European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 22, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday May 22, 1990 the stars and stripes coast guardsmen helped dope ring now serving prison time spokesman says vat a cart not i a. New York apr some coast guardsmen in the Florida keys worked for cocaine smugglers a until they were caught and sent to prison a Selling them agents codes and disabling patrol boats according to a report broadcast sunday. In raids on smugglers Homes Federal authorities found records of secret radio frequencies patrol schedules and codes used in radio transmissions for every Law enforcement Agency in the Florida keys no cd so a exposed show reported. The report made no mention of when the alleged corruption occurred but it. Cmdr. Jeff Karonis spokesman for the coast guards Southeastern District based in Miami told the associated press the coast guard had put an end to the alleged conspiracy Back in 1988. A the coast guard people involved were brought to Justice and Are in prison right now. The system works and they re paying for it a Karonis said after viewing the broadcast sunday. The Abc report cited unidentified Federal authorities and Tom Cash an official with the . Drug enforcement administration in Miami. Federal authorities probing the relationship Between smugglers and coast guardsmen named the Case a operation  at least 15 guardsmen assigned to the Islamorada station worked for or with the smugglers they were assigned to catch Abc reported. Adm. Paul Yost coast guard commandant said he was unaware of any Federal investigation of cocaine involvement in the coast guard Abc said. A a we be got almost no drug corruption a one or two isolated cases a Yost said. Four Islamorada coast guardsmen who crewed a High Speed boat intended to intercept smugglers Are in jail for taking cocaine from the smugglers Abc said. Art Sola commander of the Crew that allegedly stole cocaine from smugglers for themselves told Abc that he and his fellow guardsmen decided one afternoon to steal a kilogram of cocaine from a Load they found floating in the Atlantic Ocean 15 Miles offshore. That much cocaine was Worth As much As $ 16.000. A a it a easy. Its very easy. Its a lifestyle Down there. Everybody knows somebody who s involved in drugs or smuggling. Its very easy to get hooked  Sola said in an interview from his jail cell. Another guardsman Bobby Gosnell. Got caught up in drug smuggling but wound up murdered. Abc said. After he left the coast guard Gosnell bought a $500,000 Home Complete with an Airstrip the station said. Gosnell was shot in the Chest in a dispute Over whether he should cooperate with the Federal investigation Abc  giants fizzle As american from wins title a  c Palin  / in it. W Angels Camp Calif. Apr help or. Wizard a dripping 1-Pound amphibian with a soaring soul beat Back a Challenge by a Trio of african Goliath frogs to win the 1990 jumping Frog Jubilee on sunday. Wizard owned by Gregg Jaschek of Concord Calif., leaped 19 feet 3 inches besting 72 other finalists in the 62nd annual event that Drew a capacity crowd of 8,000 to this Calaveras county Hamlet. A it was just Luck. In be been trying for 19 years and if i knew the secret of winning i would have won Long before this a Jaschek said kissing his Frog As friends poured Champagne on him. Three african Goliath owned by Seattle Wash., animal collector Andy Koffman fizzled in the colourful event a disqualified because they  fit on the starting pad or simply  jump far enough. But after the meet Koffman declared a a in la be  Jaschek an automotive parts clerk who took Home the $500 first place prize said he captured help or. Wizard m the san Joaquin Valley. A i Wasny to afraid of the african frogs a he said. A i saw them on to. They weren to so  second place went to an 18-foot, 4-Inch leap by a Frog named Cho Cho and third place was won by jumping Jack. Two of the huge frogs a dubbed a Goliath so a won the right to compete in the finals but the Best of their leaps in qualifying rounds fell far Short of the world record. Koffmann a Goliath get As big As 15 pounds but the contestants sunday weighed in at an estimated 3 pounds each. The entry of the big frogs has been the focus of the buildup for the colourful contest inspired by Mark Twain a Gold Rush Gregg Jaschek a Frog jumped 19 feet 3 inches to win the jumping Frog Jubilee Era Short Story about a Frog that failed to jump because its belly was filled with shot. Media reports about the giant foreign challengers swelled attendance. Before the meet Koffman who keeps the frogs in a 1,500-gallon tank in his basement had predicted his frogs would easily shatter the contest record. That is held by 1-Pound Rosie the Ribier. Who in 1985 covered 21 feet. 5 i inches in the three hops allowed by contest rules. On saturday Koffman said one of his jumpers Hoppy leaped a record 21 feet. 9 / inches which he videotaped but it was outside Competition. He blamed their lacklustre show ing on the difficulty of squeezing them onto the 9-Inch-diameter starting pad. A they just kind of slip out of my hands and it slows them Down a he said. The big frogs also leaped at an Angle and made Little stutter hops after Landing keeping Down their distance. Under contest rules the distance is measured As the total of three successive hops. In one Early qualifying event an african Goliath Frog named Johnny a arson jumped 12 feet. 4 i inches enough to win the round for the International association of fairs round but Only 4 / inches farther than the runner up Ohio Hopper. Another Koffman Frog named sue decisively won the Media jump with a leap of 13 feet 5 inches while a third african Frog. Jay Leno finished fifth in the Western association of fairs jump. There was some controversy with detractors claiming the huge frogs from Cameroon had an unfair advantage Over local amphibians. Other local Frog jump boosters welcomed the Burly outsiders a and the attention they brought. The big frogs Are listed on californians a dangerous animals Quot Register and required special exemptions to be allowed into the state. Wash College students give history a strange twist Bellevue Wash. Apr How a this for revisionist history the pilgrims sailed to America in the Pinto. Paul Revere wrote a the Star spangled  Sandra Day of Connor is chief Justice of the . Supreme court. And Gen. Douglas Macarthur said a give me Liberty or give me  or was it Martin Luther King jr.? these Are samplings of responses from Community College students to questions that might be asked of immigrants seeking . Citizenship. Just five of 119 students at Bellevue Community College managed a passing Grade of 70 percent or better. A this is pretty bad a said Aslam Khan head of the colleges political science department who administered the test. A Why should we give these questions to foreigners when our own citizens done to know what is going on a asked the Pakistan born Khan who took such a test when he became a naturalized citizen. Less than half the students knew that the supreme Law of the land is the Constitution. When asked what kind of government the United states has Many answered a capitalist a rather than a democracy. Some said the pilgrims left Europe because they were searching for something to colonize apparently forgetting the religious persecution that prompted them to flee to the new world. A decade ago Khan gave a similar test of 10 questions to 118 students. Six passed. A a it a not getting any better a he said. It May be Good for a few snickers when a student identifies Abraham Lincoln As the principal author of the declaration of Independence. But when Only one student answers 29 of the 30 questions correctly and just 18 get 60 percent right everybody should be concerned Khan said. A i think people should know what is going on in this country Quot he said. A we really do need a course in remedial american  for the record a the Pinta not the Pinto was one of three ships used by Christopher Columbus along with the Nina and the Santa Maria. The pilgrims sailed in the Mayflower. A Francis Scott key wrote the National Anthem while Paul Revere warned american revolutionaries the British were coming. A o Connor is the first woman to serve on the supreme court which has yet to have a woman chief Justice. A Patrick Henry preferred death Over tyranny in his famous speech to the Virginia House of burgesses. Macarthur is remembered for pledging a i shall return a As he departed the Philippines Early in world War ii. Kings a i have a dream Quot came in his historic address to civil rights followers