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Cos Angeles Mmes Editorial Pages Friday November 4 1983 CCtPa rt II a 4 'Blot Bn in 'Film "tot fel also IWO Chance Meeting Led to Computer Breach vt --ro-As A 11-- 11 1 r----141-4 de--s 4 1)kf ir 'p tie- I-4'e' 14i -if --N 0 of00-1 -4 49----kt -4 Abolklhaswil 'If r7 Ig k- Ap-P' 04em041 -ir 4tow i alos 411- 0 iv 1 Ae 4 AF 41 By ROBERT STEWART and KBE SHIVER JR Times Staff Writers 1 ''r A 1 l' Li ti Al 1 1 1 0 i 1 i tv- -sk -v 1 iiti 3 7 i I -4 i i 1-4-4-4- I I 0 ----I-7----- i 4'Ii' l' 1 i --tt 1' I ra --7----0-'-'- 1-- 4 111: I I 4 g- --111t i-1 4i 4-- 44' (' -'Y) '44-7w '''4it ILIOLPER I Los Angeles Times A chance meeting through an illegal "black box" telephone network and a common interest in last summer's hit film "War Games" brought Ronald Mark Austin and Kevin Lee Poulsen together in a scheme to electronically break into an international computer network linking research agencies and the US Defense Department Poulsen told The Times on Thursday Austin 19 a UCLA sophomore was freed on bail Thursday after pleading innocent to charges that he used his home computer and two telephones to illegally gain access to 200 computer files at 14 military university and private research agencies in the United States and Norway allegedly damaging or destroying research data at at least one of the institutions Investigators from the district attorney's office have linked Poulsen 18 to Austin On Sept 22 the same day they seized computer and telephone apparatus from Austin's Santa Monica apartment investigators also took from Poulsen's North Hollywood home similar equipment that they believe was used in the scheme Poulsen however has not been charged in the case Deputy Dist Atty Clifton Garrott who is prosecuting Austin refused Thursday to say why his office has not moved against Poulsen and a third so far unidentified associate Garrott said his office is still examining evidence in the scheme Investigators believe that the two youths and a third accomplice known only as "Kareem" all helped destroy research data in some computer files according to a report filed by a district attomey's investigator Of the 14 institutions whose computer files were penetrated only UCLA so far has said that any of its files were seriously damaged In one case UCLA researcher Betty Lee lost 50 to 60 hours' worth of work after Austin or one of his associates replaced her data with their own the investigator's report says The computer network broken by Austin and Poulsen is known as the Advanced Research Projects Agency Network or ARPANET which links research organizations under contract to the Department of De-Please see COMPUTER Page 8 1( 4 4 4044 if ---'16i r0)et 41111011t 4- voi --4 o- etiwt Pageant Producer Pulls Out of Olympic Ceremonies Project Writer 41N107-: i i At 404 ''le' '14 5 1 1 'et '4' t4 4'7' 71 i40 :4 4ittnZitlIVit 1 Vit tilikl' i t- 11 t0110114 ts 'i -i 1 1 i'C s4 yi 1 '1" II 1: i F- I 1111v iff 0 F2 'r -I' 1 I J4- 7 11:::::: 1:: el i 0: AA -4 '''i4''zi -1-4 t- I 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parked on the shoulder Two people were seriously hurt Race to the inspects car in which an unidentified 17-year-old youth was killed in San Pedro Police said he was racing another car at about 80 mph along eastbound Ronald Mark Austin left in court Thursday and his parents as they watched the proceedings At right Kevin Lee Poulsen and the table where his seized computer once rested BORIS YARO Lou Angeles Tirnes The Weather Cooler Days to Sneak Back Into Southland By JACK JONES Times Staff Writer The mild Santa Ana condition that produced that bright and warm Thursday for Southern California is probably going to fade a little today allowing cooler weather to sneak back in for the weekend And said the National Weather Service there is a slight chance of some showers by Monday or Tuesday The temperature got up to 91 degrees at the Los Angeles Civic Center on Thursday but probably will be in the mid-80s today and low 80s by Saturday dropping into the 705 on Sunday There will be an increase in coastal fog and low clouds A low-pressure trough in the Gulf of Alaska was moving toward the Pacific Northwest and was not expected to do much to Southern California other than to break down the high-pressure over Utah that caused the hot desert wind flow As a result that flow will reverse itself and the breezes will be coming from Avalon across the bay rather than from Kingman Barstow and San Bernardino That Santa Ana cleared things out as it usually does and the South Coast Air Quality Management District has concluded that it will do no harm to breath anywhere in Southern California today Offshore a small-craft advisory was in effect from Point Conception to San Clemente Island for winds 15 to 25 knots but they were expected to decrease by today By ICENNETH REICH Time8 Staff In a new sign of difficulties in the planning of the Olympic opening and closing ceremonies Robert Jani one of the most prominent American producers of gigantic pageants has followed Walt Disney Productions in quitting the project Jani whose firm is headquartered in Palos Verdes Estates said his decision to sever ties with the Olympic ceremony team now headed by prize-winning television producer David Wolper had to do with conflicting personal commitments and also with frustration on his part over continuing uncertainties as to how much would be budg- a 00000' eted for the ceremo- i nies i Jam had been slat- I ed to direct the cere- monies under Wol- AN per According to the kj mow terms of his departure the master plan he drafted becomes the property of the Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Commit- Robert Jar tee Wolper comment- ed Thursday "What- ever his (Jard's) rea- sons are (for leaving) I feel corn- 4- fortable with the way things are set up" He 4 said new staff mem- pc bers will be named to 'ipe direct the ceremonies early next week When it was revealed in July that Disney had decided not to produce the David Wol ceremonies for the Olympic committee budget difficulty was given as the prime reason At that time the president and chief executive officer of Disney Ron Miller said the firm had dropped out after being informed by Olympic leaders that it could not have an open-ended budget whose productions have included the 1976 US Bicentennial celebration in New York Harbor and last winter's half-time show at the Super that he became frustrated over the summer at Robert Jani David Wolp (-'1'" I I i soiot' 1ist 4powt 0 i eatISit i tifto lf- A what he termed the Olympic committee's desire for a set package price for the ceremonies despite its unwillingness to say exactly what should be in them "We never really had a budget established" he said "You need to understand the role and parameters You need to look at everything in a comprehensive way It's like building a house you have to worry about the landscaping all the way to the street" Jani said that "the great concern Disney had was that there were so many variables there was no way to have a package price" and that he had come to see the same prob- lem "There were too many unknown pants" things such as trans- portation of partici- At the same time he said he slowly realized that the Olympics ceremonies would interfere with other projects he was committed to doing Olympic leaders said months ago that they planned to spend roughly 25 million altogether for the two ceremonies Without going into further details Wolper said Thursday: "I feel I will be able to do this on the budget arrangement I have with the committee I think they're very generous I'm not new to entertainment budgets and I wouldn't be in this if I were dissatisfied" In another Olympic development Los Angeles County Supervisor Pete Schabarum released a copy of an Oct 18 letter from Olympic General Manager Harry Usher to Raiders owner Al Davis telling Davis that the Olympic committee objects to any extension of the present April 18 deadline for completion of 178 luxury boxes the Please see OLYMPICS Page 2 er Science Museum In for Major Reworking $43-Million Project Will Provide Some High-Tech Attractions L41 I t' 11 1i Itt' By BELMA JOHNSON Times Staff With a touch upon a computer "palate" a tiny hand becomes a paintbrush as a child fingerpaints on the screen Or a business person can try to find a quick way to make accounting decisions without using reams of worksheet paper And a novice engineer can design a bicycle and road test his contraption on a computer These are the kinds of experiences officials promised Thursday in announcing a $43-million reconstruction of the California Museum of Science and Industry in Exposition Park The project should be completed by next spring It is expected that the renovated museum will attract more from the current 3 million visitors annually to about 5 million Writer Officials said at a press conference that 8333 million already has been pledged toward the project including $115 million in tax dollars Another $42 million of private money is expected before the end of the year Executive Director Don Muchmore said he expects to raise the final $55 million by spring The tax money will be used to build a California Museum of Mro-American History and Culture and an aerospace exhibit Portions of the museum will remain open through the construction The museum will keep three exhibits on mathematics broadcast media and the redwood It will add the Mark Taper Hall of Economics and Finance in December and the While grand jury testimony is secret the circumstances surrounding Flynt's appearance suggest that he answered enough of Assistant US Atty Richard Drooyan's questions about the leak of the videotapes to avoid a contempt citation for refusing to testify Flynt's attorney Alan Isaacman informed reporters that his client had been granted "use" immunity meaning that anything Flynt told grand jurors about the source of the videotapes could not be used against him The secret surveillance tapes "Energy Experience" in early spring Another 18 exhibits will debut just before next summer's Olympic Games including those depicting agriculture wine natural resources computers automotive technology electricity and health The Taper exhibit will display simple games as physical metaphors for complex monetary theories A hot-air balloon for example will symbolize the US economy A player will "heat up" the balloon by decreasing taxes or increasing spending or "cool it down" by the opposite moves He will navigate the economy by heating and cooling with a joystick lever always trying to avoid the dark clouds of inflation and the rough seas of recession show DeLorean talking to a drug smuggler a government informer and two government undercover agents during a drug "sting" operation that led to DeLorean's arrest last year on cocaine-trafficking charges After parts of the videotapes were televised DeLorean's trial was indefinitely postponed and a special team of FBI agents and federal prosecutors began trying to find out where Flynt got them Flynt has told reporters conflicting stories about the source Please see FLYNT Page 2 Granted 'Use' Immunity Concerning Tapes Flynt Spends 3 Hours Before Federal Grand Jury By JOHN KENDALL Times Staff Writer La Canada High Campus 27 Arrested as Drug Dealers Sheriff's deputies arrested 23 La Canada High School students and four non-students on Thursday for sales of various drugs during an eight-week undercover operation on the campus Sgt Dick Kelley said undercover operatives made numerous purchases of marijuana LSD and amphetamines at a cost ranging from $5 to 870 The total amounted to about $500 All but two of those arrested were juveniles and were released to their parents after being booked at the Crescenta Valley sheriffs substation on suspicion of selling drugs Two adults 18 and 25 were among four non-students arrested when warrants were served off campus Kelley said The other arrests were made on the school campus at 4463 Oak Grove Drive School officials cooperated with the Sheriffs Department in the investigation Most of the drug sales involved marijuana Kelley said Sex magazine publisher Larry Flynt went to federal court to testify about the John DeLorean videotapes Thursday riding in a big white limousine escorted by US marshals and wearing a T-shirt with the message: "Larry Flynt vs the FBI" While the 40-year-old Flynt spent about three hours in a 13th floor grand jury hearing room an aide handed out "Flynt for President" buttons to reporters waiting outside in the guarded corridor "I can't make no comment" Flynt said when he came out.