European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 25, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse Saturday March 25. 1989 the stars and stripes Page 7 Rogers to end Job As Vincennes Captain san Diego he Cape. Will Rogers 111 will Piaf up command of the Vincennes in May. A change the Navy called routine and unrelated to the suspected terrorist bombing of a Van driven by Rogers wife. Thu Hus been in hi1 works for a Long Lime Navy spokesman cmdr. David Dillon said thursday. Rogers became Captain of the Fui Vii missile Cruiser in april 1987. And a command usually runs about two Yean Dillon said the new commander of the Vin Cannes will be caper a. Lynch Dillon said tit said he did t Lino what Rog ers re s i duly assignment Woi Iid be. However the san fuse go Tribune tiling in unidentified Navy source said Rogers would Lake command of inc . Naval training Center in the Point Lama area of san Diego. Rogers is Clingi Bill for promotion 10 rear Admi ral the source said. The Fri is investigating whether the March 10 bombing of Sharon Rogers Van was in retaliation for the Vincennes mistaken destruction of an iranian jetliner in the persian Gulf last july. All. 2.90aboard the plane were killed. Mrs. Rogers has been in protected seclusion since the attack which Lefther uninjured. Rogers was in command when the Vincennes left last week on a training Mission off Southern califor Nia. Meanwhile it was reported that mrs. Roger who lost her leaching Joh at la Nih country Day school alter the bombing has written parents of her former pupils to say she was t a Secu Rity risk. Officials ill la Anlla Cumry Day school announced last week she was leaving her teaching Job by Mutual con sent to ensure the safety of the school s students. However mrs. Rogers who says she was tired by the school stated in her letter that an in depth investigation by Federal officials found thai no Evi Dence exists of a direct or implied threat against me or the school the los Angeles times and the Tribune re ported finding mrs. Rogers wrote left her prepared to resume a full class room schedule until administrators notified her March of thai my serv ices had been one school official Lulu the times Hal mrs. Rogers was not allowed to return to her fourth Grade classroom partly because. Administrators feared parents would pull their children oui of the exclusive private school if she re Maini a on the faculty. School spokesman Jim Stewart again maintained that mrs Rogers was not fired. We re just not renewing her contract,".he said wednesday. No Matler we Al kind of juror she expresses she s not Comine Back. Blue line figure welcomed Home after 12 years . Ohio a Randall Dak Adams newly freed from the charges that nearly led to his eur Chilion. Arrived Home thursday to tears and hugs Riim family members and friends who had waited More than a decade for his release. Viiu re supposed to have a resurrection around Kiisk a Adams Mother Mildred said shortly after embracing her sort As he he plane Alport Columbus International Airport "1 guess this is Adams arrived in his Hometown just As the Dallas county Texas Dis Ricl a Ilomay announced Adams would nol be retried fur the 1976 slaying of a Dallas policeman. Told of the news As he arrived Adams remained sceptical. Ill wait until re cite it from my attorney. I m not supposed to talk about inc Adams told report ers later he said i be been standing in a Twilight zone for the past 12 years. Was m that Twilight zone until inc. Door opened. Thank god it Adams was convict cd and sentenced to die in 1977 for the murder of Dallas police officer Robert Wood a crime to which another Man has virtually confessed. Adams was three Days away from ejection before his sentence was commuted in 198qiolifein prison. The Case came under scr tiny visit the documentary the thin Blue line which questioned the testimony of Hill slate s key witness David Harris. Earlier this week Adams was released from prison in Texas on grounds his first trial was unfair. arrived , embraced his Mother first and both broke into tears , director of the thin Blue line 1 had to Battle a con Lingen of reporters and photographers to gel close to Adams he and Adams . About 100 supporters Many of them wearing yellow Lapel ribbons looked on among them was Tressa Lucas a a Mil Friend it feds great Lucas said it s the Best i be Felt in 40 years almost his Mother and i arc real Good friends and. We just stuck by each other she s just really had a hard time her All along that Hie lord would have him a or Dana Riehart joined the merr Akers of Fering j Job to Adams who was unemployed before his Han Dull Dale Adams gets a kiss from his Mother Mildred Afir arriving Home Olilda. Arrest in Dallas. Riehan said he had Job in mind but would work that out with Adams Adams told Rinehart jokingly i did l really want to be asked if he expected such a reception. Adams said could t have dreamed this. I knew 1 would be Home by not this Adams who appeared red faced and said he did not feel Well after he got off the plane was Given an Ohio slate University Cap and a let made of daffodils. A few moments later he held a news conference at the Airport. As he walked from the terminal gait to Ward the area where the news conference was to be held Adams Mother and sister. Nancy stood on either Side of hint and appeared to he holding him up. He was taken to a private room in the air on an appeared fully recovered when i began speaking id reporters. White Adams was being reunited with ins family District attorney John Vance announced in Dallas that a motion had been filed with Siale District judge Larry Haraka to dismiss the capital murder to Large against Adams. The Texas court of criminal appeals in March set aside the conviction saying Adams had t gotten a fair trial because prosecutors suppressed a id enc and wit Nesses lied on the stand. New York s Staten Island has secession fever Newark. N i. A Patch till unfavourable court decision for new York Lily s stain Island has the Borough threaten ing 10 secede and new Jersey officials Are joking that they our Ito comi their neighbors across the water an a Ful lot of people in Mac in s part of new Jersey already said Carl i Osdon a spokesman for nov 1 Homas h. Can but Bob Huber a spokesman for Borough preside in Ralph a Lambdem said 1 hurs Daj any talk of secession by new York Pilj s Swa Llesi Borough remains Prema Ture in the Borough s nearly 400,000 residents did leave new York Oil. It would be to form their own county and not to join new Jersey Huber said. We would t consider new jul bar said. Adding thai Lamberti commissioned a study two years ago that i Hutu d is Jinn Island could be a san cultic int body the . Supreme court ruled wednesday that new York City s Board of estimate violated the Constitution s one Man one vote principle. The court upheld a lower Bun ruling that required inc City to develop a plan giving greater voting weight to larger boroughs. Staten Island is b far the file s smallest Borough. The Board which rules on issues ranging from land use to sewage rates is comprised of the live Borough presidents and the a or comptroller and City coun cil president. The last three each have two Voles Huber said the Borough would await a decision by the charter review commission appointed by mayor Edward 1. Koch to revise City policy after the Lover court decision do we want a Board overwhelmingly made up of people who Don t live Here Huber asked. Thai would t be fair Golden said with a laugh thai he did not want new Jersey accused of pirating an entire Borough. It would he Nice to get another member for the Cost jul is Moriat delegation Golden said. If they want to John new Jersey they re More than just across a Small body of water from Spaien Island is the township of Wood Ridge u popular place for the new York City residents according to mayor Joseph , Many Slaton islanders work in Wood in Dice and use the Large mall there As a place to shop. Hui de Marino said he does t exp Cal the two Grum same slate , i Don l think a nobody s talking about coming Over 10 new Jersey he said. You know secession s nol As easy As to
