European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 21, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes thursday july 21. 1988  town swamped by tales of Lizard Man Browntown . A the sheriff has been hearing a lot about the Lizard Mao 7 feet tall with red eyes and three fingers on each hand Bat a state biologist says everybody would be better off looking for a red Fox or a Muddy drunk. Christopher Davis 17, told sheriff listen Trees Dale he had been attacked several weeks ago by the creature in scape Ore swamp As the teen Ager was changing a Flat tire about 2 . The swamp was swamped tuesday with to Crews and other curious people hoping to catch a glimpse. Truesdale said he is getting other Calls from people who said they saw the creature and these Are reputable  we re running Down a whole lot of rumours but Well cover what we can the sheriff said. Davis has agreed to undergo hypnosis to see if he can remember More. Truesdale called in biologist Matt Knox of the state wildlife and Marine resources department after Tom and Mary Waye reported their car had been chewed up1 last week. The sheriff said he found tracks tuesday near the couple s House. He said the tracks Don t belong to a cow or Deer but could be a Bear s. Knox said the tracks and Short hairs he found on the Chrome and molding of the car led him to conclude the animal was a red Fox. He said samples were sent to the University of Georgia for analysis. Knox also interviewed Davis As far As i m concerned it s no wild animal Knox said. All i can guess is it was a Man possibly a drunk who had been lying in the Muddy ditch and got up when Davis pulled Over to change his tire. From time to time we get sightings of bears or Eastern cougars. But bears Aren t Green and Theydon t have red eyes the biologist said. Columbia radio station cos has offered a $1 million Reward for the capture of the Lizard Man. Some Are taking it seriously and some Are not midday announcer Ron Hicks said. But he said if someone arrives at the station with the creature Well probably All be eating a lot of  teamsters president says he s clean of mob influence William j. Mccarthy Boston a the new president of the team sters disputed the Justice department s Contention that the Union leadership is controlled by the mafia and said he himself is clean. I can Tell you i Hope to get cancer of the Tongue i Don t know any of these Guys said William j. Mccar thy of the reputed organized crime figures named in the government s lawsuit to take control of the 1.6 million member Union. Mccarthy s remarks appeared in wednesday s bos ton Globe in the first interview he has Given since he upset Weldon Mathis last week to succeed Jackie Presser As president of the nation s biggest Union. Mathis is the Union s Secretary treasurer and was Presser s hand picked successor. Mccarthy 69, said he challenged Mathis because of growing disagreements Over contract talks political endorsements and other issues. Things have got to be changed around completely said Mccarthy who had been head of the teamsters inner England. Mccarthy told the Globe that he had disagreed with Mathis and Presser who died july 9, Over a new con tract affecting 200,000 Drivers nationwide. The contract which Calls for pay increases of 2.2 percent per year for the next three years was rejected by 64 percent of Union members but still went into effect because of a provision requiring a two thirds no vote to kill a contract. Mccarthy said he had objected to the two thirds Rule and had argued with Presser about it. He also said he had disagreed with Presser s plans to have the Union endorse gov. Michael s. Dukakis for president. Uniss ends consulting contracts in woke of probe new York not the Uniss corp. Said tuesday that it was undertaking several corrective actions in response to a government investigation of the company s military contracting practices. The maker of computer and military equipment said that it had terminated All consulting contracts with those who had represented Uniss before the govern ment and that it was placing new management at the surveillance and fire control division in great neck n.y.,on Long Island. The company added that it was put Ting six Uniss employees on administrative leave while determining whether they had engaged in improper activities. In a letter to employees w. Michael Blumenthal the company s chairman said Uniss began its own internal investigation last fall of one of its military contracting divisions. He added that the investigation begun Long before the Federal inquiry into Pentagon procurement was made Public was headed by Henry Ruth who had been a prosecutor in the watergate Case. The Uniss internal investigation focused on the use of consultants by the surveillance division according to the letter. Charges dropped against teens in Rowan gun Case the division has also been one focal Point of the wide ranging Federal investigation. In his letter Blumenthal said that cer Tain Uniss employees and consultants appear to have had a history of enga Ging. In activities which Are contrary to the policies and procedures put i place by  he added that the internal inquiry focused on the use of outside consultants and whether any company funds had been diverted for improper use. Last month investigators served search warrants at the Homes and offices of several current and former Uniss employees and the founder of the Long Island aerospace political action committee which has made Campaign contributions to congressional candidates. A spokesman for the company said that he did not know whether All of the employees placed on administrative leave worked for the surveillance Divi Sion. The division which makes naval radar and warning systems has 2,500 employees and had revenues of about $300 Mil lion in 1987. It is one of six Uniss groups at the great neck location. Washington a the . Attorney s office dropped unlawful entry charges against two teen agers involved in a snoot ing incident last month at the Home of syndicated columnist Carl Rowan after the teens agreed to perform Community service. Benjamin n. Smith 18, and Laura a. Bachman 19, agreed to perform 40 hours of Community service because of their involvement in the june 14 incident in which they swam uninvited in Rowan s backyard Pool officials said tuesday. Rowan a Well known advocate of gun control wounded one of the youths with an unregistered handgun. Rowan said he was awakened at 1 55 . By the sound of someone at his bed room window and the sight of four people in his Pool. After he called police Rowan armed himself with a handgun he said his son a former Fri agent gave him during a time when he was receiving death threats. Rowan said he shot Smith 18, of Chev Chase md., in the wrist near his doorway after Smith lunged at him. Rowan said he warned Smith to Stop and told him he had a gun. The youth was treated at an area Hospital and released. The columnist said when he confronted Smith the youth was smoking what Rowan suspected was marijuana. Police said Rowan s gun was not registered with the City. The columnist said his son bought the weapon when he was with the Fri and was told by City authorities that it did not have to be registered. Although tuesday s hearing in . Superior court completes the Case with Smith and Bachman it is still not known if Rowan will face charges for haying an unregistered handgun and  june 23, the . Attorney s office refused to press charges against Rowan an referred the Case to the . Corporation counsel s office. Beverly Burke spokeswoman for that office said the Case was still under investigation and that something will be done inthe next couple of  Smith s parents Neil and Dinah Smith refused comment on tuesday s hearing. Court officials have not revealed what Type of Community service the two teens win perform Over the next four months. Sharpshooter Annie Oakley honoured by Dorke county Greenville Ohio a Annie Oakley one of Darke county s most famous residents now has place of Honor downtown. Workers completed most of the work tuesday to mount a 6-foot Bronze statue of the lady Sharpshooter on a Granite Pedestal in Annie Oakley memorial Park capping a three year Campaign to Honor her. The statue is to be dedicated sunday. Greenville Sannie Oakley Days festival has been a tradition for nearly a Quarter of a Cen Tury but Rodney Oda chairman of the memorial committee said having the statue will give local people More of a sense of who she was. When you talk about famous women she s one of the top two or three women in the world of that time and it s amazing what she accomplished in her Era he  said the statue will help por tray Oakley As a role Model to show people you Don t have to come from a Good background to become  Annie Oakley also known As Little miss sure shot was born Phoebe Ann Moses in Willow Dell Darke county in 1860. She gained Fame in the 1880s and 1890s As a Sharpshooter in Buffalo Bill s wild West show. She died in Darke county in 1926 at age 66. Artist Terry Mimnaugh of Lake Side mont., an avid Competition shooter herself used a 17-year-old Model for the casting. She said the sculpture portrays Oakley in her mid-20s. Even when she. Was in her 30s, people thought she was a teen Ager Mimnaugh said. The committee has raised about $102,000 for the project but Oda estimated it will take an additional $65,000 to finish landscaping and in stalling a Brick walk at the Small Park which measures slightly less than nacre