European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 09, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday May 9, 1989 the stars and stripes Page 7 Boot Camp for drug users studied Senneff also likes notion of fining parents by the Washington Post Washington National drug policy director William j. Bennett said sunday he is considering a proposal to Send first time drug offenders to Mili tary style Boot Camps where they would be required to undergo paramilitary training and anti drug therapy. The Boot Camp idea based on pro Grams under Way in Mississippi and a few other states is one of a series of stringent anti drug measures that Den Nett is Likely to propose in a Model legislative package for state governments according to John Walters Bennett s chief of staff. The package will be part of a National anti drug strategy due in september. The Boot Camp proposal appeared to be an other signal that the strategy will be based on swifter and harsher punishment of casual drug abusers. We arc looking into this Boot Camp thing which we be seen in several states which looks to be a very productive kind of thing Bennett said on lbs news s face the nation sunday. You take the first offender particularly a Young person and he goes to Boot Camp that s a lot less expensive than jail. He gets up at 4 30 in the morn ing he docs push ups he runs a Good bit. It s inexpensive it teaches Good Les sons and the recidivism rate is very very Low because it is so grueling and so unpleasant. People Don t want to go Back to  much of Bennett s hard line thinking was outlined in a speech before the Washington hebrew congregation last week. He then endorsed a number of new user accountability programs adopted by several state and local governments. These programs which also arc Likely to be part of his Model package for the states include one in Toledo Ohio i which parents May be subjected to civil tines if their children abuse drugs. Other ideas suggested by Bennett in clude state programs that would revoke the Driver s licenses of convicted drug offenders and confiscate the cars of per sons caught buying drugs for the first time. Those guilty of drug offences mus believe that punishment is inevitable Bennett said. Walters said later that Bennett May seek to incorporate Boot Camps into his recently unveiled Federal anti drug plan for the District of Columbia. But for the rest of the nation Walters said Bennett is considering offering Federal funds or other enticements for More states to adopt these and other programs aimed at punishing drug abusers. Among the models that Walters cited sunday was Mississippi s regimented inmate discipline program begun in 1985 at the state Penitentiary in parch Man. Under the program Youthful first time felons arc required to undergo a 90 to 120-Day regimen of grueling paramilitary training and psycho correctional therapy consisting of lectures and discussions aimed at modifying criminal be Havior. State officials have said that Only about 15 percent of those who completed the program have gone Back to prison compared with a nearly 40 percent recidivism rate for regular prison inmates. But the program became the Center of controversy last year after allegations that instructors had used excessive phys ical Force against inmates including or Dering one buried in a mud pit with Only his head exposed. Bennett s apparent Reliance on Puni Tive measures has already run into Sharp criticism from some members of con Gress who charge that it runs counter to the spirit of the 1988 anti drug abuse act which called for More emphasis on treatment and Antidrug education pro Grams. But Bennett using some of his Strong est language to Date brushed aside that criticism sunday. I come out of the blocks and i say look we need to get serious and punish these people because we Haven t done it yet " he said. And i get some Calls from people in Congress saying Well when Are you going to talk about treatment when arc you going total about education let s focus on the heart of this problem which is protecting  Arnold Trubach professor of Justice at american University and president of the drug policy foundation called Ben Nett s focus on punishing drug abusers by putting them in Boot Camps utterly in  the notion that you would put hundreds of thousands or even millions of americans into these situations should offend us All he said. It is basically the kind of idea i expected from an  older grayer archie1 prototypes hold reunion Haverhill mass. A forty eight years after they unwittingly inspired classmate Bob Mon Tana s Archie comics the Haverhill High school class of 1940 met again sunday older and grayer but still showing a dash of the mischievous spirit of Betty Veronica jughead and the gang. Rita Walker who lived two streets away from Montana said she recognized Haverhill High almost immediately when freckle faced Archie Andrews and his friends burst onto the american comic scene in 1941, cheering at football games driving principal or.  crazy and hanging out at the Chok lit shop Montana s spelling of a popular Haverhill spot. The chocolate shop we All knew darn Well where the chocolate shop was. He used to go there All the time and draw cartoons on napkins Walker recalled. Or.  was modelled on Haverhill s real principal a Stern disciplinarian named or. Mcleod she said. But even after 40 years Walker was reluctant to say anything bad about or. Mcleod. On sunday More than 100 Haverhill graduates gathered for an opening of an exhibit called Archie the Haverhill connection at Northern Essex Community College. The Center of attention was Arnold Dag Gilt whose while Crew Cut and Friendly Square Jawed face resembled that of the comic strip s football hero. Moose despite the passage of years. Let me Tell you a secret. When i left High school i had 300 afternoon sessions to make up said Dag gelt 68. He said he never knew about his celebrity status until this reunion was organized. Daggett said he recognizes himself in one strip where i was getting kicked out of  All of the graduates agreed that Daggett is Moose partly because of a High school cartoon of Daggett the football Star that is very similar to Moose the comic strip character. Montana died in 1971, but the strip is still published by Archie comic publications in Mamaroneck . Archie experts differ As to whether other Archie charac ters arc direct caricatures or composites. At the exhibit excerpts from Montana s diary were shown that contained Many references to his High school experiences. Archie Montana travelled the Vaude Ville circuit with his parents As a child and then lived in Boston s theater District. His years in Haverhill were his first encounter with Small town life said his widow Peggy Bertholl now remarried. I think he enjoyed High school so much that he was More the average american High school student than most High school students arc she said. Walker described Montana the High school boy As a tall lanky  to me he appeared to be a shy Guy from the outside looking in and wishing he could be hellions like some of them were she said. In the years since his 1941 debut Archie has swapped his checked knickers for Blue jeans and tackled such up to Date issues As dyslexia but he and his friends Haven t lost the concept of idealized youth said Brian Walker exhibit director of the museum of cartoon Art in Rye Brook . Bertholt recalled that Archie s Friend jughead a Dopey jangly character with a Crown like hat was a composite of some of Montana s close friends in High school. Betty was a Girlfriend that he was going with in new York City she said. Siren Veronica Lodge was named after sultry film Star Veronica Lake and the prominent Lodge family of Boston and was a composite of the Blue blooded Boston girls Montana knew his widow said. Walker remembered him As crazy about Veronica  somewhere along the line she picked up a Southern accent said Bertholt who laughingly disclaimed any connection to wholesome Betty who Pines after Archie or sexy Veronica who keeps him dangling. Bertholt who married Montana in 1946, said in later years that he used his own four children for inspiration. We used to have a Sheet of paper lacked on the Wall and a Pencil and if they had any Odd things happen at school they would write it Down she said. $55.2/million Winner shuns luxury to help others Orlando Fla. A so Cylah Ryan whose $55.2 million winnings in Florida s lotto represent the nation s largest individual lottery Jackpot is pass ing up the lifestyles of the Rich and famous to help the less fortunate. The former real estate Saleswoman Heads the Ryan foundation inc., which is dedicated to single mothers abused women and the elderly. The foundation which she founded in december is building Low Cost housing in Seminole county in North Central Florida and is paying overdue rents to spare single mothers and their children the Nightmare of eviction. Ryan who lives in the Seminole county City of Winter Springs about 10 Miles Northeast of Orlando also wants to create a fund to Grant wishes to elderly people who May have Only a few months to live. I Don t have enough Money to solve the world s problems or Florida s prob lems or even Seminole county s prob lems she said recently at the foundation s modest office. But i can make a difference. I can help people who Are going through devastating times. I guess i be disappointed a lot of peo ple Ryan 63, added. I could be travel ing All Over the world or have a Beautiful mansion on the Ocean or have a chauffeur driven Rolls Royce. But that s not my  it s not that the big win last september did t change Ryan s life she did buy a House a luxury car and her favorite Purchase a video Cassella recorder. But she is determined the Money also will change the lives of lonely senior Citi Zens abused women and single mothers. Ryan spends her Days meeting with the directors of charities politicians and clergy to discuss possible projects and driving around town scouting Sites for Low Cost housing projects. She reads every one of the hundreds of letters she gels each week and every writer gets a reply. It was partly because of the letters that Ryan created the foundation. She wants to give directly to individuals on a one to one basis but does t want to go broke in the process. Although Ryan s $55.2 million Jackpot represents the largest individual Jackpot in the nation she docs not have that much to spend. Her interest on a 20-year annuity comes to $2.7 million each year Cut to about $1.8 million by taxes. Part of the Money is invested part goes to the foundation and Ryan lives on an allowance. She will not disclose How much of her winnings go to the foundation saying Only that it is a substantial amount. Ryan also is Quick to Point out that if she sent $ 100 to everyone who wrote her she would have spent the entire $55.2 million by now