European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 21, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Monday May 21, 1990 the stars and stripes a Page 5va paying Washington apr the veterans affairs department May be paying More than $6 million a year in disability compensation or pension benefits to dead veterans the general accounting office says. Some payments Are being made to veterans who have been dead As Long As a decade the congressional watchdog Agency said. Gao said a was unable to match its records with those of the benefits to social Security administration. The erroneous payments represent a Small fraction of what a pays each year in compensation and pension benefits $15 billion to nearly 3 million veterans and 1 million surviving spouses and other dependents. The report released at a Senate veterans committee hearing noted that a and social Security officials planned to meet next month to discus dead vets How to share data. Gao came up with its estimate by Matching data from the two sources. Gao said the social Security data is important because the administration receives voluntarily reported death information from several sources and buys death certificate information from the states. The report found that in april 1989. A paid compensation or pension benefits Togao says More than 1,200 people whose social Security files indicated they were dead. A about 100 had been dead for 10 years or More Quot Gao said. A the potential annual erroneous payments were at least $5.7 million a a conservative number due to data the report noted that a also pays benefits to about 250,000 veterans whose social Security numbers Are not on file with the veterans affairs department. Contests pronounced gearing up for spelling Bee Dearborn Mich. Apr Alex Cameron props his feet up on the porch rail every Day and says strange words like phrenic Tomy to nobody in particular. The linguistics professor from the University of Dayton in Ohio is preparing for his 10th year As the pronounced at the May 30-31 Scripps Howard National spelling Bee in Washington. A a there a a big push on a return to basics a Cameron said saturday at his Sisters House in this Detroit suburb where he is spending the month. A people Are trying to Call attention to those kinds of in november three researchers put together a list of 1,000 words for the Bee at which 220 students from across the United states will compete. Cameron using websters third new International dictionary researches definitions pronunciations roots and homonyms for the words. Phrenic Tomy which Means removal of a nerve in the diaphragm was a word in the Bee a few years ago he said. He said he did no to remember if anyone got it right. Cameron whipped out a few words he considered Tricky to say and spell. He said some contestants were stumped by the word acal Culia which Means the Lack or loss of ability to perform simple or arithmetical tasks. A a it a a strange feeling to see these kids hanging around the lobby with their parents and they re perfectly Normal Little kids a Cameron said. A you done to i Alex Cameron researches spelling Bee on sister expect them to be Able to stand in front of a Bank of network news cameras and work their ways through words. A you see them pause and they re just Plain figuring it out up there a he said. A Umemori ers rattle off words rather casually but later they disappear rather quickly a Cameron said. A a that a the Point at which people who have read a lot and have sense of the shape of words the Basic roots make he said few parents try to persuade him beforehand to go easy on their youngster. Cameron who a been at the University of Dayton for 25 years said his Start in pronouncing was a Fluke. He was looking Over a word list made by a colleague Richard Baker who served As the National been a pronounced for 29 years. Cameron spotted a word on the list that could be spelled two ways. Baker drafted Cameron to proofread and eventually turned the top Job Over to him when he retired. Cameron who has never competed in a spelling Bee. Said every once in a while he stumbles Over a word when pronouncing but is caught immediately by backup readers and judges who shout out. A now and then you have something carefully written out and you look right at it and say the wrong he a healthy alive Well in Utah West Salt Lake City apr the mormon Church rejected polygamy 100 years ago under Federal pressure and still excommunicated known polygamists but the state ignores the practice that a historian says is a healthy and alive and practitioners defend polygamy and its roots in mormon fundamentalism and have forged alliances they say Are stronger than Ever before. A they have to make More sacrifices and learn More about their beliefs to sustain a defense than anyone else does a said Ogden Kraut a polygamist with five wives said in a Telephone interview. in doing so they become stronger in their convictions a he said. �?�1 think its More rooted in now than it Ever with roughly 30,000 men women and children living in polygamy communities the practice is a healthy and alive and Well a and its everywhere a said Histo Rian Martha sonntag Bradley. She estimates the polygamist Community is doubling every decade both from the birthrate and conversion. This year Marks the 100th anniversary of the a manifesto a in which Church president Wilford Woodruff advised the faithful to abandon the practice of taking multiple wives a practice introduced by Church founder Joseph Smith. The Federal government had threatened to seize Church property in the Utah territory if the mormons failed to observe anti polygamy Laws. Woodruff feared continuing the practice would imperil the mormons Hopes for statehood. From then until now staunch believers have rejected the decision to remove polygamy from the doctrines of the Church of Jesus Christ of latter Day saints. It is a stance that has driven Many mormon Funda mentalists to Remote enclaves in Utah Idaho. Montana Arizona and Mexico. Others have kept their beliefs and actions secret. A if you believe in the lord Jesus Christ and believe that the Prophet Joseph Smith was his representative on Earth How in the world can you go around saying we have to Correct their mistakes / this we cannot said Owen Allred Leader of the Salt Lake City based apostolic United Brethren one of the largest fundamentalist groups. Allreds followers and the 5,000 residents of the adjoining towns of Hildale Utah and Colorado City. Ariz., prefer a communal setting apart from the modern world. A we know even according to Christ himself that if you re friends with the world you re the enemy of god a Allred said. A now that a the main Point to be in Harmony with the world. We done to believe in it and we Sutler the ins agent charged in rape other crimes against women los Angeles apr a Federal immigration and naturalization service agent was charged with rape Kidnap and other crimes involving four women including one who said she was attacked after refusing to prove she was a Legal . Resident. James Edward Riley 32, was arraigned in Van Guys municipal court Friday on charges stemming from three of the incidents which took place in september january and february. He pleaded innocent to one count each of rape false imprisonment by a police officer and assault by a police officer and two counts of kidnapping. Court commissioner Rebecca omens Roch Man ordered Riley held without bail pending a May 25 preliminary hearing. Earlier last week Riley was arrested in the fourth Case. He pleaded innocent to the april 11 Kidnap and rape of a 23-year-old woman. Authorities say that the woman refused Riley a demand to prove she was a Legal . Resident. He then allegedly handcuffed her took her to his los Angeles apartment and raped her at gunpoint. A search through police reports for similar crimes led to Riley a being charged in the three earlier cases said Deputy District attorney James Baker. Ins spokesman Joe Flanders said Riley was placed on unpaid leave while the ins conducted its own investigation. Sands of time in the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. May 21, 1950 a the Vatican City newspaper reported 1,000 people a described As being spies traitors and saboteurs a had been executed recently in the soviet union.30 years ago today. May 21, 1960 a an Atlas missile streaked 9.000 Miles in 52 it minutes in a record flight from Cape canaveral fla., past the tip of Africa to a target area in the Indian Ocean air Force officials said.20 years ago today. May 21, 1970 a South vietnamese troops launched a new Campaign into Cambodia that marked the beginning of the end of american and South vietnamese incursions across the Border a . Military spokesman said.10 years ago today. May 21, 1980 a the South korean Cabinet resigned two Days alter the military took nearly Complete control of the country
