European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 20, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes thursday october 20,1988 panel s proposal for Lone Ranger hits lonesome Trail Oxford Mich. A a Debl Ridden com Mittee formed to promote Oxford As borne of inc original Lone Ranger narrator on radio is about to ride into the Sunset without erecting a hoped for statue in a City Park. The com mice had sought o erect a statue of Brace Becmer. The original Lone Ranger radio show narrator and the fourth voice of the Lone Ranger in the 1940s, but fell far Short of the 175,000 that would have been needed far the Monument com mice members said. At what s expected to be its final meeting thursday the group will discuss How to dispose of its assets or about $3.000, said Jacquelin Wassil. A 12,000 printing Bill is still unpaid she said. The committee has already paid 520,000 in debts committee members said. In its first year the group spared no expense in its promotion of the City about 35 mites Northwest of Detroit As Home of the Lone Ranger. The committee sponsored a super week held in conjunction with he super Bow which was played in Pontiac on Jan. 24. 1982, in the years following super week the Lone Ranger committee hosted other fund raisers but none were successful was sit said. Robert l. Bunting an attorney who has t Given up on erecting a Lone Ranger statue said he won t miss the committee. I be never had much Faith in committees. I think the Lone Ranger would have ended up Ona Camel Bunting said. Joint chiefs Battle proposal to slash civilian manpower by Norman Blackcap military writer Washington Pentagon military leaders Are resisting suggested cull of up to 3,500 jobs that Civilia defense officials claim can be eliminated without harming Security. The joint chiefs of staff Are arguing that no More than 500 positions should be Cut from . Military commands worldwide while civilian manpower authorities believe the figure should be Between 3,000and 3,500, officials mid tuesday. The two sides arc not even close to agreement Ona figure said one official who spoke on condition he not be identified. The military Guys Are already Start ing to cry that they can t do More with  sources said the dispute is scheduled to be resolved by defense Secretary Frank c. Carlucci in Lime to be reflected in the fiscal 1990 budget when it is submitted to Congress in january. You can be sure that Carlucci is going to Force More than 500 cuts out of the military but Iff hard to predict How Many More said one source. And since it s a lame Duck budget submission his decision May or May not hold added another  is serious about this  the current fight dates o an internal study ordered by Carluci last december shortly after he assume the Post of defense Secretary. The study was performed by a 22-Mcmber panel chaired by Derek j. Vander Schaaf the Pentagon s Deputy inspector general. In unusually Blunt terms it concluded in february that the Pentagon could eliminate 7,309 jobs from Headquarters around the world or 12 percent of the total without jeopardizing readiness. Such cuts would save More than $300 million a year in operating costs and eliminate duplication that in some cases almost guarantees America s military forces will have a hard Lime fighting any War the study asserted. The panel found that the unified and specified com mands around the world were supported by j9.siq civilian and military staff members adding the re View disclosed significant areas of overlapping responsibilities duplication of functions layering and opportunities for saving manpower the panel s conclusion that 7,309 jobs were superfluous was sent for review to the Pentagon s office for Force management and personnel and then to the joint chiefs of staff the six member body that includes the nation s highest ranking admirals and generals. One source said the Pentagon s civilian manpower officials do not agree with the 7,309 figure but certainty found plenty of room for cutting adding that they recommended cuts of up to 3,500 jobs that s not even half of what Vander Schaaf recommended but the joints chiefs Silil say it s totally unacceptable inc source said. The study panel criticized several commands a overstaffed or unnecessary including the . Forces Caribbean come in key West Fla. The army s West Ern come in Hawaii the strategic air come and the separate air and ground defense command structures for Alaska. The pane also suggested that 286 positions could be slashed from the Stair of the joint chiefs a staff that now numbers 2,005. Massachusetts Slayer recaptured after 14 years Walpole mass. A a convicted murderer who escaped from Pris on while on weekend furlough has been arrested after living for 14 years As a popular Southern California business Man and part time actor Arthur Bumbury. 37, was Hack in state prison in Walpole on tuesday leaving behind a common Law wife and three children in California. He expressed sur prise at his Luck in avoiding detection during his 14 years on the run. Bembury was Semi need la life in Pris on in june 1971 after being convicted of second degree murder in the death of his Girlfriend s Mother. Police said he shot inc woman after she told him he could no longer Sec his 14-year-old Girlfriend. Bumbury said he fled on his fifth weekend furlough in 1974 on a bus to Washington . I remember when 1 saw the state police outside one Day i said i am not going to come Back if i can help it he recalled. "1 was trying to gel away from the syst can. It was t sate. They did t have control of the system and a life could be bought for two packs of  he was regarded As a Model citizen Dur ing his second life in Southern California. Where he was known As Doug Honarc a successful real estate broker in Marina act key a fashionable los Angeles suburb Andas a part time actor who nod a bit part in the recent movie  friends said Bembury was a tireless Volunteer who helped troubled youngsters. He escaped detection despite being fingerprinted several times including during an arrest on rape charges which were Dis missed. Over inc years Bumbury moved into the administration of the american youth foundation a treatment Center for abused and neglected children opened another group Home earned a College degree an pursued his career. He was not arrested until a tipster led los Angeles police a few months ago to the Santa Monica real estate office where Bern Bury worked. Even though he thought he would eventually be caught bpm buy didst Tell any one including the woman he lived with for More than a decade and the three children he had with her of his past life. Sex hostage settles libel lawsuit Over drug a egad on los Angeles a former Iran hostage Jerry Plotkin has settled a s60 million libel lawsuit Over a newspaper article published the Day after his release from Cap Lively that said he was the target of a . Drug Traffick ing probe. The terms of inc settlement with the former publish ers of the daily news of los Angeles were not Dis closed but Poi Kin one of inc 52 . To slags had Tor 444 Days in Iran said in a statement tuesday thai he was compensated for substantial damages. Plotkin and the other hostages were freed in january1981. A Day later inc daily news said in a front Page Story that police had investigated Plotkin before he went to Linn and that he was the target of a Federal drug trafficking probe. The Story was attributed to unidentified Law enforcement sources. 1 Clicc and . Drug enforcement administration officials Lacr denied that such allegations had been made. Van Guys publishing co., which has since sold the paper to entrepreneur Jack Ken Cooke released a join statement tuesday in which it did not admit to wrong doing. But the statement said a of the evidence which has been developed during inc Pendency of or Plotkin s lawsuit establishes. 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