European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 22, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes wednesday june 22,1988 child abuse probe of army Center ends san Francisco a an investigation of allegations of sexual abuse at a Day care Center at the army s Presidio of Monterey base has been closed be cause of a Lack of evidence officials announced. There is no reasonable likelihood thai further investigative Effort would have developed evidence to support a criminal prosecution . Attorney Joseph Russoniello said monday. He said the 9-Monih Federal probe of allegations that 60 or More children were sexually abused at the Presidio child development Center had ended despite his belief that children had been molested there. Some children May have made up Sto Ries when talking with investigators he said and others were too Young to re member and relate what happened. Still others Russoniello said could not have testified because of their immaturity. Families have filed s53 million Worth of claims on behalf of themselves and their children in connection with the abuse investigation. Presidio spokesman Bob Mahony said. Jerome Tarchik. An attorney for to of the families predicted a rash of Law suits against the army. He said the Feder Al government should set up a fund of up to 150 million to compensate the alleged victims and their families. In february a Federal judge dismissed he final abuse charge against a former worker at the Center after the parents of a child who allegedly was molested refused to participate in a trial the employee once faced 11 Molesta Tion charges involving 10 children. All but the final charge were dismissed due to Lack of evidence or vagueness. The employee s indictment last octo Ber resulted in the examination of nearly 100 children from the can scr for signs of physical or psychological abuse. Allegations about the can scr surfaced in 1986. When a 3-year-old boy who at tended it told his parents he had been molested. Expert reports Dickens discovery Story not signed new York a a professor says he has deter mined that an unsigned unlit cd Story was by Charles Dickens and shows the author s penchant for inter changing personal details of his own life with those of his characters. Professor Harry Stone of California stale University at Northridge made the find in household words the weekly journal edited by Dickens for nine years. Stone has named the 1857 work the Bride s chamber the new York times reported tuesday. The Story is a self contained segment of a talc in five instalments called the Lazy tour of two Idle a  the times said. Scholars knew the Overall tale was a collaboration Between Dickens and Wilkic Collins but. Until now no one could say which of the two wrote which segment the times said. The Story reveals How Dickens fell in love with an 18-year-old actress. Ellen Lawless Turnan who remained the married author s mistress until his death Stone said. The character of the Young woman in the Story also is named Ellen. Two other Dickens scholars professors Steven Marcus of Columbia University and Richard Dunne chairman of the English department at the University of Washington in Seattle said Stone s find could add to a More Complete understanding of the British master. I know Stone and his writings and he is a very careful researcher Dunne said. When Dickens wrote the Story. Stone said the author was on the verge of a great emotional crisis and considered the Young actress who entered his life at that time As a heroine. " the Bride s chamber goes to the heart of Dick ens himself he said. Charles Dickens missile netted by Fisherman puzzles of Macdill of Fla. Up military officials Are trying to track Down the origin of a 9-foot missile that a Fisherman netted in the Gulf of Mexico and kept on his boat during a 30-hour trip Back to Shore an air Force spokesman said. The aim-9 sidewinder missile an air to air heat seeking missile May be debris from a military plane crash or it May have been fid As part of a training exercise and missed its target. Air Force master sgt. Ken Hoffman said monday the missile might also have been jettisoned by an aircraft with flying difficulties he said. The missile was detonated by a bomb disposal unit at 8 30 . Hoffman said but it was not known whether the missile was inert or live. The unidentified Fisherman told police thai he hauled the missile in Wilh his net about 110 Miles South of Apalachicola and put it on his boat to Lake it Back to Shore. Hoffman said. On his return to Madeira Beach off St. Petersburg the Fisherman unloaded the missile and contacted police who got in touch Wilh officials at Macdill fab just South of Tampa Hoffman said. Serial numbers on the missile show that it does not come from any plane based at Macdill Hoffman said and military officials were checking records to Sec where the plane that carried the missile Over the Gulf of Mexico was based. The missile has been used by the Navy and the air Force since 1976, he said. It is usually not fired on training missions. We use them on our aircraft for training Pur poses he said. We Don t fire them at All. They never leave the aircraft. They re strictly for training to let the Pilot have the feel of the missile on the Wing stateside $20 million endowment Given science Academy Washington not the National Academy of sciences the nation s most prestigious scientific organization and a prolific provider of scientific advice to the Federal government has been awarded approximately $20 million in new endowment funds by the . Kellogg foundation provided the Academy raises an additional $ 16 million from other sources. The Academy said the award was the largest single endowment gift in its 125-year history. The Academy is a federally chartered but Independent organization that studies technical issues. Delaware congressman plans to run for 4th term Georgetown Del. A Delaware s con Gressman Democrat Thomas r. Carper announced monday he plans to seek a fourth term. So far. He has no opponent. Carper said he will be disappointed if he does t have a Republican challenger by the july filing deadline. Carper 41, and his wife Martha Are expecting their first child in mid july. Carper said he wants to spend More Lime with his family and will probably Cut Back his traditional grassroots Campaign style of trying to meet every resident in the slate. Carper told supporters he was concerned about the kind of country and the kind of world in which our child our children will grow  in a very real Way the actions of our next president and the next Congress will affect not just the first two or four years of our children s lives. Our actions will follow them beyond High school he said. Uranus Moons won t get names of challenger Crew los Angeles a scientists have rejected proposals to name Moons of uranus for the Crew of the space shuttle challenger and instead they want to give the Moons names from literature while designating craters on Earth s Moon for the dead astronauts. We re following the tradition of naming the Moons after shakespearean characters and characters from Alex Ander Pope s the rape of the lock " said . Geological Survey planetary geologist Hal Masursky who is chairman of the International astronomical Union s planetary system nomenclature working group. The Paris based Iau a worldwide association of nearly 6,000 professional astronomers has been responsible for naming planetary bodies since its found ingin9l9."it was t intended to be a slight to thousand of children citizens and officials who wrote tellers and signed Peil on proposing naming la Moons for the astronauts Brian Marsden. Director of the Lau s Cen iral Bureau for astronomical telegrams said. Study shows years wasted fighting time Pittsburgh a time Flics but those Earth bound spend about five years of their lives standing in lines and six months silting Al stoplights according to a Lime management expert who says every minute counts. Most people Don i realize How much time they re  said Michael Fortino president of the consult ing firm priority management Pittsburgh inc. To determine How Lime is spent. Priority management researchers often with Stopwatch in hand studied hundreds of people around he nation for More than u year Fortino said monday. The study estimated the average person spends six months at stoplights eight months opening junk mail one year searching for misplaced objects two years trying to return Telephone Calls to people who never seem to be in four years doing housework five years in line and six years eating. To determine which fast food giants Are the fastest. University of Pittsburgh business students commissioned by priority management limed clerks at Wendy Sec Donald s and Burger King restaurants in Pittsburgh Al least 100 times each. Wendy s won taking an average 46 seconds to serve a hamburger French Fries and soft drink. It took i i min utes at Mcdonald s and three minutes at Burger King. Priority management conducted a Telephone Survey of More than 1,000 married people and marriage guidance Counselor across the nation. The study estimates the average married couple spends four minutes a Day in meaningful conversation and the working couple spends 30 seconds a Day talking with their children