European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 1, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse Sunday january 1, 1989 the stars and stripes Page 5 Dod review of Navy deaths called insult Washington a a Pentagon review of 17 accidental deaths in Navy training Over the past two years said the service was trying to improve its safety record but a Wisconsin congressman called the report an insult and accuse the Navy of stonewalling. If this was t so serious it would be joke said rep. Toby Roth a wis. Roth took interest in the Issue after the death of a constituent airman recruit Lee Mirecki 19, of Appleton wis. A Navy swimming instructor at the training base in Pensacola fla., was convicted of negligent homicide last septem Ber in the Mirecki Case and sentenced to 90 Days in jail. In Wisconsin if you hit a parked car you get More of a penalty than that Roth said in a Telephone interview Fri Day. This death could have been pre vented. It was negligence. Things got out of the paragraph dealing with Mirecki in the 10-Page Pentagon report said the Only action taken had been review of training courses to ensure maximum safety of students while retaining required the court record showed Mirecki had been dunked repeatedly while other recruits were forced to stand with their hands against the Wall singing the nation Al Anthem. In a letter attached to the report assistant Secretary of defense Grant s. Green said the personnel casualties behave suffered in training Are few when compared to the number of students undergoing the Pentagon spending Bill for the current fiscal year called on the Navy to report on the training deaths to Congress by . 31. We had been going around an around with the Navy and never got an Swers Roth said. I thought there had been some the congressman said that after Hemet with Green on Friday morning and complained about the report Greensand we will consider this an interim report and we will try to comply " witha More Complete version later. Green could not be reached at his of fice Friday afternoon. Roth said he would raise his complaints shortly after the 100th con Gress convenes tuesday. The Genera accounting office the investigative of Congress is due to report on the Issue by feb. 15, Roth said. The Navy report listed the deceased trainees and the dates and causes of death As Michael j. Gee aug. 19, 1988 drowning. Tasene Epenesa May 17, 1988 car Diac arrest. John j. Tomlinson March 14, 1988 hypothermia. Kenneth m. Kundinger . 15, 1987 cardiac arrest. Leo p. Mcsherry Gregory Mcmichael april 15, 1987 air crash. Herbert e. Mclemore Jan. 31,1987 overexertion while suffering from sickle cell trait. Michael p. Thompson oct. 22, 1986 air crash. Jesus c. Paredes sept. 3, 1986 car Diac arrest. Peter Martin june 8, 1986 Parachute jump. Frank w. Dahlinger Thomas , april 18, 1986 air crash. Sherwood Collins Don l. Bohor ques March 16, 1986 air crash. James b. Friend March 26, 1986overexertion while suffering from sickle cell trait. Alan j. Higgins feb. 24, 1986 arrhythmia. Dies of 84 in new York Isamu Noguchi with his Bolt of lightning sculpture in Philadelphia in 1984. New York a Isamu Noguchi the renowned american sculptor whose work graces museums gardens and Park around the world died Friday after a Brief illness. He was 84.Noguchi, whose work blended the aesthetics of East and West was known for monumental Public sculpture but also de signed furniture and lamps stage sets Gar Dens fountains and playgrounds. He received the National medal of arts from president Reagan at the White House in june 1987.among his works Are the gleaming steel Dodge memorial Fountain in Detroit a28-foot red cube that stands on one of its Corners in front of a lower Manhattan Bank and the sunken Garden at new York s Chase Manhattan Plaza. He also designed the Enesco Garden in Paris the Buly Rose sculpture Garden in Jeru Salem and two Bridges for Hiroshima s peace s major sculptures Are made of Stone Basalt Granite and is represented in the permanent col i is Washington averaged murder a Day sections of such major american museums As the metropolitan Whitney and modern in new York the Art Institute of Chicago the Detroit Art Institute Seattle Art museum and Walker arts Center in was born in los Angeles on nov. 17, 1904, but two years later his family took him to Tokyo. He returned alone to the United states in 1918 an went to school in Indiana. Noguchi entered Columbia University As a pre medical student in 1922, but dropped out in favor of sculpture studies at the Leonardo a Vinci Art school now moved to Paris in 1928 and became a studio assistant for Constantin Brancusi for six months. During that time his ear Liest works were made. Noguchi returned to new York in 1929 and had his first one Man show at the Eugene Schoen Gal survived on a few Small sales and on a number of Grants including a Guggen Heim Fellowship in 1927. By the Washington Post Washington two fatal Early morning shootings of Young men and the death of another Man Friday who had Bee shot two weeks ago brought the number of homicides in Washington to 367 More than one a Day in 1988, the City s dead Liest year. . Police responding to reports of gunfire shortly after Midnight Friday found Michael w. Harris in a Southeast Washington Street with a gunshot wound to the body. Harris 26, was pronounce dead at . General Hospital at 1 08 . An unidentified 23-year-old Man arrive Dat . General Hospital in a private vehicle about 2 . And was pronounced dead of a gunshot wound to the body about an hour later. Brian w. Blake 31, died Friday at . General from a gunshot wound to the head he received two weeks ago. Also Friday night a . Firefighter remained in critical condition at . Gener Al Hospital after being shot in the head put Side a housing project Early Friday morning. Police officials would not speculate on the motive in the three slayings or in the shooting of the fireman but sources note that All four incidents had the markings of drug violence that has transformed parts of the City into fire zones. Robertson fined for late filing by the Washington Post Washington the Federal elec Tion commission has fined the Republican presidential Campaign of television Evange list Pat Robertson $25,000 for filing As candidate a year later than he should have. In a conciliation agreement signed by Robertson s Campaign attorney Marion Edwyn Harrison the Fec said that the context and Content of a sept. 17, 1986, broadcast Robertson made from Constitution Hall and a related direct mail program went beyond the testing of the feasibility of a Robertson said that night in a speech beamed by satellite to 150,000 supporters that he would become a candidate if 3 Mil lion registered voters signed petitions say ing they would Back the Effort. But Heddin t officially file As a candidate or report How he was raising Money until oct. 15, 1987. More than six out of every 10 slaying this year have been drug related. Police at tribute the alarming increase in homicides to cocaine particularly its initially cheap and rapidly addictive derivative crack. Just three years ago when pc was the drug of Choice and Law enforcement officials were just beginning to hear about crack Only one out of six of the homicides were linked to narcotics. That contrasts sharply with 60 percent this year and just less than half of the 1987 slayings. Most drug related slayings involve gunfire and victims most often Young Black men buying or Selling drugs or fighting for territory in Many of the City s 91 drug said that they already have made arrests in More than half of the year s re Cord breaking number of homicide cases. As of . 22 this year the latest Date for which figures Are available police had made arrests in 183 of 358 homicides an had issued arrest warrants in 11 other cases. Last year there were 228 slayings nearly half of them drug related and police closed 136, or 60 percent with an arrest. In1986, when 21 percent of the 197 cases involved drugs 157 or 80 percent were previous homicide record of 287 killings in 1969 earned the District the nickname murder in the stars and stripes 40 years ago foday. Jan. 1, 1949 an american plane from a British loading base landed at the French Airfield in Berlin completing the100,000th flight of the Berlin air lift. 30 years ago today. Jan. 1, 1959 the United states won Back the Davis cup from Australia in the biggest upset in the history of the Tennis Competition when Alex Omedo a 22-year-old National collegiate Champion from Southern California won the deciding singles match Over Ashley Cooper of Australia. 20 years ago today. Jan. I 1969 . Military source sin Saigon said South vietnamese troops had rescued a special forces Captai held by the Viet Cong for More than five years in the Mekong Delta. 10 years ago today. Jan. 1, 1979 at the end of a two year investigation the House assassinations committee concluded that presi Dent Kennedy was probably assassinated As a result of a
