European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 27, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday october 27, 19s8 the stars and stripes Page 5 inequities cited in base closures ? 7 senators say Sunbelt safes favored Washington api a Pentagon appointed commission should consider possible regional inequities Asil draws a Lisi of obsolete military bases that should be closed 17 northeastern and midwestern senators said. President Reagan signed a Bill monday authorizing the defense department 0 close unneeded military bases to achieve savings of up to s5 billion per year. A 12-Membcr commission is expected to make the Deci Sions and report on its conclusions by dec. 31. We support in principle the notion of closing obsolete or superfluous bases. But we wish to prevent the further entrenchment of regional inequities Stem Ming from the location of existing military  said a letter signed by 17 senator on the stationer of the Northeast Midwest Senate coalition. The coalition is a bipartisan Alliance of 36 senators seeking to promote issues of concern to the Northeast and Midwest. The letter was addressed to Abraham Ribicoff the former democratic senator from Connecticut who co chairs the defense Secretary s com Mission on base realignment and closure. The senators said in the letter that Sunbelt states already enjoyed an advantage in numbers of bases a preponderance of bases in Sunbelt Stales reflects in pan the parochial interests and Power of Long term former armed services committee chairmen me let Ter said. Jim Abbic spokesman for the base closing commis Sion laughed and said. So what s new when Lold about the senators letter. Abbey later said he would have no comment until he had seen a copy of the letter. He said As far As he knew Ribicoff had not seen in yet either. The letter pointed to language in a report of congressional conferees  base closing Bill that said Geog Raphy should be carefully weighed during the com Mission s deliberations leading to its closure and realignment  that provision was dropped before the legislation got to Reagan s desk but the senators said it was note worthy nevertheless. The letter also said there was a strategic consideration in that Northern air bases have Shorter flight limes to the soviet Union than others and Eastern seaports arc relatively close to Europe and above potential choke Points such As he Straits of  defense Secretary Frank c. Carlucci will have until Jan. 15 to accept or reject the list of recommended base closings. Signing the letter were the two senators from Penn Sylvania new York new Jersey Illinois Maine. Michigan and Massachusetts and sen. Joseph a Idun a Del. Claiborne Pell . And Richard Lugar r ind. Man admits placing mouse in Coors Beer can jacksonv11.lf. Fla. A a Man who claimed he found a mouse in a can of Coors Beer pleaded Guilly tuesday to product tampering and extortion made a Public apology and was sentenced to is months in prison. " want to publicly admit that 1 caused a mouse to be placed in a can of Coors Beer and acknowledge the wrongdoing of that  James n. Harvey. 30, said in court. Assistant slate attorney e. Mcrae Mathis said the apology was part of a plea agreement. We Felt in ii Sciasc ii was appropriate and it was necessary to ensure thai the consumer Confidence in a consumer product was Ivan Back 10 a company because that is the very thing that was Lakin away from a company said a this. Dry Baird a spokeswoman for Adolph Coors co., of Golden colo., said James n. Harvey pleaded guilty and apology de in curl in Jacksonville flu. Inc brewery was dropping a civil lawsuit filed against Harvey for loss of sales and damage to its reputation. Our purpose in filing the lawsuit was not for revenge but to restore consumer Confidence in our products said Peter ii Coors. Inc company president. We also wanted to Send a Clear message that product tampering is a serious crime against consumer Confidence and Trust that w not he  Harvey claimed he discovered inc mouse july 27 after taking a few drinks from a 16-Ouncc can of Coors. Harvey called the Coors consumer hotline two Days later. Coors initially offered to pay $1,500 for the mouse and the can but he refused and later asked for $35,000. Circuit judge r. Hudson Olliff sentenced Harvey to 1 8 months in prison on each of the counts and ordered that they be served concurrently. He was Given until nov. I to begin his sentence. Jury awards civil rights marchers $1 million Atlanta Ai j forty nine civil rights activists who were pelted with rocks and bottles when they marched into virtually All White Forsyth county were awarded nearly $1 million by a jury that found Sheku Klu klan responsible. A verdict unsealed in . District court on tuesday also found 11 individuals responsible for attacking the activists who marched into the county North of Atlanta on Jan. 17, 19s7, and were met by the counter demonstrators Many of them Kkt members or sympathizers. The jury reached its verdict oct. 5, but judge Charles a. Moy or. Ordered it sealed to give those who brought the Law suit Lime to decide whether to join Atlanta City councilman Hosca Williams who wanted to drop in. Williams who helped organize the March and was among those who filed the lawsuit urged toward the end of inc trial trial it be dropped because in would impoverish the families of Kkt. Members. He said tuesday he would no take any Money from the settlement. Irreg Ardless of the ecu it s decision my decision nol to accept one single Penny of my while Brothers and Sisters possessions is a matter of conscience Williams said. In is also stooping lower than the Kkt. And other White supremacists to take away from them their hard canted material pos sessions simply because they brutalized us in responding to the sicknesses of our capitalistic  in a letter Williams sent his fellow marchers during the trial he said he had talked to slain civil rights Leader Martin Luther King jr., and King had Lold him Jesus wanted him not to sue inc  slate rep. , Lilly Mckinney who had opposed Williams Effort to drop the lawsuit said Williams religion and communication Wilh the dead should not interfere with our constitutional rights and  named As defendants in the lawsuit were the Southern White knights of the Kun  klan the invisible Empire knights of the Kuklin klan and 12 individuals. There had been 57 plaintiffs. Williams and three others dropped out during the trial and four others dropped out tuesday. The Jirry awarded $50 to each of the remaining plaintiffs in compensatory dam Ages. The rest was in punitive damages. The lawsuit had sought s1.5 million. Defense attorney Jeffrey Slit called inc verdict grossly unreasonable and said in would be appealed. I think there is a reasonable Chance that the Var Dick will he Sci aside said Sliz attorney for David hol land grand dragon of the while knights and the Southern White knights. I was surprised at inc  the two klan organizations were assessed 1400,000 each. Holland was or dered to pay $50,000. Awards from 10 other individuals ranged from $30,000 to $1.000, and the 12lh defendant Harold Palmour was judged not liable. Teacher rejects school dress code Point pleasant . A a Point pleasant High school math teacher who refuses to ditch his Blue jeans and Wear a Necktie was reprimanded his week and ordered to comply with the dress code. Bill Webb a 20-year leaching Veteran who had earlier been suspended says he refuses to observe a new dress code for teachers at the school because he feels his Anric has nothing to do with How Well he teaches. He also claims the code violates the Law. Superintendent Charles Chambers suspended Webb 46, without pay on oct. 7 after he finished a four Day suspension for the same reason. The Mason county school Board voted 5-0 to uphold Webb s latest suspension and ordered him to comply Wilh the code. If he does t comply will set up a conference with the superintendent said principal Michael Whalen. That s inc next level. The superintendent will have a conference with him and As in the past hell also ask Webb to comply with the  in the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. Oct. 27, 19-48 the five member nations of the Western european Union announced thai they had reached an agreement on a North Atlantic defense pact Wilh the United slates and Canada. 30 years ago today. Oct. 27, 1958 the communist party newspaper Prowda criticized soviet writer Boris Pasternak As being a Bourgoise reactionary for accepting the 1958 Nobel prize for literature. 20 years ago today. Oct. 27. 1968 Catle John Lennon and his japanese Girlfriend Yoko Ono announced that they Are expecting a baby in the Spring. J 0 years ago today. Oct. 27, 197s the Rolfing stones agreed to perform a Benefit in cart for the Blind in Toronto to comply with a court order Given to guitarist Keith Richards after he was found guilty of Possession of heroin