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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 28, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday March 28, 1987 the stars and stripes Page 7 gom mass owners give Swift kick of Road s name Raleigh.  a Wake county com missioners have decided that Knight Dales most famous or is it infamous Road must be re named jackass Road a two mile stretch Htit inter sects , 64 in Knightdale is now called old Knight Road. In s just that the residents and bust Nesses particularly the funeral Home did relish being located on jackass Road Knightdale town manager Dennis e Gabriel  were some who suggested other names such As dead end Road referring to the funeral Home Gabriel said As laughter erupted at the county commissioners  Road s name goes Back to the 1920j, when mule trader Haywood Poole built a local reputation for his stud Donkey in recent years some residents sought a Nam change but the town rallied behind the historic Street. Such loyally apparently was Short lived As no one was stubborn enough to defend the Moniker , however assured commissioners that the jackass festival a Celebration of the town s Rural roots Complete with Parade and mule and Donkey pageant would not pass the same Way As the Road. Says new regulations would Cut phone abuse 5% Washington a the government s House keeping Agency in an Effort to curb abuse of he Feder Al Telephone system on thursday proposed allowing employees to make non business Long distance Calls in prescribed  proposal which will be published in the Federal Register to begin a 60-Day comment period Are among number of moves taken by the Agency to combat Telephone abuse said government services administration head Terence c. Golden. The proposals respond to a March 16 report by the president s Council on integrity and efficiency which found that a minimum of 22 percent of the Federal system s Long distance Calls from the Washington area were not for official business. The Gas estimates that under the proposed regulations the abuse Rale would drop to 17 percent wit further reduction possible once the. Agency puts new management controls in  report estimates that unofficial use of the Feder Al Telephone system is costing the government As Muchas $165.8 million a Yean $85.5 million for Long Dis Tance charges and $76,3 million in wasted  the proposal Federal employees would be allowed to make Telephone Calls under limited Circum stances including the following notification of a family member or a doctor if a employee is injured or becomes ill on the Job a Brief local Call each Day to Check on minor children or to the employee s spouse. Brief daily Calls to the immediate families when employees Are travelling overnight on government Busi Ness. Notification of a family member or baby Sitter inthe Case of employees required to work overtime with out Advance notice Brief local Calls to physicians or local government agencies. A Call to a family member if an employee travel ing on government business is detained by work or a delay in transportation. The Gas said employees should make the Calls Dur ing a lunch break or other off duty time we want to take a More rational approach to what real Telephone abuse is and to reflect reasonably in the government the Telephone use practices of the private sector Golden said. Employees would be Able to make Long distance Calls Over the commercial Long distance network if they Are charged to the employee s Home Telephone or other non government number made to a toll free number charged to a personal Telephone credit card or made Asa collect Call. Under the proposals the Agency should collect fro employees for unauthorized Calls and should charge an additional fee to cover administrative costs. Fredk Accident kills 3, hurts 13 at Charity walk Oxford miss. A a truck slammed into a car trailing a group of University of Mississippi sorority Sisters taking part in a Charity walk a lion thursday killing three students and in Juring e 3, authorities said. A one ton truck hauling a Hay Bale crashed into the car behind the walkers pushing it into the crowd said University spokesman de Meek the car flipped and went on lop of the waiters he said adding that iwo students were dead at the scene. A third student died thursday night at regional medical Center in Memphis  students were in critical Condi Tion with head injuries at the Memphis enter. The other students suffered less serious injuries including broken limbs and cuts and bruises Meek said. Nine students were admitted to he Oxford Lafayette medical Center four in serious condition and five in fair condition. Two were treated and released said spokesman Chuck  members of Chi Omega were participating in the walk a Thon for the Mississippi kidney foundation Meek said. The students were walking from Batesville about 25 Miles West of the Ole miss Campus. The Highway patrol said the Accident occurred at 2 23 ., about five mites West of Oxford on state route 6, a four Lane Highway. La. Steve Mcclure said no charges had been filed adding that there was no Evi Dence of drug or alcohol use or excessive Speed in the Accident. The Driver of the truck Robert Davis of Senatobia was not injured. One of the critically injured students was driving the car that was hit Mcclure said. The truck the car and everything went Over into the girls said trooper Ricky Roy. Jan Robertson coordinator of univer sity news said she had been told there was some kind of flashing Light on Theca that was trailing the  we were told they were walking along the Bank off the Highway she said. She said the Chi Omega sorority House had been sealed off Ana the Chi omegas understandably were too upset to talk the dead students were identified As Mary Engford of Atlanta Beth roller son of Greenwood and Robin Simmons of  identify High tech pirates of phone service new York a Federal agents thursday pulled the plug on a High tech scheme that had been Short circuiting Bills for Mobile phones authorities said. After a six month probe Fri and secret service agents arrested 25 people accused of installing or using illegally programmed microchips to avoid charges on the cellular Telephone networks used by Mobile phones. They re going to get one phone Call today but in Inot going through from a cellular Telephone said Thomas l. Sheer head of the Fri s new York Cit office. The suspects were arraigned in Brooklyn s Federal court on charges of fraud in connection with Access devices which carries a maximum 10-year prison sen tence and a Tine of up to $250,000. They All woke up this morning to find that their cellular telephones were disconnected sheer said. Sheer estimated that the Mobile phone Industry which hit its stride in 1985, was losing s3 million a year to computer pirates according to court documents an informant who installed fraudulent chips began working with authorities about six months ago. The informant and under cover Federal agents working As Mobile phone installer helped authorities record meetings with customers on video and audio tape according to a statement by .attorney Andrew Maloney the installers arrested thursday charged customer about 1500 to reprogram a Mobile Telephone s two microchips each smaller than a fingertip and wort about so cents authorities said. The phony chips could misdirect computers run bythe cellar Telephone companies and order them to Send Bills to either fictitious accounts or those in the name of innocent third parties. Seven installers and 18 Telephone users were arrested thursday. Their activities which were not an organized conspiracy were costing local Mobile phone companies about $40,000 a month sheer said. $16 million inauguration too costly Gao reports Washington a the $16million spent by the government for president Reagan s 1985 inauguration Wasan improper use of taxpayer funds according to legislative auditors who warn that it win happen again unless Congress Steps  were nine balls and 10 other inaugural events in a four Day period around the inauguration Jan. 21, 1985, largely planned staffed and executed by Federal employees at the taxpayers expense the general accounting office report said. The legally questionable support a taxpayers expense will reoccur in 1989 and at All future inaugurations unless Congress specifics functions and activities to be publicly financed added the Gao Congress investigative Arm. Legislation is needed to clarify Feder Al agencies roles in inaugural planning and support activities the nature of the inaugural event and the presidential inaugural committee for future inaugurations the Gao said. Under existing Law agencies May not use Federal fun Oslo support private  accountants dug Back into history an tracked the progression of inaugural trappings from the single formal dance held weeks after George Washington was sworn in through 19th-Century parades dominated by Fife and drum corps herds of livestock and indians to the festivities for Reagan s second term. Last official Musher finishes 19 Days on id Tarod Trail Nome Alaska a Rhodi Karelia was the last official Musher to finish this Yew s 1,157-mile  sled log race arriving Here thursday after More than 19 Days on the Trail. Karelia a 47-year-old real estate agent from Willow finished her first id Larod race eight Days behind Susa Butcher who won her second consecutive title by shaving 13 hours off the course record. Karelia said she enjoyed the race but thinks it will be her last. It was Tough she said after pull ing into Nome behind a team of nine panting sted dogs. I expected ii to  she finished the Long trek from an chorale at 6 01  To receive the red Tan Tern award for last  Lime on the Trail was 19 Days nine hours and one  checker Leo Rasmussen said Karelia was the first grandmother to finish since the race began in 1973. Karelia said she was slowed by heroin inexperience sick dogs and a valuable Lead dog that broke its leg Early in the race. Even so she fared belter than some. Of 63 mushers who started Only 50 finished  
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