Show - iNx!ft4M- Ita" a 4arkswAm4or Att e6 i di' Crowd Mourns Snyder Then Marches 7 : 6 1 I WASHINGTON (UPI) — Thous ' sands of people ranging from the homeless to celebrities mourned : Mitch Snyder at his funeral Thurs 'day then defiantly marched on the : City Council — as Snyder would have ' done — to protest plans to dilute a city law guaranteeing shelter on de mend : About 3000 people attended a two-hoservice in sweltering heat : outside the 1300-be- d Community 1 for Creative shelter that Snyder secured from President : Reagan with a y hunger strike in 1984 i Hundreds then followed as Sny- ' der s simple pine coffin was taken by horse-draw- n carriage through city streets to the District Building : sparldng a protest against the City Council for its decision last month to d gut a landmark 1984 law called Initiative 17 which guaranteed emergency housing for anyone in need "I loved Mitch Snyder with all of my heart and this world is going to be a much smaller place without him for me" said actress Cher who occa) sionally worked with Snyder during special events in Washington "He found people to be beautiful : and worthwhile that everyone else seems to have written off and be thought there was a worthiness in ev- - ) rt It"rrtfrralo ' 1T':-- H- 'WI' r tt '''''''' I v4! ígr ! I - t 1 7::2:-- : 1 r--- t ) z '' :04 -- 4f it 13 i - t 11 717 4-- rtt itT1 ' 4 N 1 r: irtill k j1''':' t 4r :gt1K ‘Arr c -- 4 - - : - eryone" 46 : I the nation's premier Snyder activist for the homeless was found hanged Thursday in his third-floo- r : room at the shelter in what police said was a suicide : A note indicated he took Ms life over a failed love relationship with ' ' f : I homeless activist Carol Fennelly "Be was politics" Fennelly said ' "He breathed it he ate it he lived it :in every part) of his body and every place of his life" Jesse Jackson who presided at the :funeral called it a time to "celebrate the life of service of a brother who challenged America to fulfill its :highest and noblest aim: to house the 'homeless to feed the hungry and to clothe the naked" : "It was an honor to be there" said 'Heather Bacon 28 a resident of the :shelter "He wanted it this way and 'he got it the way he wanted it" : "He was a man with a heart" said shelter resident Rick Shaw "I when Mitch lent me bus fare so I could go look for a job" Comedian turned social activist :Dick Gregory compared Snyder's work to that of Martin Luther King "The homeless had a place to come but they didn't have a place to go" he said : "It's not possible to comprehend :Mitch's passing any snore than it is 'possible to comprehend the very 'great and wonderous mystery of his life" said actor Martin Sheen a 'close friend of Snyder's who portrayed him in a 1985 television movie "Samaritan: The Mitch Snyder : I longtime companion and fellow : : - I- ri i - I - r4 I ? '' - '1 Story" Fennelly said Snyder had planned his funeral during many hunger strikes when he was near death and had asked that Sheen Jackson Mayor Marion Barry and others speak Barry said Snyder "believed strongly that every human being was He remindmade in God's image ed us that if you have PhD or no D you are still a human being" Archbishop Quits Cites Personal Problems Health - - ' - ' - ATLANTA (UPI) — Roman Catholic Archbishop Eugene A Marino black the nation's highest-rankin- g clergyman resigned Tuesday after two years in office citing personal reasons and ill health Cleveland Auxiliary Bishop James P Lyke was named apostolic administrator of the Atlanta archdiocese and will serve until Pope John Paul II and other church officials choose an archbishop Marino 56 the nation's first black Roman Catholic archbishop did not attend the news conference called to announce his resignation and Lyke's appointment He has been fighting physical ailments including chest pains and psychological problems since late May He has undergone treatment in a New York hospital in the past two months Lyke said there was "some logic" to his selection as the second black to head the Atlanta archdiocese but he refused to speculate on whether the pope would name him as archbishop t04 -- t 11004 ' ' iI 1 ': I ' o 0 ' ' -:- I 8 - - : - - 4fe' 4 II 41iIF-x- 4 f' ' Tests Find ' i vc I - r4 1 : '4 is7: - - 0 t- 4e I --f - a ri o :: k'17- - 01 - )o'' " 'ei 'N')"' 1 4e!-:41:- - : ' 1 -4474 f 40k0ot :t t' ljirk : 11411444: 'i ':' ' '44 :' ' 7!) - ' :'''''':T:-- :' '''''t72 " ' 4N2 7A''' e"' transportation abused workers r4 sub- illegal stances a rate in the general workplace a ma- laboratory jor said 4 :r7:-- 4t' ' 1c':sI Tuesday The tests of 100000 workers t also including bus truckers "k r much lower than 'I ground shelter workers and a crowd of thousands react to the speaker's remarks of Transportation Workers Use Drugs WASHINGTON (UPI) — Drug tests found 31 percent of airline pilots railroad engineers and other "'Icloi Noe drivers airline Harry Groome mechanics and pipeline crews were conducted by SmithKline Beecham Clinical Laboratories under a federal program that took effect in 1989 Of the 53000 applicants for jobs in the transportation industry who underwent report his company's findings the screening between Dec 21 1989 and June an 30 1990 estimated 42 percent tested positive for illegal drugs "Drug abuse has created an ongoing challenge to diunerica's safety" said Harry Groome president of the company headquartered in King of Prussia Pa Dr Donald Macdonald a former White House drug adviser and a consultant to SmithKline Beecham said the tests "have a deterrent effect on drug use" The screening was ordered following the Jan 17 1987 collision of an Amtrak passenger train and a Conrail locomotive northeast of Baltimore that killed 16 people and injured 125 The Conrail engineer ran a series of signals after smoking marijuana Appearing at a news conference to By region the Northeast experienced the highest incidence of drug abuse by transportation workers — 42 percent — followed by 36 percent in the central states 40 percent in the West and 34 percent in the South SmithKline Beecham said Of the drugs detected marijuana was detected 436 percent of the time followed by cocaine which includes crack at 252 percent opiates which include heroin 20 per- Groome said that traces of marijuana and cocaine appeared most frequently in the tests of the transportation workers But the (indings are "well below those testing positive in the general workplace' said Groome who also noted that "it appears drug abuse in the workplace is trending downward" According to tests conducted by the SmithKline Beecham — the largest drug tester in the government program — 138 percent of workers and applicants for jobs in the general workplace tested positive for illegal drugs in the first half of 1990 vs 181 percent in 1987 ' cent amphetamines including "ice" at 69 percent and PCP or angel dust at 43 percent the company said Citing the confidentiality of its findings SmithKline Beecham declined to identify the breakdown of abuse detected among the different types of jobs subject to the urine Even counting transportation workers along with job applicants the evidence of abuse stood at only 36 percent testirl Gives Hubble Update -- ell- '1:'''01 NASA Denies Key Parts Failed Leakage Test WASHINGTON (AP) — Two top NASA officials on Tuesday denied an assertion by Sen Albert Gore Jr that critical t – plumbing connec- ' tions were in- - t stalled on two 'i space shuttles even though the parts had failed a leakage test Gore a Tennes- - see Democrat 1 ' c tf "- -- -- (0 : ?L ' said two umbili- cals which carry supercold hydroAlbert Gore gen rocket fuel onto the spacecraft were among seven plumbing fixtures that failed initial tests but were tested a second time using a different method and passed Gore said the umbilicals had leaked when tested with liquid nitro gen and connected to a simulated spacecraft part NASA spaceflight director William Lenoir and NASA deputy administrator James R Thompson both testified before the Senate subcommittee that the umbilicals had not failed and that the second round of tests was normal Meanwhile at a NASA news conference Hubble Space Telescope experts said they had moved closer to determining which of two mirrors on the spacecraft had been cut to the wrong prescription "All of the evidence is beginning to point toward the primary mirror and not the secondary mirror" said Ed Weiler chief project scientist for the Hubble The telescope has two mirrors a sech primary and a ondary that are suspects in the focusing flaw that has handicapped Hubble Experts are working to determine which mirror was ground wrong in order to correct optics on replacement instruments that will be installed in the future Weiler said that pictures taken with a faint object camera showed that the misfocused light has no coma or smearlike streak This suggests he said that the focus flaw is in the primary mirror the large reflec 94-inc- 12-in- A : : ' 4:: et 11- - -- '' 7 vo4'4 44001 - A 171"17t:'"--'":'!7''''di4'10'' '' With the pine coffin containing the body of homeless activist Mitch Snyder in the fore SAN ANTONIO (AP) — A reporter denied freedom by Supreme Court 24 hours told a judge t: name of a k OlsZ7F 4" 'A 411- (1(ir WASHINGTON (AP) — A Tehran-bor- n restaurateur said Tuesday that he repeatedly smoked opium with Marion Barry but warned the mayor that he should "slow down" and be cautious in his drug use Appearing for a second day at Barry 's drug and perjury trial Hassan Mohanimadi also testified that the mayor snorted cocaine several times in his own home He said Barry started snorting cocaine on boats a? ter the mayor's hotel room visits became the focus of a police drug probe in December 1888 "I was a true friend for Mr Mayor" Mohammadi told the court He said he warned Barry "You just have to slow down and you have to know who you are dealing with" at the time police were investigating Barry's visits to the room of Charles Lewis at the Ramada Inn in Washington Lewis later pleaded guilty to charges of dealing cocaine "I would tell him 'Mr Mayor enough is enough' " said —United Press Inesmahonol Photo Hernandez and his brother Julian are charged in the March 1989 shooting death of a San Antonio police officer Gary Williams Karem Tuesday identified the source as Deborah Ledesma a '' cousin of the Hernandez brothers Tuesday r-He said he decided to reveal the was imme- VI' It name after Ledesma wlea now freed lives in Califontia agreed to relieve the jail him of his promise to protect her he had two : identity served ' weeks of a six- During Tuesday's hearing Priest asked Karem about the extent of month contempt i Ledesma's involvement When told of court sen- - tit it she had simply arranged the intertence view Priest said "I don't under"I want to see Brian Karem stand then what would be the need a have and son pizand wife my my She za and beer" said KMOL reporter for anonymity on her part Brian Karem moments after he never had anything to do with the was freed by State District Judge statements that you ran on the air is that correct?" Pat Priest Karem replied "Yes" Then Karem was jailed June 27 for re- to say who arranged a tele- - Priest said "He is released" Karen's attorney Larry Macon interview with jailed capital Lfusing suspect Henry Hernandez said he and other lawyers obtained r ' A 17 -f :' - Art Vor lii 0 : r t g : e': 1' telescope is in the Weiler said it will be easier to correct than if the problem was in the secondary mirror The secondary mirror reflects light from the primary mirror into the telescope's instruments At the Senate hearing Lenoir and Thompson said that the space shuttle umbilicals were first tested against a slave unit a test machine that simulates where the umbilicals attach to the space shuttle orbiter "The slave unit is not flight hardware therefore it is more likely to be the source of a leak than is the flight hardware" said Lenoir He denied that the test was redesigned in order to assure that the umbilicals would pass a leakage test Thompson acknowledged that using liquid nitrogen which is chilled to minus 250 degrees is less rigorous than using liquid hydrogen which is chilled to minus 423 degrees fahrenheit He also said that the liquid nitrogen is pumped through the umbilicals during the test at a slower rate than liquid hydrogen flows through the units during an actual space flight 4o ' -: ke0- N 16' 41 ''''' A" - le 044 IA - A 'i 1 'a I 'S - ': - ii f tI -i -- A6 J i t A' ''' ' 1 A 1 Jili 142 ':-- V'' 1'1 ' k Ao - 4 1 0 - E lAti0 1 i eAni '04 0 !I t 4 f04 ' s' —United Preis Intetnotoned Photo James R Thompson NASA deputy administrator testifies to a Senate subcommittee about the agency's recent setbacks percent or $27 million to Robert C Ballew for his help in developing the case The settlement also requires the engine manufacturer Avco Corp's Textron Lycorning Division to pay up to $60 million in repair and replacement costs for the Coast Guard helicopters over six years "This settlement sends a clear message that the government simply will not tolerate fraud perpetrated against the American taxpayer" said Assistant Attorney General Stuart M Gerson But Rep Bill Lehman chairman of a House Appropriations subcommittee that oversees the Coast Guard said the settlement "sounds like a slap on the wrist to me Somebody committed fraud ruption In a telephone interview carried live by KIWI Monday night Karem indicated he would be out of jail soon and contended that the defense has known for some time who the source was The sentence was handed down by Special Judge Walter Hoffman less than 24 hours after an unsuccessful bid by Moore to withdraw his guilty pleas to five federal corruption charges The sentencing session in US District Court lasted nearly three hours slowed by a hearing on the sentencing of his obstruction of justice charge Attorneys argued in US District Court over whether Moore has complied with his plea agreement to cooperate with federal authorities in their investigation of political corruption Hoffman ordered Moore to report federal to the minimum-securit- y I f007? punished" statement issued from Textron Lycoming's headquarters in StratA ford Conn said "The settlement does not constitute an admission of wrongdoing by Lycoining" The firm agreed to the settlement to "facilitate the normalization of relations between Lycoming and the Coast Guard and the continuation of a healthy relationship with this highly valued customer" The Coast Guard has been withholding payments for replacement parts for the engines since early 1988 Lycoming spokesmen said installaof a new power turbine rotor — the chief problem with the engine — should be completed in the Coast Guard fleet by the end of this year tions or CHARLESTON WVa (UPI) — Former West Virginia governor Arch Moore was sentenced Tuesday to five years and 10 months in prison and fined $170000 on his pleas of guilty to five counts of public cor- self-defen- g41ft and nobody's getting of W Virginia Gets Prison for Corruption a telephone deposition Monday night from Ledesma who has been living in Santa Clara Calif since May 1989 In the deposition the woman confirmed that she helped arrange a three-wa- y telephone conversation that also involved Karem and Henry Hernandez Macon 5aid Attorneys in the murder trial of the Hernandez brothers have said they need to know who arranged the interview to assure a fair trial and determine whether the interview should be admitted as evidence Jerzy Hernandez said in the interview that he shot the officer in A3 ' to "He go toa: any more hotels" Mobammadi said al t Barry told him While the criminal investigation said he is not going was going on Barry had Mohammad" start meetirig him on boats Barry and a female companion snorted cocaine in February 1989 aboard a pleasure beat moored at a marina said Moharrimadit Later in the summer Barry had Mohammad' again meet him on a boat where the mayor snorted some lines of cocaine in the bathroom said the restaura- - : teur Mohanunadi has testified that he furnished drugs to Barry at leaat 30 times and that the mayor never paid for them Mottaminadi said he told Barry repeatedly that "I am not looking for any favors" Mohaminadi who immigratad from Iran in 1972 met Barry at a District of Columbia party at the Democratic National Convention hi San Francisco in 1984 Mohammadi lied to police in Fab- raary 1989 by denying that the mayor was involved with drugs the res- ' taurateur testified Mohammadi then reported back to Barry on what questions the police had asked "I covered wherever I could" said Mohammadi "I was a true friend for Mr Mayor I was always there for Mr Mayor" he testified The restaurateur said he started cooperating with the governmeot after Barry was arrested Jan 18 in an' FBI sting because "everybody came from the woodwork I did not have any choice" Others had implicated the restaurateur Mohanamadi aad Mohammad" testified that be atoll the mayor smoked opium by putting t the drug on the back of a spoon and warming it up with the flame from a ' plumber's torch They inhaled through a straw and part of a coat hanger in order to "get the maximum smoke out of it" tio-- a hammadi said The two first used a opium together in February 1988 at t Idohammadra apartment he teatiet tied 't!l Justice Ofricials' Under Fire For Plane Trips WASHINGTON (UPI)—:A congressional report Tuesday eriticited the Justice Depleaneat for trips Me torney General Dick Thornburgh e and FBI Director William Sessions took on planes the FBI seized frora drug smugglers The report prepared for a House panel by the General Accounting ralfice the investigative arm of Con- - t gress said the Justice Department sidestepped government rules by nait determining if the trips eculd hv been made on commercial flights i a4 i with chartered aircraft In the report the Justice Depeart ment said it used the FBI planes among the 84 the FBI owns ape' to provide security for Thornburgh s and Sessions because there bad be numerous threats on their live d la addition it said it did not ronsider'': using commercial planes or charter services because the trips were for inherently governmental functions and government flight rules allow an exception in that case The report did not suggest that an trip was improper And it noted that in cases where the wives of either a a official went along or in cases where the travel was personal the government was properly reimbursed a' e ' The GAO said that although the Justice Department did not compare costs of using the planes to commercial or charter services Office of Management and Budget guidelines say that air transportation of personnel is an activity that should be corn- pared to commercial services to see whether the trip can be made cheap er commercially The report said that while the GAO : agreed that the security needs of the attorney general and FBI director a' may not be met on regularly sched uled airlines those needs could be met with charter services "Thus Justice officials responsible for the executives' security' should determine whether such services are satisfactory If they are private aircraft services should be used according to OBM guidelines if they are less expensive than using government aircraft" the report said The report said the FBI did not have cost data on its planes in part because the Justice Department con- eluded that use of the aircraft was not subject to the OMB requirement' to check operating costs against thee commercial market The OMB rules declare that flights a that are "inherently governmental" may not be contracted out In response to the report hatice1 Department spokesman Dan Era mien said "The bottom line he isia ( we saved money by using aircraft which had been seized from erimae nal& If we had gone out and leased aircraft we would have taken a large dose of criticism for wasting the tax- - I "' - f : Firm to Pay Millions Over 'Lemon' Copters Knight-Ridde- r Newspapers WASHINGTON — The manufacturer of a faulty engine blamed in dozens of helicopter crashes some fatal has agreed to pay $17 $ million to the federal government to settle a fraud case launched by a whistle-blowe- r the Justice Department announced Tuesday Former Coast Guard Commandant Paul Yost called the LTS-10- 1 engine installed in 96 Coast Guard searchand-rescue helicopters "a lemon" because parts crack under stress and heat causing the engine to stall The settlement does not affect the over 1200 LTS-10- 1 engines sold to buyers other than the Coast Guard The deal is the largest ever in a case accordfederal whistle-blowe- r ing to prosecutors and it gives 15 I 1990 - 1 - s l'""1 1 ' i "N ''' li ' 1 P i) ':''4' I IP - Ir e::' ti Lk I ' '''' :1--- - '") t g ( 0rome'r i 6 ni T ' I'7"''1: : iv7i: A 't I tij 7 :-- ro-- —li) :4: 4 I " ' to liarkto"'A-4- N - ' 0AN i Air ' ''"e"1 kt'C't: J -- It 1 41b 40i 1rZ: 10' ' rn 7) at fault i eve - 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"- -- - v I:7 r'! v 0 i vv - - prison in Petersburg Va by July 31 If Petersburg has no room for him he would be sent to the Allenwood facility in Pennsylvania sentence for obThe struction of justice was added on to terms for four concurrent five-yemail fraud extortion and two income tax charges Moore the state's only three-tergovernor could have received maximum sentences of 36 years in prison and $125 million in - 1 payers' money" given information concerning $20000 and has refused to say where the rest of the monies came The FBI does not own any aircraft able to make an unrefueled trans- continental trip and when Thorn burgh or Sessions travel out of the country they take commercial or mil- itary flights The report examined 75 trips the two men took between them from August 1980 to July 1989 Most were to give speeches attend meetings or visit field locations Thornburgh made 39 trips and Sessions made 38 from trips fines Assistant US Attorney Joe Say told the judge that Moore has refused to accept full responsibility for his actions by failure to give the government complete information on $100000 in illegal campaign contributions used in the 1984 campaign Savage said Moore has only age c - - 11 |