European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 14, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 24 news briefs the stars and stripes thursday. September 14,1989 authorities seeking Man who raped . Woman Darmstadt West Germany is . And West German police Are looking for a Man Belic de to he an american who raped a visiting . Woman at knife Point monday night. The 24-year-old woman was walking from Darmstadt to Griesheim at about 9 p.m., when Aman with a Swiss army knife forced her into a wooded area near Robert Bosch Strasse where he raped her Darmstadt police spokesman Karl g. Kirchner said wednesday. The victim who lives in the United states was staying with friends in Griesheim. A suburb West of Darmstadt. Authorities believe the Black Man was Ameri can because he spoke american English Kirchner said. He described the Man As 6 feet i Inch tall with Short hair. On the night of the attack hews wearing sport pants and a Bluet shirt with a Nike insignia. . Authorities in Darmstadt working with West German investigators declined to com ment on the Case Community spokesman Ian Boise said wednesday. Rites held for Soldier found dead in Bobingen Bobingen. West Germany a memorial service was held tuesday at Panzer Cavern for a 263rd Maint co Soldier who was found dead at the army s Bobingen maintenance facility. The body of spec. Linburgh u. Saunders 26. Was found about noon saturday at the facility where he worked As a Field service equipment repairman. An autopsy is being conducted to determine the cause of death according to Mas Ter sgt. Harold a. Ort or. A 2nd corps support come spokesman. Ort declined to give other details about the Soldier s death which is being investigated by military authorities. Saunders. A native of Waterbury. Conn., had been stationed in bib Lingen since february 1988. He is survived by his wife. Spec. Laura m. Saunders. Of the 496th general Supply co in bubbling in. And their children Billy 7, and Lau Rina. 2. Go gets 21 month sentence for stabbing sergeant Heidelberg West Germany is an army specialist who stabbed a sergeant in a Dis Pute Over a game of dominoes has been sentenced to 21 months in jail. Spec. Charles l. Bass 25, of co a 649th engr in in Heidelberg also was Given a bad conduct discharge and ordered to forfeit All pay and allowances and he was reduced to the lowest enlisted Grade. Bass was found guilty of stabbing the sergeant in the shoulder. He used a Butcher knife with a 7-Inch Blade. The two were in government leased housing in Leimon near Heidelberg when the incident occurred. Bass a native of Palestine Texas had Servidas a Materiel control and accounting specialist. Street Light Falls injuring 2 soldiers at Bobingen Bobingen West Germany is two soldiers at the a Kiblingen maintenance facility were injured wednesday when a tractor trailer truck caught an overhead wire and pulled Down the Streetlight attached to it. The Accident occurred in mid afternoon at the army Post about 10 Miles Southwest of Stutt Gart. Military Community spokeswoman capt. Re acc Mongo said the tractor trailer Driver was following a Normal route through the Post but the wire was hanging unusually Low Over the Road because of Street Light construction. She said the Light fell on a warrant officer and a private first class who were walking nearby. The two were admitted to a local West German Hospital pending Transfer to the army Hospital at bad Cannstatt. Other details were not immediately available. Gen. Mccarthy takes Over As Deputy chief at Neucom b Joseph Owen Stuttgart Bureau Stuttgart. West Germany air Force Gen. James p. Mccarthy became the . European come s 15th Deputy commander in chief in a ceremony wednesday at Patch Barracks in Stuttgart. Mccarthy. 54. Is a command Pilot who has flown More than 5.000 hours including 152 combat missions in Vietnam. He was promoted to general sept. I. Hav ing served As Deputy chief of staff for programs and resources at air Force Headquarters in the Pentagon since March 1988. Reflecting in his Brief speech on nato s 40 years of existence a Mccarthy said particularly at this Point in time we can take great Pride in accomplishments that brought us through peace and strength to this Point where there seems to be significant changes happening particularly in this part of the  the Canton Ohio native replaces air Force Gen. Thomm c. Richards. 59, who is retiring to san Anglo. Texas after 37 years in three service branches the Navy army and air Force. Richards has served As Deputy commander at the european come Neucom since november 1986. The european come s commander in chief. Army Gen. John r. Calvin presented Richards with the defense distinguished service medal for his leadership in implementing the 1987 intermediate Range nuclear forces Accord with the soviet Union and mull billion Dollar Security assistance program for . Allies. In his speech. Clalvin noted thai while reforms in the soviet Union and other countries arc something to celebrate we have to be careful and keep our powder dry As we look at this unpredictable situation that con fronts  while we savor Success we must also carefully look to our Security and say. There arc great promises but the soviet military is still very big he said. Richards stressed the . Commitment to nato and credited the Pershing ii missile deployment of the mid-1980s with helping per saudi the soviets to be come a party to the 1987 treaty. He said the treaty can serve As a Model for another one governing conventional Force reductions adding that an atmosphere charged with great expectations surrounds the .-soviet conventional Force talks under Way in Vienna. He said the european come already has begun planning the reductions it expects such a new treaty to require. If the current leadership of the soviet Union is Able to steer a stable course for needed Reform and if and that s a big if they re Able to make Progress in the Previtali Alion of their Economy it will be logical and necessary for them to seek significant military reduction through arms control agreements Richards said. Such a scenario would create the Prospect of a new Era of Opportunity to reduce confrontation and the threat of  the european come is responsible for All . Forces operations in Western Europe most of Africa and part of the Middle East a 13 million Square Milc area composed of 77 countries. As Deputy commander Mccarthy will reside in Stuttgart and administer the command s Day to Day activities. Galvin the commander is also the nato euro Pean commander and usually works at Allied head quarters in Casucau Belgium. Dinkins from Page 1 Lanier. With All 223 precincts reporting go run had 40,210 Voles or 51 percent to 38,590 Voles or 49 percent for Lanier. No one fills the shoes of the speaker of the  said go run a lawyer and former aide to . Sen. Lloyd Bentsyn. It s going to be a Long Road Back to restoring the clout and the influence that fort Worth and Tarrant county have grown used to  in California s san Joaquin Valley assemblyman Gary Condit Defeated seven candidates including his main re publican rival former assemblyman Clare Berryhill. With All precincts reporting. Condit had 50,527 votes or 57 percent to 31,166 for Berryhill or 35 percent. Five other republicans and a libertarian divided the remainder. By getting More than 50 percent Condit avoided a Runoff several cities besides new York and Detroit held mayoral primaries Buffalo n.y., mayor James Griffin Defeated two challengers in the democratic primary and ran unopposed on the Republican conservative and right to life party ballots. In new Haven conn., where mayor Biagio Del into is retiring state sen. John Daniels Defeated former City administrator John pcs Lofano or. In the demo cratic primary making it virtually certain that he will become the City s first Black mayor. Minneapolis mayor Don Fraser easily topped a Field of seven candidates in a non partisan primary but still must face his leading challenger firefighter Jens Peterson in november. Both ran on the democratic Farmer labor party Label. Dod from Page 1 . Troops in the president s new strategy following published report Bush had signed a secret directive authorizing . Special forces to accompany local forces on some patrols. Asked to clarify the role of . Advisers in the current situation Williams stressed As Bush and White House officials have done thai the troops arc not there to enter combat but to provide training equipment and support for the local police and Mili tary in the anti narcotics fight. The critical Point to Bear in mind no . Forces no . Military personnel will accompany Host government forces on actual Field operations Williams said. But we arc prepared to expand the training role. It s clearly an expansion of our training role. Although Williams refused to discuss the details of Bush s secret directive he said . Forces now will bellowed to go beyond the boundaries of secured Garri son training areas in their training missions. No sentenced on bad Check charges Shejnberg. West Germany is an army sergeant assigned to the . Military Community in Schinnen Netherlands has been sentenced to 10 months in jail after being convicted on seven counts of writing bad checks sol. Jonas Terry jr., 29, also received a bad conduct discharge and was ordered to forfeit $500 a month for 10 months and pay a $1,000 Fine. He also was reduced to the lowest enlisted Grade at his sept. 1 general court martial in re Cinberg. Terry will serve his prison sentence at the army Jailin Mannheim West Germany. Between february and april of this year. Terr wrote 50 checks Loi Aling More than $5,500 in Cash and goods to the Exchange service his local finance cent Erand commissary and merchants National Bank. At the time he wrote the checks the Homestead,fla., native was attending a financial management class and had been ordered not to write checks a 21sttheater army area come spokeswoman said. Terry s Check cashing privileges at cafes the commissary and his finance office also had been suspended during the period and his identification card had been stamped to that effect the spokeswoman said. However tellers at the various facilities accepted Terry checks without identification because they knew him. The tellers have been Rubric cd by their supervisors on Check cashing procedures the spokeswoman said. She said Terry used the More than $3,500 he received in Cash for recreational purposes and for Gam bling on Slot machines in the Community