European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 12, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes tuesday september 12,1989 sex Hud Secretary denies he favored gop requests new York a former housing Secretary Samuel Pierce says he never tolerated scandalous be Havior or exercised favouritism during his eight years with the Reagan administration according to a published interview. Pierce who was Secretary of housing and Urban development says in this week s Issue of time mag Azine that he did not give special treatment to Hud program requests submitted by republicans. My general operating procedure was to Send each request to the appropriate staff at Hud with instructions to consider it carefully and if the request met the necessary requirements Grant it if not deny it Pierce told time. No request was to be Given any special advantage because it was submitted by a Republican. My decisions were based on facts Law and logic not on political  republicans democrats governors mayors and former Hud officials All made special requests regard ing Hud programs Pierce said. The Magazine said Pierce was known As silent Sam the invisible Man of the Reagan Cabinet who liked to sit in his office and watch television. But Pierce said such characterizations arc lop sided. They disregard the assignment president Rea Gan gave me to reduce the size and the Cost of government while helping the most needy and they bypass my achievements. Congressional investigations have found numerous irregularities at Hud during Pierce s tenure. They concluded that that republicans were paid hundreds of thousands of dollars to win building contracts for wealthy developers and that some real estate agents stole millions of dollars in foreclosure sales receipts. While Pierce said he never intervened in the award ing of lucrative contracts he acknowledged writing memos to his staff telling them to give careful consideration to certain projects time reported. In a related matter the new York times reported units monday editions that Pierce ordered Broad Finan Cial concessions for a luxury apartment Complex in Chicago despite the objections of a senior Federal hous ing official. That official became so concerned about the $23 million Deal that he refused to sign the mortgage documents the newspaper reported. Documents indicate that Pierce issued the 1987 order after intervention on the project s behalf by a White House official two members of Congress a for Mer Secretary of defense and the University of Chi Cago the times said. Thomas t. Decry former assistant Secretary of housing told the times that he Felt the concessions provided to the owner of the regents Park apartments were unfair to the  the apartment Complex was built along South Lake Shore drive in the 1970s with nearly $26 million in federally insured mortgages the times reported. When the original owners had financial problems the title was transferred to Bruce e. Clinton who made extensive repairs under an agreement that reduced the mortgage payments due to hid the paper said. Demery told the times that he did t think the con Cessions were  Nuu Nerce tenure incl Iii i Iuliu m i nut my i. Jiuu i my a. Wus wer cession Hoig says . Zoo prepared him for narrating animal verses Oceanside Calif. A Alexander Haig the left the greatest zoo in the world Washington ." feisty career army officer and former Cabinet Mem Ber says his life in a zoo like atmosphere gave him Good training for his stage debut As a narrator for carnival of the animals. On sunday night Haig and his wife pats narrated Ogden Nash s verses that accompany Camille Saint sans carnival of the  the performance with the Cali fornia chamber virtuoso ended Athree Day music festival celebrating the fifth anniversary of Leisure Vil Lage Ocean Hills a 1,200-unit retirement Community. Haig sits on its Board of directors. The four Star general failed presidential candidate former Secretary of state and one time aide to former president Nixon was persuaded by Leisure Village devel oper Michael Tenzer to participate. Hai Haig said it should t Surprise americans that a for Mer politician is trying his hand at acting. It s a first for me in this category but As an sex political i have been acting in the recent past rather expensively though said Haig who owns an International marketing firm in Washington ., and lec Tures frequently about global issues. I am a departure from the Norm in los Angeles though where some go from acting to politics and i go from politics to acting but i Don t find it unfamiliar ground because if you look at this As the carnival of the animals i be just Lef the nearly 1,000 people at the performance heard the Haigs narrate passages describing Lions tunics elephants kangaroos Birds swans and mules. The narrations were followed by piano music that brought alive the world of apes a string quintet that trans formed the stage into a menagerie of Lions elephants mules roosters and swans a flautist who took the crowd to Ocean Depths a clarinet St whose backstage cuckoo ing de lighted the audience and a percussionist whose instruments sounded like prehistoric fossils dancing. Wearing a Navy Blue suit with a White shirt and yellow tic Haig stood before the musicians like a Gen eral frequently glancing at them and the audience while clutching a Black notebook containing his script. He listened intently to the music. Then taking cues from conductor Henri Temianka. Haig read his lines. Delighting in some he smiled and blushed after hear ing the crowd chuckle and clap. In the world of mules there arc no  he read quickly and loudly As dueling violins brought the sounds of mules to life. Another verse was a Tongue twister but Haig read it without stumbling. Come Crown my brow Wilh leaves of Myrtle i know the Tortoise is a tunic. Come carve my name in Stone immortal i know the Tortoise sic is a Turtle sic. I know to my profound despair i bet on one to beat a Hare. I also know i m now a pauper because of its Torrey Turt Lcy  stateside girl 5, found unharmed after night in school bus Sacramento Calif. A a missing 5 year old girl spent the night in a locked school bus after she got on the wrung bus and did t know when to get off. Kathy Chao was unharmed but tired and Hon Gry when she was found saturday 22 hours after she disappeared police detective Joe Sledge said. Kathy who Speaks laotian and very Tittle English told her parents she sat far in the Back of the bus and waited for the Driver to Call her name. But he never did. She said she looked everywhere for her bus Stop but she did t Sec it said her father Kao Nai Sacchao. She said she was afraid to get  the girl was found by two men who heard her crying inside a fenced bus Yard after she jumped off the bus through a rear emergency door said one of the men contractor Chris Neary. Kathy s family celebrated her return saturday with a taoist religious feast. Mild mannered Spaniel to fight drugs in Berkeley Berkeley Calif. A officials have located a politically Correct dog to sniff out drugs a gentle Spaniel. Last May the City Council reversed a Long standing policy against using dogs to fight crime. But the Council refused to allow dog such As German shepherds which stirred memories of attacks on civil rights workers in the South. The City had trouble finding a Small dog until its search made news last month and offers began pouring in. The Sweet tempered Spaniel will be flown in from Southern California on tuesday and will attend the City Council meeting that night City spokeswoman Peggy Sullivan said. The Spaniel s specific Breed will be a secret until then she said. Berkeley officials arc pleased about finding the drug sniffing Spaniel Sullivan said be cause it maintains the City s commitment to a humanitarian approach in the drug War. Nixon plans to visit China alone instead of in group Woodcliff Lake no. A former president Nixon is making plans to visit China alone after earlier plans for a group trip were cancelled his spokesman says. Political unrest forced Nixon to put off his visit this fall with six friends among them William Simon a Treasury Secretary in Nix on s administration spokesman John Taylor said last week. Taylor said that Nixon had been invited by China s government and that the . State department knew about the former presidents plans. No Date has been set for the trip. Nixon has visited the people s Republic of China five times. His first visit in 1972, also was the first by a .  purpose of the Solo trip would be to have extensive discussions with the top leaders of China Taylor said noting that the former president has done the same on every trip to China. Tom mix fans kept Busy rustling up horse statues Florence Ariz. A the Trail of the thieves has gone cold but folks Here say they will replace the stolen statue of a horse Ridden by movie Cowboy Tom mix. For the third time. We re not going to give in to this stealing said Billy Earley spokeswoman for the Pinal county historical society. Last month a statue of Tony the won Der horse was stolen from the mix me Morial along . 89 Between Oracle Junction and Florence. That statue had replaced the original which was taken in 1980 after someone sawed it off its Stone Pedestal. The original statue depicting a horse with its head lowered and its Saddle empty was put up in 1947 by the Flor ence chamber of Commerce at the site where mix died in a one car Accident oct. 12,1940. The sculpture was never found and sheriff s deputies said last week the leads Aren t much better in the Hunt for Tony ii. Earley said the historical society which provided materials for the second Tony statue has been working with the Arizona department of transportation to produce Tony Iii. Whether you liked him or not Tom mix was an idol for Many Many people and we want to keep that Monument in place Earley said. We Hope to have the new horse in place by next  Tom Teague area maintenance superintendent for the department of transportation office in Globe said the Agency would provide Sheet Metal for Tony Iii and for a backup. We had one piece of Sheet Metal and we bought another one so we could have another horse Cut out while we re at it Teague said. That Way Well have a backup if it gets ripped off  he said Arizona state prison inmates who made Tony ii will Cut out the two new statues at a Cost of about $100 per horse. Teague and Earley said they knew of no Way to protect Tony i from thieves because the site is Remote and can t be guarded full time. And you could t Fence it. They d just Cut the Fence Teague said