Press-Republican-Friday, January 6,1984
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Investigation continues in 'bobsled bugging' case
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ByEDSTRANSENBACK
Staff Writer
Sara-Placid Bureau
and UPI reports
LAKEHWbACfD-- A New York
State Police investigation into the
alleged bugging of the U.S. Bobsled
Federation offiee in Lake Placid has
revealed the possibility that illegal
'tapings' occurred over a period of
more than one day.
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The investigation became public
Wednesday after individuals, attending a Tuesday meeting of bobsled
athletes, told the media that a complaint had been tiled with the state
police about the alleged electronic
eavesdropping.
Further, officials of the bobsled
group want a -gubernatorial ~ investigation into the altegeilbugging,
but Gov. Mario Cuomo's office was
noncommittal Thursday.
A Cuomo spfltwtnan said thi
governor was not aware of the request, made at a news-^oftta&nce
Wednesday by federation President
Alan Hachigian. Cuomo spokesman Gary Fryer
said the governor's office would
gladly review any formal request
for a probe, but implied that Cuomo
probably would not intercede if the
matter is being handled on a local
level*.
Max Hunt, senior investigator
with the state police Bureau of
Criminal Investigation, confirmed
on Wednesday that an investigation
had been under way for the past
three months.
Hunt indicated that the com-
ecutive director of the Lake Placid
Chamber of Commerce), bobsled
-coach Les Fenner and U.S. Luge
Association Chairman Jim Moriarihad been briefed about the
ty had been illegally taped.— ?
Hunt said Thursday the investigaH a c h i g i a n e x p l a i n e d that
tion is continuing.
- statements made during their Aug.
Questions about the alleged 3, 1983, discussion at the federation
eavesdropping incidents heightened
office, quoted two days later. "On
Thursday when Hunt said that the Aug. 5, 1983, at an early morning
inver Ration indicated "that more meeting called by ORDA (the Olyqithan one conversation" (possibly
pic Regional Development Authoriover more than one day) had been ty), Ned Harkness quoted specific
remarks made by Peter Moreau
tfiped.
Wednesday afternoon in a during those conversations and inprepared statement, Hachigian urg- dicated thai he could prove these
ed "a full grand jury investigation" statements had been made,"
Hachigian said.
into the matter.
Hachigian said he did not attend
Hachigian explained that he
believed that conversations bet- the Aug. 5 meeting, but was told by
ween him, Peter Moreau (who is ex- others who were present that ORDA
plaint, filed by Hachigian, had
validity and that Essex County
representatives repeated the com-4
ments, saying they demonstrated
that certain individuals were "out to
get ORDA."
""How did they know this the day
after it was said?" Hae&gian asked.
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Hachigian h*g said that he is not
accusimjORDA of any involvement
in the possible eavesdropping incident.
Wednesday, ORDA spokesman
Don Krone said that a meeting hag
been held Aug. 5 between ORDA,
staff members and members of the
Lake Placid Chamber of Commerce's Executive Board.
However, Krone said he would not
comment about the meeting.
He titfr tssue a terse statement
saying that ORDA "employees have
had nothing to do witiuhe making of
illegal tapes ami that aivyme who
suggests otherwise is totally incorrect."
Krone also said that ORDA would'
consider "seeking legal actions
against anyone who suggests that"
they were involved in "illegal activities."
Trade negotiations stall; U.S. farmers are wary
Agricultural trade negotiations between America and
its major allies are at a stalemate. Fears mount of a
trade war that could spread worldwide, harming
farmers and consumers alike. Following is the final article in a series of articles exploring the trade dilemma.
by
ty Act," which now has wide supByMARKGRUENBEKG
port in Congress, would raise the
and
U.S. tariff on European wines
BILL PRITCHARD
unless
the Europeans lowered
Ottaway News Service
tariffs
an
U.S. wines. The adWASHINGTON r- Some $35
ministration
opposes the bill.
billion worth of American farm
A
second
way to break the
trade and the livelihood of
deadlock is to use the threat of conthousands of American farmers degressional action to move the talks
pend upon trade talks between the
off dead center. That was the aim of
U.S. and its major allies — but these
Rep. Benjamin A. Gilman, R-N.Y.
talks are now stalemated and likely
He
introduced the "vegetable
to remain so for the forseeable
tariff"
bill in reply to Canada's
future.
tariffs
on
U.S. vegetables.
Consider:
"I
view
the bill as a bargaining
• Trade negotiations with Europe
chip/'
the
congressman said. He
are at a standstill pending Europe's
also views it as a prod to the
decision on what to do about the risAgriculture Department to restart
ing cost of subsidizing its farmacs^.
• Negotiations with Japan movre •* the trade talks.
But Senate sponsor Alfonsp ML
at a mall's uate. U.S. demands thai
D'Amato,
R-C-N.Y.. wants to get
Japan allow in more American beef,
rough.
He's
trying to*ram the bill
wheat and citrus fruit clash with
.through
d
Japanese demands that Ameriea
retaliating
against
Canada.
allow Japanese consumer products
"He's really serious about this,"
in — and with Japanese domestic
aide Ed Martin says. "There isn't
politics.
any fair trade here."
A third way to break the deadlock
• Trade talks with Canada, have
is
through negotiations, but that apbroken off, despite clamor fron\ norpears
unlikely. The stumbling
thern produce farmers about Cknablocks are indecision in Europe and
-dkffl—tariffs -and subsidies which
"Sbmesiic politicsTnJapahT""
undercut U.S. -iewners' ability to
• The European Common Market
compete.
faces a financial crisis as a result of
Little help is available from Conthe subsidies it gives its own
gress or the administration.
farmers. Its budget provides $16
Congress would like tohelp but
billion in subsidies, mostly for excan't agree on how to do so. SonTfe
ports of European wine and wheat
legislators want to use the threat of
and dairy products. The individual
a U.S. increase in agricultural
nations in the Market kick in
tariffs as a lever to expand trade;
another $14 billion.
others want to punish the allies
But the 10 Market members are
because they "haven't played fair."
feuding
among themselves about
Farmers want the Reagan adwhether
the
group subsidy should be
ministration to help them compete
cut
because
of a shortfall in
against the subsidized agricultural
revenues.
Talks
broke down this
products which the allies sell to the
month
and
a
new
meeting is not
Third World. Those subsidies help
scheduled
before
March.
But a solusteal business from American
tion
must
be
reached:
Unless
the
farmers.
Common Market curbs its farm
But the administration refuses. It
spending, its treasury could be out
already pays $30 billion in farm sup6f money by spring.
port and does not want to pay more
The group could cut subsidies. But
for export subsidies. Agriculture
that
would force some European
Secretary John Block promote U.S.
farmers
out of business and would
sales through grain deals with the
force
others
to "dump" their goeds
Third World fl^d agricultural export
on
the
world
market. U.S. farmers
fairs.
thus could be faced witfe_the prospect of compHfifig_with Europe's
10-billion-j>OttJ*d dairy surplus (the
The deadlock could break in any
U.S. surplus is 14 billion pounds)
number of ways. Oneway is a trade
and its "wine lake."
war.
The Common Market also could
^kn official"of the U.S. Trade
raise tariffs or put quotas on imRepresentative's office — our chief
ported agricultural goods — both innegotiating arm — says the U.S. is
direct subsidies to its own farmers.
moving gingerly in its dispute with
U.S. midwestern farmers fear both
Canada over tariffs in order to avoid
moves.
starting a trade war. The dispute
started last year when Canada imSir Roy Denman, head of the
posed tariffs on U.S. vegetables.
Common Market delegation to the
U.S., calls the moves "part of the
Canada doesn't want a trade war
prirp nf pitting the knif^ tf\ pnr own
eluding agricultural trade, totaled
farmers." A cap on the corn gluten,
$85 billion last year. "When the U.S.
he says, would encourage less dairy
sneezes, we catch pneumonia."
and meat production in Europe.
says Canadian ambassador Allan
But he concedes it also could lead
Gotlieb.
Trade war possibilities loom also
with Europe and, especially, with
Japan. By inference. Sen. Paula
I: is the policy of the Press-Repubiican to
Hawkins. R-Fla.; raised the trade correct factual errors. Ve encourage our"
war threat when she told Japan's readers to callMte newsroom (561-2300) after 2
should they have personal knowledge of
agriculture minister that, unless p.m
such mistakes.
Japan let more of Florida's citrus
fruits in, Florida would not buy
Contrary to a UPI story us Thursday's
Pres*-Repubi»ean Kevin Bovea of MornsonJapan's bullet trams.
who »as involved m a car accident ID
American legislators have aiso v...e
Milton m whtch a wo mar. was kiiied is a pa
threatened a "trade war" with tiem IE tfe* intensive care unit at Saratoga
Europe over wine. The "Wine Equi- Hospital m stable conditKyi.
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to a trade war since U.S. farmers
are worried about a cap on "corn
gluten today, soybeans tomorrow."
Until the Common Market gets its
act together, negotiations on its
agricultural trade differences with
the U.S. are stalled.
.
Agriculture trade talks with
Japan collide head-on with
Japanese domestic politics. The mling Liberal Democratic Party
depends on the nation's farmers for
much of its support. It gave them
$10 billion in subsidies last year, not
counting the U.S. produce it kept
out. Alienating the farmers could
put the Liberal Democrats out of office.
A final way to solve the problem
— and the one favored by the
Reagan administration — is for the
U.S. and its allies to stop fighting
each other and pursue new
customers instead. That's one
reason Block refuses to give U.S.
farmers export subsidies, even
though the Europeans do so.
Instead, Block has been going
after new markets — signing grain
deals with the Soviet Union and
Egypt, hosting an international
agricultural trade conference in
Atlanta and pushing American farm
exports wherever he can.
But that solution runs up against
international leconomic problems,
notably the inability Of Third World
and Eastern Bloc nations to pay
their outstanding debts, much less
spend money to buy food.
There simply seem to be no quick
solutions on the horizon to reduce
trade tensions between the allies or
to help A m e r i c a n f a r m e r s
significantly boost exports.
With the Europeans at odds with
the U.S. and among themselves,
with Congress and the administration unable to agree on a coherent
trade policy, and with both European and American farmers
regularly producing barn-busting
surpluses while Japan and Canada
keep some outside food .put, the
deadlock persists and the clouds of a
trade war continue to gather.
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Force Base have been selected as for Jan. 14 at the Plattsburgh Air
nominess for the annual Twelve Force Base Officers Club. Col. I.V.
Outstanding Airmen of the Year Tolbert, chaplain of the Strategic
award. The awards program is Air Command headquarters staff, is
sponsored by the Air Force Associa- scheduled to be the guest speaker.
tion.
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Tickets for the dinner are $7.50. 1st.
Master Sgt. Richard F. Grohs is a Li. Darryl B. Burgan at 585-5501 has
nominee as the 380th Bomb Wing's more information.
Senior Noncommissioned Officer of
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tivity for the new year will be a
T r a i n e r , 380th A v i o n i c s
silver luncheon scheduled for Jan.
Maintenance Squadron.
17 at the Plattsburgh Air Force
Staff Sgt. John R. Page is a Base Officers Club. Reservations
nnminep as the wind's Nmieommjsi____are requested by Jan. 13. Rath:
Blevins (561-7415), Patty Scarpine
sioned Officer of the Year. Page is a
(563-5530) or Michele Cook (561boom operator and is in charge of
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The January meeting of the NonForce Base.
Senior Airman Sandra A. Barnes commissioned Officers Wives Club
is a nominee as the wing's Airman at Plattsburgh Air Force Base is
of the Year. Barnes is an accoun- scheduled for Tuesday at 7 p.m. in
- -- tability technician for the Accoun- the NCO Club Ballroom. —
ting and Finance Office.
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The_ 380th S e c u n t y Police^
Squadron at "PlattsBiirgh AiFFoirce"
Detachment 18 of tfi'e 40th
Aerospace Rescue and Recovery
Base took a clean-sweep in the base
Squadron at Plattsburgh Air
* • Farce
- - -'*' Intramural Men's Basketball TourBase logged a record-setting 50 nament. The SPS team took the
saves last year, the last one'being
championship by defeating the
an emergency transport of a preg- Avionic Maintenance Squadron 51nant woman to Vermont on Dec. 23. 42.
•The mission surpassed the previous*
year's worldwide record of 45 saves,
Conditions at the housing-area
which the detachment also set.
playground on Plattsburgh Air
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Anne Ochs, nonappropriated-fund discussed at the Base Advisory
Council meeting on Dec. 20. Much of
branch manager for the Morale,
Welfare and Recreation Division at the equipment is broken or
deteriorated, and there is no seating
Plattsburgh Air Force Base, has
for parents who escort children to
been selected as the Strategic Air
the playground. Council members
Command's Financial Operations
agreed that now is the time tojionSupervisor for 1983.
sider repair plans and upgrade the
area in time for spring.
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