European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 9, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse 2 the stars and stripes saturday. April 9,1988page 2 s and stripes saturday. Aprl a 1sb8 Nofziger gets 90 Days $30,000 Fine. I j ult to nil Ali Ufa flt Tell la Washington a Lyn Nofziger. Of de or tips s former Puli Ira Dir Clor. Ai sentenced to 90 Phiys in prism Arrida and fined for illegally lob h inn administration official after he left lire White u a District judge Thomas Flannory said Nofziger could remain free pending an Appeal of his three felony convictions of contacting former colleagues on behalf of private clients within a year of leaving Percsi Donl Reagan s could have been sentenced to two years on each of the la acc counts. He received the maximum cumulative Fine the judge could have assessed. Tannery imposed a complicated sentence of two Loci Clit months incarceration for each of the counts but i to a suspended All but 30 Days of each of Fth sentences so that nor incr will have o a rec Only 90 Days if his Appeal in judge rejected the defense plea that Nofziger be sentenced Only to a Short period of unsupervised Proba he was sentenced. Nov Igor in xxx before the judge and said he wanted to Roii Erato my belief lha despite my conviction 1 have done nothing ethically mor ally or legally wrong.""1 am in Honor ask Man nof7igcr old the judge. Like other honorable people. I have gone through life making mistakes doing stupid things. 1 doubt that there Isa person in this room who has t. But i am rot a criminal and i think the record of my life will Bear out that ordered Nofziger to pay the 530.000 Fine within 30 judge also ordered that after his imprisonment Nofziger be placed on two years probation. The judge agreed to a def cow request that Nofziger be sent to a minimum Security Federal the hearing Independent counsel James c Mckay said. We re very satisfied with what judge Minnery has done today Mckay had declined in court o make an additional statement on the sentence he had sought. The prosecutor who said in a court filing that Nofi Igor had shown a total Lack of contrition and had urged imprison Mentlo signal the s offence Nofziger. Asked by reporters How he fell about the ten Tench called the question stupid and added 11 How do you shirk 1 fed w a do you want me to do say 1 feel a Catt. Nofz Igot 63. Was sentenced for illegally lobbying for Mer Reagan administration colleagues on Beha Trof wed Lech corp.,-the scandal Ridden defense contractor ind q Marine Engineer Union. He had been found guilty feb. 11 of violating the ethics in government act which restricts lobbying by former government officials. Nof Aiger likened his offence to running Flop news updates Church abuses Vatican City a Pope John Paul 11 on Friday condemned doctrinal and liturgical abuses in the roman Catholic Church and said he still Hopes far a settlement with rebel French archbishop Marcel Lefebvrg. The need to distinguish from what authentically builds tip the Church from what destroys her is by coming in the present period a particular demand of our service so the whole Community of believers the Pope wrote in a letter to Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger the Vatican s powerful guardian of Church orthodoxy. Razing or s congregation for the doctrine of the Faith has worked toward reaching a settlement with Lefebvre. Who Heads the traditionalist Pius x fraternity based in Switzerland. Lefebvrg was suspended from his priestly functions by Pope Paul i it 1976. S. Korean elections Seoul South Korea a parliamentary campaigning officially began Friday and the government set National Assembly elections for april 26, the elections will Mark the first Lime in 17 years that just one Law maker is being elected from each District. President Roh tac woo of the governing democratic Justice party elected dec. 16, is seeking majority in the one House legis lature. Division among opposition parties May give the governing party the Edge. Reagan rental Deal Santa Barbara Calif. A to avoid any conflict of inter est president Reagan will pay fair Maricl rent for the $2,5 million Del air estate where he will live after leaving the White House. The action by Reagan comes under an ethics ruling that recently has been disclosed. The White House refused to say How much it would Cost the presi Dent but Stephen Shapiro of the los Angeles realty firm of Stan Herman & associates said the fair Market value for a 6,500 Square foot Home in that neighbourhood would be si5,000 a month. Dutch police identify body found by canal utrecht Netherlands is police Friday released the name of the . Serviceman s wife whose dismembered body was discovered along a canal two weeks ago. The body of Hastorf Anain a 31 year old turkish woman found in piece spread across several Hundred Yards of a canal Bank North of Amster dam said Cap. Diek Van Lingen dutch military police spokesman. Her husband an no assigned to the 32nd tac fighter so Oesterberg and confessed to the crime and is in the Cus Tody of the dutch military police Van Lingen said. According to dutch practice Van Lin gun identify cd the suspect Only by his initials . A sons Lerberg spokeswoman said it is . Air Force policy to release the names of persons charged with crimes bul thai the no had not been formally charged. Under dutch Law persons suspected of High crimes May be held a maximum of 102 Days before they go to court Van Len gun said. Within that Lime formal charges Are placed in the form of a letter informing the suspect of a court Date. A suspect must be brought before a judge within six Days after his arrest. At that Lime a determination is made u 10 whether enough evidence is available 10 detain the impede for a crime the pro Cess is repealed i Days later. From that Point the suspect must be tried released or again taken before a judge every 30 Days for a maximum of 90 Days. The maximum of five court visit Span the allowed 102-Day maximum. According to Van Lingen the suspect will be released into air Force custody after dutch authorities Complete Finci investigation. Then a decision ill be made on whether the Man will be tried under dutch Law or . Military Law Van Lingen said. The 34-year-old no was arrested March 30 after going to his commander with information about the crime. The couple lived in Amersfoort which lies Between As and Brock in waterland where the body was Dis covered March 27. The airman was As signed to a Little More than one year ago the base spokeswoman said. 2nd part of Feacher Transfer program ends Washington is officials extended 192 offers Friday ending the second phase of the military school sys tem s annual teacher Transfer program. In the first phase which ended earlier this month 258 teachers accepted positions filling All by 37 of the original vacancies forecast by department of de sense dependents schools officiate a third and final phase of the program begins april 15. According to Joanne Eide who monitors Iho program for the overseas Edu cation association 1,400 teachers applied for transfers about 18 per cell of the school system s teacher work Force sea president Jack Rollins said thursday that the school system came tip with enough Money earlier ibis month to fund the program even though defense department officials threatened to pull about j20 million from the Dodds Fis Cal 1988 budget. A Germany Region spokesman said thursday that Dodds officials in Washington sent an april i message to Region officials predicting a cutback in the program but cancelled the message later that Day. The number of vacancies in each re Gion according to of a figures includes Atlantic seven Germany 196 Mediterranean 20 Pacific. 66 and Panama Pijl the number of teachers in each Region offered transfers includes Atlantic 2%Germany, 56 Mediterranean 43 Pacific 129 and Panama. Ii. Correction in a picture thursday the associated press incorrectly identified a merchant vessel. The ship the courier is owned by Ocean shipping of Houston and is leaded to the military sea life come. American stud ends finding writing confess to be uplifting Karlsruhe Wisl Germany is austrian and West Ger Man letter writers have been giving Karlsruhe elementary school Stu dents a memorable geography lesson during the past three weeks. Since they released some 800 helium filled balloons March 21 m Karlsruhe the students already have received 68 letters in response to notes in English and German tied to about 600 of the balloons. The most a Island correspondent was a University professor in Vienna Austria who wrote that he found a balloon in his Garden the Day after it had been launched. Principal Lorraine Shaniki said. The school received seven other responses from Austria the rest came from the Wisl German Stales of Badin Wurt Tumberg and banana. "1 was just amazed at How the germans have responded to this because there was nothing in the German news to let them know what was Shanoski said. A display in a school corridor features All of the letter and a map with pins marking the discovery site of each balloon. A Nanoski said the students Are sending a Ellort and photographs to the people who wrote to them. The balloon project cons Lilles the school s participation in a Wal ing contest sponsored by a children s weekly educational Magazine european aids cases doubled Geneva a the number of aids cases reported by euro Pean countries to the world health organization More than doubled during the course of last year the world health organization mid Friday. Who s weekly newsletter said 28 countries had reported a total of 10,181 acquired immune deficiency syndrome cases As of dec. 31,1987, representing a 124 percent increase from the 4,549 cases reported a year highest european per Capila rate was registered in France. Army sergeant sentenced to five years in prison Karlsruhe Wesl Germany is an army sergeant who pleaded guilty to fore bus sodomy with a child under 16 hat received a five year prison term. Sgt Leon Jenkins of the 268lh signal co 72nd signal Jin Karlsruhe also was i honorable discharged reduced in rank to and or dered to forfeit All pay Karlsruhe military officials said court sentenced Jenkins to eight years in prison bul in Exchange for a Guilly plea a Prtrt Al agreement limited Lime to be served to five will serve his prison irm at fort leaven world Kan. Goppinger Soldier Dies of apparent heart attack Goppinger. West Germany a 13-year-old 1st inf div fwd Soldier died of an apparent heart attack at his Honse wednesday a division spokesman Laid. Sol. Denny l. Marple of service Btry 2nd in sin Field arty in Neu Ulm suffered a cardiac arrest about7pm while at Home with his wife said Cut. We whiner West German police tried to revive Marple who Wax pronounced dead at 8 17 . The cause of death is being investigated
