European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 23, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes tuesday january 23,1990 Noriega not As wealthy As . Said files suggest stateside Miami a investigators arc concluding that the Bush administration exaggerated the wealth of ousted panamanian dictator Manuel Antonio Noriega the Miami Herald reported sunday. Many or the assets cited by the administration As evidence of Noriega s Fortune belonged to Panama s military or arc registered to business people close to him. According to documents emerging from Panama Nian government offices in the aftermath of the . Invasion on dec. 20. Because of this the . State department s Conten Tion that Noriega s personal wealth was at least $200 million to $300 million will be hard to prove investigators told the paper. A Case in Point the Herald said was the state department s allegation that Noriega owned a Boeing 727 Jet. Three Lear jets and three luxury boats named Macho i. Macho ii and Macho Iii. Documents found in recent weeks suggest that none of those planes and boats can be traced to Noriega unidentified officials of the .-Installcd panamanian government told the newspaper. That could complicate prosecutors efforts to por tray the former general As an immensely wealthy Man in his upcoming Federal trial on drug charges in Miami. Noriega is accused of making millions in Protection payments from colombian drug traffickers who used Panama to Fly drugs to the United states. The Boeing 727. Purchased in 1983 for $2.2 million was first acquired by the state run air Panama airline and later transferred to the panamanian defense forces air traffic authorities said. Of the three executive jets a Lear 35 regularly used by Noriega was rented by Panama s military to a Miami company for $230,000 a month officials  second Lear Jet appears to be partly owned by Carlos Duque. A businessman politician who made millions from his association with the former dictator. Officials said they Don t know of a third Lear Jet used by Noriega. The Macho i and Macho ii were owned by Carlos Wittgren another businessman who profited greatly from his Friendship with Noriega documents show. No records on the third boat have been found. Noriega loyalists said the general used the military aircraft in his capacity As defense commander. The boats were simply Lent to him by his Best friends they said. All these properties cited by the . Government exist but were not his said Mario Rognoni a former Commerce minister with the Noriega regime. It s like saying that Camp David belongs to president  however officials of the new civilian government say widespread evidence shows that Noriega amassed a significant Fortune after taking Over the defense forces in 1983. But the Herald said officials privately concede that the . Government May have liberally mixed fact with fiction in its efforts to convince the world about Noriega s crimes. Father who set fire to his son in 83 to be released from prison los Angeles a David  is terrified his Mother is frantic and prison officials Are uneasy. David s father who set fire to his son in a bungled 1983 murder suicide plan walks out of prison this week. Six Vear old David survived the flames but was horribly disfigured. The jarring crime was portrayed in  a 1988 Abc to movie starring bar Nadette Peters and John Clover. If convicted under current Laws. Charles Rothenberg would be imprisoned for life. But sentencing Laws in place at the time Force the state to re lease Rothenberg after less than seven years behind bars. We Are not comfortable with  said Tipton Kincl. Spokesman for the state depart ment of corrections. The crime was absolutely disgusting to the rest of society and we Are not entirely comfortable with him walking free. It makes it seem like the department of corrections is letting him go. But that in t so. We have to let him  . 49, leaves the state prison in san Luis Obispo on wednesday but prison officials arc keeping relocation plans secret conceding they fear a repeat of the 1987 Larry Singleton hysteria. Charles Rothenberg Singleton who raped a teen age girl and left her for dead after hacking off her forearms with an a was driven from Northern Cali fornia communities by an out raged Public and eventually served his year on parole in a trailer at san Quentin prison. After a Telephone argument with his sex wife Rothenberg set fire to his son in a Bucana Park Motel room on March 3, 1983. If i can t have him nobody else can Rothenberg said telling authorities he was going to kill him self but was too much of a Coward. Do i deserve to be set free no it s an unforgivable  to Ihnn Borg said in a december letter to the los Angeles times. Role in Berg said he did t know where he was going to live during his three year parole. David his Mother. Marie and Stepfather Richard Hafdahl. Also Are not being told where Rothon Borg is resettling except that he won t be within 25 Miles of them. Kincl said. Rothenberg had taken David who lived in new York at the time on vacation to Southern California and checked them into a Motel near Knolt b Berry farm. He gave the boy a sleeping Pill poured kerosene on his bed. And struck a match in the doorway. David dragged from the inferno by Motel guests suffered third degree Burns Over 90 per cent of his body. Collie Waits at Hospital but owner May not return Dansville . Up a Lassie Type Collie has dutifully waited at the emergency room Entrance of a Rural Hospital for two weeks and heartbroken dog wardens said the animal might have followed an ambulance carrying its owner. The Collie first appeared at Noyes memorial Hospital in fans Vilic. About 50 Miles South of Rochester on Jan. 4. It has been hanging around the emergency room Entrance for Days at a time said John Walker the Livingston county dog Warden. Walker said the Well groomed Collie is some body s pet. But has resisted All attempts to Cap Ture it. The poor thing lakes off in a dead run As soon As you get near it he said. It s possible it could be an elderly person s dog who is ill or who died but i can t just Call the Hospital and ask for the names of elderly people who have  he said. It s not my  american airlines to add new routes to Europe Dallas a american airlines said it was boosting its european service Overall but delaying some new routes and cutting existing ones for Lack of air planes. In addition to London routes gained in recent agreements with Twa and Texas air corp. American said it would add non Stop flights from Chicago to Glasgow Scotland and to Munich and Dusseldorf in West Germany. The expansion gives the fort Worth based Carrier 145 flights a week to Europe a 22 percent increase. Confederate Flag can stay atop Alabama s Capitol Atlanta a flying the Confederate hag on Public buildings May offend some peo ple but it does t violate the Constitution a Federal appeals court said in affirming Ala Bama s right to display the hag atop its Capitol. The Lith . Circuit court of appeals upheld a District court decision in favor of the slate. It is unfortunate that the slate of Alabama chooses to utile a its property in a manner that offends a Large portion of its population but that is a political  the appeals court said. The ruling suggested that those offended should ask the legislature to bar the display. Needy Dine for free to ring in year of horse Pittsburgh up a Pittsburgh group heralded the chinese new year and the year of the horse on sunday with a free dinner for the homeless and needy. The dinner was served at the salvation Arr s Harbor Light Center by the  of Chi incs americans organizers said. The new year celebrations began saturday and will run for three weeks. For the chinese the year of the horse or lunar ear 4688 is a time to take heart make new plans and pursue Independent projects. Exxon Valdez Captain says infamy won t go away new York a Exxon Valdez capt. Joseph Hazelwood has become used to the notoriety that came wit command of the vessel involved in the nation s worst Oil spill but he s surprised at the tenacity of his critics. I m handling infamy reasonably  he told life Magazine for its february Issue. But it s amazing How it won t go  Hazelwood goes on trial Jan. 29 in Anchorage. Alaska on charges stemming from the disaster. He said he had received death threats at his Home and was tired of being portrayed As a Drunken bum with a Parrot on my shoulder who drove his ship  the Oil Tanker Captain who has a his tory of alcoholism has been accused of drinking the night of the Accident which spilled about 11 million Gallons of Oil into the Prince William sound. He de Nies the claim and said Exxon corp. Has made him a Scapegoat. Prosecutors said he should have been at the Helm since he was the ship s Only authorized navigator for the sound. His lawyers say the coast guard relaxed the rules in 1986. Hazelwood has pleaded innocent. He faces More than seven years in prison and $65,000 in fines if convicted. Asked if he expected Justice he replied you mean like a Frank Capra movie the 43-year-old skipper said Exxon has made him a Scapegoat. He said he was rushed Down the toilet in two a Day pres conferences by officials trying to give the impression that containment and cleanup were my responsibility As  for three Days until easter sunday night when the wind came up that big pud dle of Oil did t Impact the Shore Hazel Wood said. I was shocked by the Lack of response initially. Angry and  since getting fired by Exxon he has made his living lob stering near his suburban Long Island Home