European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 20, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes sunday May 20, 1990students�?T novel tells Powys Story Farr West Utah apr when ninth graders Learned that a world War ii pow Camp once stood across the Street from their school they knew they had found the right topic for a class writing project. But jct Stephens class never guessed when they began researching and writing a historical novel that they would share the bittersweet memories of an old German Soldier a and mourn his comrades slain by a crazed american guard. Quot i thought we were just going to write a Book. But we found out we have history right Here that we did t know about Quot said Corey Slater one of the 28 English students at Wahlquist Junior High who collaborated on Quot German Brothers in a foreign  the i03pagc novel is based on the experiences of Herbert Barkhoff a German Soldier who spent More than two years in . Prisoner of War Camps after being captured in 1943. Barkhoff came Here to Camp Ogden shortly after he was wounded by an army private who machine gunned germans As they slept in their tents at the Salina pow Camp 160 Miles to the South. In All nine germans were killed and 19 wounded in the attack july 8. 1945. The attacker. Pvt. Clarence Bertucci was declared insane and committed to an Asylum. He died in 1969. The students wrote of the massacre from the viewpoint of Barkhoff Stephens got the idea of having his class write a Book from a fellow teacher while attending a writing conference last summer. The class received the assignment in september a to create a historical novel based on a local historical event of National or global significance. Within a few weeks one student recounted her grandparents Story about a German pow Camp in the area. From research in books old newspaper clippings College historical collections and military records they Learned that the county Fairgrounds across the Street from their school once held 4,500 Axis prisoners in a barbed wire compound. Kent Powell of the Utah historical society who has written a non fiction Book on German pos in Utah suggested Barkhoff As a literary focal Point. The class put bar Hofts Story in the form of a novel Complete with reconstructed dialogue. In addition to their other research the pupils used letters and journals provided by Barkhoff and translated by a German teacher. A most germans did no to want to be Here but they looked to America As a Chance to live and learn a the students wrote. �?�1 did no to write one word of it a Stephens told 100 parents and teachers at a Celebration of the printing of the novel. His students proved that a where magic is allowed for. Magic will occur a he said. A it far far and away exceeded my Hopes a Stephens said. Barkhoff. Now 70, recently suffered a stroke and could not attend but the class signed a copy of the Book to be delivered to his Home in Hollinger West Germany. He sent word he was a very touched and honoured Quot to have been selected for the Book. Other copies a 200 were printed a Are being distributed to the students parents and other teachers. Paul Wollborg bar Hofts neighbor represented him at the Celebration. Speaking through an interpreter Wollborg said the Book is an indication of continuing close relations Between a resurgent re unifying Germany and America. A i was amazed you selected such a theme a he said. A i Hope the Friendship Between the United states and Germany continues to  it is a feeling shared by the writers who say their novel taught them about the Folly and horror of War. At one Point Stephens class visited a Salt Lake City cemetery where the nine germans slain at Salina Are buried. Some wept at the simple tombstones. Quot it made us feel bad that the germans were treated bad Over Here even though they treated our Guys bad too a said Alex Wood. "1 Felt remorse. There a history right next door and no one  student Joie Hill said the project and especially the cemetery visit made the past startling real. Quot the germans were just like us. They had their feelings Quot she said. A but i  Call them germans a i would Call them our  North a notes indicate Noriega Aid accepted Washington apr the Reagan administration was accepting panamanian Gen. Manuel Noriega s assistance to the Contra rebels in Nicaragua amid mounting publicity about his involvement in drug trafficking according to Oliver North s notebooks. Some 1,200 pages of North notebook entries heavily censored by the government. Were made available Friday by a private research . The National Security Archive. North a former National Security Council aide and than Cla official Duane c la Ridge discussed on aug. 24, 1986, a possible Agenda for a proposed North Noriega meeting. Under the heading Quot How to clean up  North a notes specify "5  the Clarridge North discussion followed reports in the new York times that Noriega was involved in drug trafficking. Quot Tell assistant Secretary of state Elliott Abrams that Noriega has asked for meeting a with North a Are cleaning up image Quot said a North notebook entry in the meeting with Clarridge who then headed the Ciao a counter terrorism Section. A sept. 3. 1986 meeting with state department and Cia officers that focused on Panama mentioned a corruption. Drugs arms trafficking Money laundering a according to North s notebooks. As revealed at North a Iran Contra trial last year Noriega met North on sept. 22, 1986, in London where the panamanian Leader said he would sabotage nicaraguan facilities. North a notes reflect that Noriega offered to collect intelligence on an Airport a refinery electric and Telephone systems and a puerto  president Bush who was then vice president has said he did not know details of the Covert Sale of arms to Iran until dec. 20, 1986, and did not know of North a Contra resupply operation while it was in operation. Bui sources speaking on condition of anonymity said a Federal grand jury was convened Friday to continue the 3�?~/5-year-old criminal investigation of the Iran Contra affair with a focus on the precise roles of Bush and former president  the Tunnel worked . Customs agents uncovered a sophisticated drug smuggling Tunnel underneath the Mexico-. Border. The Cost of building the Tunnel is estimated to have been from $1.5 milion to $2 i i Ion. Warehouse Border Fence slab with m poo  i 1/ a Vivo holding room fat Roth ousted homosexual exempted from repayment Utah 1p�j Nev new Haven Conn. Apr the army will not Force a Gay Man expelled from Roth to repay a $25,000 scholarship but it denied his request to be commissioned and to serve in the military his lawyer said Friday. The army emphasized that its decision in the Case of James Holobaugh was based Quot solely on the merits and circumstances of this particular Case a according to a memo sent to his attorney in new York Holobaugh 24, was informed thursday by Telephone of the army a decision and a written confirmation was received Friday said Bill Rubens twin an attorney with the american civil liberties Union. Holobaugh graduated Friday from Washington University in St. Louis where he had been a top performer in the Reserve officers training corps. He even had appeared in an army Roth recruiting and. After his superiors recommended in january that he be denied his commission and be forced to repay his scholarship he decided to fulfil his remaining course requirements at the University of new Haven. A while i am pleased i will not have to repay the Money i am terribly disappointed that the army has not seen fit to Grant me a commission and to allow me to serve my country Quot Holobaugh said in a statement released by his attorney. A my Case Only serves to underscore the wastefulness of the military a ban on lesbians and Gay men a he said. Arizona Phoenix . Douzos i 4 a to or Eta a control do pulsed set faucet outside a my mexican Home it used to operate Hydra Fly is that raise a slab underneath a Pool table. 0 cocaine was carried Down a 404oot deep Shaft and loaded on Pushcart to be transported through a 5-foot High Tunnel to the us. 0 the cocaine was then rated through a 20-foot deep Well by a Purey system and stored in a holding room in Demelfi a warehouse. Q drugs were brought to the ground floor of a warehouse and then loaded onto waiting trucks. A