European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 11, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday january 11, 1989 the stars and stripes Page 5 breakdown cited in Marine s death commandant no Accident on attitude problem by Norman Blackcap military writer Washington Gen. Alfred m. Gray the Marine corps commandant monday accepted an investigative report that concludes there was a total break Down in accountability procedures within a unit that left a Young enlisted Man to die in the California desert during a training exercise. The Marine corps in a statement released at it Washington Headquarters said Gray ordered a review of the conduct of some additional officers in the affected unit after studying the report. One officer is already facing a preliminary investigation in the matter and two sergeants Are facing special courts martial later this month at Camp Lejeune . Those three have either been charged or Are facing charges of dereliction of duty in the death of Lance Cpl. Jason j. Rother 19, of Minneapolis. Rother platoon Leader and company commander also have been relieved of their duties and reprimanded. Based upon additional recommendations made bythe investigating officer. The commanding general of the 2nd Marine division has been directed to re View the report and take appropriate action with re Spect to the battalion commander and the battalion executive officer of Rother s unit the 3rd battalion 2nd Marine regiment of the 2nd Marine division the Headquarters statement said monday. Gen. Gray stated that he would not accept wasting lives in so called training accidents " the statement said. Quoting Gray the statement continued Rother death was not an Accident. Accidents happen. His death did t just happen rather it was the culminating event in a series of acts each consciously committed by human beings. It was the certain and foreseeable result of an attitude which i intend to see erased from our  Rother was assigned to serve As a Road guide during an exercise at the Marine base at Twenty nine Palms calif., last August and was not picked up after his uni moved through the area. Moreover the Marine was not reported missing for almost 40 hours after he should have been picked up. Despite an extensive search his remains were no discovered until dec. 4. The investigation accepted by Gray concluded that poor planning and direction in the placement and re covery of the marines assigned to the detail with Roth or caused the failure to pick him up and that a total breakdown in the Chain of personnel accountability within Rother s unit led to the delay in accounting for his whereabouts the corps said monday. The actions of some individuals in the unit reflect a state of mind which contradicts every principle of concerned leadership on which we marines have traditionally prided ourselves the statement added. At the direction of the commandant of the Marine corps copies of the completed investigation were provided to the parents of Lance Cpl. Jason  homeless Man arrested in rape killing of doctor new York a a homeless Manas arrested monday in the strangulation and rape of a pregnant pathologist in her City Hospital office. The suspect sometimes lived at the Hospital and masqueraded As an employee police said. Steven Smith 23, was found by police at a shelter monday after three other homeless men came Forward with the doctor s personal property and said Smith had Given it to them police com missioner Benjamin Ward said. Smith was charged with murder Rob Bery and rape in the death of or. Kath Ryn Hinnant 33, Ward said. The City had offered a $30,000 Reward for information about the slaying which mayor Edward i. Koch called the no. 1case to be  Hinnant s body was found Early Sun Day by her husband and a Hospital administrator. The pathologist was five months pregnant and the medical exam Iner determined that her death was due to strangulation. Ward said Smith allegedly gave Hin Nant s Mink jacket to another Man to sell. Police said Wristwatch $50 to $75 and the coat were taken from the victim. Smith told investigators that he and another Man named John had Hinnant g9ne to the fourth floor of Bellevue hos Pital and attacked Hinnant Ward said. However the commissioner added that Smith claimed that the attack including the rape was made by John. We have not even confirmed that this person John lived other than in the mind of Steven Smith Ward said. Investigators also found bloodstained Hospital garments in a garbage Container near the wards Island men s shelter where they found Smith Ward said. Smith told police that he sometime lived at Bellevue and used a bed on the 22nd floor and would wander through the Hospital unquestioned while wearing a Stethoscope and Hospital garb Ward said. Chief of detectives Robert Colangelo went to the floor a maintenance and machinery area and confirmed that there was a Lone dirty bed empty Beer cans and a Stethoscope the commissioner said. Ward called it a crime of Opportunity adding that Smith s Normal behaviour when he is at the Hospital is to steal ids and eat at the Hospital cafeteria. Hinnant who had been working at the Hospital on her Day off to prepare a lec Ture she was to deliver monday was remembered fondly by colleagues. Hinnant came in on saturday be cause she was always looking for this extra mile and that extra piece of Excel Lence she could give said or. John Pearson director of pathology at the hos Pital. About 50 detectives were assigned tothe Case As a debate Over Bellevue Security raged. Security Here in t the tightest. I seems like anyone can walk in said an intern or. Jane Skorina. But she said the attack was an isolated incident and does t affect what May happen in  a social worker supervisor who re Quested anonymity said that when she once came in on a saturday she found it quite frightening. I Felt quite vulnerable. There Are no people around eve the elevators Are  or. To Ivey Boufford president of the health and hospitals corp., said Security at the 1,200-bed Hospital Complex would be reviewed but an initial Check found nothing out of the Ordinary at the time of the murder. Japanese to retain Auto Export restraints Washington not despite Strong opposition in Japan the japanese government has told Amer ican Trade officials that its restraints on automobile exports to the United states will be maintained for another year. The japanese Cabinet decided to keep the so called voluntary quotas at 2.3 million cars a year the level it has maintained since 1985, . Officials said. The quotas Are unpopular in Japan where Man View them As a form of american protectionism. Auto mobiles and automotive parts account for about Hal of the . Trade deficit with Japan. The action is a sign of improving Trade relation Between the United states and Japan at a time when the United states and the european Community have become enmeshed in a series of conflicts chiefly Over agricultural policy and beef exports. Tokyo is expected to use the announcement to pres president Reagan to remove Trade sanctions against japanese electronic products. The consensus of administration Trade officials however remains that the punitive tariffs on $165 million Worth of electronics imports imposed nearly two years ago after the United states accused Japan of violating an Accord on computer chips should remaining Force. Japanese car sales in the United states have declined in part because the yen has doubled in value in the last three years. That has raised the sticker Price of japanese cars compared with american models. But american manufacturers worry about what might happen in a recession. They fear that if Domestic Auto sales fell sharply the japanese could move aggressively to take advantage of shut Down american production. The restraints therefore act As a kind of safety net for the Domestic Industry. Japan s Auto quota year begins april 1, which Corre sponds with its fiscal year. In the year ended March 31, 1988, Japan s nine Auto makers shipped 2.14 million of the 2.3 million cars they were allowed to Export. From april to october 1988, shipments from Japan totalled 1.27 million units compared with 1.45 million units for the comparable period of the previous year suggesting that the 12-month period through next March 31 will also be below the previous year. Atlanta councilman fined after weapons conviction Jonesboro a. A Atlanta City councilman Hosea Williams arrested in March for trying to carry a gun past Airport Security was fined $1,000 monday after pleading no contest to two Misdemeanour weapons charges. Williams already has paid a separate$1,000 civil Fine to the Federal aviation administration Over the incident which occurred As he was going to Board a plane at Hartsfield Atlanta International Airport. Security officers found a .38-Cal Iber pistol in his briefcase. In proceedings monday before Superior court judge William h. Ison Wil Liams also received a 12-month sus Pended sentence on the two charges carrying a concealed weapon and carry ing a pistol without a permit. For a time Williams who has Bee arrested Many times for poor driving and for his demonstrations for civil rights was charged with a felony count of weapons Possession by a convicted Felon. Vutison threw out that charge which could have Cost Williams his Council seat. Williams said his sentence spoke tothe integrity of the judicial system in Clayton county and said he no longer carries guns outside his Home. At the time of his arrest Williams said he had forgotten the gun was in his Brief Case. In the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. Jan. 11, 1949 president Truman handed Congress a record budget of almost$42 billion half of which was allowed to defense and foreign Aid. 30 years ago today. Jan. 11, 1959 an Federal judge ordered Georgia state College of business administration to admit qualified Black students and outlawed the requirement that All applicants must be endorsed by three alumni before being considered. 20 years ago today. Jan. 11, 1969 the saturday evening Post a part of Small town America for148 years announced that it would cease publication after its feb. 8 Issue because the Magazine had lost $5 million during the previous year. 10 years ago today. Jan. 11, 1979 John and Greta Rideout a couple from Oregon involved in what was believed to be the first trial of a husband charged with raping his wife while they were living together told their attorneys they had reconciled