European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 25, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday february 25, 1990 the stars and stripes a a a Page 7 / feel like i threw 30 years of my life away Council Bluffs. Iowa apr an army deserter who spent 30 years in East Germany said fridas he was Only there a few weeks before he realized Hemul try to escape that country s grim conditions and danger. A i feel like i threw 30 years of my life  Arnold pc Hurt. 53. Said in an interview at the Home of his brother in Law Arlo Dunbar. Speaking with a German accent. Kiphart said the country he s returned to is Quot a different world Quot and he never thought he would Sec anything like the rapid liberalization of Eastern Europe. Quot it was like you were locked up All the Lime. I Neser really Ever Felt at  he said. As an army private in 1959. Kiphart wrecked an Anns truck and. Fearing punishment fled to East Germany. While there. Kiphart said he had 14 or 15 jobs married twice and had four children including a son he brought Back with him. When he returned to the United slates last month. Kiphart was arrested. But a week later the army granted him an other than honorable discharge. A Deal for a television movie of Kiphart s life has Jusi been closed according to his attorney. James Martin Davis. Kiphart who worked As a truck Driver in East Germany said he regretted his Spur of the moment decision to go absent without leave a few weeks after settling in Schma Kalind the town where he lived for 30 years. Travel restrictions were so tight that Only two opportunities to escape came along before East Germany opened its Borders last year. The first attempt came in 1973 or 1974, Kiphart said. He said his first marriage a which produced a daughter Kitty a had ended in divorce and he met two men in a a Beer joint Quot who asked him if he wanted to get out. Quot maybe we had too Many Beers but this one said he knew where there was a Hole in the  Kephart recalled. He and his companions set out. He said he does t remember where they were headed except that it was out of town. One of the men was walking near the Border about five minutes ahead of Kiphart and the other Man when Kiphart heard a noise. Quot we thought maybe he stepped on a  Kiphart said Quot we just turned around and headed Back to town. A two or three Days later. I heard that they a found a Man s body near the Border. There s no Way that could t have been the Guy we were  before the second attempt in 1975, Kiphart said he drank Quot enough Beer to get my courage up and so id have an excuse if i got  Kiphart said three guards grabbed him As he approached the Border beat him and sent him Back to town. A after that. I did t think about trying the Border  he said. He met his second wife Brigitte a year after he was beaten. She is the Mother of Frankie now 12 and in the United states with his father and Kiphart s 8-year-old twin daughters. Katharina and Kathleen. The family lived in a Small House. Kiphart said. Their diet was meager bread with some Bologna like meat for breakfast soup and potatoes for lunch. Dinner was a reprise of breakfast he said. Quot you could Seldom get  said Kiphart. Who added that he is enjoying foods he sorely missed in East Germany. A i always loved Chili and pork and Beans and they just Don t have anything like that Over there. Quot he said. Jackson has ruled out mayoral bid aide says Washington apr the Rev. Jesse Jackson has told political supporters that he does not intend to run for Masor of the nation s capital this fall and will make a formal announcement this week associates said Friday. Quot he s not going to run for mayor of Washington. We talked about it  Joel Ferguson who managed Jackson s 1988 presidential Campaign in Michigan told a Lansing. Mich., television station Friday. Jackson a two time democratic presidential contender was in route to Chicago on Friday evening. There was no answer at his Chicago Home. Jackson has said his recent Campaign to gain statehood for the District of Columbia will remain his priority. Ferguson estimated the Chance that Jackson would run at Only 10 percent but a supporter Here said Jackson told him flatly that he would not run. Quot Jesse is out Quot said the supporter. A the has decided that it would be wrong for him to get into the race at this time or at  Jackson s political plans have been the subject of speculation since he moved to the nation s capital in april. That speculation intensified with mayor Marion Barry s arrest last month on a cocaine Possession charge. Barry is at a South Carolina Hospital for treatment of what an aide has called an alcohol problem. City administrator Carol Thompson is in charge of the City in Barry s absence. Jackson s apparent decision comes amid growing signs that voters a and politicians a arc wary of a Jackson mayoral bid. A Washington Post poll released thursday reported that Jackson would Trail Barry if both were candidates in the september democratic primary. Jackson has repeatedly refused to Rule out a run for Barry Job saying he would Only seek the office if Barry a colleague in the civil rights Battle did not run for a fourth term. Jeffrey n. Gildenhorn a Barry fundraiser. Said Jackson associates told him that a mayoral candidacy was extremely unlikely. Quot there were Strong indications from his people that Jackson s decision not to run was just a formality that needed to be announced Quot Gildenhorn said. "1 started hearing that last  sheriff wins right to House prisoners in mass. Armory Springfield. Mass. Apr a county sheriff who shocked state officials when he seized a National guard armory to House prisoners from his overcrowded jail has won the right to keep them there for at least two More weeks. The decision came at a hearing Friday that followed a we Klong standoff Between the slate and the sheriff who argued that he had a Choice Between seizing the armory or turning prisoners out on the streets. Quot i just Felt i could t take it any More and it was important to take a Strong  Hampden county sheriff Michael Ashe said alter Friday s hearing. Ashe agreed to allow the National guard to keep operating from the building. Superior court judge George Cady set a March 12 court Dale for both sides to report Back with a permanent solution. If incs Don t. Cady will hold a hearing on Ashe s earlier request for a preliminary injunction to stay at the armory. Quot i think what we wanted to do is keep it on the front Burner but turn Down the  said Lawrence Fllch or Hill. Assistant attorney general. Quot we re putting the Issue of the sheriffs actions to the Side. It s More important that we find a  he said. The sheriff shocked state officials feb. In. When he moved on the armory informing National guardsmen he was seizing the building under a i7lh Century statute ordering him to keep the peace. Barry has been silent on his plans for re election since his arrest. Aides dose to the mayor have said Barry acknowledged privately the weekend after his arrest that he would not run again. A one of the reasons Jesse would run for anything like mayor of a major City is to come in As a  Ferguson told station War. Ferguson also predicted that Jackson would not run for president in 1992. The Washington Post poll of 800 District residents found that Barry was preferred by 25 percent of those surveyed while 19 percent said they would vote for Jackson. If Barry weren t in the race. Jackson would receive support from 26 percent of those questioned compared with 19 percent for City councilman John Ray. Stale officials at first reacted angrily. Secretary of Public safety Charles v. Barry who has jurisdiction Over armoires in the state issued a statement saying lie would pursue criminal trespass charges against Ashe. The state had argued that Ashe is a county official and docs not have the right to take state property. After Ashe won a temporary restraining order allowing him to stay at the armory along with widespread support from residents local officials and even prisoners the focus turned to trying to work out a Compromise location for the prisoners. Officials would not specify what locations they Are considering for overflow prisoners. A new jail to replace the county s 102-year-old jail is scheduled to be built in nearby Ludlow but completion is at least two years away. Nineteen inmates arc housed in the armory in a Large room with a Concrete floor and a volleyball net stretched Between two Walls. Previously it was used for Drill exercises by the National guard. Inmates have said the armory is an improvement Over the Hampden county jail which was built to hold 279 inmates and is under a Federal court order to hold no More than 500 inmates. Ashe said he s pleased at his initial Success in finding at least a temporary solution to his problem. "1 really feel Good that we re Able to keep on fighting he said. Bankrupt Dallas College bought for $ 1.5 million Dallas apr a prominent Black businessman purchased bankrupt Bishop College in a liquidation auction Friday calling it his Quot moral duly to acquire Dallas Only predominantly Black College. Quot what happened to the school is  said Comer Cottrell who paid 11.5 million for Bishop s entire 130-Acrc Campus. Quot As the past Cottrell vice chairman of the school i had to go through the agony pain and heartache of the demise of the College Quot he said. Cottrell 58. Owns pro line corp., the nation s i8th-Largcsl Black owned company which Sells More than $30 million a year in hair care products for Blacks. Cottrell who opened the bidding at $1.2 million Friday afternoon said after purchasing the College that he had been willing to bid As nigh As $5 million if necessary. The auction which officials had expected to take hours lasted less than five minutes. Cottrell was one of two bidders but officials refused to release the name of the other bidder. Quot i waited until the last minute for someone or some group to come through and buy it Cottrell said. Quot but no one floated to the surface. It would have been a real blow to the developing Black Community Here if the school was  state sen. Eddie Bernice Johnson from Dallas says state school officials Are investigating whether the institution should be resurrected As a teachers College. Cottrell who received an honorary degree from Bishop said the school would maintain its name but he was unsure whether it would become a teachers College or remain an undergraduate institution. A was Long As it serves the Black Community that Sall that  he said. A we have a lot of work to  the school which suffered from mismanagement for More than a decade was closed in August 1988 by a Federal bankruptcy judge Afler it failed to raise enough Money to continue. In 1979, the school was rocked by the indictment of three administrators. Quot we arc going to install a Board of directors that will run the school with Pride and dignity Quot Cottrell said