European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 1, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse A Friday March 1, 1991 the stars and stripes Page 9 Senate panel finds evidence against Cranston in a amp a probe Washington a the Senate ethics committee on wednesday found a substantial credible evidence of misconduct by Alan Cranston but said no further action is warranted against four other senators for intervening with Federal Thrift regulators on behalf of Charles h. Keatingjr. A a -./�?��-/�?�. The six member committees Uytani Mous report set the stage for possible censure of Cranston a California Democrat by the full Senate. A but the committee effectively closed the Case against the other four senators in the so called Keating five. It did say the conduct of Sens. Donald w. Riegle jr., d-mich., and Dennis Deconcin d-ariz., a gave the appearance of being the committee also found that Sens. John Glenn a Ohio and John Mccain a r-ariz., a exercised poor judgment in their actions on behalf of Keating the onetime owner of the failed Lincoln savings amp loan. All of the Keating five stoutly denied any wrongdoing. Cranston charged he had been a unfairly singled the others pronounced themselves vindicated. A. The committee findings against Cranston constitute a required statement detailing the specific charges against him. He now has a Chance to respond and can request a hearing. A Cranston a who As announced his retirement a Only gave an opening stateside statement during . Public hearings in the Case but did not testify. He was being treated for prostate cancer in California. The committee said in a Resolution that it found a substantial credible evidence that a senator Cranston engaged in an impermissible pattern of conduct in which fund raising and official activities were substantially \ All five senators met both with Keating and with enforcement officials to discuss his troubled Thrift at a time when regulators were investigating the institution. Keating and his associates donated $1.3 million to the campaigns and political causes of the five lawmakers most of Quot it while the Federal Home loan Bank Board was conducting its examination. Lincoln savings was seized by regulators in april 1989 at a potential Cost to taxpayers of More than $2 billion. Committee vice chairman Warren Rudman r-n.h., said the committee members asked themselves whether pity of the senators ethical lapses were As serious As Cranston a. Quot a we came up with the answer and the answer was no a Rudman told a news conference. In addition to the findings on the senators the committee proposed that a bipartisan task Force be convened to adopt written standards governing future interventions by senators with Federal regulators. While a general guidelines exist the committee said the task Force will a need to address a the special ethical problems which May arise when such Contact or intervention is sought by individuals who have contributed to the senators campaigns or Cranston said a a it a Clear that i have been unfairly singled out despite the in All. Five asked if Cranston would continue to fight the an legation Cranston Hawyer William Taylor Iii said a you can be sure of Mccain pronounced himself a relieved that i have been exonerated. In a very relieved that this chapter is Mccain said As he has before that his intervention was a a mistake but added a clearly a no improper conduct is what is important Here Ana i View that As full a Ringle said a i accept what the committee has done Here. I think what they be done Here in my Case and generally across the Board has been fair and v Glenn said a i have been vindicated just As i said i would be from the very outset of this and Deconcini told reporters a a in a relieved that the committee found this senator violated no Rule no Law and that even aggressiveness is appropriate at car Tain times. A amp. A i feel that the punishment has already been dealt out quite frankly going through 16 months of accusations and sen. Alan Cranston a file scrutiny a Deconcini said. The committee found that Ringle a took Steps to assist Lincoln savings. With its regulatory problems at a time that Charles Keating was raising substantial Campaign funds for Ringle. A the committee has concluded that the totality of the evidence shows that senator Riegler a conduct gave the appearance of being improper and was certainly attended with insensitivity and poor judgment a it slams into truck injuring 19 in Illinois Northbrook 111. A a commuter train crashed into a semitrailer at a Railroad crossing midday wednesday splitting the truck in two derailing three cars Ana injuring 19 people police said. Witnesses in this Northern Chicago suburb reported that the truck which apparently lost its brakes swerved around lowered crossing Gates and was struck by a four car Metra train bound for Chicago. The trucks Driver jumped from the vehicle and was not injured. .36 injured in 3 pileup caused by dust storm Bakersfield Calif. Apr a sudden dust storm blinded motorists wednesday on a four Lane Highway triggering three pileup involving 70 vehicles., emergency Crews treated 36 people for injuries eight of whom were in serious to critical condition said Jan Dana of the City fire department. The collisions closed Highway 58 in both directions near downtown Bakersfield until 3 . About 52 eastbound vehicles were involved in the first pileup about 10 30 police said. Two More pileup occurred along Quot the westbound lanes in the same area one involving about 10 vehicles and the other about officials in Al Salvador san Salvador up a . Embassy officials wednesday released the names of five . Soldiers be Lieven cled this week when their helicopter crashed in a salvadoran and presumed dead Are chief warrant officer Paul s. Timmer 26 warrant officer Eric d. Fun Derburg 21 and sgt. David m. Coleman 29. A of the a soldiers were stationed at Soto Cano air base in Honduras the embassy said. Spec. Marvin t. Simpson of the 193rd inf brigade in Panama was temporarily stationed at Soto Cano. The fifth victim sgt. 1st class Juan r. Guerra was one of about 50 u. S. Military advisers stationed in Al Salvador.-. A a a a a a a hometowns were not Given for any of the soldiers. Their uh-1h Huey helicopter crashed into Lake Llo tango 14 Miles East of san Salvador shortly after Tak identify 5 lost copter crash ing off from a salvadoran air base monday. A your feeling is that they probably died when they hit the water a said a military expert who requested anonymity. He said the . Army was deciding whether to risk More lives in an attempt to recover the bodies believed to be 270 feet beneath the lakes surface. The helicopters Pilot radioed that his Tail Rotor was malfunctioning minutes before the crash which was witnessed by the Crew of a second aircraft the expert said. Officials said the helicopter had been on a routine support Mission for . Military advisers in Al Salvador. Embassy officials said at least 20 . Military personnel have died in Al Salvador. The United states has Given $1 billion in military Aid to the salvadoran government in its a year old civil War with guerrillas. Some 75.000 people mostly civilians have died in the War Ana related political violence. Air Force officer shot in face turkish terrorists claim attack Baumholzer ets system to be temporarily disrupted Baum older Germany a the ets Telephone system in the Baum older military Community will be disrupted from 6 to 8 . Tuesday. During that time 5th signal come contractors will work on the ets prefix system. In Case of emergency american residents should use the following German civilian numbers 06783-757 for the 30th Field Hospital emergency room 06783-2386 Tor the fire station and 06783-7998 for Community Headquarters. A a. A a c v. A. _. From staff and wire reports Izmir Turkey a a . Air Force colonel was shot in the face thursday evening in. The second attack on an american in Turkey in three weeks. A marxist group opposed to the Gulf War claimed responsibility for both shootings. A a we will continue our activities until imperialism gets its hands off the Middle East a a caller claiming to represent Dev sol told the Izmir office of the daily cumhur yet newspaper. A we punish the imperialist Powers by shooting a top ranking american officer a the caller said. The victim it. Col. Alvin Macke 44, was in stable condition in a civilian Hospital an Izmir Public affairs spokesman said. Macke worked at natos Allied land forces Southeastern Europe in Izmir said capt. Bryan Holt. The sem official Anatolia news Agency said two assailants followed Macke to his fourth floor apartment in the City but Holt could not confirm the location or the number of assailants. . And turkish authorities Are investigating the shooting which occurred about 5 20 ., he said. . And nato facilities in Izmir Are scattered in buildings throughout the City on turkeys Western coast. Holt said military authorities increased Security after the shooting and were warning military Community members. On feb. 7, Dev sol said it was behind the slaying of an american in the Southern turkish City of Adana eight Miles from in Ciurlik a. Bobbie Eugene Mozelle 44, of Detroit was an accountant for a company that provided services to in Ciurlik. He was a 20-year air Force Veteran who retired As a master sergeant two years ago. His pregnant wife had departed Turkey two weeks earlier As part of an evacuation of . Family members. Dev sol or revolutionary left has claimed responsibility for More than. 15 bombings in recent weeks. It said it launched the attacks because of its opposition to the Allied role in the Gulf War. A
