European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 23, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes May 1985 two Viets among West Point grads Reagan addresses naval Academy class of by the associated press West Point commissioned its first two native Viet namese graduates and a woman topped the coast guard Academy class for the first president Reagan told naval Academy graduates at hat Only strength will keep the the president vowed to keep defense systems Strong and told the new ensigns to be on guard against efforts to trim military you will hear during your career that maintaining the military at Peak keeping our forces trained and supplied with the Best weapons and equip is too Reagan i say it is too costly for America not to be it is not not Vanilla that will keep the he be Reagan As you go Forth in your the Flag will be in your carry it and yourselves with the class presented Reagan with a a regulation Bathrobe decorated with the stripes of a five Star and and emblazoned commander in chief and beat Academy spokeswoman Ellen Gal the military Academy at West Point commissioned a record new lieutenants at its 187th commencement including Hung of and Jean of who came to the United states 10 years ago with her along with other boat people was cited in reagans state of the Union message and received a standing ovation from con she applied to West she said As a i feel its my my to serve my Vul said after the being vietnamese and knowing what Freedom ill try a Little hard Secretary of the army John Marsh told the graduates and family members today officers must have the warriors ability to Lead on the Battle Field and the managers talents to Cope with the Logis tics necessary to sustain and modernize the the West Point class included 80 21 asian 54 two american indians and 115 women the highest number of females to Grad uate since the military academies went coed in Denise was ranked first academically and second in military activities at the coast guard Academy in new it Means More to me to be graduating said a chemistry but being the first woman is one of 16 women in the 191member she grew up in nearby old and said of her decision to attend the i like the fact that its a that its More helping people and helping in search and Rescue and enforcing maritime Laws rather than training for War All of the attorney general Edwin Meese who spoke to the graduating said Many graduates would be come troops in a kind of warfare against drug we Are at War with drug with the Mer chants of human Meese the internationalization of this crisis demands that we look abroad As Well As inside our country for ways to fight the air Force Academy will graduate about 900 including five on May a midship Man Jay Linders failure to do a sixth Chin up kept him from graduating from the naval Academy on wednesday and has forced him to put off his plans to marry his Fiance next month in the Navy but Linder will get another Chance at the and he May still win his Navy of los was told last week that he would not graduate and must Start four years of Navy service As an enlisted Man because he achieved Only five Chi ups instead of the required he stripes of a five Star and the West Point class included 80 21 asian commander in chief and 54 two american indians and the air Force Academy will graduate about 900 by spokeswoman Ellen Gal 115 women the highest number of females to Grad including five on May be Ensign has 1 More Chin up Chance 3 midship but the Academy academic Board re during his test or retest this Kendell said the Board to do a sixth versed its own decision giving i did five believe i changed its mind because of Linders pre Adu Atine from Linder an extra six weeks to make the tried to do the Linder when sensation during a second but the Academy academic Board re versed its own decision giving Linder an extra six weeks to make the Chin up i am glad to have a future in the Navy As an Linder Linder said he was Able to do seven or eight Chi ups during practices before when his right shoulder was separated while playing the naval facade mys rough Bod Contact game called Field because of the shoulder Lind or he could not lift his solidly 195 6foot2 Frame six times Over the bar during his test or retest this i did five believe i tried to do the Linder when one Little Chin up is standing Between you and you give it your i was on third of the Way up two or three but  make Linders Grade Point on a was satisfactory for and he met All other exercise require the missing Chin up was the Only reason cited for the academic boards May 13 decision to refuse his diploma and commission As an the Academy Public affairs Kendell said the Board changed its mind because of Linders presentation during a second his attitude showed he wanted to and he wants to be in the and we want he he proved himself a Strong because of the postponed Linder his plan for a june wedding at the Navy Chapel also had to be de Linder said he was angry with the orig Inal decision and was prepared to Chal Lenge it in court if he had not won the boards wow donations Tor ship Navy says Alaska a donations raised by alaskan schoolchildren Dur ing world War ii to help outfit the Cruiser Juneau seem to have the Navy the Money originally was intended to buy a Silver Tea service for the which was commissioned in but the ship was sunk by the japanese in 1942 in the Battle of the original contribution Lay in alaskan Banks from 1943 to drawing interest until it totalled members of a citizens group raising Money for the christening ceremonies for the new Trident nuclear submarine Alaska had hoped to use the Lon forgotten gift but spokesman Tom Yerbich said he Learned the state had Given the Money to the Navy in november 1983 to Start a scholarship fund for the dependents of Navy personnel from the Navy confirmed receipt of the Money and said a letter from the Secretary of the Navy was sent to the Alaska attorney generals but Tom Cosgrove said tuesday no such scholarships have been paid Sarah who works in the office that services Navy said nothing further has been done with the Money or the scholarship the Anchorage daily news reported that about a half dozen people in the department of the Navy promised tuesday that they would find out who responsible for the after the responsibility for the fund in Alaska was tossed from one Agency to said Vern Cash manage ment officer for the state in Bill Egan had the account transferred to the governors where it remained until the fund was rediscovered by the Public in when the army made inquiries about it and demanded that the funds or a Silver Tea set be turned Over to them immediately for the Uso in Voss to no ones the Navy of he the Issue drifted out of the Public Eye and the state attorney generals of fice asked a court to decide what should be done with the a judge asked for in state officials contacted David then a civilian attorney working for the Navy in whose Job was dealing with unusual gifts to the now an attorney for the Marine said he was asked to come up with a proposal As close As you possibly can to the original but current Navy ships named for places in Alaska we rent ones that even had so a Silver Tea service would not have been he we tried to tie it to to said the result was the scholarship which was approved by Juneau Superior court judge Walter irs still after Chicago mobster Al Capone Chicago a mobster Al Capone May be Long but the internal Revenue service wants to stake a claim on whatever loot he May have left a tax Lien issued by the irs to the owners of a hotel that once served As Capones Headquarters demands Worth of whatever is found in the buildings basement i  believe said Patricia Porter of the Sun Bow which owns the i asked if i find bodies in would they want me to wrap one up for them and Send that five irs agents recently served the foundation with documents seeking Capone owed the govern ment for failing to report Bis lucrative income from Chi Cagos vice plus another in interest covering the years since he died in Porter said she was shocked by the irs which applies to the contents of a City Blo Klong Concrete vault the Sunbow Crew discovered last Winter while renovating the old Lexington the a nonprofit school for women in construction bought the South Side hotel to rehabilitate it into an International women museum and housing irs spokesman Steve Mongelluzzo said the Lien of originally was filed in january he said the irs is after not the and the would Only come out of the vault con tents that belonged to the vault is buried behind a Wall in the basement of the 10story for porters foundation has had plans to Jack Hammer through the vaults Concrete Walls to reveal its but financing has been a Porter said the foundation has just enough Money this year to get its construction trainees through its opening the vault would take at least another which would pay for the needed heavy construction such As fortifying the buildings upper Porter said she Doest know yet whether the foundation will contest the irs