European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 13, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday july 13, 1988 the stars and stripes Page 7 swollen Rivers leave 5 dead in Texas Hunt Texas a heavy rain sent creeks and Rivers raging out of their Banks monday in Central Texas drown ing a teen age boy and stranding other motorists after killing four people in the Western part of the state. In the Central Texas Hill country Kerr county authorities searched for 33 year old Richard Tellez missing after a truck was swept away by the rapidly Ris ing Guadalupe River near Hunt. The body of his 13-year-old brother Frank was found about 100 Yards downstream. A third person in the truck Dan Knight escaped harm after vain at tempts to save his companions. The three had been on their Way to Hunt when the truck stalled. Knight said he tried to help his two companions. I got the both of them out of the truck and i put them on my Chest he said. In the water they Don t weigh that much. We floated about a half mile Down to the Bend and i was still holding to them. A log hit my head and  pretty hard and i had to let them  he risked his own life to save them said a witness Evelyn Hickey. He had made several attempts at the boy but theother Man pulled them Down. When he could t help them anymore he got out a Long Way Down  Parvin Bishop a boy scout spokes Man in san Antonio said Richard Tellez was a scoutmaster at the nearby Bear Creek boy scout Camp and his brother was a camper there. Both Brothers Are from san Antonio he said. The River had risen 21 feet by Midas Ter noon near Hunt destroying piers and docks at summer Camps along its , picnic tables and Small rafts floated downstream. But the Waters were receding late in the Day. The flooding came nearly a year after10 teen agers drowned when the Church bus and Van they were in were swept away by the Guadalupe River near com fort. Aside from the Tellez Brothers  West of the Kerr county sheriffs office said campers seemed to be Safe this time. A lot of the Camps Are More Alert now because of what happened last year he said. Farther West Cipriano Enriquez Rod Riquez told Pecos county authorities that he and four family members were caught by flooding in Perkins draw late sunday while driving on a state Highway to Del Rio. The draw normally is a dry  up to 8 inches of rain sunday caused Flash floods officials said. Rodriquez 47, of san Jose calif., sur Vived by clinging to a tree overnight then walked about 4 Miles to Sheffield said Pecos county sheriff Bruce Wilson. His wife son in Law and two grand children drowned officials said. Their bodies were found monday morning. Just say cheese please. A photo col. Gen. Dmitri a. Grinkevich Deputy the soviet delegation visited the . Commander of soviet ground forces gets military Academy As part of an sex help with the plastic wrapping on his change aimed at promoting better under cheese during lunch at West Point. Of standing Between the United states and Fering advice is Cadet Jeannie m. Koch the soviet Union. Bribery allegation aired in Billig verdict reversal Washington not Anonymous allegations that bribery May have influenced a military appeals court to overturn the homicide and manslaughter conviction of a Navy surgeon  m. Billig were aired in court monday at a hearing to determine when and How an investigation of the allegations will proceed. The allegations were made in an Anonymous Telephone Call on May 2 to a hot line used to bring information about wrongdoing to the attention of the in Spector general of the defense depart ment. Efforts by the inspector general s of fice to investigate the allegations have thus far been rebuffed by the accused court the Navy Marine corps court of military review. The court won a temporary restraining order blocking the investigation from the nation s highest Mil itary court the . Court of military appeals on june 30. At this Point the inspector general s office acknowledged it had no evidence of criminal misconduct on the part of court officials or staff. But representatives of the office said they had multiple contacts with the Anonymous tipster and questioned him at length Over the  at a hearing before that court Mon Day attorneys for the inspector general and the Secretary of defense urged that the inspector general be allowed to proceed. Attorneys for the accused court asked that the investigation be conducted in Stead by a special judicial commission so As to avoid undue command influence on judicial proceedings. The military appeals court extended its restraining order another 15 Days pending its decision. The Impact of the bribery charges on Billig remained unclear. Defense depart ment attorneys asserted unequivocally when asked by the appeals court that the Billig Case was dead and could not be revived even if it were proved that Ever judge involved took a bribe. Navy it. Cmdr. Lawrence w. Muschamp rep resenting the defense department said there was no machinery by which this court or any other court could vacate the decision exonerating Billig. However the inspector general s office had previously said that if the release of Billig was procured by bribery or fraud it might indeed be affected by the investigation. Attorneys for the accused Lowe court said they had not yet studied that Issue Well enough to have an opinion. The Anonymous allegations of bribery charges which have not been made pub Lic in detail were the latest surprising twist in the controversial Legal proceed Ings that have swirled around Billig the former chief heart surgeon at the Bethesda naval Hospital for the past several years. At the hearing monday an attorney for the defense department Navy it. Cmdr. Lawrence w. Muschamp said the Anonymous allegation was made by person whose identity is not known but who appears to be a civilian employee of the defense department with significant knowledge of the Case. 7 killed in Chicago apartment building Blaze Chicago a fire swept through a Brick apartment building on the City s West Side tuesday morning killing seven people officials said. Police were investigating reports that another person May remain in the rubble of the fire which appeared to have started in trash behind an enclosed wooden Back porch at the rear of the building fire officials said. We re interviewing people now to Serif we can find any witnesses said sgt. John Keane of the police bomb and arson unit. Keane said officials Aren t yet certain whether the fire which spread to an adjacent building was set. Spokesman Jerry Lawrence of the fire department said an empty gasoline cannas found but investigators were not cer Tain whether it was used to set the Blaze. Fire commissioner Louis Galante said there were some indications of arson. It started in rubbish behind the Bac porch and spread up to the second and third floors he said. In the last hour and a half or two hours we be had Simi Lar fires in the immediate  a spokeswoman for the Cook county medical examiner s office said seven bodies had arrived at the morgue. She said the victims had not been identified and that the youngest appeared to be about 12 years old. Fire officials say the Blaze broke out about 1 30 . And was put out by 3 . Study contends . Is Short of qualified workers Washington up the nation faces a Crip pling Lack of qualified workers Able to read write count or communicate to perform the comple tasks required by a fast changing High tech econ omy the government said. The skills Gap hurts America s competitiveness Ina global marketplace and costs business billions of dollars in training expenses that otherwise would Goto More productive Means. The study prepared by the departments of labor Commerce and Educa Tion concluded the nation s schools must be strengthened through fundamental education re forms and that businesses and communities mus assume greater responsibility to produce a compe tent workforce. If we fail to meet this Challenge. We re going to see More and More jobs exported to foreign coun tries said James Burge vice president of motorolainc., at a round table discussion. The conference was held to coincide with release of building a better  the round table representatives of Busi Ness labor Academia and government spoke alarmingly of statistics that demonstrate the skills Gap of entry level workers. Two thirds of employers consulted for the study said new employees lacked Basic skills in writing mathematics problem solving and communication. More than 1 million Young americans drop out of High school each year and the dropout rates of Many Urban schools Are close to 50 percent. About 70 Mil lion adults Are functionally illiterate or Are Bor Derline illiterates