European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 22, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday May 22, 1991 the stars and stripes Page 7dean accused of orchestrating watergate Dean new York apr former White House counsel John Dean president Nixon a main accuser in the watergate scandal actually initiated the break in himself and masterminded the cover up without consulting his superiors a Book released monday charges. The authors of a silent coup the removal of a president a charge that Dean was motivated by a desire to collect dirt on the democrats to boost his influence in the White House. V As the scandal grew Dean repeatedly lied to Congress and the watergate prosecutors and shifted blame onto the president to protect himself the authors said. In the Book Dean denies the allegations. It was written by Len Colodny a democratic political consultant and professional investigator and Robert Gettlin a former National reporter in the Newhouse newspapers Washington Bureau who spent seven soviets . Fail to resolve cafe dispute a by the Washington Post wash1nqton the chief of the general staff of the soviet armed forces Gen. Mikhail Moiseyev met monday with senior state department officials in Washington but did not Settle a .-soviet dispute blocking final approval of the 1989 treaty on conventional forces in Europe. President Bush said monday afternoon that a not much Progress was made during five hours of talks Between Moiseyev and undersecretary of state Reginald Bartholomew. At Issue Are four soviet naval infantry units with a total of 1,100 tanks armoured combat vehicles and artillery. Moscow says these Are exempt from the cafe Accord while Washington says they should be subject to treaty limitations. The administration has said it will not seek Senate approval of the treaty until the dispute is resolved. Years on the project. A Dean probably at some Point will go Down along with Benedict Arnold in our history books a Colodny said. A attempts to reach Dean on monday were unsuccessful. A Telephone number for his Law firm in studio City calif., was disconnected. The Book also repeats a previously made charge that Alexander Haig was a deep Throat a the principal White House source for reporter Bob Woodward of the Washington Post. The Book adds new information to Back it up. A in 1969 and 1970, Woodward then a naval officer routinely briefed Haig at the White House on sensitive matters the Book said. That conflicts with Woodward a Public statement that he never met Haig until 1973. Woodward also has tried to conceal his military background the authors a said. Quot a a a a a a a. Woodward did not return messages left. Monday. In the Book he denies being a Navy briefer for Haig who worked then for Henry Kissinger the National Security adviser at the time. But the authors quote adm. Thomas Moorcr former chairman of the joint chiefs of staff and former defense Secretary Melvin Laird As saying Woodward briefed Haig several times. Those interviews were tape record Edythe authors said. Woodward s reporting partner on the watergate Story Carl Bernstein act used to be interviewed for the Book which he called a off the Wall and a wildly  a. Haig who now Heads a Washington based International consulting firm was also unavailable for comment. In the past he has denied being a deep  his associate Woody Goldberg called the Book  Tom Mccormack chief of St. Martins press held a news conference monday to promote the Book due in stores next week. He said he wanted to quash a a Campaign of whispered falsehoods meant to cast doubt on the books veracity. A. V. He said rumours were circulating about Why time Magazine decided not to excerpt it and �?o60 minutes Quot cancelled a piece on it. Time spokesman Denis Pringle said the Book proved to be too interwoven to excerpt. �?o60 minutes spokesman Roy Brunott said correspondent Mike Wallace was a unable to independently corroborate or verify allegations in the  life in the slow Lane take the nations third largest City add one of the worlds busiest airports approach the warmest season of the year and undertake 100 major Road projects within a 35-mile radius. The result Southern California Stylc traffic jams that arc driving Chicago arca residents crazy. Here motorists creep along a construction zone on interstate 94 monday in North Field Iii. A the Road construction is worse than its Ever been a said Cary Lee president of the Shadow traffic network reporting  draft copies of Constitution turn up in vault Concord . Apr draft copies of the Constitution containing notes in the margin from one of its signers were found in a Bank vault where they were stashed at the turn of the Century a revolutionary War society announced monday. The documents Are expected to shed Light on the Workings of the 1787 constitutional convention where Delegate Nicholas Gilman or. Scribbled notes and doodled in the margins. A a they re extraordinarily important historically and they re very valuable monetarily a said Jim Gilreath. American history expert for rare books at the Library of Congress. The papers belonged to Gilman a Delegate to the constitutional convention who served As senior Deputy adjutant general to George Washington in the revolution and later became a . Senator. They were discovered by the society of the Cincinnati a group of revolutionary War officers descendants that took Over Gilman a Exeter House around 1900. A tin Box of papers in the House was put in a vault in a Boston Bank and forgotten for decades. The society revived itself in recent years and began to look through its papers. Pentagon s pow Agency chief quits los Angeles apr the chief of the Pentagon Agency charged with tracking prisoners of War resigned accusing the government of ignoring or covering up leads on americans in Vietnam the los Angeles times said tuesday. A a army col. Millard a. Peck left his Post As head of the defense intelligence Agency a special office for prisoners of War and missing in action on March 28, the newspaper said. / in a memo Peck said his office was merely a a toxic waste dump to Bury the whole mess out of sight and mind in a facility with limited Access to Public scrutiny.�?�. A Quot a. The five Page memorandum and Farewell to his staff was tacked to his office door. The times said it obtained a copy on monday. Peck said the Bush administration and other government agencies spend More time trying to debunk the source of leads on pos than they do pursuing them. However he did not offer evidence suggesting pos or soldiers listed As Las might be alive or in Captivity. Pecks allegations Are being investigated in a an internal management inquiry a said Pentagon spokesman it. Cmdr. Ned Lundquist. The United states lists 2,276 americans As missing in action or unaccounted for from the Vietnam War but insists there is no evidence of live pos. Families of pos and mias have accused the government of giving scant attention to reports of sightings and other information about missing soldiers. Peck was reassigned to the military District of Washington and did not return Calls placed to that office monday the times said. Peck is a decorated Veteran of three Tours in Vietnam. He has held several other posts in the Dia including chief of the Asia division of current intelligence. ,. Trauma care Washington apr soaring costs Are forcing Many hospitals to close trauma centers often the last Hope for victims of gunshots wrecks and other life threatening accidents according to a congressional study released monday. A at least 60 trauma centers have stopped operating in the past six years a general accounting office report said. Another 370 hospitals Are still designated As trauma centers but Many Are under severe financial Strain and May not survive for Long it added. The Gao reviewed 35jrauma centers in Chicago Detroit los Angeles Miami san Diego and Washington. Of those 15 have closed within the last five years 12 because of financial hardship. Most of the centers still operating Are losing Money. The High Cost of treating trauma patients Many of whom have no health insurance and limited assistance from medicaid and other government programs Are the biggest reasons for the crisis the report says. Inner City hospitals have a disproportionately Large number of uninsured trauma patients