European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 4, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 a the stars and stripes saturday january 4, 1992 Cartel targeting ., colombian agents by new Day new York a Federal drug agents in the United states and Colombia have become the target of death threats stemming from cocaine seizures and arrests that have wounded the notorious Cali Cartel Federal sources say. Threats against Federal drug enforcement administration agents in new York and Miami As Well As agents at Dea Headquarters in Bogota Colombia were confirmed in a recent Cable by Dea administrator Robert c. Bonner to the Agency a Bureau chiefs. Investigative sources said the threats were connected to the seizure last month of nearly 12 tons of cocaine being smuggled into Florida in Cement Fence posts and the arrests five weeks ago of More than 40 suspected Cali operatives in new York. In november the network was damaged by a raid in Cali that turned up records of drug transactions and resulted in the arrest of a top Cartel financier Federal officials said. A the likelihood of retaliation is real a said one High ranking Dea official. A a we re putting a real Dent in their operation and they done to like  while details of possible retaliation were sketchy agents in Bogota reportedly were targeted by  and Dea officials in Miami were urging agents to be especially careful with informants. A a we re taking it very seriously a said Ken Kennedy the associate Dea special agent in charge of the Miami office. The cartels colombian leadership also has ordered Street dealers in new York and Miami to replace their beepers and cellular phones fearful that they have been compromised by the recent investigations Federal sources said. Miami and new York Are two markets controlled by the Cali drug Cartel. The network supplies an estimated 80 percent of the crack and cocaine sold in new York Federal agents said. The second major colombian cocaine network based in Medellin has had greater Success in los Angeles officials  Kennedy Khrushchev letters to be released Washington apr the  And russian governments Are preparing to release key letters president Kennedy and soviet Leader Nikita s. Khrushchev exchanged in the aftermath of the 1962 cuban missile crisis sources say. A a we re in the final stretches a a  Official said thursday commenting on the preparations for making the documents Public. The official asking not to be identified said the Kennedy letters May contain some clarifications of the agreements Moscow and Washington reached in late october 1962 when the crisis was resolved. No other conflict during the Post world War ii Era brought the two superpowers closer to nuclear War than the crisis that grew out of the soviet decision to deploy offensive nuclear weapons in Cuba. A week of unprecedented International tension ended when Khrushchev agreed to dismantle soviet missiles in Cuba in return for a Promise by Kennedy not to invade Cuba. Kennedy also agreed to Call off a  Blockade of the Island. At Issue Are several Kennedy letters to Khrushchev that were sent Between nov. 3 and dec. 14. One official said some of the letters have remained classified because they contain references to Berlin a major Point of .-soviet Contention during that period. Officials said the governments decision to release the Kennedy letters is linked to a Long planned conference on the missile crisis that the cuban government will open in Havana next thursday. U.s., soviet and cuban officials who participated in the crisis Are scheduled to attend. A / t in . Vav a v. By .  a t x v.  Vvs a  Vav.   the Down Side of a crash Rodney Collier slides Back into his lipped pickup truck on thursday to retrieve his registration and insurance papers for police. The Accident occurred in Baton Rouge la., when col Liers truck and a car collided at an intersection. Although Collier s truck did a somersault during the Accident he escaped uninjured. Among the expected participants is cuban president Fidel Castro who was outraged by Khrushchev a decision to withdraw the missiles without consulting him first. Philip Brenner of american University has been seeking release of the Kennedy letters for some time and officials acknowledged that his efforts influenced the administrations decision to make them Public. According to Brenner five Kennedy letters sent to Khrushchev before the crisis have been released along with an equal number of messages from Khrushchev during the same period. He said five Kennedy letters written after the crisis remain classified. A  Official said at least one of the letters has not been released because no copies were placed in state department correspondence files. 8 men beat 2 policemen before crowd Omaha neb. A at least eight men beat two police officers breaking a Nightstick Over one officers head while people in cars moved in closer to watch and jeer a witness says. One Man a was hollering and laughing and jumping up and Down dancing almost prancing after he hit the officer in the head a said Joyce Kearns a witness to the incident Early new years Day. Sgt. Stephan Clouse and officer Louis Brigante were treated at a Hospital and released. Clouse needed 11 stitches to close a Cut on his head. He also suffered from ringing in his ear said it. Barbara Hauptman. Brigante suffered bumps and bruises to his head Back and ribs. One Man was arrested later wednesday but the Man who Kearns said broke the Nightstick Over Clouser a head re Maine Dat Large thursday. About 50 men and women were in the parking lot of a shopping Center and some of them were fighting. When police arrived a police report said Brigante tried to arrest one person for throwing a bottle at his police car and eight or nine men jumped him. Kearns said some people in the crowd pulled their cars close surrounding the officers and Yelling. One Man emerged from the crowd wielding Brigante a Nightstick and Clubber Clouse As he ran by Kearns  shakes parts of Texas new Mexico Lubbock Texas a an earthquake Shook much of West Texas and Southeastern new Mexico Early thursday rattling dishes and rousing thousands of people from their sleep. There were no injuries and Only minor damage was reported. The quake registered 4.7 on the Richter scale. Quot we consider that a Light earthquake a said John Minsch a geophysicist with the  Geological Survey National earthquake information Center in Golden Colo. Minsch said the quake occurred at 5 46 . Is 1�?T and was entered about 50 Miles North of Odessa and about 30 Miles Southeast of Hobbs . Patsy Clark a Secretary in the District attorneys office in Andrews the closest City to the quakers epicentre said the tremor woke her up. A it scared me to death a Clark said. A i Felt the bed shaking and i thought a this is weird. I have never Felt anything like  a �?o1 was glad to hear about the earthquake on the radio because 1 thought 1 had lost my mind there for a  the tremor was Felt from the Lubbock area northward into the Texas Panhandle and Westward into the Roswell ., area. It was Felt As far East As Abilene and As far South As san Angelo. Authorities in Southeastern new Mexico reported a few complaints about cracked Walls and broken Glass. Arlen Hunt a spokesman for the waste isolation Pilot Plant in Southeastern new Mexico said the quake did not cause any damage to the plants Salt caverns. Wipp is a  Department of Energy project designed to store plutonium contaminated waste from the defense Industry 2,150 feet beneath the surface in Salt Beds 26 Miles Southeast of Carlsbad. The department is attempting to open wipp for a test phase. Underground Access would be halted until safety tests Are completed Hunt said