European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 29, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes monday May 29,1989 stateside Connecticut lotto chief dumped in Odds Tiff Hartford Conn. Not the chief of inc Connecticut state lottery has been dismissed after he refused to recommend a change in the state s lotto game that would reduce a bet Tor s chances of  chief j. Blaine Lewis or. Who is also president of the North american association of stale and provincial lotteries has been involved in a dispute with the Connecticut Gam ing policy Board for More than a  have been fired for refusing to carry out what 1 considered to be an improper and illegal  Lewis said after the Board voted 2-0 to discharge  was told to recommend changing the present 6-of-40 lotto game in which customers must choose 6 of 40 numbers to win. To a game in which they must choose 6 of 44 numbers. Under the present system the chances of win Ning stand at i in 3.8 million. Under the new game which the Board voted to Start in october the chances will be 1 in 7 million. Sick Falcon Chick rescued from lofty nest on ledge Springfield mass. A an ailing Peregrine Falcon Chick has been taken from a nest on a 2lst-floor ledge of a office building for  French director of the slate s endangered species program a appalled Down 23-Story Monarch place to remove the hatchling said Carol Hevan Bogart a spokeswoman for  Arch insurance  said company officials contacted French after getting Calls from residents watching the nest on a local Cable television Channel. Gis in Panama grouse a lot but morale remains High Camp roadrunner. Panama a spec. 4 Mike Boyd of Dequincy la., misses shrimp Gumbo and having a Good place to drive his 1988 Dodge Shadow Turbo fast. Pfc. Thomas Mcnamara of Kansas City mo., cats lukewarm Chicken a la King heated in his armoured personnel Carrier by a Long Day of Sun. The sergeants of the latin Corner pass the time with a game of dominoes. All Are from the 1st in 61st inf. Sch inf div. Known Ashe roadrunners moved suddenly from fort Polk la., and plunked Down in a Jungle Clearing in Panama. They miss their wives their girlfriends their Chil Dren their Freedom Panama City is a forbidden 10 minute drive away. It s hard to sleep in a Bubble tent the size of a Tennis court with 169 other men even if it has air condition ing. There s one color television and one Telephone. There s a lot of work a lot of heat a lot of bugs a lot of grousing. A lot of them Don t act proud now. But once they get Back and think about what they be done some Bac Bustin work that la change said spec. 4 James Mike Colburn. Colburn has seen it before. He s 39, served in the army from 1969 to 1972, including 11 months in Viet Nam. He re in listed in 1987 when some factories closed Back in Owensboro by. This is going to give a lot of the cos and officers something to put under their Belt. Everybody s going to learn something. We be been at it pretty Good reminds me of Basic training and 1 did that twice. It ii give 1-61 some recognition Colburn said. The officers talk about training about heat. We Haven t had any morale problems so far said capt. John Lyles of Wichita Falls Texas the assistant operations officer. We re trying to set up a system of Day passes so people can go fishing golfing picnic. Get a Day away from  the soldiers arrived May 13 when president Bush decided to move 1,900 extra troops into Panama canal installations to augment Security because of civil unrest following inc May 7 elections. They All know who the real Power is Gen. Man Uel Antonio Noriega head of the panamanian defense forces also known As pineapple  we d Chase old pineapple face in a second if that s what they want said sgt. Birriel who also said his first name is  relations with the panamanians arc Good. The ones we meet 80 percent arc against Noriega said sgt. Feliciano Villanueva a combat medic. Villanueva. Of Bayamon puerto Rico and Brook Lyn ., is the old Man of the latin Corner at 32 papa to a group of eight sergeants from puerto Rico via new York City. We did t bring any dominoes. They just packed sup with two Duffel bags and moved us out said sgt. Wilfredo Hernandez of Bayamon and the Bronx  Hernandez thinks he s solved the Domino drought. He gave a panamanian woman some Money to buy a set in town where retired men while away the hours at dominoes in the City Parks. Some people lost More than dominoes in inc move said Boyd who tells of a buddy who was about to get married when the Call came. He married Panama instead of the Bride said Boyd. I had a House closing. I left it All for my wife to do said spec. 4 Ricky Zimmerman of Hoboken . Food it s hamburgers in line a chopped Steak in line  joked one Soldier. There were extra ribs thurs Day night but a lot of people have to Settle for res like Mcnamara s Chicken a la King in a plastic bag. Copter collision kills 2 marines in Nevada Reno Nev. A two Marine helicopters collided saturday morning during Maneu vers about 70 Miles cast of Reno killing two of the nine marines aboard authorities said. The other seven marines escaped in jury authorities said. The names of the dead were being withheld pending notification of family members. Officials at Nas Fallon 65 Miles cast of Reno said the helicopters were per forming routine training Maneu vers when they collided at 8 45 . In an uninhabited desert area near the base. Olin Briggs a spokesman for the naval air station said the deaths occurred in a helicopter carrying four marines. Five marines were aboard the other chopper. Churchill county sheriff Bill Lawry said one of the helicopters received major damage while the other came away with moderate damage. Authorities declined to speculate on the cause of the Accident but said an investigation would begin immediately. The ch-46 sea knights belonged to the Marine medium helicopter so which is permanently assigned to the Marine corps air station in Eltoro. Calif. A Den cleared of claims he plagiarized at school Wilmington Del. A sen. Joseph Biden has been cleared by a panel of allegations that he committed plagiarism when he was in Law school. The panel s clearance was under the authority of the Delaware supreme court inc Wilmington news journal reported. In its sunday editions the newspaper also said Biden has received a clean Bill of health from his physician following two life threatening brain aneurysms in 1987, the Delaware Democrat pulled out of the 1988 presidential Campaign follow ing accusations that he quoted British labor party Leader Neil Kinlock without attribution and had plagiarized an article while attending Syracuse University s Law school. Biden called his failure to attribute the Kinlock quotes an oversight. The alleged Law school plagiarism involved an essay Biden wrote m 1965 Foran introductory class on Legal methodology. The senator ended his presidential Campaign sept. 23, 1987, and notified the state supreme court of the plagiarism allegations later that year. The court s Board on professional responsibility consisting of lawyers and non lawyers ruled on dec. 21, 1987, that Biden had not violated any rules. Biden said he decided not to publicize the ruling which was confidential. I did t know what to do with it Biden said. Why did t i hold a press Confer ence i guess 1 had in the Back of my mind. This was More of a personal vindication than a political one he added however that he finally decided to divulge it because he expected somebody would go Back someday and Check. And i knew there was a hard re Cord  l. Susan Faw Independent disciplinary counsel for the Board confirmed that the ruling had cleared Biden. Soviet visit to memorial a soviet Veteran of the Afghanistan conflict looks at the names inscribed on the Vietnam memorial in Washington. He was among 41 soviet veterans Tho visited the Wall last week invited by Mem Bers of a Vietnam memorial group