European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 25, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday March 25, 1992 the stars and stripes a Page 19intimacy imperils computer networking by John Markoff the new York times As increasing numbers of americans searching for intimacy in the age of aids turn to computer keyboards to Aid their fantasies computerized sex play is becoming a growing Issue for the companies that sell on line information services. The possibility of increased Law enforcement surveillance and new restrictions could hamper the electronic networking that the computer Industry sees As one of its most promising vehicles for new economic growth. Last fall a 42-year-old Man in Fremont calif., using a nationwide computer conferencing system posed As a 13-Ycar-old homosexual boy. He said he was electronically approached by someone identifying himself As a 50-year-old new yorker who tried to arrange a meeting. In Massachusetts in january a Man was indicted for raping a 12-year-old boy whom he befriended through a computer bulletin Board. While computer video games with sexually explicit cartoon like animations have been available and routinely exchanged Over networks for a decade these incidents arose from a newer phenomenon a an emerging form of interactive computer sex play. Like Telephone encounters in which people dial 900 numbers to listen to fantasies described by an Anonymous sexual surrogate computer bulletin boards and conferencing systems permit individuals who done to know each other to a a meet and Exchange intimacies by typing messages Back and Forth. Unlike Telephone conversations however which convey some information about age and sex the computer permits people to hide their identity entirely. At a computer keyboard it is possible to assume any identity and change roles on a whim. The user of a computer connected to a data network can simply Type messages that show up instantly on the screen of another user around the Corner or hundreds or thousands bulletin boards or a a Chat systems provide an important source of Revenue for Many on line computer services like Compuserve and America online. Prodigy a joint venture of Sears and ism does not permit a Chat feature and discourages electronic messaging with High fees until mini Tel the French computerized information service began cracking Down on the so called a a Rose services the sex oriented messages constituted More than 20 percent of the usage on its conferencing system. They dropped to less than 10 percent in the last year. Yet in the United states keyboard sex oriented communication is on the Rise. A there is a lot of heavy clicking out there a said Paul Saffo a researcher at the Institute for the future in Silicon Valley who studies the Impact of computer technology. One recent evening users of the America online network had the Opportunity to visit a series of a a rooms offering for example naughty girls Romance connection and a Gay room. After meeting electronically in the Public room a actually a window in which comments from Many users scroll by a new friends adjourned to private rooms for intimate conversations often using nos de plume or  Roger Dietz the Man from Fremont calif., told newspapers and television stations that he has been in Contact with 20 to 30 paedophiles using America online. Dietz a computer designer for a Silicon Valley company said in a phone interview that he had subscribed to the service to see if child pornography was being traded As he had heard. Quot for me child pornography is where the line is crossed a he said. After the incident America online turned Over computer files that contained pornographic materials to the Fri. Inc company said it prohibits messages that Are defamatory obscene profane racially threatening or illegal nut that it does not and cannot Monitor private electronic mail. A a it a none of our business and it  be our business a Stephen Case the company a president  forces inmates to do time in tents Tulsa okla. Apr by Day inmates in tents set up because of jail overcrowding roam an exercise Yard. By night when temperatures drop they wrap themselves in blankets and complain of the chill. Three Large army tents were pitched outside the Tulsa jail March 14 because the jail population peaked at 771 inmates nearly 100 More than the sheriff could handle. A it got completely out of the Ballpark. We had to do something a said the assistant sheriff Bill Thompson. The 30-foot-by-60-foot tents accommodated 75 inmates at first. The number was Down to 45 saturday. All the inmates Are considered minimum Security risks smart friends7 plague in Laws with threats Boston up a Pamela smarts inlays have been forced into bankruptcy and moved out of their Home because of business problems threatening phone Calls and hate mail resulting from her conviction for murdering the couples son the Boston Herald reported monday. William and Judith smarts son Greg was killed in May 1990 in his Derry ., condominium. Last March a jury in new Hampshire convicted Pamela of masterminding the murder allegedly for insurance Money according to prosecutors in the Case. William smart an insurance Salesman has had to declare bankruptcy since the trial because according to family Friend Richard Lafond a the found he just  talk about death benefits any  the smarts recently moved from their Londonderry ., Home because of threatening letters from fans of their daughter in Law the newspaper reported. The smarts had previously received threatening phone Calls Lafond said. Pamela smart 24, was convicted March 22, 1991, of being an accomplice to first degree murder urging her teenage Lover and his friends to kill her husband. She is now serving a mandatory life sentence without parole at the state women a prison in Goffstown  A fan club friends of Pam smart has in jail on such charges As Drunken driving or awaiting Transfer to crowded state prisons. The tents weren to heated the first night when temperatures dipped into the 30s. Some enterprising inmates hoarded Wool blankets and sold them. Heaters were added and the Blanket Sellers were put Back behind bars. The Green tents Are surrounded by two fences. Portable toilets sit in one Comer of the Yard. Inmates eat outside at picnic tables and Shower inside the regular jail. A a it Shell at night. In the daytime its not too bad a said Earl Cassingham held on a Drunken driving charge. A if you be got to be in jail its better to be out  u  first time frustrated sheriffs have taken drastic Steps. In 1990, a sheriff in Springfield mass., commandeered a National guard armory to House overflow inmates. Others also have used armoires and tents. A a it a a band Aid for a big problem but we would rather have them in tents than packed in like sardines a said Julie of Connell an assistant Public defender. Tulsa voters twice rejected Bond issues to pay for More jail space. Using county funds the addition of 96 jail Beds was expected to be finished by the fall of 1993. Sheriff Stanley Glanz said he May keep the tents up until then. Pamela smart Apelle since come to her support insisting that she is innocent. A they were getting phone Calls from people who would Call up drunk a Lafond said. A they changed their phone number and that cleared up but everyone knew where they lived. They started getting unsigned letters pushed under the door. I would characterize them As threatening basically saying to leave Pam alone that she a innocent and to leave her  Lafond said a it just never ends for William and Judith smart who a deserve the  Dod had secret plan to Aid firm paper says los Angeles a the Pentagon had a secret plan to bail Mcdonnell Douglas corp. Out of financial troubles and made questionable Cash payments of More than $200 million to the aerospace giant in 1990, a newspaper reported monday. Auditors for the defense departments inspector general found that the plan included six options to increase the amount of Public Money flowing to the Cash strapped company. The los Angeles times reported the results of the confidential audit which was issued last month with sections describing the bailout deleted. The payments and plan a involved significant noncompliance with requirements of Federal defense procurement Law the auditors report said. However the report did not say whether the plan and payments were illegal. Barbara Anderson a spokeswoman for the St. Louis based firm said monday that she knew of no bailout plan. A i am not aware of any secret bailout plan. Throughout the course of the c-17 cargo Jet program Mcdonnell Douglas has received payments Only for work it has completed a she said. In the past government bailouts of corporations such As Lockheed corp. In 1971 and Chrysler corp. In 1979 were approved by Congress following spirited Public debate. In a recent letter rep. John Conyers jr., d-mich., asked the Pentagon a inspector general to investigate an alleged bailout including who authorized the plan and How much Money was shifted to Mcdonnell. Those questions were not addressed in the report. Of the six possible bailout plans listed in the report three could be carried out with Pentagon approval and three would require consent elsewhere in the administration. The internal options included shifting Money in the firms contracts and paying advances. Outside options included increasing the size of the contracts and a extraordinary financial  Many of the options a were pursued in some form a the report said. A hearing of the House government operations committee which Conyers chairs is scheduled next month to determine if the military has provided Aid to Mcdonnell subsequent to the 1990 payments. In 1990, Mcdonnell faced huge Cost overruns on several military projects and was losing Money on its commercial airline Enterprise. During one teleconference in october 1990, company chairman John Mcdonnell threatened to halt work on the c-17a program if he did not receive $500 million in special payments the times said citing unnamed sources who attended the meeting. However an official told Mcdonnell that the Pentagon could Only Speed up payments the newspaper reported. The company received payments of $148 million and $72 million in late 1990, the auditors found