European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 29, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 a a the stars and stripes monday october 29,1990important a amp a letters missing from file Washington apr dozens of letters Are missing from the special file of correspondence from members of Congress to savings and loan regulators according to the office of Thrift supervision. Most of the letters were written by lawmakers on behalf of constituents who complained about problems in their dealings with a amp is such As accounts that were transferred from one Thrift to another As the result of mergers. But some letters provide evidence of members of Congress pressing regulators on behalf of a amp a operators some of whom contributed to the lawmakers political campaigns. There Are thousands of letters All maintained by the ots and filed alphabetically under the names of the senators and representatives who sent them. The Thrift supervision office the Federal Agency created by last years a amp a bailout legislation keeps the letters for its own use and opens them to members of the Public by appointment. No one supervises people perusing the letters which Are kept in an area of Otsy Washington Headquarters that is out of View of Agency employees. Nancy Cohen Otsy director of congressional correspondence said she is aware of at least one entire file that is missing. Each file contains dozens of letters written by a member of Congress arranged in chronological order. Cohen declined to say what file is missing or who May be suspected of taking it. The Agency has Only one copy of each letter in the centralized archives although individual regulators May have kept their own copies Cohen said. A i know something a missing and it really bothers me a she said. A i think its real important to the Agency to make the files secure Cohen added saying she has complained about the situation to High level ots officials. A there is a problem. We re trying to address the problem a said Robert Schmermund director of Public affairs for ots. A amp a contributions and the role of some lawmakers has become a hot Issue in this election year. The escalating savings and loan crisis has made the letter file a sought after source of information. Reporters have been the most frequent users of the files but in recent months congressional aides political consultants and Law firms also have looked at them Cohen said. 1 a a it san election year. Everyone wants to see their own file a she said. People wishing to examine the files Are asked to make an appointment and bring with them a letter to ots making a Freedom of information act request for Access to files of specific members of Congress. Once there they Are left alone with the files in an area separated by partitions from ots employees. Users Are allowed to photocopy the letters. There is no inspection of bags and cases of people leaving the ots office. Schmermund said the Agency is concerned about the vulnerability of the current system but also wants to continue to give the Public Quick Access to the files. Ots director Timothy Ryan wants the Agency to be a was open As possible a Schmermund said. To obtain other ots documents outsiders must use them in the Agency a supervised Reading room or submit formal Freedom of information requests that can take weeks to be answered. The Parkview Hilton a modern style Glass walled hotel that was just 36 years old is demolished sunday in Hartford Conn. Festive Hartford crowd cheers collapse of 36-year-old hotel Hartford Conn. A the Parkview Hilton a modern style Glass walled hotel that was just 36 years old was demolished sunday after its owners were unable to find a buyer for the vacant building. A festive crowd estimated at 10,000 watched the explosion from Bushnell Park a sloping Green that stands Between the hotel and the state Capitol and gave the hotel its name. The 16-Stoiy building was imploded a exploded from within so that it would fall on itself a by demolition workers who used 60 pounds of carefully placed dynamite. The first blasts rang out at about 7 30 a.m., and the building was gone within seconds bringing a Rowdy cheer from the crowd. The Parkview had been vacant since . 31 when it closed its doors a victim of the sagging demand for hotel space in Hartford. The owners of the building Chase enterprises could not find a buyer for the property and decided to destroy it to make Way for something new. The demolition was the second this year in downtown Hartford where the booming Economy of the mid-1980s has Given Way to a deep economic slump that has halted development. There Are no firm plans to develop the Hilton site but it is one of several Hartford Sites under consideration for the new corporate Headquarters of United technologies corp. A you hate to see something like that go Down. Its still a Fine building a said Helmut Garbemann a retired construction worker from Newington who watched the building fall. Klansmen rally again at Capitol Washington a about 30 Kun flux klan members marched through the nations capital under tight Security sunday and rallied briefly at the . Capitol while counter demonstrators unsuccessfully pressed to enter the grounds. It was the second klan rally at the Capitol in As Many months and occurred after counter demonstrators had vowed to Stop it. There were no immediate reports of arrests but two police officers were injured in confrontations with counter demonstrators officials said. At the Capitol a klan Leader exhorted the Robed and hooded crowd to remove from office senators and representatives who voted to override president Bush a veto of the civil rights act of 1990. A they tried to override the veto but thank god it was. Kept out of Law a the unidentified Klansman said during the 30-minute rally. A vote the hypocrites out a he added. With thousands of police officers from three different departments on hand to keep the marchers and counter demonstrators separated the klansmen marched 11 blocks along Constitution Avenue from the Washington Monument to the Capitol. Even before the March began police along Constitution Avenue were pelted with bottles cans and Sticks from counter demonstrators. The counter demonstrators chanted slogans including a they get Down we re going to run the klan out of  City police spokesman sgt. Joe Gentile said at least two police officers were injured in disputes with counter demonstrators. Virgil Griffin of Shelby n.c., Leader of the Christian knights of the Kun flux klan said he was pleased with the groups Success in marching the 11-Block route to the Capitol. A a we be done Good a Griffin said. He criticized police for not arresting counter demonstrators who confronted police along the March route. A they should have arrested the people making threats against the klan a he said. A they would have arrested me if i made threats against the communist  on labor Day weekend . Police escorted 44 klan members to the Capitol grounds where they held their rally. On sunday Capitol police had a just about every uniformed officer in its ranks about 800, on duty within the four Block perimeter surrounding the rally site