European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 25, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes wednesday september 25, 1985 stateside Greg Hauptner s Rolls Royce plunges Inlo the seas be first donation top pm Beach s Rte Iclal reef project. Rolls7 last drive ends in dive As $25,000 is sunk into a cause Palm Beach. Fla. A a Rolls Royce Silver Shadow Sank majestically into the Ocean to the applause of Tuxedo Clad onlookers As Palm Beach showed the rest of the world How to make an artificial reef with class. The $25,000 1967 car. Complete with am pm an citizens band radio was donated to the Palm Beach county artificial reef project by Hairdresser a tag Hauptner who showed up at the sinking decked out in a Black velvet Yves St. Laurent jacket and suede jogging shoes. Hauptner South i  museum director de sobe Yand county commissioner Jerry Owens rolled the Rolls off a Barge into 80 feet of water a half mile off Palm each Inlet on monday. Sobey dressed in a White pleated shirt Burgundy cummerbund and wet suit placed two spiny lobsters in the car in the Hope they would Breed and feed future generations of Palm Beach residents. In explaining his donation Hauptner recalled the Mer cedes i a venezuelan freighter that spent three months stuck on a Palm Beach millionaire s sea Wall before it was removed and made into an artificial reef in neighbouring Broward county. The idea of Palm Beach losing a Mercedes and gaining Rolls appealed to my sense of humor he said turning away questions about Why he did t sell the car and donate the Money to causes like african famine Relief or farm Aid. I could feed a lot of people for a Day or we can rebuild the reef and feed a lot of people for a lot of time he said. Owens a member of the country artificial reef commit tee said he was pleased with the results. Where else Butin Palm Beach county could you find a Rolls Royce to sink As an artificial reef 3 women March in band breaking males Only tradition College station Texas a when Texas am s aggie band played for the Home opening football game three women marched along for the first time. As a result of a lawsuit and intervention by the  department Jennifer Peeler of Ennis who plays flute Carol Rockwell of Corpus Christi who plays Clar inet and Andrea Abat of Houston who plays trombone marched As part of the 285-Mctnbcr band breaking a tradition of males Only. The women wore the same Khaki military uniforms Ashe men. Abat s hair was pinned up under her military Cap. All male members have Crew cuts. Texas am which has no music department has had a military band for 91  male Only requirement was dropped As a result of an agreement sparked by a lawsuit filed in 1979. The original lawsuit is pending however. Melanie Zentgraf the student who filed it is seeking $75.000 in damages. Policewoman s son kills self after accidentally shooting Friend new York a the teen age son of a police officer opened the Strongbox that contained her revolver accidentally fired a shot that fatally wounded a Friend an then killed himself police said. Cedrick Williams 17, was in his Mother s apartment i Brooklyn with two friends when he got the key to the Box and took out her service revolver said sit. Raymondo Donnell. He fired one shot that struck 16-year-old Andy Phillipin the head said o Donnell. Another Friend ran downstairs to gel help and when he returned Williams had fatally shot himself o Donnell said. The Mother Verneka Williams 33, who joined the police Force in january 1983, was off duty at the time and was not at Home the sergeant  Robert Fitzpatrick a police spokesman said the incident was being investigated. He said Phillip s shooting appeared to have been an Accident. Texas airline ends operations files Federal bankruptcy petition fort Worth Texas a fort Worth airlineiinc., a regional Carrier has suspended operations and Hai filed for Federal bankruptcy Protection after Only nine months in business a company official said. We kept looking for an upturn but it did t Maleria Raymond Haley marketing vice president did of the filing under chapter 1 1 of the bankruptcy Law. The airline which operated from fort Worth i Mea Cham Field had aimed at fort Worth area passengers at its Rivarol Jii 11 in i. Ils Pri Ary Market but Haley said nearby people appear Pup is get 2nd Day off Affer explosion  find the Carrier which Becan nor Ravinne  a  City a pupils at an elementary shool were excused from classes tuesday following a explosion Thil injured two custodians and heavily dam aged a Library. A leak of natural Gas was blamed for the blast and  incident monday caused an estimated $175,000 dam age to Rollingwood elementary school District fir chief Jerry Catlett said. No children were in the school at the Lime of the 2 29p.m. Explosion because classes in the District had been cancelled for teachers meetings. The District s school Chil Dren had been Given free passes for the Day to the state fair in Oklahoma City and the 23 teachers were at other schools. The school has an enrolment of 481. Lee Mason Secretary to Putnam City school superintendent Ralph Downs said the blast occurred As a maintenance Man was on the roof lighting the Pilot Light on the school s heating unit. The explosion damaged one Wall of the Media Cente building which houses the school Library and nurse s of fice. School officials and firefighters feared the building might collapse. Jim Hamilton Putnam City s Deputy school superintendent said he believed classes would resume wednesday at Rollingwood although the damaged area would have to be closed off. Catlett said he believed there was a Gas leak that buildup in a Small enclosed office in the building and then exploded when the workers tried to Light the Furnace. The Carrier began operations in Texas and the r?s0rlsec i4 a t1 Abol 50 people and had carried 125,000 passengers. It had a Fleet of four 60-Pas . Man to spend weekend in jail for flying Kite by . Monument Jacksonville Fla. A a Kite hop owner convicted of assaulting a Park Ranger and violating Rule. By flying a Kite Over Castillo do san Marco National finds " cd to a weekend in jail and us. Magistrate Harvey Schlesinger also gave Larry Wade 38, of St. Augustine a suspended six month prison term and placed him on five years probation  Piui Vii ivc cars pro Lauon. Ohio refuses loan to debt Ridden county Columbus Ohio a the stale controlling Board has told Jackson county to look elsewhere for Money to bail the county out of a fiscal crisis that has closed the jail and halved the sheriffs staff. The Board on monday postponed indefinitely a proposal to lend $262,500 to the Southeastern Ohio county where official shave Laid off nearly two dozen employees to avoid ending the year in the red. State sen. Donald e. Lukins said he questioned whether the state could constitutionally assume the county s debt. Stale rep. Edward Orvelt who asked that the request be tabled said he feared approval of a loan to a county would violate the legislature s intent when it approved emergency Loans to cities and school districts. State rep. Robert Netzley said it appeared that the county ran out of Money when elected officials chose to spend More than was available. "1 guess it s wait and see now count commissioner Marvin Keller said after the vote on the request filed by the state Audi Tor s office. Keller the Only Jackson county commissioner to make the trip to Columbus for the meeting said he believes county officials will have to continue to operate their offices with Volunteer workers. From Midnight until 8 . Monday the county of 30,000 people Wai protected Only by the sheriff and a Aid off Deputy Jarnac manering who worked As a Volunteer Dis Patcher. Manering reported no major prob lems. The Laid off deputies Are among 20 of  40 general fund employees who have been let go because of a county debt projected to top $200.000. The layoffs threaten to close the offices of the count clerk recorder and auditor. Title processors on the Job and other county ices Forur la Morari y Orf no their serv sheriff Edgar Hayburn said he was a Leto keep dispatchers on duty because of a fund drive that had raised about $2000 Blate last week. County commissioners have attempted seven times this year to impose an emergency i percent sales tax but Keller has repeatedly voted against it. The emergency tax requires a unanimous vote by the three commissioners. Local businesses Are contributing $1,550 Keller says residents Don t want higher every two weeks to keep the county s Auto taxes. G