European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 12, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 a a a the stars and stripes saturday. May 12. 1990 military court ruling limits us news update of past wrongdoing As evidence a j. F but Chuck Vinch u Tubi Rhoton Bureau Islington a military pro ecu a t use  e reruns to a  s past Quot Tong doing when trying the St it be member in or charges unless they p  i. Is part of 2 parted of com jail intent or Boha or. A court has Rudd in a a Artmous decision. The court of my or. Appeals re it tried the conviction of chief warrant officer 2 Leroy Thompsonjr. For writing bad checks totalling several Hundred do Lars. The court said the prose no tors evidence included a statement that Thompson. Who was stationed at fort . A �?T., gave his commander More t h a r a y a r be of r e h i s a rest the court overruled the army court of military review which had sentenced Thompson to a year in jail and a dishonourable discharge even though the events mat a a to Thompson s meeting with his Iso involved bad checks. The problems resulting from Thompson s actions in fort Irwin had been resolved Ion e before and had no bearing on  court martial a year later. Judge waiter con Iii wrote. The statement used by the prosecution contained an and miss in by Thompson that he had written bad checks. Which he attributed to a . G habit. An extra mania affair that tis scr tier drained his funds and pro Beers  his mortgage payments. Fee testified that he had gone to see his commander seeking help and hoping to resolve those problems administratively. His commander ordered him to write out and sign a sworn statement. He then issued a letter of reprimand. Cox noted that Thompson was never advised of his Legaj rights and that there was no reason for his commander to insist on a sworn statement. In then the statement surfaced a year later at his court martial Thompson said he had made it Only because he thought he would be helped and not punished. The prosecutors argued that the statement implied he still had a gambling problem that made him continue to Bounce checks. A no evidence was presented however to show that Thompson had had any recent problems with gambling or that he was having any extramarital affairs which were still causing him to write bad checks a Cox wrote. A the alleged problems which might otherwise provide a motive or intent for writing bad checks were resolved Over a year before. A without any evidence that Thompson had slipped Back into gambling and extramarital affairs the governments theory and the military judge s finding that he must have still had these problems was too conjectural. And the statement should not have been admitted a Cox  to China  Taiwan apr a prominent chinese dissident said Thun i Day he would try to Board the Shin i goddess of democracy to help beam pro democracy reports to China 1 from International Waters. But Taiwan took further Steps to distance itself from the vessel which organizers said was to arrive at the Northern port of Keelung on Friday before steaming out to sea to begin n in e broadcasts to cd i n a. Yan Jiaqi chairman of the Paris based federation for a democratic China told a news conference that he would Board the ship if granted permission from the Captain to help make the pro democracy broadcasts. Only Crew members and journalists now Are on Board. Yan a former member of China Stop think tank who fled the country after the bloody crackdown on dissent last june said the broadcasts Likely w Ould trigger retaliatory measures from Beijing base responds to complaint boosts Cooks wages by  Arrington Doke Kaiserslautern Bureau Span Dahlem a. We St Germany a  officials have raised the salaries and Job grades of three officers club Cooks who complained that six new chefs had unfairly received higher wages and grades. Tom Owens the base morale welfare and recreation chief said the changes were a an informal Resolution to the concerns of the Long term employees. The Cooks at Arturo s mexican Cantina a restaurant operated by the base club system had consulted an equal Opportunity Counselor in the matter. But a it never really reached a complaint stage Quot Owens said. A we simply made an  the base did not release the names of the Cooks involved. The six new employees were hired As na-6 specially Cooks. Two of the three employees who already worked for the club system were na-5s. The other was an no a-4. They began working at the restaurant shortly before it opened March 8. Under the mid March agreements two Cooks positions were immediately upgraded to na-6 and na-5. The last was promoted to na-6 last week after a 45-Day training period. The specially Cook positions were listed on a continual basis with Spang Dahlem a human resources office which handles hiring for r non appropriated fund civilian positions on base. In this Case the Cooks positions also were pushed through a some word of Mouth advertising a said tech. Sol Dave Torrence a base spokesman. The six people who eventually got the jobs previously had cooked for hispanic organization events i Span Dahlem. Torrence said they were approached \ an mar employee who knew of their experience. To mar employee whose name was not released ask them to apply for the Cooks jobs. Quot they knew those people could Cook the food As offered them jobs a Torrence said. A we were trying to get the Best product we possible  Owens said. Span Dahlem like Many other us Jfe bases recent streamlined its hiring procedures for Naf position under project expo or experimental personnel of Ici expos goal is to help Revenue generating agencies open ate like businesses with a minimum of red tape. A we feel that we were Well within the hiring pro dures As set Down by the expo guidelines that Hast been approved at air Force level a Torrence said. A a 2jffl army puts new restrictions on assignments to Greece Washington a soldiers assigned to Greece will no longer be Able to bring their family members with them and will be restricted to 12-month Tours. An army manpower official attributed the change to Shorter unaccompanied hours to a highly political and sensitive  the official did not elaborate. About 330 soldiers Are assigned to Greece most of them stationed at Hel Len Ikon a in Athens and at eleusis located about 40 minutes from the greek capital. Eleusis is Home to elements of the . Army arty group and the 6th aviation det. The change became effective on april 1. Soldiers now serving 36-month accompanied Tours will be allowed to finish them officials said. About 120 soldiers Are serving accompanied Tours in Greece according to a Usa eur official. The air Force which has about 2,200 members in the country has not changed its policy concerning Tours in Greece a Safe spokesman , to Star Dies actor Charles Farrell 89, died this past week in Palm Springs Calif. He starred in the 1927 silent film a seventh heaven with Janet Gay nor and was in the popular 1950s to series a my Little Margie airman killed in Accident % a involving military vahide com Iso Sicily a amps a a 21-year, old airman assigned to the 487th Tat missile Wing at Comiso air station was killed wednesday evening when the Milt tary vehicle in which he was Riding rolled Down a Steep embankment. A memorial service was held Frida afternoon for airman Kenneth f. Johnson of Henry 111, the Accident occurred about 6  the Wing training site located about 3 Miles from the base. The Driver of the vehicle senior airman Michael , was treated at the base clinic and released. He is assigned to the same unit. An investigation is under Way said staff sgt. Austin Carter a base spokesman. Johnson is survived by his wife Stacy. Military roundup5 units in Europe cited for maintenance excellence Aberdeen proving ground my. A five . Army in Europe units were among the winners of a a of the 1989 army chief of staffs award for maintenance excellence. Civilians support group ordnance of Miessau West Germany in the Tda Light category. The Competition includes a submission of a packet listing the units accomplishments in readiness maintenance management Cost savings innovative programs and maintenance training. The units also received inspections by a team from the . Ordnance Center and school. Army the consolidated maintenance Center at Augsburg army a floss championship of a cd ring Manor toe 1 a n/1 Uri n Narf a a a. I Community and family support Agency. Six winners from the army chess championship i compete in the armed forces championship also at for Belvoir on sep. 16-26. The two top army players from w armed forces championship will represent the i armed forces at the nato chess invitational tour i ment in Oslo Norway on oct 21-26. For More information Contact your local recreation Center manager or Community recreation office. West Germany was named Winner of the Active army table of distribution and allowance unit Dainter mediate category. Btry a 2nd in 20lh Field arty at Hanau West Germany was a runner up in its Light category of Active duty table of organization and equipment unit toe. Btry a 1st in 9th Field arty at Neu Ulm West Germany was the runner up in the toe intermediate category. The 6941st guard in in Berlin was runner up in the Tda heavy category. Another runner up was 2042ndsept. 9-15 in Virginia Schwet Zingen West Germany a the 1990 army chess championship has been set for sept. 9-15 at the Sosa recreation Center fort Belvoir a. Military communities May nominate up to three participants by july 13 for final selection. The championship will be a . Chess federation rated tournament said Denise Comulada chief of the recreation Center programs at the . Army in Europe runners raise $8,500 for turkish children Ankara Turkey a More than $8,500 was raised by 48 runners who took turns racing 284 Miles in mors than 39 hours in april to Benefit turkish children. The funds will be spent throughout the year to by birthday presents for of Hans to sponsor parties Art outings and also to provide institutional assistance. The runners ran from Synop to Ankara