European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 7, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday june 1988 the stars and stripes Page 9 school dorm closing soon at Torrejon by Rosemary Sawyer Slutt writer Torrejon a Spain Torrejon High school dormitory will close later this month saving the government an estimated $110,000 Neit year and sending about 60 Mediterranean Region Siu Ocels off to Lon Don in the fall. School and military officials have been considering closing the dorm for a Long time said Norman Fried Man nigh school Deputy principal and dormitory administrator. For years Dodds directors have discussed find ing More Cost efficient effective ways of housing Stu dents Friedman said. They be always talked about kind of centralizing a dorm in  space Sill con. Relo cation of Torrejon s 40tst tac fighter Wing due to move to Italy was not a fad or he said. Dorm Counselor Maryann Palmer said students Are facing lie move to London Central High school at Raf High Wycombe with mined emotions. Palmer a pc Crun Counselor who followed the dorm from Seville to Zaragoza to Torrejon its Home of 10 years said some students arc looking Forward to the move while some want to stay because of their friends. Darren Fabre said he does t want to Falo London because he s heard the school is really really  the Junior from la Maddaluna Sardinia said he plans to go to Maryland to stay with his aunt and Uncle to avoid curfews that arc one hour earlier than Torre Jan s on weekends and 45 minutes earlier on week nights. Ninth grader Stephanie Rocc said she would miss Torrejon. We re like family Here she said. You do get  former Dodds director Beth Stephens three years ago decided to close the dorm at inc end of the 1986 87 school year said Otto Thomas Mediterranean re Gion chief of executive services. But it was decided the dorm would remain open one More year for review. A study projected a Cost of $669,000 to support fit students at the Torrejon dormitory for fiscal 1988, said Craig Kirby Mediterranean Region fiscal director. By comparison the Cost for the 60 students at London Central was estimated at $559,000. In addition about so London Central High school dorm students Wil Transfer to a new High school at nearby Raf Grenham common this fall opening Sharp hike asked in cigarette fax Washington a rep. Mike an Drews a Texas introduced a Bill monday to raise the cigarette tax by 25 cents a pack and use part of the Revenue for an anti smoking Campaign aimed Ai teen agers. Ninety percent of the 121.8 billion the Biji would be expected to raise Over the next five years would be earmarked Tor reducing the fed eral budget deficit Andrews told a. Dews Confer ence. That would leave about $440 million a year Tor anti smoking advertising and education hair of which would target minority communities where the percentage of smokers is higher than usual. The legislation which Andrews says has Little Chance or passing this year is supported by 20 medical and social welfare organizations. Ninety percent of All smokers Start by age 19 and 60 percent begin by age 14," Andrews said. A 25-cent excise lax increase will Stop More than 1 million teen agers from smoking each  medical experts estimate that almost 1,000 americans die each Day of smoking-relatc4 Dis eases. The Federal tax on cigarettes is 16 cents a pack. 55 photo by go Torrejon High school students gather on the Lawn of the dormitory which will Clusin later Ilik Init i. Space for the Torrejon dorm residents a Survey of 49 dorm residents families conducted by the 16 h air Force showed parents favor the move Kirby said. Of 40 families responding to the Survey 27 said they preferred their children attend London Central seven preferred Torrejon and six said they had no prefer ence. Two families said they wanted a state depart ment like program that would allow the government to pay for their children to attend the school of their Choice Kirby said. Other reasons parents favored the London school and dorm included separate male and female dormitories. A separate student dining facility is a shared military dining Hall. A Camp Uslick atmosphere As opposed to a base atmosphere. More accessibility via direct flights English language in the Community that will pro vide More opportunities for cultural enrichment. With 600 to 700 students London Central High Ligh school dents who school is about the same size As Torr Jon i Ligh school but it is primarily geared to dormitory student make up about 50 percent of the student Hody Fried Man said. Dorm Counselor Don Richards said it a Xci to such a Selling to be Good for the students. Everything exists for them he said. It s not u Case of airman  Friedman agreed. There arc some fears among parents of students especially the Young girls associating with gis and having to eat in the same dining facility with the Mili tary Friedman said. That is a concern. They will not be doing that. They will have their own  while most students at the dorm come from la Maddalena and Decimo Mannu bases on Sardinia some come from As far away As Israel Turkey and the United Arab emirates. They arc authorized trips Home three limes each year. Palmer Richards and the other Counselor have been offered transfers within Dodds or leaching positions at Torrejon. Friedman said the dorm s one full time Spanish employee has found another Job on base. Dodds will use the building this summer to House summer workshop participants and then the facility s future is Uncertain Friedman said. Prosecutor forced Meese s hand in we tech inquiry paper says new York a attorney general Edwin me Csc Iii withdrew himself from the we tech investigation Only after a prosecutor refused to Shore evidence in the cose with the Justice department unless Meese disqualified himself a newspaper reported sunday. The new York daily news quoted High level sources As saying . Attorney Rudolph Giuliani wanted written proof that me Csc would not be supervising the Case involving the new York defense con tractor. The now defunct company is at the Center of an influence peddling scandal regarding its efforts to obtain government contracts. Giuliani s refusal in March 1987 to Forward Evi Dence to the Justice department prompted lop Justice officials to warn Meuse in Early april 1987 of evidence linking him to the Case the newspaper said. The Justice officials warned Meese to publicly Dis Tance himself from the Wedech Case and stay away from his close Friend e. Robert Wallach then a key suspect in the Case the newspaper said quoting officials who spoke on condition they not be identified. Wallach and Meuse s financial adviser Franklyn Chinn were indicted in december on charges they accepted bribes in Exchange for using their influence with Meese. Federal investigators were looking into Mcnese s links to Wedech in october 1986. But five months later Meese still had not formally withdrawn from supervision of the investigation. One High level Justice department Section told the news it was clearly improper if not illegal conduct by me Csc for failing to quickly disqualify himself from the we tech investigation. Meese signed a recusal statement on april 8, 1987, however the news said Meese told his aides that he might have a problem keeping his distance from Wallach. He had just offered Wallach a $77.500-a-Yeur Job As Counselor to the attorney general. A Csc s Law yers said a desc s consideration of Wallach for the Post was dropped As soon As he became aware of Wallach s status in the Wedech Case. Sources told the news that Mcnese s actions in the Case put Justice department officials in a delicate Posi Tion and created an appearance that the probe was subject to irregular pressures and interference from the top. Department regulations forbid Justice officials from having any involvement in criminal investigations in which they or their associates have a personal or Politi Cal interest. A Justice department spokesman Patrick Korten denied Meese disqualified himself Only after Giuliani refused to hand aver evidence. Or a desc accused himself the moment he was aware that or. Wallach was a subject of or. Giuliani s investigation Korten said sunday. Giuliani who is prosecuting the Wedech trial of rep Mario Biagi d-n.y., declined to comment on the matter. A Meese lawyer Jim Rocap said Meese was not aware of conversations Giuliani had with Justice officials