European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 11, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday january 11, 1992 the stars and stripes a Page 5fbi shifting spy catchers to gang beat from wire reports Washington the Fri will reassign 300 agents now chasing spies to investigate Street gangs in major cities plagued of an upsurge in violent crime attorney general William p. Barr said thursday. The dissolution of the soviet Union and the demise of communist regimes in Eastern Europe will allow the largest reallocation of Fri manpower in the bureaus history Barr said. A some of the intelligence services that used to operate against the United states Are no longer in existence a Barr said. A the very substantial resources we Are keeping in counterintelligence work Are fully sufficient to protect the National Security interests of Barr the United  the 300 agents will be redeployed to help authorities in 39 cities investigate Street gangs blamed for the rising tide of drug killings and drive by shootings in recent years. The Bush administration will propose transferring More counterintelligence agents to violent crime investigations in its fiscal 1993 budget which will soon be sent to Congress Barr said. Tougher Federal sentences without parole for racketeering drug trafficking and firearms violations mean that gang members can be put behind bars for longer periods than they would under Quot revolving door Justice dispensed by Many state courts Barr said. A your message to gang members and leaders is this when we throw the Federal Book at you it will be a knockout blow a Barr said. A there will be no bail no probation no parole and you will be a Long time in a Federal  nationwide there Are More than 300,000 members of Street gangs such As the crips and bloods in los Angeles and the Al Ruthn and vice lords in Chicago. Barr said estimates vary widely from City to City about How much gangs contribute to violent crime. But the attorney general suggested that the prosecution of four Street gangs in Philadelphia May have contributed to the decline in killings in that City. Slayings in Philadelphia dropped from 525 in 1990 to 468 last year. In 1989, Fri director William s. Sessions made attacking violent crime a nationwide priority for the Fri. The redeployment follows an it percent increase in violent crime reported to local police from 1989 to 1990. Violent crime increased 5 percent in the first six months of 1991, according to Fri figures. An additional 22 agents will be sent to los Angeles to join the 75 already investigating violent crime. The Fri in new York City where 77 agents arc assigned to the program will also get an extra 22 agents. The number assigned to Chicago w ill be increased from 43 to 61. In Atlanta where Federal authorities on thursday arrested 15 members of the a i refuse posse a the Fri Field office will get an additional 10 agents. Moreover the Fri and Treasury a Bureau of alcohol tobacco and firearms will establish a joint analysis Center on gang activities in Washington. A Good intelligence information about gang Structure and membership is essential to a coordinated attack on these organizations a Barr said. The election year budget that president Bush will submit to Congress this month proposes reassigning even More spy catchers in the fiscal year that begins oct. 1, Barr said. Quot we Are not seeking to federalize Street crime a the attorney general said. A but we believe we have an obligation to assist our state and local colleagues where we can be most  in the stars and stripes 10 years ago Jan. 11,1982 a Hopes for a Quick break in the Case of kidnapped . Brig. Gen. James Dozier were dashed when italian investigators said the arrest of a red brigade Leader had not aided the search for the officer. 20 years ago Jan. 11,1972 a breaking a 15-year silence industrialist Howard Hughes denounced Clifford Irving a autobiography As a fake in a Telephone interview from los Angeles. The reporters who interviewed him agreed the voice belonged to the reclusive eccentric billionaire. 30 years ago Jan. 11,1962 a . Officials said that the War in South Vietnam appears to be growing in intensity and that with the help of . Military Aid South Vietnam plans to increase its regular army from 170,000 to 200,000 troops. 40 years ago Jan. 11,1952 a rear adm. . Libby a . Negotiator said the communists Are a scared to death Quot of a . Proposal to Grant each prisoner of War the right to choose the government under which he wants to live. Armistice talks remained deadlocked Over communist insistence on building airfields. World War 50viarsagot6dlky 11 Jan. 1.9 -4 .2 japanese soldiers overrun Tarakan Island and Imperial Navy paratroopers capture Manado at the Northern end of celebes in the dutch East indies. The  aircraft Carrier Saratoga is severely damaged by a japanese submarine near Hawaii. On the Central soviet front the red army offensive cuts the Al Thev Bryansk railway Tine. German and italian planes continue attacks on Malta. Drug Czar admits improper use of stationery in seeking refunds by the new York times Washington former gov. Bob Martinez of Florida director of the Federal office of National drug control policy acknowledged thursday that he improperly used White House stationery to solicit refunds from his unsuccessful 1990 Florida re election Campaign and made the Money available for the Bush Quayle re election Effort in his state. The governor routed More than $63,000 to the Florida Republican party for the Bush Quayle Campaign the Washington Post said thursday. The report cited Martinez a use of White House stationery As Well As Tele phone Calls made by Graham r. Gillette is special assistant soliciting refunds from television stations that had overcharged for Campaign advertising. In a statement Martinez said that at his request White House counsel c. Boy Den Gray had reviewed the practice and found no violation of Law. A however his office did conclude and i agreed that the use of Agency stationery to Send the letters in connection with this matter was not proper a Martinez added. He said he had directed his attorneys to handle All future correspondence relating to the refunds. Kenneth Gross a lawyer who specializes in election Law said Martinez May have technically violated a Law that prohibits the use of government resources for non government business. But Gross added that the Law was intended to bar wholesale thievery and not the sort of activity that Martinez was engaged in. Gross said he did not think Martinez had violated a prohibition on soliciting Campaign contributions on Federal property or contribution to the Campaign of a Superior because Martinez was not soliciting contributions but rather soliciting refunds from television stations that overcharged him. Last month Gray advised Federal do Arment Heads not to Send Money to the ush Quayle Campaign committee. William s. Smith who was dismissed on Jan. 3 As Martinez a acting chief of staff said in a Telephone interview that he had discovered the misuse by Accident in late november. A it was my practice to look at his in Box and see what was going on a Smith said. Smith said that he had expressed his concern to Martinez. A i done to want to sound like a boy scout a Smith said. A i e said that As a political matter this was not a Good  he emphasized however that he was not dismissed because he had challenged Martinez a use of White House stationery and his top aides Telephone solicitation of refunds. A the greatest reason for my dismissal was tension Between myself and Graham Gillette a Smith said. A a we were constantly struggling Over scheduling briefing materials and a lot of the paper flow into the former governors  in thursdays statement Martinez said that a Many television stations overcharged political candidates for Martinez television air time in the 1990 Campaign. He said he had sent one refund Check to operation Par a non profit drug treatment Center. He said that he then hired a Law firm to represent him. Senate staff member picked to direct Pentagon office on pow Mia affairs source 2194 Days of War w h. Smith publishers inc a from wire reports Washington a the Bush administration on thursday named the nations first Deputy assistant Secretary of defense for pow Mia affairs according to a congressional announcement. The nominee Alan c. Ptak is Deputy staff director of a Senate select committee set up last year to reopen investigations into americans still missing from the Vietnam conflict. Defense Secretary Dick Cheney announced the creation of the Pentagon Post in september citing new information becoming available to help resolve the Fate of the 2,267 americans still unaccounted for in Southeast Asia. For More than a year there has been rising Public pressure to re examine the Issue. Also Progress must be made before the administration will lift an economic embargo on Vietnam and move toward establishing diplomatic relations. The Pentagon declined to confirm the appointment thursday saying it was awaiting White House action. The Senate committee this week began taking depositions from maj. Gen. Oleg d. Kalugin a former Kab official who has asserted that soviet agents interrogated . Prisoners from Vietnam up to five years after Hanoi said they had All been released. The committee is also taking closed door testimony from former . Service members intelligence agents and officials who say the United states covered up information on missing americans. The recollections of Kalugin who never went to Vietnam have been challenged by Oleg Nechiporenko one of the soviet interrogators who worked for Kalugin. In an interview sen. John f. Kerry d-mass., chairman of the committee said his committee would also meet with Robert Garwood a former Marine private and the last . Prisoner of War to return from Vietnam in 1979. Garwood remained behind As a defector when 561 prisoners were returned by Hanoi in 1973. He was later court Martiale. He has maintained that other americans were alive in Vietnam when he left. A the committee has already proved that prior investigations were not Complete a Kerry said. The appointment of Ptak to a position that can serve to consolidate diverse government efforts on the Issue was welcomed by Ann Mills Griffiths executive director of the National league of families of american prisoners and missing in Southeast Asia. Ptak 42, is a graduate of the . Naval Academy. He has served As minority counsel on the Senate intelligence committee. In 1988, he was a Deputy assistant Secretary of state working on arms control. In another development Russia agreed thursday to set up a joint commission with the United states to investigate reports that american prisoners from the korean and Vietnam wars were taken to the soviet Union