European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 27, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars  stripes thursday february 27,1992 status of drug producers at Summit m f x i Mexico claims $190 billion Worth of drugs were intercepted in 1991. Also it grows  exports Large amounts of marijuana to the . Developments in the six latin american nations meeting with president Bush in san Antonio i r of i if i a Venezuela has a porous Border with Colombia  Money laundering is not a crime. It is estimated that 500 tons of cocaine pass through annually  hundreds of millions of dollars in drug profits Are laundered Here. Ecu Ahou it is used for Money laundering  transshipment. Police confiscated about a half a ton of cocaine last year but the biggest seizure 3.5 tons came in Early february. It will ask president Bush for More Money to fight trafficking through Ecuador. Col Omphia the flow of drugs remains steady. Drug exports Are estimated at 550-770 tons per year. . Military  for drug interdiction reached $61 million last year. Traffickers have to Peru grows Over 00% of world s coca. Guerrilla War has complicated eradication. Police destroy crops from a .-sponsored Jungle base but corruption exists. . Funding does t appear to be reaching peasant Farmers. It is encouraging alternative  destroying crops. It also guaranteed that traffickers would not be extradited to . If they surrendered to bolivian authorities. Only seven did so. It claims it would need $2.5 billion Over eight years to destroy coca  leaders to refine drug War strategy a Alan Baseden by the new York times san Antonio a two years after president Bush travelled to South America to devise a plan for combating cocaine traffickers on their own turf he is to meet with latin american leaders Here to broaden the Effort which critics say has borne Little fruit. The visit scheduled for wednesday  today will feature five hours of talks with the presidents of Colombia Peru Bolivia Mexico  Ecuador  a delegation from Venezuela. It is being head Between Bush a Campaign appearances in California  Texas. Although details have been kept sketchy the administration apparently plans to continue to emphasize police  military action. It also does not intend to  to the $2.2 billion in Law enforcement  economic  that has been designated for Peru Bolivia  Colombia or to the lesser amounts for the other countries. The latin countries particularly impoverished Peru  Bolivia the two main producers of the coca that yields cocaine Are expected to press Bush for Trade benefits  Large amounts of  to persuade hundreds of thousands of coca Farmers to switch crops. The latin leaders Welcome the Opportunity to meet with the president. But some aides said that holding the talks amid the presidential Campaign suggests that Little of real concern will be accomplished. A i think the main objective for or. Bush Here is going to be Domestic a a South american Diplomat said. Pledges of cooperation were agreed upon at Bush a first such meeting in february 1990 in Cartagena Colombia. There he met with the presidents of Peru Colombia  Bolivia. The expanded group is expected to draw up goals  timetables for reducing drug production trafficking  consumption said Bob Martinez director of the White houses office of National drug control policy. In analysing the Battle against drugs in latin America the Bush administration claims some modest Success. But drug experts  critics in Congress said that Overall the picture has grown bleaker As drug trafficking has expanded throughout the Region. They say that cocaine is flowing into the United states As freely As Ever  that traffickers have opened up brisk markets in Europe  Are finding customers in Japan  other asian countries. Furthermore colombians traffickers Are now producing heroin  exporting it to the United states. As evidence of Progress the administration has cited increased seizures of cocaine by several countries in 1991  the crippling of a leading drug organizations in Colombia. The administration also has been trumpeting a Sharp drop in casual drug use. Although drug experts say any goals  timetables established at the Summit May prove meaningless the Bush administration  the latin american leaders see them As potential levers for applying political pressure. A a it a a Way to increase accountability a one South american official said.14 United Way chapters to delay paying dues new York apr at least 14 affiliates of United Way of America Are holding Back dues until an examination is completed of alleged irregularities in the National groups hiring  management practices. A the allegations Are shocking a said Tom Ruppaner president of the United Way of the Bay area in san Francisco. The group will delay sending nearly $500,000 in voluntary dues he said. Thirteen other United Way chapters have announced they Are withholding dues. Other chapters considering it include the new York chapter which has already paid $556,000 in annual dues for 1991-92 but was deciding whether to withhold payments due Early next year spokeswoman Josephine Vitale said wednesday. The National organization based in Alexandria va., said it planned to hold an a internal teleconference a possibly today with its 1,400 local affiliates. A Washington Law firm has been hired to Check into published reports that have questioned pay  benefits to the National president William Aramony who is reported to be paid $463,000 in salary  other compensation plus generous benefits. They also said Aramony has hired friends  associates for highly paid jobs. Other groups planning to delay payments Are in the District of Columbia Las vegas Roanoke  Richmond a. Seattle Portland Bend  Roseburg in Oregon St. Cloud Minn. And Pennsylvania affiliates in York Altoona Harrisburg  the Philadelphia area. The organization has directed a Washington Law firm to report on its management inquiry by april 2, when the organizations 14-member executive committee will meet. On feb. 3, the committee had Given Aramony a unanimous vote of Confidence after an internal investigation. The Washington Post said Aramony had flown the Atlantic by supersonic concorde  used chauffeur services in new York. It  other Media also raised questions about the relationship Between United Way of America  spinoff corporations one of which has purchased a $430,000 new York condominium primarily for Aramony a  climbs aboard Effort to raise air fares new York a an attempt by United airlines to raise Domestic fares gained momentum tuesday when Northwest airlines went along with the increases. But american  Delta a two key players who would need to agree to the 2 percent across the Board increase before it could stick a said they were still studying the matter. We have now decided to go full dog  match United a Northwest spokesman Jon Austin said. Earlier us air  Alaska airlines were the Only carriers to match United a increase the second 2 percent increase begun by the Carrier this year. United a increase is to take effect tuesday. At first Northwest said it wanted to raise Only the prices for full fare non restricted tickets most commonly used by business travellers by 2 percent. Austin said he did not know Why executives changed their minds. Airline Competition is so intense that if one big Carrier balks at an increase competitors have to abandon it. The airlines want to raise fares to reverse big losses from 1990  1991. But some worry that higher prices will scare off passengers. World War ii Soldier took relics because he loved Art family says Dallas apr the american Soldier who carried Home priceless artefacts from Germany after world War ii was not a thief but an Art Lover say his brother  sister who agreed to return the relics for a fee. The soldiers heirs Jack Meador  Jane Meador Cook agreed tuesday to accept an undisclosed sum of Money under $1 million for the return of the Gold Silver Ivory  Crystal artworks some dating to the eighth Century. In Exchange the German Church that owned the artworks agreed to drop a lawsuit against the two. A your brother has been depicted As a High living thief a they said in a statement. A this could not have been further from the truth. A the was in fact a quiet Man who loved Art whether it be in the Beautiful orchids he grew or the pictures that Hung on his Walls a they said in their statement. Joe Meador who was stationed in Germany with the army brought the artworks Home in 1945 after he found them in a mine Shaft where the lutheran Church c. Que Linburg in Eastern Germany had hidden them. He left them to his brother  sister when he died in 1980. The collection includes a jewelled reliquary Box with carved Ivory panels  an Ivory comb decorated with rubies. The two works were fashioned during the Rule of King Henry i who unified the German states under his Saxon dynasty in the Early 10th Century. Other works were created during the rules of emperors Charlemagne . 768-814  Otto i . 936973. The treasures surfaced in 1990 when a ninth Century manuscript of the gospels that also belonged to the que Linburg collection was recovered by the cultural foundation in Berlin. The foundation said it paid a $3 million a a finder a feel to an unidentified third party  through that Deal was Able to Trace the rest of the collection to the Meador family. An earlier tentative settlement called for Meadors brother  sister to receive $2.75 million. Their lawyer Randal Mathis declined to say Why the payment was reduced