European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 30, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes tuesday. January 30,1990 news updates girl recant Story Clearwater. Fla. A an 11-year-old girl who recanted testimony that she was raped by her Mother s Boyfriend had fabricated her Story after watching television police drama lawyers said. Her testimony Given when shews 9. Helped convict Ivie Cornell Morris who spent 5i3 Days in Pinillas county jail and could have faced life behind bars. The girl recanted last week and Morris is now a free Man. I thank the lord this kid came up and told the  a scary cycad Norm. 55. Said As he left court. I can t understand  the child s Mother said. She con Vinced me. She convinced a  convinced my parents. She went through the whole  attorneys in the Case said the girl based her testimony on an Epi Sode of the television drama "21jump Street that depicted a rape Case. Her Mother told the judge that the girl admitted a couple of months ago she had fabricated the Story with the idea of gelling mor Ris out of the Way because the Cou ple fought and she just wanted him away from  statue of Stalin Abreh. Czechoslovakia a it s Loo big for a paperweight and too pricey for most nostalgia buffs. But local officials Are sure they will find a buyer soon for their $50.000 Stalin statue. Vladimir till Deputy chairman of the Zarch municipal National committee told the daily Mlada Fronta newspaper that of last two West germans have expressed in Terest in the nearly 4-Yard-High statue since a for Sale and was placed recently in the West Ger Man Frankfurter Allie mine Zei Tung. Alois Frank another official of this town about 100 Miles North East of Prague said Many other Media want to print the advertise ment. And believed it was Only question of time for the first buyer to appear ctr reported. The statue of the mustachioed soviet dictator was removed from Public display dec. 8. More than year after the launching of a Signa Ture Campaign opposing it an weeks after the Start of the whirl wind revolution that toppled communist Rule. Smiling Robin Hud pleads guilty to stealing $4.75 million Baltimore a a Maryland real estate agent dubbed Robin Hud after admitting she stole millions of Dol Lars in Federal housing funds and gave some to the poor pleaded guilty monday and said she Felt  Marilyn Louise Harrell smile throughout the hearing in . District court. She pleaded guilty to charges that she stole at least $4.75 million from the government and lied on her tax returns and to Federal officials. Her trial was to have begun monday. She said she decided to plead guilty As part of a plea agreement because she did not want to spend taxpayers Money in a court proceeding. As part of the plea bargain prosecutors dropped two tax counts against her two counts of lying to officials from the . Department of housing and Urban development and one count of lying to a Bank on a loan application. But prosecutors said they still did not believe her Story that she gave most of the Money to Charity. My it scr Tion that she has been heroin biggest Charity will be fact by april 20, the Date she is to be sentenced.  Breckinridge Willcox said at the hearing. Prosecutors recommended a sentence ranging from 37 months to 46 months roughly three to four years in prison. The two charges to which she pleaded guilty carry a maximum sentence of 13 years in prison. If convicted on All counts she Wouldhave faced a maximum of 31 years in prison and More than $1 million in fines. Harrell who confessed to govern ment officials in december 1988, be came a Symbol of mismanagement thud when scandal erupted there last summer. After her indictment last no vember. . Attorney general Dick Thornburgh said the Case was the sin Gle largest involving the theft of Feder Al funds by an individual. Harrell went against the advice of he attorney and freely discussed taking the Money in testimony before Congress Andin several nationally televised interviews. Prosecutors said Harrell took at least$5.67 million from Hud Money Gener ated by sales of Hud properties that Harrell handled As a private escrow agent for the Agency. But she said she had documents to prove that she took Only $4.75 million in Hud funds. And she said that contrary to the prosecutor s assertion that Only a Little went to Charity less than 6 percent of the Money benefited her family. Harrell. 46. Said she hoped to be sentenced to perform Community service but regarded prison As a Chance to get a College degree. I told the kids her son John and his wife. Vicki just think of it As mom going away a few years for College said Harrell who will become a grandmother Quayle lauds Panama s anti drug Effort Panama City Panama a vice president Dan Quayle on monday praised plans by Panama s -Inslallcd government to change its banking system to curtail drug Money laundering. I m impressed with panamanian president Guillermo Endara s willingness to move in a different direction in dealing with important issues like the laundering of drug Money Quayle told a news conference As he ended an Over night visit in Panama City before head ing for Jamaica. Changes will make it easier to detect this Type of activity he said. Endara appearing with Quayle did not detail what changes Are being contemplated in the banking system but said he knows some must be made. Panama s Bankers want reasonable changes which Don t unduly change the banking environment Endara said through an interpreter. They know Panama cannot continue to be the Cen Ter for. Drug dollars. We have to participate in the fight against drug  alluding to the former panamanian government of Gen. Manuel Antonio Noriega which was toppled in december after a . Military invasion Quayle said we now have a government Here that will join the United slates in the War on drugs where before we had a govern ment that was cooperating in the transportation end production of illegal drugs. A tremendous change has occurred in Panama with the War against drug Sand our Campaign to get to the Bottom of this taking a significant step for Ward with the commitment of presi Dent  Panama s system of confidential Bank accounts similar to that in Switzerland has attracted More than 100 International Banks employing nearly 8,000  banking accounts can be opened in Panama under government orders if the account Holder is under investigation. We do not know what they will be yet Endara said of the changes. Bank ers Are not opposed to reasonable changes that do not affect the banking environment. But they also know that Panama cannot continue to be a Center for Narco  Bui we Are opposed to fishing expeditions which is what the . Officials want Edgardo Lasso president of pan Ama s banking association said recently. New army clinic opens in Karlsruhe Karlsruhe West Germany is Community officials opened a new $5.1 million army clinic monday that replaces facilities scattered at three area posts. The new building houses a dispensary a dental clinic and a mental health clinic. At 32,000 Square feet the clinic is twice As big As the three old facilities combined said Capi. Lis Kavanaugh. 3rd general dispensary executive officer. The extra space and addition of More sophisticated medical testing equipment will reduce the clinic s need to Send patients to Heidelberg for testing she said. The building located near the Post Exchange and the Paul Revere Village housing area Cost $3.6 million and holds$1.5 million Worth of new equipment. Construction ended in december sever Al months later than scheduled because of contracting problems. Kavanaugh said veterinary services will be offered three times a week at the 89th medical act s old dental clinic on no uncut Cavern. The Community previously did not offer such services. The dispensary at Smiley Barracks will yield its space to army Community serv ices and the mental health clinic s space at Gerszewski Barracks will House an expanded 249th engr in Aid station. Property sales Wiesbaden. West Germany the defense a utilization and marketing of fice will hold an auction thursday in Nairn Borg. The Public is invited to the auction in building 946 at Johnson Barracks. Cus Tomer registration begins at 8 . And the auction starts at 9 . Dollars Marks and certified Bank checks will be accepted. All sales Are final. Customers have eight working Days to remove their properly. Items available include cars trucks firefighting equipment mirrors fans downhill and Cross country skis for adults and children cameras Vid cocas Sactic recorders stereos televisions musical instruments microwave ovens Fil ing cabinets electronic equipment and clothing. The pc Insp Clion will be held today and wednesday from 8 . To noon and i to 3 . American suspected in attempted rapes Stuttgart West Germany Sis West German police believe an Amer ican tried to rape two girls in separate incidents in the Stuttgart area last week. In the first attack the Man dragged a 12-year-old girl into some Street Side Bushes about 6 30 . Jan. 22 in suburban Kom Westheim and began removing her clothing. The girl who had been resuming from a swimming Pool escaped when the assailant stood up briefly to Sec whether anybody was approaching police said. Four Days later a Man tried to rape a 15-year-old girl in Uffen Hauson a Stutt Gart neighbourhood located a mile from Robinson Barracks. She escaped after the Man stuffed dirt in her Mouth to Stop her from screaming police said. In each Case the victim described the attacker As a Black Man with Short hair who spoke american English and wore camouflage pants. The Man in the first attack was described As about 30 Yean old and 6 feet tall wearing a to shirt. In the second he was described As 20 to 30 Yean old Bow legged and wearing boots and a Black net Shin. Ramstein of major killed in 3-car crash Ramstein a West Germany is an air Force major was killed Friday night in a three car Accident near Lan Stuhl. Jerald Lee Whitmore 39, died at Lan Stuhl army regional medical Cen Ter three hours after the 8 45 . Acci Dent. Ramstein authorities said Whitmore s car crossed into the oncoming Lane on Highway l-363 South of Lan Stuhl and crashed into two cars driven by Ameri cans. Security police charged Whitmore with driving while intoxicated authorities said. Whitmore was alone in the Vai i no one in the other cars was injured. Whitmore was assigned to the euro Pean air combat operations staff at Safe Headquarters at Ramstein. He is survived by his wife Pamela and his parents. Leon w. And Lottie c. Whit More of Smyrna Tenn