European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 23, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse Thursday March 23, 1989 the stars and stripes Page 7. Mrs. Rogers denies agreeing to firing by the Jin air tors times san Diego Sharon Rogers wanted id slav on in. Her Job As a leather at the Najolia school after a bomb blam destroyed her Van on the Way 10 work bul was fired by school officials who have con tended in was a Mutual Jiu according n sources who have spoken wit i hrs Imd her husband. Capt. Wisi c. Rogers 111, commander of the guided missile Cruiser Vincennes the couple is upset and angry Over her treatment by the school. Investigator Are seeking to determine if inc bomb ing was in retaliation for a persian Gulf incident last summer in which Rogers bunched missiles at an Irani an Airliner he believed was an attacking military air Craft. Ai 290 people aboard Ibe plane were killed. Tuesday Rogers and his wife commented publicly Tor the first firm in a letter to the los Angeles times in. Which they indirectly criticised the school and thanked those who have shown support for the family in the Days since the bombing. Thi1. Imagi1 of a burning Van Musl not become a Symbol of tear and unseasoned reaction inc letter said. Instead it should represent the resolve and Cour age of a Community and a nation to resist and defeat the mindless and cowardly process of terrorism whatever the officials of tilt exclusive private school said in a press release ins we Hal they had reached a Mutual decision with mrs. Rogers that she would not return to the Campus to ensure the safety of the. Child pm hut sources Mio a id not to be identified told the times she is ups Over he Way she was treated by the school where Sluva ought for 12 years that she is Conti Orrino going on a i Ciure Lour to speak out against the dangers of surrendering w International terrorism. The Fri and several other Law enforcement Agency in continue to investigate the blast which occurred on March 10, moments after mrs. Rogers stepped out of. He vehicle to investigate a strange noise. She was in Hurt by the blast bus has moved Oul of her Home and is under the Protection of the naval investigative serv ice. Cant. Rogers is at sea of the Vincennes for several Days of training ener discs. I Don l think Sharon Rogers would go Back to work there no Wvori if she was a skid one source said describing the couple the school threw 2 years of her career in inc Lank the source added. Jim Stewart development director Fla Jolla coun try Day school said tuesday we still stand by that Mutual decision pan of the statement we released on thursday. 11 was by Mutual consent.". Stewart said the school agreed to pay mrs. Rogers salary through August Bill he declined to say now much thai is. according to inc sources. Mrs Rogers believes that she was never Given a fair Opportunity to make an argument to inc school administrators thai she should be allowed to continue teaching the fourth Grade. She was fired one source said. They brought the decision to her As a fail no Campli. She said she negotiated to have two words added to the press release put Oul by the school. Mutual decision were those two words. She wanted those two words added for her own dignity.". After inc Van bombing. Mrs. Rogers expected that at a minimum she would Only be asked to stay away from the school until the end of the Spring recess. Eventually she hoped to said one source. The source said that headmaster Timothy Burns ind mrs. Rogers spoke twice on the Telephone after the bombing and that Burns said Lake the rest of the week off Between the bombing and the Start of Spring break. Hut the next time they spoke the headmaster visited her and her husband and told her Hal the school Board of directors was planning to drop her permanently from the faculty. Me presented them with inc school s a source sail he went Over and said this is it. You re Olla v v. The school treatment of his wife also greatly distressed Rogers especially after he had been old thai that the naval investigative service was preparing a plan of Security for safeguarding he school while his wife was leaching Here. The Navy had promised toot licit part and they were in the negotiating phase of a Security a source said. The sources also described the Rogers As a very private very personal expressed the very very keen desire to have this thing off the front pages As soon As possible said a source. They Wam some sort of normalcy to return to their lives hut at inc same time tin source added they Are bound and determined not to let this incident Ngali vely influence their lives. These arc Strong Strong peo thin Blue line figure released from prison Dallas not Randall Dale Adams walked out of a Dallas jail late Tuc .j.iy. Having served 2 a years of a. Life m Vance for a murder to which an Solhei r when he was con Vic led of a Llin Dallas police officer. Hosn rat Quad at i air it smells pretty. Gum Ous litre. Tell Niy Moni i m coming the to Houston Law yer. Randy scuff it. And said lie would it Lur i i his Nii Sivc Columbus Ohio later his wok lie Vail May hive to return to Dallas for a the District attorney office h Atwi d. It plans Adanis cast Vas the m bed bit year Ofa d film. Teeth us. Glue line his release was made Possi ble when judge Carl c. Anderson who was brought in from the Vaco c Rita sisal coun to hear if Case ruled tuesday that judge Larry w. Baraka who Over turned the convictions iou a be continue to preside in in coast. ". On monday Haraka ordered that. Adams be Relea a on the personal recognizance Bond which does not require the posting of Money but before Adams Coul freed in Bond. A Hon. Raised Adams nil to Cash until Hie question of Baraka suitability could be settled at tuesday hear ing Anderson ruling reinstated die per Sonal recognizance Bond. Asula it District attorney ,.winficv.scott charged Ai the it Arini thai Haral. Showed Bias when he said in deccmb1.lhal if he were to Rule evidence presented by inc prosecution he would find Adams innocent. At the december hearing several prosecution witnesses had either recanted or. . One of them David Harris had Lesli tied at Adams trial that he had seen Thi. Defendant shool Wood As the policeman approached a car in which Harris and Wood were Riding. But atthe hearing. Karris said thai lie had been Tilo cat Lite. Scene though he slopped Short of actually confessing to the crime. Schatfer1 presented the same facts at tuesday hearing attempting id con Vince Anderson that when Waraka said. He would not find Adams guilty the judge. Was not being biased but was rendering an objective analysis of the facts in the Case. With ill due respect to judge. Haravay he did t make any great Call Schafler told the. Coun. would have made Hal Call if he had heard the Evi Dence " during inc 2 i hour hearing. Adams sin virtually motionless breaking into a laugh Only once when Scott said thai Varala judgment had beet warped by All the publicity about the Case and bythe new York underground cull movie Raker Why was Down Here an apparent reference to Errol Morris who made in Bluc line.",. Dakota would be just As cold without North ,.n.d. At t the North Dakova legislature has refused to Call a referendum to drop the North from the mate name making in sir ply Dakota deciding the be just As cold by any Nanic. Fixing the name to make us become the new. Eden or Siigri la ii shortsighted state sen. Ray Horn Borg argued during a half hour debate before a. Packed Senate do we do next legislative session our unique people will Stilt be the Senate voted 36ll 5 tuesday to defeat a up Lulion. That would hate put the Issue to voters Irr 1990. I Dakota Means Friend or ally in. The language of the Sious indians and the Resolution argued that the mean inf. Of the name is obscured by the geographical designation which connotes a cold harsh climate. the Mosi positive word of North Dakota is a Kola said the Resolution s., prime sponsor. Sen Tim Mathera Dakota Speaks to what we Are most. Roud of the a wholesomeness friendliness of our people.". It a warmer name like ils people added san. Jim Vic Kim it a name wiihctitilzpah.". Gov. George sinner said he was t opposed to inc e idea. " " however sen.1 Wayne Sicri Enjem of grand Forks May have spoken for Many opponents when he. Said his constituents recommended he also change Lii own name if Evou d to change the stale name,1 the idea a sub in floated several limes,1 Bill the latest attempt was sharply criticized by resident and by Oulu the. Stale less National attention. _ in addition to being panned editorially by the Washington Posi the Issue became the focus of a Tongue in Cheek Campaign by the Leilh nos Manl galled find a new nume for the stated the
