European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 23, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes thursday february 23,1989 panel s plan to close military bases fails to pay off lawmakers argue Washington a members of Congress testified wednesday that a fed eral commission s sweeping plan to close86 military installations and partly close five More fails to meet the Cost effective goals the panel had set. The members also told the House armed services subcommittee on military installations and facilities that they had difficulty obtaining information on which the commission based its decisions. Our request for detailed documentation of their findings resulted in their sending us a 2-Inch paper Trail wit much of the pertinent information deleted said sen. Bill Bradley d-n.j., who testified on the commission s recommendation to put his state s fort Dix on sem i Active status. Unless the department of defens provides the new Jersey delegation with the facts that Back up their decision will be forced to conclude that the com Mission s report was based on shoddy research and that their recommendations Are an insult to Congress Bradley said. Under the commission s plan the government would save $5.6 billion Over 20 years with the closure of 86 installations the partial closure of five and the trans Fer of operations to 54 other bases. Former defense Secretary Frank Carlucci approved the plan last month. Congress has 45 Days after March 1 to either bloc the plan or allow it to go into effect. Joining Bradley was sen. Frank Lau Tenborg d-n.j., who said the decision to reduce fort Dix to sem Active status Isic Anywise and Pound  the government has invested $160million to upgrade fort Dix since 1980, including $6.9 million this past year for . Bases with major Job losses Wash. Proposed by commission on base realignment and closure mass. Maryland 15. It Holabird i minus 62. A o % a 16. It Mead reorganized minus _ Texas Arizona 1. Davis Monthan air Force base reorganized minus 506 jobs. 2. It. Hua Chuca minus 616 California 3. George air Force base closed minus 5,358. 4. Hunters Point naval station reorganized minus 4,225. 5. Mather air Force base closed minus 3,000. 6. Norton air Force base closed minus 6,653. 7. Presidio of san Francisco including Letterman army medical Center closed minus 5,290. Colorado 8. Pueblo army depot reorganized minus 546. Illinois 9. Chanute air Force base closed minus 4,618 10. It. Sheridan closed minus 3,000. Indiana 11. Jefferson proving ground closed minus 390. Kentucky 12. Lexington army depot closed minus 1,168. Louisiana 13. Lake Charles naval station closed minus 362. Massachusetts 14. Army material technology Laboratory closed minus 548. 17. Pease air Force base Al closed minus 2,650. I i j ?5 new Jersey a v vhf in 18. It Dix reorganized minus v4,656. V by. 19. A Monmouth reorganized minus204. Cd new Mexico 20. It Wingate 92/. New York note not shown Are bases with Job losses of fewer than 30, no change or gains in jobs Chicago Tribune graphic source news reports 22. Umatilla army depot a i reorganized minus 164.  a Pennsylvania / of 23. Philadelphia naval Hospital i closed minus 600. Tos Texas _.  in. 24. It Bliss reorganized minus Vav 25. Galveston naval station a closed minus537. V a Utah ,./ -4v 26. It. Douglas closed minus � 409. A Virginia /  a 27. Cameron station closed i minus4,692. ,. Washington i. 28. Sand Point naval station i reorganized minus 676. V of Range modernization and a new maintenance shop Lautenberg said. All told 22 members of Congress Testi fied before the committee about plans to close or reduce bases in their states or districts with Many saying they had to file Freedom of information requests to obtain information on the recommendations for base closings. Rep. Patricia Schroeder d-colo., chairwoman of the subcommittee said that after the hearings members May still object to the closing of certain bases but they ought to be Able to do so with a Complete understanding of Why the com Mission recommended what it  rep. De Madigan r-i1l, said the Clos ing of Chanute fab in Eastern Illinois would have a devastating Impact on the Rural area of the state. And he added for National Security reasons i do not have any Faith in a report that recommends closure of the Only base which provides minuteman missile maintenance training. I do not have Faith in a report that so falsely states that there would Only be a moderate economic  closing of the Chanute fab would result in a loss of 1,139 military jobs and 1,681 civilian j9bs and an estimated Sav Ings of $68.7 million. Rep. Terry Bruce d-i11., cited the construction of new facilities at the base including a weather training facility cold storage facility and a regional treatment facility for waste water. All construction of these projects occurred within the last six years with a Price tag of Over $66 million Bruce said. This construction would have to be duplicated at the receiving bases should Chanute be  Public officials shielded from child abuse suits Washington a the supreme court Rule wednesday that Public officials May not be sued when their alleged Gross negligence permits a child to be abused by a Parent. By a 6-3 vote the justices said a state does not havea constitutional duty to protect people including abused children who Are not in the state s custody. Chief Justice William h. Rehnquist writing for the court said As a general matter. We conclude that a state s failure to protect an individual against private violence simply does not constitute a violation of the Constitution s due process  in other matters taken up wednesday the court ruled that states May not prohibit political party leaders from endorsing primary election candidates. The justices by an 8-0 vote struck Down a California Law As an impermissible infringement of constitutionally protected Freedom of speech. The court also struck Down As unconstitutional California Laws limiting the term of of fice for party leaders and dictating the makeup of state party Central committees. The justices sidestepped deciding whether a Crim Inal defendant s right to be tried by his Peers is Vio lated when prosecutors disqualify potential jurors on the basis of their race. By a 7-2 vote the justices ruled against Frank d. Teague sentenced to 30 years imprison for the armed robbery of a Chicago supermarket and for the attempted murder of police officer shot after the robbery. Four justices one vote Short of the majority needed to set binding Legal precedent said Teague should not be allowed to raise the representative jury Issue. In the child abuse Case the court rejected an appealing behalf of a Wisconsin boy Joshua Deshaney who since age 4 has been seriously and permanently brain damaged from beatings by his father. In an unusual emotional dissent Justice Harry a. Supreme court Roundup Blackmun exclaimed Popr Joshua it is a sad commentary upon american life and constitutional principles. That this child Joshua Deshaney now i assigned to live out the remainder of his life profoundly retarded and without an Opportunity to sue Testate. But Rehnquist said the state s awareness of the boy slight does not mean it has a duty to protect him. A suit in Joshua s behalf was filed against the Winnebago county wis., department of social services and two of its employees. The boy first came to the attention of the welfare Agency when he was brought to a Hospital in 1983 with cuts and bruises. The Girlfriend of Joshua s father said the boy was injured in an attack by another child. Officials suspected he was being abused by adults Anda social worker Ann Ken meter was assigned to the Case. Joshua was returned to the custody of his father Randy Deshaney with a recommendation that Desha Ney s Girlfriend move out of the House because Desha Ney had hinted she might be abusing the boy. Deshaney s former wife and Joshua s Mother Melody Deshaney was living in Cheyenne wyo., where the couple had been divorced. Ken meter visited the Deshaney Home on several occasions and noticed bumps on Joshua s head. Ken meter visited the Deshaney Home on March 7, 1984, and was told that several Days earlier Joshua had fainted in the bathroom for no apparent reason. The Fol lowing Day Joshua was treated at a Hospital for head injuries that destroyed half his brain leaving him profoundly retarded and institutionalized for the rest of his life. The boy s father was convicted of child abuse and sentenced to two to four years in prison. Sex sheriff files Mississippi burning libel suit Jackson miss. A a former sheriff has filed an $8 million libel suit against the makers of the movie Mississippi burning claiming he was portrayed unfavourably in the film. They have sure done some terrible harm the for Mer Neshoba county sheriff Lawrence Rainey 65, said wednesday in a Telephone interview from his Home in Meridian. Everybody All Over the South knows the one they have playing the sheriff in that movie is referring to  Rainey who now works for a Black owned Security guard service was sheriff at the time of the 1964 slay Ings of three civil rights workers near Philadelphia. The deaths prompted an Fri investigation that led to conspiracy charges being filed against 18 men including Rainey who was later acquitted. The movie an Orion pictures release is a fictional account of the slaying s of Michael Schwerner James Chancy and Andrew Goodman. The lawsuit filed tuesday in . District court at Meridian charges defamation of character libel an invasion of privacy attorney James g. Mclntyre said. Mclntyre who defended Rainey in the 1967 conspiracy trial described his client As a Man trying to make a living the Best Way he can a Man trying to live out his life  a person answering the phone wednesday at Orion pictures offices in new York said no one was immediately available for comment. Calls to Orion s offices i los Angeles were answered by a recording. Mclntyre said he had received no response from Orion on his demand several weeks ago that the Mak ers Correct what he described As untruths in the film including the actions of the sheriff at the time. Rainey said the film falsely portrayed his activities and attitude during the period and had wronged the people of Neshoba county. What they said happened and what they did to me certainly was t right and something ought to be done about it the former sheriff said. Rainey said he had been catching some playback from those who had seen the film and his employer has been catching some of it  the movie directed by Alan Parker and starring Gene Hackman and Willem Dafoe has been criticized by some civil rights activists who say it aligns Blackland portrays the Fri agents As heroes