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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 17, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Paga 2 the stars and stripes Friday june 17,19b8 news update Mao s widow Hong Kong a Jiang Orng the ailing widow of the late communist chinese Leader Mao tse Tung and a key figure in the tumultuous cultural revolution is still in prison and not living in a Villa an official chinese report said. The China news service in a dispatch published in Hong Kong newspapers said a spokesman for the Justice ministry had denied unconfirmed press reports Inal the 74-year-old Jiang was released from jail where she is serving a life Schieno and lives with her daughter in a Villa in a Beijing sub Urb. The Justice ministry spokesman said Jiang is receiving special med ical care in jail the China news service reported. Reporter s suit London a a British broadcasting corp. Reporter won undisclosed damages Tor libel on monday from a newspaper that accused her of Bias in covering the United states bombing of Libya in april 1986, kale Adie 41, had sued Lon Don s daily express in the High court Tor saying in october i9gfi thai by collaborating with the libyan authorities she obtained facilities and favors that were not made available to other broadcasters and report ers. Geoffrey Robertson Adie s attorney said the daily express had apologized and in an out of court settlement will pay her Legal costs and  the newspaper had acknowledged that its allegations were wholly untrue and apologized Robertson a dded. Eagle scouts Brun sum Netherlands two accent High school seniors who helped clean up a provincial Park have attained the rank of Eagle the highest rank in boy scouting. Robert Shutt in has been in scouting for 11 years. For his service project he worked closely with Park officials at the Brun sum he id to Clear an area that had become overgrown. He logged More than 70 hours on the project shut is the son of master sol. David and Louise Sellers. Jeffrey Darst 18, has had a 12-year scouting career. He logged about 75hours on his service project Clearing and developing a walking Trail through the Brun sum Heide. Darst is the son of Richard and Gayl Darsi. To earn the Eagle scout award a boy scout must fulfil requirements in the areas of leadership service and outdoor skills. This includes earning at least 21 Merit badges. Only about 2.5 percent of All boy scouts Cam the Eagle scout award no cording to boy scouting officials. Correction a june 7 listing of High school graduation ceremonies had an incorrect name for the salutatorian at osterholz High school. Sherri Fesick is the school s Salu Valorian. Arbitrator upholds grievance of teacher removed As coach Bidav Walczak education writer a Federal arbitrator has ruled in favor of a special education teacher at Augsburg High school who was denied the Opportunity to remain As he boys varsity basketball coach by the school s Princi pal. The ruling by Richard Bloch granted Harry Pussy his coaching stipend of $2,435 and Likely will Cost the depart ment of defense dependents school thousands of dollars in attorney fees. A spokesman for the Dodds Ger Many Region said wednesday that school officials reserved the right to a peal Bloch s ruling but a source close to the Case said school system officials probably will not pursue further Liti gation this k a huge weight off my Shoul Ders Pusey said thursday. "1 was t looking for a fight in this thing. It s just thai there is an adversarial management style  Augsburg principal Jane Ware contacted wednesday said she had not seethe ruling. Pusey had coached the boys varsity basketball team for five years prior to Ware s decision not to appoint him As coach for the 1986-87 season. He subsequently coached the boys team during the 1987-88 season the overseas education association brought suit on Pussy s behalf maintain ing hat Ware s action violated the Union contract with the school system. That contract Calls for school administrators to make every Effort to fill extracurricular positions in accordance with the expressed preferences of the qualified employees in the bargaining unit of  the contract also Calls for such selections to be made in a fair and  Pussy. The Only staff member who sought he boys coaching position in formed Ware in june 1986 of his desire to continue in he Job for the 1986-87 season but Ware said she would deny him the Job until she could evaluate his performance in special education in sep tember of thai year. However at the first faculty meeting of the school year. Ware informed the Stair thai Patrick Dow acc a non faculty member would coach the boys varsity learn. Ware contended thai Pussy s substandard performance As a special education teacher and his confrontations with play ers and the school nurse influenced her decision to remove him As boys varsity coach. She did offer him the girls varsity basketball coaching position however a decision that Bloch found  in dismissing Ware s contentions Bloch wrote the evidence Falls far Short of demonstrating that the denial of the appointment on any of the grounds preferred by management was other thaa arbitrary and ultimately  Mike Bauernfeind an sea attorney representing Pusey said he will ask for More than 110,000 in attorney fees. Bauerfeind and Dodds officials still Are debating his fees regarding the Case of former Augsburg High school teacher Roy Guinn a Case decided in Guinn i favor in november. The school system was ordered to pay Guinn Back pay and allowances in excess of 115,000, plus attorney fees which Likely will exceed , the ruling in Pussy s Case came a Dodds director John str empty review a defense department inspector Gener Al s report concerning working conditions at Augsburg High. The Dod inspector Genera in Wick Badin was culled to investigate the school earlier this year following charges of mismanagement and incompetence lodged through teacher Union Dod hot line and equal Opportunity channels a four person 1c team headed by Navy capt Bill Hegeman visited the school in april and completed its report earlier this month. The 10 staff docs not comment on reports in Progress. Stromple has seen the report and has 60 Days to reply. Rowan defends shooting of intruder gets gift9 of membership in Era in a Cuthma Tiki f a a . _ i i i. Washington a journalist Carlt Rowan writes in his syndicated column for thursday that As Long As society is awash in guns and drugs he feels justified in using a gun to rated his Home and family. Meanwhile a pro gun senator bought the columnist membership in the National Rifle association. The column distributed to 100 news papers by North America Syndicate a part of the King features group re counts events surrounding Rowan s shooting of a teen age intruder outside Bis door before Dawn tuesday. Yes i be Given the headline write Sand the pro gun zealots a Field Day said Rowan who has written frequently on the need for gun control. The irresponsible headlines and pro Vocative labels do not bother me be cause 1 know that today s newspapers could be carrying something worse my obituary he wrote. I am appalled that so Many people Are so eager to spread their propaganda about gun taws that they ignore the first overriding fact that my Home was Vio lated my family was threatened by strangers who came in the darkness Rowan said he was awakened at w5 , by the sound of someone at his bed room window and the sight of four peo ple at his backyard swimming Pool. After calling the police he armed  a handgun he said his son a former Fri agent gave him during a time when he was receiving death threats. He said he Shol Ben Smith 18, of Chevy Chase. My. In the wrist after Smith lunged at him despite being warned to Slop and being told Rowan had a gun. The youth was treated at a Hospital for the injury and released. The National Rifle association called Rowan hypocritical for being against guns but owning one himself. Sen. Steven Symms a Idaho a Strong supporter of the right to Bear arms bought Rowan a membership in the Era and sent him & Telegram wednes Day Reading notwithstanding your past columns to the contrary you demonstrated by your recent actions thai you agree with my position concerning every Macri can s right to Bear arms. In America Freedom and Justice have always come from three sources the ballot Box the jury Box and when those fair the Cartridge  the citizens committee for the right to keep and Bear arms made Light of the Inci Dent by announcing that it would award the columnist the 1988 Pool shooters award for defending his Pool from those who would prey on people s  the group also took the Opportunity to condemn the capital s strict gun Law which forbids private citizens from hav ing handguns unless they owned and registered them before 1976. Police said Rowan s gun was not registered with the City the columnist said his son who bought it while he was with the Fri. Told him City authorities had said it did not need to be. The weapon was confiscated by police and the . Attorney s office is investigating the incident. Headlines and labels such As Rowan shoots teen age intruder columnist shoots teen Skinny dipper rambo Rowan and the Jacuzzi gunman have been applied to the accounts of Rowan s encounter with Smith the columnist said that when he con fronted Smith the youth was smoking something he suspected was marijuana. Let the National Rifle association or others Call me a hypocrite because i Fireda gun in a moment of personal peril. I shall still be for strict gun control Rowan wrote. Beer party around my Pool rattle no bedroom windows All with impunity up never know which Druggie also has brought a  Smith and a Young woman companion were accused of unlawful entry initially but prosecutors dropped those charges late tuesday. Lake search for copter wreckage held up amerland West Germany is teams searching for the wreck age of an army helicopter thai crashed tuesday into a Lake South of Munich sus Pended diving thursday while they awaited the arrival of a helicopter equipped with tracking equipment. One Crew member. Chief warrant officer Robert Guerrera remains missing. The other Crew member 1st it. Richard Shaw is in Good condition in an intensive care unit of a Munich Hospital an 8th inf div spokesman said thursday. German divers who bad been searching Lake Siam Ere since tuesday recommended that it fish engr brigade divers who arrived late wednesday from Karlsruhe not risk further dives unto More sophisticated electronic search equipment was obtained said maj. Michael Maher. A German military helicopter was arrive thursday evening Maher said but it was Uncertain when the aircraft would begin charting the Lake Bottom. Wreckage of the oh-5s observation hell copter is believed to be in the deepest Section of the Lake which is Between 80yards and 100 Yards deep. The Crew members assigned to cog 4th aviation regt in bad Krecu Anacta were on a mining flight from bad of Liz to hopi Engels tuesday afternoon when the crash occurred  
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