1978 to serve As a director. Both were doing business with the City during the Lime they employed the mayor. Bradley initially de Nied knowing of the connection but documents re leased in recent weeks have indicated that Bradley knew that far East held cite accounts Bradley also voted on measures affecting Valley Federal subsidiaries before he left the Board earlier this year. The mayor also faces investigations by the securities and Exchange commission and the state fair political practices commission. In his admission of error Bradley specifically apol Ogi cd for accepting fees from outside companies a practice that As the mayor noted is allowed under the City charter. He did not. However address the Central Issue of the controversy the allegations that Bradley improperly consulted with City officials regarding the companies and took actions benefiting those who paid him fees. Bradley s top aide Deputy mayor Mike Gage said that the omission was intentional. He considers the taking of outside employment to be his error in judgment because of the perception that it created not because of his actions Gage said. Dod satellite launch called successful Cai f. Canaveral. Fla. A a powerful Titan rocket wednesday propelled into space a secret Pentagon pay Load believed to be a pair of advanced satellites for worldwide . Military and diplomatic communications. The air Force said afterwards that a Titan 34d had been launched Success  although the Pentagon tried to keep the launch secret it turned out to be a difficult task with Mure than 20,000 employees working at tape canaveral and Kennedy space Center. Minutes before the $65 million rocket lifted off hundreds of workers poured out of buildings to watch sources close to the project who would not be identified said wednesday two discs satellites were aboard the Titan 34d. Discs or defense satellite communications system satellites provide secure voice and data transmission for . Government communications. A chalet satellite designed to Monitor soviet communications networks was aboard the last Titan 341 launched Here sept. 2. An upper stage failure left that payload in the wrong orbit. In the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. May 12. 1949 the Berlin blockade was officially lifted just after Midnight. For the first time in nearly 11 months Allied trucks drove into the soviet zone of Germany. 30 years ago today. May 12, 1959 in answer to a re quest from the iraqi government of Brig. Gen. Abdul Karim Kassim. The British government of prime minister Harold Macmillan announced that it would fur Nish the iraqis with tanks and planes. 20 years ago foday. May 12, 1969 in a series of raids in the Saigon area. Viet c Ong Comman Dos killed or wounded 118 civilians and attempted to assassinate the . Navy commander in Vietnam. ? 0 years ago foday. May 12, 1979 Odd even Gas rationing did Little to ease the gasoline shortage in Southern California Asmo tourists lined up sometimes for Miles outside service stations. Massachusetts slate police officers in Iii Stan examine the plane commandeered by a Man believed to hate just killed his sex wife. 3-hour shooting diving flight forces Boston Airport closure Boston a a distraught Man who allegedly had just killed his former wife commandeered a Small plane and held the City hostage for three hours Early wednesday firing a semiautomatic weapon while flying within 50  motorists and build Ings. Alfred j. Hunter 42, pleaded inno cent wednesday in nearby Salem to one count each of murder and grand larceny after a Midnight flight that reportedly included a dip beneath a har Bor Bridge. Essex county District judge John t. Doyle ordered Hunter held without bail at Bridgewater state Hospital for 20 Days of psychiatric observation. We could do nothing but Wail and iry to guess where he was going to land Airport spokesman Phil Orlyn Della said. We could Only have made things worse by going up and chasing  traffic controllers at Boston s Logan International Airport said the Pilot Bux de them repeatedly forcing officials to close the Airport for an hour and reroute Sev eral late night flights. Control lers lied the Tower twice. Hunter made no comments when he was Cap tured police said. Bullets struck numerous targets including parked cars and the Pru denial Tower s soil floor skywalk. Was struck by ejected casings from the spent rounds. Richard Fonz Faa Field manager said Hunter was not a licensed Pilot but had apparently had some instruction from his father. The sniper flight began at 10 20 . Tuesday and for the  three Lour. Ambulance services tried to anticipate where the Pilot might land so the could prepare for possible injuries. La under one pedestrian police in Boston received More than 200 Calls from people reporting the sound of gunfire. In suburban Lynn police said two cars were hit by a Shower of shots believed fired from the Zig tagging plane. Hunter landed briefly at Logan at 12 57 . But took off again. He landed again 17 minutes later and was Cap tured after a minor scuffle. Two Shell casings and two live shells were found in the two seater Cessna which had about five minutes of fuel left. Police found no weapon and said it probably was discarded during the flight. They also said there was no Way to Tell How Many shots were fired. Earlier tuesday Hunter a mail handler was Given one year s Proba Tion for assaulting his 26-year-old sex wife Elvira in december 1988 in an argument triggered when he ordered her not to change a television Channel. Hunter s Only previous criminal conviction stemmed from a 1979 incident in which he pleaded guilty to assaulting a group of people with a Machete