European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 28, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday. September 28, 1989 the stars and stripes Page 7 freed Mother sex spouse spar Over custody Washington not a newly freed or. Elizabeth Morgan and her former husband. Or. Eric Foretich played out the conflicting versions of their bitter dispute Over the custody of their child before the National press tuesday while related court proceedings remained on hold. On her first Day of Freedom after 25 months in the District of Columbia jail a Pale and thin Morgan sat at a Confer ence table in her lawyer s Washington office and conducted interviews. Morgan self possessed and demonstrating a gentle deftness with words has de scribed her husband As psychologically Dis Turbed and dismissed the notion that she could he wrong about her assertions that he sexually abused their daughter Hilary. Only Strong people can admit to doing terrible things Morgan said. One thing i know about Eric is that among his attributes is tremendous strength. I Hope that the Day will come when he says i did this it s terrible i m appalled by it somebody help me i Don t expect that to happen. But i think it is  Morgan was released monday after a whirlwind of Legal activity set off on sat urday when resident Bush signed legis lation passed by Congress last week specifically intended to end her imprisonment. She had been in jail sinc August iu87 after refusing to disclose the or. Eli Uhi the Morgan whereabouts of her daughter or to sur Render the child for court ordered visit with her former husband. For cliche. Talking with his own Parade of interviewers assailed Morgan her family and anyone who supports or disseminates those  and he expressed Faith in the courts of the District of Columbia and Virginia which have never ruled that he committed the of lenses his wife describes. That s a heinous accusation  he said in an interview. That s not shoplifting that s the most heinous accusation  s a Pervert making that accusation. Why Don t you ask Ali Ahvah Morgan what she did to my daughter. Ask her the same hard questions you be been asking me All this time. How do we know that Hilary is alive and Well the interviews did Little to answer some questions that have been argued before the courts and the Public since Morgan first made the charges of abuse in l 85, when Hilary was 2vi How can such a charge be proved when proof rests on the statements of a child at a fantasy prone age How can a person accused of child abuse Ever refute the charge or escape the taint of the charge _ Only a few Points were clarified As the a Day went along. The first was that Foretich said he Terr Hall a member of the mad dads paints Over gang related Graffiti on a building in North Omaha. Omaha mod dad fathers unite to fight City s violent drug gongs Omaha neb. A los Angele gangs have found a new Market for their drugs in the Midwest and the resulting violence has stirred a group of fathers calling themselves mad dads tonight Back. The mad dads armed with radios patrol the gang infested areas of North Omaha to break up drug deals and re claim neighbourhoods marked As gang turf. Formed by fathers angry about gangs known As the bloods and crips dealing drugs in their immediate neighbourhood. Mad dads have expanded their reach throughout the City. We fell we had to get out on the streets and Start offering to our Community some semblance of Security said Eddie s Talon an organi or. If mad dads have done anything City wide it s created an atmosphere that there arc folks fighting Back who have been perceived As part of the  police estimate there arc about 50 hard Core crips in Omaha and an equal number of rival bloods. Each gang also has about 200 associates and Wannabe members in the City police said. The los Angeles based gangs have established a drug Trade laced with a kind of violence new to this largely Middle class City of 350,000. Drive by shootings arc becoming commonplace and one Public housing project is so racked by drugs and violence that residents have nicknamed it  after gang members beat a neighbor Hood youth the youth s father Staton and four other men formed mad dads men against destruction defending against drugs and social disorder. The group created in May has grown to More than 200 Momb Cross percent of whom arc Black Staton said. Besides running neighbourhood foot patrols mad dads paint Over gang Graffiti and organize drug and alcohol free Par tics for youths. Earlier this month the group announced plans to use a helicopter in its patrols but a spokesman said monday that idea had been put on hold because it caused too much controversy. Would not press any parental kidnapping charges against Morgan or seek to have her judged guilty of criminal contempt of court. The new Federal Law mandating her release after serving 25 months for civil contempt of court technically leaves her vulnerable to related charges of Crim Inal contempt for withholding information about Hilary. Under no circumstances am i going to ask that she be incarcerated now or any time in the  he said. I could have her Back in court next week on a civil contempt charge. I m certainly not going to ask that she be re . Her incarceration has Hurt me More than her. She s been the focus not my  second was that Morgan said she would continue to refuse not just to Dis close her daughter s whereabouts but to provide videotapes letters accounts of her life or any other evidence that would support her claim that Hilary is healthy Happy and  Morgan said she sent the child now 7,into hiding because Hilary requested  she added she s not in my Power. My duty As a Mother is to do what s Good for her. She wanted to be Given one gift the gift of physical safety. This May be an extreme comparison but did a jewish Parent in Hitler s Germany do their child a favor by going with them to the amps panel probing whether ism got favouritism by the Baltimore Sun a congressional panel probing allegations that some Federal agencies fax orium for computer contracts has launched a widespread investigation into computer procurement practices at the internal Revenue service and its Parent Agency the department of the Treasury the Baltimore Sun has Learned. In a july 24 letter rep. John Conyers d-mich., chairman of the House government operations committee asked the government accounting office to examine procurement practices within the irs and Treasury in acquiring Auto Matic data processing equipment an services. That would include International business machines corp. Plus non ism re Latch products and services. Questions have been raised re Garding the propriety of certain procure ment actions taken by officials of the internal Revenue service in conducting add procurements Conyers wrote. The letter addressed to comptroller general Charles Bowsher asked Gao investigators to examine several individual multimillion Dollar contracts plus the $2 billion Treasury Multi user acquisition contract known Astman. Mac a coveted seven year contract has attracted some of the largest names in the computer and systems integration mar Ket including ism electronic data sys tems corp. And Lockheed corp. The contract Calls for a single Winner to provide the irs with 49,000 work stations and 6,000 terminals As part of the Agency s automation of tax return proc Essing. Bids for the contract were submitted last week. A contract Winner is expected to be announced sometime in december. In making his request Conyers asked the Gao to Complete its investigation and have a report ready by nov. 30. The House government operation committee has been examining allegations the Navy improperly favored ism equipment in competitive bidding for computer contracts. The Navy has de Nied the allegation which has been raised by some of ism s largest competitors