European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 9, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Paga 2 the stars and stripes Friday september 9,1988 news updates slaying counts filed Coalville Utah a three polygamist clan member were charged wednesday with Sec Ond degree murder in the death Ofa stale corrections officer killed during a shootout that ended the clan s 13-Day standoff in a Rural compound. The charges. Tiled in 3rd circuit court in Summit county name clan Leader Addam Swapp his brother Jonathan Swapp and John Timothy Singer. Seattle blackout Seattle of a contractor who accidentally drove a piling into underground Power cables while pulling in a sidewalk caused he 4-Day blackout downtown the Utility said. The contractor had asked for plans showing where the cables were but the Seattle City Light maps did t show the service line that was hit said Gerald Carman assistant superintendent of the City owned Utility. The coat Rector Granco of red mond was not at fault Carman said wednesday. From of to foreign legion trouble filled path leads to jail  Boron Raf Chicksands England that december Day when Michael Dillman walked out of his Barracks room he had nothing but the clothes on his Back lie was leaving his troubles behind him Tomarch for a dream. But he also led behind a Blue uniform and an obligation to the air Force. Dillman who fled England talc Las year to join the French foreign legion was convicted thursday on one charge of desertion and sentenced to seven months in jail. The 25-year-old senior airman after More than five years in the air Force decided an dec. Is 1987, to travel to Autagne in Southern France to join the legion. He wanted no More of his trouble marriage. The Bills had mounted up and the former member of the 7274th Security police so was not seeing enough action on the quiet communications base in Central England. All the problem were made worse because Dillman s Mother was dying Back Home in Indiana. Regular Security duty May not have been enough sex Boss tech. Sol Ronald Denard Laid at Dillman s general court martial. The answer was All there in the history books. The French foreign legion Cre ated by a King led by heroes. Its ranks had been filled with men of Mettle and often dubious pails. It had fought i places like Indochina Morocco and Al Geria. The legion did not care about Dill Man s past nor that he was absent with out leave. In seven months he Rose to the rank of Legionnaire under the name of Jack Dabler of fort Alamo  he came to be assigned to a crack special forces unit in the legion s 1st regt. But while on an exercise in Stras Bourg France in july Dillman decided among other things thai he needed to see his Mother before the died. He turned himself in to the . Mili tary attache in Paris gave up his uniform and legion id and was flown Back to England. And on thursday offering no excuses he stood in the Small makeshift courtroom Back in Blue before air Force judge maj. Clinton Pearson. He pleaded guilty to a single charge of desertion. In the Throe hour court martial for Mer supervisors described Dillman As a hard charging cop always on top of things at work. On the air Force base that does t even have a runway Dill Man was always wailing for something to  i first met Mike he was pumped up Gung to and ready to do the Job said tech. Sgt. James  he was ready to save  Dillman had been decorated for his help in quelling a would be Riol at a base open House where one youth was  it apparently was not enough. He was enthusiastic to a Point where. It would sometimes irritate non cops Denard said. He did his Job tothe limit. He had belter eyes than any body out there. He was always on the Job. He did t  said Caston a Vietnam Veteran some people Are soldiers and Mike is a Soldier at heart in addition to the jail term Dillma received a bad conduct discharge was ordered to forfeit $400 a month while in jail and was reduced to the lowest enlisted rank. Barbie go Joe still the brightest stars in toy and by Charlie Bowde Munich Burma Munich West Germany Barbie dressed in her of most evening gown and that grizzled Vel go Joe in his dus make an unlikely couple. But they probably will share the spotlight once again As retailers left without toy sensation return to traditional Favori ties for the Christmas season. When cafes Europe to lands hold their grand openings saturday and the March to Christmas begins. Category. On a whole our Market is going to be very much the traditional Christmas toys that sell in various in carnations year in and year out said Chuck Mcdon Ald an cafes Europe merchandise manager special izing in Leisure products ranging from electronics to toys and sporting goods. This year Mcdonald said the toy Industry once again lacks a Selling sensation that dominates Christmas buying. Except for a slight surge lost year Ingalf toys the Industry has not had a hoi seller since the cabbage Patch kids burst on the scene several years ago be said. We just Don t see any gang Buster theme this  Overall european to lands will be getting about $ 17million Worth of the More traditional toys for this year s Christmas buying season Mcdonald  s Down slightly from last year he said when exchanges apparently were Overly optimistic based on sales from the previous year. But Loy sales at cafes stores in general have risen steadily Over the past five years particularly since the Dollar crashed in 1985. A lot of that business is from customers coming Back into the stores who had perhaps been spending part of their Loy budget downtown he said. At the same time customers Are finding the Sam toys in the Exchange to lands that once Only were on shelves downtown a reflection of the changes in the toy marketplace. More and More we arc seeing a world Market for toys As opposed to a . Market and a european Market Mcdonald said. For example More toy packages Are being marketed with multilingual labels indicative of the world mar Ket concept. Aside from toys which obviously Are geared to Chil Dren the exchanges also Are aiming at the teen age and adult Market this season. Officials Are planning to re lease soon a repeat of the Slick full color sales flier distributed for the first Lime last year and featuring everything from 99-Cenl chocolate covered cherries to $997 video recorders. The sate of toys games bikes and other Leisure Mer Chandise has jumped More than 60 percent since 1985,according to cafes financial statistics. In 1987, the category had sales of More than 144 million in euro Pean exchanges about 3,3 percent of the total retail sales of $1.3 billion. And while not in Ifica toy Arena electronic sales also continued to climb last year particularly the rack Ste Reo systems and personal computers hoi items during the Christmas buying season. The Only difference Between a child s Loy and an adult s toy is the Price lag Mcdonald said. 2 sailors accused of rape in Naples  Mediterranean Bureau Naples Italy two sailors from the destroyer tender Yellowstone Are being held in prison on charges of raping a 42-year-old italian woman. A spokesman for the italian police thursday identified the two As Petty officer 3rd class Brian t. Vaughn 19, from Carson calif., and Seaman recruit Patrick r. Mccoy 21, from Richmond a. The Yellowstone stationed in Norfolk va., is making Aport visit to Naples while on a Mediterranean deploy ment with the 6ih reel. Nurnberg Soldier who died after 1-car crash identified Nornberg West Germany the army thurs Day released the name of a 27-year-old Soldier who died following a one vehicle Accident aug. 31. Pfc. Samuel Franklin Iii of the 72nd medical Abmd at a Traberg army Hospital died after his car Over turned on Highway 14 near Stein Southwest of Nurnberg. Investigating authorities said Franklin was driving at an excessive Speed and was not wearing his Seal Bell said Community spokeswoman Elaine Hind at. Franklin is survived by his wife. The men were arrested shortly Afler 9 . Wednes Day when police heard screams coming from a base ment apartment in a downtown area of Naples said the spokesman who asked that his name not be used. The area called the out is off limits to . Forces. Police pried open an apartment shutter and saw the two suspects having sex with the victim the spokes Man said. The sailors were arrested after attempting to flee the apartment. The woman told police that the men broke into he apartment beat her then raped and sodomized her for approximately 30 minutes before the patrol officers intervened. The victim remained in a nearby Hospital thursday for treatment of various wounds including numerous bruises to the head and lacerations of her lower body. Both men Are being held in poggioreale prison the spokesman said. They Are to be arraigned before a magistrate on saturday on charges of rape lewd an lascivious acts breaking and entering destruction of private property and resisting arrest their trial could begin saturday immediately following the arraign ment the spokesman said. Mccoy will face an additional charge of aggravated assault on a Public official the spokesman said. Mccoy while being held at the police station allegedly slipped out of Handcuffs picked up a 5-Pound Metal desk file and hurled it at an italian policeman Accord ing to the  u i port a intern Alt Bingo la in in i wife of Chicksands no Dies As result of fall Raf Chicksands England the 36-year-old wife of an air Force no died sept. I from injuries she received after a fall from second floor window of her base Home officials said  Dee Foreman died in Bedford s Southw ing Hospital from internal injuries according to news release issued by the base. An investigation ruled out foul play the release , from Blytheville Art is survived by her husband. Tech. Sol Earl Foreman of the 7274thair base group her son Rickey Foreman and daughters Nikkola Foreman and tyra Craylon. Weinberger Wilt become Forbes publisher next year new York a former Secretary of defens Caspar Weinberger will Lake Over As publisher of Forbes Magazine in january Forbes chairman Mal Colm s. Forbes said , who resigned from the Reagan administration in november alter seven years was president of the Harvard Crimson As an undergraduate at har Vard. He also has worked As a newspaper column stand to Moderator