European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 16, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes july 1985 contractor sold useless items jury finds him guilty of fraud stateside a a contractor has been convicted of defrauding the department of defense of about by manufacturing useless Jet and ship a Federal court jury on saturday found Leo Schweit president and sole stockholder of Alchemy guilty of 14 counts of mail of Macune was acquitted on two other the jury had begun its deliberations District judge Daniel Huyett Iii ordered who had been freed on recognizance jailed in lieu of a Date for sentencing was not at Issue were 198183 contracts for three parts valves to eject pilots from f4 jets and water fog nozzles and water applicator tubes designed to fight fires on Navy Pentagon officials have said the failure of the valves could have endangered the lives of attorney Marsha Mcclellan argued that Schweit Zer modified specifications on the equipment without re Gard to whether the parts would he changed it because it was Mcclellan said during her closing arguments what would the Navy do with water fog nozzles that Only worked in the closed position defense attorney David Eshelman tried to shift the blame to the procurement and inspection procedures of the defense he said a government inspector visited Schweitzer Plant six or seven times a month and approved the changes in the design and materials of the witnesses testified that the ejector valves Alchemy de signed and manufactured for the f4 fighters were too too High and too thick to fit into the testimony also showed that breakdowns of the water nozzles occurred during sea trials aboard a Navy subsequent tests by the Navy demonstrated a 75 percent breakdown the prosecution said the third a 12foot water applicator tube also used for naval was not galvanized according to specifications to guard it from seawater French couple goes to Texas Tor outdoor wedding in Paris Texas a Yannick Astarie and Florence Lohier  get Back to France for their but they can Tell friends that they were married in that the French couple exchanged vows on Bastille under an Arch of Pink blossomed crepe Myrtle Trees in a Cit owned Park in downtown residents of this North Texas City treated the wedding As a big about 25 residents joined the couple and their and mayor George Fisher made them Honor Ary citizens of we saw the and the town was so famous in France after the 1 said we should get married in said the the manager of a store at a Dallas shopping after she had the i jumped on and she called and they were very enthusiastic about said an accountant for a Dallas French the two met a year ago at Dallas fort Worth International Lohier was beginning a new business in and a native of Rural Mussinan in South West France and an accounting graduate from the univer sity of was helping French firms get a foothold in i had to come a such a Long Way to meet a French she the couple left Dallas Early saturday for the 100mile trip with 25 friends and with 30 pounds of puff pastry hours oeuvres for the it was going to be a Small with just the two of us and a few of our because our families  Lohier but the people there Are very re fun so we invited some of the people of Yannick explained that he and his wife chose a Small town for their wedding and honeymoon because they enjoy exploring Small Texas towns on i come from a Small town he although they usually stay in restored historic inns on their country the couple chose to spend their three Day honeymoon at the Paris Holiday they already want us to come Back for our first Anni he bumper sticker for drunks catches on Texas a the judge credited with first ordering convicted Drunken Drivers to carry warning bumper stickers on their cars says he was surprised by the popularity of the the thing really created More National attention than i had any idea it said fort Bend county Courtat Law judge Thomas Culver in the last two years he has ordered about 70 Drivers to carry stickers warning that they have been its just struck a positive out of the letters Ive maybe 1 or 2 percent were anything less than which tells me Cul ver the stickers Point out that the Driver of the vehicle is on probation for driving while under the Culver said he issues them Only to second time offenders or in cases that he thinks require tougher its strictly a decision i make on a Caseb Case he Culver said no one who was issued the sticker has reappeared in his court on a repeat and we Haven peeled one of those bumper stickers off the Back of a fatal wreck he Culver said he is selective in issuing the so few appeals have been in he he has ordered the stickers in Only about 10 percent of the Drunken Riv ing cases he has since he started his program two years ago in this Community about 35 Miles Southwest of judges in Oklahoma and Florida have begun ordering convicted Drivers to carry similar stickers on their and Culver said he has a stack of favourable letters from All Over the in Florida Sarasota a judges order that convicted Drunken Drivers carry the stickers is being contested in a higher some lawyers in Culver jurisdiction admit they dont like the its like the Scarlet Why dont we do it with robbers and thieves asks attorney Steven its a Good but i cant see any value other than to add More indignity to a person who charged and convicted of this but Richmond lawyer Fred Feldman says attorneys probably have not appealed the use of the stickers because of Culver discretion in issuing most of the time there satisfied with getting Proba Tion in the first he so there not really squawking about having to put a bumper sticker in attorney Elliot Metcalf who says he handles about 75 percent of Sarasota county driving while intoxicated won a stay to keep the stickers his clients vehicles until an appeals court reviews their Metcalf is challenging a ruling by his county judge Becky who hands out the stickers to All such she started ordering convicted offenders to carry the stickers last judge Ken Spears of Midwest a suburb of Oklahoma said he has Given out about 25 of the stickers to Drunken Drivers who chose the penalty Over 30 Days in the county the Midwest City program began in Spears said in some he reduces the charge to reckless driving if the Motorist pleads guilty and agrees to carry the sticker on his car for six up photo thanks for Safe Rescue Brigitte Gerney meets with the Media in new where she thanked the Many people responsible for my Safe Gerney was pinned by her legs for hours under a toppled construction Crane on May policeman who gunned Down other officer is suspended Louis a a Louis police officer has been suspended after gunning Down another officer during a mock gunfight while both were off authorities officer Edward died from a single shot to the stomach fired by officer Kent said Robert richters of the homicide was suspended without pay while the Homi cide and internal affairs divisions investigate the shoot richters the men had joined the Force in 1976 and were Good richters education Secretary plans tour of schools across United states Washington a Secretary of education Wil Liam Bennett is planning a Cross country tour of schools and says he will even teach some classes and let other teachers evaluate in going to be going around to open school inthe said the former College philosophy i want to get into some schools that have distinguished themselves in various congratulate and id like to teach some Bennett said hell be ready to take the consequences and be evaluated by teachers across the he has previously called for strict monitoring of teachers hear lung transplant patient Dies during Pittsburgh operation Pittsburgh a a 30yearold australian Navy Veteran who persuaded his government to pay for a hear lung transplant died during the operation at presbyterian University medical officials Leslie pates of Brisbane died As a result of heavy bleed ing and heart a Hospital spokesman he came to Pittsburgh for the double transplant because it is one of the few centers in the world where the operation is per pates heart and lungs were damaged by blood clots created by injuries he received while on duty with the Royal australian