| Show The Herald Journal Logan Utah Sunday May 18 Governor requests military help to stop drug smuggling MIAMI (OTI) An all-owar including the use of the military la necessary along US borders to win the battle against drugs Gov ut Graham said Friday The borders are being violated daily by ships and planes and a “destructive weapon (drugs)’’ Bob is being smuggled in by the ton Graham said in asking a congressional committee to reouest that Secretary of Defense Casper Weinberger allow use of the military to stop drug smuggling “Any breach of our borders is a threat toour sovereignty and it is the province of the military to secure our borders from such incursion" he said Graham also recommended that states get a percentage of recovered revenue from drug seizures to fund additional investigations He said a proposal to cut Coast Guard and US Customs personnel would allow even more illegal drugs to enter the country “We are barely stopping 10 percent of what gets through now” he said Federal seizures of cocaine totaled 14248 kilograms in the 1985 fiscal year compared to 0 1982 Officials estimate that percent of that was seized in south Florida Graham said The governor said he was optimistic about proposals to use aerostat balloons and National Guard units for drug interdiction efforts Graham was among several witnesses scheduled to testify before the House Select Committee on Narcotics Abuse and Control on the effect of Gramm-Rudma- n budget reductions on law enforcement and south Florida’s drug problem Committee members attending included 2646 in 70-6- Chairman Charles B Rangel D-N- Y 1986-- 13 Larry and Beniamin Gilman Smith Claude Pepper Later in the day a panel made up of South Florida law enforcement officials including Miami Police Chief Clarence Dickson Dade State Attorney Janet Reno FBI head Joseph Corless and US Attorney Leon Kellner addressed the committee I like you are becoming “Unfortunately frustrated at what is almost total rejection by Mr Weinberger” he said D-F- R-N- la D-F- Y la Melting pot reaches boil a - NEW YORK (UPI) Mayor Edward Koch whose city has as many nationalities as the United Nations has countries said Friday it is “idiotic” to honor only 12 ethnic groups at the Statue of liberty centennial Koch Rep Mario Biaggi and representatives of Irish Hungarian Greek Polish EOME&mmEM D-N-Y and other ethnic groups assailed the Statue of Island Foundation's Store Hours: Liber-ty-Ell- is selection of only 12 foreign born Americans to receiye Medal of Liberty awards on the Fourth of July The selections were made by a committee chaired by movie producer David Wolper They will be honored during ceremonies for the Statue of Liberty’s Monday thru Friday: Saturday: Sunday: 9 am to 9 pm 9 am to 7 pm 9:30 am to 6 pm Price Effective Sun May 18th thru Wed May 21 1986 100th birthday party “You know this is idiotic on the part of the committee” Koch said surrounded by members of ethnic groups on the steps of City HalL “We are going to have the greatest outpouring of ethnic pride in America and it’s going to take place in the city of New York and then to have the committee in charge of the Statue of Liberty celebrations create disharmony is idiotic" said “I'm stunned” Wolper said several times “The medal was not given out as an ethnic medal It was never meant to be Koch an ethnic thing” u said the medal was intended to honor 12 naturalized American citizens who made a substantial contribution to the United States “Is an Indian a naturalized American citizen?” Wolper asked “That just tells you how He rfi?? 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