European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 30, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday March 30, 1990 the stars and stripes a a a Page 7 Pentagon scandal figure pleads guilty Rva Warja a apr a major figure in the Alex ecu cent scandal of the 1980s pleaded pc few Sao bribing a former assistant Navy a help an israeli company obtain a contract. Rep built a plea by former defense consultant Wil a Ralvin 59 to charges he bribed then assistant Melvyn r Paisley was a significant is z the operation 111 wind procurement is season that has netted 35 convictions. It addition Galvin admitted participating in a a a 10 bribe Deputy assistant air Force Secretary Victor d. Cohen to help another defense firm obtain a radar detection contract. -.no,. Paisley who left the Pentagon in april 1987 to go into business with Galvin has not been charged. But Galvins guilty plea signals that prosecutors Are moving closer to charging Paisley who has already been implicated in a separate bribery scheme. Galvin who pleaded guilty to conspiracy bribery and tax evasion could be sentenced up to 40 years in prison and fined up to $1 million. . District judge Claude m. Hilton scheduled sentencing for aug. 3. Galvin agreed to repay $648,548 in Back taxes and interest owed on Money he did not report to the internal Revenue service. A year before Paisley resigned As assistant Navy Secretary for research engineering and systems he agreed to help an israeli company get a contract to sell ground equipment to operate Remote controlled aircraft court papers said. Israel is a major manufacturer of the pilotless intelligence planes that carry cameras and other equipment to Monitor enemy troop movements. The president of Maylat ltd., the israeli company deposited $50,000 in a Swiss Bank account set up by Galvin six Days after Paisley signed a 1986 directive ordering the Navy to buy the ground control equipment from Maylat instead of another company. Galvin Paisley Maylat president Zvi Schiller and israeli defense consultant Uri Simhoni agreed to share equally the $2 million that Maylat was to place in the pm protesting death sentence Stephen Souza a member of amnesty in he is staging to protest the scheduled exe slaying of two youths in the san Diego Ter National prays in front of a coffin out cution of Robert a. Harris next tuesday area in 1978, will become the first person Side californians san Quentin prison if the sentence is carried out Harris sen to be executed by California since Aaron tuesday night on the third night of a fast tended to die in the Gas chamber for the Mitchell in 1967. Medical profession baffled by Man who awakened from 8-year sleep Madison wis. Apr medical experts Are expressing puzzlement and some scepticism Over reports that Tranquili Zers revived a Man who had spent eight years in a slumber like state. Hat his  to it Arre a or. Catherine n Institute for rehabilitation and research in Houston said in a Telephone interview wednesday. A it just to can t make sense. It does no to fit anything i  some specialists said they believed the ent May have been misdiagnosed Hinr Olacks sad the Case deserves fur a Ltd a Ca and May Spur doctors to treatment of comatose and vegetative patients. V win Andres Banner a University of neurologist reported tuesday ident1myea Man we has not been Afir Hwa Awa ened after eight years routine he ejected with valium during a 0 Denta it procedure March 12. The Man has been awakened several times since Kanner said. The patient a former airline Pilot was injured in a car Accident 10 years ago. He was in a coma for about three months then improved but lapsed into a vegetative state Kanner said. A vegetative state is different from a coma in that victims of the former have steeping and waking patterns often open their eyes and sometimes utter words experts said. The patient is being observed at University Hospital and clinics in Madison and doctors Are experimenting to find the dose of Tranquili Zers that would allow the Man who is married and has children to leave the Hospital and return Home Kanner said. When medicated the Man can remain fully conscious for up to 12 hours at a time the neurologist said. On the Day he was first revived the Man was Able to walk talk and perform complicated math calculations Kanner said. A the most Likely thing is he Wasny to in a truly vegetative state a Bontke said wednesday. A there could be been a  another expert said the Many a reaction should stimulate research and cause doctors to re examine some of their patients but said the Case probably would not have a significant immediate effect on medical practices. A it must cause care givers to be More cautious Quot said or Richard Foa of Washington a member of the american Academy of neurology a ethics and humanity subcommittee. A but this  alter my  usually a persistent vegetative state patient is Given that prognosis after six months to a year. Many doctors believe the condition justifies the removal of life support systems Foa said. Swiss account. The figure represented 2 percent of the value of the Contact court papers said. Maylat deposited $268,000, according to the documents. Schiller is a retired israeli army general and once served in his country a military Mission to Washington. Simhoni a retired army major general was once israeli military attache in Washington said Ruth Yaron spokeswoman for the israeli embassy. Former Uniss corp. Executive Charles f. Gardner was sentenced last year to 32 months in prison for bribery for arranging the Purchase of Paisley a resort condominium in Idaho for an inflated Price. Galvin also pleaded guilty to participating in a scheme with Loral electronics corp. Executive Louis Oberndorf to bribe Cohen to help the Yonkers  company obtain a contract to sell the Pentagon radar warning devices. He admitted paying $ 123,100 in monthly payments Between 1983 and 1987 to a Friend of Cohen a Kyle h. Woodbury for consulting work. But Galvin understood some of the Money would be used for Cohen a Benefit the court papers  kids in 2 states hit by rash Charleston. . Apr a mysterious skin disorder that has so Lar evaded identification has left children in two Stales a scratching the skin off their arms and some schools closed. The rash which varies from a minor skin irritation to inflamed bumps has appeared on the necks arms and backs of students in Jackson and Doddridge counties in West Virginia and in Mcdowell ky., officials said wednesday. Jackson and Doddridge counties arc not adjacent to each other nor is either adjacent to Mcdowell. A a we re looking for a pattern and we can to establish one a said Loretta Haddy an epidemiologist with the West Virginia department of health. Quot unless it really starts getting out of control Wco re just assuming its a viral  Brenda Hamilton a teacher in Mcdowell where dozens of students suffered rashes said the children a skin looked a like they a been  Quot children were literally scratching the skin off their arms a said James Bennett school superintendent in Doddridge county in North Central West Virginia. At Gilmore elementary school in Sandyville in West Central West Virginia 50 students reported suffering from the rash according to school superintendent . Staats. The school was to be closed Friday for up to two weeks for biological and environmental tests. The centers for disease control in Atlanta tested blood samples taken from the Kentucky youths and has ruled out fifth disease a minor childhood skin disorder health officials said. A a it school emptied by bomb threat port Jefferson . Apr police found an explosive device wednesday in a Loeker at a High school after a bomb threat forced the evacuation of students. The device was dismantled at the Long Island school said it. Thomas Woods of the Suffolk county emergency services unit. Police spokesman Randy Jaret said the device was discovered in the boys locker room at port Jefferson High school. Police said a bomb threat was called in to the school and reported to police at 8 . The caller said the bomb was set to go off at 10 . The 935 students were evacuated and sent Home