European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 22, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday december 22, 1990 the stars and stripes Page 5s&l owner convicted of misusing funds Dallas up a a Federal jury thursday convicted former Vernon Sav Ings and loan owner Don Dixon on 23 charges of misusing Thrift funds for n California Beach Home w Here he hosted lavish parties with prostitutes. The verdict followed 11 Days of deliberation by the jury which at one Point told judge Joe fish it was deadlocked but was told to keep working. Dixon and his attorney William rav kind showed Little reaction to the verdict Dixon then turned to embrace his wife and Mother a i be had better Days Quot lie said As he left. . Attorney Robert Hauber said the convictions were a Clear statement that Thrift fraud cases can be successfully prosecuted Quot Vic believe it sends a message to the banking and savings and loan Community Here in the state of Texas that their own citizens will hold them responsible a he said. Hauberg said Dixon is the first owner of a Texas Thrift to be convicted on charges of Quot personally benefiting from his abuse of the institution a sentencing is scheduled for feb. 19. Dixon a attorney said no decision had been made whether to Appeal. Verso no a failure in 1987 set a record As the most costly savings and loan failure at that time. The bailout Cost si.3 billion officials said. A a most of the 23 counts related to the Solaria Dench Calif House that was bought with Vernon funds. The Home was used for lavish parties which often included prostitutes to win the favor of regulators and politicians. Dixon was acquitted on 15 other counts most of them involving political contributions. Jurors said Little about their work. Quot is been a Long Road. We need to rest a one. Said. Prosecutor Davis Jarvis told the jury that Dixon used Vernon funds to pay for the Beach House which he used like his own. Quot this master manipulator did t care As Long As it served his purpose Quot Jarvis said. Quot it was Dixon a House and not ver  Dixon s attorney argued the government was making Dixon a Scapegoat for the Thrift Industry collapse and that its Case was scripted with plenty of sex and politics to convince the jury. Dixon testified he was Only trying to save Vernon at a time when the Economy was declining and the 1986 tax Reform act was threatening incentives for real estate investment. A Donald Dixon leaves court in Dallas wittily wife Dana alter his conviction thursday. Washington apr the secret service scaled the Entrance to the White House for an hour thursday after an explosives sniffing dog detected something amiss in a congressman sear it turned out to be fertilizer. A. Quot a a a a a great fun a said rep. Herbert h. Bateman r.Va., after a bomb specialist wearing a flak jacket and a protective helmet combed through his car. Bateman was among a group of congressmen just Back from saudi Arabia and was meeting with the president. A a athe Northwest Gate to the White House the official Entrance used by visitors to the president was closed. The driveway where Bateman a and about a dozen other congressional cars were parked was sealed off. Finally Bateman was summoned from the White. House and interviewed by secret service agents. Later after the emergency was called off he chatted briefly with reporters from the front seat of his car. A it was fertilizer from some azaleas that were hauled in the Back seat a few weeks ago a he said. Many fertilizers contain nitrogen compounds which Are also present in some explosives. Sands of time in the stars and stripes 40 years ago Public for drugs a. By newday a a Washington a a nationwide Federal program to evict Public housing tenants suspected of drug activity was struck Down thursday in Richmond,-.va. A Federal judge ruled such evictions without prior notice a constitute a harm of major  . District court judge Richard l. Williams permanently barred the government from taking such eviction actions and also ordered that All Public housing tenants be sent letters saying they May note evicted without prior notice and a hearing unless the government can prove that a serious emergency exists. A / Quot Quot a a Jack Kemp Secretary of housing and Urban development announced the 23-City program last May As part of his crackdown on drug use in Public housing projects. It was to use civil asset forfeiture Laws to seize the. Leases of tenants bypassing the Normal eviction process. Such eviction actions did not require that criminal charges be filed against leaseholders \ i Williams said the evictions violated the constitutional right to due process. A to be rendered homeless for several months or More while a civil forfeiture action is pending May traumatic and permanently damaging a we Flint be permanently damaging Quot Williams wrote Quot under the civil forfeiture statutes the government cannot act in a manner which irrevocably alters a claimants right to their property before winning a hearing on the merits.�?�. Williams ruling was hailed As a major Victory by Public housing activists who originally challenged the program last  Quot its a vindication of fundamental principles of Law in the United states a said Florence Roisman an attorney with the National housing Law project which filed the lawsuit along with Central Virginia Legal services. Quot it protects the most Basic rights of people who live in the United  department of Justice spokesman Michael Robin son said thursday that the department was studying the opinion. He would not Rule out the possibility of. A a at comment until  chant opinion. An Appeal. A Hud spokeswoman said the Agency would not comment until Given a Chance to study the in april Public housing tenants in Ann Arbor mich., were roasted from their apartments at night and evicted without hearings similar eviction actions were carried out in several other cities Indus ing Richmond. Dec. 22,1.950 Vij a. Troops in Northeast Korea braced for further communist tear  grenade Aita Ekx after pulling in their Western and southwestern outposts and destroying the last Bridge loading into their tiny Hung rim defense perimeter. 30 years ago dec 22, i960 a maj Gen Sean Mckeown fris Larmy chief of staff was appointed commander of in. Forces in the Congo among the 190,000 International troops in the Congo were 1,400 Irish troops. ,. A. 20 years ago dec. 22, 1970 a a splintered supreme court upheld the key provision of the 1970 Federal voting rights Law giving the right to vote to 18-year-Olds in presidential and congressional elections. .10 years ago. Dec 22, 1980 a Secretary of state Edmund Muskie said the United states  meet Quot unreasonable financial conditions set by Iran for freeing 52 american hostages. On Atlanta ui�?~1 the roman Catholic archdiocese of Atlanta spent More than .$21,0.00 Oil the woman whose affair with archbishop Eugene a Marino Jed. To his a resignation the Church said thursday. The archdiocese released the results of an Independent audit of the churches financial support for Lay minister Vicki Long which showed that most of the funds went for medical Bills. The audit was ordered by Bishop James p. Lyke acting apostolic administrator of the Arch diocese. A a a a a v Pope John Paul ii appointed Lyke to run the archdiocese after Marino the nations first Black roman Catholic archbishop resigned in july. The audit found that Atlanta area catholics contributed $21,1 96 Lor Mug. The audit look four months requiring investigators to spend 1,500 hours poring Over 30,000 checks and other records. The archdiocese paid s.9,556 to hospitals and doctors who treated i Ong. I he audit did not elaborate on dings me heal problems and i lie archdiocese re heed comment on the Mailer. Long has claimed she was molested by. A nun while working at a Catholic Hospital in Olum Hus a. She also hied suit in ivh7 against the Rev. Penal pc Harte of Columbus ga.,alleging that he. Fathered her daughter now 4. Blood tests indicated. Keohane was run the father. Another priest the Rev Michael Woods resigned after confessing to an Quot intimate relations Lyp with Long